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Bart van Esch is an Associate Professor in the section Power & Flow at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His expertise lies primarily in thermal fluid engineering and energy conversion. His research interests include hydraulic turbomachinery and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Bart has extensive experience as a senior hydraulic engineer with Bosman Watermanagement, where he was responsible for the design and analysis of pumping stations, using his practical experiences in education and research projects. Notable projects focus on minimizing energy usage in pumping stations and developing new pump designs that reduce fish damage. He collaborates closely with universities in China, particularly Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang, where he has been appointed as a part-time professor. His background includes an MSc in Astronomy from Leiden University (1990), a Master of Technological Design in Computational Mechanics from Twente University (1992), and a PhD obtained in 1997. He has been an assistant professor at TU/e since 1997. Bart has been affiliated with various scientific journals and conferences, serving on the Advisory Board of Experimental Thermal Fluid Science and as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Drainage and Irrigation Machinery Engineering, as well as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering (2012-2018). He has also been involved in organizing several international symposiums related to fluid machinery.
Bosman Watermanagement • Unknown
Responsible for design and analysis of pumping stations.
Eindhoven University of Technology • Eindhoven
Teaching and conducting research in mechanical engineering with a focus on power and flow.
Jiangsu University • Zhenjiang, China
Collaboration in research and education in hydraulic engineering.
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