Engineer Engineering
Resume:
James R. West
Current Address:
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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Permanent Address:
Springfield, VA 22151
Objective To practice the arts of digital audio signal processing and software engineering
Education University of Miami Coral Gables, FL
Master of Science in Music Engineering Technology
May 1998, Overall GPA: 3.9x
University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Fulfillment of Requirements for Bachelor of Arts in Music
Rodman Engineering Scholar
May 1996, Overall GPA: 3.14
Work Experience
June 1998 to present Digidesign Palo Alto, CA
DSP Software Applications Engineer
Developing software for WinNT as part of the ProTools digital audio workstation
January 1997 to May 1998 University of Miami School of Music Coral Gables, FL
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Arranging for audio and music professionals to speak with a weekly class of 85 studentsAdvertising upcoming speakers with a web page and flyers
Summer 1997 Advanced Television Technology Center (ATTC) Alexandria, VA
Summer InternHelped coordinate delivery, order parts, and research compliance testing of 8-VSB demodulators for HDTV broadcasters and manufacturersDesigned and built ECL fan-out circuit for video signalsHosted demos and tours of facility
Summer 1996 Anser Arlington, VA
Summer InternCo-wrote paper for 1996 National Fire Control Symposium titled "Fire Support Coordination Measures: Origins, Current Practices, Future
Opportunities" Used Internet and library to research 3-D terrain visualization and coordination of weapons fireHeld a Secret defense clearance
Summer 1995,
January 1996 Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) McLean, VA
Summer InternDesigned and built user interface screens for six Motif applications using ICS Builder XcessoryCo-wrote C++ code that displayed military communications satellite coverage on global map
Relevant Courses Digital Audio; Adaptive DSP; Time-Frequency Analysis; Digital Speech Processing; Usability Engineering;
Adv. Software Development; Psychoacoustical Foundations of Music; Sound Forge Plug-In Development
Activities Masters Thesis: "Five-Channel Panning Laws: An Analytical and Experimental Comparison"Comparison of four panning algorithms for use in creating 5.1 channel surround sound recordings Project involves researching spatial hearing, prototyping panning algorithms in Matlab, conducting listening tests, statistically analyzing test
results, and implementing the "best" pan pot in C++ as a DirectX audio plug-in for Win95
Music Engineering Promotional Video Team (Spring 1997)
School of Music Web Development Team (Fall 1996)
Chief software engineer for development of eye-controlled MIDI software (Fall 1994 - Spring 1996)
Audio Engineering Society (AES) National, U of M chapter
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Computer
Skills Languages: C++, Visual Basic, Pascal, Matlab, Motorola DSP56k Assembly
Software: Matlab 5, Visual C++ 5, Mathcad 7, Word 97, Sound Forge 4, Alias Composer
Availability Not currently seeking full-time employment
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