CV

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Academic Training

Dates	Place	Activities
1994 to 1997	SUPAÉRO: National School of Aeronautics and Space, Toulouse, France	Doctoral studies (Ph.D., European label)Title: “Jammer Robustness Techniques for GPS Receivers”
1993 to 1994	SUPAÉRO: National School of Aeronautics and Space, Toulouse, France	Specialized Master in Aerospace Electronics
1993 to 1994	SUPAÉRO: National School of Aeronautics and Space, Toulouse, France	DEA (Diploma of Advanced Studies) in Microwaves
1992 to 1993	UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, Guildford, England	Master of Science in Satellite Communication Engineering
1988 to 1992	POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL, Montreal, Canada	B.Sc.A., Electrical Engineering Specialty: Space Technologies
1986 to 1988	CEGEP EDOUARD MONTPETIT, Montreal, Canada	Pure and applied sc. (DEC)

Professional Experience

Body	NATIONAL CENTER FOR SPACE STUDIES (French Space Agency, Toulouse, France). (Host Laboratory: ENAC , National School of Civil Aviation)
Position	Researcher and Post-Doctoral Fellow, Radio-Navigation Department of CNES.
Nature	January – December 1998
Functions / Achievement	Techniques for Lowering Acquisition and Tracking Thresholds for a GPS Receiver (Applied to the Space and Aeronautical Domains).

Body	NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION ( NATO-RTA , Paris, France) (On behalf of the RTA, Research Technology Agency)
Position	NATO representative in scientific affairs of the RTA.
Nature	“Expert Visits EVs”, RTA Contracts #2C89202 and #2C89203.
Functions / Achievement	Technical meeting during SCI Panel activities.

Body	SAGEM SA , (Eragny, France).
Position	Consultant Engineer SAGEM SA, URD-15, Defense and Security Department.
Nature	March – November 98.
Functions / Achievement	Design and Integration of the ADP into a SAGEM SA GPS Receiver.

Body	SAGEM SA , (Eragny, France).
Position	Research Engineer at URD15, Defense and Security Department.
Nature	November – December 97.
Functions / Achievement	Feasibility study: Design and Integration of the ADP into a GPS Receiver.

Body	ESTEC-ESA (EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY) (Noordwick, Holland).
Position	Trainee applying for the European Doctorate program.
Nature	End of Thesis Internship, June-September 97.
Functions / Achievement	Testing, integration and performance measurements of the “PIRANHA” Filter

Body	National Higher School of Aeronautics and Space
Position	Part-time teacher and lecturer, 94-98.
Nature	Teaching 1st, 2nd, 3rd year and Masters engineering students.
Functions / Achievement	Followed by PIR (Initiation to Research Project), Mini-Project, BE (Design Office), TP (Practical Work) and lectures.

Body	NATIONAL CENTER FOR SPACE STUDIES (French Space Agency, Toulouse, France).
Period	June 25, 1994 to September 3, 1994.
Position	DEA Project (Diploma of Advanced Studies) and Specialization in Aerospace Electronics.
Nature	Studies of the influence of RF jammers on the reception of GPS signals.
Functions / Achievement	See Articles (Ref. 17 & 18) in Point 2.1 “OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS WITH COMMITTEES”.

Body	UNIVERSITY OF SURREY (Guildford, England)
Period	May 7, 1993 to September 8, 1993
Position	“Implementation of a Spread Spectrum Receiver using a DSP Processor”.
Division	SST, Surrey Satellite Technology.
Functions / Achievement	Research, development and implementation in the TMS320C25 digital processing processor of an algorithm for a spread spectrum signal receiver.

Body	SPAR AEROSPATIAL Ltd (Ste-Annes-de-Bellevue, Quebec)
Period	May 10, 1992 to August 31, 1992
Position	R&D engineer.
Division	ADVANCE SATCOM PROJECT, R&D Division.
Functions / Achievement	Design, assembly and tests of a Digital Modulator generating 8 channels in FDMA mode.

