Arnaud Guillou 29 years old, born in Rennes (France) Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie 61 rue du Landy 93210 La Plaine Saint Denis FRANCE
PhD student in Metrology, Acoustics Engineer
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EDUCATION • 2007-2012, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (Cnam Paris, France): Ph.D in Lasers, Metrology and Transmission. Thesis title: Détermination de la constante de Boltzmann au plus haut niveau d’exactitude par méthode acoustique – vers une nouvelle définition du kelvin. Determination of the Boltzmann constant at the highest level of accuracy with an acoustical method – towards a new definition of the kelvin. Supervisor: Professor Marc E. Himbert, Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie (Cnam Paris, France).
[email protected] • 2001-2007, University of Le Mans (Le Mans, France): 2005-2007, Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, environmental and transport acoustics. 2004-2005, Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering specialized in acoustics and vibration. 2003-2004, Professional Bachelor’s degree in acoustics and vibration. 2001-2003, Diploma of Higher Education in acoustics vibration and signal processing. • 2001, High School of Vitré (Vitré, France): Baccalauréat in Science. • Computer skills: Word processing software: LaTeX, Open Office, Word, Excel. Scientific and acoustic measurement software: Matlab, Labview, Artemis, dBFA, Pulse, RayPlus, Micado. • Language skills: French (mother tongue), English (Bulat level B2 (06/2011) + technical and scientific), Portuguese/Brazilian (basic).
TEACHING • 2007-2012, Teaching assistant in the Cnam Acoustic Department (Paris, France), the diplomas and subject matters include: National Diploma for Hearing Aid Specialists: Problem classes: electronic/electricity, physical acoustics, architectural acoustics, signal processing. Laboratory demonstrating: architectural acoustics, signal processing. Master of Physics, Air Quality and Noise Reduction: Laboratory demonstrating: physical acoustics. Cnam Engineering Diploma of Mechanical Engineering, option Acoustics: Problem classes: electro-acoustic, physical acoustics. Laboratory demonstrating: electro-acoustic and architectural acoustics.
INTERNSHIPS • 2008 [1 month], National Physical Laboratory (Teddington, United Kingdom): Assembly of a spherical resonator, realization of first acoustics measurements, data processing. • 2007 [6 months], Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (St Martin d'Hères, France): Study of low height noise barriers. Calculation of sound propagation in an external environment. • 2006 [4 months], Health and Environment Department of Le Mans City (Le Mans, France): State of progress appraisal of the application of the European Directive 2002/49/CE in French urban areas. • 2006 [3 months], Plant Physiological and Biochemical Laboratory of University of Le Mans (Le Mans, France): Production tests of microalgae protoplasts using an ultrasonic cavitation method. • 2004 [4 months], MECAPLAST (Bruay la Buissière, France): Realization of an acoustic impedance measurement bench for a 4 cylinder airbox. • 2003 [3 months], RENAULT (Guyancourt, France): Objective and subjective comparisons of different binaural acoustical measurement system (Brüel & Kjær, Head Acoustics, Cortex). Measurements on site, data processing.
LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTICLES AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS ARTICLES IN REVIEW JOURNALS 1 - C. Guianvarc’h, L. Pitre, F. Sparasci, A. Guillou, D. Truong, Y. Hermier, M. Bruneau and A.-M. Bruneau, " Méthode acoustique pour la détermination de la constante de Boltzmann ", Revue Française de Métrologie, 16, 37-47 (2008). In French. 2 - L. Pitre, C. Guianvarc’h, F. Sparasci, A. Guillou, D. Truong, Y. Hermier and M.E. Himbert, "An improved acoustic method for the determination of the Boltzmann constant at LNE-INM/CNAM", Comptes Rendus Physique, 10, 835-848 (2009). 3 - L.Pitre, F. Sparasci, D. Truong, A. Guillou, L. Risegari and M.E. Himbert, "Measurement of the Boltzmann constant kB using a quasi-spherical acoustic resonator", International Journal of Thermophysics, 32, 18251886 (2011).
ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 4 - M. Baulac, A. Guillou, J. Defrance and P. Jean, " Calculations of low height noise barriers efficiency by using Boundary Element Method and optimization algorithms ", Acoustics 08, Paris (France), June 29 - July 4, 2008, Société Français d’Acoustique, ISBN 978-2-9521105-4-9. 5 - L.Pitre, F. Sparasci, A. Guillou, D. Truong, Y. Hermier and M.E. Himbert, " New determination of the Boltzmann constant with an acoustic method ", 27th Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, Daejeon (South Korea), June 13-18, 2010, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, ISBN 978-1-4244-6794-5. 6 - A. Guillou, L.Pitre, F. Sparasci and D. Truong, "New determination of the Boltzmann constant with an acoustic quasi-spherical resonator filled with argon", 1st EAA EuroRegio 2010, Congress on Sound And Vibration, Ljubljana (Slovenia), September 15-18, 2010, Slovenian Acoustical Society, ISBN 978-961-269283-4. 7 - L.Pitre, F. Sparasci, D. Truong, A. Guillou, L. Risegari and M.E. Himbert, "Determination of the Boltzmann constant using a quasi-spherical acoustic resonator", Royal Society Conference on the new SI: units of measurement based on fundamental constants, London (United Kingdom), January 24-25, 2011, Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society A, 369, 4014-4027 (2011)
8 - A. Guillou, L.Pitre, F. Sparasci, D. Truong, L. Risegari and M.E. Himbert, " Determination of the Boltzmann constant with an acoustic quasi spherical resonator filled with argon, 11th Congrès Français d’Acoustique - Acoustics 2012, Nantes (France), April 23-26, 2012, Société Française d’Acoustique ISBN 978-2-919340-01-9 9 - A. Guillou, L.Pitre, F. Sparasci, D. Truong, L. Risegari and M.E. Himbert, "Experimental characterization of a 10-6 relative amplitude flow effect on the speed of sound measurement inside an acoustic quasi-spherical resonator", 19th International Congress of Sound and Vibration, Vilnius (Lithuania), July 8-12, 2012, International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration.
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS 10 - L. Pitre, C. Guianvarc’h, A. Guillou, F. Sparasci and D. Truong, “Progress Towards an acoustic/microwave Determination of the Boltzmann Constant at LNE-CNAM(LCM)”, 3rd Workshop on Progress in Determining the Boltzmann Constant, Paris (France), April 7, 2008. 11 - C. Guianvarc’h, L. Pitre, A. Guillou, F. Sparasci and D. Truong, “Relative calibration and characterization of condenser microphones: influence of environmental conditions”, 3rd Workshop on Progress in Determining the Boltzmann Constant, Paris (France), April 7, 2008. 12 - A. Guillou, L. Pitre, D. Truong, F. Sparasci and C. Guianvarc’h, " BCU2V2 (2007) to BCU3 (2009): The improvements made in our last apparatus for the Boltzmann’s constant redetermination with an acoustic method", 4th Workshop on Progress in Determining the Boltzmann Constant, Turin (Italy), September 22-24, 2009. 13 - L. Pitre, A. Guillou, C. Guianvarc’h, F. Sparasci and D. Truong, "An improved acoustic method for the determination of the Boltzmann constant at LNE-INM/CNAM with a quasi triaxial ellipsoïd of 0.5 liter", 4th Workshop on Progress in Determining the Boltzmann Constant, Turin (Italy), September 22-24, 2009. 14 - L.Pitre, F. Sparasci, A. Guillou and D. Truong, "Acoustic determination of the Boltzmann constant: progress with a diamond turned quasi-spherical resonator in helium", TEMPMEKO & ISHM 2010, Portorož (Slovenia), May 31 mai – June 4, 2010.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSABILITIES • Member of the Laboratory Council of the Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie. 2010-2012 • Teaching assistant representative on the Pedagogical Council of the Sorbonne Teaching Assistant Center. 2007-2010 • Elected student: Administrative Council of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Le Mans University Life Council of the University of Le Mans, Le Mans (France). 2005-2007 • President of the student association IMPAcT, Le Mans (France) (Mechanical Engineering for the Acoustical Transport Professional), webmaster, newsletter writer (bimestrial publication). 2006-2007
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS • Association: member of the Societé Française d’Acoustique (SFA), since 2008. • Music: guitarist in a rhythm’ blues band, live concert (2002-2004), piano, guitar bass, drums. • Sport: running (ultratrail, marathon), basket-ball (coach and player), swimming, mountaineering, cycling.