Biography

Biography

Education

Dipl. Ing. Technische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany, Faculty of Applied Mechanics 1965

Diploma Course, von Karman Institute, Turbomachinery Department, 1966

Career

1988-2004: Maître de Conférences at Université Libre de Bruxelles: Course on “Turbomachines”

2003-present: Honorary Professor von Karman Institute, with teaching and consulting activities

1998-2003: Full Professor and Head of Turbomachinery Department at von Karman Institute

1983-1987:Visiting Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles: Course on “Turbomachines”

1982-2003: Professor von Karman Institute

1976-1982: Associate Professor von Karman Institute

1970-1976: Assistant Professor von Karman Institute

1966-1970:  Research Assistant von Karman Institute

Awards and memberships

AGARD Working Group on “ Modern Methods of Testing Rotating Components of Turbomachines (Instrumentation), 1975

AGARD Working Group on “Advanced Methods for Cascade Testing”, (1990-1992)

AGARD AVT Task Group “ MEMS Applications for Land, See and Air Vehicles (2000- 2003)

Services to society

Evaluations

Project Evaluator for NRC, Canada (1993, 1996); MURST, Italy (1998 , 2000): FCAR, Canada (2001); GACR, Czech Republic (1999, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006)); National Science Foundation, USA (1999); Westinghouse, USA (1997); CNES, France (1997, 2001

Organizer and chairman of sessions on:

• European Symposia on Measurement Techniques (16 since 1971)
• ASME Gas Turbine Conference sessions(4 since 1973)
• Turbomachinery Conference of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London (1991)
  • Euromech Conference on “Internal High Speed Flows with Viscous Inviscid Interaction”,  Prague (1993)
  • Eight European Turbomachinery Conferences (2009)
  • Chairman of Committee for European Turbomachinery Conference from 2001 to 2005
    • Paper Review Chairman for second (1997) and third (1999) European Turbomachinery Conference

Member of Promotion Committees/Request of Recommendation Letters for Promotions

University of Oxford; Université de Science et Technology Lille; Cambridge University; University of Durham; KTH Stockholm, Sweden; University of Limerick, Ireland