Resume

1. Permanent / Current address : 12 rue des Teinturiers, 69100 Villeurbanne (France)
Tel. No. : +33 615 454 906
E-mail address: mamadou.balde@emse.fr
Linkedin: https://fr.linkedin.com/pub/mamadou-baldé/89/933/400
Professional Objectives
To develop and further improve Team Management
 To work in a Research and Development environment
 Hands on approach in experimental development of new products
 Hands on approach in modelling
Current position
Ph.D student at the Physics, Metallurgy and Mechanical department at the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne
(EMSE), Saint-Etienne, France
 Metallurgical expertise for the company Saint-Jean Industries (French multinational supplier of
automotive parts in aluminum compounds)
 Research and Development on new aluminum alloys using Die casting and Forging plants
 Microstructural investigations (metallographic preparation, Optical Micrography, SEM in
SEI/BSE/EDS/EBSD modes and X tomography)
 Modelling
o Casting of Magmasoft and Thermocalc
o Forging on Forge3D and Abaqus
o Heat treatment on Prisma
Professional experiences
Ph.D Student, ECOLE DES MINES de SAINT-ETIENNE and the company ST JEAN INDUSTRIES
September 2014 – September 2017
Cf “Current Position”
Process engineer, ARCELOR MITTAL, Fos sur Mer (13), France
April 2014 – September 2014
 Lean Manufacturing (with use of: Quick Kaizen, PDCA, Why-Why) on a cooling plant for cool hot-
strip mill
 Project Managing in collaboration with head managers
MAMADOU BALDE
Research and Development Engineer - Metallurgy and Mechanical engineering

2. Research engineer, SAFRAN, Bordeaux (33), France
France June 2013 –November 2013
 Research and Development on Ceramic Matrix Composites using Self propagating High temperature
Synthesis process
 X-ray and SEM analysis
Researcher, CHEMICAL INSTITUTE OF THE CONDENSED MATTER, Bordeaux (33), France
January 2013 – June 2013
 French Laboratory specialized in Science of materials
 Use of Spark Plasma Sintering and cold rolling technology in order to elaborate alloys
 X-ray and SEM analysis
Research engineer, SAFT BATTERY, Bordeaux (33), France
July 2012 – November 2012
 Research on carbon-based electrodes in order to improve the loading process
Personal teacher, ACADOMIA, France
February 2011 – July 2017
 First personal teacher network in France
 Mathematics / Physics and Chemistry professor from high school to B.S level
Shop assistant, New York, USA
July 2006 – August 2006
 Shop assistant in charge of communication with clients
Scientific publications and mentoring
Accepted:
M.Balde, C.Desrayaud, F.Perrier, V.Bouvier, “Microstructural Optimization of a High Mechanical Properties
aluminum alloy by using CobaPress™ Process”, Proceedings of The Mineral Society 2017
M.Balde, C.Desrayaud, F.Perrier, “Optimisation microstructurale d’un alliage d’aluminium à hautes performances
mécaniques en utilisant le procédé CobaPress™”, LGF seminar, Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne, 30 June, 2015
Submitted:
M.Balde, C.Desrayaud, F.Perrier, V.Bouvier, “Investigation on microstructural evolution of a hybrid cast/forged
aluminum alloy”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, February 2017
M.Balde, C.Desrayaud, “Impact de la microstructure d’un alliage d’aluminium à hautes performances mécaniques
sur les propriétés statiques et cycliques”. Journée de la recherche de l’ED SIS, Saint Etienne, June 2017

3. Scientific skills
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 Mechanical tests: Fatigue and Tensile tests
 Microstructural characterization:
o Metallographic preparation, Optical Micrography, Scanning Electron Microscopy in
SEI/BSE/EDS and EBSD modes
o X tomography
o Differential Scanning Calorimetry
o Brunauer–Emmett–Teller and Granulometry analysis
o X-ray diffraction of powders
 Thermodynamic modelling of systems (Thermocalc and Prisma)
 Synthesis of alloys and Composites by:
o Die casting, Lost foam, Low pressure casting
o Hot compression
o Spark Plasma Sintering
o Self-propagating High temperature Synthesis
o Hot rolling
 Thermomechanical modeling: Magmasoft, and FORGE 3D
 Mechanical properties characterization (Hardness measurement and bending test)
 Programming and Operating Systems: Visual Basic Application, Matlab, Latex, Office Pack
 Determination of phase diagrams: phase equilibria, phase transitions and calorimetric methods (DTA,
DSC, TMA)
 Characterization of thermomechanical cycles
 Experimental characterization of phase diagrams (invariants, equilibrium phases)
 Thermodynamic properties measurements: calorimeter (high temperature direct reaction synthesis,
solution bath, heat capacities), electromotive forces
Language
 French: Native language
 English: Advanced level in communication, writing and oral (B2/C1 level)
 German: Beginner level (A1 level)
 Peûlh: Native language
Interests and affiliation
Sports/ Hobbies: Theatre (representation in June 2017), Taekwondo (vice champion 2016), Cinema, Travelling
(South Korea, USA, Japan, Africa, Western Europe...), Literature