This page explains the focus of my work in The Pennsylvania State
University Electrical Engineering Department (2009-2011) before accepting an offer at Hoppmann Audio Visual in Northern Virginia (April
2011).
My PSU Lab: Penn State’s NEW Microwave Engineering Lab
Room 329,
Electrical Engineering East building
University Park, PA 16802
*Also houses
the EE Department’s Anechoic Chamber (20ft x 10ft x 10ft)
My Employment in the Microwave Engineering Lab:
I began in August 2009 as a
part-time Laboratory Developer
updating & expanding the EE432 (Microwave Engineering) lab curriculum for Dr. Julio Urbina, the incoming EE432 instructor after Dr.
Lynn Carpenter’s retirement. After
receiving my B.S.E.E. in December 2009, I decided to continue my work
developing/maintaining the Microwave Engineering Lab, expanding the EE432 lab
curriculum, and I accepted the EE432
Teaching Assistantship appointment for Spring
2010.
Laboratory Developer – Electrical
Engineering Dept., Pennsylvania State University (8/2009 - 8/2010, Spring
2011)
•
Renovated Penn
State’s Microwave Engineering Laboratory.
•
Modernized and
expanded the EE432 (Microwave Engineering) laboratory curriculum.
•
Trained
students to operate lab equipment (Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers,
etc.).
Teaching Assistant, EE432 – Electrical Engineering Dept.,
Pennsylvania State University (Spring 2010)
•
Provided ALL
laboratory instruction for the senior/grad-level course, EE432 (Microwave
Engineering).
•
Authored course
lab activities (15% of course grade) and guided students through the design,
fabrication, and testing of a 2.4GHz, +15dB balanced power amplifier (25% of
course grade).
•
Assisted
students in the use of Agilent’s Advanced Design
System (ADS) software for RF
circuit simulation and PCB layout simulation.
• Developed an ADS 2009 software tutorial.
Anechoic Chamber – Electrical
Engineering Dept., Pennsylvania State University
Dimensions = (20ft x 10ft x 10ft)
EE432 Lab Pictures – Students working
hard on their Final Project for EE432: the design, fabrication, and
testing of a 2.4GHz, +15dB balanced power amplifier (25% of
course grade).
*See the entire photo album here.
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