JULIEN BRANLARD [email protected] 3225 S. Wells Street - Chicago, IL 60616 (312)-567-3413 (W) (312)-567-1051 (H) http://julien.branlard.free.fr Objective Challenging position in the electrical engineering field which will take advantage of my expertise in modeling and simulation tool development, my academic skills and my proficiency in technology for product innovation Skills Prog. languages C, C++, Java, HTML, ASP, Turbo Pascal, CAML, Motorola 68K assembly language. Software

MS Office, Matlab, Maple, LaTeX, programming tools, console (vim, make command line compilers), debugging tools (ddd), platforms Windows XP, NT and 9X, Linux/UNIX environments.

Additional Skills CAD for VLSI, switching theory, DSP, error control and checking, microwave and electromagnetic theory, quantum effects, major in electrical engineering with specialty in computational electronics and solid-state physics, expert in semiconductor device and material modeling and simulating, strong analytical skills, advanced knowledge in applied math, algorithmic and calculus, familiar with team work and independent research, strong background in computer science, hardware architecture and low-level programming. Languages

Bilingual French / English, fluent German

Experience Research assistant, Computational Electronic Group, IIT, Chicago, IL, June 2001 - present • Modeling and Problem Solving o Nanotechnology devices modeling, expert in solid-state physics, o RF, frequency and noise analysis, error control and digital signal processing, o Familiar with complex problem solving, research patterns and tasks management, o Proved ability to come up with innovative approaches and to perform independent research, • Programming o Advanced C/C++ programming, under UNIX and Windows environments, o Contributed to developing a semiconductor materials and devices simulator, o Familiar with code designing and testing, editing and debugging tools, o Familiar with efficient programming, and algorithm optimization, • Communication o Worked in close collaboration with other university groups, in Arizona and in Massachusetts o Supervised several Master’s students, o Gave talks at several national and international conferences, (list of publications and conferences), o Published in several international journals Webmaster, International Center, IIT, Chicago, IL Sep 2000 – May 2001 • Maintained and updated web pages and web services daily. Database experience: mySQL, ASP, MS access, • Maintained the office network, • Worked in a team to advise and help international students with their administrative processes. Computer network technical, FNAC, Clichy, France • Installed and customized software under Windows • Assisted workers with problems over the phone and in person.

June 2000 – July 2000

Technical Assistant, Deutsche Telekom, Berlin, Germany July /1999 – Sep 1999 • Developed and customized a software tool for tasks management, for communication within the company. • Developed a web GUI in a UNIX environment.

Education Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, IL PhD in Electrical Engineering, December 2004 MS Computer System Engineering, May 2001

Cumulative GPA : 4.0 Cumulative GPA : 4.0

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l’Electronique et de ses Applications (ENSEA), Paris, France Degree of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2002 BIA: diploma of initiation in Aeronautics. June 2000 Lycée Blaise Pascal, Clermont–Ferrand, France BS Physics and Mathematics Projects Simulation of direct and indirect semiconductor materials including Si, GaAs, GaN, Ge, InSb, InP. 2D and 3D simulations of submicron to 100 nm semiconductor transistors, FETs, MOSFET, HEMT. Algorithmic optimization of a simulation software, reduced by 50% the codes memory usage, and by 30% the CPU time. C programming under UNIX (client server, sockets, semaphores, shared memory). OS design and implementation, concurrent programming, parallel processing, computer communication networks. Design and implementation of a micro controller high frequency transmitter – receiver, connected to the PC serial port. Design and implementation of an ASIC video filter, performing edge detection. VLSI, Verilog, Magic, VHDL. Simulation of 4 LAN, Fast Ethernet, ATM, FDDI, Token Ring under OPNET. Extra Curricular Activities and Affiliations IEEE, student member, 2002 – present President of the International Students’ Organization at IIT. 2001-2004 President and coach of the ENSEA Rugby Association, 1998 - 2000 Conductor of ENSEA Choral Association. 1998 - 2000 Musical interests include saxophone, piano and guitar.