Mickaël OUVRY

Valeo is an international automotive supplier which employs 61200 people (CA 2007: 9,7 Billions of Euros). "Engine Cooling" Branch is one of the biggest within Valeo (CA 2007: 1,35 Billions of Euros). Sales integrate all the cooling loop products.
The Front Office Quality Engineer is the link between Valeo plants Quality department and customers (car manufacturers). His role is to adapt the communication to the customer thanks to his knowledge of these customers methods. He is helping Valeo plants in all requests to customers (specific documents, deviations...). He is also managing in collaboration with plants, Warranty Returns, Warranty Costs (splitting, invoicing to supplier, objections...) and finally take part into Initial Samples preparation in order to present then to customer.
I'm situated in Germany in order to be near the customer and create a stable business connection with customer.

VALEO Engine Cooling (Laval, CA 2005: 132 millions of euros and 536 employed peoples) is a VALEO group branch, international automotive supplier, CA 10 milliards of euros and 70400 employed people in 96 countries.

Within the engineering department and the laboratory:

- Aims : Understanding the corrosion phenomena of radiator tubes and setting up a representative bench test.

- Methodology : Participation to a Task Force, actions realised for the problem resolution, bibliographical and specifications sheet studies, work with Production people

- Results : preventive actions launched, validation plan for a new radiator launched too and encouraging test results.

Bragg Institute, situated in Menaï (Australia), is an international leader in X-Rays and Neutrons Beam. Research orientations go from chemistry, study of Ceramics, X- Rays science to polymers.

The aim of the placement that i have done there, was to realise oxygen deficient thin films in order to apply this material as a cell fuel electrode or as a membrane.

Thin films isn´t the Bragg Institute´field of predilection, so i had to be autonomous on the main part of the project.

missions:
raalisation of bibliographical studies, contacts and collaborations with ANSTO Researchers (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) specialized in thin films, definition of the preparation of solution, wafers, of the way of coating and the heat treatments, realisation of thin films and characterization.

results:
thin films prepared and characterization shows a different cristallographic structure of the one expected.

LARMAUR (Rennes University Research LAboratory in Applied Mechanic) is part of CNRS. Research orientations are Surface mechanical properties, modelisation and simulation of mechanical contact and the mechanical behaviour of fragile materials (glass and ceramics).

The subject was to study the impact of a compressive field on the crackability of a glass.

missions:
- create an assembly allowing the production of a compressive field
- preparation of samples (cutting, polishing and thermical treatments in order to avoid residual stresses)
- realisation of cracks using the cracking machine
- optical characterization of cracks

results:
- impact of compressive field demonstrated
- role of annealing is interessant

LIEC (Laboratory Interdisciplinary of Electrochemistry and Ceramics) situated in São Carlos (Brazil) is internationally known for its research works. Research orientations are, ceramics , sensors, cosmetics and nanomaterials.

I´ve worked on a project of realisation and characterization of new materials for opto-electronic applications.

missions:
bibliographical studies, realisation of powders and thin films, characterizations (X-Rays; IR, Raman and UV-Vis spectroscopy; TGA; photoluminescence).

results:
project have been finalized