PETER NGUYEN

Looking to be a valuable asset on a team that values diligence, communication, and work ethic. Knowledgeable in debugging software and hardware with background in a variety of programming languages as well as electrical/electronic measuring equipment. Highly organized, proactive and punctual with team-oriented mentality.

• Huffman Encoding/Decoding (Software, Python): Created a Huffman Encoder that breaks down a text file by the frequency of characters and converts them into a string of zeros and ones.
• HashTable (Software, Python): Created a personal HashTable class that is able to filter words out of a text file by reading and processing certain words from a “stop_words.txt”.
• Santa's Wonderland (Software, Java), Created and tested a unique playable game by coding with Java, and adhering to principles of object-oriented programming. The game contains moving entities that have their own actions.
• Mini HTTP (Software, C), A web server that services multiple client requests by creating threads to handle GET HEAD and PUT request logic. Supports data storage and retrieval, relying on interprocess communication and a hashtable.
• FS Simulator (Software, C), Simulates a simplified file system using regular files to store filesystem details. Supports directories and files, navigation through the simulated file system (eg. change between directories), and modifications to the simulated file system (e.g., add directories and files).
• 4-Bit DAC (Hardware), Designed and constructed a 10-Bit to 4-Bit Digital to Analog converter by using EAGLE to design a PCB, LTSpice to simulate data, and Arduino IDE to code the arduino to process 10 bit analog readings and convert it to a 4 bit analog output.
• Rube-Goldberg Machine (Hardware), A unique RGM created by a capacitive touch piano, a strobe light circuit, and a light detector circuit. The light detector activates a solenoid to push a metal ball into a metal detector which outputs low from an arduino to deactivate an electromagnet that causes another ball to knock over dominoes.
• Binary Practice (Hardware), Coding with SystemVerilog and utilizing Vivado, created a binary counting game where a decimal number in the range of [0, 255] is displayed on the 7 segment display of the FPGA Basys 3 board. The user must input the correct 8-bit binary conversion utilizing the 8 rightmost switches to move on.