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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

Philippe Planquart 

Philippe PlanquartPhone: +32 2 359 96 77

Research Manager

Jean-Baptiste Gouriet 

Jean-Baptiste Gouriet Expertise: Liquid & Solid Propulsion; Aerothermochemistry; Aerothermodynamics; Rarefied and plasma flows
Phone: +32 2 359 9 4 25

Research Engineers

  • Zuheyr Alsalihi (Dr. ) - Senior
  • Federico Bariselli (Dr.)
  • Antonio Cantiani
  • Pierre Champeaux - Assistant Research Engineer
  • Simon Demange
  • Bernd Helber (Dr.) - Senior - Expertise: Rarified and plasma flows; Aerothermodynamics; Aerothermochemistry
  • Guillaume Grossir (Dr.) - Senior - Expertise: Aerothermodynamics; Aerodynamics  & Aeronautics; Aeroacoustics
  • Sebastien Paris - Senior - Expertise: Aerodynamics  & Aeronautics; Aerothermodynamics
  • Maria Teresa Scelzo (Dr.) - Expertise: Liquid & Solid Propulsion
  • Damien Le Quang (Dr.) - Senior - Expertise: Rarefied and plasma flows; Aerothermochemistry
  • Alessia Simonini (Dr.) - Expertise: Liquid & Solid Propulsion
  • Alan Viladegut (Dr.) - Senior - Expertise: Aerothermochemistry; Aeronautics and Aerospace
  • Riccardo Zamponi (Dr.) - Expertise: Aeroacoustics

Project Managers

  • Amandine Denis
  • Laura Peveroni -  Expertise: Liquid & Solid Propulsion

Project Engineers

  • Samuel Ahizi

Research Manager (ad Interim)

Frank Eulitz (Dr.)

Frank Eulitz 
Phone: +32 2 359 96 05

Research Engineers

  • Elissavet Boufidi (Dr.)
  • Bogdan Cernat (Dr.)
  • Arnaud Châtel
  • Julien Clinckemaille  - Expertise: Turbomachinery and Propulsion
  • Tristan De Crombrugghe - Expertise: Mechanical Design for engine
  • Gregory Duplouy
  • Mehdi El Himer
  • Martin Golard
  • Lasse Müller (Dr.) - Senior - Expertise: Shape Optimization
  • Jorge Pinho (Dr.) - Senior - Expertise: Turbine Aerodynamics & Heat Transfer
  • Johan Prinsier  - Senior - Expertise: Turbomachinery and Propulsion
  • Son Tran  - Assistant Research Engineer

Project Manager

  • Aude Lahalle -  Expertise: Compressor Aerodynamics & Heat Transfer

Project Engineer

  • Cédric Babin
  • Matteo Baldassarri
  • Mohammed Hassanine Aissa (Dr.) - Senior
  • Kevin Leclercq, project engineer
  • Ruben Meireles

Research Manager

Sophia Buckingham

Sophia Buckingham Expertise: Liquid Metals & Industrial Flows; Aerodynamics; Aeronautics; Environmental flows & Safety
Phone: +32 2 359 97 66

Research Engineers

  • Florent Cleyet
  • Nicolas Coudou (Dr.) - Expertise: Wind Engineering, Aerodynamics & Aeronautics
  • Maria Faruoli (Dr.) - Expertise: Liquid Metals & Industrial Flows
  • Benoit Foloppe - Assistant Research Engineer
  • Aurélia Charrier - Expertise: Cryogenics & Subkelvin Cryogenics
  • Yakut Cansev Küçükosman (Dr.) - Expertise: Aeroacoustics
  • Sarah González Ruiz (Dr.) - Expertise: Liquid Metals & Industrial Flows, Instrumentation & Measurement Techniques
  • Simone Gremmo  (Dr.)
  • Silvania Lopes (Dr.) - Expertise: Liquid Metals & Industrial Flows
  • Jean Muller (Dr.)
  • Jure Oder (Dr.)
  • Wim Munters (Dr.) - Senior - Expertise: Wind Engineering
  • David Weicker
  • Riccardo Zamponi (Dr.)
  • Alessandro

Test Engineers 

  • Antoine Chaniotacos
  • Louis Carbonnelle
  • Mathieu Delsipée, Senior Test Engineer
  • Gertjan Glabeke, Senior Test Engineer
  • Maxime Hendrick
  • Mikel Spillemaekers

Research Experts

  • Julien Christophe (Dr.) : Aeroacoustics REG
  • Lilla Kapa Koloszár (Dr.): Liquid & Metal Flows REG
  • Bayindir Saracoglu (Dr.): Propulsion REG

Project Administrator

  • Maria Teresa Ramandi

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