Hi, I'm

Mihailo Lukovic

Mechanical and Controls Engineer

I'm a mechanical and controls engineer working on a novel timing detector for the CMS experiment at CERN, focused on detector integration, thermal studies of the detector's evaporative CO2 cooling system, and the design of the detector safety system.

Mihailo Lukovic

01. Projects

A selection of projects from my professional experience.

Detector Integration screenshot

Detector Integration

Responsible for ETL detector integration into the CMS experiment, communicating between internal and external project stakeholders. In charge of continuous development of large detector assemblies in CATIA and design of required detector components.

  • CAD (CATIA)
  • FEA (ANSYS)
  • Systems Integration
Detector Cooling System Thermal Studies screenshot

Detector Cooling System — Thermal Studies

Responsible for thermal studies of the detector's evaporative CO2-based cooling system, including design, assembly, and commissioning of test setups and execution of thermal tests across all detector operational scenarios to optimize heat transfer performance.

  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Experimental Work
  • Data Analysis
Thermal Runaway Analysis screenshot

Thermal Runaway Analysis

Development of a tool for predicting the thermal stability of detector modules during the detector's lifetime, based on experimental data.

  • Radiation damage in silicon detectors
Detector Safety System Design screenshot

Detector Safety System Design

Project representative in the CMS Detector Safety System working group, contributing to the design of the new CMS Safety System by communicating the requirements agreed with internal project stakeholders.

  • PLC/SCADA
  • Alarm Action Matrix

02. Skills

Mechanical Engineering

  • CATIA
  • ANSYS
  • EN 13480
  • EN 13445
  • EN 1993-1-8

Control Systems

  • Siemens PLC
  • WinCC-OA

Project Management

  • PMI CAPM certificate candidate

Languages

  • Serbian (Native)
  • English (Full working proficiency)
  • French (A1)

03. Highlights

A few things beyond the day-to-day project work.

Presenting to the CMS collaboration

Presenting on behalf of the collaboration

Frequently present the project progress on behalf of the collaboration to the CMS community at CMS Weeks and dedicated Engineering Design Reviews.

Supervising student work

Supervision & Mentoring

Supervise students working on mechanical engineering tasks including static-structural and thermal simulations in ANSYS.

04. Experience & Education

Experience

Apr 2024 – Present

Mechanical Engineer · CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research

Feb 2023 – Apr 2024

Technical Student · CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research

Oct 2020 – Jun 2022

Teaching Assistant & Lecturer · University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Education

Oct 2021 – Feb 2024

M.Sc. Automatic Control · University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

  • GPA: 10.0/10.0. Thesis: "Mechanical and SCADA system design of the Endcap Timing Layer's thermal test setup."
Oct 2018 – Sep 2021

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering · University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

  • GPA: 9.96/10.0. Thesis: "Heat exchanger design for industrial plant applications."
  • Best Student of the Generation award.

05. Get In Touch

[I'm currently open to new opportunities. The best way to reach me is by email.]

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