Luke Van Namen

Experience

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  The Stow Company

  Jun 2018 - Sept 2018

  Computer Aided Design Programmer

  As the 2D CAD Programmer at The Stow Company I worked along side engineering professionals and learned at lot about the engineering process. My work included:- Organizing daily part orders in excel to be uploaded to AlphaCAM- Using AlphaCAM to organize parts and make cuts so that production was done in the most effective way. - Uploading parts to a CNC machine for productionMy job set the pace for production because the quicker I was able to complete the part upload to the CNC machine, the quicker the parts could be produced and shipped. Show less

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  Watermark Golf Properties

  Aug 2018 - Sept 2020

  Bag Attendant Leader

  I worked at my local country club where I met and assisted 30-60 members per day by taking their bag, cleaning their clubs, and discussing their golf round with them. I worked as the outside staff leader, managing the weekly schedule for the outside staff as well as communicating with my team members what jobs need to be done such as picking the range or washing carts. I also regularly managed and prepared events consisting of 80-200 golfers by organizing carts, placing scorecards, setting up tents and tables, and arranging the driving range. Show less

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  University of Michigan College of Engineering - Security and Privacy Research Lab

  May 2020 - Oct 2020

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  - Researched CubeSat systems, communication, and security to expand knowledge on satellite vulnerabilities and potential attacks that could damage the satellite.- Simulated communication link between a ground station and CubeSat using raspberry pi and SDR to understand how satellites communicate with devices on Earth.- Conducted attack on communication link using raspberry pi to display a potential vulnerability in satellites.

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  Multidisciplinary Design Program - Heliophysics Space Instrumentation Team

  Jan 2021 - May 2022

  Research Member - Electrical Team Lead

  - Implemented Raspberry Pi server with Long wavelength Array Antenna to acquire data from antenna receivers by adding extra hardware and reconfiguring the serial interface on the Pi- Configured Pi for remote access by altering original configuration files and debugging software programs - Remotely commanded Pi via a client-server model to collect and receiver all data via a wireless connection

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  U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center

  May 2021 - Aug 2022

  Engineering Technician

  - Developer in the Immersive Simulation Department developing programs to help warfighters more efficiently operate future U.S. Army ground vehicles- Configured server for Unreal Engine projects to be built, packaged, and run as GPU accelerated containers- Containerized Unreal Engine projects and Signaling Server using Dockerfiles to test new pixel streaming plugin in hopes of implementing the plugin for future experiments- Created Conan packages for Unreal Plugin Binaries to be distributed across any number of Unreal Projects- Wrote Gitlab Runners to automate Conan packaging of ~15 Unreal Plugins Show less

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  Accenture

  Jul 2023 - now

  Electrical Engineering Analyst

  - Worked as CAD Automation Engineer for diamond client writing scripts to support data reporting on sub-blocks and chip-top timing, power, and sign-off checks using python and excel to significantly reduce debug time for block owners.- Improved client ASIC flow for 16nm tech node design by writing TCL scripts that fixed bugs or improved quality of flow for project team.- Worked internally to build infrastructure for ASIC RTL2GDS flow as using Gitlab, CI/CD practices, and Python. - Worked as PD Engineer to refine Synthesis flow of internal RTL2GDS flow by writing TCL scripts for automation of Design Compiler tool. - Learned Physical Design flow from Floor planning to STA using ICC2 and PT for small design with 32nm tech node. Show less