CURRICULUM VITAE Christian LACOR
Last update: january 2011
1 PERSONALIA
Born 30/06/1956 in Wilrijk
Belgian nationality
Married, 2 children
Tel: +32-2-6292379
Fax: +32-2-6292880
E-mail: [email protected]
2 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND DIPLOMA'S
PhD Applied Sciences (Engineering). Promoter: Prof. Ch. Hirsch, Greatest Distinction, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1986.
Title PhD thesis: 'A Computational Method for Steady, Three-Dimensional, Inviscid, Subsonic
Flows'
Burgerlijk Werktuigkundig-Electrotechnisch Ingenieur (Master of Science In Electromechanical
Engineering), Greatest Distinction, VUB, 1979
3 CAREER
1/1/2011 Full professor (gewoon hoogleraar), Faculty of Engineering, VUB
1/3/2005 Chairman of the Research Group Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics
1/8/2001 Professor (hoogleraar), Faculty of Engineering, VUB
1/4/1997 – 1/8/2001 Associate professor (Hoofddocent), Faculty of Engineering, VUB
1/10/1990-1/4/1997 Assistant professor (Docent), Faculty of Engineering, VUB
1/10/1988-1/10/1990 Senior Research Scientist (Eerstaanwezend assistent), Faculty of Engineering,
VUB
1/10/1987-1/10/1988 Research Scientist (Assistant), Faculty of Engineering, VUB
1/08/1985-31/7/1987 Senior Researcher at Flemish Science Foundation (Aangesteld Navorser NFWO)
1/10/1980-31/7/1985 Researcher at Flemish Science Foundation (Aspirant Vorser NFWO)
1/10/1979-1/10/1980 Researcher IWONL
4 EDUCATIONAL TASKS
4.1 TEACHING
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Compulsory courses
Basistechnieken voor computersimulaties (Basic Techniques for Computer Simulations)
5 ECTS, 2nd BA year
Technologie project Werktuigkunde en Elektrotechniek (Technology project Mechanics and
Electrotechnique)
3 ECTS, 2nd BA year
Warmte- en stromingsleer: Basisbegrippen (Heat transfer and fluid mechanics: basics)
7 ECTS, 3rd BA year (responsible for part on fluid mechanics)
Warmte- en stromingsleer: Modelleren (Heat transfer and fluid mechanics: modelling)
7 ECTS, 3rd BA year (responsible for part on fluid mechanics)
Aërodynamica (Aerodynamics)
5 ECTS, 1st MA Electromechanical Engineering
Numerieke technieken in de aërothermodynamica (Numerical techniques in
aerothermodynamics)
5 ECTS, 1st MA Electromechanical Engineering
Elective courses in 2nd MA Electromechanical Engineering
Geavanceerde transportsystemen voor de ruimtevaart (Advanced transport systems for
aerospace)
3 ECTS
Computational Fluid Dynamics
3 ECTS
FACULTY OF SCIENCES
Elective courses
Computertechnieken voor numerieke analyse (Computer techniques for numerical analysis)
3 ECTS
GRADUATE SCHOOL ON MECHANICS (GRASMECH)
(organized by the different universities in Belgium under the auspices of the National Committee of
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
Solution of The Time Dependent RANS equations with the Finite Volume Method
3 ECTS (every other year, together with Prof. Dick)
Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes and Large Eddy Simulation Techniques for turbulence and
transition
3 ECTS (every other year, together with Profs. Benocci, Carati, Dick, Winckelmans)
4.2 MASTER THESIS
Promoter of 20 MA thesis in Engineering since academic year 2000-2001
Co-promoter of 2 MA thesis in Engineering together with ENSICA (France)
4.3 EUROPEAN TEMPUS PROJECTS
Numerical and Experimental Engineering Dynamics (NEED)
Period: 1/9/2007-31/8/2009
Course taught at the Faculty of Electrotechnique and Naval Architecture (FESB) of the Univ. of Split::
Basics of CFD for the compressible Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations
3 ECTS
Electricity Market Simulations and Analysis Curricula for Engineering Education (EMSA)
Period: 1/9/2007-31/8/2009
Numerical simulation program in mechanical engineering (NSP-ME)
Period: 01/09/2005 – 28/2/2009
Course taught at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. Ss. Cyril and Methodious, Skopje,
Macedonia:
Introduction to numerical techniques and basic CFD methodology
3 ECTS
Numerical simulation curricula (NUSIC)
Period: 01/03/2005 - 29/02/2008
Courses taught at the Faculty of Engineering and Naval Architecture (FAMENA) of the Univ. of Zagreb,
Croatia:
Solution of The Time Dependent Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations with the Finite
Volume Method
3 ECTS
Advanced Methods for solving the Navier-Stokes equations
3 ECTS
4.4 EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
Promoter of SOCRATES agreements with:
ENSICA, Toulouse, France
Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
TUDelft, the Netherlands
Universiteit Twente, the Netherlands
Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
5 RESEARCH
5.1 PUBLICATIONS (LAST 5 YEARS)
(CO-) AUTHOR OF A SCIENTIFIC MONOGRAPH:
LES and DNS Of Ignition Process And Complex Structure Flames With Local Extinction (Eds. Boguslawski,
Lacor, Geurts), American Institute of Physics, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7354-0726-8
K. Van den Abeele, M. Parsani, C. Lacor
Analysis of spectral volume and spectral difference methods
Chapter in book ‘Adaptive high-order methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics - with applications in
aerospace engineering’ (Ed. Z.J. Wang) to be published by World Science Books, 2011
C. Lacor, E. Turkel
Modern techniques for Solving Partial Differential Equations
Contactforum Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Art, 19/6/2008, ISBN 9789065690418
T. Broeckhoven, C. Lacor, S. Smirnov, J. Ramboer
Spatial and temporal discretization schemes for CAA, chapter in book LES for Acoustics (Eds. Wagner,
Hüttl, Sagaut) p.167-201, Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-87144-0
K. Grijspeerdt, D. Vucinic, C. Lacor
Computational fluid dynamics modelling of the hydrodynamics of plate heat exchangers for milk
processing, Chapter 16 in Computational Fluid Dynamics in Food Processing (Ed. D-W. Sun), CRC Press,
2007. ISBN 0-8493-9286-1
ARTICLES/CONTRIBUTIONS IN SCIENTIFIC MONOGRAPHS:
M. Zakyani, C. Lacor
LES-CMC simulations for piloted non-premixed flames
in LES AND DNS OF IGNITION PROCESS AND COMPLEX STRUCTURE FLAMES WITH LOCAL EXTINCTION (eds.
