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Muscatine, Ia

• Created and promoted CRs (Change Requests) in Enovia/Matrix system for design changes to improve productivity and product quality • Investigated problem of quartz oscillator crystals about to become obsolete, found substitutes in ongoing production requiring updated PCB footprints, recommended updating PCB design • Discovered cause of motor contactor contacts being welded shut due to condensation, recommended use of solid-state contactors • Frequent error-messages, truck shutdowns caused by transient voltage dropouts getting to power steering unit, implemented using soft-start solid-state lift motor controller • Developed buck-boost DC-DC converter that can accept a wide range of DC input voltages and produce a rock-steady 24 volts DC output, so as to prevent nuisance error shutdowns

Westminster, Ca

Reno, Nv

Working various temp assignments in warehouse, general labor and test and repair electrical equipment.

Reno, Nv

Working various warehouse temp assignments doing warehouse and general labor.

Reno, Nv

Designed and built computer automated multi-conductor wire harness scanner. Designed servo controlled wire spooling machine. Composed BOMs. Designed test fixture adapters for wire harness assembly automated scanning.

2815 Junipero Ave Ste 110 Signal Hill California

I designed printed inductors using Auto-CAD. the inductors are printed onto PCB material using two layers and vias interconnecting them to form the turns. I then model the inductors using HFSS and obtain their S-parameter characteristics. After that I develop an equivalent circuit using lumped elements in GENESYS Eagleware so I can tune on the values until the S-parameter curie I get in Eagleware matches that of HFSS. The resulting element values are the equivalent values of the designed inductor. This project is pursuant to the design of an RF power amplifier

1070 Ortega Way, Placentia California 92870

At Microplex I did the following• I designed microwave dielectric test coupons. This was similar in scope to the project I did for my Masters Degree thesis. I wanted to find the dlectric constant and loss tangent at microwave frequencies. With ring resonators, there occurs a series of peaks or dips in the frequency response by looking at either the S11 parameter (return loss) or the S21 parameter (insertion loss) as a function of frequency. the positions of these peaks in the frequency spectrum is determined by the speed of propagation which is inversly proportional to the square root of the dielectric constant. Thbis enables one to measure the dielectric constant with high precision. The circumference of the ring is related to the wavelength of the fundamental frequency, and the harmonics are integer multiples of the fundamental. The ring resonator design means that only the dielectric constant affects the frequency, so that removes extraneous factors from the analysis. The reason it was necessary to measure the dielectric constant in this fashion is because the data given in the data sheet is applicable to one megahertz. Since the dielectric constant can vary as a function of frequency, and since the dielectric constant can affect the characteristic impedance of the transmission line, there is a concern for knowing what it is at all frequencies of interest.• I assisted in researching and developing new via fill technology. At one time Microplex had on their staff an R&D scientist by the name of Wayne Bosze, Ph.D. He is an expert in materials science and chemistry. I assisted him by measuring the viscosity of thinned copper pastes using the Brookfield Viscometer. I assisted by taking polished cross-sections of experimental test specimens which were substrates with filled holes and subsequently fired in a furnace. The polished cross sections revealed the quality and consistency of the fill. .• I modified belt furnace for improved belt speed control.

Brea, California

• Took factory-training course in Microwave Office (for modeling and simulation of wireless communication electronics)• Designed, modeled and simulated step-recovery diode pulse generator circuit• Modeled and simulated frequency doubler circuit• Initially in apprenticeship for design, modeling, simulation, layout and testing of RF/Microwave oscillator, amplifier, filter, mixer and multiplier circuits used for wireless communication electronics technology

2815 Junipero Ave Ste 110 Signal Hill California

• Assisting in design of voltage-controlled filters• Designed AFRL Picosatellite using AutoCAD 2000• Simulated filters and antenna tuners using EagleWare Genesys RF modeling and simulation software (similar to P-Spice/OrCAD)• Performed power-handling analysis of VHF filter samples• Designed test methodology for high-power RF testing of RF-MEMS switches• Documented results of high-power RF testing in report form• Carried out temperature extremes studies of RF product both in storage and in operation• Devised low-cost (capital) for cold-switching reliability testing, using AM detection for real-time insertion loss measurements

Long Beach California

• Enabled corroboration of IST test data with corresponding Thermal cycle test data, resulting in obsolescence of slow and costly thermal cycle test method.• Prepared and delivered PowerPoint presentation on Microwave Measurement using S-Parameters• Operated Hewlett-Packard 8510C Network Analyzer, testing microwave systems to 50GHz.

Costa Mesa California

• Troubleshooting and development of test methods for electromechanical equipment• Performed numerous and diverse troubleshooting assignments, under emergency conditions, restoring full production. $10,000.00 per day saved• Troubleshooting and repair of high electrical-power handling equipment• Carried out power usage analysis for manufacturing facility• Designed and proposed a servo-control system for electro-mechanical positioning systems• Designed and built various machine modifications and upgrades• Wrote numerous reports to management explaining the cause of various problems, and suggesting ways to solve them• Assisted Engineering in the research and development of new product• Second-sourced numerous expensive OEM parts to less expensive after-market sources. (Average savings: 60%)• Trained personnel on various troubleshooting, repair, and preventative maintenance methods.