Tristan Favre

tristan.favre@epfl.ch

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Expertise

Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Unsteady CFD simulations, Vehicle design, Hull design, Hydrofoil design, Cavitation, Ventilation

Biography Research Teaching & PhD

Education

PhD in Aeronautical Engineering

2007 – 2012 KTH Stockholm

Professionals experiences

Principal Aerodynamicist - Applied Sciences

37th Americas Cup - British Challenger

2022–2025

Mercedes GP

Team Leader Aerodynamic Development

2018–2022

Sauber Motorsport AG

Aerodynamicist

2013–2017

Lotus / Renault F1

CFD Engineer

2012–2013

Caterham F1

Research

Current Research Fields

Lifting wings in ground effect

Teaching & PhD

Courses

Numerical flow simulation

ME-474

This course provides practical experience in the numerical simulation of fluid flows. Numerical methods are presented in the framework of the finite volume method. A simple solver is developed with Matlab, and a state-of-the-art software is used for more complex problems.