prof.dr.ir. C.H. Venner (Kees)

Chair of the Engineering Fluid Dynamics group

Research and teaching in fluid dynamics. Research themes led by scientific staff in the group are:

• Rotating flow machines
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Algorithms and Design
• Aeroacoustics and Aerodynamics
• Biomedical Fluid Mechanics

Chair of the Thermal Fluid Engineering department.

Lead the Me-MSc specialisation Energy & Flow until 1-10-2023

Coordinator of Me-MSc track  "Aeronautics"

Coordinator of ME-MSc track "Energy & Flow" (interim)

Lead double degree program Mechanical Engineering (UTwente) and Aeronautical Engineering (ITA, Brazil)

PhD from University of Twente, 1991, in the area of Thin layer flow/Lubrication and Multigrid/Multilevel methods. Held visiting scientist and Postdoc positions at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, and at Imperial College, London, UK. 2000-2014 assistent/associate prof. in the Engineering Fluid dynamics group at the University of Twente. Senior visiting scientist at SKF RTD Houten, The Netherlands.

30+ years of expertise in theoretical and applied research and leading research projects in different areas in fluid mechanics, including small scale  thin layer flow and optimal interface design on a nanoscale in lubrication and microfluidics, biomedical fluid mechanics, wind turbines and aircraft aerodynamics/aeroacoustics, windturbines, Expertise in experimental and numerical methods among which Multigrid/multilevel methods for scientific computing.

Author of 150+ papers in international journals. h-factor 44 (google). Author of book "Multilevel methods in Lubrication (Elsevier) (2000_

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Expertise

• Material Science

  • Film Thickness
  • Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication

• Physics

  • Model
  • Variations
  • Pressure
  • Boundary Layer

• Engineering

  • Turbulence
  • Trailing Edge

Organisations

Ancillary activities

• NWOMember Permanent Committee Large-Scale Research Infrastructure
• MARINMember Advisory board MARIN

Research and teaching in fluid dynamics. Mission is to carry out research and provide teaching at a high academic level and directly link knowledge and applications to the solution of society's major problems nowadays, i.e. transition to a sustainable/resillient society, and contribute to a planet on which all living beings have space to live in healthy eco-systems and are treated with respect. In additional to the many technical applications I am intrigued by nature and the way in which all natural beings are perfectly adapted to the fluid mechanics and heat transfer of their natural habitat.

Research themes in the group Engineering Fluid Dynamics are:

• Rotating flow machines
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Algorithms and Design
• Aeroacoustics and Aerodynamics
• Biomedical Fluid Mechanics

Publications

Research profiles

Secondary school "Bisschop Bekkers College" Eindhoven, the Netherlands. MSc. (1987) and PhD (1991) from University of Twente, in the area of Thin layer flow/Lubrication and Multigrid/Multilevel methods. Recipient of a Royal Society "Academie-onderzoeker" grant in 1990.  Held visiting scientist and Postdoc positions at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (1988-2002) , and at Imperial College, London, UK. 2000-2014assistent/associate prof. in the Engineering Fluid dynamic group at the University of Twente. Senior visiting scientist at SKF RTD Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.

Courses academic year 2025/2026

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

Address

University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room N236
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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