David M. Herbert
5710 West Oxford Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19131 2674144400
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Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, NY
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering,
Overall GPA: 3.10
Major GPA: 3.21
August 2009-May 2013
Relevant Coursework
Electric Circuits, Introduction to Electronics, Advanced Electronics, Semiconductor Power Electronics, Laboratory Introduction to Embedded Control, VLSI Design, Computer Components and Operations, Mechatronics
Work Experience
TV Ferret, Burnt Hills, NY, Electrical Engineer November 2012 -Present
Working part time on a three person team to redesign and implement robotic sewage inspection system using Arduino
Academia Experience
RPI Center for Technology and Systems, Troy, NY, Undergraduate Researcher September 2012 – December 2012
Involved in research project to create a board to communicate with Matlab in order to achieve PID control using Lego’s NXT motor.
-Wrote C program in MPlab X to calculate velocity, acceleration, and angle position using a quadrature encoder for PIC18F2420 and PIC18F4553 microcontroller
-Debugged software using Mplab X and PICKIT 3 programmer/debugger
-Debugged hardware using an oscilloscope and multimeter
-Wrote Matlab code to read encoder data from PIC microcontroller using serial communication
Relevant Projects
2 Level DC to DC converter, Personal Project, Fall 2012
Built a 2 level DC to DC converter that increases the power supply’s output current using two MAX619 chips
-Increased the output current of the power supply from 90ma to 180ma
Boost Converter, Semiconductor Power Electronics, RPI, Fall 2012
Worked on a three person team to design, implement, and test 2v to 6v boost converter
-Drew a schematic for boost converter as well as designed the converter to operate under CCM and DCM conditions
-Used an oscilloscope to verify CCM and DCM operation
-Used a function generator to generate switching signal for circuit
Smart Muscle Project, Introduction to Engineering Design, RPI, Spring 2012
Worked on a seven person team to design, and build a datalogger for weight lifting
-Designed schematic using Eagle Cad for Smart Muscle’s input controller and then implement the schematic on a breadboard
-Wrote paper on the Smart Muscle’s elec...
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