Trevor Burton Email & Phone Number

Kanata, Ontario, Canada

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

• Developed embedded software in C for SMSC's wireless audio products based on Kleer wireless audio technology (KLR3012). This included designing and implementing new features such as an I2C slave driver, and optimizing the firmware to reduce interrupt service routine execution times and memory resource usage.• Provided software support for customer field testing issues with the KLR3012. This required identifying the source of the issue in the firmware and implementing a solution in a timely manner.• Participated in the verification of the KLR3012 firmware by developing and enhancing testcases, improving the software validation model of the KLR3012 and debugging issues with it, along with assisting other team members with their verification activities when possible. C++ was used for these activities.• Provided on-site customer support for a SMSC home theater project with wireless battery operated speakers. This involved direct interaction with the customer's hardware development group to determine the new firmware requirements for the KLR3012 based on the operating characteristics of a prototype system. Also, firmware development and testing was performed by interfacing a KLR3012 hardware module to the customer's prototype system to verify functionality.

Research for Ph.D. to improve hands-free communication through the design and implementation of efficient DSP algorithms for acoustic echo cancellation in nonstationary and nonlinear acoustic environments.

I was a teaching assistant for the following courses in the department. Also, I was the fortunate recipient of a Carleton University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in 2008.ECOR 2606 – Numerical Methods (Fall 2005, Fall 2006) • Lab instructor • Assignment, final exam, and midterm exam marker SYSC 3006 – Computer Organization (Fall 2003, Summer 2005, Fall 2007) • Lab instructor • Assignment and midterm exam marker SYSC 4507 – Computer Systems Architecture (Winter 2004–2008) • Prepared and delivered tutorial lectures • Assignment and midterm exam marker Teaching Assistant Mentor (Fall 2008, Winter 2009, Fall 2009) • Responsible for providing the department teaching assistants (TAs) with support in all aspects of their teaching duties • Developed and delivered workshops for TA training purposes • Conducted TA observation sessions to help TAs improve their teaching styles • Developed and delivered the department TA orientation meetings and other informal events

Research for M.A.Sc. to improve hands-free communication for multi-microphone systems through the design and implementation of a robust DSP algorithm for combined acoustic echo cancellation and microphone array beamforming.

Responsible for programming a multiple harmonic noise cancellation algorithm in C++ and interfacing it into a geophysics data analysis software package. Performed testing and troubleshooting on geophysical measuring equipment and assisted with geophysical field experiments.

Participated in the design and testing of system level reconfiguration projects for Nortel's OC-192 equipment.Assisted in the training of Nortel's product support groups for several reconfiguration procedures.Assisted team members with the testing of customer specific reconfiguration procedures.

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering

Dissertation Topic: “Efficient Subband Structures for Acoustic Echo Cancellation in Nonstationary and Nonlinear Environments” Degree.

M.A.Sc, Electrical Engineering

Thesis Topic: “Acoustic Echo Cancellation in the Presence of Microphone Arrays”

Bsce, Electrical Engineering

Thesis: Enhanced the department’s FPGA based RISC by developing and integrating new functionality Degree honours: First Class Honours

Electronics Engineering Technology Diploma, Electronics Engineering