Xiaowei Chen Email & Phone Number

Dayton, Oh, Us

North Dakota State University

NSF Assistantship Intern, Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology, North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo, ND, USA 01/2018-Present• Supported researchers to use high performance computing clusters to accelerate their research. Ability to think strategically and understand user needs.• Contributed to deployment of cyberinfrastructure to meet research needs in ND state. Experience with basic server maintenance.• Built video display systems based on parallel computing.• Installed and maintained Cadence and other large research software on high-performance computing clusters.

• Led three teams to tape out 3 chips and collaborated with two other teams to tape out 2 chips. Excellent skills to design SRAM schematic & layout, run simulation, DRC, LVS, PEX, timing analysis, and post-layout-simulation. Hands-on experience in chip packaging and chip testing. Strong problem solving and debugging ability in circuit design, DRC, LVS, and PEX extraction. Detail-oriented documentation skills and cross-cultural communication skills. Ability to lead a team and be a good team player.• Collaborated with University of Arkansas and Otureo Technologies (Beijing) on design and tapeout of a CPU for machine learning. Thorough knowledge of caches/SRAM schematic and layout custom design at transistor level. VHDL coding and simulation skills. Large hierarchical caches/SRAM timing analysis skills. Skills to manage a project, which includes making design plan, chip floorplan and test plan, overseeing the progress of the project, and keeping documentation of the project. Ability to lead a team to collaborate with a domestic team from academia and an international team from industry.• Taught labs for very large scale integrated circuits, analog integrated circuits, and embedded systems. Good knowledge of integrated circuits & design tools and embedded system hardware & software. Hands-on experience with PIC processor and ARM processor programing. Active listening, active learning, and organization ability. Effective oral and written communication skills.• Performed research on STT-MRAM Good knowledge of STT-MRAM and other emerging memory technologies like memristor.• Designed 3D caches/SRAM and optimized the timing control Skills to design 3D SRAM schematic and run simulations in Hspice. Mathematical modeling of delay cells in SRAM. Excellent technical writing skills to get research results published. Exceptional presentation skills to make presentations understandable for both laymen and experts.

Xinyang, Henan, China

• Mentored students who were financially supported by China Service Ventures.• Trained counselors for summer camps.• Supervised teaching and counseling of all counselors in summer camps.• Trained volunteers to care for less fortunate children in rural area.• Supervised multiple charitable programs. Analytical skills in resource management, preparation and management of budgets. Ability to prioritize tasks while maintaining flexibility. Rich experience in project management in a non-profit organization.• Co-managed 12 summer camps for more than 500 teenagers. Excellent people skills.• Represented CSV to give talks & reports at various organizations.

Fuzhou, Fujian, China

• Taught English as a second language to primary school and middle school students.• Created teaching methods that helped to motivate students to learn English in a fun and easy way.• Helped most students to become interested in English and make big improvements in their test scores.