Mathieu Hursin
EPFL SB IPHYS LRS
PH D3 455 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
1015 Lausanne
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Biography
After a doctoral thesis on the high-fidelity modeling of control rod ejection in a pressurized water reactor at the University of California at Berkeley, I did a short postdoc at the University of Michigan. I then spent the first 8 years of my career at the Paul Scherrer Institut. My research activities were mainly dedicated to developing methods for propagating uncertainties in deterministic calculation schemes used for modeling Swiss nuclear power plants.Still under PSI contract, I moved to EPFL and more precisely to the Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviors (LRS) laboratory in 2014 to participate in the teaching tasks linked to the specialized Nuclear Engineering Master's degree and to develop the experimental aspects of my research activities.
I have been the deputy director of the LRS since 2019. I obtained the title of Master of Teaching and Research in 2022. I have actively participated in the committee of the doctoral school of energy (EDEY) since 2022.
Since March 2023, I have been hired as a scientific collaborator at EPFL.
Current work
I'm currently heavily involved in the nuclear data community and with technical work towards the improvement of the latest version of the European library (JEFF). I'm leading an OECD/NEA subgroup in that direction. I'm also leading a Euratom project towards the production of multi-physics experimental data suitable for the validation of high-fidelity, high-resolution simulation tools.Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Physics
PhD Students
Krstovic Milica, Maccario Sara, Mele Antonella, Nervi Giovanni, Yang Linyi,Past EPFL PhD Students
Mager Tom , Papadionysiou Marianna , Rais Adolfo , Siefman Daniel Jerôme ,Courses
Physics of nuclear reactors
In this course, one acquires an understanding of the basic neutronics interactions occurring in a nuclear fission reactor as well as the conditions for establishing and controlling a nuclear chain reaction.
Radiation and reactor experiments
The reactor experiments course aims to introduce the students to radiation detection techniques and nuclear reactor experiments. The core of the course is the unique opportunity to conduct reactor experiments, as the control rod calibration, and approach to critical.
Fusion and industrial plasma technologies
The course provides an overview of the technologies that are essential for fusion developments and for industrial plasma applications, highlighting the synergies between the two fields. The aim is to provide a combined theoretical and experimental background to the various topics.