New Space: Access to space - Basics

Yves Gourinat brings extensive expertise in aerospace engineering, having spent seven years at Aerospatiale-Aircraft (now Airbus SAS) working on composite structures, followed by a decade as associate professor specializing in Launch Vehicle Dynamics and Human Spaceflight, including Soyuz-Mir training. In 2003, he established the nonlinear dynamics and shell-fluid interaction team at ISAE-SUPAERO, University of Toulouse, where he later served as Director of the Aeronautical-Astronautical Doctoral School and Deputy Director of the Clément Ader Institute. Since 2020, he has led the R&D group focused on future aircraft and biodynamics. His academic credentials include an ENSMA Engineering degree, a doctorate in Physics of Structures, and qualification as a Professor of Universities. His contributions to aerospace science encompass 162 internationally referenced scientific publications, earning him prestigious recognitions including the 2011 Frank J Malina Astronautics Medal from the International Astronautical Federation, appointment as Officer of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, and election as Corresponding Member of the Air & Space Academy.