Engineer Electrical

SHIZHI CHEN

**-** ***** ***** ********, NY *****

Mobile: 718-***-**** ***********@*******.***

EDUCATION

PhD Candidate, Electrical Engineering; The City College of New York, CUNY; May 2013 GPA: 4.0

M.S., Electrical Engineering; University of California at Berkeley; May 2006 GPA: 3.8

B.S., Electrical Engineering, minor, Computer Science; Binghamton University, SUNY; May 2004 GPA: 3.9

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operating Systems: Window XP, Mac OS, Linux

Programming Languages: C++, Objective-C, Perl, Java, Matlab, Labview, VHDL

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, CCNY Media Lab, New York, NY 08/09-Present

Research on computer vision and machine learning area

• Image Scene Understanding using machine learning methods for Classification and Retrieval

• Facial Expression Analysis and Recognition from both face and body gesture modalities

Engineer Intern, IBM, Poughkeepsie, NY 06/12-09/2012

Embedded system verification using C/C++

• Implement read/write utility function for embedded system through RISCWatch

• DDR3 memory characterization test

Research Assistant, Department of Homeland Security (CCICADA Center), Piscataway, NJ 06/10-08/10

Research on automatically facial expression recognition using bi-modal features (facial and gesture features)

• Temporally segmented video frames of expression to neutral, onset, offset and apex phases.

• Designed Classifier to automatically recognize expressions combining both facial and gesture feature.

Electrical Engineer, Bladykas Engineering P.C., Syosset, NY 07/08-02/09

Field survey and design fire alarm and electrical system for middle school and high school buildings

• Created fire alarm and public address design for middle school building

• Created field survey for fire alarm and electrical system for middle school and high school building

Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria VA 01/08-07/08

Reviewed and examined patent applications in the field of semiconductor device and package

Design Engineer, Supertex Inc., Sunnyvale, CA 10/07-01/08

Designed Circuits for High Voltage EL Driver

Advanced Design Engineer, Altera, San Jose, CA 06/06-09/07

Designed and verified FPGA CRAM. Maintain Spice model for Integrated Circuit design team

• Verify FPGA CRAM Margins in error detection and configuration mode

• Interact with CAD group to implement the cram function check using Perl script

HONORS/AFFILIATIONS

NOAA CREST Fellowship, The City College of New York, CUNY, 2009-Present

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 2004-2006

Academic Excellence Award, Binghamton University, SUNY, 2004

IBM/Watson Fellow Scholarship, Binghamton University, SUNY, 2004

Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineering honor society, 2004

Tau Beta Pi Engineering honor society, 2004

Beat The Odds Scholarship, Children’s Defense Fund, 2000

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