Clara Spetebroodt

I have been working as a freelance entrepreneur for 4 years, mainly in optical design, particularly on spectrometry and microscopy projects.

I have notably worked on the European project Live Codim as a service provider for the company Bioaxial. I have also carried out state-of-the-art studies, feasibility studies or prototypes for other clients.

I have created a company in the field of material analysis by spectrometry. The application is industrial in the field of plastic and textile waste recycling. We have commercialized two products: a portable device with a compact spectrometer and a device mounted on a line using a hyperspectral camera.

We also have a strong R&D activity in connection with the university.

This is my main activity, so I only take on assignments when I am sufficiently available to do so and always on a part-time basis (10 to 60 hours/month depending on availability and projects).

I am a graduate of the Institut Optique Graduate School and I master the skills related to optics in the broad sense: assembling an optical bench, designing optics, measuring surface defects, calibrating and/or calibrating an instrument, characterizing a surface (color, texture, reflectance, etc.); but also semiconductors, photovoltaic effect, radiometry, spectrometry, image processing (IR and visible detection, retouching, etc.) or even physical optics (description of the underlying physical phenomenon).

I have also worked in solar energy. My missions were to estimate the expected performance of solar power plants, to analyze the data of a power plant to work on a warranty claim, to carry out the state of the art of thermography by drone for solar power plants and to launch this new service for an international company (ENGIE Laborelec) after having carried out the technical study.