Alex Dinkelacker

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About Alex

Alex is an Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Dean's Honors Student and Researcher at UC Santa Barbara's College of Electrical & Computer Engineering. He was previously an engineer intern for FLIR Systems in Santa Barbara, a research intern for the NSF Quantum Foundry at UCSB, an intern at Laxmi Therapeutic Devices in Santa Barbara, and is currently an intern at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Equipped with his technical knowledge and with a passion for problem solving, he continuously strives to make a meaningful impact.

Email: alexanderdinkelacker@ucsb.edu

Phone: (805) 570-8447

Revised: August 2022



Education

GPA: 3.85

University of California, Santa Barbara

Sep. 2020 - June 2023

    Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

    Minor in Physics

    College of Engineering Honors Program

    Dean's Honors

    Unofficial Transcript

Experience

Professional

Electrical Engineering Design Student Intern

June 2022 - Present

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

  • Intern with National Engineering Security Division (NSED).
  • Involved with the Pandora mission.
  • Designed cryocooler control module for imaging detector thermal stability.
  • Skills utilized/strengthened: Analog Design, Embedded System Design, Control Theory, Radiation Tolerant components, and thermal considerations in electrical design.

Electrical Engineering Intern

June 2021 - Nov. 2021

Laxmi Therapeutic Devices

  • Conducted analog, digital, and RF testing and verification of wearable device used in continuous blood glucose measurements.
  • Prepared test procedures, verification reports, and travelers for product verification, tracking, and assembly.
  • Gained experience with testing equipment such as high resistance electrometers, high precision low current sources, as well equipment to run voltammetry measurements.

Research Assistant - Undergraduate Electrical and Computer Engineering

June 2021 - Present

University of California, Santa Barbara

  • My research at the University focuses towards the production and advancement of knowledge in photonics on the AlGaAs platform.
  • I run verification tests of in-house manufactured devices with high precision lasers, SNSPDs (superconducting nanowire single photon detectors), SPADs (single photon avalanche diodes/detectors), and other high precision measurement systems/fixtures.

Integrated Quantum Photonics Design and Testing Intern

July 2020 - June 2021

University of California, Santa Barbara - Quantum Foundry

  • The goal for this research project was to design a single photon avalanche photodiodes (SPAD) circuit with high enough efficiency and at a low cost.
  • The detection of single photons and by measurements to determine the heralded second order correlation function which will indicate the quality of the entangled photon pair source.
  • Worked directly under Dr. Galan Moody and mentored by graduate student Trevor Steiner in the Quantum Photonics Lab (QPL) at UCSB.
  • Research Proposal

Engineering Intern

Sep. 2019 - Dec. 2019

FLIR Systems, Goleta, CA

  • Worked directly with Engineering Manager to support operations in manufacturing as well as optimized FLIR’s VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) program for the Camera / Core Assembly groups.
  • Assisted with production, assembly, and testing equipment for various FLIR products including: Maritime Technologies and Boson.
  • Used Excel and PowerPoint to create slow/fast moving reports for stakeholders for all VMI items.
  • Worked towards creating Consumable Demand System in SAP (Systems, Applications and Products) that utilized product forecasts to drive EAU’s.
  • Trained in ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and EAR (Export Administration Regulations)

Honors

College of Engineering Honors Program

Sep. 2020 - Present

University of California, Santa Barbara - COE

College of Engineering - Dean's Honors

Sep. 2020 - Present

University of California, Santa Barbara - COE

Organizations

CSEP - The Center for Science & Engineering Partnerships

Sep. 2020 - Present

University of California, Santa Barbara - CSEP

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Student Branch

Sep. 2020 - Present

University of California, Santa Barbara - IEEE

APS - American Physics Society

July 2020 - Present

APS Site

Certificates

Digital Signal Processing (DSP) From Ground Up™ in Python

Sep. 2020
Udemy Certificate

Quantum Physics for Everyone

Aug. 2020
Participation Letter

The Data Science Course 2020: Complete Data Science Bootcamp

June 2020
Udemy Certificate

MATLAB/SIMULINK Bible

May 2020
Udemy Certificate

Projects (UPDATE COMING -- SEPTEMPER 2022)

  • All
  • Theremin
  • Arduino: RFID security box
  • Python: Image Processing
  • Python: Turtle
  • Arduino: 8x8 LED
  • MATLAB/Simulink

Testimonials

Contact

Location:

Santa Barbara, CA

Call:

(805)-570-8447

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