Working experience
Since
2023
Responsible with F. Alauzet of the first joint team between Inria and ONERA, named GammaO
- Research themes and organization
- Focus on robust schemes for mesh adaptation in the context of multi-physics
- Interactions with researchers of the DMPE, DAAA, and DPHY departments of ONERA, and with researchers from Inria
- Target applications including multi-physics (reentry with strong shocks, plasmas, turbomachinery...)
- Advisor for common Ph.D. Thesis
Since
2017
Researcher at ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab, in the Multi-Physics Department for Energy (DMPE), Toulouse, France
- Research work for industries (Airbus, Safran) and development of many solvers
- Advisor for Ph.D. Thesis
- Member of the LMA2S, the applied math lab of ONERA
- Responsible with F. Renac, V. Couaillier, and C. Le Touze of the scientific axis "CFD" from 2018 to 2022
- Responsible with C. Peyret and V. Mouysset for the scientific axis "Pre/Post treatment" since 2022
- Member of the internal scientific board of the DMPE
2005
2017
Senior Researcher at CERFACS in the CFD Team, Toulouse, France
- Research work for industries (Airbus, SNECMA / Turbomeca, ONERA, and CNES)
- Research and development of new capabilities inside the JAGUAR LES solver
- Involvement in research activities around the Lattice Boltzmann Method with the LaBS solver
- Research and development of new capabilities inside the elsA code
- Contracts with CERFACS' shareholders, DPAC, EADS Foundation, EEC...
- Support to elsA users/developers at CERFACS (Ph.D. students, engineers, post-doc)
2003
2005
Research engineer at Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique / Centre d’Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques d’Aquitaine, Le Barp, France
- Research work on CFD codes for atmospheric reentry
- Strongly coupled simulations of radiation and aerodynamics (technique built on mathematical modeling based on radiation moments and entropy closure)
- Work on Mars entry for CNES and ESA
2001
2003
Post-doctoral position at CERFACS, Toulouse, France
- Simulation of wakes (European Project C-WAKE PCRD GDR1-1999-10332)
- Wall functions in elsA
- Hypersonic laminar flows in chemical equilibrium (development and validation of the modifications of boundary conditions in NSMB).
Education
2014
Accreditation to supervise research (French diploma Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches), defence on December, 4th.
CFD Dedicated techniques applied to industrial problems, University of Toulouse III Paul Sabatier. Project mentor: Research Director Bertrand Aupoix, President: Research Director Frédéric Alauzet, Reviewers: Professor Paola Cinnella, Professor Robert Kerr, and Professor Pierre-Henri Maire, member: Professor Christophe Airiau
2001
Ph.D. defence on September, 27th. Title:
Modélisation, étude mathématique et numérique des lois de paroi pour les écoulements à grande vitesse sur parois lisses et rugueuses (Modeling, mathematical analysis and numerical implementation of wall functions for high-speed flows over smooth and rough walls), University of Montpellier II. Advisor Professor Bijan Mohammadi, President Professor Eddy Attouch, Reviewers: Research Director Alain Dervieux and Professor Jean Cousteix.
1998
Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies in applied Mathematics from University of Montpellier II.
Skills
Systems: UNIX, LINUX, Mac OSX, supercomputers
Programming: Fortran (77, 90 essentially), C, C++, and beginner in Python
Basic knowledge and experience in MPI and OpenMP
Experience in both structured and unstructured CFD codes
Advanced level in ICEM-CFD Hexa meshing tool
Basic level in CentaurSoft and GMSH
Post-treatment: Tecplot, beginner on EnSight, beginner on Paraview
Development of tools for CGNS databases
Mesh adaptation