Minh Nguyen

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201 S 5 St, Unit 307, Ames, IA 50010

(202) 486-2420 | mnguyen@iastate.edu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mnguyen1295

Education
Iowa State University
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
GPA: 3.65 Senior

Ames, IA
Expected Graduation: May 2017

Work Experience
LyondellBasell
Clinton, IA
E/I/A Reliability Summer Coop
May 2016 August 2016
Upgraded obsoleted Benezene PLC ladder control systems and embedded them into new stripping systems
Replaced 2 obsoleted level transmitters on the above benzene pots and updated their P&ID
Solved an unreliable control scheme on an ethylene tank's foundation heater to reduce power consumption and
executed project that installed a more reliable control and brought the control to the DCS system
Upgraded an obsoleted power meter system to a more reliable system that was compatible with the DCS system,
which reduce human resources to retrieve monthly power consumption
Updated P&ID, loop sheets and procedure for 15 newly installed instruments
Identified solutions, scope of work and cost estimate for upgrading and installing new instrumentations that was more
reliable with newer technology and saved the company $50,000 - $100,000
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Tutor for Math 166 and Math 267
January 2014 Present
Teacher Assistant for EE 201 and 230: Electronic Circuits
August 2015 Present

Project
Laser Reaction Game
Fall 2015
Designed a laser game which will randomly light up 9 LEDs one by one and users have to react to it
Used STM Nucleo F411RE microcontroller, two CD4055 7-segment drivers, two 7-segment displays, two 74LS93
Binary Counter, nine LEDs, resistors, photoresistors and SCR
Integrated SCR circuit to reduced power consumption by almost 30% and increase the machine reaction time
Vending Machine
Spring 2015
Designed next-state logic expressions and transition diagram for a virtual vending machines embedded system
Embedded VHDL code on DE2 Board using Altera Quatus II CAD tool.
Improved performance by optimizing 20% machine states and gates resulting in faster response time
Infrared Transmitter
Spring 2015
Designed and assembled LED transmission circuits to establish a 6-inch signal transmission line
Reduced power consumption and established a new band pass mode for more flexible transmissions

Skills
Matlab, C, Multisim/Vsim, Ultiboard, Pspice, Cadence, Verilog, PLC Ladder Logic Piping and Instrumentation Drawing
(P&ID), Loop Sheets, Distributed Control System (DCS), VLSI, Microsoft Office and Linux

Activities
International Student Council
Ames, IA
Social/event Coordinator
September 2014 Present
Organized International Bazaar, Game Night and help with other events during International Week that attracted
almost 100 people each
Communicated with the General Assembly and leaded them on presenting their cultural during the events
International Ambassador
Ames, IA
Member
September 2013 Present
Help 50 international students through the enrollment process and language barrier using Vietnamese and English
In 2015, successfully helped 15 out of 50 students achieved the toughest scholarship for international students