2009 - 2010 Snecma Propulsion Solide – France; 18 months

Thermo-mechanical Computation Engineer : FE analyst to support the team of engineers designing a composite material fan for a civilian plane engine. The aim is to justify the structural soundness of the part by realizing FE models and calculations using the MSC.MARC code and the Mentat pre/post processor. This year was the opportunity to work in a company of the aerospace industry in a composite team (with engineers from Snecma Motors and Snecma Propulsion Solide) and to work with a large autonomy since I was responsible for the static structural and thermo-mechanical calculations while others were responsible for the thermal and dynamics calculations

2006 - 2007            EADS Astrium; France – 11 months; Mechanical Engineer

                        Eleven months work placement in the upper stage and composite department (TE383) of EADS Astrium, Aquitaine, France.

3 studies performed including :

Ø  Study of the mass budget of the upper part of a military launcher

Ø  Short study of ejection systems of the payload

Ø  Research project which aimed at designing a shockless inter-stages separation system

2005              Work placement at Garlock France; 1 month

Four weeks Blue Collar internship in the French division of an American firm specialized in sealing technologies.

2007 - 2008 Cranfield University - United-Kingdom; MSc Astronautics and Space Engineering

Ø  Main subjects: Space Systems Engineering, Space Propulsion, Space Communications, Finite Element Methods and Design and analysis of Composite Structures. This knowledge was put into practice through a group design project and a thesis

Ø  MSC Thesis: ”Sensitivity of the Shape of a Micropenetrator on its Impact Performance”. The thesis involved Finite Element and Smoothed Particles Hydrodynamic models of two probes to determine the influence of the cross section shape on the penetration depth. Worked six months as a computation engineer in the Crashworthiness department of Cranfield University

Ø  Group Design Project : As part of the teachings, the class was divided into two groups of a dozen students to realize a group project. The team’s project was to design a Space Tug, a satellite able to service and/or remove dead satellites from the geostationary orbit. Took the responsibility for the definition of the mission profile (orbits) and the choice of a launcher

2004 – 2008  ENSIETA - France; Mechanical Engineering

Studying mechanical engineering on the first and second years of a three year course at ENSIETA, an engineering school which confers the title of engineer; equivalent of five years of university studies.

Ø  Main subjects: General mechanics, mechanical design, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, continuous materials mechanics, Finite element methods, thermal, metallic and composite materials, CAD, power transmission, ruin of metallic materials, Computer science, structures modeling

Ø  Other subjects: Included modules of economy, marketing and business law that were applied in an “entrepreneurship” group project

Ø  Group Design Projects: Several group projects including :

ü  A cartography Java program by working in a team of two to build a program able to show different information on a map (water pipes, telephone network, roads …);

ü  The design of a Waste compactor; the design of a mechanical power transmission system for a tank and the mechanical architecture of a scout robot for a contest organized by the French procurement agency. Worked in teams of 4 – 8 to ensure all designs were completed on time

ü  Marketing projects. Market study (case study) of a company specialized in pipes for gas stations. Business plan for the creation of a company (case study)

2001 - 2004 Classes Préparatoires, Lycée « Aux Lazaristes », Lyon, France

MP (Math and Physics class). 3-year selective course preparing for the highly competitive entry exams to the engineering schools. Advanced courses in math and physics

2000 - 2001 Bac S (equivalent to the A-Level), with a major in Math obtained with honours, Lycée Chevreul, Lyon, France

Software: Pack Office (Excel, Word…), Mechanical software (MARC, LS-DYNA, MENTAT, LS-PrePost, PATRAN, CATIA V5, STK, Hypermesh (beginner), TrueGrid, ICEM, ESATAN/ESARAD) 

Programming: Caml, Java, VBA ;

Operating system : Windows, Unix

French : Mother tongue ; English : Fluent ; Spanish : Intermediate ; German : Beginner ; Chinese : Notions

Sports : Taijitsu, Scuba Diving (CMAS 2 stars diver), Planes and gliders piloting

Travels : USA, United Kingdom / Lebanon, Ukraine / Netherland, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia

International Volunteer in Kharkiv (Ukraine) in August 2004. I helped to prepare theanniversary of the city. Learnt to work in an international environment