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CV: Propulsion and AOCS Engineer
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Date of Birth: |
December 22nd, 1984 |
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Place of Birth: |
Tartagal (Salta), Argentina |
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Nationalities: |
Argentinean, Spanish |
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Marital Status |
Single |
MAIN TOPICS OF INTEREST
· Space propulsion and flight dynamics
· Feedback control systems analysis and design
· Mission analysis
· Design of sensors
· Software, proto-software, VHDL coding
· Thermo-hydraulics and plant modeling
· Business planning and system management
EDUCATION
August 2008 – June 2011:
Master of Engineering
Balseiro Institute, National University of Cuyo, Argentina (www.ib.edu.ar)
Thesis title: Design and Implementation of a Fine Solar Sensor for Aerospace Applications (June 2011), point average: 9/10
August 2005 – June 2008:
Nuclear Engineering
Balseiro Institute, National University of Cuyo, Argentina (www.ib.edu.ar)
Thesis title: Real-time PIV Velocimetry based on FPGA technology (June 2008), point average: 9/10
February 2003 – June 2005:
Electronics Engineering (first five semesters)
National University of Tucumán, Argentina (www.unt.edu.ar)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
· INVAP SE – Aerospace and Government Area (August 2008 – Present).
o System engineer responsible for ARSAT-2 (geostationary satellite) propulsion system.
o Design and analysis of propulsion system of ARSAT satellites platforms:
§ Definition of interface requirements with Attitude Control, Thermal, and Mechanical systems.
§ Thruster configuration designer, plume impingement analysis.
§ Reliability analysis of thruster configuration.
o Support Engineer for propulsion system of SAC-D/Aquarius satellite (NASA-CONAE project to globally measure oceans’ surface salinity).
§ Modules fabrication, integration, assembly and testing.
§ Member of the launch and early orbits phase (LEOP) support and commissioning engineering team.
o Spacecraft attitude and orbit: dynamics, instrumentation and control.
§ Actuators and attitude sensors configuration.
§ Thruster selection algorithmia and modeling.
§ Propellant sloshing and flexible structural modes models analysis and programming for in-house general spacecraft simulator.
§ Attitude controller architecture, PID and structural filters design for GTO orbit rising maneuvers.
§ Genetic Algorithms to optimize attitude feedback controllers
o Development of an engineering model of a compact high accuracy solar sensor for aerospace applications.
§ Part of industrial/academic agreement between Balseiro Institute and INVAP. Conceptual to detail design, fabrication tracking and performance verification.
· BARILOCHE ATOMIC CENTER - Cavitation and Biotechnology Lab (August 2007 – June 2008).
o Research and development of a real-time particle image velocimetry (PIV) system for fluid flows studies based on FPGA technology.
· SOFTWARE DEVELOPER (2002 - Present)
o Optimization of travel searching systems for internet applications / Image processing.
References:
· José Relloso, Santiago Martinez, Gabriel Absi. INVAP SE, Bariloche, Argentina.
· Fabián Bonneto, Damián Dellavale, Maximiliano Sonnaillon. CAB, Bariloche, Argentina.
· Dieter Simon. Space Transportation, EADS Astrium, Lampoldshausen, Germany
· Carl Guernsey. Propulsion, JPL NASA, Pasadena, USA.
SOFTWARE PACKAGES
MathWorks MATLAB/SIMULINK for analysis, design and algorithmia prototyping.
Hardware logic in VHDL/Verilog for FPGA/ASIC digital designs: Xilinx ISE, Mentor Graphics ModelSim, Mentor Graphics FPGA Advantage, Leonardo.
Programming: C/C++, Python, Eclipse Environments, Web design (PHP, MySQL, JS, CSS, HTML, Apache, Corel), VisualBasic. Parallel Programming: PETSc, MPI.
3D drawing design in Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks.
AWARDS AND HONORS
YPF Foundation full scholarship (2005-2008).
Member of the Argentinean Mathematical Olympiad (OMA) team at high school (2000).
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Spanish: native language.
English: fluent, spoken and written
French: basic level, spoken and written
PUBLICATIONS
Thesis: “Sensor solar fino para aplicaciones aeroespaciales” (Spanish), 2011.
Tech Paper: “Real time particle image velocimetry based on FPGA technology”. Selected for presentation at IEEE 5th Southern Programmable Logic Conference, São Carlos, Brazil, 2009.
Thesis: “Velocimetría PIV en tiempo real basada en lógica programable FPGA” (Spanish), 2008.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES / PERSONAL INTERESTS
Sailing and motor yachts helmsman (timonel de yate a vela y motor, PNA).
Gastronomic tourism & travelling / Sports: football, tennis, ski.
-Last update: Sept 2011-
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