Role: Research Intern - Sensor Systems Team

Duration of Employment: November 2021 - May 2022

Type of Employment: Part-Time (6 Hours/Week)

Location: Allmandring 30A, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Reference Name: Dr. Zili Yu (Head of Sensor Systems Department)

Reference Contact: ziliyu@ims-chips.de

Work Summary:

• Employed in the Department of Sensor Systems led by Dr. Zili Yu at one of Germany's most advanced semiconductor design and fabrication laboratories

• Analyzed and assessed signal quality characteristics using MATLAB and C++

• Edited and modified preexisting schematics and layouts in EAGLE

• Tested and debugged circuits using oscilloscopes

Role: Research Intern - Haptic Intelligence Team

Duration of Employment: July 2021 - October 2021

Type of Employment: Part-Time (20 Hours/Week)

Location: Heisenbergstraße 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Reference Name: Rachael Burns (Ph.D. Student)

Reference Contact: rburns@is.mpg.de / +49 711 689-2002

Work Summary:

• Worked in the Haptic Intelligence Group led by Dr. Katherine J. Kuchenbecker at one of Germany's premier research institutions - boasting over 20 Nobel Prize Winners

• Designed and improved soft-touch, piezoresistive fabric sensors for physical Human-Robot Interaction

• Tested material and electrical characteristics of sensors through oscilloscopes and force sensors

• Wrote MATLAB Scripts to analyze data effectively and efficiently

• Reduced sensor prototyping and manufacturing time by 50% through a more streamlined process

Role: Summer Electronics Intern - Electrical and CZT Team

Duration of Employment: May 2019 - August 2019

Type of Employment: Internship (40 Hours/Week)

Location: 812 Avis Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, United States

Reference Name: Dr. Michael Streicher (Research and Development Engineer)

Reference Contact: michael@h3dgamma.com / (734) 661-6416 ext.121

Work Summary:

• Developed circuitry and code for adding a TI MSP microcontroller to an existing CPU board which reduced device firmware syncing time by over 70%

• Implemented C code and Energia scripts to establish UART and I2C communication between boards and various sensors

• Adapted BSL and SBW to access embedded memory and facilitate debugging for microcontrollers

• Authored technical documentation to ensure compliance of electronics manufacturing, research, and testing with ISO standards

• Debugged embedded systems using oscilloscopes, multimeters, and specialized ASIC’s

• Trained technicians, quality management engineers, and production staff on hardware verification and validation