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Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Exploration of new business opportunities and acquisition of new projects applied to the Space, Aeronautics and Life Sciences markets.As an innovation and applied Research center focused on new and emerging technologies, CSEM develops a wide range of technologies, with the support of our industrial customers and public funds dedicated to applied research, with a mission mission to help SMEs and large companies improve or gain a competitive advantage.My activities include:- Exploration and establishment of new academic and industrial partnerships.- Research of collaboration opportunities both through public (EU framework, ESA, Swiss innovation promotion, etc.) and direct industrial funding.- Coordination and writing of project proposals.- Management of the company's CRM (initial implementation and long term management)

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Life Science Technologies for microgravityDesign, development and testing of scientific equipment for space missions involving microgravity experimentation (sounding rockets, ISS, parabolic flights).Engineering activities of multidisciplinary projects (structure mechanics, fluidics, thermal, electronics and control systems, system integration, etc.) covering all stages of the hardware development for space missions. Most projects were tailored to our customer (ESA) specific requirements and usually involved going through most of the life cycle phases, from preliminary definition and conceptual design to final commissioning for the mission.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Development of a graphical representation of potential renewable energy flows and stocks on a regional scale to highlight theavailability of local renewable resources

Geneva Area, Switzerland

- Project Manager (consultant)- Freelance photographer- Self study courses (Finance, Accounting, Android development, Solidworks, German)

Bogotá, Colombia

Development cooperation project funded and supervised by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)1- Sustainability study and research of best strategy for the future planning of the program- Development of a model for machines supply sources, assessing economical, environmental (LCA) and social aspects of several scenarios (MAUT method)- Analysis of best scenario based on the model 2- Hazardous waste management study for the program disposal center3- Realization of a pilot project for laptop disassembly and production of a reference guide

Bogotà, Colombia

Development cooperation project funded and supervised by the SECO coordinated by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)Development of monitoring, traceability and management web application for Colombian program of take-back and WEEE (e-waste) management (Ecocomputo)1-Design and implementation of a web application (C#, ASP.NET/MSSQL) for material flow monitoring, data collection (B2C, B2B, recyclers and program coordinator), data analysis and orders management system.2-Knowledge transfer based on Swiss and other e-waste management programs.

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

Aerodynamics feasibility study of a modular aircraft with detachable load units enabling to adjust to optimal passengers or freight capacity according to demand:- Analytical calculations of the main design parameters- Geometry modeling (Catia), 3D (block-structured) Meshing and numerical pre-calculations (inviscid) for longitudinal stability analysis

Himeji, Japan

Productivity improvement of a steel bar annealing furnace- Transient thermal modeling of the process (2D): heating, quenching and cooling- Experimental data collection and numerical model validation- Implementation of new settings and testing, based on the model results- 40% productivity improvement achieved

Postgraduate Degree

Education record

Msc.

Bsc. Mechanical Engineering

Baccalaureate

General Certificates Of Secondary Education