Assistant Electrical Engineering

David E. Norwood

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Hendersonville, TN 37075

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EDUCATION

University of Tennessee – Chattanooga, TN

Major: M.S. Electrical Engineering, current (est. May 2011)

Emphasis: Computer Hardware

GPA: 3.714

Pennsylvania State University – Pennsylvania College of Technology – Williamsport, PA

Major: B.S. Electronics Engineering Technology, May 2009

Minor: Mathematics

GPA: 3.5

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

8/2009 – current Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)

University of Tennessee – Chattanooga, Tennessee

Research run-time reconfiguration and precision real-time processing (PRET) using FPGA’s for DARPA and NSF funded projects

8/2010 – current Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)

University of Tennessee – Chattanooga, Tennessee

Assist professor and students with digital circuits (ENEE 2740), and analog systems (ENEE 3720) courses and laboratories

5/2010 – 8/2010 Electrical Engineering Intern

Aerospace Testing Alliance – Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee

Developed embedded system for cubesat test article in order to validate Space Threat Assessment Testbed (STAT) space chamber

4/2008 – 5/2009 Electronics Systems Intern

Qortek Inc. – Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Active role in electronic prototyping and design, embedded programming, and test automation

10/2007 – 3/2008 Test Technician

Primus Technologies – Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Tested electronic products for numerous DoD agencies and DoD contractors

11/2005 – 8/2007 Engineering Aide

L3 Communications – Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Responsible for building, testing, and trouble-shooting electronic products to component level

9/1999 – 9/2005 Satellite Systems Technician

United States Air Force

Performed operations and maintenance of MILSTAR satellite communications terminal, Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Mark IVB data station, and the Presidential ultrahigh frequency satellite communications system (Mystic Star) providing connectivity to Air Force One worldwide

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: Analog Devices, Coolrunner CPLD’s, Cubesat, DirectLogic, Microchip, Motorolla, Silicon Labs, Texas Instruments, Xilinx

Software: AccelDSP, Cadsoft Eagle, Code Composer Studio, Keil, Labview, LTspice, Matlab, Orcad, PSpice, Salvo RTOS, Sigma Studio, System Generator, TinyOS, Visual Studio, Xilinx ISE/EDK/SDK

Languages: Assembly, C, C++, C#, Ladder Logic, NesC, Verilog, VHDL

Clearances: Active Secret; Recently active Top Secret with SCI eligibility

PROJECTS

• Real-Time Implementation of FIR Filters on C8051F120 Microcontroller

• Human Position Identification using Neural Networks

• Precision Real-Time Processing (PRET) for Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)

• Cubesat Development for Space Threat Assessment Testbed Validation

• Software Defined Radio using System Generator and Spartan 3 FPGA

• Impact Detection using Wavelet Transforms

• Digital PWM for Class-D Amplifier using Xilinx FPGA

• Numerous side projects with FPGA’s, MCU’s, and PLC’s

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