William Dvorak

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Education

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, GPA 3.54May, 2010
• Awarded four year full tuition merit scholarship.

Smithtown High School, Smithtown, NY

• Honors Diploma, GPA 4.31June, 2006
• SAT M/V: 800/770, SATII Math 2/Physics: 800/770.

Experience

Kiva Systems, Woburn, MA

Intern Software EngineerJune-September, 2009

• Designed and optimized algorithm to fit company products into any number of possible bins. Task resembled version of the knapsack problem; first enumerated all the possible configurations of bins, then packed the boxes of product into bins as tightly as possible.
• Created user interface in java swing to initialize parameters and launch the program.

WebMynd, San Francisco, CA

Intern Software Engineer July-August, 2008

• Coded algorithm to determine ten most important websites on a certain domain, included frequency, recency, and time spent on each page.
• Utilized a lightbox effect for presenting the algorithm with thumbnails of each site.

ALSTOM Power, Sigma Energy Solutions, Huntington, NY

Intern EngineerJuly-August, 2006

• Created templates in Excel for efficiency calculations on existing power plants, aiding the Asset Optimization reporters.
• Prepared cost estimates and rendered lighting schemes for clients.

Olin Coursework

Senior Capstone Project in Engineering, Boston EngineeringSeptember, 2009-present

• Software lead on team of seven seniors on year long project sponsored by Boston Engineering.
• Designed and implemented autonomy in simulation (.mov,.wmv) using my own neural network in Labview for our biomimetic robotic tuna fish.

Principles of Engineering December, 2007

• Created mechatronic player piano with four solenoids, DC motors, a large voltage divider (for position sensing), and a PIC microcontroller.

Modeling and Control: Engineering of Distributed Systems April, 2007

• Simulated human vocal faculties in MATLAB's Simulink, creating a voder that sings.
• Designed and optimized a two stage coil gun (a transducer between electromagnetic and mechanical realms), firing the team's magnet the farthest of all members of our class year.

Skills

• Java, Python, MATLAB, LabView, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, VBA, Verilog, LaTeX, some C++ and Ruby on Rails.

Leadership and Interests

• Led the Olin Conductorless Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Fatum (thirty second sample, thirty minute full performance) December, 2006
• All-Eastern Symphonic Band, tuba March, 2005
• Cross Country, Captain August-November, 2005
• Philosophy, running, skiing, music, fire poi, rock climbing