Tim De Troyer

Tim De Troyer received the degree of Master in Electro-mechanical Engineering in 2004 from the Erasmus University College Brussels and the degree of doctor in engineering (PhD) in 2009 from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Before that, in 2001, he graduated as a professional pilot from the Sabena Flight Academy, but he then waived a lifetime of flying to pursue a scientific career.
His research expertise is in experimental (unsteady) wind tunnel testing, data-driven modelling for fluids systems (with applications on flow-induced vibrations, and active flow control), and wind energy (mainly vertical-axis wind turbines). He has led a CORNET project (2013-2015, with the Fraunhofer Institute) in which a novel rotor for a full-size vertical-axis wind turbine was developed, built and tested in the field. He is also the PI of a Strategic Research Programme project of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2019-2024) in which a framework for nonlinear modelling of thermal-fluid systems is being developed.
He was on a sabbatical leave at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, from February till July 2019. He is actively collaborating with prof. Greenblatt of the Technion on a number wind-tunnel experiments involving unsteady aerodynamics and flow control.