Amanda West Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, GA, US

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Advised by Dr. Santiago Grijalva in the Advanced Computational Electricity Systems (ACES) Laboratory. Developing a framework to design stable clustered community microgrids (CCM) to increase energy equity, economic development, and resilience within under-resourced communities. Funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Graduate Research Assistant in the Plasma Dielectrics Laboratory researching super-critical mixture viscosity for more efficient and ecological high voltage dielectrics.

Austin, Texas Area

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Enhancing satellite communications model for radar propagation software including radio reception
• Developed Excel macro using VBA to automate training scenario process increasing efficiency by 50%
• Enhanced antenna pattern configuration code to model antenna pattern format for new customer
• Independently authored and implemented Live Virtual Constructive team training and test plans
• Coordinated 453 Electronic Warfare Squadron participation in Blue Flag 2019 training exercise
• Facilitated $30,000 Integrated Air Defense Systems course to train 25 multi-service personnel

Atlanta Georgia

• Fabricated, tested, and characterized 60 organic solar cells, achieving efficiencies between 4.8-5.7%.
• Utilized spin-coating, oxygen plasma treatment, UV treatment, and UV-O2 plasma treatment to develop organic solar cell devices
• Fabricated two functional active area solutions and work function reduction solutions for the solar cells affirming laboratory process
• Presented experiment results and conclusions to lab director and six doctoral candidates verifying of the lab processes
• Aided in fabrication and characterization 60 of organic field-effect transistors

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Developed compilation of radar propagation results from radar propagation analysis software.
• Presented results of compilation to the entire unit
• Edited images using GIMP software
• Created a database for storing customer receipts using Visual Basic

Atlanta, Georgia

• Analyzed and tested 40 Xilinx Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) for the CMWS simulation and testing unit verify senior engineer's clocking and layout design
• Created a testing guide for integrated circuits used to control simulation of a Common Missile Warning System (CMWS)
• Implemented automated tests for CMWS Operation Flight Programs using Linux environment and Python scripts

Atlanta, Georgia

• Assembled test racks for CMWS testing unit and maintained work clean, safe, and organized work area
• Gained a greater understanding of wiring diagrams and wire routing.
• Gained exposure to chassis construction and wiring hardware through making connectors and cables.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Edited and created scripts in Bash and Python.
• Tested software for the operational flight program of the common missile warning system (CMWS).
• Gained a greater knowledge of Configuration Management Tools, Software Development Build Tools, andAda-Understand.
• Gained exposure to CMWS system documentation.