Nicolas Fougere

Nicolas Fougere

(he/him)

Senior Portfolio Manager

Dassault Systemes

Professional Summary

Nicolas Fougere is a technology leader with experience helping global industrial organizations accelerate innovation through digital engineering and transformation. As a Senior Portfolio Manager at Dassault Systèmes, he works with manufacturers and technology leaders to develop strategies around virtual twins, simulation, systems engineering, and AI.

Before joining the private sector, Nicolas contributed to scientific research supporting NASA and the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission and authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. He holds advanced engineering and scientific degrees from the University of Michigan.

Nicolas is passionate about connecting technology, business strategy, and customer success to help organizations solve complex challenges, build high-performing teams, and create lasting business value.

Education

PhD Space Sciences

2010-09-01
2014-08-15

University of Michigan

MSE Industrial and Operations Engineering

2012-09-01
2014-08-15

University of Michigan

MSE Aeronautial and Aerospace Engineering

2007-09-01
2010-10-01

ISAE-Supaero

MSE Space Sciences

2009-09-01
2010-05-01

University of Michigan

Interests

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Machine Learning (ML) Simulation Driven Product Design Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC)
Featured Publications
Accelerating Design Space Exploration of Film Cooling with Parametric Machine Learning Based on High-Fidelity CFD. featured image

Accelerating Design Space Exploration of Film Cooling with Parametric Machine Learning Based on High-Fidelity CFD.

Shaped film cooling holes are a key element in cooling turbine components to increase their operating temperature while preventing component damage. There is therefore a need for …

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Transformer-based Prediction of Vehicle Aerodynamics

The vehicle market is evolving rapidly. New players are entering the market, many variants of a vehicle are investigated prior to freezing the design, and more. In this context, …

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Validation of Wind Noise for Class-8 Truck Using Lattice Boltzmann Method featured image

Validation of Wind Noise for Class-8 Truck Using Lattice Boltzmann Method

The transportation and mobility industry trend toward electrification is rapidly evolving and in this specific scenario, wind noise aeroacoustics becomes one of the major concerns …

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Validation of CFD Aerodynamics Simulations of the Cadillac Celestiq with Comparison to Wind Tunnel Data featured image

Validation of CFD Aerodynamics Simulations of the Cadillac Celestiq with Comparison to Wind Tunnel Data

In the context of vehicle electrification, improving vehicle aerodynamics is not only critical for efficiency and range, but also for driving experience. In order to balance the …

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MHD simulations of the plasma and neutral gas environment of comet 67P featured image

MHD simulations of the plasma and neutral gas environment of comet 67P

The neutral and plasma environment is critical in understanding the interaction of the solar wind and comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (CG), the target of the European Space …

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Three-dimensional direct simulation Monte-Carlo modeling of the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko observed by the VIRTIS and ROSINA instruments on board Rosetta featured image

Three-dimensional direct simulation Monte-Carlo modeling of the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko observed by the VIRTIS and ROSINA instruments on board Rosetta

Since its rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P), the Rosetta spacecraft has provided invaluable information contributing to our understanding of the cometary …

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Design of a low cost mission to the Neptunian system featured image

Design of a low cost mission to the Neptunian system

Visited only by Voyager 2 in 1989, Neptune and its moon Triton hold important clues to the formation and evolution of the solar system and exoplanetary systems. Neptune-sized …

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Featured Talks & News
Aerodynamics for Design Styling Exploration for Vehicles - CATIA Webinar featured image

Aerodynamics for Design Styling Exploration for Vehicles - CATIA Webinar

CFD in Transportation & Mobility - SIMULIA

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CFD in Transportation & Mobility - SIMULIA featured image

CFD in Transportation & Mobility - SIMULIA

CFD in Transportation & Mobility - SIMULIA

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Interview in the French News Magazine - Le Point featured image

Interview in the French News Magazine - Le Point

What did the findings from ESA's Rosetta mission suggest regarding the beginning of our Solar System?

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SAE World Congress 2026 Technical Panel: Designing Interiors of the Future Using AI/ML featured image

SAE World Congress 2026 Technical Panel: Designing Interiors of the Future Using AI/ML

Discover how AI and machine learning are transforming vehicle interior design by enabling earlier decisions, faster development, and greater innovation..

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Presentation at the European Space Agency (ESA) ESLAB in the Netherlands featured image

Presentation at the European Space Agency (ESA) ESLAB in the Netherlands

Analysis of Rosetta instruments data with DSMC simulation presentation at European Space Agency (ESA)

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