Résumé |
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From Braden Ehrat's Website
Download pdf: resume-ehrat.pdf
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
GPA: 3.50/4.0 Expected Graduation: May 2013 |
| Bachelor of Science in Computer Science |
- College of Engineering Dean's List for Academic Excellence - Fall 2009, Spring 2012
Kaskaskia College (Centralia, IL) |
GPA: 3.80/4.0 Concurrent to high school |
| 56 Credit Hours |
- 41 credit hours are transferred to the University of Illinois
- Earned hours through summer courses and dual-credit high school classes
Vandalia Community High School |
GPA: 4.61/5.0 Graduated: May 2009 |
- ACT: 30 (Math Score: 35)
- Illinois State Scholar
Work Experience
University of Illinois Computer Science Department |
Champaign, IL March 2011—Present |
| Undergraduate Research Assistant |
- Developing Locus: A Vehicular-based Content Management Network for Location-centric Applications.
- The team has presented two demos, a paper, and a poster at conferences
- Second-place best poster at the MobiCom 2012 Student Research Competition
- Worked full-time during Summer 2011
- Wrote software enabling cars to connect to University access points, create car ad-hoc networks, collect car location and telemetry data, and send collected information to a central server.
- Designed and implemented a web interface to play back historical and live data
Riverbed Technology |
Champaign, IL May—August 2012 |
| Software Quality Assurance Engineering Intern |
- Developed tools for QA automation
- Gained experience with Python, Android development, and Selenium WebDriver.
University of Illinois Housing Department |
Champaign, IL August 2010—May 2012 |
| Network Technician |
- Provided technical assistance for University Housing residents and responded to problems on the network
Dair-E-Land Holsteins Inc. |
Augsburg, IL 1999—Present |
| Laborer and Service Technician |
- Family-owned dairy and grain operation with approximately 130 milking cows and 900 farmed acres
- Acquired practical, hands-on experience involving operating tractors and machinery, engineering, troubleshooting, caring for animals, and plain, hard work
Other Experience and Activities
University of Illinois Course Assistant |
Spring 2010 |
- Assisted with introductory Computer Science course by co-teaching a lab with another student
- Worked on a project to let future students program small robots
Vandalia High School Play |
April 2006—April 2009 |
- Responsible for all technical aspects in my Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years
- Managed a six-person crew and produced DVDs of the show
Additional Skills
- C/C++, Python, Perl, Java, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, AJAX
- Semi-professional music and video production
References
- Available upon request