Maxime Dreno

Mechanical design and industrial design engineer

Vannes, France
During my childhood, most part of my spare time was spent drawing planes, helicopters, spacecrafts, and endlessly building new versions of these vehicles with plastic blocks. This passion for aerospace grew with time, and I decided to study engineering in order to become an aerospace engineer.

My motivations evolved during the first years of my studies: I was still interested in aerospace and mechanical design, but I felt that I needed a stronger creative dimension in what I was doing. I chose to integrate the Ergonomics, Industrial Design and Mechanical Design (EDIM) course at University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM) an engineering school located in the East of France. This formation gave me the opportunity to do two 6-month internships: the first one as research assistant in New Zealand, and the second one as junior innovation engineer at Airbus Helicopters in Marignane, France. During the last semester of the engineering course, I also took the chance to lead a 5-student team during the design of a concept light plane, the Mosquito 200.

I am passionate about aerospace and aviation, industrial design and music. I am always interested in learning something new, and I like travelling and discovering new cultures.

Work Experience

Alten

R&D Engineer

January 2015 - Present Montoir-de-Bretagne, France

Airbus Helicopters

Junior innovation engineer (intern)

End of studies project - sixth semester of the engineering course
Confidential subject
February 2014 - July 2014 Marignane, France

University Of Canterbury

Research assistant (intern)

Mid-course internship - third semester of the engineering course
Digital modelling of active noise control in a mining vehicle cabin
Experimental investigation of the moisture properties of wood
September 2012 - February 2013 Christchurch, New Zealand

Laboratoire Des Matériaux De Bretagne (LiMatB)

Research assistant (intern)

Third year of Bachelor's degree internship
Digital modelling of compression waves in an impacted viscoelastic cylindrical bar
January 2010 - February 2010 Lorient, France

Education

Université De Technologie De Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM)

Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design and Ergonomics

Mechanical Design: CAD/CAM/CAE, design methodology and processes, rapid prototyping, collaborative engineering, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)...

Industrial Design: methods and tools, freehand sketching and rendering, 3D modelling and rendering, eco-design...

Ergonomics: anthropometry, cognitive ergonomics, ergonomics in product design

Materials: composite materials, metals, plastics
September 2011 - July 2014 Montbéliard, France

Université De Nantes

Completed first year of Master's degree in Mechanics

Mechanical Systems
Strength of Materials
Vibrations of discrete/continuous systems
Probabilities applied to mechanics
Continuum mechanics
Fluid mechanics
Plasticity
Finite Element Method
Composite Materials
Wave mechanics
Thermics
September 2010 - June 2011 Nantes, France

Université De Bretagne Sud

Bachelor's degree in Physics

Mathematics: linear algebra, differential calculus, probabilities...

Physics: Newtonian mechanics, relativistic mechanics, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, electricity, electronics, optics, digital modelling for physics...

IT: algorithms, C++ programming

Mechanics: solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, continuum mechanics, Finite Element Method...
September 2007 - June 2010 Lorient, France

Languages

French (Native),
English (Fluent),
Spanish (Conversational),
German (Beginner),
Japanese (Beginner),

Skills

ABAQUS, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Showcase, Catia V5, Comsol Multiphysics,