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    CV: Experimental Physicist (PhD)

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     Date Submitted:30-06-2009
     Last Modified:23-11-2009 (11:24)
    Job information
     Current job:Experimental Physicist (PhD)
     Employment Term:Permanent
     Job location:Anywhere
     Date available:immediately
     Industry:Civil Agencies/International Organizations, Satellite Manufacturers and Subcontractors, Satellite Operators, , , Launch Systems, Business Services
     KeywordsMasters in Engineering Physics: - Specialized in plasma physics and engineering PhD in Mechanical Engineering: - Subject: flow control with plasmas - Applications: sonic boom mitigation, control of re-entry vehicle aerothermodynamics, combustion
    CV

    Date of birth: September 5th 1980

    Nationalities: Swiss and Spanish

    Marital status: single

     

    Professional Experience

    2004 - 2009

    Applied Thermodynamics and Turbo-machinery Laboratory (LTT), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

    Experimental physicist in the field of flow control with plasmas

     

    • Swiss National Science Foundation (NSF) multi-disciplinary experimental research project on the subject “Interaction between a surface dielectric barrier discharge and transonic air flows”
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    • Development of the experiment from scratch, adaptation of plasma and aerodynamic measurement techniques to the experiment, operation of high voltage circuits (10 kV), high power compressor (2.4 MW), high power laser (6W) and Mach 1.4 wind-tunnel
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    • Patent deposition: “Long lifetime system for the generation of surface plasmas”
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    • Supervision of technical staff (3 persons) and scientific interns (4 persons)
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    • In charge of the laser measurement technique equipment, security equipment and multimedia equipment
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    • Collaboration with Dassault Aviation within the High-speed aircraft (HISAC) European project

     

    2002 - 3 months
    European Space Operations Center (ESOC), Germany

    Engineering intern

     

    • Mission Analysis (orbit parameter determination) for the XEUS mission (X-ray Evolving-Universe Spectroscopy)
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    • Programming of a sky coverage analysis software

     

    2002 - 1 month

    Autonomous Systems Laboratory (ASL), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

    Engineering intern

     

    • Programming for robot sensors and actuators, hardware and software testing

     

    Education

    2009

    Management Training Center (CRPM), Switzerland

    Project Management Training

     

    2004 - 2008

    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

    PhD program in Energy Sciences (Mechanical Engineering Department)

     

    • Doctoral courses in fluid dynamics, management of technology and teaching methods
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    • Teaching for the course: Space technologies and operations (Prof. Claude Nicollier)

     

    2004

    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

    Master in Engineering Physics, specialization in Plasma Physics and Engineering

     

    2001 - 2002

    Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), United States

    Exchange Student in Physics for academic year 2001/2002 (graduate level coursework)

     

    Additional Experience

    2009

    Skydive Arizona and Sunrise Aviation (USA), Skydive Empuriabrava (Spain)

    Intensive parachuting and flight training

    NASA Ames, Stanford University, M.I.T., AdAstra Rocket (USA)

    Visit of laboratories

     

    2007-2008

    Aéropoly EPFL

    In the committee: in charge of the skydiving group, organization of skydiving activities and oral presentations (Yves Rossy “FusionMan” in 2008)

     

    2006-2007 (3 weeks)

    Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), United States

    Crew physicist and engineer

     

    • Isolation experiment in a habitat in the Utah desert for Mars analog studies, with five American scientists and engineers
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    • Development of a flying camera experiment, maintenance of the MDRS habitat

     

    2005-2007

    Mountaineering Club EPFL

    In the committee: treasurer and in charge of the oral presentations of expeditions

     

    2001

    Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative (SSETI), European Space Agency (ESA)

    Mechanisms subsystem team. ESA-ESTEC Concurrent Design Facility experience.

     

    2000

    Astronomy Club EPFL

    In the committee: co-organizer of observation activities

     

    Computer skills

    Operating systems: MSWindows, Unix/Linux

    Computer Languages: Fortran 77/90, C, Java

    Software: MSOffice, LaTeX, Origin, Tecplot, Mathematica, Matlab, Fluent, CFDRC, LabView, CATIA (CAD, Dassault Systems)

     

    Language skills

    French: native

    Spanish: native

    English: fluent (TOEFL, lived for 1.5 years in the United States)

    German: working knowledge

     

    Honors

    2006

    NASA Spacewardbound Program Scholarship for analog studies at MDRS

    2001

    EPFL Scholarship for exchange year at Carnegie Mellon University

    Mellon College of Science Dean’s list

     

    Activities

    Sports: Skydiving (700 jumps: freefly, camera and wingsuit), flying (student licence), backcountry skiing, mountaineering, high-altitude trekking (Everest Base Camp 2005, Mt Kilimanjaro 2007), running, cycling

    Other: Electric guitar, traveling, video editing

     

    Affiliations

    Swiss Physical Society (SPS)

    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Paraclub de la Gruyère

    Club Alpin Suisse (CAS)

     

    Publications

    Available on request

     

     


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