Engineer Project

RALPH HURTADO

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Old Westbury, New York 11568

Mobile phone: 631-***-****

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Goal: To obtain a challenging and rewarding job as an antenna engineer.

Education: B.S. in Mathematics, The University of Arizona, 1995

M.S. in Engineering Science, University of South Florida, 2009

Availability: Currently available.

Technical Work Experience

1) Graduate Research Assistant, 4/2009-8/2009

Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa,

FL

. Worked on a rectenna project for eventual use as a 30 THz energy

conversion system.

. Designed a high gain antenna array using slots and patches as the

radiating elements of a non-radiating dielectric waveguide.

. Performed efficiency calculations for the voltage delivered to the

diode as a function of array gain.

. Conducted S-parameter measurements of MIM diodes.

1) Antenna Engineer, 8/14/02 - 8/17/07

BAE SYSTEMS C.N.I.R., Greenlawn, NY

. Responsible for the development of several Low Observable UHF

antennas for the J-UCAS project, including both analysis and

laboratory work.

. Conducted extensive computer modeling of individual antennas and

adaptive arrays, including integration of a MATLAB model with

Analytic Graphics Inc.'s Satellite Took Kit software.

. Used rudimentary group theory to obtain results involving

orthogonal codes known as Walsh codes, and developed an

algorithm to implement the results into the work being done.

1) RF & Antenna Engineer, 9/11/2000 - 4/18/2002

e-tenna Corporation, Laurel, MD

. Modeled, designed, fabricated, and tested antennas and

artificial magnetic conductors (AMCs) for commercial

applications.

. Used and developed both hardware and software.

. Designs included a microstrip patch, a two-element printed

dipole array, an electrically small tri-band element for

Bluetooth and 802.11, and printed bent wire monopoles for AMC

excitation.

. Developed sundry AMC's for antenna applications at various frequency

bands.

. AccuWave Project: Initially the Principle Investigator on the

AccuWave project. Developed AccuWave AMC ground planes for

precision GPS surveying applications.

. Modeled and designed initial engineering prototypes, solicited

bids for fabrication by vendors, tested them with a variety of

standard GPS surveying antennas, post-processed and analyzed

data, and presented results to management.

. Merited an official letter of recognition and cash bonus for

work on AccuWave.

2) Graduate Research Assistant, 8/1998-12/2000

Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa,

FL

. Worked on a project to electromagnetically characterize the dielectric

constant of FR-4.

Measurement Equipment Used

. Network analyzers

. Satimo antenna chamber.

Software

. Agilent Advanced Design System/Momentum

. Ansoft HFSS

. CST Microstripes

. WIPL-D

. Mathcad

. Maple

. AutoCAD

. Microsoft Office.

Programming Languages

. MATLAB

. C and C++

. Pascal

. Visual Basic 5.0

Publications

W. E. McKinzie III, R. Hurtado, and W. Klimczak, "Artificial Magnetic

Conductor Technology Reduces Size and Weight for Precision GPS Antennas,"

Institute of Navigation National Technical Meeting, Jan. 28-30, 2002.

W. E. McKinzie III, R. Hurtado, W. Klimczak, and J. Dutton, "Mitigation of

Multipath Through the Use of an Artificial Magnetic Conductor for Precision

GPS Surveying Antennas," accepted for IEEE Antennas & Propagation

Symposium, June 16 - 21, 2002.

References

Available upon request.

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