OpenFOAM®  Steering Committee

Overview

The Steering Committee comprises representatives from OpenFOAM’s main sponsors in Industry, Academia, Release Authorities and Consultant Organisations. Membership requires a declared alignment to the Offical OpenFOAM release and the project’s core objectives.

Role of the Steering Committee

The Steering Committee meets every six months with the mandate to:

• Appoint Technical Chairs
• Assess and sanction projects recommended
• Initiate new areas for Technical Assessment
• Assess and conclude Technical Committees
• Nurture involvement of OpenFOAM Community
• Sanction fund-raising to support developments

Members include:

• Permanent Chair
• Administrator
• OEMs and Support Consultants
• Representing Research with OpenFOAM
• Representing interests of Release Authorities
• Release and Maintenance

Chair
Fred Mendonca	OpenCFD Ltd.
Administrator
Karen Kettle	OpenCFD Ltd.
OEMs and Support Consultants
Dr Marcus Renner	Volkswagen
Paul Eno	General Motors
Dr Yi Wang	FM Global
Dr Rob Lewis OBE	TotalSim
Representing Research with OpenFOAM
Dr.-Ing. Holger Marschall	Technische Universitaet Darmstadt
Representing interests of Release Authorities
Mike Salari	OpenCFD Ltd.
Prof. Hrvoje Jasak	Wikki Ltd.
Christopher St John	ESI Group
Release and Maintenance
Dr Andrew Heather	OpenCFD Ltd.