Saiyi Wang

1515 S. Yale St. Apt. 6-3A, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

928-814-7205 sw67a554@westpost.net
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
* Highly motivated and results-oriented engineering professional; able to work i
ndependently or cooperatively as part of a team, or in a leadership role to acco
mplish goals
* Effective communicator with demonstrated ability to interact with groups of pe
ople from diverse backgrounds
* Intellectually and competitively equipped to excel in a fast-paced and challen
ging environment
* Well-organized with proven ability to effectively prioritize work, completing
multiple, concurrent assignments in a timely and professional manner
EDUCATION
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY - Flagstaff, Arizona August 2010
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, GPA 3.82
Academic Projects:
1. Modeling Battery Drainage for Wireless Sensor Networks
* Data analysis and modeling: established state-space dynamic models of senso
r node battery drainage
* Developed Gibbs Sampler and Bayesian inference algorithms to infer models'
parameters
2. MIMO and Space Time Coding
* Simulated MIMO transmitters, wireless channels, and MIMO receivers using MA
TLAB
* Developed test program to evaluated performance of space time coding in dif
ferent channel scenarios
3. Channel Coding and Decoding
* Conducted encoding, syndrome, maximum-likelihood, and viterbi decoding simu
lation on MATLAB
4. Embedded System (TI EZ430-RF2500) Control
* Designed and implemented software of microprocessor based embedded system
* Built wireless communication between two EZ430-RF2500 nodes and accomplishe
d link quality test
5. Biologically-Inspired Design
* Developed a solar panel which increased the energy conversion efficiency an
d reduced pay back time
* Implemented technical and economy analysis (long term and short term) of th
is solar panel
Awards:
Awarded the Science Foundation Arizona Fellowship for two years; assigned to
work in the Wireless Network Research Lab to provide technical support for the l
ab and supervisor's research
Presentations:
Graduate Research Fellows Grand Challenge Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, 2010
Poster Presentation
Graduate Research Fellows Grand Challenge Innovation Summit, Oracle, Arizona,
2009 Poster Presentation
Successfully completed coursework includes:
Advanced Engineering Design Error Correct
ion Codes
Statistical Methods Numerical Ana
lysis
Topics in Sustainable Systems Embedded Cont
rol
Wireless Communication and Networking Communication
 Systems
Biological Techniques: Introduction to Models in Data in R Master Thesis
Graduate Seminar: Presentation Training for Layman and Professional Audiences

BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - Beijing, China July 2007

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
* Awarded student scholarship for three years due to outstanding GPA
* Served as Monitor of Class and Peer Advisor of department for four years
* Key member of the Student Union Network Information Department
* Selected as Excellent Cadre of Student for outstanding skills in leadership,
teamwork, and organization Academic
Projects:
1. Traffic Light Control System Digital Circuit Design
2. Infrared Communication Analog Circuit Design
3. New Multi-carrier Transmission System and Theory of Future Plan
* Implemented and evaluated an efficient carrier frequency offset estimation
algorithm for OFDM-based WLAN which adopts IEEE 802.11a standardization
* Designed special procedures which improved the simulation speed and efficie
ncy
* Published a paper on the Third International Symposium on Neural Networks C
onference
Publications:
Feng Zhu, Yafeng Hu, Saiyi Wang, Peng Wei. "The BP Network for Carrier Freque
ncy Offset Estimation in OFDM-Based WLANs," The Third International Symposium on
Neural Networks, Chengdu, China, 2006, ONCS 3973, pp.144 - 149
Successfully completed coursework includes:
Mathematical Analysis Fundamentals
of Analog Circuit
Fundamental of Circuit Analysis Practice Signal and S
ystem
Data Structure & Algorithm Design Development
of Radio Detection Transceiver
Fundamentals of Control Theory Digital Circ
uit & System
Digital Signal Processing Principle of
Communication & Electrocircuit
Digital Telecommunication Network Computer Har
dware & Software Design
WORK EXPERIENCE
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY - Flagstaff, Arizona August 2008 -August 2010
Research Fellow, Wireless Network Research Lab
* Embedded System Software development: Successfully designed, applied, and eval
uated a reporting algorithm which significantly increased energy efficiency of W
ireless Sensor Network
* Installed, managed, and tested lab designed Wireless Sensor Network in NAU Cen
tennial Forest
* Tested performance of radio board and measured computational energy cost of mi
croprocessor based embedded system
* Developed test code and tested key characterizations of two wireless transceiv
ers (TI ADF7020 & TI CC1100)
* Processed, interpreted, and analyzed test data using MATLAB/R
* Provided technical support for supervisor's research and successfully assisted
supervisor to publish a paper at 10th Annual IEEE WAMICON
* Optimized team effectiveness by suggesting duties be distributed according to
members' specialty and experience; set up regular meeting times to increase comm
unication among team members and project milestones to ensure projects were comp
leted step by step
* Displayed strong work ethic and commitment to achieving the most challenging p
roject timelines, often working weekends and holidays to ensure projects were co
mpleted on time
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Specialties: Familiar with wireless communication system physical layer, channel
coding, algorithm design, Gibbs sampler, Bayesian inference, data analysis, emb
edded system software development and hardware test, signal processing/statistic
al signal processing
Programming Languages: C, C++, MATLAB/SIMULINK, R
Operating Systems: Windows XP / Vista, Macintosh, Linux
Applications: Latex, MS Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Visio