ERCOFTAC Association
Vision, Mission and Objectives
To be the leading European association of research, education and industry groups in the technology of flow, turbulence and combustion.
Within Europe:
- To define a strategy for research, education and knowledge sharing in flow, turbulence and combustion, with the aim of improving quality of life and generating wealth.
- To strengthen the research base in order to improve the quality and relevance of its output for the industry and governments.
- To provide members with access to all sources of useful information on flow, turbulence and combustion.
- To be influential on funding agencies, governments, the European Commission and the European Parliament.
- To be a focus for contact with non-European groups
The ERCOFTAC Association was created as an International Association with Scientific Objectives according to Belgian law in 1988. The main objectives of ERCOFTAC are:
- to promote joint efforts of European Research Institutes and Industries who are active in all aspects of Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, with the object of exchanging technical and scientific information related to basic and applied research and the development, validation and maintenance of numerical codes and databases;
- to promote centres for collaboration, stimulation and application of research across Europe: the ERCOFTAC Pilot Centres;
- to promote industrial application of research by means of new kinds of collaborations between industry, governments, professional societies and research groups;
- to stimulate, through the creation of Special Interest Groups, well-coordinated European-wide research efforts on specific topics in flow, turbulence and combustion;
- to stimulate the creation of advanced training activities in all fields related to flow, turbulence and combustion.