Joshua A Blum

Bachelor of Science, December 2007
Master of Science, December 2008

Ettus Research LLC, Design Engineer, Mountain View, CA 6/2008-8/2008
1/2009-Present

• Designed new graphical signal analysis tools for GNU Radio and USRP.
• Continued work and improvements on GNU Radio Conpanion and related.
• Created automated testing environment for USRP hardware and RF boards.
• Developed automated RF-characterization for high-end radio equipment.
• Development of drivers (firmware and host code) for USRP/radio devices.

JHU FPGA Laboratory, Teaching Assistant, JHU 9/2007-5/2009

• Worked with Xilinx FPGAs and ISE synthesizer.
• Graded lab reports. Proctored and graded exams.
• Hosted weekly office hours and Q/A sessions.

JHU Software Radio Prototyping Laboratory, Software Developer, JHU 6/2006-12/2008

• Created "GNU Radio Companion", a graphical interface for creating software-radios
• Contributed patches/fixed to the open source GNU Software Radio Project

SensorStar Inc, Engineering Consultant, Elkridge, MD 6/2006-8/2006

• Designed UI and communication protocols for AV teleconferencing system
• Provided data and analysis for cell phone tower triangulation project
• Contributed to a small engineering team in a broad range of projects

JHU Parallel Computing and Imaging Laboratory, Research Assistant, JHU 8/2004-9/2007

• Implemented a parallel digital beam former with JHU Applied Physics Laboratory
• Analyzed S-band radar receiver with data from JHU/APL
• Developed prototype of RFID tracking/management system for the Johns Hopkins Hospital

Hardware	Software	Programming
FPGA - Xilinx	Xilinx ISE/Modelsim	VHDL, Verilog
USRP - Software Radio	GNU Radio Project	C/C++, Python, OpenGL
Beowulf Cluster	OSCAR - Beowulf Clustering	MPI/OpenMP - Parallel Processing
CMOS VLSI	Berkely Magic CMOS design
	Linux/Unix	LAMP Technologies

Eta Kappa Nu - EE Honor Society Spring 2008-Present
IEEE (JHU Branch), Vice President Fall 2005-Spring 2007

• Organized student-based talks
• Coordinated guest speakers
• Hosted IEEE Luncheons/Dinners

Other Interests Present

• Cycling on the weekends
• Home repair/remodeling
• AmericanFlyerTrains.com