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 /\  _ \    Joseph M. Garza
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 _\ \____\  2128 E. Hughes Ave.
/\/ / ___/  Des Moines, IA, 50320 
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 \/____/    Phone: 515.988.9704
            Email: garza.joseph.m@gmail.com
             WWW : http://jmgarza.com


EDUCATION

 BS, Computer Science
 Iowa State University: Ames, IA
 December 2007 

 BSE, Electrical & Computer Engineering
 University of Iowa: Iowa City, IA
 May 2005 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 Manufacturing Engineer	
 Volt Contractor at JDDMW
 Ankeny, IA
 April – August 2006
 - Member of the Enterprise Production and Design Process (EPDP) team
 - Created assembly plan for Sprayer products and designated sub-assemblies
 - Estimated assembly man hours and planned assembly sequence of events

 Program for Enhanced Design Experience
 Rockwell Collins-Univ. of Iowa
 Iowa City, IA
 August 2004 – May 2005
 - Used MATLAB to validate Gopinath-style observer performance
 - Wrote software for DSP development platform
 - Designed, built, and tested servo motor controller and amplifier

 Facilities Engineering Intern
 John Deere Des Moines Works
 Ankeny, IA
 May – August 2004
 - Evaluated Iconics and RSView as replacements for WinView
 - Created recovery/operation documentation for HMI computers
 - Worked extensively with PLC’s, ladder logic, and AutoCAD for day-to-day problems

 Research Assistant
 Coordinated Laboratory for Computational Genomics
 Iowa City, IA
 September 2003 – May 2004
 - Responsible for the backup/restoration of data on a cluster of Linux machines
 - Processed data from gels looking for EST’s using established scripts

 Sprayer Production Engineering Intern
 John Deere Des Moines Works
 Ankeny, IA
 May – August 2003
 - Designed assembly/transportation fixture for the 4920 sprayer
 - Established a virtual manufacturing process
 - Created manufacturing build of materials

 Sprayer Product Engineering Intern
 John Deere Des Moines Works
 Ankeny, IA
 May – August 2002
 - Implemented remote fleet management utility for the 4920 sprayer
 - Designed electrical harnesses
 - Upgraded software on CAN controller boxes

 Cotton Production Engineering Intern
 John Deere Des Moines Works
 Ankeny, IA
 May – August 2001
 - Created detailed Operator Method Sheets for three large machines
 - Worked on a team with five engineering interns
 - Made OMS’s available via intranet

COMPUTER SKILLS

 Drafting:  AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, Pro-E, VisMockup
 HMI/PLC:   Iconics, RSView, RSLogix5, RSLogix500, WinView
 Languages: C, C++, JAVA, MATLAB, MPI-C, VBA, VHDL
 Microsoft: Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, Visio
 .NET:		C#, VBA, WCF
 Other:     Linux, Unix, Windows

ORGANIZATIONS
 
 ACM, IEEE, Theta Tau (Engineering Fraternity)