Chris DOBE GAMA

My name is Chris DOBE and I am in 4th year of study at the ESTACA where I prepare a Master's degree in Engineering.

I have always been fascinated by technology and complex systems.
As soon as I started my second year at the ESTACA I decided to join an association named ESO (Estaca Space Odissey) devoted to the building of hand-made rockets. I integrated a team where I could take part in the conception of an airborne rocket with a remote-controlled plane. Besides I have also a great interest for theorical sciences and physics what motivated me to make an Initiation Project to Research in Fluids and Energetics (PIRATE Project) during my third year. This project aimed at studying the influence of nozzles geometry on the characteristics of a flow field.
In September 2013 I began my 4th year and chose Space as specialisation. The PIRATE project that I began last year had initially a duration of two years, so for my fourth year, me and my teammate decided to orientate this research project towards the impinging jet nozzles that are used in all the rocket engines of the Ariane launchers family.

My main goal in life is to improve my knowledge of sciences and also to participate in the conception of launchers and spacecrafts of the future. I'm keen on understanding new physical phenomenon and I am very curious and hardworking.

For this year, I hope finding a work placement of 4 or 5 months in a company of the space field located in a foreigner country.