Dennis Miller

625 S. Fountaine St.

Flagstaff, AZ  86001

Phone  (928) 774-9345

E-mail dlm25@dana.ucc.nau.edu

 

Employment                          Seeking full-time employment relating to Computer or Electrical Engineering.

Objective                                 Interest areas: Computer Hardware Applications and Design, MEMS, Renewable Energy

 

Education                              NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY (NAU) - Flagstaff, AZ                    GPA 3.53                                                        

·         Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

·         Expected graduation May 2003                             

 

EASTERN ARIZONA COLLEGE (EAC) - Thatcher, AZ                               GPA 3.5

·         Associate of the Arts in Liberal Studies

·         May 1999

 

Projects                                Integrated Circuit Device Tester for Intel (Senior Design)

                                    Designed Micro Controller in VHDL and implemented on FPGA

                                                VHDL implementation of Direct Digital Synthesis of a Programmable Frequency Generator 

Modeled Turbine Governor Circuit with Spice software (Palo Verde)

Hardware and LabView software for remotely controlled (via network) vehicle (Junior Design)

Automated plant systems data plotter/Excel Macro (Palo Verde)

Integrated Circuit Fabrication (Advanced Micro Electronics Lab)

Designed\built circuits for Search and Rescue Robot (Sophomore Design)

 

Research                               NASA Space Grant Intern assisting Dr. Paul Flikkema                  July 2002-present

·         Agent based simulation of wireless sensor networks for a more energy efficient operation

 

Research assistant to Dr. Ingrid St. Omer                                                        Summer 2002

·         Growth of thin film diamond on silicon substrate using CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)

 

Courses                                Advanced Digital Design (VHDL)

Semiconductor Device Theory and Fabrication with Lab

Digital Logic/Microprocessor Design/Computer Architecture

Digital Signal Processing

Electrical Engineering I and II/Electronic Circuits I/Computer Engineering

                                                Design-4-Practice I, II, III, and IV (Design Process)

 

Skills                                     VHDL, Altera MaxPlus II Digital Design Software, LabView, Java, Objective C,

Fortran, MatLab, Assembly, VisualBasic, Pspice, and MS Office

                                                Design oriented, creative, original, inventive, teaming skills

Awards   

 
 

·         Arizona Power Authority Scholarship

·         Arizona Public Service (APS) Scholarship

·         NASA Space Grant Intern

·         Honeywell Computer Science/Engineering Scholarship

·         Dean’s List at NAU and EAC

Clubs   

 
 


·         Active member of ACET (Ambassadors for the College of Engineering and Technology)

·         V.P. of Recruiting for IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)

 

Additional                             Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station            Phoenix, AZ 

Employment                                          Intern in Instrument and Control Design, Summer 2001                       

History                                  NAU Learning Assistance Centers                  Flagstaff, AZ   

                                                Math and EE I Tutor, September 1999-October 2001                    

EAC Physics Department                                   Thatcher, AZ

                                                        Physics Tutor and Aide, December 1998-May 1999

                                                Sooter’s Automotive Service                             Tucson, AZ

                                                                Apprentice, May 1995-September 1997