SOO-JIN MOON EDUCATION

Curriculum Vitae
SOO-JIN MOON
Contact Information:
CyLab, Carnegie Mellon University
4720 Forbes Avenue. Pittsburgh, PA 15213
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
8/2014 –
Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
 Research Interest: Computer Networks and Security
 Advisor: Vyas Sekar
9/2009 – 5/2014
Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
 Graduated on the Dean’s Honours List with Distinction
 Awarded Sandford Fleming Awards for Co-operative Proficiency on graduation
PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
9/2013 – 12/2013
Digital Signal Processing Algorithm Developer, ON Semiconductor, Waterloo, ON,
Canada
 Research Project:
o Enhanced the existing algorithm to compensate for the signal distortion
at the output stage for a newly-developed chip
o Modeled the real-time system in MATLAB to implement the algorithm
 Developed infrastructure and automation scripts to validate hearing-aid
algorithms
1/2013 – 4/2013
Hardware Engineer, IGNIS Innovation, Waterloo, ON, Canada
 Characterized the aging effects of the OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode)
displays
o Developed the embedded firmware,
o Bring-up of a calibration PCB that automates the calibration for OLED
circuitry
o Wrote the software to process the collected data and help analyze the
aging characteristics of OLED displays
 Developed the LCD interface for Xilinx ML605 in C
9/2012 – 11/2012
Undergraduate Research Assistant (URA), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON,
Canada
 Modeled the performance of various sensors that can be mounted on the
rollator using ARDUINO board
5/2012 – 8/2012
Device Model Developer, Altera Corporation, Toronto, ON, Canada
 Rewrote the software that processes the simulated data to create timing models
for Quartus using Perl
 Created designs on FPGAs to measure delays and verify timing analysis
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Curriculum Vitae
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Wrote the software to enhance in generating delay profiles to better reflect
timing models
9/2011 – 12/2011
Research Programming Analyst, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Toronto,
ON, Canada
 Researched on generating trading signals and detect trend reversals
 Participated in an effort to build electronic trading systems
1/2011 – 4/2011
Business Intelligence/SQL/.NET Developer, OpenText Corporation, Waterloo, ON,
Canada
 Worked on BI (Business Intelligence) front-end objects and reporting solutions
 Modified a facet of BI architecture
HONOURS & AWARDS
2014
2014
2014
2012
2012
2011
2009
2009
Graduated on Dean’s Honour List with Distinction
Sandford Fleming Awards for Co-operative Proficiency
NSERC – ISURA (The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards)
Sandford Fleming Foundation Senior Design Competition Award
 1st Place in Waterloo Engineering Competition
President’s Research Award
Sandford Fleming Foundation Award
 for an excellent Work Term Report (Analysis and comparison of Business
Intelligence architectures used for Customer Information Management report)
President’s Scholarship of Distinction
Nortel Networks Undergraduate Scholarship
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