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Switzerland

Luxembourg

Development of the Flight Control System for an unmanned sub-orbital aircraft:• Developed a flight dynamics analysis tool; identified and specified the flying qualities and control system requirements,• Designed Guidance and Control laws, • Developed various flight simulation environments.• Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team, planned the technical activities, defined systems interfaces and functions, performed trade-offs analysis.Initially Graduate Researcher - Master Thesis - Thesis title: "Trajectory Driven Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Sub-orbital Spaceplane Using Non-stationary Gaussian Processes":• Increased the performance a sub-orbital aircraft using multidisciplinary optimization (MDO) techniques.• Developed a trajectory optimization tool using pseudo-spectral methods.• Modeled the vehicle aerodynamic using non-stationary Gaussian processes.

European Space Agency (ESA) project. Aerodynamic analysis and mission planning for an autonomous supersonic glider.• Aerodynamic models identification.• Development and operation of a flight simulator for mission design and analysis.

Meudon

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics

Professional Pilot Training, Cpl/Meir - Atpl

Master Of Science (Msc), Control And Signal Processing

Engineering Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering