General introduction Personal information · Copyright © Philippe Loiseau 1965~2019 14/16 Publications • LOISEAU Ph., GAILLARD G., MERMOUD A. : "Etalonnage d'une sonde à neutrons

Copyright © Philippe Loiseau 1965~2019 1/16

Philippe LOISEAU

Born : 1965, January 10th (Saint Mandé, 94)

Nationality : French

ENSEEIHT engineer (HY88)

Last position (05/2010� Today):

Technical manager – In charge of Engineering Dept.

BORALEX Inc. (LYON, France)

31 years of professional experience

General

introduction

Personal

information

August 2019


Overview of my experience …

• 31 years experience as R&D engineer in modeling physical transfers (mass,

heat, energy, …), Design of industrial systems, development of numerical

simulators, sensors, signal processing, antennae networks, …

• 17 years experience in applied industrial research office (in TOYOTA group)

and 14 years experience in engineering offices

• 21 years experience as R&D project leader in the fields of energy, sensors and

signal processing for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS – Safety – Comfort -

Optimization) and mobile communications in harsh environment

• 21 years experience of teams management including engineers and high level

technicians (2~17 members)

• 19 years experience as R&D technical manager in multidisciplinary and

multicultural environment

• In addition : >20 years of everyday usage of English with Japanese, Italian &

American directors and/or colleagues


My major knowledge …

• A huge et strong experience in R&D in various technical fields :

• Fluids mechanics, hydraulics, energy, thermodynamics

• Systems for electricity production based on renewable energies sources

• Development of signals propagation simulators (thermal, acoustics, electromagnetism)

• Development and usage of environment sensors

• Signal processing for these sensors

• Modulation/demodulation techniques for mobile communications

• Techniques for noise reduction and interference rejection for radio-communication digital receivers

(Antennae & sensors network processing, signal conditioning, Space-time equalization, adaptive filtering, …)

• Hardware implementation constraints (automobile & energy production)

• Awareness of industrial constraints (QCD, safety, environment)

• Experience of control methods and definition of action plans (PDCA, 5W1H)

• Good knowledge of the industrial sector (especially Automotive and Energy : 16

years in TOYOTA group, currently 9 years in ENEL & BORALEX)

• Good experience of teams management (multidisciplinary & multicultural)


Overview of my education …

Engineer ENSEEIHT HY88• Hydraulics, Fluids mechanics

• Energetics, Thermodynamics

• Signal processing, Automatics, Control-command

• Numerical methods

Diploma (1988)

Professional education2013~2019 : «Change & conflicts management», Vista Partners/Adret Conseil, «Managing an ICPE», EFE,

«Elect. capacity H0/B0», Alstom, «Management by adhesion», CFPJ, «Windpro», EMD Int.

2012 : «Project Management Culture», PMT Group, Roma (Italy), «Archelios», Cythelia, Lyon (69),«PVSyst», ENEL Training, Lyon (69), «Microsoft Project», ENEL Training, Paris (75)

10/2010 : «Electrical capacity H0/B0», Areva, Lyon (69)

2006~2008 : «Efficient presentation», «Holding successful evaluation», Dale Carnegie, Nice (06)

06/2001 : «SIMULINK», The MathWorks, La Haye les roses (94)

06/2000 : «Smart antennae for mobile communications», Télécom Paris, Paris (75)

05/2000 : «Antennae, Digital communications, Propagation», ENST Bretagne, Sophia Antipolis (06)

1993~1997 : «C programming», Learning Tree International, Paris (75), «BASILE», Simulog, Nice (06)

Languages & Software : C, FORTRAN, Windpro, PVSyst, Meteonorm, SolarGis, ArcheliosOther languages : MATLAB, SIMULINK, LABVIEW, LABWINDOWS, CODE COMPOSER, SCILABMicroprocessors, DSP : TMS320C31 under Code Composer environmentMaterial & Systems : UNIX, Windows, Standards : DARC, SWIFT, RDS, DVB-T, ISDB-T

Computer Science


Overview of my career …

1985~1988

Engineer

diploma

1988~1989

Modeling &

studies

engineer

Transferred

studies

engineer

1989~1990

Tests

engineer

Assistant

doctorant

Cooperant

for

national

service

1990~1991

Studies

engineer

1991~1993

1993~2009

Research &

development

engineer

Project

leader

Technical

manager1993~1998

1998~2001

2001~2009

Technical

manager

In charge of

Engineering

Dept.

2010~2014

Technical

manager

In charge of

Engineering

Dept. &

R&D dev.

and

Innovation

www.imra-europe.com http://www.enelgreenpower.com/

2014~…

http://www.boralex.com/


Professional experiences …

Dec 2014 ~ Today :

Technical manager – Head of

Engineering Dept.

