Randall Blankenship

EDUCATION

University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA Bachelor of

Science, Electrical Engineering with Concentration in Power Engineering September 2015 - June 2018 GPA – 3.37

American River Community College, Sacramento CA Associate of Science, Mathematics and Physical Sciences

September 2010 - June 2015 GPA – 3.4

Keema High School, Sacramento CA High School Diploma June 2009

EXPERIENCE

Randy’s Laser Service, Sacramento CA

June 2015 – December 2017

This seasonal internship included HV circuit card troubleshooting, optics adjustment, vacuum tube evaluation, and assessing various issues with Bystronic CNC lasers. Campbell Soup, Sacramento CA

August 2010 - June 2012

The duties and certificates includes being forklift certified, cook/heavy machine operator, damage control, inventory evaluation, and electronic cabinet Lock Out/Tag Out. Peak Manufacturing, Sacramento CA

December 2009 - August 2010

The daily operator duties included machines such as a laser, shear, press break, mill, forklift, tractor, and scissor lift. The skills needed was independent sheet metal fabrication, installing and leveling heavy machinery, and preventative maintenance. PROJECTS

Slug Satellite, Santa Cruz Senior Design

My responsibility on the power team is to integrate a battery, protection/fault circuitry, charge regulators, temperature sensors, and central heater into the energy storage unit of a 2U Cube Satellite. Along with overlooking and assisting with the power generation, max power point tracking, and power distribution.

AM Receiver, Santa Cruz RF Design

The final project consisted of a functioning AM receiver that includes a loopstick antenna, preselection filter, mixer with a local oscillator, image filtering, demodulator, and amplification where necessary. The final product was a modular design that was printed on four PCB boards and broadcasted at a local AM station. Boost Converter, Santa Cruz Power Electronics

This boost converter was first simulated and then built on a PCB board with the duty cycle of the MOSFET being controlled by a PWM signal from an Arduino. Throughout the simulation and design each component was independently calculated and selected. 1794 River Run Drive

Marysville, CA 95901

916-***-****

ac58d2@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS

Hardware:

● PCB Design

● Analog Circuit Design

● RF Design

● Power Electronics

● Basys 3

● Uno32 Microcontroller

Software:

● Cadence/Proteus

● PSCAD/PowerWorld

● PSIM

● AutoCad/Solidworks

● Pspice

● MatLab

● Simulink

● Verilog

● C Programming

● Computer Assembly

● Verilog/Xilinx

● Assembly

Relevant Coursework:

Power Electronics

Optoelectronics and

Photonics

Energy Generation and

Control

Electromagnetic Fields

and Waves

Communication

Systems

Signals and Systems

Analog Circuit Design

Power Electronics

RF Hardware Design

Communication

Systems

Properties and

Materials

EDA Tools

INVOLVEMENT

American Red Cross

Sacramento Food Bank

MESA

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