CV: Student

Birth Date : 31^th May 1982     French nationality       Driving License: Full, clean

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS :

October 2007-

August 2008           Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK

                       Msc Astronautics and Space Engineering

                    Main subjects include, Space system engineering, Spacecraft operation, Propulsion, Launch vehicles, Guidance, navigation and control. This Msc provided me with a good knowledge of spacecraft system design and also a good practical knowledge of spacecraft operation using realistic spacecraft simulators.

                       Group project: ‘On-Orbit servicing’. AOCS engineer.The aim of the project is to design both the servicing and the serviceable spacecraft in order to refuel, repair and/or upgrade various components.  My role was to select and size the various AOCS components required for the two spacecraft in order to fulfil the mission. This project has improved my skills in working as part of a team of twelve students.

                       Thesis: ‘End of life deorbit device by increasing drag coefficient’. The aim of the work is to investigate the coefficient of drag for a large range of atmospheric conditions, gas-surface interaction models and orbit parameters. The purpose of the study is to find efficient ways of deorbiting satellites after their operational life.

2004-2007              Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes, France

            Master degree

            Option : Thermal and Energy science

  Main subjects include, Heat transfer, Gas turbine theory, Solid body mechanics, Thermodynamics, Programming.

  Project: Studies on a compressor for DANFOSS company. The purpose of the project was the modelling of the behaviour of a compressor valve including rebound using Matlab software.   

2003-2004 :            University of Grenoble, France

                        Undergraduate Physics

Main subjects include, Physics, Mathematics, Programming, Chemistry.

2001-2003 :            University of Grenoble, France

                     DEUG  diplôme d'étude universitaire général (two year university diploma in science)

Graduate with honors.

Main subjects included, Physics, Mathematics, Programming, Chemistry.

EMPLOYMENT HYSTORY

February-july 2007: Intership in CEA Grenoble, France

CEA is a research center involved in the development of fuel cells. The work was to design cooling systems for automotive application using fuel cells as the main power generator.

May-august 2006: Internship in Cranfield University, UK

Research work on the noise gnerated by impulse turbines. The project focused also on the efficiency improvement of impulse turbines. These turbines are used to generate electric power using sea-wave energy. 

August 2005 :  Internship as a worker in BH Technologies in Caen, France

May – July 2004 : Internship in LSP : laboratoire de spectroscopie physique (Physics spectroscopy laboratory) in Grenoble, France.

May – August 2003 : Working in ST Microelectronics as an operator in a clean room in Grenoble, France.

COMPUTING SKILLS

Software: STK, ESATAN, CATIA, Autocad, Inventor, CFX, Fluent, Comsol, Microsoft Suite

Programing: C, Pascal, Matlab

Operating systems: Windows XP, Linux

LANGUAGES

French (native), English (fluent, TOEIC: 890pts), German (basic), Japanese (basic)

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:

Gliding (University gliding club member)

Astronomy

REFEREES:

Dr Peter Roberts

Dr Peter Roberts

Astronautics and Space Engineering Course Director at Cranfield University

Thesis Supervisor

Email: p.c.e.roberts(at)cranfield.ac.uk

Dr Jennifer Kingston

Astronautics and Space Engineering Lecturer at Cranfield University

Group Design Project Supervisor

Email: j.kingston(at)cranfield.ac.uk