Curriculum Vitae of Pierre Valin
OFFICE ADDRESSES:
- Senior Member of Engineering R&D, LM Canada, 6111 Royalmount ave,
Montréal H4P 1K6
- Professeur Associé, Dept. de Physique, Univ. de Montréal,
C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, H3C 3J7
- Chercheur Invité, Centre de Recherches Mathématiques,
Univ. de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, H3C 3J7
OFFICE TELEPHONE: 514-340-8310 ext. 8703
OFFICE FAX: 514-340-8354
CITIZENSHIP: Canadian
BIRTHDATE: June 4 1949
TITLE: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
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DIPLOMAS:
- Ph.D. from Harvard University (1980) in High Energy Physics, under the
supervision of Prof. Sheldon Lee Glashow, 1979 Nobel Physics Prize winner
- M.Sc. from McGill University (1974) in High Energy Physics, under the
the supervision of Dr. Roland Henzi.
- B.Sc. from McGill University (1972) with the mention "First
Class Honours in physics".
- B.A. from Université de Montréal (1969), Cours Classique at the
Collège Sainte-Marie, with the mention "Grande Distinction".
- Secondary school diploma (1965) from the Collège Sainte-Marie
with the mention "Très Grande Distinction".
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POSITIONS:
- Senior Member of Engineering R&D at LM Canada (December 1999 until now)
- Advisory Member of R&D at Lockheed Martin Canada (October 1998 until December 1999)
- Professeur associé in the Physics Department of the Université
de Montréal (from April 1994 until now).
- Senior R&D Specialist at Lockheed Martin Canada (January 1996 - October 1998)
- Chercheur Invité at the Centre de Recherches Mathématiques of the
Université de Montréal (started November 1st 1995).
- Senior Image Scientist at Park Medical Systems (May 1995 - January 1996)
- Principal member of engineering R&D at Loral Canada Corp.
(formerly Unisys GSG Canada and Paramax) (June 1993 - May 1995).
- Chercheur invité (June 1993 - January 1994),
attaché de recherche (June 1992 - June 1993) in the Numerical Physics group of the
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire of the Université de Montréal.
- Associate professor (1991-1992) in Physics at the University of
New Brunswick, main campus in Fredericton, teaching 4 semester-courses:
Astronomy and astrophysics, statistical thermodynamics, electricity and
magnetism, sound and optics (geometrical and physical). C.A.P. Lecturer
on "Computers as a teaching aid in physics".
- Associate professor (1990-1991) in Physics at the Université de
Moncton, teaching 5 semester-courses: Electromagnetism, Modern Physics,
Advanced Quantum Mechanics (full year) and Introduction
to electricity, magnetism and optics. Departmental
secretary and staff member responsible for interfacing with high schools, as
well as writing/grading the provincial C.A.P. high school exam.
- Faculty Lecturer (1981-1990) in physics at McGill University, where I
taught courses in electricity and magnetism,
classical mechanics, general relativity. I also created and taught for 4 years a new course ``Computations in physics'' for seniors.
The ratings for the two latter courses in particular have always been excellent
(available upon request)
- Scientific Visitor at the Institut des Sciences Nucléeaires de Grenoble
(May-August 1992 et September-October 1989)
- Scientific Associate at CERN (June-August 1986)
- Scientific Visitor at CERN (November-December 1983, June-August
1985, July-August 1989)
- Research Associate (1980-1982) in physics at McGill University
- Research Assistant (1978-1980) in physics at McGill University
- Teaching Assistant (1978-1980) in physics at McGill University
- Teaching Fellow (1974-1978) in physics at Harvard University including
the design and operation of an electronics lab,
courses in Classical Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Waves and General
Physics for Physics majors.
- Teaching Assistant (1972-1973) in physics at McGill University
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HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
-
"Chercheur-boursier dans les universités québécoises" (1982-1987)
held at McGill University, the equivalent of NSERC's 5-year scholarship.
- NSERC post-graduate scholarship (1980-1982) held at McGill University.
- Province de Québec post-graduate scholarship (1978-1980) held
at McGill University.
- Province de Québec graduate scholarship (1973-1976) held at
Harvard University.
- McConnell scholarship (1972-1973) held at McGill University.
- Horace Watson Gold Medal for best undergraduate physics student
(1972) of McGill University.
- MacDonald scholarship (1971) held at McGill University.
- University scholarship (1969-1972) held at McGill University
- Lauzon Entrance scholarship (1961) for the Collège Classique Sainte-Marie
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If you are further interested you can look up my updated list of open-literature
publications
or
go back to my Personal Page .