Curriculum
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Philip
"Flip" Kromer
3115 Benelva Dr.
Austin, TX 78705
m. (512) 659 6846
h. (512) 473 2809
flip@mrflip.com
http://www.mrflip.com |
Education
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B.A., Computer Science, Cornell
University. |
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Graduate
Student, Physics, University
of Texas at Austin. |
Employment |
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Assistant
Instructor, PHY453 (Introduction to Modern Physics),
UT-Austin |
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Teaching
Assistant, PHY103N (Engineering Physics II,
E&M), UT-Austin. |
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Course
Consultant, CS314 (Digital
Systems), Cornell University CS Department. |
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Research
Assistant, Multimedia Group, Cornell
University CS Department. |
Selected Projects |
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Intro
to Modern Physics Course Redesign |
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Roger
Bengtson, Ken Gentle, and I won a grant from the Hewlett Foundation (Summer 1998: proposal) and from National Instruments
Corporation (Summer 1999: proposal) to
redesign the UT-Austin Modern Physics lab. Among the improvements:
- We added a major group project, in which teams of 4-5
students perform an advanced, open-ended experiment.
- We made major improvements in equipment and
facilities.
- We published an extensive course home page containing the lab manual,
references, and advice on writing and experimental research.
- We extensively implemented data acquisition using
LabView in the lab. We have instrumented eight labs and are in the course of
preparing papers on two of these experiments.
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PC-Based Lock-in Amplifier |
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I designed
and implemented a PC-based lock-in analyzer
using LabView for the Modern Physics lab. The LIA requires only a general-purpose DAQ
board and a homemade amplifier yet achieves better than 20 nV sensitivity. All
analysis is done in software, in real-time, and the LIA graphs the signal -- as time
series or amplitude spectrum -- at any point along the signal path. |
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Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team |
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I was a
member of a team of forty undergraduates who designed, built and raced an energy-efficient passenger car. The car
was built from the ground up using donated parts and money, and was entered in the Tour de
Sol, a rally for alternative power vehicles. I was head of the engine team, and was
responsible for redesigning and rebuilding the car's Geo Metro 1.0 L engine.
(Modifications: CNG conversion; decked for 14:1 compression ratio; heads ported, polished
and flow tested; custom intake and exhaust; engine fully blueprinted; 3 angle valve job;
worked with control team on a custom closed loop engine control system). |
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Resolution Independent Video Language |
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I worked
for Jon Swartz and Brian Smith on a resolution-independent
video language -- a high-level description of video content for audio, video, and
images at any resolution and frame rate. I was responsible for implementing digital
effects, including frequency-domain convolutions. |
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Simulation of a RISC Processor for Educational Use |
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For the Digital Systems class at
Cornell, I implemented a simulation of a simple RISC machine: a more modern version of the
CISC machine previously used as the course project. I later worked with Professors Brian Smith and Thorsten von Eicken to restructure the course
project around a RISC processor. |
