AEROSPACE ENGINEER

My objective is to participate in the development of payloads, from preliminary studies to operations preparation, in the field of Microgravity Sciences.

SKILLS

Development of Payloads and Associated Ground Segments

Mechanisms, Structural Mechanics, Tribology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since 2005

• •Microgravity Experiments specialist @ CNES (French Space Agency)

• Management of DECLIC ground segment development
  DECLIC (DEvice for the study of Critical LIquids and Crystallization) is a payload developed in the frame of a CNES-NASA cooperation, to be sent to the International Space Station in 2009)
  • Ground segment architecture management
  • Operational tools (TReK and others, most from NASA) installation, tests and use
  • Specific tools developments management
• DECLIC operations preparation
• Ground operations preparation
• Optimization of DECLIC‘s embedded software (TCL language)
• DYNAGRAN project Manager
  DYNAGRAN (DYNAmics of GRANular media) is a payload, developed in the frame of a CNES-CNSA (China) cooperation, to be sent onboard SJ-10 Chinese recoverable satellite in 2010.
• Feasibility studies (Phase 0)
• Industrial contract preparation and management

1996-2005

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• Research and Development Engineer œ Mechanisms Section CNES (French Space Agency)
  • Research and Development studies management
    • Tribology : development of new lubricants (with French Laboratories), ball bearings optimization (with French laboratories and SODERN company)…
    • Sensors : development of a seismometer for Mars missions (with Institute of EarthPhysics in Paris).
  • Development and use of various test benches
    • Electromechanical components test benches development and use (hardware design and software development with LABVIEW).
  • Mechanisms expert in space projects teams
    • Development and qualification of the SPOT 5 satellite MCV mechanism
    • Design and development of PHARAO mechanisms (PHARAO is a Caesium clock developed in the frame of ACES ESA‘s project).
    • Mars-Netlander mission mechanisms expert.
  • Various
    • Organization of two European workshops in the mechanisms field (2000 and 2004).
    • Teaching: tribology conferences at various engineers universities.

EDUCATION

1996    Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering from SUPAERO (Aeronautics and Space French School).

1993    Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from INSA-Lyon (National Engineers School of Applied Sciences).

LANGUAGES

• French: mother tongue
• English: good working knowledge (970 at TOEIC test)
• Spanish: intermediate
• Russian: beginner

PUBLICATIONS

Main Writer:

• Microgravity Payload Development:
  • ”DECLIC, Facility for the Study of Crystal Growth and Critical Fluids‘, presented at 3rd ISPS (International Symposium on Physical Sciences in Space), Nara 2007

• Tribology:
  • 'Dry Lubrication of Space-Rated Tribocomponents with Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings', presented at 35th AMS (Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium), Mountain View 2001.
  • 'Dry Lubrication of Space-Rated Tribocomponents with Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings', presented at WTC (World Tribology Congress), Vienna, 2001.
  • 'Wet Lubrication of Space-Rated Tribocomponents with New Lubricants', presented at 7th ESMTS (European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium), Noordwijk 1997.

Co-Writer:

• Tribology:
  • 'New Ball Bearings Dry Lubricants in Place of Duroïd', presented at 7th ESMTS (European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium), Noordwijk 1997.
  • 'Towards the solid lubrication of space mechanisms by diamond-like carbon coatings', poster 8th ESMTS, Toulouse 1999.
  • 'Tribological investigations of solid lubricants coatings for space mechanisms', poster, 6th Vacuum conference, Lyon 1999.
  • 'Diamond Like Carbon-based functionally gradient coatings for space tribology', presented at ICMCTF1999 and publication in 'Surface and Coatings Technology'.
• Sensors:
  • 'A very broad band 3 axis seismometer to study internal structure of Mars', presented at 8th ESMTS, Toulouse 1999.
  • ”Mechanical Design of a Multiaxes Martian Seismometer‘, presented at 38th AMS (Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium), Williamsburg 2006.
• Various:
  • 'High dynamic range pointing mechanism', presented at 8th ESMTS, Toulouse 1999.
  • 'Development of a high ratio gearbox', poster 8th ESMTS, Toulouse 1999.
  • 'Développement d'un réducteur à engrenages pour applications spatiales', presented at CMET (Congrés Mondial des Engrenages et des Transmissions), Paris 1999

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• •Climbing (participated in 2000 climbing world cup, best rank 17th)
• • Country skiing