Boguslawski, Lacor, Geurts), American Institute of Physics, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7354-0726-8
S. Jayaraju, C. Lacor, D. Vucinic, F. Maes, S. Verbanck
Airflow and Aerosol Transport in a Human Mouth-Throat geometry
Coupled Methods in Numerical Dynamics (eds: Zdravko Terze and Chris Lacor), SBN-ISSN: 978-953-6313-
30-3, 2009
M. Parsani, K. Van den Abeele, D. Vucinic, C. Lacor
An Implicit LU-SGS Algorithm for High-Order Spectral Difference Method on Unstructured Grids for
Turbulent Compressible Flows
Coupled Methods in Numerical Dynamics (eds: Zdravko Terze and Chris Lacor), SBN-ISSN: 978-953-6313-
30-3, 2009
M. Ahmadi Bidakhvidi, D. Vucinic, S. Vanlanduit, C. Lacor
Numerical and experimental study of the flappin wing induced flow for micro-air-vehicles propulsion
Coupled Methods in Numerical Dynamics (eds: Zdravko Terze and Chris Lacor), SBN-ISSN: 978-953-6313-
30-3, 2009
E. Brizuela, W. Deconinck, C. Lacor
Accurate Numerical Computation of the Beta PDF
IFRF Electronic Combustion Journal, Article 200902, June 2009
M. Parsani, K. Van den Abeele, C. Lacor
Implicit LU-SGS algorithm with p-multigrid strategy for high-order methods on unstructured grids for
solving the Navier-Stokes equations
Contactforum Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Art, p.123-149, 19/6/2008, ISBN
9789065690418
G. Ghorbaniasl, C. Lacor
Sensitivity of SGS models and quality of LES to grid irregularity
Springer Verlag, ISBN-ISSN: 978-1-4020-8577-2, pp.155-165, 2008
D. Vucinic, D. Deen, E. Oanta, Z. Batarilo, and C. Lacor
Distributed 3D Information Visualization, Towards Integration of the dynamic 3D graphics and Web
Services
Advances in Computer Graphics and Computer Vision, International conferences VISAPP and GRAPP 2006,
CCIS 4, Revised Selected Papers, J. Braz, A. Ranchordas, H. Araujo, and J. Jorge, Eds. Setubal, Portugal:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007, pp. 155–168.
C. Lacor, S. T. Jayaraju, M. Brouns, S. Verbanck
Simulation of the Airflow in the Upper Airways with Applications to Aerosols
Coupled Methods in Numerical Dynamics (eds: Zdravko Terze and Chris Lacor), SBN-ISSN: 978-953-6313-
88-4, 2007
T. Broeckhoven, M. Freitag, C. Lacor, A. Sadiki, J. J.icka
Investigation of Subgrid Scale Wrinkling Models and their impact on the Artificially Thickened Flame
Model in Large Eddy Simulations, CY-LES
Springer Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, 2006
K. Van den Abeele, M. Parsani, C. Lacor
Spectral volume and spectral difference methods: wave propagation analysis and efficient solvers
VKI Lecture Series, 35th
CFD VKI/ADIGMA Course on High-Order Discretization Methods, 13-17/10/2008
M. Fathali, J. Meyers, C. Lacor, M. Baelmans
Impact of Initial Flow parameters on a temporal mixing layer evolution
in ‘Direct and large-Eddy Simulation VI ‘(Eds. Lamballais, Friedrich, Geurts, Métais), ERCOFTAC Series,
Vol.10,Springer,pp.625-634, 2005
ARTICLES IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL REFEREE SYSTEM
X.D. Wang, Ch. Hirsch, Sh. Kang, C. Lacor
Multi-objective optimization of turbomachinery using improved NSGA-II
Comp. Meth. Applied mech. and Eng., Vol. 200(9-12):883-895, 2011
S. Verbanck , H.S. Kalsi , M.F. Biddiscombe, V. Agnihotri, B. Belkassem, C. Lacor, and O.S. Usmani
Inspiratory And Expiratory Aerosol Deposition In The Upper Airway
Inhalation Toxicology, accepted Dec. 2010
M. Parsani, G. Ghorbaniasl and C. Lacor
Validation and application of a high-order spectral difference method for flow induced noise simulation
J. Computational Acoustics, accepted November 2010
Kh. Elsayed, C. Lacor
The effect of Cyclone Inlet Dimensions on the Flow Pattern and Performance
Applied Mathematical Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.apm.2010.11.007
Kh. Elsayed, C. Lacor
Optimization of the Cyclone Separator Geometry for Minimum Pressure Drop using Mathematical models
and CFD simulations
Chemical Engineering Science 65:6048-6058, 2010
I. Stankovic, A. Triantafyllidis, E. Mastorakos, C. Lacor and B. Merci
Simulation of hydrogen auto-ignition in a Turbulent co-flow of heated air with LES and CMC approach
Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, DOI: 10.1007/s10494-010-9277-0
M. Parsani, G. Ghorbaniasl, C. Lacor, E. Turkel
An Implicit High-Order Spectral Difference Approach For Large Eddy Simulation
J Computational Physics,229(14):5373-5393, 2010 doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2010.03.038,2010
No. 8 in top 25 hottest articles JCP, April to June 2010
C. Dinescu, S. Smirnov, Ch. Hirsch, C. Lacor
Assessment of intrusive and non-intrusive non-deterministic CFD methodologies based on Polynomial
Chaos expansions
International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, Vol. 2, No.1-2, pp. 87-98, 2010
M. Parsani, K. Van den Abeele, C. Lacor and E. Turkel
Implicit LU-SGS algorithm for high-order methods on unstructured grids with p-multigrid strategy for
solving steady Navier-Stokes equations
J Comput Phys, 229:828-850, 2010
P. Widera, G. Ghorbaniasl, C. Lacor
Study of the sediment transport over flat and wavy bottom using Large Eddy Simulation
J of Turbulence, 10(33), pp. 1 - 20. DOI: 10.1080/14685240903264989, 2009
G. Ghorbaniasl, P. Widera, C. Lacor
Quality of dynamic variational multiscale models on distorted grids
J of Turbulence, Vol. 10, No. 22, 2009
P. Widera, E. Toorman, C. Lacor
Large eddy simulation of sediment transport in open channel flow
Journal Hydraulic Research (IAHR), Vol.47, No.3,pp. 291-298, 2009
K. Van den Abeele, G. Ghorbaniasl, M. Parsani, C. Lacor
A stability analysis for the spectral volume method on tetrahedral grids
Journal of Comp. Physics, Vol. 228, No. 2, pp. 257-265, 2009
S. T. Jayaraju, M. Paiva, M. Brouns, C. Lacor, S. Verbanck
The contribution of upper airway to convective mixing.
Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 105, pp. 1733-1740, 2008
E. Awad, E. Toorman, C. Lacor
Large Eddy Simulations for quasi-2D turbulence in shallow flows: A comparison between different subgrid
scale models
Journal of Marine Systems, Vol.77, No.4, pp. 511-528, 2009
S. T. Jayaraju, M. Brouns, C. Lacor, B. Belkassem, S. Verbanck
Large Eddy and detached Eddy Simulations of Fluid Flow and Particle Deposition Analysis in a Human
Mouth-Throat
Journal of Aerosol Science 39, 862-875, 2008
J. Meyers, C. Lacor, M. Baelmans
On the use of high-order finite-difference discretization for LES with double decomposition of the subgrid-
scale stresses
International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 56, Issue 4, pp.383-400, 2008
M. Fathali, M. Klein, T. Broeckhoven, C. Lacor, M. Baelmans
Generation of turbulent inflow and initial conditions based on multi-correlated random fields
International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 57, No.1, pp. 93-117, 2008
K. Van den Abeele, C. Lacor, Z.J. Wang
On the stability and accuracy of the spectral difference method
Journal of Scientific Computing, Issue: In print, eds: C. Bernardi & C.-W. Shu, published by: Springer, ISBN-
ISSN: 0885-7474, Vol. 37, pp. 162-188, 2008
K. Van den Abeele, C. Lacor, Z.J. Wang
On the connection between the spectral volume and the spectral difference method
Journal of Computational Physics, Volume: 227, N° in volume: 2, pp: 877 - 885, eds: G. Tryggvason,
published by: Elsevier, ISBN-ISSN: 0021-9991, 2007
S. T. Jayaraju, M. Brouns, S. Verbanck, C. Lacor
Fluid Flow and Particle Deposition Analysis in a realistic Extrathoracic Airway Model Using Unstructured
Grids
Journal of Aerosol Science, 38(5):494-508,2007
K. Van den Abeele, C. Lacor
An accuracy and stability study of the 2D spectral volume method
Journal of Computational Physics, Volume: 226, N° in volume: 1, pp: 1007 - 1026, eds: G. Tryggvason,
published by: Elsevier, ISBN-ISSN: 0021-9991, 2007
K. Van den Abeele, T. Broeckhoven, C. Lacor
Dispersion and dissipation properties of the 1D spectral volume method and application to a p-multigrid
algorithm
Journal of Computational Physics Volume: 224, N° in volume: 2, pp: 616 - 636, eds: G. Tryggvason,
published by: Elsevier, ISBN-ISSN: 0021-9991, 2007
M. Brouns, S. T. Jayaraju, C. Lacor, J. De Mey, M. Noppen, W. Vincken, S. Verbanck
Tracheal stenosis: a flow dynamics study
Journal of Applied Physiology, Volume: 102, pp: 1178 - 1184, 2007
M. Brouns, S. Verbanck, C. Lacor
Influence of glottic aperture on the tracheal flow
Journal of Biomechanics, Volume: 40, pp: 165 - 172, 2007
J. Ramboer, T. Broeckhoven, S. Smirnov, C. Lacor
OpT.ization of T.e integration schemes coupled to spatial discretization for use in CAA applications
Journal of Computational Physics, Volume 213, Issue 2, 10 April 2006, Pages 777-802, 2006
M. Brouns, T. Broeckhoven, S. Verbanck, C. Lacor
Effects of turbulence modelling on the prediction of aerosol deposition in the trachea
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering : 2005 Vol. 8, num. 1 SUPPL , pp. 45-46
COMMUNICATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES / SYMPOSIA INTEGRALLY
PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS
Kh. Elsayed, C.Lacor.
The effect of cyclone inlet width on the flow pattern and performance
Tenth International Congress of Fluid Dynamics, ASME, Egypt, ICFD10-EG-3085, accepted for publication,
Ain Soukhna, Red Sea, Egypt, 16-19 December, 2010.
Kh. Elsayed, C.Lacor.
Numerical study on the effect of cyclone inlet height on the flow pattern and performance
Tenth International Congress of Fluid Dynamics, ASME, Egypt, ICFD10-EG-3068, accepted for publication,
Ain Soukhna, Red Sea, Egypt, 16-19 December, 2010.
Kh. Elsayed, C.Lacor
The effect of cyclone dustbin on the flow pattern and performance
Tenth International Congress of Fluid Dynamics, ASME, Egypt, ICFD10-EG-3092, accepted for publication,
Ain Soukhna, Red Sea, Egypt, 16-19 December, 2010.
Kh. Elsayed, C. Lacor
The effect of cyclone height on the flow pattern and performance using LES
Tenth International Congress of Fluid Dynamics, ASME, Egypt, ICFD10-EG-3092, accepted for publication,
Ain Soukhna, Red Sea, Egypt, 16-19 December, 2010
Kh. Elsayed, C. Lacor
Application of Response Surface Methodology for Modeling and OpT.ization of the Cyclone Separator for
Minimum Pressure Drop
Proc. ECCOMAS CFD Conf., Lisbon, June 2010
Kh. Elsayed, C. Lacor
The Effect Of Vortex Finder Diameter On Cyclone Separator Performance And Flow Field
Proc. ECCOMAS CFD Conf., Lisbon, June 2010
M. Parsani, G. Ghorbaniasl, C. Lacor
An implicit high-order spectral difference method for LES
Proc. ECCOMAS CFD Conf. Lisbon, June 2010
V. Agnihotri, Kh Elsayed, C Lacor, S. Verbanck Numerical Study of Particle Deposition in The Human Upper Airways with Emphasis on Hot Spot Formation and Comparison of LES and RANS Models Proc. ECCOMAS CFD Conf., Lisbon, June 2010.
G. Onorato, G.J.A. Loeven, G. Ghorbaniasl, H. Bijl, C. Lacor
Comparison of intrusive and non-intrusive polynomial chaos methods for CFD applications in aeronautics
Proc. ECCOMAS CFD Conf., Lisbon, June 2010.
M. Parsani, G. Ghorbaniasl, C. Lacor
Development of LES-High-Order Spectral Difference Method for Flow Induced Noise Simulation
Proc. 16th
AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conf., 7-9 June 2010, Stockholm
Kh. Elsayed, C. Lacor Modeling of the Gas and Particle Flow in the Cyclone Separator using LES, RANS and Mathematical Models Proc. 14
th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering AMME-14, Military
Technical College, Cairo, Egypt, May 2010.
Kh. Elsayed, C. Lacor
Investigation of the Geometrical Parameters Effects on the Performance and the Flow-Field of Cyclone
Separators using Mathematical Models and Large Eddy Simulation
Proc. International Conference on AEROSPACE SCIENCES & AVIATION TECHNOLOGY (ASAT-13), Military
Technical College, Cairo, Egypt, 26-28 May 2009
Kh. Elsayed, C.Lacor
A CFD study of the effects of cone dimensions on the flow field of cyclone separators using LES
Proc. 13th International Conference on AEROSPACE SCIENCES & AVIATION TECHNOLOGY (ASAT-13),
Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt, 26-28 May, 2009.
D. Vucinic, M. Pesut, F. Jovic, C. Lacor
Exploring ontology-based approach to facilitate integration of multi-physics and visualization for
numerical models
ASME 2009 IDETC/CIE, September 2009, San Diego, California, USA.
I. Stankovic, A. Triantafyllidis, E. Mastorakos, C. Lacor, B. Merci
Simulation of hydrogen auto-ignition in a Turbulent co-flow of heated air with LES and CMC approach
6th
Int. Symp. On Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, 14-18/9/09, Rome
S. Jayaraju, C. Lacor, S. Verbanck
Simulating pharmaceutical aerosol bolus dispersion and deposition in human upper airways: RANS, LES or
DES?
Proc. 1st
Int. Conf. Math. And Comput. Biomedial Eng., Swansea, 29/6-1/7/2009
W. Deconinck, C.P.T. Groth, C. Lacor
Application of high-order discrete explicit filters for LES of compressible turbulent flow
Proc. 17th
Annual Conf. Of the CFD Society of Canada, Ottawa, May 2009
M. Parsani, K. Van den Abeele, C. Lacor, E. Turkel
Simulation of Compressible Turbulent Flows with an Implicit LU-SGS Algorithm for High-Order Spectral
Difference Method on Unstructured Grids
AIAA paper 2009-4143, AIAA CFD conference 22-25/6/2009
C. Dinescu, S. Smirnov, Ch. Hirsch, C. Lacor
Assessment of intrusive and non-intrusive non-deterministic CFD methodologies based on Polynomial
Chaos expansions
44th
Colloquium Applied Aerodynamics, Nantes, 23-25/3/2009
I. Stankovic, A. Triantafyllidis, E. Mastorakos, C. Lacor, B. Merci
Preliminary numerical simulations of hydrogen auto-ignition in a Turbulent co-flow of heated air with
conditional moment Closure
European Combustion Meeting, 14-17/4/09, Vienna
S.T. Jayaraju, M. Brouns, S. Verbanck and C. Lacor
LES & DES Study of Fluid-Particle Dynamics in a Human Mouth-Throat Geometry
Proc. Turbulence Interaction Conf. (TI2009), Martinique, 1-5/6/2009
K. Van den Abeele, M. Parsani and C. Lacor
An Implicit Spectral Difference Navier-Stokes Solver For Unstructured Hexahedral Grids
47th
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference, Orlando, J.uary 2009
G. Ghorbaniasl, P. Widera, C. Lacor
A dynamic variational multiscale model in turbulent channel flow with distorted grids
47th AIAA aerospace sciences meeting, 5-8 J.. 2009, Orlando, Florida
E. Awad, E. Toorman, C. Lacor
Horizontal turbulent mixing in 3D hydrodynamic modeling
2008 International Symposium on Shallow Flows, Hong Kong 2008, CD-Rom, Paper A0116, 6 pp.
I. Stankovid, A. Triantafyllidis, E. Mastorakos, C. Lacor and B. Merci
Simulations of hydrogen auto-ignition in a turbulent co-flow of heated air with a conditional moment
closure and LES
Proc. COMBURA 2008 Conf.
