Alexandre Poirot 1179 W 30th ST Los Angeles, CA 90007 ap135cd76@westpost.

net (213) 265 - 4140 AVAILABLE TO START WORK: JUNE 1st, 2011. Do not need a new visa. JOB INTEREST Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Aerospace, Combustion, Bioengineering, Management, Research and Development. I am very flexible and motivated, easily a dapt to a new environment and a new team. PERSONAL INTERESTS I am interested in the challenge of applying scientific theory to real projects. For having worked in Los Angeles, and studied Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Fluid Mechanics in Toulouse, France, I have an intercultural outlook th at can be very useful to a US company. OBJECTIVE To contribute to the challenging work that can be done in the fields of engineer ing. ---------------------------------------------------EXPERIENCE 06/01/2010 - 12/01/2010: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Short-term Scholar University of Southern California - Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Departm ent. (University of Southern California Department of Aerospace and Mechanical E ngineering, OHE 430 Los Angeles, California 90089-1453, Los Angeles California 9 0089 213 740 5324) Combustion and Fuels Research Laboratory (Dr. Fokion Egolfopoulos egolfopo@usc.e du). Experimental studies of soot formation from flames of conventional and alternati ve fuels. - Performed experiments using a counterflow burner assembly and laser diagnostic . - Analyzed data and derived conclusions regarding the underlying mechanisms that control soot formation during the burning of conventional and alternative fuels .

06/15/2009 - 09/11/2009: Fluid Mechanics Engineer Intern Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics (36 avenue Guy-de-Collongue, Ecully FRANCE 69134 +334 7218 6160) Research And Development. Turbo machinery team member. Post-processing of computed solutions of flow dynamics across a turbine with dif ferent turbulence models: - Produced and compared visualisations of two types of models with Fieldview, a post processing tool. - Contributed to a subsequent analysis of the advanced modeling contribution. Research for air supply of a fuel cell application: - Determined between different types of air compressor the one which fits with s pecifications of a defined proton exchange membrane fuel cell.

06/30/2008 - 07/25/2008: Electrician Intern at construction sites Electricite Rostagnat (9, rue Cardinal Gerlier, Lyon FRANCE 69005 +334 7059 3737 ) Electrician Intern in a team of 6 people. - Installed electrical fittings in apartment complexes. - Participated in motivating the working team. - Adapted immediately to this new environment.

09/15/2006 - 06/30/2007: Study on acoustic processing Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics (36 avenue Guy-de-Collongue, Ecully FRANCE 69134 +334 7218 6160) Research And Development. - Determined which equipment would make the sound more audible to users. - Presented the results orally and in written form at final competitive entrance exams.

08/01/2003 - 06/15/2005: Professional ice hockey player Lyon Hockey Club (100, Cours Charlemagne, Lyon FRANCE 69002 +334 7838 3630) . Played two years among professionals. Trained youth categories. Communicated with various sponsor representatives. 17+ years of national competition and international tournaments (1990 to 2008)

---------------------------------------------------EDUCATION 09/28/2009 - 05/07/2011: Georgia Institute of Technology - United States - Georg ia - Atlanta Master of Science Major: Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.75/4.00 - Double-degree with ENSEEIHT Fluid Mechanics Engineering degree. - Expected graduation date: May 2011. Minor: Principles of Management for Engineers. RELEVANT COURSEWORK: - Fluid mechanics, Aerodynamics, Compressible flows, Turbulence, Boundary layers , Incompressible turbulent flows, Turbulence modeling, Turbomachinery, Wave prop agation, Viscous flow. - Combustion, Internal combustion engines, Industrial combustion, Gas-particle f lows. - Numerical simulations, Computational methods for fluid dynamics, Finite elemen ts method. - Continuum mechanics, Mechanics of structures, Wave propag. in solids, Acoustic s, Linear elasticity. - Thermodynamics, Heat and mass transfer, Two-phase flows, Transfer in porous me dia. - Project management, Principles of management, Communication, Business manageme nt.

09/01/2007 - 10/15/2010: ENSEEIHT Toulouse - France - Haute Garonne - Toulouse Master of Science Major: Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Engineering GPA: 3.5/4.00 INP-ENSEEIHT, a leading French School of Engineering. (National Polytechnic Institute of Engineering in Electro-technology, Electronic s, Computer Science, Hydraulics and Telecommunications.) - Specialized in Energy and combustion. - INP-ENSEEIHT is linked with the Institute of Fluid Mechanics of Toulouse (IMFT ). INP-ENSEEIHT is a French "Grande Ecole" of Engineering that requires at least tw o years of Preparatory Classes in Mathematics and Physics, after the Baccalaurea t, to be admitted. ---------------------------------------------------SKILLS LANGUAGES - French: Native speaker - English: Fluent, TOEIC: 950/990 GRE: Verbal 410/800, Quantitative 800/800, Analytical writing 3.5/6 Spent 7 months in Los Angeles, and 5 months in Atlanta - Spanish: Advanced level ICT SKILLS Proficient user of: - Fluent, Star-CD, Star-CCM+, Gambit, Fieldview, Comsol, Solidworks - Matlab, Maple, FORTRAN, C++, OpenFOAM, Sage Extensive knowledge of Windows and Unix (Linux) operating systems, including: - Microsoft Office and OpenOffice, powerpoint presentations ---------------------------------------------------ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Sport - Team sports and Individual sports: all year and especially during hockey off-s eason, such as handball, basketball, soccer, snowboarding, surfing, and golf. Culture - Meeting and building relationships with people from other cultures. Travel - Competitive trips with a national ice hockey team: Canada, Germany, Switzerlan d. - Holidays: England, Spain, Italy, United States. ap135cd76@westpost.net

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