Employer: SCK-CEN
Place: Mol, Belgium
Description:
In the context of the MYRRHA project, coordination of the development, implementation and commissioning of the Low-Level RF systems for the MINERVA Linac at Mol.
Type of business or sector: Research / Nuclear Physics (for more information: https://www.sckcen.be)
Employer: TranzCom NV
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Description:
Responsible for the coordination of the hardware design activities. Our core business is the contracting, design, and installation of embedded systems for the public sector (public transportation, emergency services, police). I am specifically in charge of the R&D activities for the railway and automotive sector. This includes requirements analysis, resources coordination, design, test and validation of systems according to railway norms and standards. And finally for each project the elaboration of realistic integration plans taking into account the various constraints of the client.
Type of business or sector: Engineering and contracting (for more information: http://www.tranzcom.com)
Employer: AntarctiQ BVBA
Place: Wervik, Belgium
Description:
AntarctiQ is a small start-up company of our own, active in finding new concepts for innovative projects in the field of research, operations, energy management and hardware design for extreme conditions, based on our experience of polar environments.
Responsible for all the electrical, electronics and automation aspects of these projects. Examples of activities are instrumentation design, automation projects for off-road vehicles, smart grid power networks design and deployment, Internet of Things concepts design for polar research.
Type of business or sector: Industrial service & product development (for more information: http://www.antarctiq.com)
Employer: ELI - Extreme Light Infrastructure
Place: Prague, Czech Republic
Description:
Responsible for the design, the installation and the validation of fast, SIL-3 rated interlock systems for the facility. The institute was building a number of PW-class LASERs at medium to high repetition rates.
These require machine protection loops, based on next-pulse (sub-millisecond) interlock signals computation from high speed diagnostics and signal processing on the Labview-RT platform and FPGAs. In parallel, I was also developing a facility-wide interlocking scheme based on SIL-3 rated PLCs and SCADA systems to ensure safe operation of all the LASERs at any time.
Type of business or sector: Research / Physics (for more information: http://www.eli-beams.eu)
Employer: Own consultancy
Place: Princess Elisabeth Station, Antarctica
Description:
Responsible for the operation of all the systems of the Belgian Antarctic station during the manned season on-site (4 months every year) as well as the planning and organising of the next season during the unmanned period. Duties include : day to day operation of the base (power management, PLC / SCADA automation and control, IT, telecoms, logistics), R&D and systems engineering + integration leader on-site. In addition, responsible for the planning and the coordination of the different science instruments and scientific activities.
Type of business or sector: R&D / Engineering / M&O (for more information: http://www.antarcticstation.org)
Employer: University of Wisconsin
Place: South Pole Station, Antarctica
Description:
Responsible for the operation of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory experiment at the Geographic South Pole. The duty involved electronics and instrumentation maintenance / improving / troubleshooting work to keep data taking up and running 24/7, software debugging and repairing, system administration (Linux), hardware commissioning, planning ahead the next summer season and doing consultative reporting of technical solutions to the different institutes of the international collaboration. This position involved a 14-months stay amongst a small isolated community at the geographic South Pole in Antarctica. Thorough medical examinations to work at high altitude, extreme cold and very remote conditions were passed, alongside with a detailed psychological training and evaluation, since no advanced medical care nor any evacuation is possible during the polar winter.
Type of business or sector: Research / Astrophysics (for more information: http://www.icecube.wisc.edu)
Employer: European Organisation for Nuclear Research - CERN
Place: Geneva, Switzerland
Description:
Electronics and instrumentation design, such as critical self test functions to ensure a full reliability of the beam loss monitoring systems at any time. This project involved implementation of complex signal processing functions on large scale FPGAs, designing fault tolerant data transfer systems and integration in existing radiation tolerant electronics. I also designed motion control electronics for the wire scanners in the beam profile monitoring section, involving a good understanding of feedback loops (servo/drive), taking part in the design of the application software (Java, Labview) and working towards the integration of this subsystem in the whole design of the particles accelerator.
