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Michael A. Balagtas 4380 Larwin Ave, Cypress CA 90630

(714) 718-2509 Nicobalagtas94@gmail.com

Education B.S. Electrical Engineering (Class 2016), California State University Long Beach Current GPA: 3.23

Technical Conferences, Symposiums and Competitions Presented a technical paper at the 2015 IEEE Midwest Circuits & Systems Conference,

Colorado. (IEEE abstract Link) Presented a technical poster at the 27th Annual CSUPERB Biotech Symposium (Sta Jose

CA, Spring 2015) Presented a technical poster at the American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV

Conference (Fall 2014, Long Beach) Made an informal technical poster presentation at IEEE Green Energy and Systems

Conference 2013 (Long Beach, CA, Spring 2013) Won 2nd place in the 2015 CSULB Student Research Competition, Engineering category

(Long Beach, Spring 2015) Won 3rd place in poster competition in the 2014 AIChe Chem-E car Competition Completed THESIS requirements for the University Engineering Honors Program;

California State University, Long Beach; <Thesis File Link>

Projects Completed 2013/14 IEEE Green Energy Project <Link to Energy Proj File> In charge of the hardware controller design of an Arduino based gait correction device. In charge of the 3D frame design and Hardware controller of a bipedal dinosaur robot.

<Youtube Link to Birex robot>; < http://www.arxterra.com/?s=balagtas> In charge of chemical battery testing and design of an miniature electrical vehicle using

Metal hydride batteries. Assembled and reconfigured Prusa 3D printer.

Scholarships

2014 Northrop Grumman Scholarship Awardee (Spring 2014) 2015 Roy Patterson Honors Awardee (Spring 2015)

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Work Experience

Student Research Assistant from Summer 2014-Present (Design, fabricate and build microprocessor based hardware prototypes for a biomedical gait correction device) with Professor I-Hung Khoo.

Student Research Assistant from Spring 2015- Present ( Design high speed laser trigger) with Dr. Daniel Whisler.

Hardware, Software and Programming Skills C++, Arduino Programming language (Intermediate to expert) Matlab & Simulink (Intermediate level) Printed Ckt Board Design - EAGLE (Intermediate to expert) Electronic Design Software - LTSpice, PSpice (Intermediat to expert) Microprocessor & Hardwares - Arduino, XBee, Digilent CPLD 3D Printer Prusa I3 assembly/reconfiguration, gcodes generation and editing 3D CAD - Solidworks, Gcodes generation and editing (Intermediate) 2D CAD – AutoCAD (Intermediate) Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) (Intermediate to expert) Basic Substation Engineering & Design (Beginner) Ongoing Udemy Courses (Basic Java Programming & PLC Programming (ABradley))

References

Dr. I-Hung Khoo, Department of Electrical Engineering ; (562) 985-5082 ( i-hung.khoo@csulb.edu)

Dr. Panadda Marayong, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Panadda.Marayong@csulb.edu)

Dr. Vennila Krishnan, Department of Physical Therapy(vennila.krishnan@csulb.edu) Professor Daniel Whisler, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Linkedin Profile Link

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbalagtas