Project Engineering

Eric Markwith

Boston University

B.S. Electrical Engineering (GPA: 3.76)

Academic Honors: Tau Beta Pi, Magna Cum Laude, Student Advisor Senior Award

Relevant Coursework: Calculus 1-4, Complex Variables, Linear Algebra, Physics 1-3, Electric Circuit Theory, Electronics, Analog Electronics, Microprocessors, Signals and Systems, Communication Systems, Control Systems, Software Engineering, Logic Design, Electromagnetic Systems, Plasma Physics

Technical Skills: C++, Visual Studio 2010, MATLAB, Verilog, MSP430, Arduino, Java, Microsoft Office, Microsoft OS, Linux, DirectX, Dreamweaver

Activities: President / Founder of Electro-Acoustics Club, Student Advisor for Incoming Freshman, Studied Abroad in Dresden, Germany (Spring 2010), Ionospheric Plasma Physics Research, Basic Game Development, Analog Electronics for Electric Guitar Applications, Music (Primarily singing)

Work Experience:

Research Assistant

Boston University ECE Department

Ionospheric Plasma Physics Research

May 2011 - May 2012

- Traveled to HAARP and Arecibo research facilities

- Presented research topic at HAARP facility

- Worked in control room / set up transmitters and selected beam frequency

- Developed software in MATLAB to analyze ion line data

Electric Circuit Theory Undergraduate Teaching Fellow

Boston University ECE Department

September 2010 - May 2012

- Helped students with homework problems and general conceptual concerns

- Worked in the lab helping students debug circuits and projects

- Held weekly discussions based on assigned homework problems

- Graded submitted homework assignments

Electronics Undergraduate Teaching Fellow

Boston University ECE Department

September 2011 - December 2011

- Helped students learn course material

- Worked with students in the lab debugging circuits and lab projects

- Held office hours outside of class to offer students extra help

- Graded submitted homework

Introduction to Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Fellow

September 2010 - December 2010

Introduction to Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Fellow (project based course)

- Assisted students in completing various electro-acoustic projects (reverb and overdrive circuits, talk-boxes, cigar-box guitars, sound activated LED arrays, etc.)

- Held office hours and soldering demos

- Graded submitted assignments.

Academic Student Advisor

Boston University Engineering Department

September 2010 - December 2011

As a student advisor, I lead weekly meetings where I would help freshman with scheduling, classes, and study habits. I was facilitated the transition between high school and college for incoming freshman as I helped them get acquainted with the campus and college atmosphere.

Projects:

Investigation of Ion Line Enhancement in HF Heater Wave Injection Experiments at Gakona, Alaska

This is my Senior Honors Thesis which involved analyzing and interpreting received data from SSRC 2011 experiments at the HAARP Research Facility in Gakona, Alaska. The thesis investigates a temporal evolution of a characteristic asymmetry observed in ion line power spectrum data during turbulent conditions, mainly in the presence of an electrojet.

Analog Reverberation Device

This project involved designing an analog circuit to drive the input of a reverb tank and another analog circuit to recover the output signal from the reverb tank. The interface between the circuits and the reverb tank creates a reverb effect to be driven by an electric guitar and output by an amplifier.

FPGA Image Processing Unit

This project involved a MATLAB / UART interface where MATLAB would break down an image into 9x9 pixel blocks and send them through UART to a Spartan 6 board. Filters coded in verilog were designed so that the Spartan 6 board could process the received image. Depending upon the positions of dip switches, different filtering techniques were applied. The filtered image was then sent back to MATLAB through UART and displayed

MSP430, PS/2 Square Wave Keyboard

An MSP430 board was used to process received data from a PS/2 keyboard format and output a square wave. Square waves would be of different frequencies set by timers on the board so that playing different keys produced different tones through a speaker output.

MATLAB Module for FM Radio

Using MATLAB and its FFT functions and capabilities, I created an FM radio module that would take an input sound and assign it to a specific channel (Bandwidth). The program prompts the user for a channel and plays the sound assigned to the desired station.

MATLAB Ethernet Module

Another MATLAB project that simulates an ethernet connection. Using an archaic 3 bit data encoding simulation, I was able to build an ethernet transmitter / receiver module that I could successfully pass data through and receive. The module involved error control coding techniques as well as tedious matched filtering for the given encoding scheme.

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