Philippe Versailles
B.Eng. (Poly), M.Sc.A. (Poly), Ph.D. (McGill)
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Areas of expertise
Thermodynamics Heat transfer Combustion Mechanical engineering Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering Mechanical systems and instrumentation Combustion Fuel and energy technology Petroleum-based and fossil fuels Other sources of energy (solar, wind, etc.) Spectroscopy
Thermodynamics Heat transfer Combustion Mechanical engineering Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering Mechanical systems and instrumentation Combustion Fuel and energy technology Petroleum-based and fossil fuels Other sources of energy (solar, wind, etc.) Spectroscopy
Primary sphere of excellence in research
Energy, Water and, Resources
Energy, Water and, Resources
Secondary sphere(s) of excellence in research
Sustainable Transport and Infrastructures
Sustainable Transport and Infrastructures
Research interests and affiliations
Research interests
- Fundamental and applied combustion for turbomachinery
- Alternative fuels (hydrogen, ammonia, sustainable aviation fuel)
- Advanced optical and laser-based diagnostics (laser-induced fluorescence, particle image velocimetry, spectroscopy, etc.)
- Chemical kinetics of combustion and pollutant formation
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
- 1803 Thermodynamics
- 1804 Heat transfer
- 1807 Combustion
- 2100 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
- 2108 Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering
- 2109 Mechanical systems and instrumentation
- 2110 Combustion
- 2300 FUEL AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (Economic Geology, use 4003)
- 2301 Petroleum-based and fossil fuels
- 2303 Other sources of energy (solar, wind, etc.)
- 3403 Spectroscopy
Publications
Recent publications
Conference paper
Journal article
Journal article
Conference paper
Nammuni Arachchilage, C., Li, Z., Versailles, P., Robert, É., & Savard, B. (2026, July). DNS of a jet flame at Li-ion cell thermal runaway conditions: ignition and stabilization [Presentation]. In International Symposium on Combustion (ISOC 2026), Kyoto, Japan.
Bérubé, M.-A., Versailles, P., Savard, B., & Robert, É. (2026). High-temporal-resolution calorimetry of Li-ion cells undergoing thermal runaway. Measurement Science and Technology, 37, 095902 (18 pages).
Nammuni Arachchilage, C., Bérubé, M.-A., Versailles, P., Robert, É., & Savard, B. (2026). Ignition of lithium-ion battery vent gases: Combined experimental and numerical investigation. Journal of Energy Storage, 155, 121310 (13 pages).
Vabre, M., Li, Z., Versailles, P., Jella, S., Bourque, G., & Savard, B. (2025, October). Analysis of local ignition delay in DNS of a simplified gas turbine premixer with multi-stage autoignition [Abstract]. 2025 International Conference on Numerical Combustion (ICNC 2025), Rome, Italy (1 page).
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Teaching
- MEC1210 - Thermodynamique
- MEC2115 - Méthodes expérim. et instrum. en mécanique
Education
- B.Eng. 9Polytechnique Montréal)
- M.Sc.A. Mechanical engineering (Polytechnique Montréal)
- Ph.D. Mechanical engineering (McGill University)
Supervision at Polytechnique
COMPLETED
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Master's Thesis (1)
- Burgunder, T. (2026). Experimental Investigation of Linear Angled Arrays of Micro Jets in a Crossflow for Gas Turbine Applications [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Burgunder, T. (2026). Experimental Investigation of Linear Angled Arrays of Micro Jets in a Crossflow for Gas Turbine Applications [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
