Work

US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Bronze Medal Award recipient

Detailee at Technical Center 2600 Quality Assurance Specialist (QAS) Shop 

Primary Examiner (Art Unit 2655: Speech/Linguistic Processing)

Master-Level Examiner (passed the Master-Level Audit)

Graduate Research Assistant (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA)

• Advisor: Dr. Mark A. Clements

• Main topic: Audio/Speech Signal Processing, Machine Learning

Developed novel algorithms to extract formant-based features and spectral features that significantly improve emotion classification accuracy.

Analyzed acoustic and visual features using a novel multimodal-multitemporal classifier fusion scheme.

Head Teaching Assistant (Outstanding Graduate TA Award)

• Professor: Dr. James McClellan

• Course: Intro to Digital Signal Processing

Taught and assisted students in the laboratory, and designed projects.

Ran help sessions and managed other teaching assistants

Personics Labs, Boca Raton, FL

Consultant

• Developed a sonic signature and threat detection system using Gaussian mixture models and Hidden Markov Models in MATLAB and C++.

• Designed a Maximum A Posterior (MAP) Adaptation algorithm that re-estimates existing models by adapting a new dataset.

LG Chem. Georgia P1 Project Team, Calhoun, GA

Assistant Project Manager

• Designed Electrical Power Line Systems using AutoCAD

• Maintained the network systems for the project team