Books

New BOOK (31/01/2019):

"Magnetohydrodynamics of laboratory and astrophysical plasmas"
ISBN-13: 9781107123922 (hb)
ISBN-13: 9781108667630 (pb)



Advanced MHD (2010)

ISBN-13: 9780511718076 (hb)
ISBN-13: 9780521705240 (pb)


Principles of MHD (2004)
ISBN 0 521 62347 2 (hb)
ISBN 0 521 62607 2 (pb)

Review by E.N. Parker
Review by E.J. Zita

Stefaan Poedts' teaching activities



Current courses (18 ECTS points in total)

  1. Lineaire algebra (B-KUL-I0O68A): since academic year 2021-2022 I teach this 4 ECTS points (39 hours) course to first-year students BSc in Bio-engineering at the KU Leuven.
  2. Differentiaalvergelijkingen (B-KUL-I0N19A): since academic year 2005-2006 I teach this 5 ECTS points (65 hours) course to second-year students BSC Bio-engineering at the KU Leuven.
  3. Calculus I (B-KUL-G0Y37A): since academic year 2009-2010 I teach this 6 ECTS points (46 contact hours) course for BSc students in mathematics and/or physics at the KU Leuven in collaboration with Prof.Dr. R. Keppens who is coordinator of this course.
  4. Calculus II (B-KUL-G0Y40A): since academic year 2009-2010 I teach (and coordinate) this 3 ECTS points (24 contact hours) course for BSc students in mathematics and/or physics at the KU Leuven in collaboration with Prof.Dr. R. Keppens.


Finished courses

  1. Calculus en analyse (B-KUL-I0O64A): from academic year 2008-2009 till 2021-2022 I taught this 8 ECTS points (98 hours) course to first-year students BSc in Bio-engineering at the KU Leuven.
  2. Plasma Physics of the Sun (B-KUL-G0B28A): from academic year 1999/2000 till 2015-2016 I taught this 6 ECTS points (39 hours) course for MSc students in mathematics and physics at the KU Leuven.
  3. Numerieke simulatie van differentiaalvergelijkingen (B-KUL-H03D7A): from academic year 97/98 till 2017-2018 I taught this 6 ECTS points (43.5 hours) course to last-year MSc Math students and MSc computer science students at the KU Leuven in collaboration with Prof.Dr. S. Vandewalle and Prof.Dr. G. Samaey.
  4. "Inleiding tot de hogere wiskunde": during academic year 2007-2008 I taught this 8 ECTS points (84 hours) course (G0N26AN, for BSc students in mathematics, physics, informatics, philosophy, and biology) at the KU Leuven in collaboration with Prof.Dr. R. Keppens.
  5. "Lineaire algebra en analyse": since academic year 98/99 and until 2007-2008 I taught this 65 hours course to first-year students BSc in Bio-engineering at the KU Leuven in collaboration with Prof.Dr. R. Keppens.
  6. "Calculus": since academic year 98/99 and until 2007-2008 I taught this 52 hours course to first-year students BSc in Bio-engineering at the KU Leuven.
  7. "Mathematics": during the academic years 84/85, 85/86, 86/87, and 87/88, I assisted Prof.Dr. M. Goossens with his course on `Mathematics' at the K.U. Leuven. I taught exercise classes (2 hours/week) and helped marking tests.
  8. "Plasma physics of the solar system": during the academic year 91/92 I assisted Prof.Dr. J.P. Goedbloed with this course at the Free University of Amsterdam. The course consisted of 13 lectures of 2 hours. I helped Prof.Dr. J.P. Goedbloed setting up the course, gave 3 lectures myself, and assisted in writing-out the lecture notes.
  9. "Theory and numerical simulations of MHD waves and instabilities in solar plasmas": during this Summer School at the K.U. Leuven (Belgium, 6/9/93 - 17/9/93), I gave 7 lectures (9 hours in total) on "Linear MHD waves, The ideal MHD continuous spectrum (in 1D and in 2D), Coronal heating by resonant absorption, p-mode absorption by sunspots, Damping of gap modes in tokamaks, Nonlinear time dependent MHD codes".
  10. "Plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics": during the academic year 93/94 I assisted Prof.Dr. J.P. Goedbloed with this course at the Free University of Amsterdam. The course consisted of 13 lectures of 2 hours. I helped Prof.Dr. J.P. Goedbloed setting up the course, gave 4 lectures myself, and assisted in writing-out the lecture notes and the examinations.
  11. "Plasma physics of the solar system": during academic year 94/95 I assisted Prof.Dr. J.P. Goedbloed with this course at the Free University of Amsterdam. The course consisted of 13 lectures of 2 hours. I helped Prof.Dr. J.P. Goedbloed setting up the course, gave two lectures myself, and assisted in writing-out the lecture notes and the examinations.
  12. "Plasma physics of the solar system": during academic year 95/96 I assisted Prof.Dr. J.P. Goedbloed with this course at the University of Utrecht. The course consisted of 15 lectures of 2 hours. I helped Prof.Dr. J.P. Goedbloed setting up the course, gave two lectures myself, and assisted in writing-out the lecture notes and the examinations.
  13. "Plasma physics and Magnetohydrodynamics": during academic year 96/97 I assisted Prof.Dr. J.P. Goedbloed with this course at the Free University of Amsterdam. The course consisted of 15 lectures of 2 hours. I helped Prof.Dr. J.P. Goedbloed setting up the course, gave two lectures myself, and assisted in writing-out the lecture notes.
  14. "Introduction to Computational Magnetohydrodynamics": during academic year 96/97. Course for PhD students (GA06) at the KULeuven. The course consisted of 10 lectures of 2 hours.
  15. "Hogere Wiskunde": during academic year 96/97 I gave part III of this course of Prof.Dr. M. Goossens in the first year `Handelsingenieur' at the KU Leuven. This part of the course consisted of 9 lectures of 2 hours.
  16. "Resonant absorption and numerical simulations in MHD", 4 lectures (1h30 each) as part of the Summer School `MHD waves and turbulence in solar and laboratory plasmas', Königs-Wusterhausen, 1-12 September, 1997.
  17. "Advanced Magnetohydrodynamics": during academic year 97/98. Course for PhD students (GA06) given in collaboration with Prof.Dr. J.P. Goedbloed at the KU Leuven. The course consisted of 12 lectures of 2 hours.
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