Resume

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Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Engineering – Iowa State University, Ames, IA (2010 – Present)
- Research Focus: Wireless Networking, Situational Awareness, Cloud Security
- Advisor: Dr. Daji Qiao
- Expected Graduation: Spring 2015
B.S. in Computer Engineering – Iowa State University, Ames, IA (2006 – 2010)
- GPA: 3.91/4

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University (2010 – Present)
- Conduct basic research in wireless networking.
- Developed Power Save Mode with Adaptive Wakeup (PSM-AW) to increase battery life for wireless mobile devices, while providing an upper bound on the performance penalty imposed by the tradeoff between delay performance and battery life.
- Implemented PSM-AW via custom device drivers in C to evaluate actual performance.
Graduate Research Assistant, Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S²ERC), Iowa State University (2014 – Present)
- Lead research effort to study anomaly-based masquerade detection for cloud-based web applications utilizing machine learning techniques.
- Perform analysis on existing data from commercially deployed web application with intent to deploy masquerade detection solution.
Graduate Research Assistant, Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University (2012 – 2014)
- Developed and built the Homunculus Camera (HomCam) to enable remote situation awareness by simultaneously streaming four video feeds in real time.
- Designed, conducted, and analyzed a user study to evaluate effectiveness of HomCam in allowing participants to build mental maps of a remote environment.

Technical Consultant, Thinix, Ames, IA (Winter 2013)
- Performed custom research and development toward future Wi-Fi-related product, including implementation in C/C++.
SDET Intern, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (Summer 2009)
- Designed and developed user credibility algorithm for Windows Localization Quality Game, including implementation via C#/SQL.
Software Engineering Intern, Garmin International, Olathe, KS (Summer 2008)
- Performed functional software testing for crew alerting system in integrated avionics unit, including expanding existing testing tools.
Engineering IT Intern, Spartan Chassis, Charlotte, MI (Summer 2007)
- Developed and delivered training for new Product Data Management system.
- Created custom interface for access to PDM database.

Lecturer, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Jan – July 2014)

Prepared and delivered lectures, wrote problem sets and exams, coordinated laboratories and teaching assistants, and mentored students.
- CprE 308: Operating Systems (Spring 2014 - 75 students)
- CprE 288: Embedded Systems (Summer 2014 - 25 students)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (2010 – 2012)

Lead laboratory exercises, graded projects and exams, designed homework problem sets and solutions, mentored students, and gave occasional guest lectures.
- CprE 308: Operating Systems (Fall 2010)
- CprE 426: Parallel Programming (Spring 2011)
- CprE 489: Wireless Networking (Fall 2011)
- CprE 185: Problem Solving, C Programming (Spring 2012)

B. Peck and D. Qiao. “A Practical PSM Scheme for Varying Server Delay”. Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on, In Press.
X. Chen, Y. Zhao, B. Peck, and D. Qiao. “SAP: Smart Access Point with Seamless Load Balancing Multiple Interfaces”. INFOCOM, 2012 Proceedings IEEE, pp. 1458–1466. 2012.

Proficient: Java, C, R, GNU/Linux, \LaTeX, WLAN Device Drivers, Git
Familiar: Python, C++, nesC, Matlab, TFS, JavaScript, VB.NET, HTML/CSS

Memberships: Eta Kappa Nu, IEEE
Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, IEEE Communications Letters
Mentoring: Engineering Mentors - Graduate/Undergraduate Intercultural Mentoring
Teaching: Graduate Teaching Excellence Award