Dr. Martín Abadi
Sébastien Candel MEMBERS
Emeritus Professor, École Centrale Paris
France
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  • 2001
  • Fundamental and Mathematics Sciences (F.M.S.)
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  • 2001
  • Fundamental and Mathematics Sciences (F.M.S.)
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Sébastien Candel (born 21 April 1946) is a French physicist, Emeritus Professor of École Centrale Paris.
 
He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering 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).
 
Candel studied plasma physics at the École Centrale Paris, where he graduated with a master's degree in engineering science (Diplôme d'Ingénieur) and DEA (Diplôme d'Études Approfondies) in 1968.

He subsequently received his PhD from the California Institute of Technology 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.

He was elected as member of the European Academy of Engineering in 2001.

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.

1994-2002 : Member of the advisory board of ONERA
2002-2004 : President of the supersonic aircraft research group at ONERA
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
2005-2009 : President of the French National Committee for Mechanics
Head of combustion research at EM2C Laboratory (École Centrale Paris, CNRS)
Since 2011 : Full member of the French Academy of Sciences[1]
Founding member of the French Academy of Technologies
2015-2016 : Vice President of the French Academy of Sciences
2017-2018 : President of the French Academy of Sciences[2]
1978-2014 : Professor at École Centrale Paris
2001-2011 : Member of the Institut Universitaire de France
Visiting Professor at Caltech, Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley