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Madison, Wi, Us

Ada, Ohio, United States

• Performing research for ONU's Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department.• First author of "Leveraging a Novel Two-Level Priority Encoder for High-Precision Integer Multiplication," presented at IEEE MWSCAS 2023.• Second author of "High Precision Carry Look-Ahead Logic for Negation, Absolute Value and Two’s Complement," in the proceedings of IEEE ICECS 2023.• First author of "A Generalized Multi-Level Structure for High-Precision Binary Decoders,"… Show more • Performing research for ONU's Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department.• First author of "Leveraging a Novel Two-Level Priority Encoder for High-Precision Integer Multiplication," presented at IEEE MWSCAS 2023.• Second author of "High Precision Carry Look-Ahead Logic for Negation, Absolute Value and Two’s Complement," in the proceedings of IEEE ICECS 2023.• First author of "A Generalized Multi-Level Structure for High-Precision Binary Decoders," presented at IEEE MWSCAS 2024.• Research and develop hardware for high-precision integer arithmetic and encryption.• Simulate, synthesize, implement, and test hardware descriptions on AMD/Xilinx Artix-7 FPGAs using VHDL and AMD/Xilinx Vivado.• Developed modular UART/RS-232 serial transceiver to allow testing of arbitrary hardware components on FPGA development board, and used phase-locked loops (PLLs) to generate multiple clocks to maximize hardware speed.• Created GitHub organization to house and promote student research at github.com/ALUminaries. Show less

Ada, Ohio, United States

• Lead, manage, and play on Halo Infinite team – enhancing teamwork, communication, and decision skills in fast-paced environment.• Handle scheduling, communication, and practices for ONU’s Halo Infinite team.• Act as liaison between esports and gaming club: organize & schedule events, matches, and practices for 6 competitive club teams.• Led student initiative advocating for awareness and additional funding of esports program (2023).• Former esports assistant - supervised… Show more • Lead, manage, and play on Halo Infinite team – enhancing teamwork, communication, and decision skills in fast-paced environment.• Handle scheduling, communication, and practices for ONU’s Halo Infinite team.• Act as liaison between esports and gaming club: organize & schedule events, matches, and practices for 6 competitive club teams.• Led student initiative advocating for awareness and additional funding of esports program (2023).• Former esports assistant - supervised esports facilities and assisted with miscellaneous tasks (2022-2023). Show less

Ada, Ohio, United States

• Redesigned laboratory component of introductory digital logic and systems design course to include project-based experiences.• Developed new laboratory module for students based on carry-look-ahead adder.• Designed new capstone project for laboratory consisting of a miniature version of the multiplication hardware proposed in the paper ”Leveraging a Novel Two-Level Priority Encoder for High-Precision Integer Multiplication.”• Instructed, monitored, and assisted students in… Show more • Redesigned laboratory component of introductory digital logic and systems design course to include project-based experiences.• Developed new laboratory module for students based on carry-look-ahead adder.• Designed new capstone project for laboratory consisting of a miniature version of the multiplication hardware proposed in the paper ”Leveraging a Novel Two-Level Priority Encoder for High-Precision Integer Multiplication.”• Instructed, monitored, and assisted students in developing skills via hands-on experience with FPGA development boards. Show less

Ada, Ohio, United States

• Spearheading initiative to promote usage of GitHub in ONU curriculum.• Create and manage GitHub Organization and Classroom for ECCS 2671 Data Structures and Algorithms I.• Wrote detailed instructor-focused guide for using GitHub Classroom, and student-focused introduction to Git, GitHub, and GitHub Classroom.• Tutoring electrical and computer engineering and computer science students in ECCS 2671 Data Structures and Algorithms I.

Ada, Ohio, United States

• Communicated and taught scientific concepts to students in various physics and astronomy courses in a professional manner.

Ada, Ohio

• Created and curated astronomical image web galleries at jpastro.net/astro/astrogallery.html.• Collected, processed, and reduced astronomical image data into viable display images.• Organized a large database of astronomical images spanning over 10 years of imagery from the ONU Observatory.• Worked with professional and amateur astronomy software: PIPP, AutoStakkert, RegiStax, IRAF, and SAOImage DS9.

San Mateo, California, United States

• Contributed to SkyDRM enterprise rights management software and Data Access Enforcer (DAE) database access control software.• Expanded functionality of SkyDRM OS Rights Management Extension (OSRMX).• Worked with C, C++, Visual Studio, VSCode, Git, Bitbucket, Windows API, Ubuntu, and RHEL.• Created comprehensive technical documentation of contributions, procedures, and changes.