This year, we have the honor of having two renowned guests with us at the Doctoral School Conference.
Dr. Frédéric Thevenet is a Professor at IMT Nord Europe (Ecole des Mines de Douai). A fter a Master’s degree in Material Science in 2003 from Lyon University, he obtained a PhD in 2006 from Lyon University and Ecole Polytechnique in air treatment processes. He developed green process technologies during a two-year postdoc at CNRS and ARKEMA Co. In 2008, he was recruited as Assistant Professor at Institut Mines Telecom to develop a new research activity dealing with indoor air treatment. He defended his research habilitation in 2015 on heterogeneous oxidation of VOCs and was promoted to Professor from Institut Mines Telecom in 2016. He coordinates the Indoor Air Quality research group at IMT Nord Europe. From a disciplinary point of view, his research activities are focused on heterogeneous physical chemistry. From an application point of view, he works on various processes involving gas-solid interactions in indoor and outdoor environments. He is currently the author and co-author of 65 research papers and has supervised 12 PhD theses.
Dr. Tomasz C
holewa PhD, DSc works at the Lublin University of Technology as Associate Professor. He coordinates a research project about innovative, forecast control of the heating system, which is easily applicable in existing buildings.
He was a reviewer in many international journals and in the EC in topics related to energy efficiency in buildings. He is a professional/licensed engineer (PE) for designing and supervising on building sites in the field of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and water supply. He is Chair of the Polish Chamber of Sanitary Engineers, Region Lublin. His main research topics are related to energy-efficient renovation of existing buildings (especially in the field of HVAC), radiant heating/cooling, heat cost allocation in buildings, and renewable energy use/integration in buildings.