Ben, Ping-Tao Fok

7631 142nd St. W

Apple Valley, MN 55124

952-240-3312

OBJECTIVE

I seek to enrich the quality of my professional experience by learning multiple disciplines including mathematics, statistics, mechanical design, electrical design, and semiconductor fabrication

EDUCATION

            MSEE September ’98 – Oct 2004, GPA: 3.3

·           UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN

            BSEE September ‘94 - June ‘98, EE Major GPA:3.5, Overall GPA 3.2

                        BS Mathematics September ‘94 - June ‘98, Math Major GPA 3.7, Overall GPA 3.2

·           RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Troy, NY

            Mathematics August 92 - May 93, Math Major GPA 4.0, Overall GPA 3.3

WORK EXPERIENCE

            Project Engineer

Design signal conditioning circuits and digital correction circuits for capacitive and piezo-resistive pressure sensors

Design Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) for pressure transducers that has analog or digital interface

            Develop Visual Basic programs to automate testing and pressure transducer calibrations

            Perform Accuracy analysis of sensors test data and failure analysis of field returned products

            Yield improvement on existing capacitive Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) pressure sensor product using statistical analysis

Improve pressure transducer burn-in cycle time using design of experiment (DOE) and statistical analysis

            ·           4/97 – 8/98, TSI, Shoreview, St. Paul, MN

                        Electrical Engineer Internship

                        Software programming to interface and test microprocessor unit.

                        Design and test circuit used in conjunction with the Laser Doppler Velocimetry system

                        Feasibility experiment on photomultiplier tubes

            ·           7/96 - 3/98, 3M, St. Paul, MN

                        Technical Aide

                        produce and characterize rear projection screens with various chemical binder systems

            ·           1/95 - 4/97, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN

                        Computer lab consultant

                        Assist staff and students with computer related problems

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

            Co-author, A Single-Chip Electrostatic Proximity sensor (SENSORS magazine, December 2000, Vol. 17 No. 12)

            ·          UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Solar Vehicle Project (June 96 – August 97)

                        design, manufacture, and test all secondary electrical systems on board

            ·           UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA UROP(Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program)

Co-author, Triggering and Arresting at Finite-Potential of Radially Expanding Solitary Waves on Oil Films

Co-author, Imploding and Exploding Circular EHD Solitary waves Propagating on an Insulating Dielectric Liquid Layer (ICDL, Roma 96)

            Co-author, Imploding Surface Wave Triggered on Oil Film over Dielectric Layers (ESA 96)

RELEVANT COURSES

Electric And Magnetic Fields, Control Systems, Microwave Devices And Applications, Discrete Signal Processing, Instrumentation Electronics, Microprocessor Interfacing, Microelectronic Fabrication, MEMS sensors, Analog ASIC design, Electro-mechanical Dynamics, Mathematical analysis, Statistical analysis, Numerical analysis