Paul R. Friend
Permanent Address:
119 E. Jadewood
Morton, IL 61550
(309) 263-8644
gophball@gmail.com
Education
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 2005
GPA: 3.91
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 2004
Major GPA: 3.85, Overall GPA: 3.45 (Cum Laude)
Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL
Honors and Activities
(2005) The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
(08/2004 - Present) Caterpillar Master's Fellowship Recipient
(2004) Student Research Expo – 2nd Place in the
Engineering Division for Maglev Train 1
(2002 - 2004) The National Dean's List
(Fall 2002 - Fall 2003) Dean's Honor List, Bradley University
(2003 - Present) IEEE Member
(2001 - Present) Volunteer at Peoria South Side Mission for the Handicap
(2000) William Morton Scholarship, Morton American Legion Post 318
(2000) 3rd Place - IL Drafting Education Association Drafting Competition - Machine CAD
Work Experience
(05/2000 - Present) Midwestern Wood Products Co. - Morton, IL
-Design new plant, production flow, and offices for the current
-Design wooden architectural pieces, working directly with
-Develope a CNC department utilizing three AXYZ, and one
-Create professional drawings for customers and CNC programs.
-Generate a website to increase sales and provide detail for theWOOD GRID Ceiling System.
(05/1999 - 06/2000) Big K-Mart - Morton, IL
Computer Skills
ADS, Keil, Lattice ispDesignExpert, MATLAB (Simulink), ModelSim, Orcad PSPICE
Assembly (80515, 8086), C++, HTML, Java, Perl, VHDL
AutoCAD, AlphaCAM, ToolPath
Relative Courses
Electrical Engineering
EE101 Introductory Electrical Engineering
EE102 Computers & Programming in Electrical Engineering
EE201 Digital Hardware Organization
EE205 Fundamentals of Circuit Analysis
EE206 Sophomore Laboratory
EE221 Structured Programming with C
EE301 Signals & Systems I
EE302 Signals & System II
EE303 Principles of Electronics I
EE304 Principles of Electronics II
EE331 Junior Laboratory I
EE332 Junior Laboratory II
EE365 Microprocessors
EE381 Electromagnetic Fields
EE402 Undergraduate Design Seminar
EE409 Audio and Acoustic Laboratory
EE410 Digital Communication Networks
EE419 Engineering Analysis & Design
EE431 Control System Theory I
EE432 Control System Theory II
EE451 Senior Laboratory I
EE452 Senior Laboratory II
EE531 Communication Theory
EE534 Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
EE535 Engineering Applications of Neural Networks
EE551 RF Circuits & Systems
EE565 Digital Systems: Microprocessor and PC Architecture
EE540 Dynamic System Analysis
EE568 VHDL: Digital Systems
EE640 Advanced Control Systems
EE680 Research (Maglev)
EE682 Object Oriented Programming (OOP’s) for Embedded Systems(Real Time UML)
EE691 Medical Imaging
EE692 Web Control
General
PHY202 Applied Quantum Physics
ME301 Thermodynamics I
MTH207 Linear Algebra
MTH224 Elementary Differential Equations
MTH403 Complex Variables (Audited)
MTH501 Topics in Applied Mathematics I (Dynamic Optimization)
Undergrad Work
Laboratory Design Projects
Magnetic Levitating Train
Home Automation Communication System Receiver/Controller
P-Gate (Asynchronous memory element/flip-flop)
Musical Keyboard with Stored Songs
80515 Microcontroller Transistor Temperature Control System
DC Motor Control System with Feedback Control
Oscilloscope Frogger using an 80515 Microcontroller programmed with Assembly
Quiz Controller
Design Projects
Motor-Speed Control System - (Pittman DC Motor)
Sampled-Data System Design: Temperature Regulator for Component Oven
PCI Bus Card - 32 bit parallel output
ISA Bus Card - 16 bit parallel I/O and Printer interface
Laboratory Experiments
Differentiating Amplifier Design
Black Box Analysis
Amplitude Modulation
Frequency Modulation
Pulse Amplitude Modulation
Digital Communication System
Op-Amp Applications
Diode/Transistor Applications
GAL programming using Schematic and VHDL
Switching Inductive Loads
Microcontroller Interfacing with A/D and D/A Converter Applications