Professional

Almost all of my professional work can be found in my publications and conference abstracts. However, I also have internship experience and coursework from ASU to share for those interested

Education - Arizona State University

PhD: (3.95) Summa Cum Laude in Electrical (RF) Engineering conducting research in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 

circuits, RF coils (antennas), and systems in a new electronics lab as the founding PhD student – 2023


MSE: (3.95) Summa Cum Laude in Electrical (RF) Engineering - 2018


BSE: (3.80) Summa Cum Laude in Electrical Engineering - 2017

            



Non-Academic Experience

Engineering Intern                   Cirtec Medical — Chandler, AZ       July - December 2023

Helping hand for various projects with a primary focus on implementing lab automation using LabVIEW, Python, and microcontrollers for rapidly testing in-house developed ASICs and test PCBs


Tutor       Private & Arizona State University Tempe, AZ  August 2013 - January 2019

Tutored multivariable calculus, linear algebra, assembly (MIPS), MatLab, digital logic, circuits and systems, applied electromagnetics, physics, and chemistry


RF Engineering Intern              Microsoft — Redmond, WA                  May – August 2017

Extension of previous year’s project: further developed, verified, and documented testing procedures for an RF test 

system’s antenna array as well as benchmarked data from these testing procedures for future RF test chamber 

development


RF Engineering Intern              Microsoft — Redmond, WA                  May – August 2016

Performed extensive RF testing on all-purpose device test chambers used on manufacturing lines in China to concisely 

characterize the chambers’ RF testing limitations. Extensively documented the procedures used, benchmarks generated, and data measured for the future use of Microsoft manufacturing and testing engineers




Coursework

EEE524: Communication Transceiver Circuit Design 

RF circuits and systems course at the IC level using Cadence Virtuoso to design low noise amplifiers, voltage controlled oscillators, and mixers.


EEE540: Fast Computational Electromagnetics

Computational electromagnetics using Matlab to define and solve complex computation problems using MoM, FEM, and FDTD.


EEE541: Electromagnetic Fields and Guided Waves

Pure electromagnetics study revolving around developing an intuition of Maxwell's equations, the Helmholtz wave equation, boundary conditions,    and applications to understanding waveguide operation, wave propogation, etc.


EEE543: Antenna Anaylsis and Design

Design, analysis, and synthesis of various antennas and antenna arrays with assistance from Matlab and Python.

EEE545: Microwave Circuit Design

Passive microwave circuit design using ADS with emphasis on Wilkinson power dividers, couplers, filters, and ferrites.


EEE547: Microwave Solid State Circuit Design

Solid state microwave circuit design at the PCB level using ADS to design low noise amplifiers, voltage controlled oscillators, and mixers.


EEE598: Mobile Systems Architecture

Analysis of the hardware and software design philosophies for mobile system development with Java and C++ projects in Android Studio.


EEE598: RF Transmitters and Amplifiers

Introduction to power amplifier fundamental design principles with projects spanning class A, B, C, D, E, F, and Doherty amplifiers using ADS and Matlab.


EEE598: Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Measurements

Study of the challenges found when developing systems for high frequency microwave systems using ADS, Matlab, and Python.


EEE598: Wireless and RF Transceiver System Design

Entire RF system with an emphasis on system-level receiver design in ADS and Matlab.


EEE598: Manuscript Writing for Engineers

Technical writing, publishing, project planning, and practices of effective technical communication.


EEE598: Principles of Signal and Power Integrity

Comparison and analysis of RF systems vs fast digital systems with projects analyzing and mitigating the complex problems faced with modern high speed digital PCB design.


EEE598: Intro to Quantum Information and Quantum Computing

Fundamental mathematics and physics of quantum information, circuit theory, algorithms, and physical system design.