-Principal Investigator for Framatome's eATF PROtect program (DOE)-Lead on "first of a kind" projects-Engineering lead on material testing activities and R&D projects-R&D supporting next generations of fuel design products (Ceramics, Zr-alloy, solutions with PVD coatings)-Materials characterization in support to product licensing-Support to fuel production (Ceramics, Zr-alloy)-Fuel designCollaborationsCo-PI on NEUP 2020 "Linear and nonlinear guided ultrasonic waves to characterize cladding of accident-tolerant fuel", led by Georgia Institute of Technology (L. Jacobs)Framatome Co-PI and lead engineer on Ceramic Tubular Product's SiC fuel rod design development program

Dual Phd degree program with Univ. of Poitiers, France.Research work for my PhD dissertation : "Deformation mechanisms of nanostructured thermoelectric materials".Topics: metallurgy, microstructure, mechanical testing, deformation, fracture mechanics, failure mechanismsGraduation in Dec. 2018Recurrent tasks:-Mechanical testing-Microstructure analysis, forensic failure analysis-Assessement of material flaws and proposition of corrective measures-Project management-Tools: SEM, EDS, TEM, FIB, EBSD, Mechanical testing (compression, bending, tensile), Nanoindentation, sample preparation: metallography, fractography-Resulting in 5 Scientific presentation (including 2 international conferences) and 1 journal paperProjects assigned:ABPS Saleria (Product: Blast protection panels): -Planned and conducted mechanical testing for product development, -Provided mechanical data for the Finite Element group resulting in the delivery of a simulation product to the contractor.-Conception of experimental bench-Non destructive examinationTeledyne (Product: Thermoelectric material): -Designed the experimental bench for medium temperature testing, planned and conducted mechanical tests in compression.

Intership - Molecular dynamics calculations (fortran) on elementary deformation mechanisms in aplha-Fe. The study provided results supporting the professor guidelines for future work.

Internship - Molecular dynamics simulations (fortran) to determine mechanical properties of a Si wire. Results supported PhD student dissertation