Jean-Luc Pélerin

Installation Engineer

Greater Nice Metropolitan Area

About

Concept / R&D engineer specialized in CFD with more than 13 years experience in the offshore Oil & Gas industry. Fascinated by flows and their science.

Experience

  • SBM Offshore (Permanent · 6 yrs 6 mos)
    • Installation Engineer
      Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Senior Hydrodynamics Engineer
      Jun 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Concept Engineer
      Jan 2020 - Jun 2024 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Studies subcontracting: specification, tender, follow-up Technology and methodology development

  • R&D Engineer / Consultant at Brunel
    Apr 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Support to projects with high added value studies R&D studies: Innovative mooring for wind floaters, Electromagnetic calculations

  • R&D Engineer at SBM Offshore
    Oct 2007 - Nov 2016 · 9 yrs 2 mos

    CFD studies for projects and R&D: - Hydrodynamics: current coefficients, sloshing, motion assessment, roll damping, hull optimization - Flow assurance: complex multiphase, pressure drop and erosion - Heat transfer: complex calculations including phase change - Advanced modeling: optimization (ODE and adjoint), Fluid/Structure interaction Management of the CFD team: - Manage junior engineers and interns - Monitor state of the art, write QA procedures, qualify subcontractors - Interface with disciplines and projects Specification and follow-up of external studies Methodology and model development Management of experimental campaigns

  • ANSYS, Inc. (Greater Lyon Area)
    • Software developer
      Oct 2005 - Sep 2007 · 2 yrs

      Development on the ANSYS standalone rigid body solver. Development of custom applications inside the Workbench environment. Support for the CFX solver.

    • Internship
      Apr 2005 - Sep 2005 · 6 mos

      Simulation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms to assess rupture risks. Following this study an article has been published: "Fluid/structure interaction applied to the simulation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms".