From: tod@cco.caltech.edu (Tod Edward Kurt)
Subject: Caltech BS EE/CS w/exp. VLSI | Verilog | MIDI | microcontrollers
Summary: looking for a job
Keywords: VLSI MIDI microcontroller Verilog C X BS EE/CS
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 04:09:18 GMT

Hi,
    I'm a recent graduate of Caltech and Occidental College and would like to
do design (primarily digital) for a company that could use my abilities.  I've
had extensive experience in VLSI design using standard CAE tools ( Magic,
COSMOS, SPICE, Verilog ), am proficient in microcontroller circuit design and
firmware programming ( 68HC11, 8031/51, 80C188 ) with emphasis on MIDI
hardware, and have good programming skills in "C" and several assembly
languages.
    Caltech has given me an excellent engineering education and my studies at
Occidental have helped me better understand people, whether it be for designing
user interfaces or working with my colleagues.  
    I would like to stay in California, but the right job could take me just
about anywhere.

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    	    	    	    TOD EDWARD KURT
                            --- ------ ----
    Campus Address: 	    	    	    	Permanent Address
	California Institute of Technology	    2849 Perliter Ave.
	box 624	    	    	    	    	    Las Vegas, NV 89030
	Pasadena, CA  91126	    	    	    (702) 642-7015
	(818) 578-9952  (818) 356-5061
    	Internet: tkurt@vlsi.caltech.edu	

OBJECTIVE:  A position in electrical engineering with emphasis on digital
    	    	and/or analog electronics

EDUCATION:  B.S., Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, GPA: 3.0   June 1992
		California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
    	    B.A., Liberal Arts, GPA: 3.2    	    	    	      June 1992
		Occidental College, Los Angeles

    	    Course Work Includes:	    Advanced Work In:
		Basic Circuit Analysis		Digital VLSI Design
		Communications Theory		Digital Signal Processing
		Microprocessor Systems		Digital Filter Banks/Wavelets
		Electromagnetics		Microprocessor Systems Design
		Solid State Physics

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
    - Motorola 68HC11/05 assembly language and systems design.
    - Motorola 68HC16 assembly language,  DSP, systems design.
    - Intel 80C188/186/286/386 assembly language and systems design.
    - Knowledge of C, MC68000 assembly, Pascal, FORTRAN, and BASIC.
    - Magic and COSMOS for VLSI design/simulation.
    - SPICE/pSPICE for transient analysis and analog simulation. 
    - Cadence Verilog HDL for simulation of VLSI and digital ciruits. 
    - X windows and UNIX programming.
    - MIDI device construction & programming using above skills.

EXPERIENCE:
    VLSI Mesh Routing Chip Designer	    	    	    June 1992 - present
    Computer Science Department, California Institute of Technology
    	Designed and debugged next generation Elko Mesh Router Chip (EMRC)
    	under the direction of Dr. Charles Seitz.  Using Magic, COSMOS, SPICE,
    	and Verilog HDL, the circuit was simulated at the switch level,
    	behavior level, and transient level before fabrication and testing. The
    	EMRC chip was designed to form the nodes of a 2-D multi-processor mesh.

    Teaching Assistant  	    	    	    Academic Year 1991 and 1992
    Microprocessor Systems Design Class, Caltech
    	Taught assembly language programming, digital design, and construction
    	techniques for this three term class using the Intel 80C188/186 with
    	development on the Intel In-Circuit Emulator(ICE).  Each term required
    	a different project to be designed and built by each student. 

    Software Engineer   	    	    	    	    	    Summer 1991
    Near Infra-red Research Group, Caltech
    	Worked on control software for a new infra-red imaging system for the
	Keck Telescope that maintained communications with the main Keck
	computer via Ethernet and archived data. 

    Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow    	    	    	    Summer 1990
    Spatial Interferometry Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
    	Designed, constructed, and tested an electronically controlled thermal
    	bath to stabilize a laserlight frequency counter.

    Computer Technician and Systems Consultant  	 Sept. 1987 - June 1990
    Occidental College Computer Center, Occidental College, Los Angeles
    	Repaired, installed, and maintained Apple Macintosh, IBM-PC, PC/AT
    	systems, Wyse and Prime terminals.  Also acted as computer consultant
    	in the college community for these systems and the school's Prime 6350
    	and 9955 mainframes. 

    Electrical Engineering Intern	    	    	    	    Summer 1988
    Centurion Systems, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada
    	Developed and designed devices to customers' specifications. Emphasis
	on micro-processor coding,  pc board layout, circuit testing and
	assembly.

ACTIVITIES and AWARDS:
    - Electronic Music/MIDI programming - Guitar - Music Scoring and Foley
    for student films - Ultimate Frisbee - Caltech Men's Glee Club
    - Society of Physics Students - Dorm Representative - Tomiyasu scholarship
    recipient - Mortar Board (Honor Society) - Carnation Award

REFERENCES:	Available upon request