Luis Enrique Amaya
                  1001 N. Randolph St.#907
                  Arlington, VA 22201
                  (703) 522-2269
                  http://uivlsi.csl.uiuc.edu/~amaya
                  lamaya@uiuc.edu



SKILLS

    # Design and modeling of power electronic circuits.

    # Design and modeling of VLSI circuits.

    # Familiar with digital, analog and mixed-mode simulation issues,
      structured programming, and UNIX system operation.

    # Excellent communication, teamwork and leadership skills.

    # Knowledge of C, Pascal, Fortran, Algol, Perl;
      8086, M6800 and MC68HC11 assembly languages.

    # Knowledge of UNIX, Linux and Macintosh operating systems;
      SPICE, PSPICE, LaTeX, and basics of Mathematica;
      UNIX shell programming.

    # Fluent in english and spanish; proficient in german.

    # Troubleshooting and repair of electronic devices.



EDUCATION

    # Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at
      Urbana-Champaign, May 1998.

    # M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at
      Urbana-Champaign, October 1994.

    # B.S., Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes,
      Bogota, Colombia, May 1986.



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

    # Research Assistant, Coordinated Science Laboratory and
      Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of
      Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Oct. 1994--May 1998.
      Automatic synthesis of power electronics converters.

         # Proposed a design methodology for arbitrary switching
           power converters.

         # Produced detailed specification of methodology for
           DC to DC converters and implemented it in a group of
           C-coded computer programs.

         # Designed an IC DC to DC power converter to test the
           proposed methodology.

         # Financed 100% of college expenses.

    # UNIX system operator, Coordinated Science Laboratory,
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sept. 1996--Dec. 1997.

         # One of three system operators for the Analog and
           Digital Circuits Group. System consists of 50+ UNIX
           SUN Sparc workstations running SunOS and Solaris.

   # Research Assistant, Coordinated Science Laboratory,
     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 1992--Oct. 1994.

         # Pattern recognition for mixed-mode simulation. Improved
           algorithms for arbitrary path recognition and integrated
           them into the iSPLIT mixed-mode simulation preprocessor,
           coded in C.

   # Electronics Designer, Department of Psychology,
     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Feb. 1992--Aug. 1994.

         # Designed, built, programmed (MC68HC11) and tested
           a data acquisition board to be used in monitoring
           post-trauma behavior of laboratory rats.

   # Instructor, Department of Electrical Engineering,
     Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 1989--Aug. 1991.

         # Lectured on logic design, system analysis, and
           basic analog and digital electronics.

   # Instructor and Service Engineer, Department of Physics,
     Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 1989--Aug. 1991.
         # Designed courses and lectured on analog electronics,
           digital electronics, and elementary applications of
           microprocessors in laboratory instrumentation.

         # In charge of supervision and basic maintenance of
           physics laboratory equipment.

   # Instructor, Department of Computer Science,
     Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 1987--Aug. 1991.

         # Lectured on introduction to computer programming,
           advanced computer programming, data structures and
           algorithms, and microprocessors (8086).

   # Instructor, Department of Electronic Engineering,
     Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 1988--Dec. 1989.

         # Lectured on introductory computer programming.

   # Lighting Support Engineer, Intertrazzo Ltd., Bogota, Colombia,
     Apr. 1988--Dec. 1988.

         # Supervised the design and installation of halogen
           lighting systems.

   # Microcomputer Support Engineer, ICM de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia,
     Nov. 1987--Mar. 1988.

         # Customer support and repair service for PC compatible
           microcomputers, modems, and dot-matrix printers.

   # Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering,
     Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 1986--Dec. 1986.

         # Teaching assistant for electric circuits laboratory.

   # Assembly Language Programmer, Department of Electrical Engineering,
     Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, May 1986--Dec. 1986.
         # Designed coded and tested assembly language programs (M6800)
           for control of electronic games used as instructional devices
           in the "Children's Museum".

   # Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science,
     Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 1983--May 1986.
         # Teaching assistant for introductory computer programming.



PUBLICATIONS
    # Computer Synthesis of Switching Power Converters, Ph.D. Thesis,
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 1998.

    # A Design Methodology for Power Electronics - Presented at the
      5th IEEE Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics, August 1996.

    # Automatic Partitioning for Mixed-Mode Simulation, Master's Thesis,
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 1994.



PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

    # The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

    # The Association of Computing Machinery.

    # The Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

    # Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems