Bio

Current Position

Since December 2018: Research staff member at EDF R&D (EDF Lab Chatou, 6 quai Watier, Chatou, France).

• Research Engineer in Applied Probability and Statistics
• Department: ``Performance, Industrial Risks, Monitoring for the Maintenance and Operating’’ (PRISME)
• Group: ``Asset Management, Uncertainty Quantification and Statistical Learning’’ group (P17-GAIA)
• Member of the SINCLAIR (Saclay INdustrial Collaborative Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Research) AI Lab

Education

• 2015 – 2018: Ph.D. degree obtained from ONERA and Clermont Auvergne University
• 2014 – 2015: M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Uncertainty Quantification from Clermont Auvergne University
• 2011 – 2015: Engineering Degree obtained at the French Institute for Advanced Mechanics (ex-IFMA, now SIGMA), in Clermont-Ferrand

Work experience & internships

• April 2015 – September 2015: Graduation Internship / Master Thesis
  • ONERA – The French Aerospace Lab (Palaiseau, France)
  • Subject: ``Sensitivity analysis of a rare event probability using derivative-based global sensitivity measures’’
  • Advisors: Dr. Mathieu BALESDENT & Dr. Jérôme MORIO
  • Skills: rare event simulation techniques, global sensitivity analysis
• September 2014 – February 2015: Visiting Scholar
  • Northwestern University (Evanston, IL, USA)
  • Subject: ``Level-Set-based Topology Optimization of a Superhydrophobic Structure for Lotus Effect’’
  • Advisor: Prof. Wei CHEN, IDEAL Laboratory, McCormick School of Engineering
  • Skills: level-set methods (mathematical background, implementation and numerical issues), superhydrophobicity & icephobicity (physical phenomenon, numerical modeling, simulation using COMSOL), programming (coupling Matlab and COMSOL)
• March 2014 – August 2014: Research Assistant
  • NLR - Netherlands Aerospace Centre (Marknesse, The Netherlands)
  • Subject: ``Robust Probabilistic Analyses of Composite Part Manufacturing’’
  • Advisor: Frank P. GROOTEMAN
  • Skills: data analysis (statistical tests, distribution fitting, outlier detection), deterministic modeling with Abaqus (RTM curing model for composite materials), sensitivity analysis, inverse analysis (optimization), Monte Carlo simulations, programming (Python, Matlab and C++)
• May 2013 – September 2013: Assistant Research Engineer internship
  • Cenaero France (Moissy-Cramayel, France)
  • Subject: ``Influence of the design of experiments on the performance of a multifidelity co-kriging surrogate model for the Stress Intensity Factor calculation’’
  • Advisors: Jean-Pierre LEFEBVRE & Eric WYART
  • Skills: DoE & sampling techniques (LHS, CVT, LCVT), surrogate modeling (co-kriging), fracture mechanics (XFEM method), programming & HPC (Python, Bash)