Myles Billard Email & Phone Number

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Provide high-level technical and research support to neuroscientists around the world• Provide written, verbal, and remote computer-aided responses to customer inquiriesregarding the use of TDT hardware and software• Develop, write, and edit technical documents such as user manuals, user guides, and other productrelated technical information. Produce applicable drawings, diagrams and softwareexamples to present material for publication• Assist in new product testing and systematically identifying, tracking andresolving software and hardware issues. Maintain and update records, revisions, testresults, as well as customer feedback• Publish online Matlab and Python workbooks for customers to reference as data analysis examples• Aid customers in the installation of TDT equipment and the design of experiments inTDT software. Travel as needed to provide on-site customer training

University Park, Pa

• Developed a novel multi-region, multi-site microdrive for simultaneous recordings of distributed neural circuits• Designed experiments to relate observed unit activity in sleep-wake cell groups as functions of behavior correlates• Instrumentation design and data analysis expertise using: AutoCAD, MATLAB, and Eagle PCB • Worked in all multi-disciplinary aspects of neuroscience experimental design and analysis, which includes sensor and acquisition design, animal surgery, animal handling, statistical analysis, and biophysics

Department Of Engineering Science And Mechanics

• Graduate Teaching Assistant for Dr. Lucas Passmore in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics• Taught EMCH 211: Engineering Statics• Instructed, unsupervised, four hours of class weekly with additional hours of tutoring, office hours, and material review• Proctored and graded mid-term and final examinations

Penn State Center For Neural Engineering

Penn State Center for Neural Engineering: Dr. Gluckman Seizure Group• Develop and debug EEG and temperature acquisition systems using Eagle PCB, SolidWorks, and circuit design skills• Work with multi-disciplinary engineering teams to converge upon better solutions for recording seizure activity in brain• Analyze EEG data with NI Labview and MATLAB to generate comprehensive seizure statistics and analysis• Co-designed working brain computer interface system in Dr. Gluckman’s brain-computer interface (BCI) graduate course• Critically review recent papers related to Epilepsy and other research studies in neuroscience and neural engineering

Tyler, Texas Area

Trane: Nexia Home Controls Division• Created automated electrical and mechanical test fixtures for intelligent home control systems• Managed field trials of over 15 candidates for new home control system prior to product launch• Worked with international teams from China and India on computation fluid dynamics simulations and firmware development• Reported new product test findings in detailed presentation at internal design review board that included Trane’s chief engineer• Debugged hardware and firmware of Nexia home automation devices

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Engineering Science, 3.72

Education record

Master Of Science (M.S.), Engineering Science And Mechanics, 3.93

Field of study: Neural Engineering Thesis title: Design of a Multi-Site, Multi-Region Microdrive Neural Recording System