Education                                                           

2009-2010           Polytechnic University of Turin, Electronic Engineering, Italy

II level Specializing Master in GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems)

Anticipated graduation date: 2010.9

2005-2008           Beihang University, School of Electronic Engineering, China

M.S. in Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics, January 2008

Top 5%               GPA 3.6/4

2001-2005           Beihang University, School of Electronic Engineering, China

B.S.       in Electronic and Information Engineering, July 2005

Top 10%              GPA 3.2/4

Language                                                             

English                Fluent in both speaking and writing

Chinese               Mother Tongue

Professional Skills                                                    

Skillful at GNSS and related technologies, GPS and Galileo system, time and frequency metrology, timing in navigation system, GIS and Matlab modeling.

Familiar with Electronics, Computer Architecture, VLSI and digital CMOS circuits, Communication System Algorithm and Architecture. Skillful at Verilog HDL, System Verilog, RTL Coding, C/C++ and Perl. Familiar with the ASIC flow such as front-end, back-end, synthesis, STA and verification. Cadence NC-Verilog, Synopsis DC, NOVAS Debussy, Quartus II, Xilinx ISE, Synplify Pro, Modelsim, Matlab, etc.

Very interested in Engineering Management.

Recent Publications                                                   

Ren Tiantong, Qu Xiaosheng, Xia Yuwen. Software Radio System Design based on FPGA, Journal of Electronic Measurement Technology, 2008 31(2)

Awards                                                              

2005                    Fellowship of Microelectronics, Beihang University, China

2009                    Fellowship of Compagni di San Paolo, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy

Research and Work Experience                                         

• 2010.6-2010.10 Thales Alenia Space   Internship     Milan, Italy

Description: Thales Alenia Space is the company born after the Thales Group bought the participation of Alcatel in the two joint-ventures between Alcatel and Finmeccanica, Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio. The company was Europe's largest satellite manufacturer.

Specified job: My job is to implement GPS L2P (Y) processing in FPGA.

• 2008.1-2009.8     VIA Technologies, Inc.           Full time job        Beijing

Project: VIA VX800U Chipset

Description: VIA Technologies, Inc is the foremost fabless supplier of power efficient x86 processor platforms. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, VIA's global network links the high tech centers of the US, Europe and Asia.

Project Description: The VIA VX800U media system processor is an all-in-one digital media IGP chipset in 31mm x 31mm package; when coupled with the VIA C7-M processor, it delivers a total processor platform power draw of as little as 7.5 watts.

Specified job: I optimized the USB2.0 RTL database for VX800U, improved the efficiency of massive packets transfer in Ctrl-Endpoint, and finished the Verilog verification and synthesis infrastructure in an 80nm ASIC process technology. Furthermore, I joined in the senior development team to design and develop the USB3.0 system for the next generation of digital media IGP chipset.

• 2005.9-2007.12 VLSI Center of Beihang University Master’s Research Beijing

Project: SoC based Software Radio System

Specified job: I developed a SoC based Software Radio System in VLSI Center of Beihang University. The purpose of this project is to offer the SoC solution for the fields of Cellular/PCS Base Station, GPS, EMPAR, Spectrum Analyzer and 3G System.

I am the project leader under supervision of Prof. Xia Yuwen. I designed and optimized the whole architecture of this system. I also developed the RISC CPU RTL database, and finished the Verilog verification and synthesis infrastructure on FPGA.

• 2005.10-2006.5        Beijing Hua Li Technologies, Inc.       Internship     Beijing

Project: FPGA based GPS Receiver

Project Description: FPGA based GPS Receiver is the solution for unique requirements such as high-precision positioning, real-time positioning, special terrain positioning, etc.

Specified job: I optimized the acquisition algorithm for this system, and designed and developed the 16K-Points 8-Radix FFT Processor. I finished the Verilog verification and synthesis infrastructure on FPGA.

• 2007.6-2007.8  Hewitt Associates LLC          Internship     Beijing

Description: Hewitt is one of the world's leading HR consulting and outsourcing companies.

Specified job: In Hewitt Beijing office, I assisted a consultant to finish the HR consulting project of Korea Hana Bank.

Activities                                                            

2001.11-2004.11       Report Station of Beihang University          Campus Reporter

2002.9-2003.9         Student Union of Beihang University          Branch Leader

Hobbies                                                             

Basketball       Member of school team

Camping         2006.10             Traveled 200 kilometers by bicycle

Travel             2001-2009           Traveled to half of Chinese cities and district.

                       2009-2010         Traveled to Turin, Milan, Paris, Barcelona, Seville, Lisbon,     Berlin, Brussels, Luxembourg, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, London, Oxford and Cambridge.