Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Research in tropical climate dynamics and geophysical fluid dynamics. Links to a few publications: Q. Nicolas, and B. Buffett (2023). Excitation of high-latitude MAC waves in Earth’s core. Geophysical Journal International 233, 1961–1973. doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad047 Q. Nicolas, and W. R. Boos (2022). A Theory for the Response of Tropical Moist Convection to Mechanical Orographic Forcing. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 79, 1761–1779. doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0218.1 N. Ramesh, Q. Nicolas, and W. R. Boos (2021). The Globally Coherent Pattern of Autumn Monsoon Precipitation. Journal of Climate 34, 5687–5705. doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0740.1
ME106, Fluid Mechanics. Designed and taught discussion sections for 140 students on introductory fluid dynamics topics: hydrostatics, Bernoulli’s principle, Navier-Stokes equations, dimensional analysis.
Geography 40, Introduction to Earth system science. Conducted bi-weekly discussion sections for 30 students.
Mathematical modeling of the human liver function and hemodynamics. Developed a differential equation based model of the uptake of a compound by the liver to assess its function after a transplantation. Implemented and ran numerical simulations of the human cardiovascular system during liver surgery. Worked in collaboration with surgeons from Hôpital Paul Brousse, AP-HP, in Villejuif.
Worked under the supervision of the Instrumentation & Control (I&C) Projet Manager. - Conducted tests on the I&C systems of the plant. - Demonstrated exhaustiveness of the tests of the man-machine interface to the Finnish customer, TVO.
Conducting weekly oral examinations for undergraduate students in Preparatory courses, aiming to prepare them for the competitive entrance exams to the Grandes Ecoles.