Zhaoxiang (Randy)  Pan
11420 Fairchild Avenue, Apartment #2, Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: (216) 231-0507 (H), (216) 368-4575 (O)
Email: zxp5@po.cwru.edu


Objective:
To seek a challenging electrical engineer or software engineer position, especially in the area of real-time embedded system, firmware, automation, computer networking and image processing.

Education:
 M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 1999 (expected)
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
GPA: 4.0/4.0

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, July 1997
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
GPA: 3.86/4.0

Course Highlights:
  Computational Intelligence               Object-Oriented Software Development
  Computer System Architecture        Computer Vision for Industrial Applications
  Random Signals                               Computer Communication Networks
  Automatic Control                           Signal and Systems Analysis
  Computer Control Systems              Digital and Analog Circuit Design

Experience:
Research Assistant               May, 98 – present
Center for Automation and Intelligent System Research (CAISR), Case Western Reserve University

M.S. Thesis: Real-Time Distributed System. In this system, 2 68HC12 microprocessors are used cooperatively to control 4 motors in real time. Work includes designing and developing the interface circuits between the microprocessors and motors, porting the real-time kernel uC/OS to 68HC12 microprocessor, designing the system, developing the communication and control software in C and assembly language, debugging and testing the system.

 Teaching Assistant               August, 97 – May, 98
 Department of Electrical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

(1) Lab instructor and grader of “Introduction to Microprocessors in Motorola 68000” for 150 students.
(2) Grader, recitation and lab instructor of “Circuits, Signals and Systems” for 86 students.
 

 Research Assistant               September, 95 – July, 97
 Department of Automation, Tsinghua University

(1) Developed a distributed pneumatic control system using PLCs.
(2) Designed and developed a digital circuit board for trioxide parameter beta measurement.

Summer Intern               June, 96 – September, 96
Wei-Ye Company, Beijing, China
 
Designed and developed Beijing Wei-Ye Database System using INFORMIX-4GL.

Projects:
(1) Edge detection and texture analysis of images in computer vision.
(2) TCP/IP socket based communication between local workstation and remote server.
(3) Multi-layer multi-output feedforward Neural Net training by using Generalized Delta Rule with back propagation of errors.
(4) Hardware design and software development for the communication between PC and Intel 8096 microprocessor.

Skills:
(1) Computer Languages: C/C++, Assembly (based on M68HC12, M68HC11, M680x0 and Intel 80x86), HTML, Pascal, FORTRAN, Oracle, INFORMIX-4GL
(2) Computer Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows 95, Windows NT, Linux, DOS, Real-Time Operating Systems (uC/OS)
(3) Software: MATLAB, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Family, PSpice, VISIO
(4) Hardware: Microcontroller and PLC application, PCB design, Digital circuit design
(5) Bilingual in English and Chinese

Honors and Activities:
(1) Honor student in Tsinghua University
(2) IEEE student member
(3) Chinese Students and Scholars Association member

Personal Profile:
 Well developed organizational skills and good project planning ability.
 A motivated team-player, good communication and interpersonal skills.
 A self-starter, quick learner, able to accept and use new concepts.

References:
Available upon request.