BORALEX Inc. (Lyon, France)

Missions - Objectives :

• Technical manager – In charge of the Engineering Department & R&D activities

• In charge of technical studies (development, construction, exploitation of electrical power plants)

• Projects coordination (projects reviews, QCD control, support to actions plans definition)

• Technical + Budget projects proposals (~1.5 M€/year), presentation to CEO + mother company (I)

• Responsible of the studies, preliminary layouts, methodologies & documentation quality

Development30%

Management70%

Supervision8 engineers + 2 technicians

Activities - Results :

• Concerned fields :

- Solar plants resource (data & measure), energy production assessment, preliminary layout

- Solar plants design (Orientation, foundations, structural support, ...)

- Wind resource assessment (Measurement, CFD analysis)

- Wind farm turbines location definition

- Electrical design, Power generator, Civil engineering

- Landscape impact analysis & reduction, Environmental impact & compensatory measures

- Sound impact (Measurement, modeling, impact reduction)

- Electricity production follow-up

Knowledge - Conclusions :

• Huge industrial constraints : Cost/Complexity/Performances

• Huge implication in management : MBO, PDCA, 5W1H, QCD, negotiation (5M)



May 2010 ~ Dec 2014 :

Technical manager – Head of

Solar Center of Excellence

ENEL Green Power (Lyon, France)


• Technical manager – In charge of the Engineering Department & Solar Centre of Excellence

• In charge of technical studies (development, construction, exploitation of electrical power plants)


• Technical + Budget projects proposals (~1.5 M€/year), presentation to CEO + mother company (I)

• Responsible of the studies, preliminary layouts, methodologies & documentation quality

Development30%

Management70%



• Concerned fields :

- Solar plants resource (data & measure), energy production assessment, preliminary layout

- Solar plants design (Orientation, foundations, structural support, ...)

- Wind resource assessment (Measurement, CFD analysis)

- Wind farm turbines location definition

- Electrical design, Power generator, Civil engineering

- Landscape impact analysis & reduction, Environmental impact & compensatory measures

- Sound impact (Measurement, modeling, impact reduction)

- Electricity production follow-up






August 2001 ~ April 2009 :

R&D technical manager

IMRA EUROPE SAS (Sophia Antipolis)


• Technical manager of ITS Department

• R&D strategy building, technological survey & prospective (Sensors, Signal processing)


• Technical + Budget projects proposals (~1.5 M€/year), presentation to CEO + mother company (JP)

• Quality Responsible for intellectual property & technical documentation

• Project leader : Electrostatic sensor, survey of physiological state of an automotive passenger

• Group leader (Technical Planning) : Supervision of « knowledge management », IS & Network

Development30%

Management70%

Supervision6 engineers + 2 apprentices


• Concerned fields : Sensors & signal processing, ICT, Driving assistance

• Concerned developments :

- Digital adaptive filtering (Echoes cancellation & interference rejection in receivers (RKE, TV)

- Sensors & signal processing for survey & monitoring (Electrostatics, Ultrasonic, Piezoelectric)

- Multiplexed communication on cabled network (MIMO-LAN)

- Porting on FPGA (VHDL) in collaboration (I2E Artware, REACTIS, MVD)





November 1998 ~ July 2001 :

R&D Project leader



• Project leader AIR SONAR & ANTENNA DIVERSITY

• Presentation in projects reviews, QCD control, proposals of actions plans

• Technical + Budget projects proposals (annual), presentation to technical manager

• Patents application, Technologies transfers

Development50%

Management50%



• Concerned fields : Ultrasounds, Sensors & Signal processing


- Algorithm for beam forming, calibration of sensors network

- Simulators of encoders (DARC/SWIFT, RDS, FM Multiplex) (FM)

- Space-time equalization (CMA, MRC, Selective combiner)

- Functional tests in vehicle & analyses by post-procesing

- Porting on DSP (C float)

- Analysis & specification of software radio (FM/RKE/TV) (Collaboration I2E Télécom)


• Huge implication in algorithms of filtering, demodulation & diversity

• Experience in mobile communications, digital modulations

• Experience in teams management (multidisciplinary & multicultural)



March 1993 ~ September 1998 :

Research engineer



• Modeling engineer

• Presentation in projects reviews, QCD control, proposals of actions plans

• Technical + Budget projects proposals (annual)

• Patents application, Technology transfer, Trainings

Development80%

Management20%

Supervision1 engineer + 2 technicians


• Concerned fields : Mass/heat transfers, propagation, numerical methods


- Feasibility studies & tests of an ultrasonic volumetric temperature sensor

- Development & experimental validation of modeling software of the thermal behavior of a car

cabin (ATHEBES®) and a close room heated by a forced ventilation (BTHEBES®) with the

zonal model method.


• First experience in environment sensors

• First experience en management/supervision

• First application of the automotive sector methods



October 1991 ~ March 1993 :

Studies engineer

ACRI SA (Sophia Antipolis)


• Modeling engineer (Fluids mechanics & signal processing)

Development100%

Management-

Supervision-


• Domains : Mass/heat transfers, simulator of satellite missions


- Modeling the signal processing & the transfer functions of the antennae for the

instruments simulators of European satellites (MERIS, MIMR) (collaboration ESA)


• First industrial application of signal processing

April 1990 ~ September 1991 :

Tests engineer - Doctorant

E.P.F.L (Lausanne, Suisse)

Development80%

Management20%

Supervision1 trainee engineer + 1 technician


• Domains : Solutes transfers in soils

- Installation, exploitation of lysimeters


• First experience in multidisciplinary et multicultural environment



September 1989 ~ March 1990 :

Studies engineer

CNIM (La Seyne sur Mer)

Missions - Objectifs :

• Modeling engineer, transferred at the client office (by Principia)

Development100%

Management-

Supervision-


• Domains : Hydrodynamic strain calculation on M45 going out of SNLE

• Concerned developments : Automatic meshing, simulations, analyses & reports

July 1988 ~ August 1989 :

Studies engineer

Principia (Sophia Antipolis)

Development100%

Management-

Supervision-


• Domains : Mass/heat transfers, Fluids mechanics

- Simulations, development of specific modules, trainings


• First experience in design & research office


• Mission of technical assistance (confidence of project leader, autonomy & rigor)


Copyright © Philippe Loiseau 1965~2019

Patents

Reference Title Year

EP0928640 Ultrasonic transducer with a horn & phased array using such ultrasonic transducers 1998

EP1202249 Waterproof transducer for half-wavelength array 2000

FR2817973Method of detecting the objects positions, used for assisting in parking of a vehicle,

is based on two steps for forming beams using a network of ultrasound sensors2000

FR2842373

JP2005033375

Procédé de sélection de signaux dans un système de diversité d’antennes

Method for selecting antenna in diversity antenna system2002

FR2846814Wireless communication signal interference reducing device for vehicle, has control

unit with detector to provide signal if received signal contains signal of interest for

shifting filter between adaptive and non-adaptive modes2002

FR2846815FR2846825

FSK components processing device for wireless communication signal, has

frequency converter to baseband, polarization detector to establish components2002

2003

DE1035070Device for suppressing noise in received electronic information transmission signal

has controller for controlling adaptive filter mode2003

JP2004153837Interference suppressing apparatus for wireless reception and processing apparatus

for frequency shift key signal2003

US2007201588Suppressing interference for wireless reception and improvements relating to

processing a frequency shift keyed signal2004

FR2923150Système de mesure du rythme cardiaque d’un utilisateur.

Réseau de 3 capteurs robuste au changement de position de l’utilisateur 2007

FR2924324Système de mesure du rythme cardiaque d’un utilisateur.

Méthode de suppression de bruit de mouvement de l’utilisateur 2007

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Publications • LOISEAU Ph., GAILLARD G., MERMOUD A. : "Etalonnage d'une sonde à neutrons selon deux demi-droites. Application des méthodes gravimétrique et

volumétrique". Bulletin du Groupe Français d'Humidimétrie Neutronique N°27, p11-28, 07/90, Aix-en-provence (FRANCE).

• FONZES G., LOISEAU Ph., GSCHWIND M. : "ATHEBES, a car thermal behavior simulation software". ATA (Associazone Tecnica dell'Automobile) 3rd

International Conference. Vehicle comfort and ergonomics. 29-31 mars 1995. Bologne (ITALIE).

• LOISEAU Ph., FONZES G., GSCHWIND M., BEZIAN J.J., HASEBE T., FUJITA S., TAKEDA I. : “A new zonal model to simulate a room heated by a gas

heat pump (GHP) : BTHEBES”. ROOMVENT ‘96, 5th international conference on AIR DISTRIBUTION in ROOMS. Proceeding vol 1, p 61-68, 17-19 juillet

1996,. Yokohama (JAPON).

• DAUTIN S., DALACIEUX P., LOISEAU Ph., BEZIAN J.J. : “Study of the influence of the modelisation of solar paths in an experimental cell”. Second

International Conference on Building and the Environment, 9–12 Juin 1997, Paris (FRANCE)

• BEZIAN J.J., GUERASSIMOF G., FONZES G., GSCHWIND M., LOISEAU Ph. : “Thermique des bâtiments : couplage chauffage aéraulique - plancher

chauffant”. JITH 97, Journées internationales de thermique. Juin 1997, IUSTI, Marseille (FRANCE)

• DIEP D., JOHANNET A., BONNEFOY P., HARROY F., LOISEAU Ph. : “Classification of sonar data for a mobile robot using neural network”. 3rd IEEE

Symposium on Intelligence in automation and robotics (IAR). Mai 1998. Washington (USA).

• BONNEFOY P., HARROY F., LOISEAU Ph. : “Vehicle eye : Sonar system for near environment recognition”. 5th International Conference on ITS. 12-16

Octobre 1998. Séoul (COREE DU SUD).

• LOISEAU Ph., CONSTANCIS P., GALLAIS G., KANO T. : "Digital beam forming sonar for near environment obstacle location". 7th International

Conference on ITS. 6-9 Novembre 2000. Turin (ITALIE).

• NOUVIER J. et al. : “Télématique et sécurité routière”. Publication de l’ATEC–ITS France, RITS02, http://www.atec-tec.net/fr/atec_editions_f7.asp, 22

Avril 2002. Rapport CERTU, ISRN : 2-11-094085-9, ISSN : 0247-1159, Juin 2003.

• LOISEAU Ph., MURAKAMI Y., AIKYO H.: “Digital processing techniques to improve reception quality for ITS services”. 11th International Conference on

ITS. 18-22 Octobre 2004. Nagoya (JAPON).

• CONSTANCIS P., LOISEAU Ph., COUTANT F., MURAKAMI Y., YAMAMOTO T. : “Quality improvement of car telecommunication equipment using

digital signal processing techniques”. 12th International Conference on ITS. 6-10 Novembre 2005. San Francisco (USA).

• PIGUET G. MAZA J.L., BALLESTA ANDONAEGUI J.M., INCALZA A., INIESTA MORA G., LOISEAU Ph.: “Combining solar photovoltaic power plants

and wind farms: An innovative approach to the synergic design”. 28th EU PVSEC. 2013, Sept 30th - Oct 4th. Paris (FRANCE)

• MOUNETOU R., BEJAR ALCANTARA I., INCALZA A., JUSTINIANO J.P., LOISEAU Ph., PIGUET G., SABENE A.: “Oversizing array-to-inverter (DC-

AC) ratio: What are the criteria and how to define the optimum?”. 29th EU PVSEC. 2014, 22-26 Sept. Amsterdam (NL)

• BONGRAIN T., LOISEAU Ph., CORNU P., SCHILD J. : "L'éolien soigne son acoustique". Le Journal de l'éolien (onshore et offshore) N° 22, p 24-33, Déc

2016, Paris (FRANCE)

• KAZERONI M., SAINT-PIERRE C., MONDON G., LOISEAU Ph. : « Démarche Energies Renouvelables Durables - Guide méthodologique » et « Module

éolien terrestre ». Publications WWF, Site Internet WWF, Juin 2019, Paris (FRANCE)


Summary of potential contributions

MANAGEMENT

• ~ 31 years experience in applied industrial R&D (sensors, signal processing, fluids mechanics, …)

• ~ 21 years experience in supervision of projects

• ~ 21 years experience in research & development in simulators, sensors & measurement

• ~ 21 years experience in teams management and project leaders for development

• Used with QCD constraints & PDCA methods, MBO, 5W1H – 5M management

• Experienced in preparation of technical & budget proposals, negotiations

TECHNICAL

• Graduated in fluids mechanics, energy, hydraulics & thermodynamics

• R&D in energy management systems, simulators, sensors & measurement systems

• Development of sensors, signal processing, and real time digital receivers

• 31 years of wide experience (Energy, Automotive, Bio-technologies, Thermo-hydraulics, …)

PERSONALITY• Rigorous, methodical, curious, interested by technical innovation

• Pragmatic, persevering but not obstinate and always keeping listening his team …


Previous colleagues (some updates could be necessary) :

Georges GALLAIS PDG VULOG

Michel GSCHWIND PDG ARECO

Philippe BARDEY PDG ACRI SA

Jean-François COUDERT Associé INGESCIENCE

Stéphane AMARGER Directeur technique HITACHI Europe

Michel GAETA Directeur technique WATTECO SA

Jean Marc ROQUELAURE PDG REACTIS

Rémy BENDAHAN Chef de projet IMRA EUROPE

Fabrizio BONEMAZZI Head of Solar ENEL

THANK YOU for your interest

(www.vulog.com)

(www.areco.fr)

(www.acri.fr)

(www.c-et-c.eu)

(www.hitachi.eu)

(www.watteco.com)

(www.reactis.fr)

(www.imra-europe.com)

(www.enelgreenpower.com)

Philippe LOISEAU August 2019

[email protected]

http://philippeloiseau.pagesperso-orange.fr/, http://www.linkedin.com/in/philippeloiseau

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General introduction Personal information · Copyright © Philippe Loiseau 1965~2019 14/16 Publications • LOISEAU Ph., GAILLARD G., MERMOUD A. : "Etalonnage d'une sonde à neutrons