Sébastien Candel

French physicist (born 1946)

Sébastien Candel (born 21 April 1946) is a French physicist, Emeritus Professor of École Centrale Paris.²

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Born Apr 21, 1946.¹

About

He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2009 for significant contributions to solving multidisciplinary problems in the fields of combustion, fluid mechanics, aeroacoustics, and propulsion.

Candel was the president of the French Academy of Sciences from 2017 to 2018.

From Wikipedia’s article on Sébastien Candel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

French Academy of SciencesChair 2017 to 2018¹⁴

Early life and education

1972California Institute of Technology Doctor of Philosophy³
1977Pierre and Marie Curie University doctorate in France³
Date not recordedÉcole Centrale Paris³

Candel studied plasma physics at the École Centrale Paris, where he graduated with a master's degree in engineering science (Diplôme d'Ingénieur) and DEA (Diplôme d'Études Approfondies) in 1968. He subsequently received his PhD from the California Institute of Technology under the supervision of the famous aeronautical scientist Frank E. Marble and Pierre and Marie Curie University, in 1972 and 1977 respectively.

His areas of expertise include fluid mechanics, combustion, propulsion, acoustics and aeroacoustics, signal processing, and hypersonics.

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Career

Occupation: professeur des universités, physicist, researcher.⁸

2017 to 2018President of the French Academy of Sciences^{5 6}
2017 to 2018Chair, French Academy of Sciences⁷
Date not recordedWorked at University of California, Berkeley⁴
Date not recordedWorked at École Centrale Paris⁴

Personal life

BornApr 21, 1946, France⁹
CitizenshipFrance¹⁰

Awards

2021Commander of the National Order of Merit¹¹
2005honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles¹¹
1993CNRS silver medal^{11 12}
1987Aumale Prize¹¹
Date not recordedKnight of the Legion of Honour¹¹
Date not recordedOfficer of the French Order of Academic Palms¹¹
Date not recordedOfficer of the National Order of Merit¹¹

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WikidataSébastien Candel: President of the French Academy of Sciences, on Wikidata
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