Who is Dr. Jean-Christophe Carette?

Dr. Jean-Christophe Carette is a world renowned authority on hydronic system design and teacher. He is also the creator of computer software that accurately configures components (pump head, pipework & control valve sizing) in hydronic systems, from the secondary pump to the terminal. He is a wealth of experience and knowledge using the latest technology.

At the age of 23, Dr Jean-Christophe Carette received a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Louvain in Brussels.

Since then, he has achieved some remarkable milestones in Hydronic Engineering, namely and not limited to winning the NATO Excellence Award in Numerical Research, an appointment as Researcher in Computational Fluid Dynamics for the Hermes European Space Shuttle; he also won a Belgium Government fellowship for PhD research, and finally received a PhD in Fluid Dynamics from the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics and University of Brussels.

His work at NUMECA International as project leader for the development of a commercial numerical flow simulation led to the appointment with the Tour & Andersson Hydronic College in 1998. Here he was Lecturer in Hydronic Balancing as well as Project leader in software development. He is now Manager of the whole College.

He regularly contributes to the advancement of Hydronic Information with publications in International Journal papers with peer review and worldwide lectures on CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics). He has held more than 110 seminars held worldwide on Hydronics.

Dr Jean-Christophe Carette CV

Born the 1st of September 1969
Married, three children
Living in Belgium (close to Brussels)
Fond of chocolate, Belgian comics and bicycling

Education:
1992: Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Louvain
(Université Catholique de Louvain)
1993:
Diploma Course in Fluid Dynamics from the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (Brussels)
Winner of the NATO Excellence Award in Numerical Research for research project "Study of the SUPG finite element method for inviscid compressible flows"
1994:
Research in Computational Fluid Dynamics for the Hermes European Space Shuttle Winner of a Belgian Government fellowship for PhD research
1997:
PhD in Fluid Dynamics from the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics and University of Brussels (Université Libre de Bruxelles): "Adaptive Unstructured Mesh Algorithms and SUPG Finite Element Method for Compressible High Reynolds Number Flows"

Professional experience:
1997-1998:
Work for NUMECA International (University spin-off): Project leader for the development of a commercial numerical flow simulation software Group leader for Belgium on a BRITE/EURAM EU research project in Aeroelasticity (A 380)
1998 to 2004:
TA Hydronic College Lecturer in Hydronic Balancing Project leader in software development Responsible for mathematical modelisation
2004 to now:
TA (Indoor Climate) Hydronic College manager
2009:
Managed all electronics and software development of our new generation instrument TA-SCOPE

Publications and lectures:
2 International Journal papers with peer review and 12 publications in International conference proceedings
More than 15 lectures worldwide on CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
Invited lecturer at the June 2000 ASHRAE Summer meeting in Minneapolis
More than 110 seminars held worldwide on Hydronics

Affiliations:
Certified lecturer for the French Institute for Energy Member of ASHRAE
Member of AIRAH
Former International Voting Member of ASHRAE
Technical Committee 7.7 "Testing and Balancing"
Technical Committee 6.1 "Hydronic and Steam Equipment and Systems"

 

 

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