Type of business or sector: Research / Particle Physics (for more information: www.cern.ch)
Title: "Development of the new trigger and data acquisition system for the CMS forward muon spectrometer upgrade"
Name of organisation: Inter-university Institute for High Energies - Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
Principal Subjects:
Research & Development work on a novel particle detector technology and next generation Data Acquisition (DAQ) systems for large scale particle physics experiments based on the uTCA standard.
Covered fields are analog / digital electronics design, assembly and production testing, controls and automation, integrated circuits design (mainly FPGA), high speed communication hardware and protocols, data processing and analysis, instrumentation design / test / integration.
Name of organisation: Université de Grenoble / Institut National Polytechnique, France
Principal Subjects:
Electronics (analog and digital), physics of semiconductors, signal conversion and processing, silicon CAD / simulation, integrated systems architecture, mixed signal integration, design for testability / verification, design flow methodology (ASIC and FPGA), hardware description, radio frequency design integration.
Name of organisation: Université de Metz, France
Principal Subjects:
Electronics (analog and digital), signal processing, automation, physics, optics, RF, antennas, communication systems, modulations, microprocessors.
Name of organisation: Institut Universitaire de Technologies de Colmar, France
Principal Subjects:
Electronics (analog and digital), signal processing, networking, telephony, computing, radio-communication, broadcasting technologies, satellite communication
Mother tongue: Dutch
Other language:
| Understanding | Speaking | Writing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | Bilingual | Bilingual | Bilingual |
| English | Proficient user | Proficient user | Proficient user |
| German | Basic | Basic | Basic |
| Czech | Very Basic | Very basic | Very basic |
Good interpersonal communication skills to work in a large team, as well as in autonomy. At ease in an international environment. Able to take the best of each individual mindset to complete a project. This is especially useful when working on multidisciplinary projects, on designs and ideas that are not of my own.
Able to quickly gather and synthesize information, fast at understanding complex systems, good at presenting my work in a clear and understandable way and in accordance to the audience. Good ability to manage priorities and integrate the unexpected, foresee the impact on a project and act / report accordingly.
The main focus of my curriculum is electronics, instrumentation, telecoms and physics.
Electronics: PCB design, simulation (Altium Designer, Eagle) and testing (BIST, JTAG), digital signal processing theory and practical experience, good comprehension of analog design, communication protocols and requirements, automation and servo controls, large experience with common micro controllers (Atmel, Microchip, Texas Instruments), FPGAs (Xilinx, Altera) for high reliability systems, good knowledge of micro-electronics methodology and design flow including associated CAD tools.
Instrumentation: Excellent knowledge of most modern interface standards (PCI/cPCI, VME-bus, ATCA/uTCA) and protocols (Ethernet, PCIe, SRIO, 8b10b), Good knowledge of industrial automation (Schneider PLC and SCADA certifications, EPLAN, Bosch Bodas, Pilz Safety PLCs), field bus deployment (Modbus, Industrial Ethernet, optic fibers), experience in development of application specific monitoring and control systems (Web, Python, C/C++, Java, SQL databases).
Telecommunications: Satellite and terrestrial communications / broadcasting (modulations, limitations), cellular networks, wired and wireless networks (Ethernet, token ring, ATM, 802.11), networking technology (routing, protocols, VLANs), knowledge of security concepts, telephony.
Physics: Knowledge of particle physics, detector and accelerator technologies, optics and RF (fibers, lasers, waveguides, antennas), semiconductors, basic knowledge of astrophysics.
Good knowledge of common office software (MS Word / Excel / Powerpoint and corresponding open source tools). Good knowledge of LaTeX and MS Visio for publishing.
System administration: Very comfortable with Linux system administration, scripting, monitoring, installing, use, and management of common server software (web, database, file server) and content (HTML, PHP, SQL).
Good programming compentencies (Python, Java, C/C++), aspecially for embedded systems but also for large scale data analysis and extraction of key performance indicators.
Knowledge of other operating systems (Windows, Solaris, BSD).
Valid driving license for manual transmission car.
Strong interest in project coordination and work methodology improvement.
Hiking, sailing and skiing are my favourite open-air activities.