CHAI Chok Leong
Electrical and Electronic Engineer
Profile
Fresh graduate (Master’s degree in 2011) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering who ranked in top 5% in university throughout five university years with demonstrated ability to adapt to different working environments. Specialized in low-level programming for real-time embedded systems. Passionated with electronics. Self-motivated and hard-working individual who takes his work seriously and is eager to learn and succeed. Able to work independently with minimum supervision or collaboratively.
Skills
Low / High-level programming
Able to work with diverse electronic components (FPGA, micro-controller, DSP...) and different technologies (CAN, TCP/IP, RS232, I2C, SPI...). Experienced with Windows' module (DLL) development. Experienced with Object-Oriented and Aspect-Oriented Programming.
Hard / Soft-ware developments
Experienced with distributed real-time embedded systems. Able to work with the hardware (ex. FPGA) and software (ex. uC) part of a system and understand both the advantages and limits of both implementations. Exposed to signal processing and telecommunication.
Control and automation
Good knowledge in modeling plants and synthesizing controllers. Experienced in implementing controllers (control loops) onto electronic devices.
Multilingual
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Technical
Experience
CEA, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Intern software engineer
March-August 2011
Final year work placement (six months) at Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France - a French government-funded technological research organization. Developed with C / C++ on an existing large-scale industrial project for computer-assisted teleoperation for robots by successfully adding new modules for different OS (Windows and VxWorks - real-time OS) and tools (Matlab) to increase clients’ (control engineers) productivity. Followed V-model in the software development process.
INRIA, Paris-Rocquencourt, France
Intern software engineer
May-August 2010
Fourth year work placement (four months) at Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), 78153 Le Chesnay, France - a French national research institution working on CyCab (electric vehicle) applications. With strong analytical skills, successfully tested, debugged and validated the synchronous multi-period feature of SynDEx (system level CAD software developed by INRIA) under RTAI (open source real-time OS) on CyCab and integrated the existing image-processing application into SynDEx. Successfully reduced the execution time of the image-processing application by half by applying optimization techniques.
Neutronic, Chelles, France
Intern software engineer
July and October 2008
Technical work placement (two months) at Neutronic, 77500 Chelles, France - a small fire alarm company doing programming in C for micro-controller PIC (Programmable Integrated Circuit) using Hi-Tech C (MPLab). Contributed to fire alarm projects by adding new features and upgrading certain applications onto newer chip.
Vulcanic, Neuilly sur Marne, France
Intern shop-floor worker
July 2007
Shop-floor traineeship (one month) at Vulcanic, 93330 Neuilly sur Marne, France - a company which provides electrical heating and cooling solutions for the industry doing data-entry for a list of products. Added more than 100 product information items into the company’s databases.
Education
ESIEE Engineering, Paris, France
Master's degree in Engineering
Sept. 2006 - Sept. 2011
Obtained a master’s degree (Diplôme d’ingénieur) - a five-year program leading to the equivalent of an MSc Electronic Engineering from Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Electronique et Electrotechnique (ESIEE Engineering), 93162 Noisy-le-Grand, France - a university of electrical and electronic engineering. Specialized in Embedded Systems. Average grade point 15.47 / 20 (French system). Courses included computer science, electronics and control theory. Table* below gives a rough overview of courses studied during university years:
* This table is built from my memory and information on transcripts (first to fifth year).
| University Year | Maths | Physics | Electronics | Computer Science |
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| Fifth Year Sept. 2010 - Jan. 2011 (1st Sem) |
- | - | Verified Reactive Systems Design, PMSM Motor, EMI (Electromagnetic interference), Digital Filter, System on Chip | Embedded Servers Access with Java, Embedded Remote Control (Real-time Java), Aspect-Oriented Programming, Synchronous Language |
| Fourth Year Feb. 2010 - May 2010 (2nd Sem) |
Control Theory, Parameter Identification, Antenna | FPGA | Scheduling | |
| Fourth Year Sept. 2009 - Jan. 2010 (1st Sem) |
Numerical Modeling and Simulation of Circuits, Wiener Filter, Adaptive Filter | - | Digital Electronics and VHDL, Electronic Switch Mode Converters, Embedded Architecture, CAN, DSP | Real-time Systems, RTAI, Design Patterns with Java, TCP / IP, UDP, UML |
| Third Year Feb. 2009 - June 2009 (2nd Sem) |
Linear Numerical Analysis and Optimisation | Solid-state and Semiconductors Physics | Signals, CMOS, MOSFET | Graph Theory and Algorithms |
| Third Year Oct. 2008 - Jan. 2009 (1st Sem) |
Probabilities, Statistics, Applied Math Project | - | Fourier, Laplace, Data Trasmission and Telecommunication Systems | UNIX OS |
| Second Year Feb. 2008 - June 2008 (2nd Sem) |
Discrete Mathematics | Propagation in Matters, Optics (Ondulation) | Signals (VHDL), VHDL Project | Algorithms |
| Second Year Sept. 2007 - Jan. 2008 (1st Sem) |
Linear Algebra (Jordan...), Series, Numerical Analysis | Magnetostatics, Wave Propagation in Vacuum | Signal (Two-port Network) | Microprocessor-based Systems, C Language |
| First Year Feb. 2007 - June 2007 (2nd Sem) |
Linear Algebra | Electrostatics, Thermodynamics | Signals (Operational Amplifier, Transistor, Diode) | Java, Java Project |
| First Year Sept. 2006 - Jan. 2007 (1st Sem) |
Boolean Logic | Mechanic, Optics | Signals (Thevenin, Millman, Norton...) | Microprocessor (Assembly Language) |
Université Marne-la-Vallée, Paris, France
Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science
Sept. 2006 - Sept. 2009
Obtained a bachelor’s degree (Licence) from Université Marne-la-Vallée, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée, France. Degree obtained by submitting the first three years’ results from ESIEE Engineering. Average grade point 14 / 20 (French system).
