Welcome to the homepage of Quentin Malé, computational physicist, marrying high-performance computing together with high-fidelity multiphysics simulation and modeling of turbulent reacting flows.
Here you will find information about Dr. Quentin Malé's current and past research work. The research works section illustrates Quentin's research themes. The publications section lists journal scientific publications, which give more details about the research work. The codes and data sections present shared computational codes and data, respectively. The student projects section links to student projects (BSc and MSc) proposed by Quentin in his current research laboratory (CSElab, Harvard University).
Following a new appointment, this website will be closed in early 2025. New website: https://quentinmale.github.io.
2025 onward Quentin is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, CSElab. He is mainly working on the development of methods from reinforcement learning to model turbulence in large eddy simulation.
2024 Quentin was an established researcher at ETH Zürich. He mainly worked as part of the SNSF/ANR PRCI ''Joint Experimental and Numerical Study of Hydrogen Plasma-Assisted Combustion'' (JETHPAC) project, for which he wrote the proposal with his project partners. The JETHPAC project aims to develop knowledge of plasma-assisted combustion in hydrogen-air mixtures. It is a multidisciplinary project combining experiments and High Performance Computing (HPC). The development of plasma-assisted combustion for hydrogen can help to control the combustion of this carbon-free fuel, and thus move towards sustainable combustion systems and energy networks. Quentin also supported HPC for scientific computations in his host laboratory (CAPS, ETH Zürich).
2021 - 2023 Quentin was a postdoctoral researcher in the CAPS laboratory of ETH Zürich. He mainly worked on a joint experimental/computational project (ERC TORCH) to investigate the physics of sequential flame stabilization in sequential burners using non-equilibrium plasma. He combined modeling and High Performance Computing (HPC) to study the physical phenomena associated with plasma-assisted combustion. Quentin also supported the research group of the CAPS laboratory on HPC aspects.
2017 - 2020 Quentin was a PhD student at CERFACS, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Thierry Poinsot and Dr. Olivier Vermorel. During his Ph.D. work, Quentin studied pre-chamber ignition concept to enable lean-burn strategies in internal combustion engines. For this, he used a wide range of numerical simulation tools including kinetically detailed Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS), Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and zero-dimensional modelling. Quentin also developed automatic remeshing strategies needed to cope with cell deformation in moving mesh computations. This includes remeshing, interpolation and load-balancing.