Eleanor Kai
25780 SW Canyon Creek Road, #C102
Wilsonville, OR 97070
(503) 454-0101
engineeringchichiri@yahoo.com
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Objective:
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To obtain a fun and challenging full time job as a device or process engineer
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Education:
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University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Institute of Technology (Fall 2002-Spring 2004)
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
- Cumulative GPA of 3.433/4.000 (31 hours of coursework)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Fall 1997-Spring 2002)
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- International Minor in Japanese
- Computer Science Minor
- Cumulative GPA of 3.213/4.000 (157 hours of coursework)
Kanazawa Institute of Technology (Summer 2000)
- Participated in an intensive Japanese exchange program with a technology focus
- Gave a ten minute oral presentation in Japanese on JIS encoding
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Publications:
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E. Kai, T. Pan, and B. Ziaie, "A Robust Low-Cost PDMS Peristaltic Micropump with
Magnetic Drive", appeared in Solid-State Senor, Actuator, and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head, USA,
2004.
T. Pan, E. Kai, M. Stay, V. Barocas, and B. Ziaie, "A Magnetically Driven PDMS Peristaltic Micropump", to
appear in 26th Annual International Conference IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, San
Francisco, USA, 2004.
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Projects:
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Research (for Masters Plan B Project) under Associate Professor Babak Ziaie
A Robust Low-Cost PDMS Peristaltic Micropump with Magnetic Drive (June 2003-May 2004)
- Designed, created, and tested a silicone elastomer micropump with permanent magnet drive
- Resulted in above publications
Research (for Senior Design Project)
InP and InAlAs Etching for III-V Transistor Applications (November 2001-May 2002)
- Determined the etch rates of InP over InAlAs and vice versa in various acids
Accumulator (for Large Scale Integrated Circuit Design course)
- Worked with 2 people to design, lay out in IC Station, and simulate using
HSPICE an 500MHz accumulator with minimum power dissipation
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Experience:
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ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Newington, CT (Summer 1999)
Web Page Maintenance (http://www.arrl.org/)
- Redesigned the Technical Information Services and the Public Relations Department pages
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UMn Courses:
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Semiconductor Properties and Devices I
Semiconductor Properties and Devices II
Physical Principles of Thin Film Technology
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Microelectronic Fabrication
Sensors and Transducers
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UIUC Courses:
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Introduction to VLSI System Design
Solid State Electronic Devices
Atomic Physics and Quantum Theory
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Theory and Fabrication of Integrated Circuit Devices
Large Scale Integrated Circuit Design
Introduction to VLSI System Design
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Skills:
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Computer Languages
- Intel x86 assembly, C++, JAVA, HTML, VHDL, Verilog
Languages
- English (native), Japanese (advanced)
Software
- Cadence Virtuoso, PSPICE, Synopsys HSPICE, Mentor Graphics IC Station, Matlab
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Activities:
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IEEE
Active Member (Fall 2002-Spring 2004)
- Member of the Job Fair Committee
Japanese Animation Club
President (Fall 2000-Spring 2002)
- Administrated club mailing list and weekly club meetings of 100-200 members
- Organized all club events and activities
Tape Library Administrator (Winter 1998-Spring 2000)
- Administrated and maintained tape library consisting of over 200 VHS tapes using Microsoft Excel
- Organized T-Shirt fundraiser
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