D. Vucinic, M. Pesut, A. Aksenov, Z. Mravak, C. Lacor
Towards Interoperable X3D Models and Web-based Environments for Engineering OpT.ization Problems
Int. Conf. on Eng. OpT.ization EngOpt2008, Rio de J.eiro, 1-5/6/2008
G. Ghorbaniasl, P. Widera, Ch. Hirsch, C. Lacor
A numerical simulation of sound wave from permeable surfaces
3rd
Int. Conf. om Mathematical Modelling of Wave Phenomena, Sweden, 9-13/6/2008,
S.T. Jayaraju, M. Brouns, S. Verbanck and C. Lacor
LES & DES study of Fluid-Particle Dynamics In Human Upper Respiratory Pathway
Proc. ECCOMAS Conf., Venice, July 2008
K. Van den Abeele, M. Parsani, C. Lacor and T. Quintino
A spectral volume Navier-Stokes solver on unstructured tetrahedral grids
Proc. ECCOMAS Conf., Venice, July 2008
M. Parsani, K. Van Den Abeele, C. Lacor
Implicit T.e Integration Algorithms For High-Order Methods On Unstructured Tetrahedral Grids With
p−Multigrid Strategy
Proc. ECCOMAS Conf., Venice, July 2008
C. Lacor, S. Smirnov
Non-Deterministic Compressible Navier-Stokes Simulations using Polynomial Chaos
Proc. ECCOMAS Conf., Venice, July 2008
C. Lacor, S. Smirnov
Uncertainty Propagation in the Solution of Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations using Polynomial Chaos
Decomposition
CD Rom Proc. Of NATO AVT symposium Athens, pp.13, December 2007
T. Broeckhoven, M. Zakyani, C. Lacor
Numerical Study of LES for Non-Premixed Combustion
Proc. LES for Advanced Design and Combustion Systems, LES-AID Cost Action, May 2007, pp. 6
G. Ghorbaniasl, Ch. Hirsch, K. Van Den Abeele, C. Lacor
Verification of noise prediction through acoustic analogy
AIAA Paper, 2007-3558, 2007
M. Parsani, K. Van Den Abeele, C. Lacor
Efficient implicit LU-SGS algorithm for High-Order Spectral Volume Method with p-multigrid strategy
Proc. WEST-EAST HIGH SPEED FLOW FIELD CONFERENCE, Moskou, November 2007
S. Jayaraju, M. Brouns, S. Verbanck and C. Lacor
Lagrangian Particle Tracking on Unstructured Meshes in a CT based Mouth-Throat Geometry
Proc. International Conference on Multiphase Flow, ICMF 2007, Leipzig, Germany, July 9 – 13, 2007
M. Brouns, S. T Jayaraju, C. Lacor, J. De Mey, M. Noppen, W. Vincken, S. Verbanck
Effect of Tracheal Stenosis on Local Pressure Drop
Proc. American Thoracic Society International Conference, San Francisco, 2007
E. Awad, E. Toorman, C. Lacor
Two-dimensional LES for shallow flows: a case of a backward facing step flow
Proc. 32nd
IAHR Congress, 9 pp. Venice, 1-6/7/2007
E. Toorman, C. Lacor, E. Awad, M. Heredia, P. Widera
Scale problems in 3D sediment-transport modeling and suggestions to overcome them
Proc. Colloque Qualité d’Eaux Marines, Société Hydraulique de France, CDRom, 8 pp, Paris 22-23/1/2007.
E. Toorman, C. Lacor, M. Heredia, P. Widera
Upscaling near-bottom sediment-turbulence interaction effects for large-scale 3D sediment transport
modeling
ILCOD 2007, Liege
N. Ivanov, E. Smirnov, C. Lacor
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Pollutant Dispersion in a Ventilated Atrium
Proc. Roomvent 2007 Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2007
G. Ghorbaniasl, C. Lacor
Study of the effect of grid irregularity on the quality of LES simulations
Workshop Quality and Reliability of Large-Eddy Simulations (QLES), Belgium, October 2007
G. Ghorbaniasl, Ch. Hirsch, C. Lacor
Quadrupole noise simulation for fan noise prediction
Fan Noise 2007 Conf, Lyon, 17-19 september 2007
N. Ivanov, C. Lacor, E. Smirnov
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Pollutant Dispersion in a Metro Carriage, Proc. 17th Air-
conditioning and Ventilation Conference, Prague, p.117-122, 17-19/5/2006
S. T Jayaraju, M. Brouns, C. Lacor, J. De Mey, S. Verbanck
Effects Of Tracheal Stenosis On Flow Dynamics In Upper Human Airways
Proc. ECCOMAS CFD Conf. Egmond aan Zee, 5-8/9/2006
M. Fathali, M. Klein, T. Broeckhoven, C. Lacor, and M. Baelmans5
Stochastic generation of velocity fluctuation for turbulent inflow and initial condition
Proc. Of ICCFD4 Conf., 10-13 july 2006, Ghent
G. Gorbaniasl, Ch. Hirsch, C. Lacor, J. Ramboer
Numerical study of quadrupole noise prediction for moving bodies
Proc. EuroNoise Conf., Finland, 2006
M. Brouns, S. Verbanck, J. Van Beeck, S. Vanlanduit, J. Vanherzeele, C. Lacor
PIV on the flow of a simplified upper airway model
Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics,
2006
K. Van Den Abeele, J. Ramboer, G. Ghorbaniasl, C. Lacor
Numerical Solution of the Linearized Euler Equations Using Compact Schemes
Proceedings International Conference for Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICCFD4), Ghent, 2006
D. Vucinic, D. Deen, E. Oanta, Z. Batarilo, C. Lacor
Distributed 3D information visualization: Towards Integration of the dynamic 3D graphics and Web
Services
Proc. International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP) 2006 Setúbal,
Portugal 25-28 February
T. Broeckhoven, M. Freitag, C. Lacor, A. Sadiki, J. Janicka
Investigation of Subgrid Scale Wrinkling Models and their impact on the Artificially Thickened Flame
Model in Large Eddy Simulations
Proc. Conf. Complex Effects in Large Eddy Simulation, Limassol, September 20-24, 2005
S. Geerts, T. Broeckhoven, Ch. Hirsch, C. Lacor
Validation of CFD and Turbulence Models for Confined Double Annular Jet
AIAA paper No. 2005-5317, AAIA 4th Theoretical Fluid Mechanical Conference, 6-9 June 2005, Toronto,
Ontario.
M. Fathali, J. Meyers, C. Lacor, M. Baelmans
Influence of turbulent initial conditions in numerical simulations of a temporal mixing layer
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods in Engineering,
2005
COMMUNICATIONS AT OTHER CONGRESSES INTEGRALLY PUBLISHED IN
PROCEEDINGS
W. Deconinck, C.P.T. Groth, C. Lacor
High-order discrete explicit filtering for Large Eddy Simulation
CD-Rom Proc. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Brussels, May 2009
Kh. Elsayed, C. Lacor
Study of the Effects of Geometrical Parameters on the Performance of Cyclone Separators
CD-Rom Proc. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Brussels, May 2009
P. Widera, E. Toorman, C. Lacor
Investigation on the influence of various sediment-fluid coupling approaches to the flow and sediment
transport
CD-Rom Proc. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Brussels, May 2009
M. Parsani, K. Van Den Abeele, C. Lacor
An efficient LU-SGS solver for high-order spectral volume schemes on Unstructured grids
Scientific Forum of the Flemish Academy: Modern Techniques for Solving PDE, 19/6/2008
K. Van Den Abeele, J. Ramboer, G. Ghorbaniasl, C. Lacor
Simulation of the sound production by a rotor
Proc. 7th
National Congres on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2006
C. Vanden Haute, C. Lacor
Non-deterministic methods for CFD
Proceedings 7th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2006
COMMUNICATIONS AT OTHER CONGRESSES NOT PUBLISHED OR ONLY AVAILABLE
AS AN ABSTRACT:
Kh. Elsayed, C. Lacor
Optimization of the cyclone separator geometry based on CFD simulation
Proc. ERCOFTAC Annual Seminar, VUB, 3/12/2009
W. Deconinck, C. Lacor
Application of Discrete Explicit Filters for Large Eddy Simulation of Compressible Turbulent Flow on
Unstructured Grids
Proc. ERCOFTAC Annual Seminar, VUB, 3/12/2009
C. Lacor
Intrusive polynomial chaos for the compressible navier-Stokes equations
Symposium Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Science and Engineering, TU Delft, 7/4/2009.
