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DSP SOFTWARE ENGINEER, Virginia U.S.A.
August 2000-Present
Involved in real-time embedded system development for two-way land mobile radio (VHF, UHF and 800Mhz) using TI fixed point DSP and Hitachi ASIC H8 microprocessor. Works include:
a) implementation and debugging signal processing algorithms and common air interface protocols in C and assembly language on the physical and MAC layers,
b) develop and define software documents - software architecture (tasking, modules, etc.), interface design description, test plans, requirements and validation,
c) porting codes written for the TI TMS320C56 DSP into TI TMS320C54x DSP in both Unix and Windows environment,
d) development tools: TI Code Composer Studio, MATLAB, lab equipment (logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, and oscilloscope),
e) Example of completed projects: DTMF generation, Viterbi decoding for Project 25, tone/frequency encoding and decoding, sub-audible tone/frequency detection, channel scanning, conventional digital and analog call, trunked digital and analog call, data call, etc.

2. RF SYSTEM ENGINEER, McLean, Virginia U.S.A.
December 1999-July 2000
Designed cell site configurations for Sprint PCS CDMA markets to minimize RF interference and number of base stations. Works include:
a) analyzed link budget, capacity planning, demographic and topography using RF propagation tools (CellCad, CelPlan, ANET),
b) performed drive testing of preliminary and existing cell sites systems,
c) reviewed drive test data and recommended cost effective solutions.

3. GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Mississippi State University. August 1997 – December 1999
Developed a new numerical method (linear bicharacteristics) in ANSI C language for approximation of the Maxwell's wave equations in computational electromagnetics. The success of this research proved that the new method is more accurate and at least two to three times more economical than the conventional methods.

4. MATLAB PROGRAMMER, Mississippi State University January 1997 – May 1997
Wrote MATLAB computer programs as part of senior design project. This project was used as a visualization aid for the teaching of electromagnetics theory.

PUBLICATIONS:
1. Siew-Loong Chan, "The Linear Bicharacteristic Scheme for Electromagnetics," M.S. Thesis, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Starkville MS,
1999.
2. John H. Beggs, David L. Marcum, Siew-Loong Chan, "The Numerical Method of Characteristics for Electromagnetics," Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, vol. 14, no.2, July 1999, pp. 25-36,
3. Siew-Loong Chan, Nicholas H. Younan, "Signal Detection in Spread Spectrum Systems," Proceedings IEEE SouthEastCon Orlando, FL 1998, pp. 384-387.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION:
IEEE SouthEastCon Orlando, FL 1998, presentation on “Signal Detection in Spread Spectrum System”
AWARDS/HONORS:
1. Eta Kappa Nu (Honor society for Electrical Engineer)
2. Research assistantship award from National Science Foundation (NSF)

EDUCATION:
1. Graduate Courses in Electrical Engineering,
Virginia Tech. GPA: 3.50/4.00
Mobile and Network Computing, Digital and Analog Communications, Software Defined Radios, and Digital Communications and Simulations

2. M.S. in Electrical Engineering (minor in Mathematics), December 1999, Mississippi State University. GPA: 3.75/4.00

3. B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Cum Laude), May 1997, Mississippi State University. GPA: 3.45/4.00