CV: Experimental Physicist (PhD)
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Candidate Profile
 Date Submitted: | 30-06-2009 |
| Last Modified: | 23-11-2009 (11:24) |
CV
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Date of birth: September 5th 1980
Nationalities: Swiss and Spanish
Marital status: single
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Professional Experience
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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
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Education
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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)
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Additional Experience
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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
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Computer skills
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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)
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Language skills
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French: native
Spanish: native
English: fluent (TOEFL, lived for 1.5 years in the United States)
German: working knowledge
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Honors
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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
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Activities
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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
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Affiliations
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Swiss Physical Society (SPS)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Paraclub de la Gruyère
Club Alpin Suisse (CAS)
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Publications
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Available on request
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