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Tan T. Trinh
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Ma
Master of Science in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering,
anticipated date of graduation May 1998.
Background includes system engineering, ground station design, unmanned autonomous aerial vehicles, GUI design.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineering, May 1996
Background includes propulsion and aerodynamics.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 1996
Background includes digital design and control theory.
EXPERIENCE
Chandra X-Ray Telescope Operations Control Center
Northrop Grumman Space Technology (formerly TRW)
April '02-Present. Electric Power & Thermal Subsystems Engineer. One of
two engineers responsible for continued functioning of these subsystems.
Created software tools & documentation. Diagnosed anomalies as well as
day-to-day operations. Matlab, Perl, Visual Basic.
Interdimensions Corp
December '00-April '02. Project manager & Technologist. Created proposals,
managed client relations, and oversaw implementation of projects. Used
with Visual Studio.NET, C#, and HTML. Also, experience with Java.
Titan Corp
September '98-December '00. Air Traffic Control Systems Analyst. Analysis of
requirements for future ATC systems, for NASA research. Also, member of
proposal team that won $20 million contract.
MIT/Draper Technology Development Partnership Project
Cambridge, Ma
Fall `96-Present. Graduate Research Assistant for Wide-Area
Surveillance Projectile. Worked in team to develop prototype system
for an artillery-launched surveillance platform. Specifically
responsible for visual sensor and platform-to-ground control loop.
TRW
Redondo Beach, Ca
Summer `96. Intern in Sensors & Mechanisms. Designed circuit monitoring
box for testing gimbal drive assembly during vibration and thermal testing.
Summer `97. Intern in Spacecraft Systems. Defined advanced concept for
spacecraft payload and integrated concept into design at system level.
MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory
Cambridge, Ma
Fall `95-Present. Research Assistant in Micro-Engine Project. Designed and
built instrumentation rig for position-location of 4mm diameter rotating disk.
Experience with CAD.
Fall `92-Spring'94. Research Assistant in Boundary Layer Control Experiment.
Involved with water tunnel for research in shear layer instabilities.
Experience with machining.
The Boeing Company
Seattle, Wa
Summer `95. Intern in 777 Aerodynamics. Assembled competitive design study
for future 777-Stretched airliner. Also, coordinated extra-curricular
intern t-shirt program (200+ shirts).
NASA Lewis Research Center
Cleveland, Oh
Summer `94. Intern at Aerospace Analysis Center. Assembled preliminary
design study for turboramjet cycle in Airbreathing/Rocket
Single-Stage-to-Orbit space vehicle. Working knowledge of gas turbine
engines, UNIX, presentations.
MIT Course Laboratories
Cambridge, Ma
Fall `92-present. Experiences from various course labwork. Intelligent
Picture-in-Picture Digital Design Project. Wind tunnel research.
Electronics lab research.
BACKGROUND
Activities include coaching for MIT Varsity Fencing ('97-present),
Vietnamese Students' Association (Pres `94-'95 `96-'97, Treasurer `95-'96,
VPres `97-pres). Interests include fencing,
sketching with pencil, Vietnamese
language, and reading.
COMPUTER
Experience includes C#, C++, C, Visual Basic, Matlab, Perl, FORTRAN,
LISP (SCHEME), BASIC, PASCAL, Matlab, AutoCad,
various word processing, UNIX, DOS, various aeronautical analysis codes.
HONORS
Recipient Petroleum Helicopters Inc. Scholarship (`92), member of first
place team in New England Tau Beta Pi Engineering Design Contest (`94),
George C. Newton Prize for best undergraduate project of the year (`95),
recipient Boeing Scholarship (`96).