Engineer Electrical

Christopher P. Donais

Address: ** **** ****** **

Ballston Spa, NY 12020

Phone: 978-***-****

E-mail: ***********.******@*****.***

Education Graduate school

• Received M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY in August 2010.

College

• Graduated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, in three years with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering concentrating in hardware design and microelectronics with a minor in Psychology. Graduated in May 2008 and finished with a 3.81/4.00 GPA, graduating Magna Cum Laude and ranked in the top 10% of my class.

High School

• Attended Phillips Academy Andover, Andover, MA and graduated in June 2005.

Career History

Field Service Engineer, General Electric, Rotterdam, NY. October 2010 - Present

• Lead Engineer for Automated Capacitor Test System (ACTS)

o Oversaw and designed hardware and specifications and circuitry

o Oversaw software specifications and implementation

o Perform software maintenance/upgrades

• Design Engineer for Generator Test Stand Upgrade

o Produced electrical schematics/layouts

o Performed grounding study and grounding design

o Helped design technical specifications

• Designed new implementations and installed drives, controls, and power electronics

• Performed root cause analysis on issues with drives, controls, and power electronics

• Performed power system and electrical grounding studies

• Helped develop solutions with customers for power system applications

Market Administrator Intern, ISO New England, Holyoke, MA. Summer 2007 and 2008

• Designed databases

• Designed data analytical tools

• Helped design future markets in the power industry

Application Developer, Genesys Software, Methuen, MA. Summer 2006

• Developed and tested programs and web-pages for payroll applications

Professional Affiliations /Certifications

• Engineer in Training (EIT) in Electrical Engineering in New York, NCEES, April 2011

• Successfully passed General Electric’s Industrial Field Engineering Program on Power Systems, Drives, and Controls. Topics included basic engineering, inverters, converters, protective relays, drives, transformers, low and medium voltage switchgear, controllers, process lines, HMI, and industrial power systems.

• Member of Tau Beta Pi: the Engineering Honor Society.

• Member of Eta Kappa Nu: the Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering Honor Society.

• Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer

• OSHA 10 hour certified in Industrial and Construction

• MSHA 24 hour certified

• CPR / AED / First Aid certified by the American Red Cross

Skills

• Proficient in Java, C, C++, VB Script, HTML, MATLAB, MAPLE, and LabVIEW programming languages and can quickly learn others. Also experience with FPGA, DAC, and optimization programming principles.

• Expertise in EasyPower, SKM GroundMat, MiniTab, LT Spice, Cimplicity, DC10 software.

• Strong knowledge of office tools such as Word, Excel, and Access.

• Skilled at learning new concepts quickly, working well under pressure, and communicating ideas clearly and effectively.

• Enthusiastic about learning new technologies and new business practices.

Honors

General Electric

• Above & Beyond Bronze Award for External Focus for performance on challenging projects

• Above & Beyond Bronze Award for External Focus for contributions to the team

• Above & Beyond Bronze Award for Compliance for focus on safety (Twice)

Graduate School

• Earned the IGERT fellowship for terahertz research.

Activities

Graduate School

• Master’s Thesis: Silicon FinFETs as Terahertz and Sub-Terahertz Detectors, Advisor: Michael Shur.

• Member/Coach of the cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams at Rensselaer.

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