Fabien Evrard

Fabien Evrard is an Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, affiliated with the Grainger College of Engineering. His research focuses on computational fluid dynamics, surface-tension-driven flows, and particle-laden flows. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London (2018) and advanced degrees in Applied Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toulouse and ISAE-Supaéro.

• Education:
• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London (2018)
• MRes, Applied Mathematics, University of Toulouse (2013)
• MSc, Aerospace Engineering, ISAE-Supaéro (2013)
• Research Interests:
  His work emphasizes numerical methods for multiphase flows, including high-order finite-volume frameworks and volume-of-fluid techniques. Notable contributions include error quantification in particle-source-in-cell methods and geometric algorithms for interface reconstruction.
• Awards:
• 2025: W. R. Marshall Award for paper on conservative two-phase flow simulations
• 2024: Teaching Excellence Recognition from students
• Grants & Collaborations:
• Principal Investigator on a NASA Early Stage Innovation grant (2024) for plume-surface interaction modeling
• Recipient of funding for high-order semi-Lagrangian advection and plume-surface interaction research
• Labs & Teams: Leads the Computational Multiphase Flow Research group, focusing on CFD methods and their applications in aerospace engineering.