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Dr Yann Billaud

IUSTI - 5 rue Enrico Fermi

13453 Marseilles, France

Tel: +334 91 10 69 23
Port: +336 50 29 08 43

Emails : yann.billaud@univ-poitiers.fr

Web : http://yann-billaud.blogspot.fr/

Education

2008-2011	PhD thesis - Development of a hybrid small-world network/semi-physical model for studying forest fire behavior and optimizing wireless sensor networks for early detection. Supervisor: B. Porterie. IUSTI, Marseilles, France. (link)
2006-2007	Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering - Monte-Carlo modeling of radiative impact of vegetation fires. Supervisor: B. Porterie. Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire de Marseille, France.
2004-2007	Mechanical Engineer - Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Combustion, Systems Modeling and Simulation. Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire de Marseille, France.
2003-2004	Bachelors in Physics - Nanophysics and High Energy Physics. Pro-ject: Effects of salt on bubble coalescence in water using Laser and Photodiode Device. Leeds University, England.
2001-2003	Associate of Engineering Science - Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Science. DUT GTE, Marseilles, France.

Professional Experience

2013-2014	Teaching and Research Assistant – Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire de Marseille (EPUM), France
2012-2013	Postdoctoral fellow – Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique (ENSMA), Poitiers, France.
2011-2012	Teaching and Research Assistant – EPUM, France
2008-2011	Graduate Research Assistant -     Scientific consulting, evaluation of land settlement concerning wildland fire safety planning. -     Development of numerical tools for estimation of the radiative impact of fire on structures. -     Large scale deployment on pilot sites of wireless sensors network, contribution both strategic and field work. IUSTI, Marseille, and SPS, Rousset, France.
2006	Assistant of Research Engineer – Radiative heat flux measurement from linear flame fronts generated in a fire tunnel. Supervisor: Colonel C. Picard. CEREN Laboratory, Civil Security, Valabre, France.
2005	Assistant of Engineer – Maintenance of printed circuit board production machines. STMicroelectronics, Rousset, France.
2003	Research Technician – Sizing of water distribution systems. G2e, La Seyne sur mer, France.

Teaching Experience (at Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire de Marseille, France)

2010	Lecturing in the course Introduction to Monte Carlo Methods and its Applications to Radiative Heat Transfer problems (4h).
2011	Teaching assistant for the course Continuum Mechanisms (16h). Supervision of Practical Work in Heat Transfers (96h).
2012	Teaching assistant for the course Heat Exchanger Theory (40h). Supervision of Practical Work in Physics (54h).
2013	Teaching assistant for the course Applied Fluid Mechanics (10h). Supervision of Practical Work in Heat Transfers (48h). Lecturing in the course Introduction to Fire behavior modeling (16h).
2014	Teaching assistant for the course Heat Exchanger Theory (20h). Teaching assistant for the course Numerical Methods (32h). Teaching assistant for the course Scientific Calculus (32h).

Professional Skills

Software	MS Office, Latex, MatLab, Mathematica, Origin, GIS (Google Earth, Quantum GIS), CFD (Star CCM+, Fluent, Code_Saturne), CAO (Google SketchUp, AutoCAD), Tecplot, Gnuplot, Paraview.
Language	Fortran 90, C++, html, kml, parallel computing (OpenMP, CUDA).
Miscellaneous	Sensitivity analysis and Model reduction using Fractional Factorial Design. Model calibration using inverse method based on Genetic Algorithm. Qualified in sections 60 (Mechanics and civil engineering) and 62 (Thermal science and process engineering) of CNU.