Education

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Santa Clara University, 2017

• M.S. in Control Systems, Santa Clara University, 2018

• Relevant Coursework: Optimal control, linear control, model predictive control, linear algebra, optimization, power electronics, power systems, power system stability and control, energy storage systems, electric motor and battery system design

Current Work Experience

• BD Biosciences - R&D Electrical Engineer, Product Dev - March 2019 - Present

  • Designed/brought up/implemented various custom PCBs from prototype to commercial release of product

    • Linear X-Y Axis Motor Driver Board with RS485 and USB Communication and differential encoders

    • 3 Power Distribution Boards

    • Temperature Controller Board with STM32 Microcontroller

    • USB to 1-wire Temperature Sensor Board

    • I2C Temperature Sensor Board

    • Valve Driver Board

    • LED Driver Board

  • Lead development of those boards from requirements, through design and layout, to testing and implementation

  • Debugged faulty boards and re-spun them 0 to 1 times on average — better than industry standard

  • Lead build and assembly of cytometer DAQ chassis for 8 prototype units and initial commercial units

  • Supported cross-functioning teams in delivering state of the art flow cytometer in industry-leading company

  • Regularly lead requirements discussions with external vendors to collaboratively develop solutions to issues

  • Successfully lead Advanced Technologies Group through EMI/EMC compliance/safety testing on new product

• BD Biosciences - MFG Engineer & Project Manager - June 2018 - March 2019

  • Project manager leading teams of 4 members to completion of 5 large scale and 3 small transfer/EOL projects

  • Demonstrated PPV-maximizing skills totaling $1 million in cost-savings projects completed for Operations group

  • Completed project 3 months earlier than anticipated, providing additional savings for stakeholders

  • Developed ideas to cut costs for production of flow cytometers

Past work experience

• Santa Clara University - Teaching Assistant - EE & Physics - June 2016 - June 2018

  • Set up and taught undergraduate electrical engineering labs. Set up and graded physics labs

• ON Semiconductor - Applications Engineering Intern - June 2017 - September 2017

  • Tuned and implemented multiple power electronics evaluation boards with buck converter topologies

  • Researched buck converter designs and soldered various components to evaluation board to optimally tune evaluation board to business technical requirements

• NASA Ames Research Center - Project Engineer Intern - October 2014 - October 2016

  • Swarm Satellite Project (founding member):

    • Designed system and molded/tuned antenna for satellites to communicate and share locations with each other

  • Nanofoil Project (team member):

    • Used ion beam sputtering machine to sputter various elements onto substrate to develop rapid combustible and rapid cooling foil material and used electron microscope to verify elemental compositions

  • Outer Space Greenhouse (OSG - team member):

    • Developed plant carousel that emulates gravity in other planets for biology department's research use

Skills

• PADS DxDesigner, MS Office, SPICE, Eagle PCB, MATLAB, C, C++, Python, Swift iOS development, Simulink, Autodesk Fusion 360

• Troubleshooting, optimization, out-of-the-box brainstorming

• Board design, PCB layout, digital schematic capture (some analog), microcontroller implementation/programming, 3D modeling, 3D printing, EMC/EMI compliance/safety testing, control theory, power systems, common serial communications (I2C, SPI, UART, RS485, USB, 1-Wire)

Publications

• RF Location Tracking: A Modular Antenna System Implementation
  Feng, Alan Tao; Mogharrab, Razma; and Rivera, Carlos, "RF Location Tracking: A Modular Antenna System Implementation
  (2017). Interdisciplinary Design Senior Theses. 30.
  https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/idp_senior/30