Engineer Power

Yifeng Yuan

Email: *********@*****.*** Phone: 315-***-**** Address: 733 Livingston Ave. Apt.4, Syracuse, NY, 13210

Application Status: Actively seeking for a summer internship or a full-time employment, starting in June, 2012.

Education

Syracuse University, L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science

Major: Electrical Engineering, Concentration: RF/Microwave Engineering/Electromagnetism, GPA: 3.70/4.0

Bachelor of Science, Expected Graduation Date: May 2012

Technical Skills

Hardware: Vector Network Analyzer (VNA), Spectrum Analyzer, Oscilloscope, High Frequency Signal Generator

Software: MATLAB (proficient), Simulink, C & C++(proficient), Visual Basic, AutoCAD, OrCAD, PSpice, Xilinx, VHDL, HFSS12, Designer6, AWR Microwave Office, Sonnet 3D Planar EM Simulator

Design: Model Stadium Power Monitoring System, Laptop Temperature Control System, Mars Rover Project, Branch-Line Directional Coupler (RF), Impedance Matching Network (RF), Edge-coupled Band-pass Filter (RF) (directional coupler and matching network projects were fabricated with micro-strip transmission lines)

Courses: Electric Power Systems, Communication Systems, Microwave Engineering, Electromagnetics, Digital Signal Processing, Analog Circuits, Control Systems, Computer Data Networks, Object Oriented Programming, Probability & Statistics, Partial Differential Equations, Professional Technical Writing

Miscellaneous: familiar with IEEE standards, excellent communication skills, disciplined, decisive and independent personality, a self-motivated individual and an open-minded team player

Professional & Research Experience

Anaren Microwave Inc. Internship Part-time (01/2011 - 05/2011) – Test Engineer

• Matched impedances of microwave ICs with VNA

• Tuned baluns with lumped circuit components using Smith Chart

• Performed output power, sensitivity, harmonics, RSSI and temperature tests on RF transceivers

• Conducted range test on short range, low power RF transceivers

• Assisted in failure analysis, statistical classification of failures, data collection and organization

Anaren Microwave Inc. Internship Full-time (06/2011 - 09/2011) – Software Engineer

• Established communication between the Spectrum Analyzer and computer via GPIB

• Designed algorithm to automate FCC and European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) tests

• Programed Agilent EXA Signal Analyzer and Agilent ESA-E Series Spectrum Analyzer using VISA application programming interface

• Created programs to export data, organize data, and generate test reports in Excel automatically

Senior Year Design – Smart Power System for Large Stadium (model)

• Designed and built turnstile generator which generated 3W – 5W power

• Designed power meters which measured power flows flowing in two directions

• Integrated a power system which consisted of a generator, a backup power supply, batteries, multiple power meters, multiple DC-DC converters and utilities, using analog circuit components in the lab

• Wrote algorithms that monitored, controlled and managed power flow in the system

• Programmed microcontroller to orchestrate the system

RF/microwave Projects

• Microstrip Matching Circuitry

- Matched a 10 ohm load to a 50 ohm load using Binomial method

- Required a maximum return loss of -20dB across entire S band, 2 - 4 GHz

- Ran EM simulation using Ansoft HFSS and Sonnet 2D EM simulator

- Fabricated design with microstrip line and verified the performance using VNA

• Branch-line Directional Coupler

- Required a coupling factor of 3dB and directivity of more than 30dB

- Operated at a center frequency of 3GHz with 10% bandwidth

- Decomposed coupler and apply even/odd mode analyses

- Fabricated design with microstrip line and verified the performance using VNA

Comb-line Filter Research (06/2010 – 07/2010)

• Designed 2D models using Sonnet EM Simulator and 3D structures using Ansoft HFSS

• Created test plans and simulations using various EM simulation software

• Evaluated filter performance and analyzed data

• Documented design processes

Background & Activities

Remembrance Scholar of Class 2012

College Marshal of Class 2012

Judo Club – Officer (2008 - present)

IEEE Syracuse University Branch – Treasurer (4/2011 – 3/2012), Chair of Academic Affairs (4/2009 – 3/2011)

Academic Excellence Workshop – Calculus Facilitator (8/2010-12/2010)

Temple Concord – Webmaster (9/2009 – 12/2009)

Nottingham High School – Volunteer Tutor (8/2008 – 5/2009)

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