M. Parsani, K. Van den Abeele, C. Lacor, E. Turkel
Implicit LU-SGS algorithm for high-order methods on unstructured grids
Proc. ERCOFTAC Annual Seminar, KULeuven, 5/12/2008
S. Smirnov, C. Lacor
Non-Deterministic Navier-Stokes Simulations with Polynomial Chaos Method
Proc. ERCOFTAC Annual Seminar, KULeuven, 5/12/2008
M. Zakyani, C. Lacor
LES and CMC simulations for Sandia D and Delft III flames
Int. Workshop on ‘LES and DNS of ignition process and complex structure flames with local extinction’,
Czestochowa 20-21/11/2008
K. Van Den Abeele, G. Ghorbaniasl, C. Lacor
2D and 3D acoustic pulse simulations with the spectral difference method
X3 Noise National Focus Point symposium, 2008
K. Van Den Abeele, C. Lacor, Z.J. Wang
On the stability of and the relation between spectral volume and spectral difference schemes
Seminar on Discontinuous Galerkin and High Order methods for CFD
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Art, 8/5/2007
P. Widera, E. Toorman, C. Lacor
Large Eddy Simulation of sediment transport in open channel flow
Proc. ERCOFTAC Annual Seminar, UCL, 8/12/2006
K. Van Den Abeele, C. Lacor
Spectral volume schemes: wave propagation analysis and p-multigrid
Proc. ERCOFTAC Annual Seminar, UCL, 8/12/2006
N. Ivanov, C. Lacor, E. Smirnov
Transient RANS and LES computations of dense gas dispersion
Proc. ERCOFTAC Annual Seminar, CENAERO, 12/12/2005
G. Ghorbaniasl, Ch. Hirsch, C. Lacor
Validation and application of a far-field T.e domain formulation for fan noise prediction
Proc. ERCOFTAC Annual Seminar, CENAERO, 12/12/2005
T. Broeckhoven, M. Freitag, A. Sadiki, J. Janicka, C. Lacor
LES of a premixed combustor with the Artificially Thickened Flame Model
Proc. ERCOFTAC Annual Seminar, CENAERO, 12/12/2005
5.2 INVITED LECTURES (LAST 5 YEARS)
C. Lacor
Intrusive Polynomial Chaos Methods
ONERA Symposium ‘Accuracy and Uncertainty in Flow Simulation’, Chatillon, 3/12/2010
C. Lacor
An LES methodology for unstructured grids with applications to aeroacoustics
‘Maths and Air’ Workshop, Organized by IUMA (Instituto Universitario de Matematicas y Aplicaciones,
Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 16-18/6/2010
M. Parsani, G. Ghorbaniasl, C. Lacor
An Implicit High-Order Spectral Difference Method for LES
Mini-symposium ‘Towards Industrial Applications of Higher Order methods’, ECCOMAS CFD Conf., Lisbon,
14-17/6/2010
G. Onorato, G.J.A. Loeven, G. Ghorbaniasl, H. Bijl, C. Lacor
Comparison of intrusive and non-intrusive polynomial chaos methods for CFD applications in aeronautics
Mini-symposium ‘Non-deterministic Simulation in CFD’, ECCOMAS CFD Conf., Lisbon, 14-17/6/2010
V. Agnihotri, Kh. Elsayed, C Lacor, S. Verbanck
Numerical Study of Particle Deposition in The Human Upper Airways with Emphasis on Hot Spot
Formation and Comparison of LES and RANS Models
Mini-symposium ‘Bioflows in the airways’, ECCOMAS CFD Conf., Lisbon, 14-17/6/2010
C. Lacor
Fundamentals of CFD and new approaches in CFD
Univ. of Czestochowa (Prof. Boguslawski), 20-21/5/2010
K. Van den Abeele, C. Lacor
The high-order spectral difference method for unstructured grids
Lecture for Collège Belgique, September 2009
S. Jayaraju, C. Lacor, D. Vucinic, F. Maes, S. Verbanck
Airflow and Aerosol Transport in a Human Mouth-Throat geometry
International Symposium on Coupled Methods in Numerical Dynamics, 16-19/9/2009, Split
C. Lacor
Intrusive Polynomial Chaos for the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations
Symposium Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Science and Engineering, TU Delft, 7/4/2009.
