From June 17 to 19, 2025, the 19th SPHERIC World Conference took place in Barcelona, where experts in the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method from academia and industry meet annually to present, discuss, and exchange their work on both fundamental research and applications of SPH.

Markus Wicker from ITS presented his work on the development of a coupling approach between the particle-based SPH and the grid-based Volume-of-Fluid method, conducted within the PERSeus project as part of the national aviation research program (LuFo). This novel method aims to improve the simulation of two-phase flows in the context of thermal turbomachinery, particularly the primary atomization of liquid fuel, and to expand modeling capabilities. Ultimately, it aims to contribute to a better understanding of fuel atomization and, consequently, to the reduction of pollutant emissions.