Related files / links: Certificate (FR)
IUT and CEL, Colmar, France
A-Levels in Pure Maths and Physics
French Language
Sept. 2004 - Sept. 2006
Obtained levels (Baccalauréat) equivalent to English A-Levels in pure maths and physics from Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT), 68000 Colmar, France. IUT is translated as University Institute of Technology. Average grade point 15.5 / 20 (French system). Subjects: Algebra, Mathematical Analysis, Geometry, Electricity, Mechanics, Optics, Chemistry. Learnt French at Centre d'Etudes des Langues (CEL), 68000 Colmar, France - a foreign language centre. Attended 978 hours of French classes.
INTEC, Shah Alam, Malaysia
French Language
June-August 2004
Attended the 3-month intensive French Programme at International Education College (INTEC), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
S.M.K. Chung Hua, Miri, Malaysia
Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) - 10 As
Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) - 8 As
1998 - 2003
Attended secondary school at S.M.K Chung Hua, 98000 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. Taken SPM (Malaysian Certificate of Education) and PMR (Lower Secondary Assessment) exams. Subjects taken during Form 4 and 5: Bahasa Melayu, Chinese, English, Modern Maths, Additional Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, History, Moral Studies.
S.J.K. Chung San, Miri, Malaysia
Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) - 6 As 1 B
1992 - 1997
Attended primary school at S.M.K Chung Hua, 98000 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. Taken UPSR exam (Primary School Evaluation Test). Subjects: Bahasa Melayu (Comprehension and Writing), Chinese (Comprehension and Writing), English, Maths, Science.
Achievements
Ranked 1st in the major of Embedded Systems
September 2010
Ranked 1st among 30 students in the major of Embedded Systems during fourth year studies at ESIEE Engineering with the grade 14.57 / 20.
Student Association's Prize (Prix du BDE)
June 2010
Obtained Student Association's Prize (Prix du BDE) during the annual Project Day (Jour des Projets) at ESIEE Engineering for fourth year's internship work.
Ranked 1st in second year at ESIEE Engineering
September 2008
Ranked 1st among 94 students during second year studies at ESIEE Engineering with the grade 14.36 / 20.
Silver medal in men's double table tennis competition
2001
Obtained silver medal in men's double table tennis competition (school level) at S.M.K Chung Hua, Miri.
Strengths
- Hard worker
- Good organisational skills
- Problem-solver
- Good reporting skills
- Highly motivated
Projects
Controlling DC motor remotely over network
Fifth year practical work at ESIEE Engineering
November 2010
Controlling DC motor remotely over TCP / IP network by implementing the predictive controller under real-time Java (RTSJ). Debugging using AspectJ, an aspect-oriented extension for Java.
Stabilizing pendulums over distributed computers
Fifth year case's study at ESIEE Engineering
October 2010
Stabilizing two inverted pendulums which were each connected to an embedded computer (ARCOM) running RTAI / Linux. Established communication between both computers via CAN. Implemented data acquisition, controller by state feedback and output restitution to stabilize the pendulums.
Stabilizing quad-rotor for autonomous flying
Fourth year project at ESIEE Engineering
January 2010
Modeling and stabilizing quad-rotor for autonomous flying. Study and application of Kalman filter under Matlab / Simulink.
Monitoring traffic lights via human-machine interface
End-of-third year project at ESIEE Engineering
June 2009
Monitoring traffic lights via human-machine interface between Altera DE2 kit and computer by using VHDL and LabVIEW. Worked effectively in a group of four students. Established communications between Altera FPGA card and computer via RS-232. Wrote graphical programs under LabVIEW.
Solving Dirichlet problem with Maltab
Third year project at ESIEE Engineering
May 2009
Study of Dirichlet problem using Matlab. Solved matrix numerically by doing extensive research.
Solving differential system with Maltab
Third year project at ESIEE Engineering
January 2009
Study of a differential system using Matlab. Wrote programs under Matlab. Solved differential problems numerically.
FPGA project
Second year project at ESIEE Engineering
June 2008
Interfacing P/S mouse using VHDL on Xilinx ISE. Wrote programs in VHDL. Worked on Xilinx Spartan 3E Starter kit. Controlled a VGA screen.
Simple Java game development
First year programming project at ESIEE Engineering
June 2007
Game development in Java using Bluej as described in “Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction using BlueJ” edition 2 chapter 7. Developed a simple Java game.
Hobbies
- Reading
- Table tennis
- Singing
- Doing research
- Electronic projects
- Programming
Disponibility
Starting 30 January 2012
Willing to work in Malaysia
30 January 2012 - 31 December 20XX
References
Available on request
CHAI Chok Leong — 
— Tel. undisclosed — Updated 27 January 2012