Background

Benoît Bidaine began his civil engineering studies at the University of Liège in 2001, in cultivating the hope of later being able to work in the space domain. It was also these studies rigorous, logical and diversified aspects that attracted him to this path. His end of study dissertation led him to spend three months at the European Space Agency at Noordwijk, in the Netherlands (ESTEC). It was there that he discovered and started to work on the European satellite navigation system, Galileo, and in particular on the ionospheric correction that its single frequency receivers would have to apply.

Having graduated in 2006, Benoît Bidaine then contacted René Warnant, a Professor at the ULg’s Geomatics Unit and Head of Works Co-ordination at the Royal Meteorological Institute at Brussels. The latter, interested by the subject of his dissertation, suggested that he continue in the form of a doctoral thesis the research he has thus begun at ESTEC. Since September 2007, Benoît Bidaine has therefore become integrated at the ULg’s Geomatics Unit. His work focuses on satellite positioning. A dream become reality?