Sébastien Candel (born 21 April 1946) is a French physicist, Emeritus Professor of

École Centrale Paris École Centrale Paris (ECP; also known as École Centrale or Centrale) was a French grande école in engineering and science. It was also known by its official name ''École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures''. In 2015, École Centrale Paris mer ...

. He was elected a member of the

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in 2009 for significant contributions to solving multidisciplinary problems in the fields of combustion, fluid mechanics, aeroacoustics, and propulsion. Candel is the current President of the French Academy of Sciences (2017-2018).

Education

Candel studied plasma physics at the

, where he graduated with a master's degree in engineering science (

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) and DEA (Diplôme d'Études Approfondies) in 1968. He subsequently received his PhD from the

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under the supervision of the famous aeronautical scientist Frank E. Marble and Pierre and Marie Curie University, in 1972 and 1977 respectively. His areas of expertise include fluid mechanics, combustion, propulsion, acoustics and aeroacoustics, signal processing, and hypersonics.

Positions

* 1994-2002 : Member of the advisory board of

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* 2002-2004 : President of the supersonic aircraft research group at

* Since 2007 : Member of the advisory board of AERES * Since 2010 : Member of the advisory board of CNRS * Member of the advisory board of the

French Institute of Petroleum The IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) also known as French Institute of Petroleum (in French: ''Institut Français du Pétrole, IFP'') is a public research organisation in France founded in 1944 as Institute of Oil, Fuels and Lubricants (''Institut d ...

* 2005-2009 : President of the French National Committee for Mechanics * Head of combustion research at EM2C Laboratory (

, CNRS) * Since 2011 : Full member of the French Academy of Sciences * Founding member of the

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* 2015-2016 : Vice President of the French Academy of Sciences * 2017-2018 : President of the French Academy of SciencesSébastien Candel, President of the French Academy of Sciences
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* 2001-2011 : Member of the

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* Visiting Professor at

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, Stanford,

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Contributions

His academic contributions include: * More than 190 peer-reviewed journals * Sections for 40 books * 200 scientific papers * Author of ''Mécanique des fluides'' et ''Problèmes de mécanique des fluides (''Dunod) * Co-author of ''Turbulent mixing and Combustion (''Kluwer). Candel was also Vice President of the ''Combustion Institute'' from 1996 to 2002, and Associate Editor for ''Combustion and Flame'' from 2001 to 2008.

Distinctions

* Graduate engineer of the

(1968) *

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, French Academy of Sciences (1987) * Knight (1993), Officer (1998), and Commander (2012) of the Palmes Académiques * Silver Medal, CNRS (1993) * Knight (2000) and Officer (2016) of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

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Grand Prize, French Academy of Sciences (2000) * Aeroacoustics Award,

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(2004) * G. Edward Pendray Aerospace Literature Award,

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(2005) *

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Fellow (2005) * Fellow of

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, UK (2004) * Emeritus Member of AAAF (2004) *

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, Université libre de Bruxelles (2005) * Officer of the National Order of Merit (2006) * Foreign Member of the ''

,'' USA (2009) * ''Silver medal of the Combustion Institute for an outstanding paper presented at the 32nd Symposium'' (2010) * ''Zeldovich Gold Medal of the Combustion Institute for outstanding contributions to the theory of combustion'' (2010) * Member of the

Académie de l'Air et de l'Espace The Académie de l'air et de l'espace (AAE) is the French national Air and Space Academy. Established in 1983 in Toulouse on the initiative of André Turcat, the aims of the academy are the following: "To encourage the development of high quality ...

(2012) * Distinguished Alumni Award,

(2013)

References

External links

Candel's personal page on the website of EM2C (Ecole Centrale Paris)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Candel, Sebastien 1946 births Living people Knights of the Legion of Honour Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Members of the French Academy of Sciences French physicists École Centrale Paris alumni Pierre and Marie Curie University alumni California Institute of Technology alumni Fluid dynamicists Fellows of The Combustion Institute Foreign associates of the National Academy of Engineering Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering