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co-op or other experience and responsibilities
- RF/Analog Engineering Group, Northrop-Grumman/Xetron Corp (6 quarters):
- Designed RF manifold/feed structure for an X-band (~5-10 GHz) communications device.
- Chose a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate material and stack-up for X-band device that both minimized EMI issues and manufacturing costs.
- Researched and selected highly specialized attenuators, test cables, connectors and frequency dividers for X-band test purposes.
- Researched radio wave propagation in forested environments and co-authored an internal technical study on that topic.
- Assisted in the design of a multi-band, single aperture antenna.
- Designed and implemented tests for various antenna types, including multi-band, wide -band active, and narrow-band reflector-type dipoles. Tests included s-parameters, antenna pattern and noise analysis as well as matching network design and tuning.
- Wrote MATLAB software script for automated data post-processing.
- Tested and tuned high-power (>200W) VHF resonator filters.
- Implemented military-specification environmental tests, troubleshot and tuned VHF radio transceivers.
- Assisted in field-testing a long-range electro-optical system.
skills/expertise areas
- RF communication systems, especially antennas, passive components and EMI issues.
- MATLAB and image processing utilities.
- Electromagnetic structure modeling using various software packages, including High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS), IE3D, Advanced Design System (ADS) with Momentum.
- Optoelectronic systems and sensors.
areas of interest
- Photonic devices with integrated biochemical and medical sensing applications
- Silicon photonics and integrating photonics into microprocessors and computer architectures
- Semiconductor fabrication
- Electromagnetic modeling
type of project sought
- Hardware research project oriented: goal is to have a project worthy of graduate school work or professional journal publication.
- Working with Dr. Ahn and Mike Rust on Nano-bio-sensor project.
- Some element of fabrication and laboratory testing.
- Multidisciplinary
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