My curriculum vitae

My name is Georges Trottier and I was born on November 8th, 1936, in Quebec City, Qc, Canada. I have attended classical course at the Séminaire de Québec and at the Collège Universitaire Laval. I attended Laval University where I completed a B.A.Sc in Engineering Physics in 1961 and a Master of Sciences in Mathematics in 1968.

From 1961 to 1991, I worked as a defence scientist at the Defence Research Establishment Valcartier (DREV) in miscellaneous programmes. From 1991 to 1994, I served at the Canadian Embassy in Washington.

Academic Background

BASc (Engineering Physics), Laval University (1961)
MSc (Mathematics), Laval University (1968)

Experience

Retirement (2001 - today)

Since I moved from Trois-Pistoles to Charny in 2001 and then from Charny to Quebec City, I have retired completely though I am still very interested in computer sciences and programming. Very recently, I decided to publish my experience and other studies on this Web Site.

GTRO Informatique - Trois-Pistoles, Qc (1994-2001)

Freelance programmer with Delphi (Versions 5, 6 and 2009), Clipper 5.2, Visual Basic 4.5 and Visual C++.

Développement of the software "L'Assistant Personnel 3.2" a versatile personnel information manager based on a relational database built with Paradox tables.
Development of Delphi components
Contracts with local firms for the development of programs accessing local database using Clipper 5.2.
Web research concerning various products
Teaching programming with Delphi.

Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC, USA

Attaché, Defense Research and Development (1991-1994)

As Attaché, Defense Research & Development, in the Canadian Defense Liaison Staff in Washington, liaise the Canadian Department of National and its Defense Research and Development Canada with the R&D Agencies of the Department of Defense of the United States (Army, Navy, Air Force and ARPA) to promote joint R&D programs in the fields of computer sciences, electro-optics, command and control, radar, communications and electronic warfare. Canadian Secretary of "The Technical Cooperation Program" (TTCP).

Defence Research Establishment, Valcartier

Head, Weapon Systems Section (1987-1991)

Determination of aerodynamic coefficients of models in two wind tunnels (Open Jet Facility, Trisonic Wind Tunnel) and in one aeroballistic range;
Certification of weapon stations for the CF-18 (in association with AETE, Cold Lake, Alberta);
Development of data reduction software for the above;
Design and development of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) supersonic and subsonic software for interior, intermediate and exterior ballistics of gun-propelled projectiles;
Development of blast and fire propagation modelling software for the protection of the Canadian Navy battleships (about 1,000,000 lines of FORTRAN code) based on theoretical, experimental and empirical models;
Development of tank and armored vehicle vulnerability modelling software.
Canadian National Leader of the TTCP* "Guidance and Control" Panel.

Leader, Guidance & Control Group (1976-1987)

Design and development of components for infrared guided missiles;
Designer of a world class infrared countermeasures simulator called SEMAC which, after 25 years, is still used by the Canadian Forces;
Design and development of a training simulator for the TOW missile;
Development of fuze circuitry for the Sea Sparrow missile;
Development of software for the simulation of terminal encounters between guided missiles and various targets;
Member of the Canadian Team for the selection of the Canadian Forces Low Level Air Defense system.

Plan and Programs Office (1972-1974)

Advise the management of the Research Centre with project analyses;
Managing the Invention Patents of the Research Centre;

Acoustical surveillance program (1970-1972)

Analysis of the experimental results achieved by colleagues;
Simulation of acoustic signals on computers;

On education leave (1967-1970)

Teaching as a visiting professor at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières: Theory of differential equations given to graduating students during 3 semesters;
Preparation and passage of a pre-doctoral examination in mathematics (algebra, analysis and topology) required because I did not have a bachelor's degree in mathematics;
Preparation and finalization of a master's thesis in mathematics;

Study of ballistic missile signatures in re-entry into the atmosphere (1961-1967)

This is a joint research program with the United States for which our Defence Research Establishment had unique experimental facilities, "hypersonic" ranges equipped with specially designed guns that could propel models (mainly spheres and cones) at speeds ranging from 15,000 feet/sec to 19,000 feet/sec in cylindrical tanks of various diameters and length in which the air could be pumped to simulate the atmosphere at high altitude.

1965-1967 - Study of turbulence in the wake of in-flight mock-ups by means of hot-wire anemometers and cooled wire anemometers;
1963-1965 - Detection of infrared radiation emitted by in-flight mock-ups with germanium detectors;
1961-1963 - Detection of visible and ultraviolet radiation emitted by in-flight mock-ups with photomultiplier cells.