Jorge Sousa

Background

About Jorge Sousa

I am a researcher at VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological research). I work on urban wind and air quality. I use computational modeling combined with data analytics (data assimilation, statistics, optimization and machine learning) to improve our model outputs. I provide guidance to industries, cities and environmental agencies in their path towards sustainability. Before returning to Europe I was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, CA. I worked on the experimental and numerical analysis of urban wind flows, natural ventilation systems and data assimilation techniques. Before moving to California, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University, IN where I worked on innovative aircraft engines and turbine design. I specialized in fluid dynamics at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics My research addresses diverse fluid mechanics problems. I strive to explore my knowledge in fluid dynamics and data analysis to enable sustainability, improve efficiencies and mitigate the dispersion of pollutants into the environment.