Education

·         August 2003 – M.A.Sc., Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto.

Thesis title: Nonlinear Control Design of a Planar Magnetic Levitation System.

·         April 2001 – B.A.Sc., Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University.

Academic Honors

·         Graduate B.A.Sc. with 1^st class honors.

·         Entered the Dean’s List after 3^rd year in the undergraduate program.

Publications

·         Michel Lévis and Manfredi Maggiore, Nonlinear Control of a Planar Magnetic Levitation System, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (2003)

·         Michel Lévis and Manfredi Maggiore, Nonlinear Control of a Planar Magnetic Levitation System, Third International DCDIS Conference on Engineering Applications and Computational Algorithms (2003)

Control Engineering Skills

·         Motion control research – designed a nonlinear position controller for a high-precision planar magnetic levitation position system and implemented a prototype of the device.

·         Hybrid systems project – modeled a manipulator arm attached to an underwater vehicle and developed a switching controller that attempts to compensate for underwater effects.

·         Control systems – control design and abstract control aspects were learnt in the graduate courses Linear Systems, Nonlinear Control Systems, Hybrid Systems and Control Analysis Methods.

·         MATLAB/Simulink and WinCon – used for simulations in the graduate courses listed above and for simulations and real-time applications in thesis research.

Computer Engineering Skills

·         Java – developed a sophisticated client/server program in the Distributed Systems course that handled multiple clients and wrote some programs dealing with concurrent processes in the Operating Systems course.

·         Visual C++ – constructed a GUI using MFC for a remote controlled self-localizing robot in a 4^th year computer engineering design project.

·         C++ – designed an object-oriented simulation of a computer system in the Modelling & Systems Simulation course.

·         Assembler/microprocessors– constructed an Interrupt-driven “Talking-Chat” program on the Motorola 68HC11 board in the Microprocessor Systems course.

·         Altera MAX2PLUS – created a scaled down design of a RISC processor using the VHDL and the graphic editor in the Digital Systems Engineering course.

·         Microsoft Access and Visual Basic – using these programs along with some the abstract database design concepts learnt in a Database Management course, developed two sophisticated databases for Tembec Malette Division.

Other Skills

·         Operating systems – skilled in MS-DOS, Windows 95/98/XP/2000/NT and comfortable using Unix & Linux.

·         Team player – worked in small groups on many undergraduate engineering projects and learnt about team dynamics while working in a team in a Project Management course.

·         Bilingual – fluent in speaking and writing both English and French

Work History

Tembec Malette Division

·         Integrated many of the databases designed previously with the company’s local intranet using Microsoft Internet Information Server and Microsoft SQL Server.

·         Through the web browser, employees can now view who worked on a job and how many hours were performed; check the daily production of the mill and view the specification and history of any valve or motor owned by the plant.

·         For one month, acted as the Project Manager to coordinate the implementation of an Automated Weight Scale System. The project ended prematurely for company economic reasons.

Tembec Malette Division

·         Designed a Microsoft Access database that generated many reports related to employees’ payroll and the hours they performed on jobs.

·         Decreased the foremen’s workload by producing the timecards of all the workers in the team and generating the bi-monthly account sheet.

·         Produced the daily schedule for the support foremen, which is used to coordinate the assignment of worker hours on jobs.

·         By generating other reports, the database saved significant paperwork for employees other than foremen and support foremen.

Tembec Malette Division

·         Designed a Microsoft Access database to handle job orders.

·         System was upgraded to minimize paperwork by 1/3 for foremen, support foremen and numerous other individuals writing job orders.

Smooth Rock Falls Public Library

·         Worked on town web page while performing regular library tasks.

 Malette Kraft Pulp & Power

·         Performed basic macro programming using Lotus and Quattro Pro for a program that calculates flows in different pipes for the white & black liquor used to make pulp.

Interests and Activities

·         Curling – won the Provincial Zone Play downs in ’93 and ’95; attended the Trillium Curling Camp in ’93, ’94 and ’95; and achieved Level 1 Technical Coaching Degree.

·         Fishing and Camping – enjoy the outdoors.

·         Biking – like leisure mountain biking on trails.

·         Tae Kwon Do – participated two years in the Queen’s American Kang Duk Won Karate Association and one year in the Kingston Tae Kwon Do club.

References

References available on request