Gabriel Ruet

Senior Business Analyst - TD Insurance

This new role as Senior Analyst gives me a strong position within TD Assurance, and therefore gives me greater autonomy and leadership over my projects.
I work closely with various partners, giving them the keys to defining and monitoring objectives and results. This involves working with Microsoft Azure, JIRA and all data analysis tools.
Within the Revenue Analysis team, my main tasks are as follows:

• Tracks, analyzes and identifies opportunities and trends in Revenue insights activities
• Perform AI model to improve strategies
• Recommend strategies to improve model performance based on analyses
• Use and create Tableau dashboard using data visualization software
• Extract, manipulate, visualize and validate data using SQL, R, Python with Microsoft Azure
• Support the Product Owner OKR by designing, developing, and maintaining existing and new functionality of OKRs

Since January 2023

Business Insight Analyst - TD Insurance

TD Insurance is part of the TD Bank Group, one of Canada’s largest financial services organizations. We work in two sectors: general insurance and life and health insurance.
Ever since I arrived at TD Insurance, I have been able to work on various projects that have allowed me to improve my skills in data analysis and project management. My experience at TD Insurance is still very new, so you'll have to wait for a future update to have a more detailed description!

January 2023 - September 2023

Project manager - Ammco Inc.

Ammco Inc. is a consulting firm specialized in maintenance management, technical organization and asset maintenance. The fields of expertise cover both industry and real estate.
Since my arrival at Ammco Inc. I have been able to work on many diverse projects that have allowed me to improve my project management skills. Among my projects, we find :

• The development of a maintenance plan for all public buildings in Laval which represents 266 buildings for 277,000 m². My missions for this project were:
• Management and organization of technical inventories
• Data processing of electro-mechanical equipment
• The elaboration of the maintenance plan with the customer
• The elaboration of a summary technical description manual for the Polaris Tower at 1501 McGill in Montreal. My mission for this project was :
• Illustration with simplified schematic or distribution diagram for 22 sections ranging from building electrical distribution to emergency measures
• Improving internal tools such as:
• Database manipulation via VBA/SQL coding between different Microsoft services (MS Access and SharePoint)
• The creation of a PowerApps application in order to perform technical inventories via his smartphone

November 2021 - January 2023

Thermal & Mechanical simulation Engineer internship - Safran Electronics & Defense

Safran is a major French industrial and technology group with an international presence in the aerospace and defense sectors.
The objective of this internship was the improvement of thermal and mechanical modelling of complex guidance and navigation systems. First, a thermal study was conducted on navigation systems to determine and improve the accuracy of thermal coefficients. Secondly, the mission aimed at implementing a method allowing model reduction thanks to the super-elements method. The objective was to reduce the calculation time of mechanical simulations and to reduce the size of the result files.
During my internship I was able to perform the following tasks:

• Thermal study of a navigation plant with Ansys Fluent
• Calculation of thermal coefficients on a navigation plant
• Analysis of influential parameters
• Study of the heat flow within the navigation plant
• Model reduction using the super-element method
• Bibliographic and theoretical analysis of the super-element method
• Implementation of the super-element method
• Implementation of the method on Ansys Mechanical
• Modal and harmonic analysis of Safran systems on Ansys
• Use of super-elements and gap analysis

This internship allowed Safran Electronics & Defense to obtain a robust methodology for the use of super-elements as well as more precise values for the thermal coefficients of navigation units.

Feburary 2021 - July 2021

R&D engineer assistant internship - Poclain Hydraulics

Poclain Hudraulics is a French company manufacturing hydraulic motors with radial pistons. It has been one of the most important French firms manufacturing public works equipment.
The internship consisted of an improvement of a thermal modeling code and a thermal study of the operation of the hydraulic motor in intermittent regime in order to improve its performance. The mission was to analyze the test data and to derive a thermal criterion on the power limit of the engines. Then the mission consisted in creating a power test in intermittent regime to analyze the impact of this engine speed on the hydraulic engines. Finally, the objective was to identify the limit criteria of creep and seizure through the analysis of tests and simulations.
During my internship I was able to perform the following tasks:

• Transient thermal analysis of different hydraulic motors
• Study of power loss of the hydraulic motor
• Engine failure study
• Performance of a test in intermittent mode
• Improvement in precision of limit criteria
• Power and fatigue criteria
• Data analysis and correlation with Excel VBA
• APL and VBA coding

his internship allowed Poclain Hydraulics to redefine, in a more precise way, the power limit of each motor sold by the company. I also brought a new definition of intermittent powers with the definition of a test program. Finally, I redefined a creep criterion allowing to widen the sales possibilities of the motors according to the intended use.

August 2019 - February 2020

Formula Student Race Car

Formul'UT is an association of the University of Technology of Compiègne whose goal is to design a complete FSAE race car in order to participate in an international competition: Formula Student. As the head of the aerodynamic team of the association I had to supervise the design and the optimization of the aerodynamics of the car.
My team and I modeled the body and the aerodynamic elements under the CAD software, Catia, thanks to a surface model related to the skeleton of the car: the car's frame. The objective was to model a simple shape in order to present it to our future partnerships and to have a working base.
I then carried out simulations on the aerodynamic elements of the car with the software STAR CCM+. The simulations were first carried out on profiles with different types of chord length and inclination in order to better understand the influence of these configurations on drag and lift aerodynamic coefficient. The following simulations were carried out on a full front/rear aileron and then on the complete car.
In parallel I created a model simulating the dynamics of the car under Matlab. The dynamic and aerodynamic forces were taken into account, as well as a model of Pacejka for the tire model.
The competition could not take place due to the health crisis. All the aerodynamic simulations have been done and the objective is to have a complete and competitive car for the year 2022.

