Hi, I'm

Alex Feeley.

I'm a Junior at Vanderbilt University majoring in Computer Engineering with a passion for creating cool stuff.

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ABOUT

Hi! I'm Alex. I'm originally from New York City, and grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. I've always loved math, and when I got to high school I became really interested in circuits after taking an engineering class. I started college as an Electrical Engineer, took a few computer science classes, and switched to Computer Engineering.

I'm currently an intern in the Solid State Electronics Development department at Boeing, and I'm enjoying spending my days programming and playing around with FPGAs. In the fall, I'll be a Junior at Vanderbilt taking both undergraduate and graduate courses as I pursue a Master's degree through the accelerated 4-year Master's program.

In my free time, I like working on projects, running, teaching children's swim lessons, and fostering dogs through Nashville Humane's Rovernight program.




EDUCATION


Vanderbilt University

Expected Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering and Math in 2022
Expected Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering in 2022

Honors: IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society (Top 25% of Electrical Engineering Class), Dean's List (Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)

Current Courses: Embedded Systems, VLSI Design, Algorithms, Foundations of Hybrid and Embedded Systems, Numerical Mathematics

Past Courses: FPGA Design, Microelectronic Systems, Microcontrollers, Electronics I, Digital Logic, Computer Organization, Circuits I & II, Intermediate Software Design, Data Structures, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Probability and Statistics

Activties:

Earned competitive funding to engage in year round research, engaged in a semester long "think tank" group project, and participated in weekly meetings to discuss research progress
Participated in engineering specific social and professional development opportunities
Mentored a group of 15 first-year students as they transitioned to college and worked closely with a faculty partner to establish goals and lead discussions surrounding important topics

The Bronx High School of Science

Advanced Regents Diploma in June 2018

Activities: Varsity Softball Team, Varsity Soccer Team, Chess Team, Chess-in-the-Schools after school program




EXPERIENCE


The Boeing Company

Solid State Electronics Development Intern, May 2020 - August 2020

  • Used Verilog to emulate the functions of a test chip to decrease time spent debugging test software
  • Utilized C to program a Xilinx processor to update existing functions
Vanderbilt Institute for Space and Defense Electronics

Undergraduate Researcher, August 2019 - Present

  • Ran experiments and analyzed data to evaluate the effects of total ionizing dose and single event effects on the 7nm node
  • Recorded findings to present at conferences and publish in papers
Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education

Undergraduate Researcher, May 2019 - August 2019

  • Conducted literature review on vitamin A and the current methods to determine vitamin A concentration
  • Designed and simulated a circuit using LTSpice to trans-dermally measure the concentration of vitamin A
  • Presented reserach findings at the 2019 SyBBURE Summer Symposium and Fall 2019 Undergraduate Research Fair
Westfield Memorial Pool
  • Oversaw thousands of patrons daily while maintaining pool complex operations
  • Supervised a staff of over 60 lifeguards to maintain a safe swimming environment
  • Coordinated training drills to maintain necessary life-saving skills
  • Taught group and private lessons to children from ages 2 years old to 12 years old
  • Created appropriate drills and games to develop swimming skills
  • Organized and distributed private lessons to other swim instructors
  • Maintained a constant surveillance of patrons in the facility
  • Enforced patrons' adherence to pool guidelines and rules in a professional manner
  • Administered First Aid and CPR in response to emergency situations



    • PROJECTS


    The Sibling Alarm,

    March 2020 - May 2020

    • Created a 'sibling alarm' designed to alert a user in one room to motion in the hallway outside using sensors, an actuator, and user input and output interfaces
    • Designed two printed circuit boards for the project using KiCad

    Rummy AI Bot, January 2020 - Present

    • Created the game of rummy-500 in Python
    • Aiming to train the player class using a machine learning model

    Battery-Charging Bangle, May 2019 - Present

    • Designed and 3D printed a hollow bracelet using AutoCAD
    • Fashioned hollow bracelet into an inductor using magnet wire and magnetic marbles
    • Surface mount soldered bridge rectifiers onto bracelet's circuit board to allow for dual motion of magnetic marbles throughout bracelet



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