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Ario KORDESTANI Iranian refugee (Geneva convention of 1951) Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 25 years old single

EDUCATION

• 1997: Awarded the France accredited 5-year Engineer Degree (Diplôme d’Ingénieur) in Machine Design, with "A grade", from Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Metz, a Mechanical Engineering "Grande Ecole".
  

Degree Project (8 months): Design and prototyping of an innovative articulated off-road vehicle, at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.

• 1994: France standard 2-year University Degree of Technology (DUT) in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Metz University Institute of Technology. Ranked 1^st out of 136 candidates.
  
  
• 1993: France 2-year General University Training Degree (DEUG), "with Honors", in Mechanical Engineering Science from Metz University Faculty of Science.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• August 95 - January 96 (6 months): Internship in agricultural equipement construction at BUGNOT S.A., Bettaincourt, FRANCE. Complete design and prototyping of a 700 mm circular wood saw bench for Ets. THIERION, Chauvency-St. Hubert, FRANCE.

• April 94 - August 94 (4.5 months): Internship in paper machine construction at GL&V Paper Machine div., Trois-Rivières, CANADA. Design of several simple mechanisms and structures added to operating machines.

• September 90 - June 91 (9 months): Shopfloor level work, Mc DONALD Corp., Paris.

LANGUAGES

• French: Perfect.
• English: Fluent.
• Spanish & German: Scholar.
• Persian & Kurdish: Native.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Mainly: Pascal language, Pro-Engineer (CAD), Prolog (AI).

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• 1996: Vice-president of FEDEL (Fédération des Etudiants Lorrains), the regional federation of students' associations (63 associations, more than 6000 members).

• 1996: Manager of AIENIM, school of engineering students' international association.

• 1992/94: Student member of the Metz University Council.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

• Automotive field and aeronautic technologies.

• Ethnographic research and publications:

1992: "Frisian communities and the European Union", Fondation de France award.

1991: "Eastern Europe minorities & the change wind", Fondation de France award.

1990: "Celtic revival in Great Britain", sponsored by Crédit Lyonnais.

• Mountain hiking: Wide experience in Europe and North America.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Training courses:

1994 (2 days): "Paper-Machine technologies", Centre Spécialisé en Pâtes et Papiers, Trois-Rivières, Canada.

1994 (2 days): "Non Destructive Control", Institut Soudure, Ennery, France.

• Visited:

1997: VOLVO (construction equipment), Skyland, USA.

1996: OPEL (automotive), Kaiserslautern, Germany.

1995: BELOIT ITALIA (paper machine constructor), Pinerolo, Italy.

1995: VOITH-SULZER (paper machine constructor), Heidenheim, Germany.

1994: KRUGER (paper mill), Trois-Rivières, Canada.

1993: GRECHBACH Ind. (mechanical constructions), Herbolzeim, Germany.

• International drivers license (1991).

Revised: July 31, 1997.