A new horizon for LENI in 2013
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2013 will be a particular year with the end of LENI in its current form in view of the retirement of Prof Daniel Favrat fixed for August 1st.
A new horizon :
- The activities of the LENI fuel cell group, headed by Dr Jan Van herle will also continue within his own group.
- The activities of the LENI systems group, headed by François Maréchal (recently nominated adjunct professor, read below) will continue within his own research group.
- The activities of LENI in the field of high speed compressors and turbines will continue within a new Laboratory of Applied Mechanical Design (LAMD) of Prof Jürg Schiffmann, who joined EPFL on January 1, 2013.
François Maréchal, Senior Scientist at the School of Engineering (STI), is now Adjunct Professor
François Maréchal’s research and development activities have been concentrated in the area of engineering of energy systems. He is particularly interested in furthering the understanding of process energetics, with the goal of helping engineers to design more performant and robust industrial processes and energy conversion systems. In this area, process integration and systems design are key elements in achieving a more efficient and sustainable use of energy in society.
He develops computer-aided methods that combine thermodynamic analysis, process modeling, and techniques for the integration and optimization of processes that are validated against real-world industrial examples. The resulting techniques are applied in three main areas: the rational use of water and energy in industrial processes, sustainable energy conversion and process design, as well as energy systems in urban areas.
(read the official news here: http://actu.epfl.ch/news/eight-professors-appointed-at-epfl-14/)