Christopher Bird Email & Phone Number

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Summer Internship. Power and Energy Generation Systems

-Winter Quarter Class. Basis industry knowledge for working in utilities, ISO/RTO, or power generation.-Grid Structure and hierarchy. Analyzing generation, transmission, and distribution for three phase power.-Using power world software tool to run power system generation. -Utilizing point unit scale and Y bus matricies.

Santa Clara, California, United States

• Weekly projects. Designing step up/step down Converters, LPF/HPF filters, DC Power supplies, regulators, rectifiers etc. to meet desired specifications. Simulations in LT spice.
• Utilizing diodes, BJT, MOSFETS, RLC, op amps, and RLC basic components.
• Constructing circuits. Hands on Lab work. Taking measurements with Oscilloscope & Multimeter. Using Signal generator and DC power supplies.
• Organized charting of results (spreadsheet and waveform capture) and analysis. Commonly analyzed figures include power factor, harmonic distortion, apparent/reactive power, and parasitic loss.

Bend, Oregon, United States

• Converting non motorized bikes to electric with Bafang parts. Handled all Electrical and Mechanical engineering aspects.
• Business planning, marketing, customer safety compliance, and other logistics of operating a profitable business.

Santa Clara, California, United States

• Managing team (3 persons) to an organized, finite timeline for deliverables.
• Designing/constructing animatronic robot. Coordinated light, sound, motion detection & mechanical movement features.
• Wiring schematic design, breadboard circuitry, and Arduino code tested with TinkerCad simulation.
• Presenting to school of engineering faculty. Submitting formal report with materials list and implementation cost.

Bend, Oregon, United States

-2nd place for concept design to capture/reduce vehicle CO2 emmisions.