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     Date Submitted:19-06-2009
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     Current job:Opto-electrical Engineer
     Employment Term:Permanent
     Job location:Anywhere
     Date available:immediately
     Industry:Civil Agencies/International Organizations, Satellite Manufacturers and Subcontractors, Satellite Operators, , , Launch Systems, Business Services
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    PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

    A position in the development and implementation of optical-electrical technology and components.

     

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

    Remote Imaging System Acquisition (Senior Capstone Project)

    Sponsored by NASA at the Johnson Space Center (August 2008-May2009)

    • Improved NASA’s Remote Imaging System Acquisition project.
      • Project to be used on the Orion space vehicle where the overall goal is to reduce six current imaging systems to one.
      • Accomplished goals set by sponsor.  Resulting technological advancements will be used in the next iteration of the project.

    ·         Analyzed and tested liquid lens aberrations and compared them to traditional lenses.

    o        Performed contrast transfer function (CTF) and distortion testing.

    ·         Created compound lens system including micro-imaging lens and liquid lens.

    o        Proved variable focus capabilities with no moving parts.

    ·         Recommended design ideas for the mechanical housing.

    ·         Held weekly design reviews and red team reviews with NASA sponsor.

    ·         Presented project progress to mentors and fellow students at various intervals during design.

     

    Finisar, Sunnyvale CA

    Test Engineering Intern (June 2008-August2008)

    ·         Tested, programmed, debugged, and repaired laser burn-in current drivers, XAUI MIB boards, SFP+ Bert daughter boards, XFP double Bert daughter boards, Mother boards, Universal MIB boards, 10G optical modules for viability, nonlinearities, and amount of noise jitter.

    ·         Other hardware and software involved in the testing process included: High temperature XFP MIB; XAUI daughter boards; clock synthesizer; 10G Fishbert; Agilent DCA; EXFO test system that included optical switches, variable attenuators, power meters; short and long wave optical fibers.

     

    TECHNICAL SKILLS

    Software:  Matlab, Code V, C (Intro to C)

    Test Tools:  Spectrometer, ABBE Refractometer, Polarimeter, Michelson Interferometer, Shack Cube Interferometer, Shear Plate Interferometer, Mach-Zehnder Interferometer, Sagnac Interferometer, He-Ne laser, Diode laser

     

    EDUCATION

    Bachelor of Science, Optical-Electrical Engineering                        May 2009

    University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ                GPA 3.266

    ·         Dean’s List        2005 – 2006 and Spring 2009

    ·         Self-financed education by attaining and maintaining scholarships for academic achievement all four years.

    ·         Accomplished goal of completing undergraduate degree in four years.

     

    Relevant Coursework

    ·         Geometrical & Instrumental Optics and Lab I & II; Physical Optics I & II; Lasers & Photonics; Lens Design; Optical Design; Electronics for Optical Engineers and Scientists; Radiometry, Sources, & Detectors; Optical Fabrication & Testing; Intro to Opto-Mechanical Engineering, Optical Communication Systems

    ·         Intro to Electricity & Magnetism; Intro to Electromagnetism; Basic Circuits; Circuit Theory, Optoelectronics

    ·         Computer Programming for Engineering Applications (Matlab)

    ·         Intro to Mechanics (Physics); Intro to Relative & Quantum Physics

    ·         Calculus I & II; Vector Calculus; Differential Equations; Mathematical Analysis for Engineers

    ·         Fundamentals of Chemistry and Lab, Solid State Chemistry

     

    PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

    ·         SPIE Member            December 2007 - Present

    ·         Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society         August 2006 - Present

     

    PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

    ·         Remote Imaging System Acquisition (Senior Capstone Project) paper accepted to the International Telemetry Conference 2009.

    o        Primary author of the optics portion of the paper.

     


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