Doctoral Student at The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio Area
Doctoral Student at The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio Area
Security Clearance: DOD Top Secret SCI with polygraph (expired: 2002)
Mathematical Expertise: linear and nonlinear systems theory, stochastic processes, static and dynamic optimization, game theory
Technical Skills: LaTeX, TeX, MATLAB, Simulink, dSPACE, LabVIEW, C, C++, Perl, PHP, UNIX, Linux, OS X, Windows
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)
July 2004 — Present (4 years 4 months)
Doctoral graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, specializing in Control Engineering.
Most work involves the control of autonomous agents, with emphasis on biologically-inspired algorithm development.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NATI; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
June 2003 — September 2003 (4 months)
Designed final verification testing (FVT) fixture for use with STC2 MIO products.
Designed and executed study of the effect of varying burn-in time on long-term drift of common industry voltage references.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NATI; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
June 2002 — September 2002 (4 months)
Designed and performed validation tests on new 16-bit 800 kHz NI-6120 SMIO DAQ board.
Designed high quality filter/amplifier source for use with NI-5411 arbitrary function generator.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Networking industry)
June 2001 — September 2001 (4 months)
Designed and implemented high-availability, redundant internode communications subsystem.
Participated in software development of various vital box services.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1997 — May 2001 (4 years)
Responsible for the acquisition, setup, maintenance, and administration of all Internet hardware and software supporting NetWalk Internet service and web presence provider.
Designed and implemented state of the art open source high-availability load balancing system supporting thousands of virtual servers.
Developed software call center support software for clients such as CompuServe, AOL, and Priceline.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
June 1995 — May 1997 (2 years)
Produced web content for commercial clients.
Assisted in administration of UltraSPARC, x86, 68020, 68030, and PowerPC systems running Sun Solaris, Linux, Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows NT, and Apple Macintosh operating systems.
Developed multi-platform open source file sharing solution.
Provided technical support for Internet and web presence customers.
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007 — 2009 (expected)
Dean's Distinguished University Fellow
MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004 — 2007
Dean's Distinguished University Fellow
National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellow
BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1999 — 2004
IEEE
Graduate Honors and Awards:
* National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellowship (2006)
* National Science Foundation GRF Honorable Mention (2006)
* The Ohio State University Dean Distinguished University Fellowship (2004)
Undergraduate Honors and Awards:
* Electrical and Computer Engineering Bradshaw Scholarship (2002-2004)
* Electrical and Computer Engineering Shafstall Scholarship (2001-2003)
* University Scholarship (1999-2003)