Design Engineering

Lucien Ngalamou - Curriculum Vitae

*. Personal Data

a. Permanent Resident

b. Languages: English and French (Fluent), Spanish (Notions)

2. Contact Information

**** *** **** ** ***: 616-***-****

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Grand Rapids

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MI 49508

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USA

6.

Email: ********@******.***, *********@*****.***

3. Education

a. Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France

Ph.D Electronic Engineering, December, 1994

b. University of Science and Technology, Montpellier, France

MSc Electronic Engineering, July, 1991

c. University of Yaounde, Cameroon

BSc Applied Physics (Electronics Option, First Class Hon.), July,

1989

4. Engineering Knowledge

- Analogue Electronics

- Digital Systems Design

- FPGA Technologies

- Digital Signal Processing

- Reconfigurable Computing

- RTL and High-Level Logic Synthesis

- SOC and MPSOC Design

- Computer Architecture and Processor Design

- Embedded Real-time Systems Design

- Formal specification and verification of hardware and software

systems

- Consumer Electronics

- Audio and Video Coding

- Telephone and Video Over IP

- Electronic Instrumentation

- RF Electronics

- Embedded Systems Programming

- Software Engineering

- IP and Embedded Networking

5. Hardware and Software Skills

- Analog electronics including A/D, D/A, servo control, logarithmic

and signal conditioning

- Audio and Video Codecs (PCM, G726, G729, Speex, ILBC, MPEG2,

AC3

- Mixed Analog and Digital Simulation with Psipce and Multisim

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- Industrial Bus Protocols: CAN, LIN, ModBus, I2C, Zigbee, RS232,

RS485, USB

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- Broad Knowledge of 8/16/32-bit Processors and Microcontrollers:

Intel, Motorola, ARM, Atmel

- Tensilica Configurable Processors and DSPs

- Xilinx, Altera, Actel and Lattice FPGA Technologies

- Built-in Self Test Methods for Digital Systems

- Automatic Test Patter Generation

- FPGA Simulation( Functional Coverage, Automatic Stimulus, Self-

Checking Test Bench, Transactions, Assertions, Test Planning, Code

Coverage)

- TI, Analog Devices, and Motorola DSPs

- Hardware Design VHDL/VERILOG

- Hardware Simulation with Modelsim

- Hardware Verification Languages (Vera, SystemVerilog, and Specman)

- FPGA Synthesis Tools: Xilinx XST, Altera's Quartus,

- System-C and Open Validation Method (PMV)

- C and C++ Programming for Desktop and Embedded Applications

- Assembly Code Programming of a wide range Processors

- Graphics Programming with OpenGL and Qt

- Matlab/Simulink

- Unix Shell ScriptsV

- Real-time Kernels: uCOS, eCos, FreeTOS, VxWork, ThreadX, Embedded

Linux

- Java, Perl, Tclk/Tk, and MySQL

- GCC, QT and .Net Technology

- Unix/Linux, Solaris, VMware, HP-UX

- Scripting (Powershell, VBScript, JavaScript)

6. References

Prof. Prince N. Anyalebechi (08/2009 - Present)

Professor

Padnos College of Engineering and Computing

347 Kennedy Hall

301 W. Fulton St

Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Tel: 616-***-****

Email: ********@****.***

Prof. Harry W. Taylor (08/2003 - present)

Associate Dean of Engineering

Fairfield University

School of Engineering

1073 Benson Road

Fairfield, CT 06824

Tel: 203-***-**** x2501

FAX: 203-***-****

Email: *******@*********.***

Prof. Stephan Gift (08/2004 - present)

Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of the West Indies

St Augustine

Trinidad and Tobago

Tel: 1-868-***-**** xt 3167

Email: *******.****@***.***.***

Andre Gordon(2000 - Present)

.Net Developer/Consultant

Tranzat

2200 Fletcher Ave., 4th Floor

Fort Lee NJ 07024

Email: ************@*****.***

Tel: 732-***-****

7. Industry Experience

a. Two-Year Experience (Internship and Consultation) in France:

1990 - 1992 (Telecom, Automotive and Biomedical Industries)

. Development of embedded systems using Motorola

Processors

. Conducting C programming Training

. Development of DSP-based Systems Design for Biomedical

Applications

b. Tree-year Consultancy in Jamaica: 2000 - 2003

(Telecommunications and Industrial Automation)

. Conducting C/C++ Programming Training

. Conducting Qt Graphic Programming Training

. Deployment of Distributed Embedded Control Systems

c. Tree-year Consultancy in Trinidad and Jamaica: 2005 - 2008

(Telecommunications, Industrial Automation, and Traffic Control)

. Formal Verification of Industrial Control Systems in an

Ammonia Plant

. Deployment of SIP Servers

. Sensor Network Deployment for Traffic Control

. Qos Evaluation Methods for Voice/Video Over IP

Applications

. Development of a Digital Pulse Sinusoidal Width

Modulation (PSWM) IP Cores for the Design of Single

Phase Inverters

8. Academia Experience (Last six Years)

a. Assistant Professor - Grand Valley State University (August

2009 - Present)

i. Teaching of Digital Systems and Real-time Embedded Systems

. Digital Logic Design and FPGA Technologies

. C/C++ for Embedded Systems Design using ARM Processors

. Advanced Digital Systems Design

. Multitasking Programming and Real-time Kernels

Deployment

. Embedded Projects Supervision based on Embedded Linux

and uCOS

ii. External Internship Supervisor in Local Industries based in

Grand Rapids, MI

iii. Research and Development Projects

. Hardware/Software Codesign of Audio Codecs for VoIP

Applications - Skills/Knowledge used:

. RTL Coding of Audio Codecs (G7.xx Series, Speex,

iLBC)

. RTL Coding of Echo Cancellation and Voice

Activation IP Cores

. Profiling of Audio Software Codecs

. Hardware/Codesign Techniques

. Reconfigurable Computing

. High-Performance Arithmetic Cores for Signal and Image

Processing

. Reconfigurable Embedded Computing

. Reconfigurable Hardwired Device Drivers

. Reconfiguration of Real-time Kernel Accelerators

. Reconfigurable Hardware Processor Simulators

. Power-line based IP System Services - skills/knowledge

used:

. Embedded Linux Programming

. Audio and Video Coding for Packed-based Network

. Embedded SIP Server Design

. RTL Coding of Audio Codecs

. FPGA-based Design of a VoIP Gateway on a Virtex 5-

based Board

b. Lecturer - University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

(August 2004 - August 2009)

i. Teaching of Digital Systems and Real-time Embedded Systems

ii. Teaching of C/C++ Programming

iii. Teaching Testing Methods for Digital Systems and Embedded

Systems

iv. Teaching of Reconfigurable Computing

v. Teaching of Multi-Processing System-on-chip

vi. Teaching of Voice/Video Over IP

vii. Consultation with Local Companies

viii. Research and Development

. Reconfigurable Embedded Computing

. High-Performance Arithmetic Cores for Signal and Image

Processing

. HDL Design Assistant

. Specification of Digital Systems

. FSMD as a Design Engine

. Automatic Port Mapping in RTL Coding (VHDL and

Verilog Coding)

. Automatic Testbench Generation

. Formal Hardware Verification

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