Michael A.

Villa
20 Moraine Road, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 (973) 270-4579 mvilla05@villanova.edu VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY Villanova, PA Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Mechatronics Technical GPA: 3.42 Cumulative GPA: 3.32 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Executive Board August 2010 May 2014

Spring 2011 Fall 201

WORK EXPERIENCE: Quality Control at Common Mode Inc. East Hanover, NJ Summer 2009 Summer 2012 Process Audiobooks Check for mistakes, mark down and make known, fix mistakes to authors discretion. Renovate warehouse into recording studio. Cleared out old equipment / furniture, re-painted, installed equipment, checked electrical wires, and installed fire alarms. Independent Landscaping Summer 2013 Mow lawns, spread mulch, spray for weeds, weeding, and trim bushes in neighborhood ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE: Capstone Design Project Semi-Automatic Line Painting Robot Design a Robot to follow the lines on a Football field in order to repaint them. A cheap alternative to expensive field painting. Introduction to Robotics Constructed Robotic Arm Constructed and designed an arm with 5 degrees of freedom to pick up a marker lying flat and place it in a determined location upright. Digital Electronics Sonar Sensor Track position and velocity. Designed in Quartus to implement handshaking, sensors, and processor FSMs to function when downloaded to a DE2 board. Capacitance Sensor Created digital capacitance sensor circuit. Variation in capacitance was measured and indicated the value with seven segment displays, from 0-99. TECHNICAL SKILLS: Simulink, Altera Quartus II, QuickField, PSpice, LabView, Data Studio, MATLAB, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, C-Programming, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint Op-Amps, RLC Circuits, BJTs, MOSFETS, Electronic Test Equipment ACTIVITIES: Intramural Sports (Football, Basketball, Frisbee, Volleyball)

2010-2013