Neil Hardy
Santa Cruz, CA *****
add6j7@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE
To ful ll a temporary position as an engineer or research scientist. SKILLS
Programming: Python, Matlab, C/C++, Mathematica
Prototyping: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, mBed, Particle Photon Design: (3D Modelling) Fusion 360, AutoCAD, Solidworks
(Electrical) Eagle, Cadence, KiCad, LTSpice
(Illustration) Inkscape
Fabrication: 3D Printing, Surface-Mount Soldering, PCB Milling Micro
uidics, Photolithography, E-Beam Lithography Wetlab: Microsurgery, Chemical Safety
Animal Care, Experimental Perfusion
EXPERIENCE
Graduate Researcher September 2018 - Present
UCSC Nanoengineering Group, Santa Cruz, CA
Managed a small team to complete research objectives
Designed and characterized devices using FDTD, spectroscopy, and SEM
Fabricated plasmonic and micro
uidic devices in a cleanroom setting
Designed experiments and wrote technical documentation Graduate Researcher July 2017 - December 2017
Sher Lab, Santa Cruz, CA
Euthanized and dissected rat and mice for neuroscience experiments on retinas
Perfused retinas with Ames’ medium and pharmacological agents and recorded spiking with microelectrode array
Wrote SOPs, technical documentation, and MATLAB scripts to program opti- cal stimuli and analyze recorded data
Undergraduate Researcher May 2015 - May 2017
CHAOS Lab at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
Performed terminal heart surgery and perfused hearts with Tyrode solution and
uorescent dyes
Designed embedded systems to stimulate hearts with various current con gurations
Used MATLAB to script image processing analyses
Presented research results at conferences and symposiums Trainer, Sta July 2015 - January 2016
Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, Atlanta, GA
Trained graduate students and post-docs on photolithography machines
Stocked cleanroom consumables, cleaned plasma deposition machines, and regulated cleanroom air quality
EDUCATION
Electrical Engineering PhD, UC Santa Cruz 2019 - Present MS Physics and Electrical Engineering, UC Santa Cruz 2017 - 2020 BS Physics and Electrical Engineering, Georgia Tech 2013 - 2017