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François Coupleux

Appartement P313
4, allée Jean-Baptiste Fourier
44300 Nantes
France

Telephone: (33) 40.18.01.77
Electronic Mail: coupleux@eleve.emn.fr

Education

1993-1996
Student at the Ecole des Mines de Nantes, a French school of industrial systems engineering (computer science, robotics and automatic control).

1991-1993
Student in a "classe préparatoire": Intensive mathematics, physics and technology course in preparation for the engineering schools entrance exam.

1991
"Baccalauréat E" (equivalent of Advanced Level in mathematics, physics and technology). Passed with distinction.

Professional experience

1996
A three-month internship in the department of Engineering Science and Mechanics in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

Installed a network composed of two workstations.
Developed of a tool which allows people to create tutorials accessible from the web.
Used Java and PV-Wave.

1995
- A three-week study of the management aspects of subcontracting in YORK FRANCE in Nantes (firm manufacturing industrial refrigeration systems).
- A one-week simulation of the management of a company manufacturing dairy produce. I had the position of commercial manager.

1994
A two-month internship in MATRA MHS in Nantes (firm specialised in the manufacturing of electronic chips).

Worked as an operator in a team of 5 during the night shift.
Was in charge of the cleaning of silicon wafers which contain chips.
Tested wafers after the implantation of doping elements inside silicon.
Studied safety in the diffusion department.

Relevant skills

- Studied project management, team management and quality.
- Good knowledge of Unix, C, C++, Smalltalk, X-Windows and Java.
- Studied user interface design.
- Organiser of the tennis tournament of the "Cartel des Mines" (a sports competition with students coming from all the other European schools).
- Member of the association "MiND" which makes studies and projects for companies.
- Driving licence.

Language

French
Mother tongue.

English
- Written, spoken and read. IELTS Level (equivalent of TOEFL): 7 out of 9.
- Production of three films and writing an issue of a newspaper about nuclear waste in English.
- Three three-week visits to England, one four-week stay and one three-months internship in the USA.

Interests

- Sport: tennis (captain of the scool team), sailing and basket-ball.
- Music.
- Aeronautics.
- Computer science.