Melanie le Normand

Melanie Le Normand Bordes is a skilled System Engineer specializing in Flight Hardware and Structural Engineering at APCO Technologies SA since September 2016. Responsibilities include conducting structural finite element analysis using NASTRAN, alongside project-oriented work for Mechanical Ground Support Equipment and Flight Hardware for satellites. Prior experience encompasses an MSc thesis at the Todai-JAXA Center for Composites focused on composite process monitoring and fiber-optic sensing techniques, as well as engineering internships at the Centre National d'Études Spatiales and RUAG Space, emphasizing structural analysis and mass breakdown prediction for space vehicles. Melanie holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Space Technologies from EPFL and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution, complemented by participation in a Space Summer Camp at Bauman Moscow State Technical University.