• born in: 1966
• end of study - Engineering degree of Ecole Polytechnique, France: 1989
  (Specialisation:Fluid Mechanics & Aerospace)
• Ph.D. Thesis of the Ecole Centrale Paris: 1992
• Habilitation: 1999
• Former research activity at the Energetics EM2C Laboratory
• since October 2002: Director of the Laboratory of Fluid Dynamics and Technical Flow
• Doctor honoris causa of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
• Dean of the Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering 2016-2022

Selected Research Topics

• Fluid Dynamics with emphasis on complex flows, for example involving chemical reactions
• Coupling CFD with optimization, Improved numerical techniques
• Direct Numerical Simulation for fundamental problems and consequences for model development (RANS,LES)
• Further development and validation of industrial codes for complex configurations

Teaching

• Compulsory course: Fluid Dynamics (Basics: Bachelor level)
• Compulsory course: Advanced Fluid Dynamics (Master level)
• Compulsory course: Turbomachines
• Optional course: Rheology and Rheometry
• Optional course with hands-on: Computational Fluid Dynamics

Functions

• Head of the Institute of Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics since 2004
• Prodean of the Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering since 2006

Publications

• See full reference list of the lab here
• Personal reference list of Prof. D. Thévenin until 2003 (PDF)

Projects

Here you can find a selection of projects