Electrical Engineering Development

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November 07, 2012

JACOB ROBINSON

*** ******** **, *** **, Ithaca, NY 14850: 805-***-**** *****@*******.***

EDUCATION:

Applied Physics Ph.D.

Cornell University, Expected 2008

Physics BS with Electrical Engineering coursework,

University of California, Los Angeles (magna cum laude)

June, 2003

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Low Temperature Solid State Physics

Condensed Matter Physics Group, UCLA (Prof. H.W. Jiang)

Analysis and Modeling of 2-DEG behavior in the presence of material defects using Matlab.

Measurement of heterostructure noise at room and low temperatures to relate 1/f noise with effect of material defects.

Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms and Particle Swarms in Fortran and C++

Antenna Research Analysis and Measurement Laboratory (ARAM), UCLA (Prof. Y. Rahmat-Samii)

Developed and Implemented a Particle Swarm Optimizer in C++ and compared to Genetic Algorithm Optimization.

Enhanced and implemented Fortran-based Genetic Algorithms to reduce the length and weight of corrugated horn antennas, while

maintaining good radiation patterns.

Work lead to publication of a conference paper and an IEEE AP Transactions paper currently under review.

Fast Electronics

High-Energy Particle Physics Group, UCLA (Prof. D. Saltzberg)

Assembled, modified, and tested trigger electronics for the CDF experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Developed C++ functions to monitor and display detector luminosity information.

Automatic Target Recognition Algorithm Development

Raytheon Algorithm Development Department, (DARPA/AFRL contracts)

Analyzed High Range Resolution Radar Data to find and classify moving ground targets.

Designed and Tested several Target Recognition Techniques using Matlab.

PUBLICATIONS:

J. Robinson, S. Sinton, and Y. Rahmat-Samii Particle Swarm, Genetic Algorithm, and their Hybrids: Optimization of a Profiled

Corrugated Horn Antenna . IEEE International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation. San Antonio, Texas. June, 2002.

S. Sinton, J. Robinson, and Y. Rahmat-Samii Standard and Micro genetic Algorithm Optimization of Profiled Corrugated Horn

Antennas . Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 20, No. 6, December, 2002, pp. 449-453.

J. Robinson, and Y. Rahmat-Samii Particle Swarm Optimization in Electromagetics, Scheduled to appear in April 2004 IEEE

Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Matlab, C++, Fortran, PV wave, Unix, Basic, HTML, Flash, Fireworks, Power Point, Word, Excel

ACTIVITIES/AWARDS : Member Phi Beta Kappa, and Eta Kappa Nu EE Honor Societies; Cornell University Fellowship recipient; Vice

President, Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity; Physics Tutor, UCLA Athletic Tutorial;