Daniel Liu
6126 Ocean Terrace Dr, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 • 310-869-6008 • http://liu88.net/daniel • daniel@liu88.net
EDUCATION
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Date of graduation: March 2011
Concentration: Integrated Circuits
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Grade Point Average: 3.96 / 4.0
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Expected Date of graduation: March 2013
Concentration: Integrated Circuits
- Degree in progress
Grade Point Average: N/A
Achievements/ Memberships/ Coursework
- On the Dean’s list of University of California, Los Angeles
- AMATYC (American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges) Math Competition, Placed within the Top 10 Nationally
- Member of HKN & TBP, organizations dedicated to encouraging and recognizing excellence in engineering
PROJECT/ LAB/ RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Through projects, secured hands-on experience:
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Collaborated with Prof. Ali Sayed in the UCLA Adaptive Systems Laboratory, working on animal swarming behavior simulations
Extensive experience in the use of Matlab – Cognitive Networks, Image/ Signal Processing, etc.
Involved in EDA research on multiple-row-height cell placement utilizing Cadence Encounter and mPL with Prof. Puneet Gupta in the
UCLA NanoCAD Laboratory
Analog Electronics Laboratory – Amplifiers ( Differential, Class-D and etc.), Filters, and etc.
Android Application Development – WIFI Radiation Map – an application that detects the current location and the strength of the ambient
WIFI signal strengths and uploads it to a central server where data is collected and analyzed.
Electronic circuits design project – Class D Audio Amplifier for iPhone (Cadence Virtuoso)
Currently building an eCommerce website from scratch, utilizing advanced server and client side technologies (PHP, MySql, AJAX,
JQUERY library, Javascript, Smarty and etc).
(see http:// www.foodxd.com)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Intel Corporation
Package Design and Analysis Engineer
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Performed metrology capabilities analysis of laboratory procedures to evaluate laboratory accuracy and reproducibility from a statistical
prospective
Developed measurement automation software to enhance laboratory measurement reproducibility
Performed laboratory measurements to evaluate package related power delivery options for next generation Intel microprocessors
Ensured power delivery quality to the CPU by analyzing transmission line topology and performing circuit analysis.
Developed methods and metrologies for characterizing and validating the electrical performance of IC packages.
Developed simulation methods and laboratory characterization methods for new technologies, and track the development progress until
physical parts are created.
Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA
Database/System Analyst/Programmer
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Jul. 2009 – Mar. 2010
Designed and implemented the current online course management system structure using PHP, MySql, Javascript (AJAX) and Smarty.
Developed a highly dynamic and sophisticated interface that serves the UCLA Electrical Engineering Department on multiple levels –
course management, assessment tasks, and etc (estimated 1200 users).
Maintained the course management website to ensure proper function of the system.
Social Sciences Computing, UCLA
Information Technology Consultant
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Apr. 2011– Aug. 2011
Sep. 2008– Jun. 2009
Provided strong customer management and technical support services to 300+ users in more than 30 departments and centers
representing diverse technical proficiencies, comfort levels and backgrounds.
Provided hardware and software installation & fulfillment following agreed upon procedures, standards, and knowledge base material.
Achieved standards in quality and productivity of supporting, troubleshooting, remote access, network patching for the users’ needs.
Immediate online/phone support on any computer technical issues.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Cadence Virtuoso/ Encounter & RTL Compiler, MATLAB, PSPICE
Front-end to back-end web development (PHP, HTML, Javascript( jQuery & AJAX), MySQL, SMARTY, CSS)
Android application development – Android Ellipse SDK ( JAVA )
Adobe CS5 products including Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator and Photoshop and all MS Office Products
C++, CUDA parallel programming, JAVA, Assembly(x86-64 & MIPS), Linux/ UNIX, TCL & Bash Scripts, Visual Basic .NET
IEEE-488 – General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB)
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Chinese Mandarin in all aspects
REFERENCES
Available upon request