Maher Sawaf

PhD in Fluid Mechanics and Energetics with expertise in developing numerical methods, Lattice-Boltzmann methods (LBM), reactive and curvilinear CFD, LES/DNS. Founder of an educational platform dedicated to Theoretical Physics.

Independent Research Collaborator – Curvilinear LBM Method Development at INSA Rouen Normandie/CORIA, University of Geneva, Technical University of Munich (2026-01 – Present)

• Proposed, developed, and validated a metric-Gaussian curvilinear D3Q27 cumulant LBM with exact one-to-one streaming, designed for geometry-conforming CFD and extendable to ALE/FSI with moving boundaries.
• Scientific output: First-author method paper submitted to the Journal of Computational Physics.

PhD Researcher at CORIA Laboratory, INSA Rouen Normandie (2022-10 – 2025-12)

• Conducted high-fidelity LES/DNS to characterize thermo-buoyant effects on Görtler-vortex formation and transition over concave surfaces.
• Scientific output: Lead-author publications in Physics of Fluids on non-adiabatic transitional boundary layers.

Reactive LBM Algorithm Developer at CORIA Laboratory, INSA Rouen Normandie (2020-08 – 2022-09)

• Participated in the development of LBM models for soot-filter regeneration and industrial decarbonization.
• Scientific output: Second-author paper in Energy on soot-filter regeneration modeling.

Scientific Communicator & Content Creator at YouTube Channel / Boclips Partner (2016-12 – 2020-08)

• Founded an educational platform on theoretical physics, building an audience of tens of thousands and distributing curated educational content through Boclips.

Naval Engineer at Target Engineering Construction Company (2010-07 – 2016-11)

• Participated in hydrodynamic calculations and hull-optimization projects using commercial CFD tools.

PhD in Fluid Mechanics and Energetics – INSA Rouen Normandie – CORIA Laboratory (2022-10 – 2025-12)

Master's in Hydrodynamics and Ocean Engineering – Ecole Centrale de Nantes (2020-09 – 2022-09)

Bachelor's in Naval and Marine Engineering – Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (2005-01 – 2010-06)