Body	SPAR AEROSPATIAL Ltd (Ste-Annes-de-Bellevue, Quebec)
Period	May 10, 1991 to August 15, 1991
Position	Intern engineer.
Division	“Digital Signal Processing Division” in the R&D group.
Functions / Achievement	Construction of a high frequency (1.1 GHz) digital “SPREAD SPECTRUM” Communication System with GaAs Technology from GigaBit Logic.

Body	HOSPITAL STE-JUSTINE DE MONTRÉAL and ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL.
Period	May 10, 1990 to August 28, 1990
Position	Trainee researcher
Division	Biomedical Engineering Laboratory.
Functions / Achievement	Design of a plexiglass calibration device containing 36 metal balls acting as a reference point on x-rays taken of femur fractures in children (16 years and under) + 3D reconstruction software by stereoradiography and analysis of measurements.

Excellence and research scholarships

Title	Place	Validity period
FCAR Institutional Professor Scholarship	Montreal Canada	1999-2004
NSERC research grant: “Study and analysis of jammer robustness techniques for digital receivers”	Montreal Canada	1999-2002
FCAR Young Researcher Grant: Integration of robustness techniques into jammers for digital receivers	Montreal Canada	1999-2001
CNES Post-Doctoral Fellowship	Toulouse, France	1998-1998
CIES Scholarship	Toulouse, France
ONERA/CERT Scholarship (Thesis Supplement)	Toulouse, France	1995-1996
Doctoral research grant in Aerospace (A8-FCAR)	Toulouse, France	1993-1996
Athlone-Vanier Prize and Scholarship	Guildford England	1992-1993
FCAR Master’s Scholarship	Guildford England	1992-1993
1967 NSERC Scholarship Interview		1992-1995
Scholarship for NSERC Engineering Researcher (master’s degree)		1992-1993
MARCONI Canada Scholarship	Canada	1991-1992
NSERC summer employment research grant 90		1990-1992
BECHTEL FOUNDATION of Canada Award	Canada
NSERC research grant for summer employment 92		1992
Individual NSERC grant for research: “Development of hybrid architectures and robustness techniques for GPS (Global Positioning System) and GALILÉO radio-navigation receivers”	Montreal Canada

Consultation activities

My activities in the field of anti-jamming for GPS receivers allowed me to obtain a service contract as a Consulting Engineer on behalf of the Research and Development Center of the Defense and Security Division of SAGEM SA (Nanterre, Paris). This is a contract for a period of 9 months (03/01/98 to 11/31/98) consisting of supervising the work of the ADP carried out at SupAéro within the framework of the SAGEM SA Contract (see Point 2.2, Contract #3).

A second consultation activity concerns my status as a NATO representative. I carried out a few NATO scientific missions as part of the science programs of the RTA Research and Technology Agency (“Expert Visits EVs”, RTA Contracts #2C89202 and #2C89203).

Known Software

COSSAP, CADENCE, MATLAB, MATCAD, etc.

Window and UNIX environment.

Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, Basic, Fortran, Assembly Language 68000

Language for the Texas Instrument TMS320C25, C31 DSP.

X-Logic, Cadence and Synopsis (FPGA – ASIC), ABEL (PAL and GAL programming).

ViewLogic, Orcad, PCAD (electrical design and simulations), etc.

Touchstone (microwave component design) and MDS.

Miscellaneous

WRITTEN AND SPOKEN LANGUAGES	Mother tongue: French,Fluent: English,Intermediate: Spanish,Beginner: Italian
ACTIVITIES AND LEISURE	Scuba diving instructor (BSAC, FQAS, PADI, NAUI).Dance instructor (Rock’n Roll & Lindy Hop, Swing).Basic notion of Skydiving (30 jumps).Badminton, tennis, soccer, cycling, juggling.Automotive mechanics, piano, IT.