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