Gérard Degrez
Biography
Education
- DES en Management Public, ULB (Solvay Business School), 1999
- PhD in Applied Sciences (Fluid Mechanics), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1984
- Master of Science in Engineering, Princeton University, 1981
- Mechanical and Electrical Engineering degree, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1979
Career
2007 - present: Director, Aero-Thermo-Mechanics Lab., Université Libre de Bruxelles
2000 - 2006: Director. Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Université Libre de Bruxelles
2004 - present: Professeur ordinaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles
2000 - 2004: Professeur, Université Libre de Bruxelles
2000 - present: Adjunct Professor, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
1998 - 2000: Professor, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
1992 - 1997: Associate Professor, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
1990 - 2000: Lecturer, Université Libre de Bruxelles
1990 - 1991: Assistant Professor, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
1990: Associate Professor, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
1985 - 1990: Assistant Professor, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
1980 - 1985: Assistant, Institute of Aeronautics, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Awards and Memberships
- Chairman of the Library Commission, Faculty of Applied Sciences, ULB
Service to Society
Evaluations:
- External referee for the Canadian National Science and Engineering Research Council
- Associate Editor for "Education and Research 1991-1996"
Reviewer of journals: fAIAA Journal, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Inverse Problems in Engineering, Revue Générale de Thermique, Mathematical Engineering in Industry, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Computational Physics, European Journal of Mechanics B: Fluids
Teaching
Formal Courses
- Applied mathematics, Aerodynamics, Flight mechanics, Numerical solution of partial differential equations (U. de Sherbrooke)
- Introduction to CFD (VKI, part of 1.5 ECTS)
- Introduction to aircraft performance, stability and control (VKI, part of 2 ECTS)
- Inviscid incompressible aerodynamics (VKI)
- Inviscid compressible aerodynamics (VKI)
- Laminar boundary layers, then 2D boundary layers (VKI, 4 ECTS)
- Boundary layer and flow separation in 3D (VKI, 1.25 ECTS)
- Transonic aerodynamics (VKI), unpublished course notes
- Incompressible fluid mechanics (ULB), unpublished course notes
- Applied thermodynamics, Turbomachines, Aircraft performance and stability (notes published by PUB), Numerical solution of thermofluid problems (notes published by PUB) (ULB)
Lecturer at Special Courses
- VKI lecture series: "Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics", von Karman Institute, 24 times (1985-2008)
Invited lecturer at
- 8e Canadian Symposium in Fluid Dynamics, 1988;
- Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Research Council Specialists' meeting on CFD, Bangalore, India, déc. 1988.
- 3rd ICIAM (Minisymposium on iterative methods), 1996
- 2nd International Symposium on finite volume for complex applications, Duisburg, July 1999
- 5th European computational fluid dynamics conference, Barcelona, Sep. 2000
- AGARD Working Group 18 activities (subgroup on shock wave/boundary layer interactions)
Research
Main Research Interest
- Computational methods for compressible and incompressible inviscid and viscous flows, including parallel computing
- Numerical simulation of reacting flows (plasma flows and combustion)
- Numerical simulation of turbulent flows (DNS and LES) and aeroacoustics
- Numerical simulation of two-phase flows
- Boundary layer stability
- Supersonic separated flows, in particular shock wave boundary layer interactions
- LDV techniques in supersonic flows
Publications
- Atanasova A., Benova, E. Degrez, G., van der Mullen J., Modelling of Argon Cold Atmospheric Plasmas for Biomedical Applications (2018) Journal of Physics, Conf. Ser. 982 012006 (JCR Impact 2019-2020: -)
- Bellemans A., Munafò A., Magin T., Degrez G., Parente A., Reduction of a collisional-radiative mechanism for argon plasma based on principal component analysis, (2015) Journal of Plasmas, Physics of Plasmas, 22(6):062108 (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 2.238)
