Peter Spelt

Peter Spelt is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at École Centrale de Lyon, where he conducts research in the Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics (LMFA - UMR 5509). He leads research in the Turbulence & Instabilities and Complex Fluids and Transfer teams, focusing on advanced numerical simulations of fluid phenomena.

His primary research interests include fluid mechanics with emphasis on two-phase flows, capillary flows, wetting dynamics, cavitation phenomena, multi-scale modeling of suspensions, and the effects of surfactants in two-phase systems. His work bridges fundamental fluid dynamics with practical applications in engineering systems.

Professor Spelt's recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on numerical methods for simulating complex fluid interfaces, particularly using level-set methods for tracking moving contact lines in three-dimensional flows. His research shows consistent contributions to understanding instabilities in multi-layer flows and the dynamics of bubble suspensions.

He currently supervises several PhD students including Aurore Loisy, Zlatko Solomenko, Andrea Titta, and Marion Capuano, and collaborates internationally with researchers from institutions including University of Science and Technology of China, University College Dublin, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Queen Mary University of London, and The University of Edinburgh.

Professor Spelt leads ANR-funded projects including ICEWET and SURFBREAK, which focus on advanced numerical simulations of capillary flows and two-phase flows with surfactants. His research group regularly offers laboratory internships for M2 students in these specialized areas of computational fluid dynamics.