RUOFAN KONG

*** * ****** ***, ******, DE *****

201-***-****, acfi1y@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong problem solving capacities in Software Engineering and Robotics.

• Strong abilities to work independently and cooperatively.

• 6+ years of C/C++/Java/Matlab programming.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Languages: C/C++, Java, Processing, Matlab, Assembly, Latex.

• Platforms/Simulators: Windows, Unix/Linux, Robotic Simulators.

• Additional Skills: Control System Design, Robotics, RTOS, Data Structure and Algorithms.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Stevens Institute of Technology Aug. 2012 – Present

• Developed distributed estimation algorithms for radio environment mapping by sensor networks.

• Conducted the experiment on light source seeking algorithms by multiple robots using C/C++.

• Developed nonlinear control algorithms for robotic systems.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant Leader in ”Circuits and Systems”,

Stevens Institute of Technology Jan. 2013 – Jan. 2014

• Responsible for 300+ students, coordinated 10 TA’s work, taught the experimental sessions, and graded homework and exams.

CURRICULUM PROJECT

Course projects on Robotics and Control System:

• Built an autonomous cooling robot with the functionality of searching and cooling the hot area.

• Simulated the path planning of multiple wheel robots on the robotic simulator.

• Analyzed the Stability of the nonlinear controller for the atomic interconnected system.

Course projects on Operating System (all programming by C++)

• Simulated the producer-consumer system by multi-thread programming and scheduling algorithms.

• Simulated the virtual memory management system with page fetching and replacement algorithms.

• Simulated the Linux file management system with the functionality of basic operations on files.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• R. Kong, W. Zhang and Y. Guo, “Distributed estimation and tracking for radio environment

mapping”, 2014 American Control Conference (ACC). Best Presentation Award

• S. Li, R. Kong and Y. Guo, “Cooperative distributed source seeking by multiple robots: Algo-

rithms and Experiments”, 2014 IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics. Impact Factor: 3.2

EDUCATION

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey

M.E. in Computer Engineering. GPA: 3.9/4.0 May 2014

M.E. in Electrical Engineering. GPA: 3.9/4.0 May 2012

Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China

B.E. in Opto-electronic Information Engineering. GPA: 3.4/4.0 June 2010

ACTIVITIES

• Treasure in “Board and Table Club” of Stevens Institute of Technology.

• Volunteer in Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.