Benoit Salvant

Doctoral student in Accelerator Physics. In charge of theoretical, computational and experimental studies to improve the performance of the CERN particle accelerator complex.

In charge of a research project to understand and improve tire performance (1.5 M$ budget with collaborators in Europe and the US). In charge of applied research studies in Physics, Chemistry, and Thermo-mechanics of charged elastomeric materials. Management of technicians and students. In charge of collaborations with suppliers and research institutes in the UK, France and Germany.

Applied Neural Networks to a diesel engine sensor system (2 patents granted). In charge of measurements on a Mercedes-Benz diesel engine testbench. Management of 3 technicians.

Modeled mechanical properties of polyimides macromolecules using Molecular Dynamics.

Performed magnetic measurements and provided support for the ALS machine commissioning. In charge of analyzing and minimizing the resulting drop in X-ray beam quality for end-users.

Synthesized new pharmaceutically active core structures by solid-phase combinatorial biochemistry.