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Mission Viejo, CA, US

Irvine, CA, US

Irvine, CA, US

• Assisting system manager in defining requirements and designing the system from control perspective
• Identifying and leading multi-disciplinary coordination between mechanical, electrical, control, and physics team to create a unified development approach (safety, documentation, development strategies) to minimize.
• Leading redesign of cabinets to reduce control hardware cost by about 2/3 while improving machine and personnel safety, reducing false positives on interlocks, and decreasing overall cabinet costs including labor by at.
• Mentoring control engineers on best software, real-time, and FPGA development practices
• Leading control team in scoping, scheduling, prioritizing tasks
• Lead redesign of cabinet placements to decrease facility footprint of the system

• Developing OOP-based control system architecture for distributed or centralized control system with reusable and modular UIs.
• Designing control and machine safety systems for lasers and accelerator
• Mentored two interns on OOP-based software development, writing software drivers, requirement documentation, and data acquisition
• Developing LabVIEW-based drivers for third-party hardware
• Developing and maintaining requirement, software design, and control system documentation
• Setup and maintaining Confluence for information sharing, GIT for source code repository, and JIRA for issue tracking. All three are integrated for requirement tracking and project management.

Camarillo, California, US

Haven't had to fix anything with the software I developed

Camarillo, California, US

• Completed three full life-cycle development projects on schedule
• Completed specification and software development for current project on schedule
• Developed LabVIEW code for Windows, RTOS, and FPGA
• Developed new FPGA design in LabVIEW to save the company about $30,000
• Developed hardware simulation software for validation
• Integrated third-party devices using OPC DA and Modbus

Livermore, CA, US

• Co-developed a SCADA control system framework for laser control
• Managed software development for two projects
• Provided system and project engineering support for several projects
• Submitted research proposal for inline damage inspection algorithm

• Completed a full life-cycle development project
• Developed a measurement and analysis software application for Windows in LabVIEW - Able to acquire, analyze, and display data, communicate with third party tools, handle asynchronous user inputs, and play sound through.
• Enabled colleagues to verify data integrity and quality in the field
• Developed an acoustical analysis program in LabVIEW that is 38.2 times faster than MATLAB version, reducing processing time from 3.5 hours to 5.5 minutes
• Developed a wavelet-based image analysis algorithm to automate analysis
• Helped a colleague produce a grinding priority list and secure a subsequent contract from BART

Boca Raton, Florida, US

• Wrote reports for testing of fire alarm system in residential and commercial buildings
• Helped to clear all backlog on reporting to the Los Angeles Fire Department
• Provided office support as necessary

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Taught math and computer lessons in secondary schools
• Mentored students in setting career goals and a plan to achieve their goals
• Performed root cause analysis for challenges in small-scale poultry and egg production
• Improved egg prices by about 6% and met local demands in yolk color for farmers who adopted the solutions
• Allocated volunteer stipends for projects and living expenses to ensure that projects are on schedule
• Managed skilled laborers and negotiated compensation for their work

Claremont, CA, US

• Started and conducted research with Professor Anna Ahn as faculty advisor
• Recruited bioengineer for frog dissection
• Quantified the effect of passive elastic structure on motion
• Quantified the translation of neural signals to kinematic output
• Developed a data acquisition system to sync stimulation pulses and video recording of the kinematic output using NI hardware, MATLAB, and FPGA
• Designed an apparatus in SolidWorks to hold frog legs and allow free planar movement of the joint

Livermore, CA, US

• Developed neutron-gamma differentiation algorithm for remote monitoring of plutonium production in a nuclear facility using Haar transform
• Achieved discrimination exceeding the client’s expectations by 13-110% for all test cases
• Developed listening skills and built rapport among team members

San Antonio, TX, US

• Developed a total of two time-of-flight measurement designs for radiation-tolerant FPGA
• Helped to develop a FPGA-based design in Actel Libero that achieved 130 ps resolution for 10-240 ns range, exceeding client’s goal of 10 ns
• Co-authored paper published at the IEEE International Conference on Electronic Measurement & Instruments: Performance and Area Tradeoffs in Space-Qualified FPGA-Based Time-of-Flight System, 2009
• Developed decision making and assertiveness skills