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Biographical information

TFL

Education

  • PhD in Aeronautics, 2005
    Thesis: Contributions to the three-dimensional vortex element method and spinning bluff body flows, Advisor: Anthony Leonard
    Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, USA
  • Master of Science in Aeronautics, 2000
    Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, USA
  • Mechanical Engineer, 1999
    Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium

 

Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor (2012 – Present)
    Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (IMMC), UCL, Belgium
  • Assistant Professor (2009 – 2012)
    IMMC, UCL, Belgium
  • Research Associate (2007 – 2009)
    Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Post-doctoral fellow (2005 – 2007)
    Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

 

Honours, Awards and Special Allocations

  • Rolf D. Buhler Memorial Award in Aeronautics, awarded for outstanding achievement in the M.S. program., Aeronautics, Caltech, 2000
  • Belgian American Educational Foundation Fellow, Belgium, 1999 – 2000
  • ERC Consolidator Grant, WakeOpColl, 2017-2022
  • PRACE allocation (with GE Global Research, ETH Zurich, IBM Zurich Research Lab), 35M hours on IBM BG/Q at FZ-Juelich), awarded in 2012-2013.

 

Professional Activities

  • UCL representative, users’ committee of the Tier-1 HPC infrastructure of Wallonia, Belgium (2013 – Present)
  • President of the HPC facilities managing committee (Plateforme de Calcul Intensif et Stockage de Masse—CISM), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium (2012 – Present)
  • Representative of UCL within the Belgian Energy Research Alliance (BERA)—Wind  (2012 – Present)
  • BERA contact point for Wind Aerodynamics activities within the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) (2013 - Present

 

Leadership

Prof. P. Chatelain is the co-founder with Prof. G. Winckelmans and Dr. I. De Visscher, of Wake Prediction Technologie a UCL Spin-off company providing services on wake-related issues in wind energy and aircraft applications.