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Education
- M.S.E in Systems & Electrical Engineering, Oregon Institute of Technology, 2025
- B.S. in Electronics Engineering Technology, Oregon Institute of Technology, 2025
- A.A.S. in Electronics Technology, Rogue Community College, 2020
Professional Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Oregon Tech (2024–2025)
- Developed LTspice tutorials and graded circuit analysis coursework.
Signal Integrity Engineering Intern
Samtec, Inc. (2022)
- Conducted destructive testing and RF cable validation.
- Analyzed signal artifacts and contributed to product readiness.
Service Technician | Met One Instruments
Grants Pass, OR (2020–2021)
- Repaired environmental monitors and beta attenuation systems.
- Diagnosed hardware/software issues in real-world sensor deployments.
Airport Caretaker (Part-Time)
Josephine County Airports, 2023–Present
- Supported lighting maintenance and AWOS system repair
- Assisted with Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) installation
Luthier & Business Owner
Westrose Guitars, 2015–2019
- Built and serviced custom stringed instruments
- Managed all business operations including customer service and soldering electronics
Skills
- Systems Engineering
- Lifecycle analysis, FMEA, structured design reviews
- Product feasibility and commercialization analysis
- Embedded Systems
- AVR microcontrollers (Assembly/C), Atmel Studio
- Interfaces: GPIO, PWM, UART, SPI, I2C
- Signal Processing
- MATLAB, Python, C++
- Filtering, FFT, Doppler and delay estimation
- Hardware Development
- Circuit design and debugging (LTspice, KiCad, NI Multisim)
- PCB prototyping and RF circuit tuning
- Digital Logic & FPGA
- VHDL (Altera DE10-Lite, Cyclone IV, Digilent Basys 2)
- Tools: Quartus Prime, Xilinx ISE
Projects
- FMCW Radar System with bladeRF AX4
Oregon Institute of Technology | 2024 – Present - Designed and implemented a 2×2 MIMO radar platform using dual bladeRF SDRs.
- Developed MATLAB scripts for chirp generation, SDR control, and DSP algorithms for estimating range, velocity, and DoA.
Extracted Doppler shift via FFT and enhanced precision with delay fusion techniques.
- Automated Beat Detection in ICP Signals
Oregon Institute of Technology | March 2024 - Developed a peak-detection algorithm for intracranial pressure waveforms.
Integrated expert feedback and signal conditioning for robust clinical detection.
- SDR Selection via Hierarchical Decision Modeling
2023 – 2024 - Created a structured decision model to evaluate and rank SDR platforms for radar applications.
- Used criteria weighting and comparative analysis to guide high-impact hardware decisions.
More project details on the Portfolio page.
Recognitions
- Tau Beta Pi (2025)
- Leadership and Diversity Scholar (2023)
- Amateur Radio License: KJ7ZCD (2021)
- National All-Oregon Academic Scholar (2020)
Teaching
Service and Leadership
- Volunteer Firefighter, Quincy Volunteer Fire Department (Sep 2014 – Sep 2016)
- Responded to emergencies and provided community disaster relief as part of a rural firefighting team.
- Community Volunteer, Josephine County Emergency Communication Group (Oct 2021 – Present)
- Active member of an ARES-affiliated ham radio team (JCEC) providing emergency communications support to Josephine County and Search & Rescue (JoCo SAR).
- Trained in emergency protocols and disaster response communication.