Summary: I Am Looking for Acceptance Into Your Electrical Engineering Graduate Program. I Offer

Home Phone: 618-713-6285 Email: [email protected] 1207 S Wall St #106 David Gitz Carbondale IL, 62901

Summary: I am looking for acceptance into your Electrical Engineering Graduate Program. I offer:  A B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics and Economics.  Employed by SIU-Carbondale as a Undergraduate Research Assistant.  Involvement in many Robotics competitions  Managed an Engineering Summer camp for minorities.  Extremely involved with the development of young people in the community.

Education Experience:

June 2006-Present Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL Full-Time Student  Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 2008

June 2002-December 2002 Avionics Sensors School (Sheppard AFB) Wichita Falls, TX Full-Time Military Student

April 2002-June 2002 Electronics Principles (Lackland AFB) San Antonio, TX Full-Time Military Student

September 2001-March 2002 Madison Area Technical College Madison, WI Full-Time Student

Work Experience:

May 2007-Present SIU-Carbondale ECE Dept. Carbondale, IL Undergraduate Research Assistant  Worked primarily in the field of Power Electronics  Developed many applications using LabVIEW, Matlab, PSpice, and Xilinx May 2007-August 2007 SIU-Carbondale MEP Dept. Carbondale, IL Head Counselor  Managed a Summer camp for the Minority Engineering Dept.  Oversaw the development of 10 counselors 25 freshmen coming into the College of Engineering.

June 2005-May 2006 Radio Shack Freeport, IL Sales Associate  Provided excellent customer service.  Increased customer knowledge of electronic components.  Resolved problems associated with cellular handsets.

March 2005-March 2006 Gitz-Meier Remodeling, Inc. Freeport, IL General Manager  Created an innovative website for RESTORx Northern Illinois, a sister company of Gitz-Meier Remodeling Inc, that is a premier information source for its many customers.  Designed a website for Gitz-Meier Remodeling, Inc. that is now a very good selling tool for the company.

December 2002-April 2005 Avionics Sensors Shop Various Bases Avionics Sensors Craftsman  Maintained and troubleshot the LANTIRN system, the PAVE PENNY system, and the IAVTR system for the US Air Force.  Received the Air Force Achievement Award, a highly coveted medal that is only rewarded for outstanding accomplishments.

September 2001-March 2002 Batteries Plus Madison, WI Sales Associate  Conducted various customer service and sales operations.  Constructed battery power packs.

Certifications:  Government Security Clearance –“Secret”

Affiliations:  I.E.E.E Member (current)

Awards:  Flight Chief Look Sharp Award (Apr 2003)  Airman of the Month (Aug 2003)  Firewall 5b on Performance Evaluation (Oct 2003)  Outstanding Room Inspection Award (Nov 2003)  Below-The-Zone Award (Early prom. to Senior Airman) (Dec 2003)  Air Force Achievement Award (March 2004)

Volunteer Organizations:

 IEEE Robotics Chair and Liasion to SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space). -Fall 2006 - Current  FIRST (For Inspiration of Science and Technology) -Fall 2006-Current, Fall 1998-Spring 2000

Advised FIRST Robotics Team #2219 for 2 years, served as Student Leader for 3 years in High School. FIRST is a robotics competition organization, where many teams compete locally, regionally and nationally against other teams to win certain competition goals that change every year. I am currently an advisor for Team 2219, Brehm Preparatory School. Brehm is a boarding school for kids with Learning Disabilities. It is the only school of its kind in the US and it gives me a great sense of accomplishment to work with the students and show them the world of science, math and engineering.

 Big Brothers/Big Sisters “Big Brother” -November 2005-June 2006