MARC SCHOLAR at SDSU (2004-2006)
I did research under funding provided by the
MARC program. I worked with San Diego State's Computer Science Department under
Dr. Marie Roch, on acoustic change point
detection using an Empirical Bayes Bayesian Information Criterion method. My task was to test the current implementation's performance, debug the code, and implement improvements
to the algorithm. Other projects
I collaborated on were exploring noise reduction techniques to minimize wind noise for a microphone set up at the California Wolf Center. I also worked on testing and
analyzing the performance of a formant ratio compression algorithm used to improve speech understanding for individuals with hearing impairment.
REU at CREOL & FPCE College of Optics and Photonics at UCF (Summer 2004)
I did research under professor Eric Johnson on
the area of mass fabrication of 3-D photonic crystals. I helped with
spinning resist, baking the resist, exposing, post-exposure bake,
and analyzing the results from our chosen fabrication technique
(i.e. holographic lithography). At the end of the research program,
I gave a poster presentation and submitted a report on my work.
SUPERB-IT at UC BERKELEY (Summer 2003)
I did research under professor Roger Howe from
the Electrical Engineering Dept. in the BSAC lab. My project was to
design and layout a MEMS chiplet to be used for educational
purposes, as well as test MEMS structures.
