Alex Hirzel Email & Phone Number

Hancock, Michigan, Us

Calumet, Michigan, Us

Bay City, Michigan, Us

Many responsibilities including customer requirement entry and decomposition, dynamic system modeling (MATLAB/Simulink, Modelica), stability analysis, customer interface, and vehicle tuning for a steering application. Supporting various product development and test efforts at all levels of the V. Authored and maintain custom tools in MATLAB, Perl, Python, Julia, Vector CANape/CASL to support the embedded software build process, binary file generation, packaging for release, file conversion and testing. I am jointly responsible for mentoring entry-level system technicians, and I have made strides toward documention and process improvement in a very dynamic work environment.Support research projects including a novel actuator being developed as an undergraduate senior design project at Michigan Tech.

Saginaw, Mi, Us

I teach engineering classes in the evenings at SVSU.Taught ECE 355 and lab which focuses on the architecture of the Intel 8086/88 and developing programs for the same in assembly language. This is a required course in the ECE curriculum at SVSU. 23 students were enrolled.Taught ECE 255, which provides a wonderful opportunity to uncover the MATLAB ecosystem and algorithmic thinking in general. I incorporated Arduinos into the curriculum, including rudimentary C programming and targeting the AVR with Simulink for final projects involving real-time signal processing.

Houghton, Mi, Us

Microgrid modeling and forecasting of renewable resources. Several instructional roles including controls lab lead TA, development of advanced controls curriculum, and guest lecturer in special topics course (fractional calculus and its application to system modeling and control).

Part-time technology support role including regular PC maintenance, software troubleshooting and file server management.

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Develop AVR-based control hardware and software for a GPS-tracked sounding rocket payload. The science mission was upper atmospheric physics in the 80-110km range.

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

During high school, worked during the summer and school year to maintain my school's computer network. Involved in supporting 250 PCs, hundreds of students and dozens of teachers and support staff. Responsibilities included PC maintenance, training, complex software configuration. Wrote and maintained printer assignment system.Temporary summer role installing cable at another large educational client. I was involved in the cable run and termination of 120k feet of Cat5e over several weeks.During undergrad, I was a technician in the repair shop supporting numerous local clients (individual and business) including phone support, sales, and repairs such as hardware replacement, operating system rebuilds, virus removal and complex software configuration.

My second high school job was the stereotypical dishwasher job. Trained new employees, did lots of cleaning and washing. I was regarded as very reliable and efficient.

Professional Certificate, Systems Engineering

Master Of Science (Ms), Mechanical Engineering

Bs Electrical Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

High School Diploma