Cedric Goukenleuque Email & Phone Number

Darmstadt Area, Germany

Support engineer to Level 2 Hyperspectral Infrared software products.- Support to Meteosat 3rd Generation-Infrared Sounder (MTG-IRS) Meteorological products and scientific validation.- Software implementation of the MTG-IRS Level-2 Optimal Estimation and statistical Retrieval Processor Prototype . - Radiative Transfer Model (AER Optimal Spectral Sampling) training with line-by-line RTM (AER LBLRTM) for MTG-IRS and Metop-IASI.- Lead engineer to Level-1 Test data… Show more Support engineer to Level 2 Hyperspectral Infrared software products.- Support to Meteosat 3rd Generation-Infrared Sounder (MTG-IRS) Meteorological products and scientific validation.- Software implementation of the MTG-IRS Level-2 Optimal Estimation and statistical Retrieval Processor Prototype . - Radiative Transfer Model (AER Optimal Spectral Sampling) training with line-by-line RTM (AER LBLRTM) for MTG-IRS and Metop-IASI.- Lead engineer to Level-1 Test data generation for MTG-IRS hyperspectral infrared sounder. Show less

Montreal, Canada Area

As a permanent resident I spent 16 months in Canada to explore, among other things, job opportunities in the space sector but could not find any open position that match my qualifications in the field.Though, the experience was culturally and humanely very rewarding.

France

Contract @ MBDA FranceCruise Missiles Mission PlanningUpdate and validation of C/C++ algorithms for mission planning of tactical missiles.

France

Contract @ EADS/SodernStudy and tuning of space imagery systems for attitude trackingStudy of feasibility for the implementation of image processing algorithms for an Earth sensor (device onboard a geostationary satellite).

France

Contract @ SAGEM Défense et Sécurité:Integration/ Functional validation of the inertial navigation system (INS)onboard nuclear vehicle launcher submarine "Le Terrible"System Support to the Software team, Design and development of MatLab tools for the functional validation of the inertial navigation calculation algorithms.

Paris, France

Contract @ Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer / Département Systèmes d’Information et Télécommunications (France):Maintenance of the software in charge of calculating railways routes propertiesEvolutionary maintenance of the software product (C, SQL) for the computation of railways routes.

France

Contract @ EADS Space Transportation project SPIRALE: Système Préparatoire Infra-Rouge d'AlerteSatellite demonstrator for the Evaluation of ballistic missiles ThreatOptimization and usage of spectroscopic and aerothermochemical simulation tools for the characterization and tracking of geostrategic missiles.Data analysis.

France

contractor @ Ecole PolytechniqueSetup of the data processing chain for SIRTA, a research Earth's atmosphere observatoryDevelopment of codes (C, UNIX shell scripts) for automatic Level 0 data processing. Development of codes (Matlab, IDL) for visualizing and pre-processing remote sensing measurements in real time (quality control): atmospheric measurement laser (LIDAR), radar and telemeters.Management of the data web server.

United States

Postdoctoral Fellow @ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Advisor: Prof. Drake DemingDevelopment of numerical models of extrasolar planets' atmospheres• Optimization and tests of the atmosphere code• Analysis of spectral signatures in molecular and atomic gases.• Contribution to feeding molecular and atomic lines database (thermal infrared-visible) at high temperatures (~1000 Kelvin)• Infrared spectrophotometric measurements with « large telescopes » – models… Show more Postdoctoral Fellow @ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Advisor: Prof. Drake DemingDevelopment of numerical models of extrasolar planets' atmospheres• Optimization and tests of the atmosphere code• Analysis of spectral signatures in molecular and atomic gases.• Contribution to feeding molecular and atomic lines database (thermal infrared-visible) at high temperatures (~1000 Kelvin)• Infrared spectrophotometric measurements with « large telescopes » – models fitting to measurements and statistical analysis of results.• International Collaboration: USA (NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory) / Germany (Max Planck Institut) / France (CNRS).• Linux system administration - Firewall management Show less

France

Doctorate graduate student @ Paris/Meudon Observatory - Département d’Etudes SpatialesSupervisor: Dr. Bruno Bézard• Development of one of the first atmosphere's models applied to exoplanets (radiative transfer code in Fortran)• Determination of thermal atmospheric structure for gaseous extrasolar planets• Calculation of molecular spectroscopy and thermochemistry over a broad range of temperature (300-2000 Kelvin).• Feasibility studies for spectroscopic ground… Show more Doctorate graduate student @ Paris/Meudon Observatory - Département d’Etudes SpatialesSupervisor: Dr. Bruno Bézard• Development of one of the first atmosphere's models applied to exoplanets (radiative transfer code in Fortran)• Determination of thermal atmospheric structure for gaseous extrasolar planets• Calculation of molecular spectroscopy and thermochemistry over a broad range of temperature (300-2000 Kelvin).• Feasibility studies for spectroscopic ground observations : numerical simulations using the models I developed.• Writing of refereed articles / presentation talks given at international and French meetings (4 in USA, 1 in Portugal, 2 in France).• International Collaboration: USA (NASA) / Germany (Max Planck Institut)Teaching of Digital Signal Processing (Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France). Show less

France

Master's internship @ Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS (France)Data processing from SWAN instrument onboard NASA/ESA SOHO satellite• Design and development of IDL space imagery codes from the UV Hydrogen-cell photomultiplier• Modeling of water vapor emission from comets and applications to all comets observed by SWAN

Doctorate, Astrophysics And Space Technics

Doctorate passed with distinction. Thesis titled "Atmosphere of extrasolar giant planets : a radiative equilibrium model" at Paris-Meudon.

Master, Astrophysics

Dissertation titled "Water vapour production in comets by Lyman alpha emission: SWAN experiment on board SOHO", 1996. Published in Comptes.