Electrical Engineer

PAUL BIRKHOLZ

***** **** ***** ****. *** *** ~ Austin, TX 78753

Phone: 512-***-**** Email: ********@*****.***

Education

University of Michigan College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, April 2008

Overall GPA: 3.84/4.0 Engineering GPA: 3.92/4.0

Work and Lab Experience

Samsung Austin Semiconductor, Dry Etch Process Engineer, July 2008-October 2009

- Sustained daily operations in the dry etch department of a DRAM manufacturing plant. Used statistical process control tools to closely monitor over 20 different dry etch processes. Made quick, critical decisions on a daily basis to maintain both product quality and manufacturing goals.

- Automated time consuming reports by using SQL, Excel, and Minitab to retrieve and present data. Created a report to organize information for the most critical dry etch steps.

- Obtained Six Sigma greenbelt certification for the DMAIC methodology.

- Used Six Sigma techniques to better classify and identify the root cause of defects. Samsung saved ~100k/month.

University of Michigan, EECS 311 Lab Design, April 2008-July 2008

- Created new labs and improved existing labs for an analog circuits class. The class covered BJTs, FETs, single stage transistor amplifiers, and basic op-amp design.

- Designed a lab that used electromagnetic radiation from cell phones to power an LED.

- Wrote tutorials on how to use an oscilloscope and a semiconductor parameter analyzer.

- Wrote a tutorial on how to do analog circuit analysis using Cadence.

University of Michigan, Integrated Microsystems Lab, January 2008-April 2008

- Designed, fabricated, and tested a MEMS two axis accelerometer.

- Designed, fabricated, and tested controlling circuitry for the accelerometer. The circuitry included a four bit counter, a digital to analog converter, an op-amp, custom logic for the accelerometer, and a four bit register.

University of Michigan, EECS 314 Instructional Aide, September 2007-April 2008

- Introduction to circuits class. Primary focus is on linear circuit elements like resistors, capacitors, inductors, and op-amps. Filters, digital logic, diodes, and transistors are also covered.

- Taught a weekly recitation session, a biweekly lab, and held office hours.

- Worked extensively with lab equipment, including computer controlled experiments using LabVIEW.

Williams International, Electrical Engineering Intern, May 2007- August 2007

- Debugged, improved, and built a resolver demodulator circuit using digital and analog parts. The circuit is used to verify the rotational position of a generator rotor with respect to a voltage phase.

- Wrote detailed user instructions for my designs.

Courses

- Semiconductor Devices - Signals and Systems I and II - Analog Circuit Design

- Microelectromechanical Systems - Electromagnetism - Integrated Microsystems

- Digital Circuit Design - Data Structures in C++ - Technical Communication

Skills

- Programming experience in C, C++, SQL, Verilog, Visual Basic, and Matlab.

- Mechanical design experience in Pro/Engineer and Coventorware.

- Circuit design experience in Design Architect, Viewdraw, Quartus, and Cadence.

- Proficient in Microsoft Office.

- Extensive experience using oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, function generators, semiconductor parameter analyzers, and spectrum analyzers.

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