Lucas Binsfeld, PhD
Looking for technical managerial position (head of R&D, head of Engineering, CTO, ...)
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
PhD is not only a degree, it is a mindset and a set of tools fundamental to industry allowing one to perform in a short amount of time, navigate new topics with ease and provide high technical and managerial outcomes. Hence, I love challenges and do not shy away from them! I take on responsibilities and deliver, going the extra mile if needed.
Enthusiastic, curious and rigorous – 8+ years’ experience in composites, modelling/FEA, testing, mechanical/materials engineering, data science & project management.
Lived/worked in: France, Iceland, Ireland, Northern Ireland/UK and Canada.
Enthusiastic, curious and rigorous – 8+ years’ experience in composites, modelling/FEA, testing, mechanical/materials engineering, data science & project management.
Lived/worked in: France, Iceland, Ireland, Northern Ireland/UK and Canada.
Experiences
Composites R&T Project Manager
Airbus Atlantic (ex-STELIA Aerospace)
Since June 2020
- Project manager and collaborator on several projects (Composites, Adhesion, Assembly and Data/IIoT)
- Operational management: 15+ FTE (engineers/technicians) across different locations (multiple sites in France, Germany, Canada)
- Metals: Technical leader for surface treatment and bonding (June 2020 - July 2023)
Composites: Technical leader for thermoforming/stamping (July 2021 - present) - Setting up of thermoplastic stamp forming press capabilities for new thermoplastic composites opportunities for Airbus Atlantic (CapEx 520k€)
- Initiated and facilitated synergy on bonding topics between Airbus Atlantic, Airbus France and Airbus Germany (November 2021 - July 2023)
- Facilitator and member of the core team for innOway, a new continuous and participative innovation platform (May 2021 - present)
Innovation coach for Airbus Atlantic Group (November 2022 - present) - Grant proposal and project set-up (2021-2023: 2.2M€, 2022-2024: 15.4M€, 2024-2026: 21.7M€), project, team & budget management, SAP, TRL, CapEx (240k€ in 2021, 320k€ in 2022), ...
- Supervision of two PhD theses within the PERFORM network (janvier 2023 - present)
Associate/Shareholder | Innovation & Venture Analyst
Team for the Planet
Since March 2021
- Team For The Planet is a non-profit company aiming to fundraise 1 billion euros to create 100 companies fighting against global warming.
Research Associate | Finite Element Specialist
University College Dublin
January 2020
to May 2020
Dublin
Ireland
- IComp (Irish Composites Center): "CCM Bond Adhesion" project supported by Henkel, Bombardier, TE Connectivity, Mafic, New World Doors, Enbio and Bekaert
- Characterisation of composites structures including different kind of fibres (carbon, glass, basalt) and resin systems (liquid epoxy, powder epoxy, vinylester, Elium® 150 (TP))
- Determination of the fibre/resin adhesion by means of a fragmentation technique
- Characterisation of composites structures including different kind of fibres (carbon, glass, basalt) and resin systems (liquid epoxy, powder epoxy, vinylester, Elium® 150 (TP))
- Involved in Round-Robin for mode II adhesive testing (C-ELS) for ESIS TC4
- Quasi-static, dynamic and fatigue modelling of a new generation race boat trailer for optimization (contract work/consulting: finite element specialist)
Doctoral Research Engineer
Bombardier
January 2016
to December 2019
Full-time
Belfast
United Kingdom
- Project: "The conceptual design, development, testing and modelling of Spotscrew enhanced co-injected/co-cured joints in aerospace-grade composites (crack stoppers in CFRP)" in collaboration with Bombardier. Crack stopping technology applied to Cseries/A220 airplane wings and transfered to UK military aircraft
- This technology is nowadays being further developed within Spirit AeroSystems Belfast on A220 panels and a UK military program (30M£ grant)
Research Fellow
Polytechnique Montréal
September 2017
to February 2018
Internship
Montréal
Canada - Québec
- CLS testing of composite joints implementing a crack-stopping technology under high-temperature conditions, determination of mixed-mode partitioning from DIC results and 2D/3D modelling
R&D Design Engineer
Össur
February 2015
to August 2015
Internship
Reykjavík
Iceland
- Hollow Composite Structure Project, Prosthetic foot with Countervail technology and involved in several other projects
Ph.D - Mechanical and Materials Engineering
University College Dublin / Bombardier - Ireland / UK
January 2016
to 2020
Composites and Fracture Mechanics; Crack stopping technology in CFRP; Direct mixed-mode partitioning Matlab code; Design, testing and determination of CFRP joints applied to Aeronautics; Crack propagation modelling (CZM, VCCT, XFEM)
Engineer's Degree + Research M.Sc.
ESSTIN (now Polytech Nancy) - France
September 2010
to September 2015
• Engineer's Degree with specialization in Mechanics, Structures, Materials with an option in Biomechanics & Biomaterials (passed a B.Sc. in parallel of my 3rd year)
• Double Degree: Sciences for Engineer and Sciences of Materials Specialty I2M (Mechanical and Materials Engineering) Option MMSP (Mechanics, Materials, Structures and Processes) - obtained with honors
• 4th year: Exchange student at Háskoli Íslands in Reykjavík, Iceland (ERASMUS)
• Double Degree: Sciences for Engineer and Sciences of Materials Specialty I2M (Mechanical and Materials Engineering) Option MMSP (Mechanics, Materials, Structures and Processes) - obtained with honors
• 4th year: Exchange student at Háskoli Íslands in Reykjavík, Iceland (ERASMUS)
Skills
Languages
- French: native
- English: fluent (TOEIC: 940/990, IELTS: 8/9, 5+ years living abroad)
- German, Spanish and Icelandic: A2/B1
Hard skills
- Management: team, time and budget
- Composite materials: technology, architecture, manufacturing, testing, modelling
- Materials selection: fibres, resins, polymers
- Testing: ISO/ASTM/AITM, DIC, DSC, DMA, universal testing machine, SEM
- CAD/FEA: Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor, CATIAV5R19/20, ABAQUS, Ansys, OpenFOAM
- 3D printing: FDM/FFF, Vat-P (SLA, DLP), BJ
- Coding: Matlab, Python, C#
- IoT: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Nvidia
- Data: visualisation, understanding, automating, machine learning
Certifications
DataCamp - Data Scientist with Python Career Track
(July 2021)
97h - 25 courses:
Data (Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Bokeh), SQL/relational DB, statistical thinking (Seaborn), ML: supervised, unsupervised, decision tree (scikit-learn), DL (Keras), network analysis (NetworkX)
Data (Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Bokeh), SQL/relational DB, statistical thinking (Seaborn), ML: supervised, unsupervised, decision tree (scikit-learn), DL (Keras), network analysis (NetworkX)
Interests
Indoor
- Graphic novels, manga/anime, Science, History, Coding, IoT
Outdoor
- Culture and languages, Exploring, Hiking, Sport
