John E. Busch Jr.

14807 Landings Lane  Oak Forest, IL 60452 [email protected]  (630) 217-2269

Objective To secure an internship position in hardware and/or software system development and design for the summer of 2015

Education Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Exp. Graduation: May 2016 Current GPA: 4.0/4.0

Work Experience Whirlpool Corporation – Benton Harbor, MI May 2014 – Aug 2014 WERLD Engineering Intern – Human-Machine Interfacing Group  Created hardware and software modifications to bolster high-frequency noise immunity in capacitive touch UI’s  Managed a project in high-speed development to ensure components were completed and arrived for a test build  Performed several design of experiments to determine major factors in the design of capacitive touch keys  Learned essential Six Sigma training to analyze experiment results through OPEX Yellow Belt class  Devised an innovative marketing campaign in a cross-category design competition to effectively launch a new product Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN Jan 2013 – May 2014 Honors First Year Engineering Peer Teaching Assistant (Fall ’13 & Spring ‘14)  Guided first-year honors engineers in the basics of programming, project management, and design  Wrote and executed grading scripts to batch-process student assignments and expedite the grading process Modern Mechanics Lab Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (Spring & Fall ’13)  Instructed course students in use of vPython to model basic mechanical systems for their success in class AllTranstek, LLC. – Downers Grove, IL June 2009 – Aug 2011, June 2013 – Aug 2013 Programming Contractor (Summer ‘13)  Developed a C application for scrubbing data in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) formatted railroad waybills Intern (Fall ’09 – Fall ’11)  Digitized and organized railcar service reports through data entry to expedite customer access  Audited data sets for completion and accuracy to ensure customer satisfaction

Related Experience Purdue University Purdue SIGBOTS (Boiler Robotics), Electronics & Technology Team Lead  Designed, fabricated, and populated a PCB to split and control an I2C bus for reboot of robot subsystems on command  Interfaced Kinect and webcam sensors running in Linux environment to the embedded RTOS of the robot  Wrote a hunting algorithm in C utilizing blob detection to allow a robot to track and follow a colored object  Developed an RGB/HSB value at cursor program in Java to quickly analyze photos taken via webcam and Kinect

Technical Skills Programming: C, Embedded C, Matlab, Assembler, Java, LabVIEW, Python General: Microcontrollers (ARM Cortex, AVR), PCB design in EagleCAD, soldering, proficient with UNIX

Honors and Awards Purdue University  Trustees’ Scholarship recipient  Outstanding Male Student in Honors Engineering (Spring ’13) VEX Robotics  VEX Worlds Innovation Award winners (’13 & ’14)