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Past News, Events, Workshop Updates

Past News, Events, Workshop Updates

1 Dec 2040

ERCOFTAC 2nd Milton Van Dyke Competition 2026

Call for Nominations: 2nd ERCOFTAC Milton Van Dyke Flow Visualization Competition 2026 1​st February 2026 Deadline for submission of the contributions. Inspired by the legendary “Album of Fluid Motion” by Prof. Van Dyke (Stanford University), ERCOFTAC will award from 2025 onward the Milton Van

22 Dec 2025

Young ERCOFTAC Montestigliano Spring School for Graduate Students 2026 - Deadline for Applications 8th February 2026

Young ERCOFTAC Montestigliano Spring School for Graduate Students 2026 will take place between 19th - 25th April 2026 in Montestigliano, Italy . The topic this year is: " Modeling Transitional and Turbulent Flows Using Input–output and Resolvent Analyses" Guest speaker is: Prof. Tim Colonius,

17 Dec 2025

Bulletin 144, September 2025

Bulletin 144, September 2025 The new issue of ERCOFTAC Bulletin has been released ! Table of contents is available here

28 Nov 2025

XXVII Fluid Mechanics Conference - Abstract Submission Deadline: 31/12/2025

P​C Poland Conference XXVII FLUID MECHANICS CONFERENCE 23rd - 26th June 2026; Łódź, Poland https://fmc2026.info.p.lodz.pl/ Important Dates: 01.10.2025 - Start of online registration 31.12.2025 - Abstract submission deadline 02.02.2026 - Notification of abstract acceptance

27 Nov 2025

DLES15 - Date is Announced: 20th - 22nd May 2026

The 15th ERCOFTAC workshop on Direct and Large Eddy Simulation (DLES15) will be held in Delft, the Netherlands, on the 20th - 22nd May 2026. https://dles.ercoftac.org/dles15 ​Important Dates: Abstract submission: 15th December 2025 - 15th January 2026 Notification of acceptance: 1st March

24 Nov 2025

Chairperson’s Address November 2025

Chairperson's Address, November 2025 Dear Colleagues and Members, It's a real honour to take on the role of Chairperson of ERCOFTAC. I would like to begin by expressing my deepest thanks to my predecessor, Professor Dominic von Terzi, for his outstanding leadership over the past six years.

20 Nov 2025

Maximizing your ERCOFTAC membership: ECCOMAS benefits for CFD Researchers

Maximizing your ERCOFTAC membership: ECCOMAS benefits for CFD Researchers ERCOFTAC is one of the largest member associations of ECCOMAS, the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences . ECCOMAS brings together 23 national and thematic associations active in numerical

18 Nov 2025

Rotation and Fluids - Summer School 2025 Report

Summer School ”Rotation and Fluids” took place from 25th to 29th August 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic. This summer school was organized by Tomas Bodnar from the Czech Technical University in Prague, Sarka Necasova from the Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Giovanni

23 Oct 2025

ERCOFTAC New Chairperson: Dr David Standingford

T​he ERCOFTAC General Assembly elected a new ERCOFTAC Chairperson for the two year tenure. The election took place on 10 th October 2025 during the Autumn Festival meeting in Darmstadt, Germany. F​rom left: stepping down Chairperson Prof Dominic von Terzi with new Chairperson Dr David

21 Oct 2025