Colin E. Taylor

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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury On deck... Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams COLIN E. TAYLOR cetaylor@andrew.cmu.edu Last Updated: June 30, 2007 Current Address: 5032 Forbes Ave SMC 7178 Pittsburgh, PA 15289-7178 (631) 235-8571 (Cell) Permanent Address: 16 Duffy Lane Greenlawn, NY 11740 (631) 261-0886 EDUCATION Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (December 2008) Overall GPA: 3.87/4.00 RELEVANT COURSEWORK (Completed) 18-447: Introduction to Computer Architecture 18-396: Signals and Systems 18-348: Embedded Systems Engineering 16-311: Introduction to Robotics 16-362: Mobile Robot Programming 15-213: Computer Systems RELEVANT COURSEWORK (Current) 18-470: Fundamentals of Control PROGRAMMING/MARKUP LANGUAGES C/C++, Java, Verilog, PHP, MySQL, Ada, LaTeX, HTML SOFTWARE MATLAB, ModelSim, gcc/gdb, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop OPERATING SYSTEMS Windows 3.1/95/98/2000/NT/XP, UNIX/Linux WORK EXPERIENCE Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) Fall 2006 - Present -18-240: Fundamentals of Computer Engineering (Lab TA, Homework Grader) Lockheed Martin Corporation (Syracuse, NY) Summer 2007 Embedded Software Engineering Intern -Assisted in modifying test procedures for compliance with new software releases Tellabs, Incorporated (Naperville, IL) Summer 2006 Systems Engineering Intern -Aided in the reorganization of requirements database into a hardware-functional model Desktop Solutions Software, Incorporated (Hauppauge, NY) July 2002 - August 2005 Software Developer, Technical Services -Developed, maintained, and administered high-volume e-commerce platforms - Interstellar Software (Greenlawn, NY) April 2002 - Present President and Chief Software Architect -Designed websites for local small businesses and non-profit organizations - RESEARCH CIT Honors Research: Context-Aware Mobile Applications, Embedded Systems (Summer 2007 - Present) -Advisor: Professor Priya Narasimhan Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems, Computer Engineering (Spring/Summer 2007) - Chalkbot, Robotics (Fall 2006 - Spring 2006) -Senior member on ECE team; designed IR beacons/sensors for portable localization - PROJECTS MIPS R2000 Microprocessor, Computer Architecture (Spring 2007) -Incorporated instruction and data caches with thread/core arbitration Nomad Scout Robot Software Design, Robotics (Fall 2006) -Implemented team-oriented strategies for 2 simultaneous robots; Took 2nd place in final competition LEADERSHIP Astronomy Club - Carnegie Mellon University -Treasurer (Fall 2005 - Spring 2006) - Kiltie Band (Clarinet) - Carnegie Mellon University - Young Professionals Chamber of Commerce - Huntington, NY - HONORS Dean's List, Carnegie Institute of Technology (5): Fall '04, Spring '05, Fall '05, Spring '06, Fall '06 Long Island Software Awards Student Winner: 2003, 2004 Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award Free Enterprise Scholar Award National Merit Scholarship Finalist HONOR SOCIETIES Eta Kappa Nu: ECE Honor Society - Tau Beta Pi: Engineering Honor Society Mortar Board: Senior Honor Society OTHER U.S. Government Interim Secret Clearance Solo-Endorsed Student Pilot U.S. Citizen "Computer interfaces and user interfaces are as different as night and 1."

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