Luca Placco accepted the award for the winning visualisation
of the 2nd Milton van Dyke Competition 2026
(​from left: Dr Andrea Sciacchitano, KNC Chairman; Prof Maria Vittoria Salvetti,
SPC Chair; Luca Placco, the Winner; Prof Koen Hillewaert, KNC Deputy Chairman)

 

The Winner of the 2nd ERCOFTAC Milton van Dyke Competition

Congratulations to:

Luca Placco
(Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy)

Thomas Hancock
(Vorticity Ltd, United Kingdom)

Francesco Picano
(Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy)

f​or the visualisation

Supersonic Capsule Wake Interaction with
a Disk-Gap-Band Parachute

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also send our congratulations to the other 4 finalists

(​from left: KNC Deputy Chairman, Prof Koen Hillewaert; Finalist: Edson. S. Orati; KNC Chairman Dr Andrea Sciacchitano, Finalists: Luca Placco, Federico Di Verniere, Bich-Diep Nguyen, Pedro Munoz)

 

A​ll visualisation are available to view here