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Born 27 July 1951 , in Istanbul
Citizenship: French
Degrees and Titles
1970 Baccalaureate , section Sciences, College Saint-Joseph, Istanbul
1974 Aeronautical engineer, Istanbul Technical University
1975 Master degree in Thermal and Mechanical Sciences, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI
1981 Ph.D . (doctorat d'Etat) in Combustion, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI
Research Responsibilities
1983-1994 Chargé de Recherche au CNRS, founder & head of Combustion and Turbulence research group of the Laboratoire de Combustion et Systèmes Réactifs (LCSR), Orléans
1994- Directeur de Recherche au CNRS
1983-1993 Co-director of the CNRS program "Science, Technology and Society"
1998- Founder & Director of the « Energetics, Propulsion, Space, Environment » Institute of the CNRS and the University of Orléans (comprising 6 research institutes and about 220 research staff)
1998- Scientific adviser of the administrative representative of the CNRS in Orléans
2001- Director of the French « National Center for Technological Research on Propulsion of the Future », Orléans-Bourges (comprising 3 industrial companies, the CNRS and the University of Orléans )
2003- Director of the Laboratoire de Combustion et Systèmes Réactifs, LCSR-CNRS, Orléans (comprising about 80 research staff)
Teaching responsibilities
1977-1983 Lecturer of Thermodynamics at the Engineering School "Automobile Technologies and Aeronautical Construction" (ESTACA), Paris
1979-1981 Assistant Professor at the University of Paris VI, (Department of Mechanics)
1981-1983 Associate Professor at the same university, same Department
1983- Professor of Combustion and Transport phenomena at the University of Orléans , Graduate school of Energetics
1983-1993 Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Editorial Responsibilities
- Editor (with Roland Borghi) of the French combustion journal : Combustion : Revue des sciences et techniques de combustion (published by Gordon & Breach)
- Associate Editor AIAA Journal (2000-2002)
- Member of the Editorial board Atomization & Sprays ; Combustion Science & Technology
- Reviewer Combustion & Flame; Combustion Science & Technology; Atomization & Sprays; International Combustion Symposium ….
National and International Responsibilities (main)
- President of the Scientific Board of the
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Ingénieur de Bourges (2005-)
- Member of Scientific Board of the University of Orléans (1998-)
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Combustion Institute (2004-)
- President of the Federation of the European Sections of the
- Combustion Institute (2001-)
- Organizer of the First European Combustion Meeting-ECM2003 , Orléans, 25-28 0ctobre 2003
- President of the French Section of the Combustion Institute (1998-2002)
- Founder and President of the Groupe Régional Centre of the Association Aéronautique & Astronautique de France-AAAF (2001-)
- Senior Member of AAAF (2002)
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems ILASS-Europe (2000-) and Vice-President of ILASS-Europe (2002-)
- Organizer of ILASS-Europe-2005 in Orléans, 5-7 Septembre 2005
- Member of the Microgravity Advisory Committee and of the Physical Sciences Working Group of the European Space Agency (1995-2001)
- Member of the Exploration Scientific Expert Group of ESA (2002-)
- Senior Member and Member of the Propellants and Combustion Technical Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics-AIAA (1998-)
- Member of the Expert Group « Future launchers and propulsion systems» of the French Space Agency CNES (2000-)
- Member of the Board of Directors of the French Research Network on Plasma
- Propulsion for Space Systems
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the French Research Network on Cryogenic Combustion for Liquid Propellant Launchers (1990-2002)
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the French Research Network on
- Transport Phenomena in Microgravity (1996-)
- Scientific coordinator of the CNRS/CNES/NEDO French-Japan program on Microgravity Combustion (1996-)
- Scientific coordinator of the ESA Topical Team « In Situ Propellant Production for Mars Missions » (2000-2004)
- Coordinator of the Partnership agreement between the Pennsylvania State University, University of Orléans and the CNRS (2002-)
- Scientific coordinator of the European Commission project AFTUR
- Alternative Fuels for Industrial Gas Turbines » (2003-2006)
- Member of the Advisory Board of TUBITAK-Marmara Research Institute (2004-)
- Scientific coordinator of the Franco-Italian program on the "Energetics and Safety of Hydrogen" (2005-)
Industrial partnership
Principal investigator of several research programs on combustion, propulsion and energy topics with various industrial partners, including the French National Space Agency CNES, ESA, NASA, NSF, SNECMA, EADS-ST, SNPE, Auxitrol, ONERA, DLR, European Commission, Volkswagen, Airbus, TURBOMECA, IFP, Siemens, NuovoPignone, QINETIQ, MBDA, ROXEL, Surrey Satellite Technologies and others.
Research domains
Turbulent combustion; Turbulence; Modelling of turbulent flames and strongly variable density turbulent jets (RANS, LES, DNS), Spray and droplet combustion; Metal combustion, Microgravity combustion; Combustion of biomass; Energetics and safety of hydrogen; Fire extinction, Laser diagnostics for combustion; Science and Technology Studies especially in interdisciplinarity in complex problem solving.
Supervisor of more than 60 Ph.D at the University of Orléans , since 1987
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