C. Lacor, S. Smirnov
Non-Deterministic Compressible Navier-Stokes Simulations using Polynomial Chaos
Mini-symposium ‘Uncertainty quantification methods in CFD and FSI problems’, ECCOMAS Conf. Venice,
30/6-4/7/2008
C. Lacor, S. T. Jayaraju, M. Brouns, S. Verbanck
Simulation of the Airflow in the Upper Airways with Applications to Aerosols
International Symposium on Coupled Methods in Numerical Dynamics, Dubrovnik, 19-21/9/2007,
Dubrovnik
C. Lacor
On LES: schemes, solvers and some applications at VUB
RWTH Aachen, Institute of Aerodynamics (Prof. Schröder), 1/7/2005
5.3 RESEARCH PROJECTS (LAST 10 YEARS)
PROJECTS WITH EXTERNAL FUNDING
EC projects
NODESIM-CFD – Non-deterministic simulation for CFD-based Design Methodologies
Period: 01/09/2006 - 31/08/2009
Financing: EC Strep
ITEA SERKET - Securation keeps threats
Period: 01/01/2006 - 31/12/2007
Financing: IWT - via BARCO Control Rooms
FLOWnet - European Thematic Network
Period: 1/12/98-31/11/2001
Financing: EC
Function: Technical Contact
GOA projects (Concerted Research Action)
ASiLung – Towards Air-Breathing Simulations in Realistic Tracheobronchial Geometries of the Normal and
the Diseased Lung
Period: 01/01/2009-31/12/2012
IWT projects (Flemish Institute for Science and Technology)
Functional imaging using computer methods to predict the effect of thoracic surgery and endoscopic
volume reduction on post-intervention long volumes
Period: 1/10/2009-1/4/2011
Financing: IWT TBM (Applied Biomedical Research)
3D-Testbench
Period: 23/9/2009-22/9/201
Financing: IWT ITEA-2
CAPRICORN - Simulation and design tools towards the reduction of aerodynamic noise in confined flows
Period: 01/06/2006 - 31/12/2010
Financing: IWT SBO project
Development of a Large Eddy Simulation methodology for compressible flows on unstructured grids
with application to non-premixed combustion
Period: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2012
Financing: IWT fellowship
Development and applications of non-deterministic methods for CFD
Period: 01/01/2006 - 31/12/2007
Financing: IWT fellowship
The development of a code for applications in computational aeroacoustics
Period:01/01/2000 - 31/12/2003
Financing: IWT fellowship
FWO projects (Flemish Science Foundation)
Simulation of non-premixed turbulent combustion with CMC models in combination with LES
Period:01/01/07 - 31/12/2010
Financing: FWO
Development of schemes and models for numerical aeroacoustics on unstructured grid
Period:01/10/2005 - 30/09/2009
Financing: FWO aspirant fellowship
Advanced numerical and experimental techniques for the identification of noise sources in confined
flows
Period: 01/01/2005 - 31/12/2008
Financing: FWO project
Development of simulation models for two-phase flows on geophysical scale with application to
sediment transport in estuaria and coastal zones
Period: 01/01/2004 - 31/12/2007
Financing: FWO project
Medical aerosols : characterisation of aerosol tranport by the upper airway structures.
Period: 01/01/2002 - 31/12/2005
Financing: FWO project
Large Eddy Simulation for multiphase flows and complex physics flows with emphasis on combustion
applications
Period:01/01/2002 - 31/12/2005
Financing: FWO project
Numerical study and application of non-premixed turbulent combustion with LES techniques
Period:01/10/2002 - 30/09/2006
Financing: FWO aspirant fellowship
Development of models for Large Eddy Simulation of turbulent flows, with applications to combustion
and multiphase flows
Period: 01/01/1998 - 31/12/2001
Financing: FWO project
Other projects
Modeling of high-enthalpy plasmas (PostDoc research)
Period: 01/02/2010 - 31/1/2011
Financing: Von Karman Institute
Mechanical Engineering Applied to Society
Period: 01/01/2007 - 31/12/2012
Financing: IOF (Industrial Research Fund)
Experimental and numerical study of windturbines including aeroelastic effects
Financing: Ecopower – project will start after implant of 2 windturbines on research park of VUB
Towards the development of clinical aerosol applications based on multidisciplinary numerical-
experimental analysis of air- and aerosol flows in the upper airways
Period: 01/01/2005 - 31/12/2006 and 1/10/2007-31/9/2009
Financing: Horizontal Research Action
Development of an improved and an efficient Conditional Moment Closure model for the simulation of
turbulent non-premixed combustion applications
Period: 01/01/2007-31/12/2008
Financing: FWO, Joint Research Project, Cooperation SECyT- FWO Flanders
Modeling of turbulent flows with combustion by Large Eddy Simulation in connection with Conditional
Moment Closure model
Period: 01/01/2006 - 31/12/2008
Financing: BOF-BWS 2005 Bilateral Scientific Co-operation with Univ. Czestochowa, Poland (Prof.
Boguslawski)
BruCare
Period: 01/01/2006 - 30/11/2006
Financing: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (subcontracting of University Hospital of VUB)
Transient RANS and LES computations of dense gas dispersion. Application to terrorist toxic gas attacks
in public transport
Period: 01/02/2005 - 30/11/2005
Financing: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk gewest - Research in Brussels fellowship (Researcher IVANOV Nikolay
Georgievich, St-Petersburg, Russia)
Implementation of the Ffowcs-Williams Hawking equations for sound in the far field produced by
turbomachinery.
Period: 11/03/2002 - 24/06/2002
Financing: NUMECA INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Projects upon request of industry
CFD study of the injection of wood particles in a coal pipe
Laborelec
February-March 2009
Wind-tunnel study of wind-break barriers to minimalise the dust spreading during discharge of dusty
materials into a silo
Northern Manuport NV
August 2007
Windtunnel measurements of coefficients of wind forces on profiles
Renson Projects NV and WTCM-CRIF
October 2006
Study of the flow around the new Alcatel buildings
Alcatel
Sept. 2002 (together with NUMECA Int. NV)
Aerodynamical study of baffles of compressor groups
Atlas Copco
August 2002
PROJECTS WITH FUNDING OF VUB RESEARCH COUNCIL
Development of intrusive non – deterministic methods for advanced applications in CFD
Giuseppe ONORATO: 1 year VUB fellowship from 1/1/2010-31/12/2010
Micro-scale Assessment and Prediction of Wind Resources for Wind Parks based on Numerical
Modelling and Simulation
Antonino BONANNI: 2 year VUB fellowship from 1/1/2010-31/12/2011
Direct Numerical Simulation of turbulent flows with complex physics and experimental validation using
PIV techniques
Period: 01/01/2000 - 31/12/2002
5.4 PROMOTER PHD THESIS
M. Parsani: 23/11/2010
Development of an efficient Navier-Stokes/LES solver on unstructured grids for high-order accurate
schemes
X. Wang: 29/10/2010
CFD Simulation of Complex Flows in Turbomachinery and Robust OpT.ization of Blade Design Double diploma with North China Electric Power University
G. Ghorbaniasl: 4/9/2009
Computational Aeroacoustic Noise Prediction Using Hybrid methodologies,
K. Van den Abeele: 29/5/2009
Development of high order accurate methods for unstructured grids
S. Jayaraju: 2/4/09
Study of the air flow and aerosol transport in the human upper airway using LES and DES methodologies
M. Brouns: 11/10/2007
Numerical and Experimental study of Flow and Deposition of Aerosols in the Upper Human Airways
D. Vucinic: 5/9/2007 (co-promoter: Ch. Hirsch)
Development of a Scientific Visualization System
T. Broeckhoven: 23/1/2007
Large Eddy Simulation of turbulent combustion: numerical study and applications
S. Smirnov: 23/10/2006
Development of a finite volume formulation of compact schemes with applications to LES
S. Geerts: 22/5/2006 (co-promoter: Ch. Hirsch)
Experimental and numerical evaluatie study of an axial flow pump
K. Kovalev: 20/12/2005 (co-promoter: Ch. Hirsch)
Unstructured Hexahedral Non-conformal Mesh Generation
O. U. Baran: 20/12/2005 (co-promoter: Ch. Hirsch)
Control methodologies in hexahedral grids generation
J. Ramboer: 30/9/2005
Development of numerical tools for computational Aeroacoustics
B. Lessani: 19/3/2003
LES of Turbulent Flows. Application to low Mach number and particle-laden flows
5.5 STAYS OF RESEARCHERS AND PROFESSORS OF ABROAD (LAST 10 YEARS)
Prof. Turkel, Tel Aviv University, School of Mathematics, 22-24/11/2010
Prof. A. Boguslawski, Dr. A. Tylisczak, Czestochowa Univ. of Technology, 18/10-23/10/2009
Prof. Feri Farassat, Senior Theoretical Aeroacoustician, Aeroacoustics branch, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA, 28/6-2/7/2009
Prof. P. Popovski, St Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia, 19-22/1/2009
Prof. E. Brizuela, Univ. La Plata, Argentinië, 2/9-30/9/2008
Prof. Turkel, Tel Aviv University, School of Mathematics, sabbatical stay 1/10-30/11/2007 en 1/3-30/6/2008
Dr. Ch. Swanson and Dr. Ch. Rumsey, NASA Langley, 22-26/10/2007
Prof. E. Brizuela, Univ. La Plata, Argentinië, 15/8-6/9/2007
Dr. A. Tylisczak, Czestochowa Univ. of Technology, 4/6-8/6/2007
Prof. E. Brizuela, Univ. La Plata, Argentinië, 25-30/11/2006
Dr. R.V. Filkovski, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, University Sv. Kiril I Metodij, Skopje, Macedonië, 6-24/11/2006
Dr. V. Stojkovic, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, University Sv. Kiril I Metodij, Skopje, Macedonië, 6-24/11/2006
Prof. A. Boguslawski, University of Czestochowa, Poland, 27/11-2/12/2006
Dr. A. Tyliszczak, University of Czestochowa, Poland, 13/11-2/12/2006
Dr. M. Vrdoljak, Fac. Mechanical Engineering, University of Zagreb, 27/11-8/12/2006
Dr. D. Matijasevic, Fac. Mechanical Engineering, University of Zagreb, 27/11-8/12/2006
Dr. A. Tylisczak, Czestochowa Univ. of Technology, 24/4-5/6/2006
Prof. E. Brizuela, Univ. La Plata, Argentinië, 9-13/5/2005
Prof. Wolfgang Schröder, RWTH Aachen, On Acoustic Perturbation Equations to Compute Airframe Noise, 6/6/03
Prof. P. Comte, IMFS, Univ. Strasbourg, Coherent structures in Large-Eddy Simulation of turbulent shear flows, 19/3/03
Ming Xu Qi, Dept. of Thermo Power Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 2 December 2001 – 28 February 2002.
Prof. Helen Yee, NASA Ames, Reliability of Higly Nonlinear Complex Numerical Solutions en Adaptive Numerical Dissipation Controls for High Order Methods, 1/6/01
Prof. Hongde Jiang, Dept. of Thermo Power Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, September 2001.
Dr. Jianju Liu, Dept. of Thermo Power Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, September 2001.
Songtao Wang, Dept. of Thermo Power Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 10 September - 5 December 2001.
Prof. Eli Turkel, Department of Mathematics, Tel Aviv University, February-March 2001
5.6 CO-OPERATION WITH FOREIGN RESEARCH GROUPS
Prof. Turkel, School of Mathematics, Tel Aviv University
Prof. Janicka, Energie- und Kraftwerkstechnik, TU Darmstadt
Prof. Mastorakos, Dept. Of Engineering, Univ. Of Cambridge
Prof. Schröder, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen
Prof. Bijl, Faculteit Lucht- en Ruimtevaarttechniek, TU Delft
Prof. Z.J. Wang, Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University
Prof. Darquenne, Dept. Medicine, Univ. of California San Diego
Prof. Boguslawski, Institute Thermal Machinery, Czestochowa Univ. of technology, Poland
5.7 EXTERNAL STAYS AS GUESTPROFESSOR / RESEARCHER
Invited Professor at Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland, 19-22/5/2010
Invited Professor at University of Split, 24-27/3/2009
Invited Professor at Sv. Kiril I Metodij University, Skopje, 16-18/4/2007 and 20-22/6/2007
Invited Professor at University of Zagreb, 23-27/1/2006 and 20-24/3/2006
Invited Professor at University of La Plata, Argentina, 4-12/2/2005
Invited Professor at University of Dhaka, 26-30/9/2002
Invited Professor at University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 6-10/4/1998
Visiting researcher at EPFL, Dept. IMHEF, Lausanne, 14/1-12/2/1989
Ames Associate, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1/7-14/8/1987
6 MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 MEMBERSHIPS
Member of the CFD committee of ECCOMAS (European Council for Computational Methods in Applied
Sciences)
Member FNRS (Science Foundation of French speaking community in Belgium) commission Mécanique et
Electricité appliquées
Honorary Member of the National Committee of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (Committee of the
Royal Academy of Belgium)
Fellow of the VLAC (Flemish Academy for Art and Science)
Member of the Contact Group Numerical Fluid Dynamics (The Netherlands)
Member of the Belgian Pilot Center of ERCOFTAC (European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence
and Combustion)
6.2 REFEREE WORK
Reviewer for EC for ICT program on FET (Future and Emerging Technologies)
Reviewer for INTAS projects
Reviewer for EC for FLOWNET Thematic Network
Reviewer voor SFI Investigator Programme Grant of Science Foundation Ireland
Reviewer for the following journals:
Journal of Computational Physics
Flow, turbulence and combustion
Computers & Fluids
International Journal of CFD
AIAA Journal
Journal of Hazardous Materials
European Journal of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering
Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics
Aerosol Science and technology
Medical Engineering and Physics