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Edson Alpizar

Chicago,IL

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Onsite Worker

Petit Brothers Sealcoating & Asphalt Repair
06.2021 - 08.2021
  • Collaborated with private firms with financial budgeting
  • Mentored 3 hires on company procedures, protocol, and work ethic

Repair, TECHNICAL

Petit Brothers Sealcoating & Asphalt Repair
05.2023 - 10.2023
  • Participated in large scale projects involving the restoration of parking lots and driveways
  • Provided clients with information regarding their driveways and the process needed to restore them as well as giving them suggestions on potential improvements
  • Learned how to analyze and identify the proper quote for a new customer's driveway.
  • Took leadership to advertise the company to attract new customers by giving them a sales pitch and showing the quality of work we provide

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

The University of Illinois At Urbana
Champaign, IL
05.2023

Skills

Coding Languages: C, C, Python, HTML5, CSS, PHP, System Verilog, x86 Assembly

Software Proficiency: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, KiCad, Arduino IDE

Bilingual Proficiency: English, Spanish

Technical Skills: Soldering

Database Proficiency: SQL

Hardware Experience: Analyzing Circuits, Programming Microcontrollers

Projects

Fastest Flight Route                                                                                                      Spring 2021

Final Class Project for Data Structures

  • Designed a data structure project that analyzed airplane data and generated an optimized route for a particular flight
  • Incorporated graph algorithms such as Depth First Search and Graph Coloring to find an efficient way to find an optimized route

Frogger in System Verilog                                                                                          Fall 2021

Final Class Project for Digital Systems Laboratory

  • Developed a video game replica of the arcade game Frogger, using System Verilog
  • Incorporated gaming sprites using Python scripts that made the game experience be more authentic

Simple Linux Operating System                                                                                Spring 2022

Final Project for Computer Systems 

  • Designed and developed an operating system that has a functional terminal that can access a file system and text apps
  • Written in C and x86 assembly the operation system was capable of having multiple terminals running at the same time running different apps with no glitches

NFC Security System                                                                                                  Spring 2023

Senior Design Project

  • Developed a prototype of a security system that would be used to open a door by using RFID technology to detect an NFC chip to verify permissions
  • Used an ultrasonic sensor that would count the number of people that entered a door to verify that users were not allowing unwanted people on the premises
  • Incorporated a SQL database that would keep track of the people that entered a door by using WIFI to send information from the prototype onto a server


Timeline

Repair, TECHNICAL

Petit Brothers Sealcoating & Asphalt Repair
05.2023 - 10.2023

Onsite Worker

Petit Brothers Sealcoating & Asphalt Repair
06.2021 - 08.2021

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

The University of Illinois At Urbana
Edson Alpizar