Engineer Design

Phung T. Nguyen

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Professional Experience Summary:

Over 20 years of increasingly varied experience in Power Electronics Engineering with responsibilities in the areas of research & development, product design & development

• Research & development the servo BLDC motor drive including control/ sensor

• Design of power supplies, HF converters, HF inverters

• Research & development the inductive charger for electric vehicle (EV1) including RF/IR communication links

• Power Converter Product Design & Development

• U.S. and Japan patent awarded, "Charger coupling"

• Military and Commercial

• Currently hold a DOD Secrete Clearance

Strong problem solvers with keen analytical and perceptual skills, proceed with all phases of product design, development from initial concept and/or technical specifications. Learn and adapt quickly. Cooperate with others in the pursuit of high standards of performance, efficiency and quality.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Northrop Grumman Redondo Beach, CA

Engineer Electrical 4 08/04 – Present

P858 MDU Program:

. RDE lead in research and developing of the motor drive systems that encompass power electronics, motor drive, digital controllers and sensors as well as interfaces with the high-level systems.

. Project lead in designed and developed completely the servo BLDC motor drive system used as a test instrument to test the speed and torque capabilities of a motors and algorithm controller.

. EE lead in developing the FPGA Motor Control Development Board used to study PID control algorithm.

. Conducted design analysis and dynamic modeling of electromechanical BLDC motor drive system by using the mathematical and SPICE models to verify the electrical performances and the servo loop response

. Interact with customers in defining system requirements.

Redwood DEU Program:

. RDE lead in designed and developed the servo BLDC motor drive amplifier, EMI input filter and the power processing.

. Conducted design analysis and dynamic modeling of electromechanical BLDC motor drive system by using the mathematical and SPICE models to verify the electrical performances and the servo loop response.

. Interact with customers in defining system requirements and in the generation of application specifications.

AMP & ARGON Programs:

. RDE lead in design and developing of the DC/DC Power Converters.

HPOA DCE Program:

HPOA DCE project is Competition government project that delivers High Power Optical Amplifier to system.

Roles and responsibilities:

. Conducted Analysis and Dynamic Modeling of Active Clamped Forward Converter.

. Generate the Equipment Specification, the test plan and test procedure.

. Developed and test the breadboard and brass board

. Perform the stress, the power dissipation and the worst-case analyses.

P617 DEA Program:

. RDE lead in developing of electromechanical stepper motor drive system Phase 1.

Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices, Inc. Torrance, CA

Engineer/Scientist 11/00 – 08/04

1900E. IMPERIAL HWY

LOS ANGELES, CA 90009

Achieved successful for multi-disciplined tasks on technical performance, cost, and schedule objectives for multiple programs

Responsibilities:

. Lead EE in the design and development DC/DC power modules for military and commercial spacecraft power systems.

. Interact with customers in defining system requirements and in the generation of application specifications

. Perform highly complex simulation and analysis of various spacecraft power modules using CAD packages such as PSPICE, ORCAD, MATHCAD and have a strong background in electromagnetic, magnetic and circuit design; loop stability analysis, test and/or development. Experience in design/ radiation/ stress degradation of components

. Provide technical training and direction to engineering team to perform the worst-case circuit, stress and FMEA analyses and test specification. Document, prepare and present at power module design reviews to internal senior technical staffs and external technical customers

. Develop and write test plans and procedures for own design work and provide anomaly recommendations with supporting analysis as required.

General Motors Advanced Technology Vehicles Torrance, CA

Member of Technical Staff 4/95 - 11/00

3050 LOMITA BOULEVARD

TORRANCE CA 90505-5103

GMATV researches and develops products for charging power electronics for electric vehicle (EV1). A core technology is inductive charging, which requires expertise in IGBT and MOSFET hard and soft-switching resonant power conversion, magnetic, EMI, RF/IR communication links and safety.

Inductive charging roles and responsibilities:

. T-Common program: Lead EE design engineer for infra- red and radio- frequency communications. Job includes providing support to production, test, and expert RF consultant to Toyoda Automatic Loom.

. Gen. III Charger program: Lead EE design and product engineer for next generation single-stage charger (6.6kW power level). Job includes managing the build and co-packaging of the prototype charger for NAEVI show.

. Gen. III Charge port program: Lead EE design engineer for next generation charge port.

TRIPPLITE - Unison Inc. Mission Viejo, CA

Design Engineer 2/89 - 4/95

. Designed and developed of the single-phase, backup power supplies (600VA to 2kVA UPS)

. Performed the standard regulation of safety (UL, CSA) and Federal Communication Commission (FCC)

K.G.S. Electronics, Inc. Pasadena, CA

Associate Engineer 5/85 - 2/89

. Developed and tested of avionics switching-mode power converters and inverters (300VA to 1kVA).

. Performed the operational maintenance, troubleshoot and developed the automatic test equipments.

EDUCATION:

. Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from California State Los Angeles University in December 30, 1988.

Other Education/ Industry Training:

. State-Space averaged Model of power supply workshop, Boeing Satellite Systems, April 2001.

. Fundamental power electronic course, Boeing Satellite Systems, September 2001

. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis course at General Motors, August 2000.

. Design H.F. magnetic components for power electronics, Wisconsin University, June 1999.

. Digital Signal Processing course, Raytheon Learning Institute, March 1998

. RF design fundamentals & Receiver Building Blocks, Raytheon Institute, February 1998.

. Advanced PSPICE and ORCAD Workshops, RCG Research and Cadence, 1997, 01 and 02

. EMI/ RFI/ EMC: Interference Control Technologies, May 1990.

Computer Proficiency:

Language/Tools: PSPICE, MATHCAD, MATHLAB, EXCEL Analog Workbench and MS-Office.

Patents:

. U.S. and Japan patent awarded, #6,373,221, "Charger coupling".

Selected Publications:

[1] " Power-Factor Corrected Single-Stage Inductive Charger for Electric Vehicle Batteries," IEEE PESC, June 2000, pp.509-516

Security Clearance:

Currently hold a DoD Secrete Clearance

REFERENCES:

Professional references provided from employer, and co-ops upon request.

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