Hendrik Chiche

Hendrik Chiche currently serves as an Associate Fleet Operations & Analytics Engineer at Mainspring Energy, focusing on introducing predictive maintenance for linear generators. Previous experience includes a role as a Research Collaborator at GENCI, where Hendrik applied super-resolution techniques to MRIs using generative models. As a co-founder of Fusion Fuels at Berkeley SkyDeck, Hendrik explored scalable production methods within the tritium market and was recognized for national rounds in the NSF I-Corps program. Additionally, Hendrik developed a radar point cloud classifier during a graduate student researcher tenure at Zendar and analyzed geographical patient data as a data analyst intern at ELSAN. Early entrepreneurial endeavors included projects like "Dust-it" for converting industrial dust into insulation, which earned recognition in contests. Hendrik holds a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arts et Métiers.