Derek Marston

Electrical and Computer Engineer

Objective: A challenging full-time position in a team-based engineering environment.

Experience / Projects

2003VLSI II
Coded in Verilog, tested, and synthesized the transmitter portion of a digital data transceiver ASIC.

2003Independent Research
Wrote code in assembly and C for a Motorola 68HC12 microprocessor, tested, and interfaced with external hardware via a breadboard circuit to implement an Ethernet-like network with six other nodes.

2000Digital Circuits I
Modeled, designed, tested, and implemented via FPGA a finite state machine AI for a simple game, NIM.

summer 1999VIT (Visual Inspection Technologies, now EverestVIT)
Repaired and upgraded coworkers' computers, assisted other employees with software problems, maintained a Windows-based network.

summer 1998Lucent Technologies
Coordinated a team effort to manage a server inventory, wrote code in Microsoft Access and Excel to organize an extensive database.

Education

graduated 5/2003 Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (BSEE but with more digital emphasis)
GPA: 3.3 / 4.0

graduated 6/1999 Delbarton School, Morristown, NJ
1999 Panasonic Engineering Challenge (second place and $3,000 scholarship)

Leadership / Activites

2001-present Martial Arts student - trained lower ranking students
2001-present IEEE member - attended meetings, kept abreast of current technologies
2002-2003 Lafayette Varsity Fencing Team Epee Captain - trained new students to fence
1998 Lucent Technologies Group Leader - organized and delegated tasks