Project Office
The VKI Project Office is responsible for the management and execution of all ongoing Research Contracts with our institutional and industrial clients.
It is composed of highly skilled engineering teams in all disciplines of fluid dynamics and managed by our Research Managers under the supervision of our Chief Project Management Officer.
Our teams aim for scientific & research management excellence in order to reach full customer satisfaction.
Chief Project Management Office
Research Experts
- Julien Christophe (Dr.) : Aeroacoustics REG
- Lilla Kapa Koloszár (Dr.): Liquid & Metal Flows REG
- Bayindir Saracoglu (Dr.): Propulsion REG
Aeronautics and Aerospace
Senior Research Manager
The Team
- Samuel Ahizi - Project Engineer
- Zuheyr Alsalihi (Dr. ) - Senior Research Engineer
- Federico Bariselli (Dr.) - Research Engineer
- Michel Capriati (Dr.) - Research Engineer
- Antonio Cantiani (Dr.) - Research Engineer
- Giuseppe Caridi (Dr.) - Research Engineer
- Simone Del Monte - Project Engineer
- Mathieu Delsipée - Senior Test Engineer
- Amandine Denis - Project Manager
- Joseph El Rassi (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Aerodynamics & Aeronautics; Aerothermodynamics
- Daniel Gabor Kovacs - Research Engineer
- Bernd Helber (Dr.) - Senior Research Engineer- Expertise: Rarefied and plasma flows; Aerothermodynamics; Aerothermochemistry
- Domenico Massari - Project Engineer
- Sebastien Paris - Senior Research Engineer- Expertise: Aerodynamics & Aeronautics; Aerothermodynamics
- Ewann Pessalac Estrada - Assistant Research Engineer
- Laura Peveroni - Project Manager - Expertise: Liquid & Solid Propulsion
- Jorge Pinho (Dr.) - Senior Research Engineer - Expertise: Propellant Management
- Maria Teresa Scelzo (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Liquid & Solid Propulsion
- Pierre Schrooyen (Dr.) - Senior Research Engineer - Expertise: Rarefied and plasma flows; Aerothermodynamics; Aerothermochemistry
- Mikel Spillemaekers - Test Engineer
- Damien Le Quang (Dr.) - Senior Research Engineer - Expertise: Rarefied and plasma flows; Aerothermochemistry
- Alan Viladegut (Dr.) - Senior Research Engineer- Expertise: Aerothermochemistry; Aeronautics and Aerospace
- Davide Visconti - Project Engineer
- Riccardo Zamponi (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Aeroacoustics & Aerodynamics
- Alessandro Zarri (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Aeroacoustics & Aerodynamics
Turbomachinery & Propulsion
Research Manager (Interim)
The Team
- Mohammed Hassanine Aissa (Dr.) - Senior Project Manager
- Cédric Babin (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Compressor Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer
- Elissavet Boufidi (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Compressor Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer
- Giuseppe Mattia Bruno - Project Engineer
- Antoine Chaniotacos - Test Engineer
- Arnaud Châtel - Research Engineer
- Julien Clinckemaille (Dr.) - Senior Research Engineer - Expertise: Compressor Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer
- Alessandro D' Aguanno - Research Engineer - - Expertise: Turbine Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer
- Alessio Ferro - Project Engineer
- Kevin Leclercq - Project Engineer
- Fernando Linares Dordado - Project Engineer
- Gustavo Lopes (Dr.) - Research Engineer
- Nikolaos Rafail Lotsios - Project Engineer
- Filippo Merli (Dr.) - Research Engineer - - Expertise: Turbine Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer
- Lasse Müller (Dr.) - Senior Research Engineer - Expertise: Shape Optimization
- Samuele Neroni - Project Engineer
- Aiman Ouazzani - Test Engineer
- Francesco Porta - - Assistant Research Engineer
- Johan Prinsier - Senior Research Engineer
- Riccardo Torrachio - Research engineer
- Son Tran - Assistant Research Engineer
Environmental Flows & Applied Fluid Dynamics
Senior Research Manager
The Team
- Thomas Arnoult (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Aeroacoustics & Aerodynamics
- Muhsin Can Akkurt - Research engineer - Expertise: Heat Exchanger & Industrial Safety
- Andrea Brescani (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Aeroacoustics & Aerodynamics
- Louis Carbonnelle - Test Engineer
- Nicolas Coudou (Dr.) - Research engineer - Expertise: Wind Engineering, Aerodynamics & Aeronautics
- Julien Christophe (Dr.) Research Expert - head of Aeroacoustics & Aerodynamics
- Maria Faruoli (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Liquid Metals & Industrial Flows
- Benito Dello Ianco - Project Engineer - Expertise: Wind energy & environmental flows
- Valentin Dutoit - Project Engineer - Expertise: Heat Exchanger & Industrial Safety
- Matilde Fiore (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Liquid Metals & Industrial Flows
- Benoit Foloppe - Assistant Research Engineer - - Expertise: Wind Engineering, Aerodynamics & Aeronautics
- Charline Fouchier (Dr.) - Marie-Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow - Expertise: Heat Exchanger & Industrial Safety
- Gertjan Glabeke - Senior Test Engineer
- Sarah González Ruiz (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Heat Exchanger & Industrial Safety, Instrumentation & Measurement Techniques
- Simone Gremmo (Dr.) - Expertise: Wind energy & environmental flows
- Silvania Lopes (Dr.) - Senior Research Engineer - Expertise: Liquid Metals & Industrial Flows
- Aude Lecardonnelle - Project Engineer - Expertise: Heat Exchanger & Industrial Safety
- Maxime Lejeune - Research Engineer -Expertise: Wind energy & environmental flows
- Pieter Mathys (senior) - Project Engineer - Expertise: Wind energy & environmental flows
- Jure Oder (Dr.) - Research Engineer - - Expertise: Liquid Metals & Industrial Flows
- Wim Munters (Dr.) - Senior Research Engineer- Head of Wind energy & environmental flows
- Florentin Prud’homme - Project Engineer - Expertise: Liquid Metals & Industrial Flows
- Sebastiano Stipa - Research Engineer - Expertise: Wind energy & environmental flows
- Ibrahim Tagharbit - Test Engineer
- Aren Vardanyan - Test Engineer
- Riccardo Zamponi (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Aeroacoustics & Aerodynamics
- Alessandro Zarri (Dr.) - Research Engineer - Expertise: Aeroacoustics & Aerodynamics
Project Administrator
- Maria Teresa Ramandi
- Lia Paulet