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| Nathan Brown |
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| 6813 Country Hill Rd NE · Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 |
(319) 573-5548 |
| OBJECTIVE |
Seeking a career in the field of digital electronics
and ASIC/FPGA design.
Have interest in real-time embedded hardware and chip design. Have experience
with analog/digital circuit board design, programming, and systems
integration. |
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EDUCATION
degree |
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (www.uiowa.edu)
MBA for Professionals and Managers, 2007 through Present
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| goals of degree |
My goal through this continued education is to become more proficent
as a contributing team member and as a leader. The MBA classes I have taken
so far have helped me do exactly that and I look forward to expanding my
understanding of project, resource, and people manegment, being
an effective team player, and getting resources for others.
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degree |
LeTourneau University, Longview, TX (www.letu.edu)
B.S. in Engineering (Electrical), ABET Accredited, May 2004
Minors in Computer Science and Mathematics
3.59 GPA , with Honors
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| key courses |
Microcontrollers, optics, electromagnetic fields, communications
engineering, mechatronics, computer networks, computer graphics,
software systems, manufacturing processes lab (machine shop/welding),
and statistical quality control.
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| senior project
| SAE Formula Race Car Design Project
Member of 35-person team that designed Formula One style race car for international
competition sponsored by SAE. Leader of 5-person sub-group that designed and
fabricated the electronics. Designed a real-time data acquisition system and
dashboard.
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| WORK EXPERIENCE |
| Electrical Engineer, Rockwell Collins |
2004 through Present |
Lead engineer on several digital modem circuit cards for a military airborn networking system.
Developed architecture, schematics, provided layout guidence, tested and integrated assembled circuit cards.
Assisted systems team in developing specifications for a new waveform and implemented majority of transmitter
components of said waveform in VHDL.
| Research Assistant, University of Texas at Arlington |
Summer 2003 |
Energy Systems Research Center
Worked with professor to design motor-generator set controls in NSF funded research
program. Designed and built circuit board for custom LabVIEW signal conditioning.
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| PROFILE |
Quick learner, strong organizational skills, and detail oriented. |
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| controls |
Professionally designed HVAC control systems using Alerton PLCs.
Have programmed Microchip microcontrollers and Motorola and Intel
microprocessors. Have designed and implemented a motor speed control
with feedback. |
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real-time
systems |
Have experience with real-time embedded software and hardware-software
interfaces. Ported a RTOS (µC/OS-II) to new processor architecture
(Microchip PIC 18). |
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| software |
AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop, MathCAD, Maple, LabVIEW, MATLAB and
Simulink, Multisim, Candace OrCAD Capture, Layout, and PSPICE analog
circuit modeling, and CircuitMaker. |
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| programming |
SystemC, Assembly, embedded C, MS Visual C++ 6 through 2008, including extensive
MFC and Windows API use, C#, .NET framework, Progress 4GL, PHP, and
ASP VBScript. |
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| INTERESTS |
Mountain biking, reading, model airplanes/helicopters, amateur radio. |
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