Research Collaborations

Building bridges across institutions and disciplines

Our team maintains active collaborations with leading researchers in fluid mechanics, computational science, and machine learning, both within Institut Pprime and internationally.

Curiosity Team at Institut Pprime

Laurent Cordier

Researcher - CNRS

Research Focus

  • Reduced-order modelling
  • Flow control
  • Data-driven methods for fluid dynamics

Cédric Flageul

Lecturer - Université de Poitiers

Research Focus

  • Numerical methods for fluid dynamics
  • Turbulence modelling
  • Heat transfer in complex flows

Franck Kerhervé

Lecturer - Université de Poitiers

Research Focus

  • Experimental fluid mechanics
  • Turbulence control
  • Aeroacoustics

Philippe Traoré

Professor - Université de Poitiers

Research Focus

  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Multiphysics modelling
  • Electrohydrodynamics

Current International Collaborations

Ricardo Vinuesa

Associate Professor - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Research Focus

  • Turbulent boundary layers
  • Flow control
  • Sustainability
  • Artificial Intelligence

Arvind T. Mohan

Scientist - Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Research Focus

  • Reduced Order Modeling
  • Machine Learning
  • Aerodynamics
  • Computational Physics

Datta Gaitonde

Professor - The Ohio State University, USA

Research Focus

  • Hypersonics
  • Turbulence
  • Flow control

Michael A. Leschziner

Emeritus Professor of Computational Aerodynamics - Imperial College London, UK

Research Focus

  • Turbulent flows
  • Computational Aerodynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics

National Collaborations

Stéphane Grieu

Researcher - PROMES

Research Focus

  • Solar energy systems
  • Thermal processes modelling
  • Control systems

Lionel Larchevêque

Lecturer - Aix Marseille Université

Research Focus

  • Compressible flows
  • Shock-wave/boundary layer interactions
  • Large-eddy simulation

Pierre Dupont

Researcher - IUSTI

Research Focus

  • Experimental fluid mechanics
  • Shock-wave/boundary layer interactions
  • High-speed flows

Jean-Christophe Robinet

Dr.-Ing., Full Professor - Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Head of DynFluid Laboratory

Research Focus

  • Transition to turbulence
  • Stability analysis and Direct Numerical Simulations
  • Separated flows
  • Shock-wave/boundary layer interactions

Jean-Christophe Loiseau

Assistant Professor - DynFluid Laboratory, Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology

Research Focus

  • Machine learning and sparse regression (SINDy)
  • Instability and transition to turbulence
  • Nonlinear reduced-order modeling
  • Flow control

N. Alferez

Assistant Professor - DynFluid Laboratory, Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology

Research Focus

  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Ocean-atmosphere interactions
  • Numerical modeling of complex flows

Industrial Collaborations

Thomas Bacoup

Integration Engineer in Aerothermics - Safran Aircraft Engines

Expertise

  • Aerothermics and heat transfer in aircraft engines
  • Aerodynamic design and analysis
  • CFD simulations for aerospace applications
  • Turbomachinery systems

Louis Souverein

Rocket Engine Development Engineer - Space Propulsion

Expertise

  • Rocket engine combustion chambers and turbopumps
  • High-speed fluid dynamics
  • Shock wave boundary layer interactions
  • Two-phase flows and injection systems
  • Test engineering and data analysis

Conferences 2

  • Flow Field Reconstruction Applied on Flow Phenomena Detection in a Sparse Sensed Turbopump Manifold

    Sarah Kramer, Louis Souverein, Lionel Agostini, Günther Waxenegger-Wilfing, Stefan Schlechtriem - 11th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences, Rome, Italy (July 2025)

  • Flow field reconstruction of rocket engine turbine on sparse sensors

    Sarah Kramer, Louis Souverein, Lionel Agostini, Günther Waxenegger-Wilfing, Stefan Schlechtriem - 1st International Symposium AI and Fluid Mechanics, Chania, Greece (2025)