Electrical Engineer

Kai Z. Thawng

*****@***.*** **** NW **TH Place, Gainesville, FL 32605 Phone: 352-***-****

OBJECTIVE: Obtain a full time position where I would use my experience and expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives and have the ability to affect short and long term goals

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Minor in Business Administration & Sales Engineering

GPA 3.2/4.0 Graduation Date: May 2012

EXPERIENCE:

SIEMENS ENERGY, Inc., Gainesville FL Team Leader Aug 2011 - Present

Led team of 5 to develop and built temperature monitoring system for high voltage/high current electrical equipment

Managed up to $6,000 budget throughout the IPPD Program (Integrated Product and Process Development)

Gained product testing knowledge from analyzing RFID tag reliability in harsh electromagnetic environment

Implemented IEC 61850 communication standard for intelligent electronic device for temperature monitoring in substations

Gainesville SDA Church, FL Sound Engineer July 2005 – Present

Set up of audio equipment: amplifier, 8 to 24- channel soundboards, loudspeaker, wired/wireless microphones

Transferred various magnetic film elements, hard disk files, audio and video to either analog or digital

Controlled and directed various live events such as weddings, presentation and seminars

D & D Sushi Inc., Gainesville FL Manager July 2005 – Present

Implemented marketing idea targeted at different demographics by surveying to fulfill customer needs

Managed and planned budget up to $200,000 a year for operational and marketing objectives

Acquired skills such as scheduling and quality control by leading up 10 associates and improving quality of products

UF: Dept. of Electrical Engineering Team Leader Jan 2011 – April 2011

Planned and built wireless motion and load triggered security system for homes and offices

Designed PCB layout using Altium 2010 and calculated filtration parameters using Filter Pro

Implemented Xbee transceiver for wireless communication and data transfer in Line passing and Mesh network configurations

SKILLS:

Hardware: Lab-Volt Data Acquisition and Management for Electromechanical System, Mixed Signal Oscilloscope, Function Generator, Triple-Output DC Power Supply, TI MSP430F/G microcontroller, BeagleBoard-xM, maintained and repaired desktops and laptop PCs

Software/Languages: C/C++, Java, Python, Assembly Language for TI Microcontrollers, Altium 2011, SolidWorks2011, Mathlab, Quartus II, Code Composer v.4.0, LTspice, Filter Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, Sony Vegas Pro 9.0

ACTIVITIES:

UF: Society of Asian Scientist and Engineers (SASE) August 2010 – Present

Assist underclassmen for academic advising (mentor and mentee program)

Participate and helped the College of Engineering events such as e-cup, e-week

UF: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) August 2007 – Present

Participated in various activities such as IEEE hardware team and e-week

Designed and built educational game for local middle school students

LANGUAGES:

Fluent in Burmese, English and Elementary knowledge of Spanish

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