Yalun Wu

Programmer, Electronic Geek, Photographer | yalunwu@gmail.com

ABOUT

I am a senior electrical engineering major student at University of Maryland, College Park. For the past three years, I have been developing, both hardware and software, research platforms for various research groups on the University of Maryland campus.

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SKILLS

Programming

C/C++

Java

MATLAB

LabVIEW

Electronics and IC

Analog/Digital Circuit Design

PCB Layout

VHDL

IC Layout

CAD and EDA Softwares

Autodesk Inventor

DipTrace

Cadence Virtuoso

Altera Quartus

Altera ModelSim

Synopsys

Zemax

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park

GRADUATING IN DEC 2014
IN PROGRESS

Exchange Student
Technical University of Denmark

Jan 2014-June 2014

WORK

Undergraduate Researcher
University of Maryland - Bio-photonic Imaging Laboratory

Developed multithreaded C++ application for various medical technologies, including Optical Coherent Tomography, Near Infrared Spectroscopy, and Hyperspectral Imaging, with CUDA and Qt
Designed, tested, and laid-out custom PCBs that provides high gain conversion between optical signal to electrical signal and controls for various scientific instruments
Utilized Arduino to provide I2C and serial interface in order to control light sources and spectrometers
Coded a software package that would manage multiple sensors and hardware
Designed LabVIEW applications to automate experiments thereby reducing the time spent by 50%
Analyzed the performance of a new medical device, Coherent Gated Doppler (CGD), by testing the device with various blood vessel phantoms

August 2014-Current
June 2012 - Dec 2013

Current Job

Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Maryland - Simulation-Based System Design Laboratory

Designed a platform that would deploy Kinect on an RC car to develop an real time program that would follow a person and avoid obstacle and other people
Worked with MATLAB and C++ to develop image processing and navigation algorithms for an autonomous ground vehicle project sponsored by Office of Naval Research
Constructed discrete electronics board to enable Kinect to operate with DC power source
Project video

August 2011 - May 2012

Volunteer Lab Assistant
University of Maryland - Robotics, Automation, and Medical Systems Lab

Constructed and manipulated a 3D model of 100+ parts using OpenGL framework to provide real time visualization of a pneumatically controlled medical robot
Implemented optical tracking on the bending of shape memory alloy cannula with OpenCV and 3D vision
Converted two console-based device control programs into GUI-based programs by using C++ and Qt
Transported sensor data using UDP packets in order to remotely visualize a biomedical robot

June-August 2011

Interesting Class Projects

Advanced Computer Architecture
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Created MIPS-like pipelined processor on an Altera DE2 FPGA from Designing Instruction Set to Performance Evaluations
Implemented the processor in VHDL using Altera Quartus
Tested the implemented processor in Modelsim and Synopsys
Designed a 32-bit instruction set that provide a wide range of operations
Project Code

January-June 2014

Mixed Signal VLSI Design
University of Maryland, College Park

Created an color detection chip in ON Semiconductor 0.5 µm process
Designed, layout and tested the circuits in Cadence Virtuoso
Layout the designed circuit for fabrication with pads

January-June 2013

Publications and Presentations

C. Liang, Y. Wu, J. Schmitt, P. Bigeleisen, J. Slavin, M. Jafri, C. Tang, Y. Chen. "Coherence-gated Doppler: a fiber sensor for precise localization of blood flow," Biomedical Optics Express 4, 760-771 (2013).
C. Liang, Y. Wu, J. Schmitt, P. Bigeleisen, J. Slavin, M. Jafri, C. Tang , Y. Chen. “Coherence-gated Doppler for Blood Vessel Detection.” poster presentation, 10th Annual World Congress of Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutic, May, 2013
Y. Wu, N. Woolsey, J. Wang, C. Liang, Y. Chen, J. Pfefer. "Image quality assessment of emerging biophotonic imaging devices for in vivo disease detection." poster presentation. FDA student poster session, August, 2013

Extracurricular Activity

Mentor for FIRST robotics competition team, 4464

Teach high school students on java programming and electronics
Oversee 30+ high school students through a gruesome 6-week build season to design, prototype, build, and test a one-of-a-kind robot up to 60 inches tall and 120lb.
Led the team to the World Championship Event in St. Louis in April 2013.
Provide organizational support by sharing experience from other FIRST robotics competition teams

January 2013-Current

Cultural Programming Leader-Global Communities
University of Maryland, College Park

Lead a group of student in organizing a talent show of 10 groups and more than 40 performers
Provide exchange students worldwide an chance to live with people of diverse background
Learn about globalization and global issue by working with people of various background

August 2010- June 2012

CONTACT

Email
yalunwu@gmail.com

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