September 2019 - July 2021

Simulation of Hybrid Rocket Engine

This project proposed by a teacher from UTC aims to develop a rocket that can reach an altitude of 20 km, to match the previous record of the TU Delft in the Netherlands, which has already managed to create such a rocket and propel it at this altitude.
The purpose of this project is the realization of the hybrid engine of the rocket, as well as the launching of a reduced version of this engine with 1 kN of thrust and its associated test bench.
During this project my objective is to carry out numerical simulations on the STAR CCM+ software in order to study the supersonic phase of the rocket ascent. It is thus necessary to implement all possible resources related to a CFD calculation in order to produce a scientific document.
We carried out an aerodynamic study taking into account the variations in speed, air density and rocket mass. We could thus determine the trajectory of the rocket in any point of space as a function of time as well as the aerodynamic coefficients of the rocket.
We also carried out a study with a Fluid-Temperature coupling, which had for objective to know the maximum temperature on the fuselage.

Novembre 2020 - Janvier 2021

Portfolio site creation

The first idea of the creation of a Portoflio type website was to trace and list all my professional experiences and projects during my engineering studies and my engineering career. This portfolio aims to be more exhaustive than a resume but also more detailed than a Linkedin profile.
I created this site from scratch through HTML, CSS and JavaScript coding. I also used the bootstrap module to create this portfolio in an organized and ergonomic way.
Having no specialized computer training, I trained myself in a self-taught way at first and then thanks to some courses followed within the UTC. My previous project of creating the Nepal Run website also allowed me to work more easily and efficiently on this project.
I try to update my portfolio regularly according to the new projects and experiences that occur during my career in order to have an updated trace over the years.

Since 2020

Prométhée Rocket

UTspaCe is an association of the University of Technology of Compiègne which aims to design a complete subsonic rocket, named Prométhée, to participate in an international competition: C'Space. I took part in the development of the rocket's cap and I was co-treasurer of the association.
The objective of the rocket cap was to deploy a parachute at the apex of the rocket ascent in order to recover the intact rocket on the ground. The chosen system was a system with engine, several springs in compression and rods in traction. Thus I had to dimension the elements of the system, in particular the engine torque and the return force of each spring.
After dimensioning and modeling under Catia, we proceeded to the design of the complete system in particular thanks to 3D printer elements produced at UTC labotary. We tested the system then we integrated it into the rocket in order to prove its efficiency.
Unfortunately, the rocket could not be launched due to lack of time to finalize the electronics of the rocket.

September 2018 - September 2019

Latécoère Model

I carried out an aeronautical project among a group of 3 on the realization of a functional model of the cockpit of the Latécoère 28. This project was linked to the French association, Cercle des Machines Volantes, in Margny-lès-Compiègne and the plans provided were confidential.
The objective of this project was to :

• Understand and be able to explain the functioning of the cockpit
• Anticipate the difficulties related to its manufacture and assembly
• Reading and understanding the original plans
• Realization of a digital mock-up under CATIA v5
• Manufacturing a reduced scale model

We performed more than 60 modelings under Catia and assembled the different modeling elements to create the cockpit. This required a great analysis of the original plans which were mostly from 1930. We used the GitHub tool which greatly facilitated the exchange of our models.
Unfortunately, we could not realize the functional 1/4 scale model due to lack of time. Nevertheless, we have left all the traces of our work for future students wanting to take over the project.

February 2019 - July 2019

Firefighter Air cylinder Analysis

During my years in preparation program for competitive exams for admission to Engineering schools, I had to carry out a scientific project. Being a firefighter at that time, I decided to work on the air cylinders used by firefighters called ARI (Insulated Breathing Apparatus).
This cylinder must meet the requirements related to the constraints of the fires but also limit the wearer's constraints. The cylinder interacts with the external environment and is subject to pressure and thermal stresses from this external environment. This can lead to inhomogeneity within the cylinder envelope for example.
First of all, I studied the resistance of the current material in differents ways :

• experimental: characterization of the material by compression tests of the bottle at a pressure of 300 bar (similar to a pressure of 300 bar in the bottle)
• by stress modeling: study by finite elements on Solidworks

I then compared the different results. Then I searched for a material that meets the constraints and allows to reduce the weight of the bottle by a modeling study and to compare these results with the material currently used.

September 2017 - July 2018

Népal Run

Toit Pour Le Népal is a charity association that aims to fight against illiteracy and to participate in the democratization of schools in Nepal. I was the president of the association for 6 months and I was in charge of a charity run in favor of this association in order to raise funds. I created from scratch the race, Népal Run, in Compiègne.
I took care of the administrative part of the race, in particular the authorizations with the town and the National Forest Office. I had to manage the grant applications with the help of my treasurer.
I took care in parallel of the logistics part of the race. Indeed I created the race site with HTML/CSS and JavaScript. The payment platform was nevertheless hosted by a UTC site dedicated to that. I also had to create the race flyers and find the course in the forest of Compiègne. I thus created 2 courses gathering 3 races:

• 14 km Trail
• 5 km Trail
• 5km walk

This race was a success as it gathered nearly 100 runners and walkers and raised more than 600€ for the projects we support in Nepal.

June 2019