Press release / Paris, March 8, 2024
On the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day, the ESEO, Grande École d’Ingénieurs, is highlighting three portraits of women engineers with significant ambition and skills. Laya, student, Mélanie, alumni and Maria-Alice, teacher-researcher and mathematician, report on their journey and their motivation to evolve in these fields. Portraits.
Laya SALAZAR-LAFON: New technologies serving health and others
Attracted by the field of health, Laya Salazar-Lafon was torn between medicine and new medical technologies in her final year.
The discovery of the Biomedical option at ESEO was like a revelation. To date, the student is following the e-health option accessible on the Dijon campus. “This option is made for me,” she says. She adds “It combines new technologies and the world of health. Ultimately, I would like to complete my end-of-study internship in the field of neurology,” which has fascinated her since a very young age.
His goal for the future? To achieve within a profession which allows him to invest in a meaningful project and which would contribute to helping people. Currently in Buenos Aires, she is pursuing a double degree in computer engineering, giving her the opportunity to broaden her personal and professional horizons.
Mélanie SCHMIDT: from medicine to tech, there is only one step
After obtaining a Bac S, Mélanie Schmidt joined the ESEO in 2010, on the Paris campus.
Passionate about scientific subjects and with a proven attraction to medicine, Mélanie is heading towards the Biomedical option in choosing her specialization for her 4th year of study. His teachers encouraged him to complete a master’s degree in Signals and Images of biology and medicine in parallel with his last year of studies, in partnership with the University of Angers. An opportunity to get closer to the fundamentals of techniques relating to medical imaging and the processing of associated signals. His course at ESEO concluded with a research internship at Angers University Hospital.
Why enter engineering school? Mélanie is categorical “Tech, maths, but also the desire to learn a methodology and a working framework recognized for businesses. In my opinion, entering an engineering school is a way of working in the service of tech.” She is currently working at Moët Hennessy and is working as Head of IT Omnichannel CRM, Brand Home and Retail. A profession that combines passion and professionalism.
Maria-Alice Bertolim: what if math made the revolution?
Maria-Alice Bertolim is a teacher-researcher, mathematician and head of the e-health option at ESEO Dijon. A doctoral student in mathematics, graduated from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, Maria-Alice Bertolim worked as a professor at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil), in various German and Austrian universities and in schools of engineers. Today, she works on lung cancer prediction using artificial intelligence and image processing.
A challenge of teaching in an engineering school? For Maria-Alice Bertolim, teaching is above all a passion. After experience as a teacher in 1990 and having obtained a master’s degree in Mathematics, she wishes to continue in the world of teaching. However, this is not always something that helps. She says “Teaching in an engineering school is a challenge for me. My training and research area is more focused on abstract mathematics. “. She adds “Teaching in an engineering school is a way of putting myself to the test and combining theory and applications, providing fertile ground for innovation: one of the essential pillars of an engineer’s work” .
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