Dr. Gilles Avrillaud is the Chief Innovation Officer of I-Pulse. He has around 30 years of experience in High Pulsed Power (HPP). He is currently the technical leader on the development of the HPP drilling technology for G-Pulse.
Previously, he had been leading R&D and simulations teams for 12 years regarding Bmax applications, a subsidiary of I-Pulse dealing with high velocity impact forming and welding. Before joining I-Pulse, Dr. Avrillaud was Chief Scientist at International Technologies for High Pulsed Power (ITHPP), a private French company focused on developing HPP technologies for defense applications. He was awarded a mechanical engineering diploma and a PhD in plasma physics on HPP for high power x-rays (Zpinch).