KERSCHEN Gaëtan

Professeur ordinaire

Faculté des Sciences appliquées
Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique
Laboratoire de structures et systèmes spatiaux
Aérospatiale et Mécanique (A&M)

ULiège address: Bât. B52/3 Laboratoire de structures et systèmes spatiaux
Quartier Polytech 1
allée de la Découverte 9
4000 Liège 1
Belgique

Local: +2/420

ULiège phone number: +32 4 3664852

ULiège Fax: +32 4 3669505

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Conseil sectoriel à la recherche et à la valorisation: Sciences et Techniques

Personal website (s): Space Structures and Systems Lab

Bibliography

List of publications

Open Access Publications

Biography

Since childhood, Gaëtan Kerschen dreamed of becoming a pilot. Although life took a different turn, it never took him away from the skies. After graduating as an aerospace engineer from the University of Liège in 1999, he quickly specialised in the study of non-linear vibrations in mechanical systems, a subject he explored in greater depth in his doctoral thesis.

After pursuing his research in Greece at the National Technical University of Athens and then in the United States at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he returned to ULiège, where he has been head of the Space Structures and Systems Laboratory (within the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Research Unit) since 2007.

His work focuses on the dynamics of aerospace structures satellite orbits and the design of nanosatellites. , satellite orbits and the design of nanosatellites. He is notably behind the development of non-linear vibration analysis software used in the space, automotive and mechanical engineering sectors.

Passionate about passing on his knowledge, he is also co-initiator of the OUFTI educational project, a nanosatellite designed entirely by students and successfully launched in 2016 by a Soyuz rocket from Kourou. It's a great way to combine cutting-edge research with training the engineers of tomorrow.

In 2012, Gaëtan Kerschen was awarded an ERC Starting Grant for his NOVIB project, dedicated to the design and testing of a prototype vibration damper for aircraft wings. In 2017, he obtained further funding from the European Research Council, an ERC Proof of Concept Grant, for the NI2D project, for the commercialisation of non-linear vibration analysis software for the aerospace, automotive and mechanical engineering sectors, developed as part of his previous ERC grant.

In 2025, he was awarded a third ERC grant, an Advanced Grant, for his ENTIRE project, which aims to develop a new generation of vibration tests for aerospace structures such as aircraft, launchers and satellites.

ULiège Course

Astrodynamics, 26h Th, 26h Pr, 20h Proj., KERSCHEN Gaëtan, Suppl: COHEUR Joffrey, DAHLQVIST Carl-Henrik

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Satellite engineering, 52h Th, KERSCHEN Gaëtan, Suppl: TALLINEAU Julien

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ESA space technology course serie, 25h Th, 25h Pr, KERSCHEN Gaëtan

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Nonlinear vibrations of aerospace structures, 26h Th, 26h Pr, KERSCHEN Gaëtan, RAZE Ghislain

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Master thesis and internship
- Master thesis, 750h Proj., KERSCHEN Gaëtan
- Integration internship, KERSCHEN Gaëtan

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