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Engineering Projects • Wireless Data Transmitter- Part of a team designing a device that will interface wirelessly to transmit logged vehicle data to a central computer for analysis.- The device will take advantage of a ColdFire microcontroller to process data.• Mobile Patrol Bot- Part of a team designing a robot that uses wireless technology to communicate with the internet, and therefore, allows the user to control the robot from anywhere in the world.- This will be accomplished using a Beagleboard with an ARM processor. • Engine Sensors- Part of a team designing an engine sensor board for a military vehicle utilizing the MSP430 microcontroller.Specialties: Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Computer Languages: C, C#, VHDL, and Visual Basic, Software: Xilinx, ModelSim, ICC12, PSpice, Matlab, Microsoft Visual Studio, Adobe Dreamweaver, Operating Systems: Windows 98/XP/Vista/7, Linux, Microcontrollers: MSP430, ColdFire, 68HC12, ARM, Hardware: Logic Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Function Generator, Spectrum Analyzer

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  Western Michigan University

  Computer Engineering