Dr. Olivier Camus

 Department of Chemical Engineering

University of Bath

Bath, BA2 7AY

Telephone: (44) (0)1225 826826 Ext.: 5593

Fax: (44) (0)1225 826894

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 22/02/68

Male, French nationality, Single

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

April 2000 till now:

Research Officer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath

Subject: Improved membranes and processes for the low energy recovery of ammonia in synthesis plants (more details).

April 97 - April 2000:

Research Officer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath

Subject: Developing new forms of kinetic rate expressions that will enable integrated catalyst-reactor analysis and design to be performed (more details). October 92 - February 96:

Researcher in Laboratoires des Sciences du Génie Chimique at E.N.S.I.C.

Subject: Modeling the magnetic properties of sintered ferrites and composite materials based on ferrites for the absorption of electromagnetic waves (Ph.D.) (more details). July 92 - October 92:

Short-time work contract at Agro-Industrie Recherche et Développement in Compiègne

Subject: This work dealt with the crystallization of galacturonic acid extracted from beet root and needed the use of a HPLC chromatograph. October 90 - October 91:

Trainee at Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires (CEA Saclay) during my military service

Subject: Development of computer programs for the Chemistry section in this institute. September 89 - November 89:

Training period as engineer at TECHNIP (Engineering Firm) in Paris La Défense

Subject: Development of calculation program of steam turbine efficiency with Macro Excel language.

TEACHING BACKGROUND

Academic Year 99-00:

Tutorials in Mathematics for 1st years in Chemical Engineering

Demonstrator of Laboratories for second years in Chemical Engineering: Fluidised bed, Level control and Tanks in series (supervisor: Dr. Richard Rathbone)

Dr. Richard Rathbone's Assistant Lecturer in Mathematical Modelling:

PC-Laboratories in the use of ASPEN 10 with second years in Chemical Engineering

Dr. Pawel Plucinski Assistant Lecturer in Mathematical Modelling:

Modelisation of a CSTR reactor in the production of Ethylene Glycol from Ethylene Oxide and Water by using MATLAB, or ASPEN 10 (Second years in Chemical Engineering)

Academic Year 98-99:

Tutorials in Mathematics for 1st years in Chemical Engineering

Dr. Richard Rathbone's Assistant Lecturer in Mathematical Modelling:

PC-Laboratories in the use of ASPEN 10 with second years in Chemical Engineering

Dr. Pawel Plucinski Assistant Lecturer in Mathematical Modelling:

Modelisation of a CSTR reactor in the production of Ethylene Glycol from Ethylene Oxide and Water by using MATLAB, or ASPEN 10 (Second years in Chemical Engineering)

Academic Year 97-98:

Dr. Pawel Plucinski Assistant Lecturer in Mathematical Modelling:

Modelisation of a CSTR reactor in the production of Ethylene Glycol from Ethylene Oxide and Water by using MATLAB, or ASPEN 9 (Second years in Chemical Engineering)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

October 92 - February 96:

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine

Subject: Modeling the magnetic properties of sintered ferrites and composite materials based on ferrites for the absorption of electromagnetic waves (Ph.D.) (more details). June 90 - September 90:

Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (equivalent to M.Sc.) in Chemical Engineering at I.N.P.L.

Subject: Optimal control of an electrochemical reactor (DEA) (more details). September 87 - June 90:

Engineer Diploma in Chemical Engineering at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques.

September 85 - June 87:

First and second year advanced maths class preparing for the Grandes Ecoles in Poitiers.

June 85:

Baccalauréat (High School Diploma) in Angoulême.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Computer science:

programming in FORTRAN 77, turbo pascal, and basic regular working on Macintosh, PC, and UNIX Chemical Engineering oriented software: PROSIM, SPEED-UP, ASPEN 10, MATLAB Other softwares: Eudora, Netscape, Excel, Word.

LANGUAGES

French, English (fluent), German (notions)

 

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION

Camus Olivier, Greffe Jean-Louis, Priou Alain

"Modelisation of magnetic composite materials using the General Effective Medium Equation in a wide frequency range" in Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Seattle, July 95.

 

HOBBIES

Aikido, Volleyball, swimming, reading, computer programming.