Joseph P. L. Cote III 1435 Northwood Dr. #41 Phone: (208) 596-0492 Moscow, ID 83843 E-mail: [email protected] www.uidaho.edu/~cote4544

OBJECTIVE Obtain a full time employed position in the field of Electrical Engineering that offers challenges and one that will give me skills that I can employ in my career as an engineer.

EDUCATION B.S. Electrical Engineering August 2000 – May 2005 University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho  Electrical Circuits I & II, Signals and Systems I & II, Digital Electronics, Analog Electronics, Digital Logic, Energy Systems I & II, Microcontrollers, Fluid Mechanics, Dynamics, Static’s, Control Systems, Power Systems Analysis, Power Electronics, Application of Electromagnetic Theory, Technical Writing, Electromagnetic Theory, Senior Design, and labs for most classes

PROJECTS  Designed, built, tested and analyzed small model solar car.  Designed, built, and tested seven-segment display adder and subtracter.  Currently Designing a lithium-ion battery charger for Itron of Spokane, WA to be implemented in a handheld meter reading unit. I am the leading Electrical Engineer on the team and am responsible for design decisions and development of the charging circuit. I am also responsible for deriving a broad range of tests to ensure that the electrical integrity meets the customers requirements for the product.

CAPABILITIES - Model complex electrical power systems - Analyze circuits using fundamental and advanced techniques - Represent circuits using multiple representation techniques - Render circuits using CAD tools such as EAGLE and Orcad - Design circuits to meet design specific requirements - Program using C, C++ and assembler languages - Minimize/optimize and analyze digital systems - Perform digital to analog and analog to digital conversions using design specific systems - Create strong documentation that correspond to work at hand - Setup and utilize serial data communication - Apply knowledge of power systems and practices to projects - Relay knowledge and communicate with others using both general terminology and field specific terminology eloquently and efficiently

EXPERIENCE Teller March 2002 – Present US Bank Moscow, Idaho  Maintained high standard of customer service and customer interaction. Referred products and services, and assisted others in meeting their goals. Served as primary teller trainer for all new employees. Also served as demand deposit account coordinator for my branch, and assisted with audit compliance.

Lot Manager June 1998 – July 2000 Dave Smith Motors Kellogg, Idaho  As lot manager I was responsible for the supervision of twenty other employees, the payroll associated with them and coordination of the schedule for those employees. I was also responsible for assisting with the security of over 2000 vehicles on the dealerships property as well as buildings and other facilities.

Volunteer Ski Instructor 1997 – 1999 Lookout Ski Pass Mullan, Idaho  Supervised and instructed a wide variety of students as well as insuring their safety. I also assisted with the coordination of classes and groups.

ACHEIVEMENTS National Science Merit Award & AWARDS Presidential Award for Excellence United States Achievement Academy Member English Merit Award National Scholar Award National Deans List member

REFERENCES Outstanding references available upon request