I am a young physicist based in the Lausanne region, currently completing my MSc in Applied Physics at EPFL. My main interests are fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. Prior to this, I completed a BSc in Physics at the same institution.
Since August 2025, I have been pursuing my Master’s thesis within the Zephir Project, working on aerodynamic optimization through CFD with the goal of contributing to Antoine Albeau’s world speed record attempt in windsurfing.
Since February 2021, I am researching the sloshing phenomenon in spacecraft tanks in partnership with the EPFL Rocket Team, under the supervision of Professor Daniele Mari at EPFL (Lausanne). This work, which began as my bachelor thesis, has continued in my spare time. More information on this research can be found on this page.
Between September 2024 and January 2025, I researched the aerodynamics of bobsleighs and skeletons for the French Olympic team, under the supervision of Professor Christophe Clanet and Samy Ben Hamoudi during an internship at LadHyx, École Polytechnique (Paris). More information on this research can be found on this page.
During my studies, I was actively involved in education, notably as a teaching assistant in several courses and by participating in various educational projects
List of publications
- Aerodynamics of bobsleighs, zenodo (2024), Maxime C.N. Roux, (DOI)
- Study of Faraday waves in tanks in presence of polystyrene bead layers, Emergent Scientist 7 (2023), Maxime C.N. Roux, Benjamin A.H. Meunier and Daniele Mari, (DOI)
- Sloshing of viscous fluids: Application to aerospace, arXiv (2021), Benjamin A.H. Meunier and Maxime C.N. Roux, (DOI)
List of Talks and Conferences
- 20th International Conference on Internal Friction and Mechanical Spectroscopy , Lausanne, July 2025 : Using a granular materials to dampen sloshing in a rocket fuel tank, Maxime C.N. Roux, Benjamin A.H. Meunier and Daniele Mari, (abstract)
- Sport Physics 2024, Rennes, December 2024 : Aerodynamics of bobsleighs: wind tunnel and CFD results, Maxime C.N. Roux, Samy Ben Hamoudi and Christophe Clanet, (abstract), (slides)
- 73rd International Astronautical Congress, Paris, September 2022 : Characterization of the dampening of liquid sloshing with foam-like materials, Loup Cordey, Maxime C.N. Roux and all, (abstract)
Teaching experience
- Teaching assistant for Advanced Physics: Thermodynamics (for bachelor in Physics), Spring 2020/2021/2022
- Teaching assistant for General Physics: Thermodynamics (for bachelor in Materials Engineering), Spring2023/2024
- Teaching assistant for General Physics: Thermodynamics (for bachelor in Mechanical Engineering), Spring 2020/2021/2022
- Teaching assistant for General Physics: Mechanics (for bachelor in Mathematics), Fall 2023
- Teaching assistant for General Physics: Mechanics (for bachelor in Computer Science), Fall 2020/2021/2022
- Teaching assistant for Physics Laboratory: Sloshing Experiment (for bachelor in Physics), November 2021
- Teaching assistant for Warm up MOOC : Physics (for first year EPFL students), Summer 2021 (link)
Other
- Science Pictures Exhibition 2022, EPFL Center for Imaging, two images selected
- European Rocketry Challenge 2022, Portuguese Space Agency – second place in the Payload Award, as a member of the payload team where I served as scientific lead