electrical engineer

Ronald Budd

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Chelmsford, MA *****

978-***-****

Highlights of Qualifications

ELECTRONIC DESIGN SKILLS – Analog, Digital ,Control systems (Root Locus, Bode, Stability, Step Response); firmware design (assembly language); schematic capture including OrCAD.

PROJECT/MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING - R&D and manufacturing support of medical and chemical instrumentation, portions of ultrasound, patient monitoring, image guided and ophthalmic surgery. FMEA analyses. Small Business Innovation Research Grant with Eye Research Institute and Mass General Hospital to provide a low cost treatment for glaucoma. Development of 3 ½ and 4 ½ digital panel instruments .

SOFTWARE, FIRMWARE, AND OPERATING SYSTEMS - "C", FORTRAN,Motorola's 68HC11, DOS, Windows.

REGULATORY AGENCIES and SKILLS - FDA (510 k, GMP, IDE, etc.) VDE and CSA approval (CE approvals including EMI and RFI testing) FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis), previous secret clearance.

ACHIEVEMENTS .Participation developing microcontroller systems.

.Implementation and support of medical devices and instrumentation.

.Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Math, and Engineering Education

.Previous Security Clearance (secret)

BIOTECH SKILLS – Design and support of iontophoresis equipment, knowledge of IR, NMR, MASS Spectrometry, Spectrophotometers, Statistics, Electrochemistry, semi-Micro Quantitative Analysis, Inorganic and Organic Analyses, Chromatography, Action and Surface Potential measurements

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

Self employed, Chelmsford, MA (2004-2008)

Electrical/Product Engineer

Development of low cost, PC based, ECG (aVL, aVR, and VF) right leg drive data acquisition system.

Hardware consisted of:

1 Low Cost PC with A and CDrom Drives, USB port, USB data acquisition system from Dataq Instruments, Akron Ohio, and separate analog aVL, aVR, and aVF) quick recovery right leg drive amplifier.

2 Quick recovery right leg drive included the following (some but not all) specifications.

Three leads (right and left arms, and right leg); frequency range (.68 –159Hz); gain of 1023; input

protection of (2-90/V), CMRR (50/60Hz), greater than or equal to 120dB.

3. Data acquisition system included the following (some but not all) specifications.

Chart or scope display, Gain range of 1,2,4,8; sampling frequency (1000-14000Hz), and 12bit resolution.

UMASS, Lowell, Lowell, MA(2002)

Instructor in Electrical Engineering: Prepare lectures, and exams for (180) students in electronics design.

BCO Inc., Billerica, MA (’99-2001)

Software/Hardware (including FPGA ) developer. Maintain and develop “C” programs utilizing Lab Windows/CVI (8-11 months) FPGA development utilizing Xilinx (schematic capture) Foundation (4 months). Design and analyses of analog/digital circuitry. Utilization of OrCAD. Utilization of HPVEE (2-3) months

Visualization Technology Inc., Wilmington, MA. (’97-’98)

Sr. Electronic/Firmware Design Engineer for image guided surgical equipment.

Instrument design and support (including validation and FMEA ) utilizing analog, digital, and firmware (8bit microcontroller) techniques; utilized Motorola 68HC705 and 68HC11 (assembly level language) development system. Utilized Borland C for communication protocols. Results simplified and expanded previous design

Medical Instrument Research Associates, Inc. (MIRA) Waltham, MA. (’93-’97)

Senior Electronic/Biomedical Development Engineer for Ophthalmic Surgery.

Design and support of ophthalmic surgery and electrode equipment utilizing analog, digital, microprocessor (68HC11), and RF (diathermy) techniques. Awarded $50,000 Small Business Innovation Research Grant to develop iontophoresis unit for low cost glaucoma treatment. Work performed at Mass General Hospital.

Orion Research, Boston, MA (’90-’93)

Manufacturing Engineer for PH and Ion Selective Electrodes

Design, support, testing of PH and ion selective electrodes and instruments. Designed portions of manufacturing test equipment. Assisted regulatory in characterizing Na, K, Ca electrodes PH and ion selective electrodes. Assisted R&D and manufacturing in trouble-shooting chemistry and electronic issues.

Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA. (’85-’90)

Product Support Engineer

Development and support of 3 ½ and 4 ½ digital panel instruments and test fixtures; these included low noise, high precision, thermocouple, PID, voltage, and current processing units. Also responsible for the design and support of analog and digital portions of patient monitoring and ultrasound equipment. A unique non-saturable ECG amplifier resulted from my work.

EDUCATION University of Vermont

M.S. in Electrical/Biomedical Engineering.

Thesis Topic: Development of computer with field theoretical concepts to compare actual to theoretical ECG’s

University of Vermont

B.S. in Electrical Engineering,

Boston University

B.A. in Chemistry and Biology,

Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Vermont

Electrical Engineering

Physics,

Chemistry.

Substitute teacher in the Andover, Westford, Chelmsford, and Lowell School Systems, ’72-2000.

Electronics and Math Instructor at Franklin Institute, Boston, MA. ’93.

Completion of C, 68HC11 microprocessor, and Unix Operating System Course; .

PUBLISHED Paper on the Comparisons of In Vitro ECG's with Theoretical Predictions,

PAPERS An Analysis of Injury Effects on the ECG

Abstract on the Comparison of Theoretical and Actual ECG's.,.

Engineer: Certified by the State of Massachusetts.

Vermont Heart Association Grant to simulate injuries utilizing field theoretical models, computer simulation, and digital signal processing. ’80 – ‘81

CERTIFICATES Red Cross Instructor Certificates in adaptive aquatics (teaching handicap

swimming), canoeing, and sailing. N.A.U.I. Certification (scuba diver).

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