Objective

A challenging position in the Research and Development department of a multinational Aerospace company.

Education

Graduate student from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique, a 3-year leading graduate school in Aeronautics and Space transportation Engineering, Poitiers (France).

                  Courses include: Aerothermodynamics, Turbomachinery, Flight Dynamics, Structure Dynamics, Finite Element Method, Aeroelasticity, Orbital Mechanics, Propulsion systems, Project Management.

Master of Science degree in Aeroacoustics and Turbulence modeling from the University of Poitiers (France).

Mathématiques Supérieures et Spéciales, an intensive 3-year post-secondary program in mathematics and physics for the competitive entrance examinations to French Grandes Ecoles graduate engineering schools.

French equivalent of high school diploma (baccalauréat), in mathematics and physics, with highest honours.

October 2008

March 2008

2002-2005

June 2002

Professional

Experience

• European Space Agency – ESTEC

      Aerothermodynamics section                                            Noordwijk,

 The Netherlands

§         Achieved a 6-month internship as a junior engineer,

§         Topics included Aerothermodynamics and Computational Fluid Dynamics applied to Titan atmosphere entry.

Ø       Next ESA/NASA mission on Titan: TANDEM ,

Ø      Involved in the probes design pre-phase A within the frame of the Concurrent Design Facility.

v           Gathered and summarized data from the former Cassini-Huygens mission in Titan:

v           Handled Computational Fluid Dynamics softwares:

-         Equilibrium code C.E.A_2.0 from N.A.S.A,

-         Flowfield code: SHOCK_2.1 and T.I.N.A_4.6,

-         Spectra computations: P.A.R.A.D.E_2.3 and,

-         Radiative heat flux computations : H.E.R.T.A_2.3

                                in LINUX environment,

v           Validated ESA-ESTEC codes against the former  HUYGENS mission computations,

v           Provided a first estimation of the foreseeable heat fluxes the probes will suffer in Titan atmosphere entry,

v           Provided the margin of certainty and the level of confidence of the computations,

v           Achieved a Sensitivity analysis on:

-         the transport models (Lennard-Jones potentials, VKI, Blottner laws),

-         the chemical models used and,

-         the atmosphere model.

v           On-going study:  Collisionnal-Radiative model for the cyanogen CN molecule in order to match the experimental data and,

Ø      3^rd Internationnal Worshop on Radiation of High temperature gases in Amospheric entry, Heraklion, Greece. (On going work)

v           Providing absorption and emission spectra, radiative heat fluxes evolution for the mandatory test cases,

v           Comparing simulation results to experiments.

• University of Arizona                                                      

 Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department             Tucson,

      The United States of America.

§         Performed a 3-month internship as a junior engineer,

§         Topics included Fluid Mechanics, Hydrodynamic stability, Hotwire probes anemometry technique.

§         Performed an experimental investigation of the mixing layer downstream of a Chevron trailing edge

§         Gathered and summarized theoretical data about turbulent mixing layer control,

§         Evaluated the test bed in terms of perturbation of the flow, balance of the set-up, quality and accuracy of future data,

§         Used the hot-wire probe anemometry technique:

·        Calibrate the hotwire probes, and,

·        Adjusted the hotwire probes frequency response by the impulsion test method.

§           Implemented a LABVIEW program aimed:

·        to automate a three degree of freedom traverse system,

·        to acquire data from hotwire probes,

·        to monitor, sort and save the velocity  and fluctuations profiles, and

·        to compute the mixing layer thickness,

§         Discussed the possible improvements to bring to the experimental facility,

§         Designed and manufactured some steel parts in order to guide cables, end-switches to ensure safety,

§           Completed a fully functional experimental set-up facility,

§         Trained and supervised a foreign student who needed advice to get started in the laboratory,

§         Responded to engineering issues (noise reduction, turbulence generation).

• RENAULT S.A.                                                            Douai, France.

§         Performed a 1-month industrial internship.

§           Fixed cables (electric wires and brake cables) under the hood of cars at the pace of  550 cars per day,

§           Enquired about an engineer’s duties,

§           Trained a temporary worker.

from

April 2008

to

September 2008

from

June 2007

to

August 2007