Xiang (Aaron) Li, M.Sc., B.Sc.
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Professional Work Experience
Independent Contractor: Electrical Engineer Consultant 2016-Present
Provide consultant service to SolidPartners, a software provider for CAD Design professionals
Model product bill of materials (BOM) of complex electronics design specifications within the product life-cycle management (4G:PLM) software
Translate documents from English to Chinese for promoting products in Chinese speaking areas Research Assistant 2013 – 2015
University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB
Focused on programing in MATLAB and operated the Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory
Simulated the operation and near-field and far-field measurement of an array antenna
Collected and processed data for over 300 elements and 130,000 measurement points
Proposed and proved a new method for phaseless PNFR algorithm for data processing Project Developer 2012 – 2013
University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB
Practiced using sensors to collect data and programming an embedded board in C for data analysis
Designed a prototype product for a sponsoring company to improve users’ hockey skating skills
Successfully worked in a 3-person team supervised by a professor and an external manufacturer
Sourced specialized force and optical sensors from multiple vendors within a specified budget Project Designer 2011
University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB
Coded extensively in MATLAB, Verilog and C
Practiced programing a microcontroller to capture analog signal and to convert to digital data
Successfully adapted Taylor expansion onto an FPGA board to calculate power generator frequency
(60Hz) with high accuracy ( 0.1Hz) in real-time (1.8ms reaction time)
Tested the designed system with RTDS in the presence of noise Education & Certification
Certified Engineer with APEGM: Member in Training (MIT) August 2016 University of Manitoba
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering 2016
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering 2013
Master’s thesis topic: Phaseless planar near-field antenna measurement
Course work: 180 credit hours completed; subjects included: Signal processing, Embedded system, Microwave, RF design, Optics, Microelectronics and Power Systems
Programming: over 5-years’ experience programming and debugging in MATLAB, Verilog, Latex, Java, Assembly, C, Python
Laboratory: Nano Systems Fabrication Laboratory, Advanced RF Systems Laboratory Xiang (Aaron) Li, M.Sc., B.Sc.
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Academic Publication
Research Paper
Paper Title: Electromagnetic Inversion for Biomedical Imaging, Antenna Characterization, and Sea Ice Remote Sensing Applications
Paper presented at 2016 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference Master’s Thesis
Paper Title: Investigation of the Iterative Fourier Technique for Phaseless Planar Near-Field Antenna Measurements
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31026
Awards & Bursaries
International Graduate Student Bursary 2014
Faculty of Engineering Bursary Assistance Fund 2010 International Undergraduate Student Bursary 2010
International Undergraduate Student Scholarship 2009 – 2010 Lawrence & Margaret Fung Bursary in Electrical Engineering 2010 Language Skills
English: Bilingual and professional fluency in reading, writing and speaking
Chinese: Native fluency in reading, writing and speaking Volunteer Experience
Financial and Membership Clerk 2013 – 2016
Local church organization Winnipeg, MB
Managed membership information and finances for the community
Member of the congregation leadership team
Volunteer 2008 – Present
Winnipeg Harvest, Inc. Winnipeg, MB
Advertise and collect food donations for the local food bank
Cook and serve food to the homeless
Tutor 2008 – Present
Periodically give talks to and teach faith-based life skills to local church congregation
Tutor university-level students in English or Chinese language studies Personal Interests
Reading: biography, history, science fiction; Photography; Sports: soccer, basketball; Gastronomy