BRIAN W. BRAMLETT

Portland, Oregon / San Francisco, California
bramlett@elemental.com

OBJECTIVE  
Secure and develop a career with a progressive company in the areas of computer and digital information engineering with a goal of determining and implementing the next generation of technology.

SKILLS  

Computer Engineering, Microelectronics, and VLSI

Semiconductor device physics.
Behavioral and Structural HDL Coding.
Schematic design and logic verification.
Bi/CMOS Circuit design and simulation.
Extensive PLA optimization.
Large bus design issues.
Floorplanning and layout design.
High-speed signal coupling issues.
Reliability verification.
Architecture and circuit-level power reduction.
Design for testability.
Parallel computer architectures and programming.
Power and clock network design.

Project management.
Self-timed circuits.
Extensive domino design.
Cache array design.
Performance verification.
Fabrication of ultra-small devices.
Novel electron device physics.
Switching and automata theory.
Microcode and assembly language design.
Microelectronic fabrication techniques.
Sophisticated computer architectures.
Multidimensional DSP.
Digital computer arithmetic.
Digital processing of speech signals.

Internet, Computer Graphics, User Interface, and Software Design

Computer simulation of systems.
3D Modelling and rendering.
Data visualization.
Computer communication networks.
Web site design, development, and support.

Human-computer interfaces.
Microcomputer based control.
Automatic measurements.
German and Russian languages.
Computer-based graphic design.
C, C++, PERL, Shell, Java.

EDUCATION  
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering June 1992
Major in Computer Engineering (Microelectronics, Communications Networks, Digital Signal Processing)
Minor in Information and Computer Science (Human-computer interfaces).
Research in Electronic Beam Nanolithograhy and Quantum Device Physics
Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, High Honor June 1990
Certificate Program completed in Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics, High Honor September 1989
Georgia Institute of Technology

EXPERIENCE  
Senior CAD Engineer May 1997 to Present
Intel Corporation, Design Technology/Athena Group, Hillsboro, Oregon
Verification and validation of full chip layout and physical design tools. Involved in re-engineering task force for internal physical design tools and for overall CAD tool and system architecture.

Senior CAD Engineer May 1996 to May 1997
Intel Corporation, Design Technology/Athena Group, Hillsboro, Oregon
Verification and validation of full chip layout and physical design tools. Involved in re-engineering task force for internal physical design tools and for overall CAD tool and system architecture.

Senior Software Engineer February 1996 to May 1996
Intel Corporation, Software Tools and Integration Lab, Hillsboro, Oregon
Software Engineer responsible for designing an architecture and process for bringing IAL technologies from the labs to Intel and the public, including testing, documentation, packaging, Internet delivery and demonstration, legal and marketing issues.

Senior Software Engineer May 1995 to January 1996
Intel Corporation, Internet Technologies Lab, Hillsboro, Oregon
Software Engineer responsible for identifying and developing Web-based technologies. Technical liason to Corporate Marketing and the Corporate Presence Server Team.

Senior Design Engineer July 1992 to May 1995
Intel Corporation, Microprocessor Division 6, Hillsboro, Oregon
VLSI Design Engineer responsible for RTL coding; schematic, circuit, timing, layout design, reviews, and oversight on the Pentium Pro Processor.

Graduate Research Assistant July 1990 to February 1991
Georgia Institute of Technology, Higgins Group
Continuation of duties as Research Engineer on a part-time basis.

Research Engineer I September 1989 to June 1990
Microelectronics Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
Design, installation, management, and maintenance of the Scanning Electron Microscope Electron Beam Nanolithography Facility.

Intern Engineer June 1988 to September 1988
Tektronix Solid State Research Laboratories, Beaverton, Oregon
Operation and maintenance of Electron Beam Fabrication. Assisted in design and manufacture of experimental electro-optical devices and in process characterization.

Undergraduate Research Assistant December 1987 to September 1989
Georgia Institute of Technology, Higgins Group
Design and construction of low temperature, high magnetic field sample probes.

ASSOCIATIONS  
IEEE
ACM
HONORS  
Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Georgia Tech President's Scholar Academic Scholarship
National Merit Scholar Academic Scholarship
Georgia Governor's Scholar Academic Scholarship

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