| Name |
​Scott Chen
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| School |
School of Engineering and Technology
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| Program |
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronic Systems Engineering
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| Academic and Professional Designations |
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Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering), University of Waterloo
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B.A.Sc (Electronics Engineering), Simon Fraser University
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P.Eng. (in application)
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| Title |
Professor
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| Courses Taught |
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EECE71355 - Engineering Project II (W20, W21)
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EECE73250 - Engineering Project V (F19, F20)
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INFO72220 - Operating System (F19, F20)
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MATH71620 / 71630 - Engineering Mathematics I and II (F19, F20, W20, W21)
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PROG71985 - Introduction to Computer Programming (W20, W21)
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| Areas of Expertise & Interest |
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Sensor and sensor instrumentation, RF electronics circuits and PCB design
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EM Theory and microwave engineering
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Embedded system design
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Microcontroller platform design
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FPGA platform design with VHDL
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Firmware development via C and assembly
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OOD and procedural programming language courses
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Assembly, C, C++, C#, Java
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Interactive Game Design in Unity
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| Industry Experience, Professional Currency Activities |
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Technical Project Manager / Assistant Program Manager, North (Thalmic Labs), Waterloo, ON
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Project manager leading multidiscipline "Focal" smart glasses technical projects via agile methodology
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Assistant program manager for the second generation "Focal 2.0" smart glasses program
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RF/electrical engineering and microfabrication process engineering technical support
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Senior Sensor System Engineer Lead, Sober Steering, Waterloo, ON
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Wearable sensor system for transdermal biomarker monitoring and other biomedical applications on ARM-based embedded target
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Productization-driven technical project lead, RFP submission to NIH
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Embedded System Engineer, Equustek Solutions, Vancouver, BC
Intel 8088-based Zilog embedded system programming in Assembly, C, and C++
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| Major Research Projects, Scholarly Activities, and/or Publications |
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US Patent 9,958,444B2 - "Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Sensing an Analyte such as Ethanol"
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W.T. Chen, R.R. Mansour, "Miniature Gas Sensor and Sensor Array with Single and Dual Modes RF Dielectric Resonators", IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 3697-3704, 2018
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W.T. Chen, K.M.E. Stewart, C.K. Yang, R.R. Mansour, J. Carroll, A. Penlidis, "Wearable RF Sensor Array Implementing Coupling-Matrix Readout Extraction Technique", IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 63, no. 12, pp. 4157-4168, 2015
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| Additional Information |
Hardware
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High performance Resonant Sensor Design and Sensor Instrumentation
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Cleanroom micro/nanofabrication skills with monolithic sensor system integration
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RF-MEMS and biocompatible MEMS and IC design
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MEMS/NEMS cleanroom fabrication skills
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Cryogenic Characterization Equipment
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Computer and processor architecture
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Experienced Microcontrollers / Microprocessors
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Arm Cortex-series, Motorola HC-series
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Experienced FPGA/CPLD
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Xilinx Virtex, Spartan FPGAs, Lattice CPLDs
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Multi-User Microfabrication Processes
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PolyMUMPs, SOIMUMPs, MIT-LL 8-Layer Nb MUMPs
Software
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Programming languages: Assembly, C, C++, C#, Java, VHDL/Verilog, Python
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Operating System: MS Windows, Linux (Ubutntu, RPi OS/Debian), Android
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Development IDE / Engine: Unity Engine, Arm Keil, Android Studio, Visual Studio, Dev C++
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2D Graphics: Clip Studio Art, IllustStudio, MangaStudio EX
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