Christopher: Education Experience
Christopher: Education Experience
Christopher: Education Experience
Christopher Liow
chrisliow@gmail.com | 215.375.4852
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
PURDUE UNIVERSITY CLARITY PARTNERS LLC. | ASSOCIATE SOFTWARE ENGINEER
COMPUTER ENGINEERING May. 2015 – present | Chicago, IL
Expected Dec 2015 • Design and develop at all layers (front-end + back-end) public-facing
West Lafayette, IN applications for civilians to access and utilize police resources.
• Co-authored Visual Studio library containing custom Bootstrap, WebGrid, and
BS IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING Form Validation extension methods for internal use.
Expected Dec. 2015 • Create automated scripts that check/merge/edit/compare internal databases
College of Engineering on a routine basis (Oracle SQL)
First Year Engineering Honors Program
• Primarily used ASP.NET MVC with Entity Framework, experience with C#,
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST HS HTML/CSS/JS, and Oracle SQL
Doylestown, PA
Graduated Summa Cum Laude DELPHI | SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN INTERN
SAT: 2270/2400 June 2014 – Present | Kokomo, IN
• Implemented new features for Kayak and Bus Monitor applications in C#
COURSEWORK • Developed new message tracking algorithm, drastically improved speed and
increased message capacity 10x
SOFTWARE
Object Oriented Programming • Wrote extensions to allow users to open/edit databases in variety of formats
Software Engineering Tools Lab • Organize and handle bugs and issues reported from users, continuously update
(BASH & Python 3) software to meet client needs.
Data Structures
Programming in Python PURDUE LIBRARIES | WORKSTATION SUPPORT TECHNICIAN
Advanced C Programming May 2013 – Jan. 2014 | West Lafayette, IN
Compilers • Provided technical support for staff and faculty of Purdue Libraries
• Co-authored internal and external customer knowledgebase, as well as
HARDWARE composing and editing operational documentation of processes and networks
ASIC Design • Worked independently and on small teams to solve technical issues that arise
Microcontroller Design/Interfacing
Digital Computer Design & Prototyping
Electronic Circuit Analysis & Design
DESIGN EXPERIENCE
DVI IMAGE PROCESSING ASIC
Dynamic image-adjustment ASIC capable of color correction
SKILLS • Hardware implementation of the Daltonization color-correction
PROGRAMMING algorithm for color blind users
Experienced: • Able to keep up with 60FPS at 640x480 resolution while
Python • Java • C# • C • Verilog • Oracle maintaining an average color error of <0.05%.
SQL • HTML/CSS/JavaScript/JQuery •
Familiar: MULTICORE PROCESSOR
BASH • C++ • R • MySQL • Designed a multicore processor capable of handling the MIPS instruction set.
• Pipelined to handle hazards from instructions, components, and
TOOLS/APPLICATIONS memory as well as the ability to handle up to 5 instructions ‘in flight’.
Visual Studio • Eclipse • PyQt • MATLAB • Utilizes cache coherence to operate efficiently with multiple processors
OPERATING SYSTEMS • Capable of interfacing variable-latency RAM
Windows • Linux • UNIX • Written in Verilog and VHDL with automated scripts in BASH
LINKS HONORS/AWARDS
2015 Single Cycle Processor Design (ranked 7 out of 50+ in efficiency)
Github: github.com/purdoo
HackerRank: hackerrank.com/chrisliow
2012 Purdue First Year Engineering Honors Program
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cliow 2012 Recipient of AT&T Foundation Scholarship
2011 Recipient of Purdue Presidential Scholarship (4 year scholarship)