- Peerenboom K., Parente A., Kozák T., Bogaerts A., Degrez G., Dimension reduction of non-equilibrium plasma kinetic models using principal component analysis, (2015) Plasma Sources Science and Technology 24(2):025004 (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 3.198)
- Matouk R., Christophe J., Degrez G., Aerodynamics and aeroacoustics study of the flow around an automotive fan airfoil, (2015) International Journal of Aeroacoustics, Vol. 14, Issue 7, December 2015, pp. 1049-1070, https://doi.org/10.1260/1475-472X.14.7.1049 (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 1.203)
- Garicano-Mena J., Lani A. , Degrez G., (2018), An entropy-variables-based formulation of residual distribution schemes for non-equilibrium flows, Journal of Computational Physics, June 2018, Vol.362, pp 163-189, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.02.020 (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 2.985)
- COUSSEMENT, A., GICQUEL, O., FIORINA, B., DEGREZ, G., DARABIHA, N., Multicomponent real gas 3-D-NSCBC for direct numerical simulation of reactive compressible viscous flows. (2013) Journal of Computational Physics, 245, pp. 259-280. (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 2.985)
- ATANASOVA, M., SOBOTA, A., BROK, W., DEGREZ, G., VAN DER MULLEN, J.J.A.M., Driving frequency dependence of capacitively coupled plasmas in atmospheric argon. (2012) Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 45 (33), art. no. 335201 (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 3.169)
- COUSSEMENT, A., GICQUEL, O., CAUDAL, J., FIORINA, B., DEGREZ, G., Three-dimensional boundary conditions for numerical simulations of reactive compressible flows with complex thermochemistry. (2012) Journal of Computational Physics, 231 (17), pp. 5571-5611. (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 2.985)
- SALHI, Y., SI-AHMED, E.-K., DEGREZ, G., LEGRAND, J., Numerical investigations of passive scalar transport in turbulent taylor-couette flows: Large eddy simulation versus direct numerical simulations. (2012) Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, 134 (4), art. no. 041105. (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 2.056)
- ATANASOVA, M., CARBONE, E.A.D., MIHAILOVA, D., BENOVA, E., DEGREZ, G., VAN DER MULLEN, J.J.A.M., Modelling of an RF plasma shower. (2012) Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 45 (14), art. no. 145202, (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 3.169)
- COUSSEMENT, A., GICQUEL, O., DEGREZ, G., Large eddy simulation of a pulsed jet in cross-flow. (2012) Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 695, 1-34., (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 3.354)
- ATANASOVA, M., CARBONE, E.A.D., MIHAILOVA, D., VAN DIJK, J., VAN DER MULLEN, J.J.A.M., BENOVA, E., DEGREZ, G., Two-dimensional modeling of the active species flow generated by an atmospheric plasma jet. (2011) IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 39 (11 PART 1), art. no. 5773502, pp. 2348-2349. (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 1.309)
- PEERENBOOM, K.S.C., VAN DIJK, J., GOEDHEER, W.J., DEGREZ, G., VAN DER MULLEN, J.J.A.M., A finite volume model for multi-component diffusion in magnetically confined plasmas. (2011) Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 44 (19), art. no. 194006. (JCR Impact Factor 2,544)
- MIHAILOVA, D., VAN DIJK, J., GROZEVA, M., DEGREZ, G., VAN DER MULLEN, J.J.A.M., Towards a reduced chemistry module of a He-Ar-Cu hollow cathode discharge. (2011) Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 44 (19), art. no. 194001. (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 3.169)
- LAMBERT, P., MASTRANGELI, M., VALSAMIS, J.-B., DEGREZ, G., Spectral analysis and experimental study of lateral capillary dynamics for flip-chip applications. (2010) Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 9 (4-5), pp. 797-807. (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 2.489)
- RASQUIN, M., DECONINCK, H., DEGREZ, G., FlexMG: A new library of multigrid preconditioners for a spectral/finite element incompressible flow solver. (2010) International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 82 (12), pp. 1510-1536. (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 2.866)
- SALHI, Y., SI-AHMED, E.-K., LEGRAND, J., DEGREZ, G., Stability analysis of inclined stratified two-phase gas-liquid flow. (2010) Nuclear Engineering and Design, 240 (5), pp. 1083-1096. (JCR Impact 2019-2020: 1.620)