Alain W. Chakam
**** ** **** ****** *****, OK ***99 734-***-**** ********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE Engineer Intern (EIT) / Master Energy/Power Systems Engineering
Proven Electrical Engineer with experience in Directional Drilling, and Control Systems
Seeking for challenging full time engineering position in Energy/Power industry
LANGUAGES French and English
EXPERIENCE Drilling and Measurement: Field Engineer June 08 –Jan 09
Schlumberger Oklahoma City, Ok USA
• Drilling process: Tools assembling, surface sensors, down hole telemetry, Signal
processing, Formation graphs generation and interpretation, Systems Troubleshooting,
Quality Health Safety Environment
Summer intern – System control summer 2007
Camlait Milk Co. Cameroon, Africa
• maintained and controlled a large number of sensors down the Production line
Full time sale agent
American Bottling (7UP) Detroit, MI
• Sale agent Sept 2003/ Dec 2006
COMPUTER Languages: C++, Matlab, Simulink; Applications: Microsoft Office, AutoCAD
SKILLS Environments: Windows, Linux
CERTIFICATIONS NABCEP Photovoltaic certified May 2009
Certified Climb Safety and Rescue for Wind Energy Industry Sept 2009
Engineer Intern Dec 2009
EDUCATION University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
M. Eng. Energy Systems Engineering / Civil Power May 2010
Energy resources studies; Electricity production Systems, Batteries and Fuel Cells; Power
System Design, Renewable Energy, Energy Conservation, Distributed Generation, EcoDesign
and Manufacturing; Sustainability and Environment, Lean Management and Globalization
High Tech Entrepreneurship, Business Paradigms
Annual Scholar POWER Academic Award January 2009
B.S.E. Electrical Engineering April 2008
Minor: Mathematic
GPA: 3.09 / 4.00 (EE program GPA: 3.25 / 4.00)
Dean’s Honor list, College of Engineering (2006); Lucy Wang Scholarship (2005/2006);
ACADEMIC Energy System Engineering Project: Fall 2009
PROJECTS Designed a PV system to supply power to the Brazilian Pantanal Project
Designed a PV system for a refugee camp located in Darfur, Soudan Winter 2008
Production System engineering class project: Winter 2007
Transmission sub-case line at a General Motor plant
• Analyzed and modeled a production unit; optimization proposal
Radio wave Propagation and link design Winter 2007
Radio frequency signal sensing and tracking
• Designed and implemented a circuit to localize and track a RF signal source
Electromagnetism Fall 2006
Optical Amplified Modulation Communication
• Built a circuit to transmit data and sound through optical device
ACTIVITIES American Order of Engineer; ASME; NSBE, IEEE (Power and Energy Society)