Ryan Tennill

105 Sterling Court Apt 302 ? Savoy, IL 61874 ? 217-390-4292 ? rt79c5e0@westpost.

net
OBJECTIVE: Full time electrical engineering position involving embedded syst
ems, signal processing, and
communications
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
May 2010
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
GPA 3.0 / 4.0
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:
TI C55x assembler
Eagle
Mathematica
MatLab
TI Code Composer
Visual Basic
ADS
Quartus II
Linux (Ubuntu)
ORCAD
C, C++, Java
Mentor Graphics
Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer
EXPERIENCE: Senior Design Project: 2.4GHz Xbee-based Wireless radio module
Spring 2010
University of Illinois Champaign
, Illinois
* Designed and built a proof-of-concept module to upgrade existing wired commun
ications between pilots and
ground crew at airport terminals.
* Researched and procured microcontrollers, amplifiers, and radio module for fi
nal design
* Project pending modifications for submission to company sponsor for commercia
lization
Active Microwave Circuit Design Project: 1.5GHz power amplifier
* Design 50 Ohm microstrip transmission line, characterize for 1.5GHz using PNA
and ADS
* Design biasing network including thermal stability for RF transistor
* Analyze S-parameters of 1.5GHz RF transistor for stability and transducer gai
n
* Implement single and double stub matching networks using Smith Charts and ADS
simulations
* Measure noise figure and gain compression to fully characterize quality of RF
power amplifier
Group Project: Audio Equalizer with graphical interface
Fall 2009
Digital Signal Processing Lab
Champaign, Illinois
* Setup cross compile environment for TI Omap 3530 EVM hardware never used befo
re in this lab.
* Cross compile Linux kernel and other necessary software for development using
Git, BitBake, and
 OpenEmbedded tools.
* As team leader, guided integration of Gstreamer audio pipeline and GTK2 inter
face
* Added ability to perform real-time equalizing of microphone input using touch
screen interface
Electrical Engineering Internship May 200
8 to August 2008
SmartSpark Energy, UIUC Research Park
Champaign,Illinois
* Designed and built solar simulator for 195W panels for in house testing of pr
oducts
* Designed and assembled custom test module for product testing by manufacturer
* Assembled, tested, repaired prototype solar panel inverters and battery equal
izer finished products.
Submarine Nuclear Electrician July 1999
to July 2005
US Navy, USS Pennsylvania
* Previous Secret Clearance
* Performed troubleshooting on 6L16 Electrolytic Oxygen Generator faults; Award
ed Navy Achievement Medal
* Created MS Access database to track divisional calibration obligations, signi
ficantly reduced occurrence of
lost calibrations
* Investigated and repaired multiple long term failures in heating controllers,
reduced repair parts spending
by $6,000
* Maintained, performed troubleshooting, and repaired: motors, motor controller
s, motor-generators, switchgear,
atmospheric control equipment, limit switches, ultrasonic level
probes and other power plant electrical equipment
ACTIVITIES:
* IEEE 2008 - present.
* Parkland Engineering Club founding member, Secretary 2007