1521 Margaret Ave SE
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49507
(616) 634-8589 - aldavis@mtu.edu
Arick L. V. Davis
Education
Michigan Technological University: 2.93 GPA
BS Electrical Engineering, Minor in International Business Studies; Graduation Spring 2016
Engineering Experience
Goldman Sachs, New York, New York: Internship, May 2015- August 2015
• Utilized Java frameworks to develop a REST service to deliver sensitive account information to a secure web application
European Project Semester, Porto, Portugal: Study Abroad Project, February 2015- July 2015
• Designed, constructed and programed automated controls for an aquaponics system, while acting as the leader of a team of 6
HGST (a Western Digital Company), Rochester, Minnesota: Co-op, May 2013- December 2013
• Coding & debugging programs in Octave & Tcl with the purpose of collecting & processing data to analyze hard drive performance
Transfer Scholars, Enterprise / Michigan Tech, Houghton, Michigan: Student Member, September 2012- May 2013
• Testing battery chemical cell compositions & circuit structure for optimal use in solar vehicles
MICUP / Michigan Tech, Houghton, Michigan: Research Internship May 2011- July 2011
• Collected data by creating several circuits to develop a calibration method for a 3-phase power meter
Dematic, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Internship, June 2008- August 2008
• Began the creation of a Microsoft Excel database to organize diagrams
Comp Renew, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Internship, October 2005- August 2007
• Tested components, fixed errors, & improved recycling methods. In addition I received an award for managing an online store
Work Experience
Michigan Tech: EE3171 Lab Assistant (January 2016- Current), Houghton, Michigan
• I help students in the EE3171 Microcontroller Application lab develop and debug their projects.
Public Safety: Student Security Officer (September 2012- February 2015), Houghton, Michigan
• I was trusted with the main campus keys.
• Working 20+ hours per week my primary duty is to ensure the campus is secure after normal class hours
Co-Curricular Involvement
Activity
Copper Country Coders
Description
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Every Saturday we work with local middle and high school students to teach them computer programming.
NSBE
Transfer Scholars Program
Rotaract
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I am acting as Senator for Michigan Tech’s chapter of National Society of Black Engineers.
The purpose is to help First Generation College students succeed in college & the research field.
As an E-Board Director I assist the President and other leaders with organizing events and activates.
Rotaract is a college extension of Rotary; a service program that provides humanitarian aid worldwide
Engineering Without
Borders
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I am researching & planning implantation of an electric well pump & storage system to be built in Guatemala.
EWB focuses on implementing sustainable engineering solutions worldwide to help improve quality of life.
Relevant Coursework & Software
Coursework
DR258, ENG1102 Engineering Modeling and Design (Pro E)
EE2174 Digital Logic and Lab, EE3171 Microcontroller Application
EE2112 Electric Circuits 2, EE3120 Energy Systems
EE1110 Essential Math for EE
COM131, HU2830 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Co127 , EE2241 C++ Programming CS1121 Intro to Java
Software
Pro/ENGINEERING (Pro-E)
SolidWorks
Photoshop
Microsoft: Excel, PowerPoint,
Publisher, Word
Arduino
Languages
Python / Tcl
C++ / C / Java
PHP / MySQL / HTML
Verilog / VHDL
Matlab / Octave
Assembly