Marcus Davenport McElhaney

E-mail: [email protected]


Objective:

Adding my knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm to a company that specializes in software development and engineering; to help make the company that I work for more profitable and complete my assigned project under budget and as on time as possible.
 
 

Experience Highlights:
 
  • Installing and using Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT
  • Installing and using Mac OS 7.6 ­ 9
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  • HTML in MS Word, MS InterDev 6, Netscape Communicator
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  • Installing and using Microsoft Office 97/2000
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  • Installing and using Visual Studio 6
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  • Documenting Software and Research
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  • Real-Time programming for microprocessors in C++
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  • Installing and using Borland C++
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  • Using Active X controls, COM, DCOM, ODBC, ADO, DAO
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  • Multi-threading in Visual Basic
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  • SQL querying and searches
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  • Progress
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  • Visual Basic 6
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  • Visual Basic for Application
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  • Research planning 
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  • Software Planning and development
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  • GIS
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  • Avenue
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  • Installing, using, and Automating AutoCAD 14, 2000
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  • Visual C++ 6
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  • Visual Interdev 6
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  • Java
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  • Installing and using Borland’s JBuilder 2
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  • Installing and using ArcVIEW GIS
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  • Installing and using BridgeView
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  • G
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  • Scheme
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  • Matlab 5
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  • Installing , using, and automating SmartSketch
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  • Writing Help files for software
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  • Motor Design
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  • Digital Photography
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  • Biomechanics- studying human anatomy and motion with physics
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  • Some networking
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  • Physics Knowledge
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  • Knowledge of material science
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  • DCOM
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  • DDE
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  • DLL
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  • Basic Electronics
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  • Basic Chemistry
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  • Good writing skills
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  • Waveguides
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  • Plasma
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  • Optics/Holography
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    Achievements:

    Undergraduate Research project in mathematically modeling a one-legged hoping

    robot as a mass and spring written in Matlab and documented in a web

    page and journal. 1996

      Worked with two other graduate students to build, and control with real-time

    software, an optical disk drive for reading and writing information

    recorded as bits.. The machine was made out of a 2 degree of freedom

    stepper motor, a DC motor, an infra red light scanner, and the software

    had a character-based interface and ran under DOS. 1998
     
     

    Master’s Thesis on the software design for a good real-time control programs for

    robot. arms used in the mechanical engineering department for real-time

    control classes. The software was written in C++. 1999
     
     

    Helped digitize parcel maps of San Francisco, CA’s water pipes and valves

    Using AutoCAD Map 3 and a scanner for Geotopo. Dec 1999-2000

    Worked on Converting a GIS project for Richmond, CA that was generated in

    AutoCAD and programmed in Delphi into a project displayed in ArcView

    and programmed in Visual Basic and Avenue. I used ADO, ODBC, and

    DDE to get it to work for Geotopo. 2000

      Completed several demo projects for Geotopo to show their customers the power

    a GIS can give them. Institutions such as the Army Core of Engineers, the

    San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, and the City of Richmond, CA.

    I used Avenue, ArcView, AutoCAD, Visual Basic, SQL. ADO, ODBC,

    MS Access, and MS Jet. I even documented my work. 1999, 2000

      Currently I have written software capable of multi-threading, viewing information

    About machines Packaging Aids manufacture, building near-complete

    Manuals for operating 5 standard models and 3 optional models. It controls

    AutoCAD, MS Word, MS Access, and Intergraph’s smartsketch. It uses

    Actives X automation, ADO, ODBC, and MS JET. Planned additions are capabilities for handling

    more models, more options, more technical drawings, use of multi-threading for better control and

    speed, and using ADO and ODBC to query and communicate with the company’s Progress

    database. 2000

      Experience:

    Packaging Aids Corporation San Rafael, CA

    Documenting operation and manufacturing of machines built by the

    company, writing software using Visual Basic, VBA to

    automatically use MS Office 97/2000, AutoCAD 2000, and some

    other software to generate the documents. Utilizing ADO, SQL,

    multi-threading, Active X Automation, DDE, and DCOM, and

    HTML. I also install software, help trouble shoot network and

    software problems. May 2000 - Present

      Geotopo, Inc Oakland/Richmond, CA

    GIS Technician/Developer ­ Developed and design GIS systems using

    AutoCAD, ArcVIEW, and Visual Basic for Windows 95/98/NT.

    Documented software, put together power point presentation,

    Installed software, helped set up computers in the office.

    August 1999 ­ May 2000
     
     

    Summer Research Berkeley, CA

    U.C. Berkeley's Mechatronics Lab for Professor Auslander during the

    summer of 1996. Researched published at:

    http://www-mcnair.berkeley.edu/UGA/OSL/McNair/ click on 1996

    Journal, then click on "Mathematically Modeling Hopping for the

    Development of a Biologically Inspired Robot"
     
     

    Education:
     
     

    University of California, at Berkeley

    Mechanical Engineering, Masters of Science Degree.

    Study area: Controls; GPA: 3.22; Graduation Date: May 1999
     
     

    University of California, at Berkeley

    Engineering Physics major, Member of BESSA was chosen as a

    McNair Scholar, and Superb. GPA: 3.0; Graduated: May 1997

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