Electrical Engineer Design

Kevin G. Cheng

U.S. Citizen

***** ******** ******* * * ive • Hagerstown, M D 21742 • 301-***-**** •

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OBJECT IVE H ighly motivated, decisive and results-oriented individual seeking an

i nternship or full-t ime position as an entry-level Electrical Engineer in an

a rea which allows my experience to best serve the needs of the company.

Open to t ravel and/or relocation.

EDUCAT ION Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

• B.S., Electrical Engineering, December 2009

CERT I F ICAT IONS Engineer-I n-T raining

• US-Pennsylvania Certification, June 2010 (EIT/FE certified by

Pennsylvania Board of Professional Engineers)

WORK I ntern

Summer 2006

EXPER IENCE National I nstitute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg,

MD

• Evaluated the stability of N IST natural-matrix radionuclide Standard

Reference Material

• Employed acids and ion exchange resins to extract actinides

• Ut ilized method of electrodeposition to separate alpha source from each

a lpha emitting nuclide

• Used centrifuge to separate elemental isotopes

• Used alpha spectrometer to analyze counts related to alpha activity

• Working experience in a clean room environment

• Concluded that no degradation occurred in the samples

ACT IV I T I ES Vice Chair January 2006 – August

2008

I EEE, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

• Managed University Park branch of IEEE student organization

• Organized information sessions for undergraduates in electrical

engineering

NittanySat A ugust 2007 – January

2008

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

• Aided in the design and development of a nanosatelli te system to take

ionosphere measurements

• Worked closely with the electrical power systems group

• Assisted with the design and programming of peak power t racker to

control battery charger

• Soldered together smaller solar cells to form a larger interconnected plate

RELATED Pennsylvania State University January –

M ay 2009 P ROJECTS Senior Design P roject

• Designed and implemented a Guitar Mul ti-effects pedal

• Modified guitar output signal using three effects: envelope fil ter,

d istortion and analog delay

• Made use of DPDT switch for bypass circuit ry

• Created LED display to show active effects

Kevin G. Cheng

U.S. Citizen

13607 Woodland Heights D r ive • Hagerstown, M D 21742 • 301-***-**** •

k *****@*****.***

• Fabricated wooden case to enclose printed circuit boards

Linear Electronic Design

• Designed and implemented a Class AB headphones amplifier

• Employed three dc-dc switching converters to produce necessary voltages

• Achieved a maximum battery life of 101 hours using two AAA batteries

• Limited total harmonic distortion to 0.0393% at 10 mW output and

0.506% at 100 mW output

• Project placed 1st in the categories of power consumption and materials

cost

COMPUTER SKILLS Proficiency in

• OrCAD, MultiSim, PSpice, M icrosoft Office, Windows Operating System

Working knowledge in

• Assembly, VHDL, C, C++, C#, MAT LAB, AutoCAD, SolidWorks

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