AEROSPACE CHINA ›› 2018, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 50-54.
• INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES AND COOPERATION •
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Collaboration Between the Centre Spatial de Liège and China
- University of Liège
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Online:2018-11-28
Published:2019-12-02
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About author:Pierre Rochus is senior consultant, honorary professor at the University of Liège and past scientific director of Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL), invited professor at KUL; he is the Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Royal Observatory of Belgium and member of ESA Space Weather Steering Board.
Professor Pierre Rochus started his research in Theoretical Nuclear Physics from 1974 to 1981, at the University of Liège.
From 1981 to 1988, he was responsible for (among other activities) the Design and Development of 3 different lubrication units for the CFM 56-2, -3, and -5 turbo-engines and responsible for the Design and Development of Ariane-5 valves. In parallel, from 1988 till 2008, he was part time professor at HEC Liège. From 1988 until now, he served at the CSL where he finally became the Deputy General Manager (since 2004) and ordinary professor at the Aerospace Department, LTAS, ULg and Invited Professor at KUL (Leuven). His main activities are in space instrumentation: development and qualification of 17 space instruments, in particular PI on EUI/Solar Orbiter, Co-I on HI/ Solar Orbiter, WSPR/SPP, ICON. He is author and co-author of over 150 scientific publications.
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