French junior engineer

Ardagh Group is a global leader in glass and metal packaging with over 89 facilities over 21 countries in the world. 

My internship took place at the research center of Crosmières, between Le Mans and Angers. The research center leads many goals for the company: for innovation by the research of new technologies or manufacturing processes. But also to present to the customers the savoir-faire and products of the firm. 

Member of the “Aerosol and specialty containers” district as an apprentice engineer in research and development, my missions were numerous: 
-	Manufacturing processes follow-up. 
-	Standards follow-up and their application. 
-	Mechanical characterisation of materials (tensile test, axial load resistance, under pressure resistance …).
-	Development and modification of new manufacturing technology (such as induction heating). 
-	Development of a Semi-Automatic recognition software for metal characterisation (using the library Open CV with QT Creator).

French recent SMB in the domain of innovation in public lighting, this internship occurs in the validation of the DUT in materials at IUT de la Fleuriyaie - Nantes. 

My missions were: 
-Development of the method 5S: the company is recent but keep growing. However the place of manufacture still remains the same and some disorganization starts to appear. Thus, the company asked me to set up a 5S method. In order to do this: following of a street lamp production, audit of the production agents and set up of the solution.

-Design and specifications of a street light intern assembly: the problem was to be able to assembly the top part with the bottom part of a street light with some specification in term of mechanical resistance.

-Design and specifications of a secure system of opening for a street light: in the areas of some cities the lamps streets were vandalized. Especially the door, which give access to all the interior of the system with copper cables. The solution needs to be impossible for the general public to open, but quickly done for the operator agent.

School of aerospace, transport and manufacturing based in Cranfield, UK. 

=>Core skills taught:
•	Programming: Object Orientated Programming and Design in C++ language. 
•	Computational Methods: the importance of linear systems in engineering and a variety of computational methods for solving those linear systems.

=>Specialist Knowledge: 
•	Digital Signal Processing: The theoretical aspects of classical and advanced time frequency DSP including the solid implementation aspects of the subject.
•	Image Processing: In computer systems we need to process digital images and video content. Here we focus upon the task of low level visual processing. 
•	Image Analysis: Processing visual information we develop automated visual interpretation and understanding from high-level visual information such as edges and regions the efficient storage of large amounts of visual data.

Semester exchange in Barcelona, Spain to practice and improve my Spanish skills. Welcome university: "Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona” (ETSEIB)

Attended courses : 
•	Statistics 
•	Business administration 
•	Development of applications based on microcontrollers 
•	Materials structure and characterization 
•	Plastic technology 
•	Project management 

This exchange was a good possibility for me to practice my Spanish and my English in an international environment. Development of my international relationship and introduction of a new way of teaching. Also a good experience to test my abilities to adapt in a foreign country by myself, which is a plus for my autonomy.

Non-specialised engineer’s formation and multi-purpose in several domains, such as computing and telecommunication networks, mechanics, energetics and electronics, so as to be competent in various sectors: aeronautics, automobile, electronics, capital goods, computing. 

The key point of the school is mean to be world opened: we are prepared to become trilingual French, English and Spanish by means of a linguistic pole and several stays abroad thanks to an inter-university collaboration.

All the students prepare, besides the ESTIA engineering degrees, a second European diploma with a partner University, without lengthening the duration of the studies.

My formation was completed by working with the Ardagh Group as an apprentice. We are following the same classes as the normal students, but with periods of 2 or 3 months at the company. The apprenticeship allows us to have more solid technical bases and facilitates the integration in a company for our future.