List of Courses and Projects

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	Nonlinear Circuits Design Independent study at the University of Colorado at Boulder, department of Electrical Engineering, fall 2000. Graduate level. Instructor: K. C. Gupta. Varactor Frequency Tripler Independent study project. See project paper (140 kB, Adobe Acrobat format) for details.
	Artificial Neural Networks as Knowledge Aided Design Modules Independent study at the University of Colorado at Boulder, department of Electrical Engineering, fall 2000. Graduate level. Instructor: K. C. Gupta. KAD Modules for Phase Shifters Independent study project. See project paper (535 kB, Adobe Acrobat format) for details.
	Intro to Solid State Physics ECEN-5345 Cours at the University of Colorado at Boulder, department of Electrical Engineering, fall 2000. Graduate level. Instructor: Arnoldo Majerfeld. See course description.
	Waveguides and Transmissionlines ECEN-5114 Cours at the University of Colorado at Boulder, department of Electrical Engineering, spring 2000. Graduate level. Grade: A. Instructor: Edward Kuester. See course description.
	CAD for Microwave Circuits ECEN-5104 Cours at the University of Colorado at Boulder, department of Electrical Engineering, spring 2000. Graduate level. Grade: A, best in class. Instructor: K. C. Gupta. See course description. See course homepage. Two Stage Amplifier Course project. See the project paper (440 kB, Adobe Acrobat format) for details.
	Spacecraft Design ASEN-5148 Cours at the University of Colorado at Boulder, department of Aerospace Engineering, spring 2000. Graduate level. Grade: A. Instructor: Mike McGrath, LASP. Sunstroke, Solar UV Irradiation measurement at Mars Course project in team of eight students. In this project I was responsible for the Telecommunication part of the Spacecraft. Please see the project documentation and Appendix for details.
	Storage Technology ECEN-5018 Cours at the University of Colorado at Boulder, department of Electrical Engineering, spring 2000. Graduate level. Grade: A. Instructor: Renjeng Su. See course description. Head Positioning in Magnetic and Optic Drives & Channel coding and error correction Midterm exam (report). See the midterm paper (480 kB, Adobe Acrobat format) for details.
	Electromagnetic Radiation and Antenna Design ECEN-5134 Cours at the University of Colorado at Boulder, department of Electrical Engineering, fall 1999. Graduate level. Grade: A Instructor: John Dunn. See course description. Printed Dipole Antenna Course project. See the project paper (950 kB, Adobe Acrobat format) for details.
	High Speed Digital Design ECEN-5004 Cours at the University of Colorado at Boulder, department of Electrical Engineering, fall 1999. Graduate level. Grade: A Instructor: Melinda Piket-May. Simulation of a Micromachined Electro-Mechanically Tunable Capacitor Cours project. See the project paper (500kB, Adobe Acrobat format) for details.
	METHODS / APPLIED MATH 1 Boundary Value Problems APPM-4350 Cours at the University of Colorado at Boulder, department of Applied Mathematics, fall 1999. Undergraduate level. Grade: A Instructor: Deborah Alterman. See course description.
	Anemometer with RF Telemetry Link Diploma work at the Hochschule Rapperswil (HSR), department of Electrical Engineering. Switzerland 1999 by Reto Zingg and Marc Staempfli. For details please see the diploma work documentation (german, 2.5 MB, Adobe Acrobat format).
	GSM to ISM Band Frequency Converter Semester project at the Hochschule Rapperswil (HSR), department of Electrical Engineering. Switzerland 1998 by Reto Zingg and Marc Staempfli. For details please see the project documentation (german, 3.5 MB, Adobe Acrobat format).
	MOLECULAR MOTION DETECTOR & TRACER Semester project at the Hochschule Rapperswil (HSR), department of Electrical Engineering. Switzerland 1998 by Reto Zingg and Thomas Derrer. Aim of the MMD&T project Verify the feasibility of automated detection and tracing of molecules in a scanning probe microscopy sequence with image processing. For this study a system of porphyrin molecules on a Au(110) substrate was chosen. Due to the asymmetric corrugation of the substrate (2x1 reconstruction of the substrate) molecular motion is confined to only one dimension at room Temperature. For the algorithm it is assumed, that the majority of the molecules will not move between two frames and that the molecules within one row can not pass each other. Introduction and long term aim of the project Molecular positioning of building blocks into larger supramolecular structures [1] is a key technique to construct molecular nanostructures and explore their properties. Possible applications may include data storage, nanoscale optoelectronic devices and ultrasensitive (bio)-chemical transducer elements responding to the recognition of a single molecule. Positioning at room temperature has been achieved for numerous molecule-substrate systems, especially of fullerenes (C60) on silicon, on Cu(111), and on bianthrone. One of the key issues in this field, relevant to many applications, is the current limitation in speed to perform complex repositioning patterns. This project aims at the development of techniques for optimisation of the “human-machine” interface. Image processing and analysis have been developed to enable the automatic recognition of individual molecular units within the STM-images, and to identify the relevant molecular displacement vectors in a sequence. These procedures can then be used for performing subsequent repositioning steps and verifying the process for the formation of a predefined molecular pattern. Rigid, highly symmetrical and planar porphyrin derivatives have been chosen as a model system for such repositioning experiments. For more information please download the presentation poster (780 kB, english) in Adobe Acrobat format. For detailed project information please download the project documentation (1 MB, german) in Adobe Acrobat format.
	Universal Infrared Remotecontrol Course project at the Hochschule Rapperswil (HSR), department of Electrical Engineering. Switzerland 1997 by Reto Zingg, Marc Staempfli and Marcel Kaufmann. Imagine a programmable infrared remotecontrol on your PC. You can create remotecontrols that combine whatever function you want. Controll all your devices from your PC! For details see the documentation files (german, Microsoft Word format): Pre-Study, Requirement-Study, OOA, OOD, OOP.