DAVID M. BRUNKE
Austin, TX ***27
abpkxo@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE
Consulting opportunities in the area of scientific programming.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Applied Research Laboratories - Austin, Texas July 2000 Present
Sonar Development Division in the Advanced Technology Lab; Secret Clearance
2005-Present Engineering Scientist
String and system integration for High Frequency Active sonar
Integration and Test Lead for Virginia Advanced Processing Build (APB) 2010 baseline
Integration and Test Lead for 688/688i APB 2007-2009 baseline
C++ development on Linux platform for four new APB07 algorithms
Translated signal processing Matlab functions to C++ library using STL, FFTW3 library
Supervised C++ development for three engineers for APB07 project
Set up Tech Insertion 2006 Linux servers for 688 and 688i APB07 baselines
Coordinated testing for APB07 baselines at Lake Travis Testing Station
Supported APB09 integration, testing, and build coordination
Frequent travel for integration and testing at Lockheed Martin facility, Manassas, VA
Supported training for system integration tasks at Lockheed Martin
At sea testing and data collection on 688i platform
Recruiting and interviewing of prospective employees on three university campuses
2002-2005 Engineering Scientist Associate
C++ development for high frequency active sonar on DD(X) surface ship sonar
At sea testing of DD(X) sonar on research vessel in Panama City, FL
Ported signal processing algorithms from Matlab to C++
Algorithm development and implementation for Precision Underwater Mapping (PUMA) tools
C++ implementation of Computer Aided Detection (CAD) evaluation tools for PUMA
2000-2002 Research Engineer
Algorithm development in Matlab for CAD application
Developed entire set of Matlab scripts to model CAD application end-to-end
Implementation of CAD Algorithm in C++
Verified C++ implementation with Matlab
Data analysis of at sea testing and post test performance evaluation
Applied Research Laboratories - Austin, Texas March-May 2000
Semester project for Sonar Development Division in Advanced Technology Lab
Project for Embedded Software Systems course focusing on embedded SIMD extensions
Optimization of Vertical and Horizontal Beamforming Kernels
Port Kernels from Sun UltraSparc s VIS SIMD extension to PowerPC G4 with AltiVec
Kernels written in C/C++ and implemented on G4 processor under Linux operating system
Applied Research Laboratories - Austin, Texas June-August 1998
Summer intern for Sonar Development Division in Advanced Sonar Group
Algorithm development for signal processing of sonar data
Development of Matlab simulations for passive-tracker algorithm
Image processing for display of sonar data using Matlab
Nortel - Richardson, Texas May-August 97 September-December 96
Co-op for Strategic Product Marketing in Broadband Carrier Networks
Web page design, web server administration
Telecommunications research
Powerpoint presentations for digital switching hardware
EDUCATION
The University of Texas: Fall 1998-2000
M.S. in Electrical Engineering
Specialty Area: Telecommunications and Information Systems Engineering
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Brian L. Evans Research Group: Embedded Signal Processing Lab
Texas A&M University: 1994 1998
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, focus in communications and signal processing
COMPUTER SKILLS
High-Level Languages Scripting
C++ (STL), C, Java, Fortran, Pascal Bash, Perl
Operating Systems Environments
UNIX/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris Matlab, Maple
Version Control Systems
Bitkeeper, CVS
SCHOLASTIC HONORS
Awards
Craig C. Brown Outstanding Senior Engineer Award - College of Engineering, Fall 1997
Dean's Honor Award - College of Engineering, Spring 1996, Spring 1995, Fall 1994
Commended Award - College of Engineering, Spring 1997
Commended Award - Texas A&M Mathematics Contest, Spring 1995
Scholarships
Microelectronics and Computer Development Fellowship, The University of Texas
Texas A&M Lechner Scholarship
Texas Society of Professional Engineers Scholarship
San Antonio A&M Club Scholarship
Honor Societies
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society
Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
Employability Status: US Citizen, Secret Clearance