Daniel J. Nickchen nickchen@cs.wisc.edu http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~nickchen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORK STYLE Enjoy working on teams to find optimal solutions to technical problems. Highly motivated to learn as quickly as possible. Like leading projects from concept to completion. Graduated in 3 years, while working 20 hours/week and managing multiple projects simultaneously. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OBJECTIVE A position as a computer programmer or hardware/software project manager. Areas of interest include; Graphical User Interfaces, Graphics, Vision, Machine Learning, Relational Databases and Vehicle Control Systems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDUCATION University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering B.S. Expected May 1997 Major: Electrical Engineering Overall GPA: 2.88 Second Major: Computer Science CS GPA: 3.5 Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin Attended almost full time as a high school senior Marquette GPA: 3.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPERIENCE Project Leader - Maquina Project Oct 1996 - Present Create a infrastructure for the organization and future fountain design's Team Leader - Team Paradigm Jun 1996 - Present Manage 70 members of Team Paradigm to create a Hybrid Electric Vehicle for the FutureCar Challenge System Administrator/Hardware Staff May 1995 - Present Computer Systems Lab Madison, WI Develop graphical interfaces for CS Staff and students that access the department's database, and maintain operational computers Computer Science Trainee Jul 1996 - Sep 1996 National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD Helped create NIST Identifier Collaboration Service, used TCL to access an Oracle database and dynamically create web pages Controls Leader - FutureCar Jun 1995 - Jun 1996 Led the development of both the hardware and software for the operation of the FutureCar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SKILLS Computer Languages: TCL/TK, HTML, C, C++, Lisp, Pascal, BASIC, Ladder Logic, Assembly, FoxPro, Access Operating Systems: UNIX, QNX, Macintosh, DOS, Windows Other Skills: Leadership, team player, public speaking, timelines ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HONORS Deans Honor List, Eagle Scout ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACTIVITIES IEEE, soccer, volleyball, backpacking, camping, climbing, cooking, model trains, and remote controlled vehicles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 304 Princeton Avenue Apartment #1, Madison, WI 53705, (608) 233-3920 9529 West Brookside Drive, Greenfield, WI 53228, (414) 425-0754