17th Symposium of VKI PhD Research 2026
Date: 10-13 March 2026
Location:
10-12 March 2026: VKI, Waterloosesteenweg, 72, 1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium - near Brussels
13 March 2026: Safran Aero Boosters, Route de Liers 121, 4041 Herstal , Belgium (To be confirmed)
About the symposium
Don't miss the opportunity to learn about the exciting research activities conducted at VKI! Join us online (for the public) / on-site (for VKI members, supervisors and invited guests) from March 10th to March 13th for the VKI PhD Symposium, where prominent lecturers in three application fields of fluid dynamics will give keynote lectures to open each day of the symposium.
VKI PhDs will review the doctoral research carried out in the three departments of the Institute. The symposium is organized into sessions covering a range of topics, including:
- Compressor Aerodynamics & Heat Transfer
- Instrumentation & Measurement Techniques
- Propellant Management
- Turbine Aerodynamics & Heat Transfer
- Shape Optimization
- Liquid Metals & Industrial Flow
- Machine Learning for Fluid Dynamics
- Thermal Management and Process Safety
- Wind Energy & Environmental Flows
- Shape Optimization
- CFD & Numerical Methods
- Hypersonic Propulsion
- Aeronautics & Low Speed Aerodynamics
- Rarefied and Plasma Flows
- Aerothermochemistry
- Aerothermodynamics
Programme
Coming soon
Fee and Registration
The online participation and registration to the symposium is free. The on-site participation is only on invitation.