Visiting research scholar

agsimonnet@ucdavis.edu

office telephone: (530) 400 7252

Summary

With a background in mechanical engineering and economics, Antoine works for one of the program’ sponsors, TOTAL, the French oil company. He obtained a master degree in business administration from the IAE of Grenoble (Institut d’administration des Entreprises) in 2003, and a master in Mechanical and Aeronautics Engineering in 2002 (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique, Poitiers). He previously worked in the USA at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he researched new designs for gas turbine injectors in order to reduce pollutant emissions. His main focus within the Hydrogen Pathways Program is analyzing a hydrogen refueling stations infrastructure.

Hydrogen pathways research interests

Evaluation of several options for a refueling station infrastructure in a market driven situation:

Antoine is using real-life data on vehicle demand at refueling stations to assess the feasibility of several technical options when confronted to real market situations. Major work included analyzing demand profiles for TOTAL refueling stations in France, and building a model to account for the existing seasonalities at refueling stations and their influence on H2 refueling stations.  

 Infrastructure analysis using GIS:

Based on GIS maps of TOTAL refueling stations in France, also showing the fuel output for each station, Antoine focuses on understanding the existing refueling station infrastructure, both at a local and nationwide level. Based on these data, a judgmental model is being developed to find out what a hydrogen infrastructure could look like.

Research docket

Conference, Technical and Workshop Reports

A. Simonnet. Technical options for distributed hydrogen refueling stations in a market driven situation. Poster and report. Proceedings of the 15th Annual NHA hydrogen Conference, March 2005.

A. Simonnet. Hydrogen infrastructure: GIS analysis of the existing refueling station networks; A case study for France. Poster and oral presentation. Proceedings of the ITS hydrogen workshop.

Asilomar conference on climate change.

Education

• Master in Business Administration, IAE Grenoble, 2002-2003
• M. Sc. in Mechanical and Aeronautical engineering, ENSMA, Poitiers, 1999-2002
• B.S. Lycée Saint-Louis, Paris, 1997-1999

Experience

• TOTAL, with UC Davis, Hydrogen Pathway program. Visiting research scholar. Ongoing.
• Bureau Veritas; Intern; Airplanes airworthiness service (Paris, summer 2003)
• University of Washington; Department of Mechanical Engineering. Intern. Development of a lean combustion in gas turbines to reduce pollutant emissions (Seattle, spring-summer 2002)
• CNES, Center for spatial studies. Intern. Thermal engineering. (Paris, summer 2001)
• FORD, Automatic gears production facility. Intern (Bordeaux, summer 2000).

Readings

"The End of Oil: on the edge of a perilous new world", Paul Roberts, 2004

"Energy at the crossroads: Global perpectives and uncertainties", Vaclav Smil, 2003

"Tools and Methods for Integrated Resource Planning", J Swisher, G. Januzzi, R.Y. Redlinger, 1997

Activities and Interests

For his spare time, Antoine enjoys biking, hiking, sailing, paragliding, playing tennis. He also likes traveling and living abroad.

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