Curriculum Vitae / Resume

This page last updated: December 2023

Link to my LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ai/

Education


August 2020 - May 2024

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
University of Southern California (USC), Viterbi School of Engineering
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Relevant Honors: Presidential Scholar, Provost's Research Fellow, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (president for 2023-24), Viterbi Dean’s List


Research and Work Experience


January 2023 - Present

Undergraduate Researcher, USC Levenson-Falk Lab


April 2022 - Present

Undergraduate Researcher, work done under Prof. Daniel Lidar


May 2021 - August 2022

Payload and Satellite Systems Engineering Intern, Northrop Grumman 


August 2020 - May 2022

Avionics PCB Engineering Co-Lead, USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory 


Academic Projects


October 2023 - Present

"Isolating Poled On-chip Device (ISOPOD)"
Coauthors: Clayton Y. Cheung, Juan García Nila, Onkar V. Apte 


April 2023 - May 2023

"Adjoint Optimization for Automated Design of Electromagnetic Devices"
Coauthor: Keshav Sriram


Honors and Awards


April 2023 

Selected as a 2023-24 USC ECE Undergrad Scholar: Awarded individual research and travel funding for seminars and conferences, and mentorship from PhD students.


April 2020 

Semifinalist for the USA Physics Olympiad - scored in the top 300 physics students nationwide on the F=ma physics competition. 

Link to official qualifiers list: https://aapt.org/physicsteam/2020/upload/2020-USAPhO-Qualifiers-Listing.pdf


2018 - 2020

National Honor Roll on AMC 10 and 12; qualified for the selective American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME) and scored within top 600 of all math students across the United States.

Leadership and Involvement


February 2023 - Present

USC Viterbi Impact Program (VIP) Volunteer, Viterbi K-12 STEM Center


September 2022 - Present

Student Officer & Founding Member, USC ECE Dept. Undergraduate Research Hub


August 2021 - Present

USC ECE Dept “Course Producer” (USC's title for undergrad TAs)


April 2023 - Present

President, USC Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (CA Delta)


Skills


Programming

Python (NumPy, Matplotlib, Qua, Ocean, NetworkX), C++ (Eigen, Armadillo), C, Verilog, MATLAB, Git, LaTeX, Mathematica


Engineering/Simulation Software

Electronics and PCB ECAD: Altium Designer, LTspice, WRspice; E&M/Optics Simulation: Ansys HFSS, Ansys Lumerical; FPGAs/Digital Circuits: Xilinx Vivado, QuestaSim; Embedded Systems: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, STM32Cube


Hardware and Lab Equipment

Oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers (VNAs), spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, soldering tools (irons, paste, flux, heat guns, benchtop reflow ovens), RF equipment (attenuators, cables, connectors, etc.)


About Me

Hobbies and Interests