Dr Paul Sapin received his MEng degree in 2010 in Mechanical/Thermal Engineering from ISAE-ENSMA, a Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering School located in Poitiers, France. He completed his Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer at National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse in 2014 after developing bespoke experimental facilities to quantify and deepen understanding of convective boiling heat transfer in porous media.
As the leader of the Energy division of the Clean Energy Processes (CEP) Laboratory, his research focuses on thermo-mechanical energy technologies, with applications to waste-heat recovery (e.g., organic Rankine cycle and hot-air engines), heat decarbonisation (e.g., mechanically- and thermally-driven heat pumps), and long-duration energy storage (e.g., compressed air and pumped heat/thermal electricity storage). He develops prototypes, experiments, as well as physics-based and data-driven models to reveal the untapped potential of existing technologies and unlock that of emerging, disruptive solutions.