Matt
Aubuchon

Super Awesome Electrical Engineer
Engineering Solutions to Complex Real World Technical Challenges

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About

Staff Software Developer and Electrical Engineer at General Atomics in San Diego.
Worked at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Maryland - College Park.
Earned BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri - Columbia.
California Registered Professional Engineer in Electrical Power

Projects

I've had the good fortune to work on a bunch of wonderful projects. Below are just a few.

EMALS

The Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launching System [EMALS] replaces the 60+ year old steam based aircraft launching system for aircraft carriers. It is installed on the newest US Navy supercarrier and lead ship of her class, the Gerald R. Ford [CVN-87]. General Atomics is the lead system designer and integrator.

As individual project contributor, I had various tasks and responsibilities including embedded software developer, senior engineer, detailed electrical modeling and system level modeling, power electronics testing and troubleshooting, and SME for test support. It is pretty cool :-)

EMML

The Electro-Magnetic Missile Lunch System [EMML] was an electromagnetic launching system to replace the first stage booster of a missile. Developed as a collaboration between Lockheed Martin and Sandia National Laboratories, a concept demonstrator was built and tested in Albuquerque. As a contributor to the small team, I did EM analysis, performance evaluation, and pulsed power engineering.
"The science of today is the technology of tomorrow."

Edward Teller

Interests

My interests are diverse but fall into a few general categories
Computing
  • Data Analysis, Comprehension, and Visualization
  • Networking, Network Security, and Surveillance
  • Embedded Computing
  • Cross Compilation
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Machine Intelligence
Electro Physics
  • Lasers/Optics
  • Plasmas
  • High Power EM
  • Pulsed Power
  • Short Pulsed Lasers
Electronics, Electromagnetics, and Electromechanical Systems
  • Motion Control
  • Robotics / Drones
  • Sensor Suites
  • Swarms / Autonomous Multi-platform Systems

Experienced With:

High Voltage Pulsed Power and Power Electronics
Short Pulse Lasers and Optics
High Performance Realtime Embedded Controls
Data Acquisition, Processing, Analysis, and Comprehension
System Level and Detailed Electrical Modeling and Analysis
Advanced Electromagnetics and Electrophysics Applications
Power Electronics
  • Multi Level Inverter Design, Testing, and Control
  • Solid State Switching Devices - SCR, IGBT, FET, and associated gate drivers
  • High Power Rotating Machines - Induction, Permanent Magnet, and Reluctance
  • Medium Voltage Power Conversion - Phase Controlled 12 Pulse Rectifiers, Extended Delta Transformers, Harmonic Mitigation
  • Detailed Circuit Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis
  • Standard Lab Equipment, Harmonic Testing, High Voltage Safety and Testing
Electromagntics
  • Static, Harmonic, and Transient with motion EM FEA Modeling - Ansys MultiPhysics and Maxwell 3D
  • Short Pulse Laser Lab Equipment - Spectrometer, Spider
Embedded Computing
  • Infenion microcontrollers and NXP Microprocessors using Keil
  • Altera CPLDs and FPGAs using Quartus
  • RTOS - Keil RTX and uC OS II
  • Typical Software Development Workflow - Version Control, Software Trackers, Testing

Data Analysis
  • Data Plotting and Visualization
  • Transient Data Analysis
  • Time/Frequency Analysis
  • Filter Design, Analysis, and Implementation
  • Data Acquisition Design, Implementation, and Analysis
Programming
  • Matlab / Simulink
  • Parallel Computing and Computing Clusters
  • Linux
  • Javascript
  • C, C++, Python, Perl, PHP, Assembly

Attributions

Contact

My Door Is Always Open

Email: matt@mattaubuchon.com
GitHub: github.com/mattprompt
Twitter: @mattprompt
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/mattaubuchon