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Johan LORICOURT

VILLACH

En résumé

PhD with more than 10 years of experience in technical ceramics and minerals, capable managing innovation projects and strongly focused on customers, both in multicultural and international environments.

Main characteristics include:
- Strong knowledge on ceramics, ceramic to metal assemblies and coating proceses
- Broad range of skills including planning, communication and public presentation.
- Expertise-seeking, quick learner and personable, with good instincts and insights
- Strong analysis and leadership capacities

Mes compétences :
Ceramics
Design of experiments
Bench test development
Granulation
Extrusion
Brazing - Ceramic to metal assembly
Project management
Resin coating
Gestion des réclamations
Gestion de la relation client
Sales Force
Raw Materials
Sales and Marketing
Direct management
Technical assistance
line analysis
Analytical Skills
CER preparation
Experimental Design
Gas Turbines
Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility
Materials Engineering
Process Control
Professional Technical skills
Raman Spectroscopy
Risk Analysis
Statistical Analysis
Steel Manufacture
Strong analysis
technical support management
technical support
ISO 900X Standard
Minitab
Salesforce.com

Entreprises

  • Imerys - Technical support manager

    2019 - maintenant - Support to customers in the area of thermal spray , structural and functional ceramics and nuclear (standard and new products).
    - Interface between customers and R&D for new product developments.
    - Management of samples and claims via Sales Force.
    - Participations to international events for conferences and exhibitions.
    - Direct management of 1 engineer.

  • Imerys - Application Engineer

    2016 - 2019 - Customer service support for fused zirconia products in the field of advanced ceramics and refractories.
    - Project management for innovation (new product development)
    - Technical assistance to Imerys Fused Zirconia plants

  • IMERYS OILFIELD - Senior R&D Manager

    2012 - 2016
    * Development of ceramic proppants (bauxite and kaolin based) made by granulation and extrusion : new formulation, shape optimization, surface treatment for oil recovery enhancement.
    * Development of new processed for proppant production: lab to industrial scale
    * On-site technical support for US plants: savings of 1.2 million/yr.

    * 4 patents applications.
    * Management of 2 technicians.

  • Saint Gobain CREE - R&D Engineer

    2011 - 2012  Bench test development: definition, specification and implementation
     Construction materials

  • Société des Céramiques Techniques/ Areva NP - Doctoral Research

    2007 - 2011 Ph. D. thesis supervised by the European Membrane Institute and the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, in collaboration with Areva NP and the Société des Céramiques Techniques (SCT). Intellectual Property-protected project studies undertaken under the sponsorship of the Celeva – Pan-H research program.

    Entitled: « Ceramic to metal assemblies by brazing within a steam electrolysis prototype cell under pressure at high temperature for hydrogen production », my research focused on:

     Realization of a specific Ceramic to Metal brazed assembly suitable for applications in demanding environment (high steam pressure and high temperature).
     Realization of the first electrolysis prototype cell to produce Hydrogen from a protonic conductor.
     Construction of a semi-industrial process for a new ceramic powder production.

  • Société des Céramiques Techniques - Graduate Research Assistant

    2007 - 2007 « Synthesis and characterization of a ceramic electrolyte for a hydrogen production prototype cell ».

     Synthesis protocol setting.
     Uniaxial and isostatic pressing.
     Sintering studies.

  • CTTC - Graduate Research Assistant

    2006 - 2006 « Realization of colored zirconia ceramics parts by slip casting ».

     Formulation of suspensions.
     Uniaxial pressing.
     Realization of zirconia parts in a range of 16 different colors.

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