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

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. 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

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(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

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, 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

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

) * Since 2011 : Full member of the

* Founding member of the

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* 2015-2016 : Vice President of the

* 2017-2018 : President of the

Sébastien 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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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) * Prix d'Aumale,

(1987) * Knight (1993), Officer (1998), and Commander (2012) of the Palmes Académiques * Silver Medal,

(1993) * Knight (2000) and Officer (2016) of the

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* Marcel Dassault Grand Prize,

(2000) * Aeroacoustics Award, Council of European Aerospace Societies (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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(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 (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 French fluid dynamicists Fellows of the Combustion Institute Foreign associates of the National Academy of Engineering Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering