Raphaël Gass Biography
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Honorary distinctions
- 2023: Guo Konghui award, as best young author, at the 7th CAA International Conference on Vehicular Control and Intelligence, for the paper entitled A 1-D 2-phase control-oriented mass transfer model of PEM fuel cells (Changsha, China)
Professional Experience
2025 - 2027: Postdoctoral Researcher in PEM fuel cell simulation at University of Reunion island at the Energy-Lab.
- Partnership: ZSW Institute in Ulm, Germany.
- Project: Optimization of the performance and durability of hydrogen systems using an advanced digital twin (OPUS-H2).
- Funding: European FEDER and national counterparts.
2021 - 2024: PhD in control engineering at Aix-Marseille University at the LIS Laboratory.
- Co-supervision: Franche-Comté University at the FEMTO-ST Institute within FCLab.
- Project: Durability enhancement of fuel cell electric vehicles by exploring multi-level learning-based control (DEAL).
2021 - 2024: Part-time lecturer in Mathematics and Computer Science at Aix-Marseille University and Franche-Comté University.
2020 - 2021: Research assistant intern at the Center for Materials Science and Structures (SMS) at Mines Saint-Etienne.
- Project: Development of a calculation code for hydrogen diffusion in a porous metal. Development of an experimental protocol for measuring hydrogen desorption.
2020: Assistant engineer intern at EDF Hydraulique, France.
- Project: Assistance in the digitalization of maintenance for hydraulic plants.
2019: Worker intern at CIMC Air Marrel, France.
- Project: Assembly of parts for the creation of loaders destined for airports.
Graduate schools
2021-2024: PhD in control engineering at Aix-Marseille University in LIS laboratory, and at Franche-Comté University at FEMTO-ST institute within the FCLab.
- Thesis subject: Advanced physical modeling of PEM fuel cells to enhance their performances.
- The defense report and the reports on the thesis manuscript are available here.
2018-2021: Master degree in general engineering, with a double master degree in process engineering at Mines Saint-Etienne, from Mines-Telecom Institute (Saint-Étienne, France).
- The certification of the diploma can be obtained through the Mines Saint-Etienne Alumni webpage.
- Europass, an institution of the European Union, gives informations on these diplomas which are specific to the French education system.
2015-2018: Higher school preparatory classes at Leconte De Lisle (Reunion island, France) and La Martinière Monplaisir (Lyon, France).
- This institution, specific to the French system, corresponds to the preferred path for obtaining admission to a French top graduate school.
Teaching
2022 - 2023: Programming in the third year of the bachelor’s degree (OOP, graphs, complexity, automat) at Aix-Marseille University.
- Lectures and tutorials.
2021 - 2023: Introduction to Python Programming in the first and second years of the bachelor’s degree at Aix-Marseille University and Franche-Comté University.
- Tutorials.
2021 - 2022: Mathematics refresher courses in the first year of the bachelor’s degree at Franche-Comté University.
- Tutorials.
Research Interests
- Contributing to sustainable development through scientific research.
- Developing and improving hydrogen-energy technologies.
- Sharing my work in open-source to promote international collaboration.
Skills
- Languages: English (C1), French (native language), Spanish (B1).
- Programming: Python, Matlab, C, Java, R, LaTeX.
- Software: Microsoft Office, Windows, Linux.
- Interpersonal: Organization, public speaking, teamwork.
Childhood
2015: Highschool degree with the distinction of “congratulations from the jury” at Pierre Lagourgue (Reunion island, France).
1997: Born in Reunion island, a French territory in the Indian Ocean.