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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 Planquart 
Phone: +32 2 359 96 77

 

Research Experts

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

 

Aeronautics and Aerospace

Jean-Baptiste Gouriet

Jean-Baptiste Gouriet
Phone: +32 2 359 9 4 25
  • Zuheyr Alsalihi (Dr. ) - Senior
  • Federico Bariselli (Dr.)
  • Antonio Cantiani
  • 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
  • Jorge Pinho (Dr.) - Senior
  • 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
  • Amandine Denis
  • Laura Peveroni -  Expertise: Liquid & Solid Propulsion
  • Samuel Ahizi

Turbomachinery & Propulsion

Aude Lahalle

Aude Lahalle
Phone: +32 2 359 96 50

  • 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
  • Johan Prinsier  - Senior - Expertise: Turbomachinery and Propulsion
  • Son Tran  - Assistant Research Engineer
  • Cédric Babin
  • Matteo Baldassarri
  • Alessio Ferro
  • Mohammed Hassanine Aissa (Dr.) - Senior
  • Kevin Leclercq, project engineer
  • Ruben Meireles

 

Environmental Flows & Applied Fluid Dynamics

Lilla Kapa Koloszár

Dr. Lilla Kapa Koloszár
Phone: +32 2 359 97 63

  • 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 (Dr.) - 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.) - Expertise: Wind Engineering
  • Silvania Lopes (Dr.) - Expertise: Liquid Metals & Industrial Flows
  • Jean Muller (Dr.) - Expertise: Sloshing
  • Jure Oder (Dr.)
  • Wim Munters (Dr.) - Senior - Expertise: Wind Engineering
  • David Weicker
  • Riccardo Zamponi (Dr.) - Expertise: Aeroacoustics
  • Alessandro Zarri (Dr.) - Expertise: Aeroacoustics

 

Test Engineers 

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

 

Project Administrator

  • Maria Teresa Ramandi

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