Département de Mécanique
Faculté des Sciences et d’Ingénierie
Université Toulouse 3 – Paul Sabatier
118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France
Institut Universitaire de France
Email: thierry.schuller@imft.fr
Professional experience
2017 — : Professor at Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse
Editor of Flow Turbulence and Combustion
2012-2018 : Air Liquide Chair on oxycombustionand heat transfer for energy and environment, CNRS and Ecole Centrale Paris
2011-2017 : Professor at Ecole Centrale Paris
2004-2011 : Associate Professor at Ecole Centrale Paris
2003-2004 : Research Engineer – PSA Peugeot-Citroen Vélizy research center – France
2000-2001 : Scientifique du Contigent – Centre d’Essai des Propulseurs – Saclay – France
1999 : Assistant Fellow – UCLA Combustion Laboratory – Los Angeles- USA
Education
2008 : Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université de Rouen
2003 : PhD in Energetics – Ecole Centrale Paris
1999 : Master in Aerospace Science, Engineer degree in Aerospace Engineering Science – Ecole Centrale Paris
1997 : Bachelor degree in Mechanics – Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg
Teaching activities
Fluid mechanics, Heat transfer, Thermodynamics
Research activities
H2 combustion, Oxy-combustion, Combustion dynamics, Thermo-acoustic instabilities, Combustion noise, Passive control
List of publications
Thierry Schuller List of publications 09/09/2022
Honors and awards
2023-2028: Chaire fondamentale, Senior, Institut Universitaire de France
2023: ERC Advanced Grant, SELECT-H
2021: Fellow of the Combustion Institute
2020: Research Excellence Award of The Combustion Institute2018: Best paper award, Solid Rockets Best Paper, AIAA 2018-4788, with A. Genot and S. Gallier, 2018 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum
2018: Best paper award, Combustion, Fuels and Emissions, ASME GT2018-76152 with A. Degenève, P. Jourdaine, C. Mirat and R. Vicquelin, 2018 ASME Turbo Expo
2014: Best paper award, Combustion, Fuels and Emissions, ASME GT2014-25067 with J.F. Bourgouin, D. Durox, J.P. Moeck and S. Candel, 2014 ASME Turbo Expo
2010: Silver Medal of the Combustion Institute with N. Noiray, D. Durox and S. Candel, The Combustion Institute
2005: Paul Laffite award discerned by the French Section of the Combustion Institute (GFC) for my PhD thesis manuscript
PhD students supervision (already graduated)
Morinière Titouan (2023) Dynamique du spray et de la combustion dans une chambre de combustion de modèle de turbine à gaz de moteur à réaction, currently research engineer at ONERA, Toulouse, France.
Muller François (2023) Multiphysics coupling for hydrogen combustion in porous media, current position engineer, Toulouse, France.
Marragou Sylvain (2023) Experimental and numerical assessment of H2 combustion potential: extreme events in laminar premixed burners and flame stability in non-premixed swirled injectorsFlow structure, mixing, flame stabilization and pollutant emissions from a coaxial dual swirl CH4/H2/air injector, current position postdoc at KAUST, Saudi Arabia.
Aniello Andrea Experimental and numerical assessment of H2 combustion potential: extreme events in laminar premixed burners and flame stability in non-premixed swirled injectors, current position Cryogenic Propulsion System Engineer at ArianeGroup, France.
Degenève Arthur (2020), Stabilization, structure and thermal behavior of oxy-flames with a variable swirl level, current position Product Manager, Air Liquide, France.
Marco Gatti (2019), Combustion dynamics of premixed swirling flames with different injection conditions, current position CFD expert, EnginSoft, Bergame, Italie
Aurélien Genot (2019), Instabilités thermoacoustiques dans les moteurs à propergol solide, current Research Engineer, ONERA, Palaiseau, France
Lionel Hirschberg (2019), Low order modeling of vortex driven self-sustained pressure pulsations in solid rocket motors, current position Assistant Professor, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Renaud Gaudron (2018), Acoustic response of premixed flames submitted to harmonic sound waves, current position Lead Data Scientist, AVIVA, London, UK
Yi Ding (2018), Application de la chimiluminescence de flamme et du courant d’ionisation à la surveillance de l’état de combustion pour une chaudière à gaz domestique, last known position R&D engineer, Bosch Thermotechnologies, Drancy, France
Kevin Prieur (2017), Dynamique de la combustion dans un foyer annulaire multi-injecteurs diphasique, current position R&D Engineer, MBDA, Plessis-Robinson, France
Paul Jourdaine (2017), Analyse des mécanismes de stabilisation d’oxy-flammes prémélangées swirlées, current position R&D Engineer, Air Liquide, Jouy en Josas, France
Tao Wenjie (2016), Time resolved temperature and pressure based methodology for direct and indirect combustion noise separation, last known position Heat transfer and combustion engineer, AVIC Commercial Aircraft Engine Co., Shangai, China
Mathieu Blanchard (2016), Thermoacoustic Dynamic of a Laminar Premixed Flame, last known position R&D Engineer, Herakles, Bordeaux, France
Clément Mirat (2015), Analyse des instabilités de combustion dans des foyers de centrale thermique fonctionnant au fioul lourd, now Research Engineer, CentraleSupélec, Saclay, France
Thibault Guiberti (2015), Analyse de la topologie des flammes prémélangées swirlées confinées, current position Research Assistant Professor, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Bourgouin Jean-François (2014), Dynamique de flamme dans les foyers annulaires comportant des injecteurs multiples, current position R&D Engineer at ATLANTIC, Pont-de-Vaux, France
Alessandro Scarpato (2014), Linear and nonlinear analysis of the acoustic response of perforated plates traversed by a bias flow now, now R&D Engineer at Ansaldo Energia, Baden, Switzerland
Alexis Cuquel (2013), Dynamics and nonlinear thermo-acoustic stability analysis of premixed conical flames, now R&D Engineer at Ansaldo Energia, Baden, Switzerland
Frédéric Boudy (2012), Analyse de la dynamique non-linéaire et du contrôle des instabilités de combustion fondée sur la « Flame Describing Function » (FDF), now R&D Engineer at Ansaldo Energia, Baden, Switzerland
Jingxuan Li (2012), Development of novel diagnostic techniques to measure heat release rate perturbations in flames, current position Professor at School of Astronautics, Beihang University, China
Ammar Lamraoui (2011), Acoustique et dynamique de flamme dans un foyer turbulent prémélangé swirlé : application à l’étude du bruit de combustion dans les chambres de turbines à gaz, now R&D Engineer at GE Power, Baden, Switzerland
Antoine Mazas (2010), Etude des flammes prémélangées enrichies en oxygène : analyse des effets de dilution par la vapeur d’eau et le dioxyde de carbone, now General Manager, Air Liquide Global Helium, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Paul Palies (2010), Dynamique et instabilités de combustion des flammes swirlées, current position Associate Professor, University of Tenenessee, Knoxville, USA
Patrick Duchaine (2010), Experimental analysis of the dynamics of gaseous and two-phase counterflow flames submitted to upstream modulations, current position Combustion Specialist Engineer at Turboméca, Pau, France
Nicolas Tran (2009), Influence de la condition limite acoustique amont sur les instabilités de combustion de grande amplitude : conception d’un système robuste de contrôle d’impédance, current position R&D Project Manager at Hitachi Zosen Inova, Zürich, Switzerland
Nicolas Noiray (2007), Analyse linéaire et non-linéaire des instabilités de combustion : application aux systèmes à injection multipoints et stratégies de contrôle, current position Associate Professor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
