Christopher S. Bouthiette

Address:

1391 Sweeny Rd. Blacksburg, VA 24060

(540) 552-5875 U. S. Citizen

Professional Objective:

To secure a cooperative education position in materials engineering or related field.

Education: (Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University)

Major: Materials Science and Engineering

Academic level: Junior

Expected graduation date as a co-op: Spring 1999

Experience:

Acadia Polymers

Position: Coop-Engineer (two-semesters)

Spring 1996: Worked on Finite Element Analysis in Bonded Piston Seal division of Acadia Polymers. Developed FEA request form and result analysis form for QS 9000 certification. Assitant System Administrator on SGI workstations.

Fall 1996 : Worked with Acadia's materials research and development group. Was responsible for TGA, FTIR, Instron sheer, and Mooney Viscometer testing in lab. Also concentrated on metal to elastomer bonding and foam elastomer research.

Additional Skills:

Computer Experience: Own IBM PC, SGI assistant system Administrator

Software: Windows 3.1, 3.11, MacOS, Irix, MS Word 6.0, TKSolver, AutoCad Release 12, Mathematica, Ideas 2.0-3.0, Instron Sereis IX.

Hardware: IBM-pc , Macintosh, Unix Languages: FORTRAN

College Honors - High School Honors:

College:

Dean's List, Fall 1994

High school:

Honor Roll

Academic Awards in: Physics, Academic Decathlon

Activities and Organizations:

Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity: President,Vice President, Scholastic Comittee Chair, and Public Relations Comitteee Chair.