Nicholas Denardo Email & Phone Number

Carlsbad, California, United States

Viasat-3 Terminal Software DevOps Team Co-leader April 2021 to Present• Lead and planned development for new terminal software features for Viasat-3• Prioritized development tasks for new features• Mentored software developers• Evaluated and provided feedback for design and architecture proposals• Co-lead integration of terminals with other subsystemsViasat-3 Terminal Software Developer November 2018 to Present • Designed, implemented, tested, and integrated new terminal software features for Viasat-3o Channel estimator, coherent combiner, and normalizer for forward link receivero Transmission of phase-aligned multicarrier signalso Return link power controlo Time and frequency error compensation for the Doppler effect• Provided field support as a member of the development and operations (DevOps) team• Prototyped enhancements to legacy terminal to enable use on Viasat-3 satelliteMaritime Terminal Software Developer June 2017 to November 2018• Integrated modem and antenna control unit (ACU) with ACU vendor in Copenhagen• Designed messaging sequence to report signal strength, point antenna, and track satellite at sea• Implemented backwards compatibility with the DVB-S2 satellite communications standard

Carlsbad, California

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Integrating a high resolution time-to-digital converter with photonic devices to develop an ultra-accurate time-of-flight sensor system for use in autonomous vehicles and facial recognition systems

Lehi, Ut

• Designed and implemented particle monitoring procedure for photolithography process• Automated area-wide particle count evaluation process

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Characterized increased modulation bandwidth for innovative photonic crystal patterns in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)• Elucidated increasing optical losses with decreasing output mirror reflectivity in VCSELs• Merited $2,200 of research funding via the Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research Program

Bolingbrook, Il

• Automated temperature de-rating process for SF6 gas and solid dielectric electrical switchgear• Developed foundational features of and corporate relationships for recloser configurator• Designed exemplary transmission and distribution system for G&W product placement• Contributed to evaluation of current magnetic actuator design

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Senior

Activities and Societies: • Makers UIUC • Engineers Without Borders • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Robotics Team • Illini.

Bachelor'S Degree, Engineering, Gpa: 4.0

Activities and Societies: • Honduras Project • Engineering Club

Education record

Activities and Societies: • World Youth in Science and Engineering Team • Scholastic Bowl Team • Student Government • Varsity Football.