Charles Zachary Henry
Research Assistant
Biodynamics Research Laboratory
Mechanical Engineering
University of Kansas

Current address:
107 W. 8th st
Concordia, KS 66901
email: czhenry [at] gmail [dot] com
phone: (785)243-1241

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Personal Statement

Resume

Objective	To promote technological development and engineering research, and to further develop skills in a corporporate environment
Qualifications Summary	Academic achievement in three undergraduate majors Effective project presentations and college lectures Mathematical analysis of physical operators Circuit and machine design experience Advanced study of statistics and hypothesis testing Research experience in human cognition and perception Constructive, efficient teamwork in engineering projects
Education	1999-2006 University of Kansas; Lawrence, KS  --GPA 3.48 Cognitive Psychology (B.S.) Mathematics (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering (B.S.) 2002-2003 Ingeniørhøjskolen Odense Teknikum; Odense, Denmark Studied acoustic transducers, measurements, room acoustics, digital control systems, and other classes in engineering; See Coursework for more information on courses studied	Summer 2006 Spring 2006 Spring 2005
Academic Honors	J. Michael Young Award, a travel award, to join the 8th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC8) Wesley G. Kramer Scholar, Charles Hobbes Math Scholarship, Undergraduate Research Award Robert M. Carey Award Robert M. Carey Scholarship National Merit Scholar, Chancellor's Club Scholar	Summer 2004 Spring 2004 Fall 2003 Fall 2000 Fall 1999
Additional Skills	Pd programmer; open source software with applications in real-time audio synthesis/analysis, digital signals processing and control C, C++, Fortran 90, Matlab, Octave, Linux, and bash scripting
Research Experience	Biodynamics Research Lab, Mechanical Engineering Paid Research Assistant. Designed and constructed a precision anti-aliasing filter bank. Currently working remotely on a computer program for synthesis of electromyographic (EMG) signals, using physical models of EMG generation and sensing. Attention and Emotion Lab, Cognitive Psychology Volunteer Research Assistant. Gained experience with electroencephalography (EEG) technology and event-related potentials (ERP) analysis. Dr. Richard Saunders, Clinical Psychology Volunteer Research Assistant. Scheduled participants, administered experiments, and entered data. Wrote a computer program to link a data acquisition program with a data analysis program using C++.	Spring 2005- present Fall 2005 Fall 1999- Spring 2002
Work Experience	Kansas Algebra Program, Math dept. Taught college algebra classes, tutored students. Administered and graded tests. Two years, teaching experience. Library Information Technology Service. Installed computers. Provided troubleshooting and support for library patrons. KU Testing Services. Graded tests by machine and calculated test statistics. Henry Enterprises, Inc. Machinist-in-training	Fall 2001-2002, & Fall 2004- Spring 2006 Fall 2003- Summer 2004 Spring/Summer 2001 Summers 1997-1999
Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Project	Teamed with two other engineering students to create KU's first hybrid energy generation project Designed and constructed a mobile device to measure wind and solar power generation (image) Developed a probabilistic model for the system's capability to meet a fixed power requirement over a period of time