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Why should you get a co-op at the NRAO?

• Current Information
• Personal Information as a Student with the NRAO
  • Education
  • Areas of Focus at UC
  • Areas of Focus at NRAO
  • Some Long Term Personal Goals
• Links

Current Information

This page reflects work as a cooperative education (co-op) employee and undergraduate capstone (senior design) project collaborator. The NRAOWikio:Main.RonDuPlain page reflects work as a staff engineer with NRAO.

Personal Information as a Student with the NRAO

Education

• The University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering
  • Major in Computer Engineering
  • Minor in Mathematics
  • Minor in VLSI (Very-Large Scale Integrated) microchip design
  • Graduation June 2007
• UC and NRAO, a Cooperative Learning Experience (Co-op)
  • As a student of the University of Cincinnati in the College of Engineering, I was required to get work experience through the Division of Professional Practice before graduation.
  • I worked at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory throughout five quarters over two and a half years.
    • Jun - Sep 2004
    • Jan - Mar 2005
    • Jun - Sep 2005
    • Jan - Mar 2006
    • Jun - Sep 2006
  • The University of Cincinnati's Division of Professional Practice recognized my co-op experience:
    • as a Cool Co-op in 2006.
    • with the Professional Achievement Recognition Award for the Outstanding Computer Engineering Co-op of 2007.
  • Why should you get a co-op at the NRAO?

Areas of Focus at UC

• Computer Hardware
  • Linear Circuits and Transistor Networks
  • Digital Logic Design
  • Control Systems
  • VLSI (Very-Large Scale Integrated) Microchip Design
• Computer Software
  • Data Structures and Algorithm Design
  • Application Development and Software Engineering
• Digital and Symbolic Logic
• Mathematics
• Technical Writing
• Student Government
  • Professor and Course Evaluations
  • Student Networks and Organization

Areas of Focus at NRAO

• FPGA Instrument Development
• System and Data Quality
• Python Programming Language
• Advanced Wiki Editing

Some Long Term Personal Goals

• Become an Engineer In Training (EIT) upon graduation at the University of Cincinnati (UC).
• Obtain a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) and a Master's in Systems Engineering.
• Become a Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) through the American Society of Quality (ASQ).

Links

• fpga-dev - UC ECE senior design team homepage
• NRAOWikio:CICADA.WebHome - CICADA - NRAO FPGA Instrumentation Development Wiki

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