Bastien Schnitzler
Bastien is a PhD student at ISAE-SUPAERO and ENAC in Toulouse, France. He joined MSEAS in March 2024 as a Visiting Student. Bastien is working on trajectory optimization for both airborne drones in wind fields and underwater drones in sea currents. Prior to the PhD, Bastien graduated with a Master of Science in the Design of Intelligent Autonomous Systems from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, with joint degrees at ISAE-SUPAERO in Aircraft Design and Toulouse University in Operations Research. His research interests are focused on optimal control for airborne platforms as well as aircraft design optimization. Apart from research, he enjoys running, hiking in the Pyrenees and playing tennis.