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<tr>
	<td class="topleft" style="width: 20%;">
		<span class="section_heading">Education</span>
	</td>
	<td>
		<table style="width: 100%;">
		<tr>
			<td><strong>The University of Minnesota</strong>
			</td>
			<td class="right">Minneapolis, Minnesota
			    (<abbr
			    title="United States of America">USA</abbr>)
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2"><em>Department of Electrical and
			    Computer Engineering</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">Master of Science in Electrical
			    Engineering, <em>August 2007</em>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><strong>The University of Michigan</strong>
			</td>
			<td class="right">Ann Arbor, Michigan (<abbr
			    title="United States of America">USA</abbr>)
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2"><em>College of Engineering</em>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">Bachelor of Science in
			    Engineering (Computer Engineering),
			    <em>April 2004</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">Bachelor of Science in
			    Engineering (Electrical Engineering),
			    <em>December 2003</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">
				<ul>
					<li>Designed a digital signal
					    processing (DSP) chip using
					    full-custom design flow.
					    Please see <a
					    href="/~jasonliu/portfolio/">Web
					    portfolio</a>.</li>
					<li>Coursework: Available upon
					    request.</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><strong>Ann Arbor Pioneer High School</strong>
			</td>
			<td class="right">Ann Arbor, Michigan (<abbr
			    title="United States of America">USA</abbr>)
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">High school diploma,
			    <em>April 1999</em></td>
		</tr>
		</table>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="topleft">
		<span class="section_heading">Publications</span>
	</td>
	<td>
		Tae-Hyoung Kim, Jason Liu, John Keane, and Chris H. Kim.
		"<a href="/~jasonliu/media/D18_05.pdf">A High-Density
		Subthreshold SRAM with Data-Independent Bitline Leakage
		and Virtual Ground Replica Scheme</a>". 2007 <abbr
		title="Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers">IEEE</abbr>
		International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC
		2007) Digest of Technical Papers, 18.5: 330-331.
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="topleft">
		<span class="section_heading">Skills</span>
	</td>
	<td>
		<ul>
			<li><abbr title="Electronic Design Automation">
			    EDA</abbr> Software: Mentor
			    Graphics<sup>&reg;</sup> Digital Architect,
			    <abbr title="Integrated Circuit">IC</abbr>
			    Station, and Accusim; Cadence<sup>&reg;</sup>
			    Virtuoso; proprietary <abbr
			    title="International Business Machines">
			    IBM</abbr><sup>&reg;</sup> layout,
			    verification, and manufacturability tools.
			</li>
			<li><abbr class="acronym"
			    title="Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis">
			    SPICE</abbr> Programming: Avant!<sup>&reg;</sup>
			    Star-Hspice, <abbr
			    title="International Business Machines">
			    IBM</abbr> Power<abbr class="acronym"
			    title="Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis">
			    SPICE</abbr>.</li>
			<li>Programming languages: Cadence SKILL,
			    Verilog, C, C++, Perl, My<abbr
			    title="Structured Query Language">SQL</abbr>.</li>
			<li>Web authoring: <abbr
			    title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr>/<abbr
			    title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr>,
			    Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), <abbr
			    title="eXtensible Markup Language">XML</abbr>,
			    Flash 4/5/MX, JavaScript, Perl <abbr
			    title="Common Gateway Interface">CGI</abbr>.
			</li>
			<li>3-D computer design/rendering software:
			    Alias|Wavefront<sup>&reg;</sup> Maya 5,
			    Auto<abbr class="acronym"
			    title="Computer-Aided Design">CAD</abbr>.
			</li>
			<li>Fluent in Chinese (Mandarin).</li>
		</ul>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="topleft">
		<span class="section_heading">Work Experience</span>
	</td>
	<td>
		<table style="width: 100%;">
		<tr>
			<td><strong>University of Minnesota Electrical
			    and Computer Engineering Department</strong>
			</td>
			<td class="right">Minneapolis, Minnesota (<abbr
			    title="United States of America">USA</abbr>)
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2"><em>Research Assistant,
			    Webmaster</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">October 2005 &ndash; August 2007</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">
				<ul>
					<li>Redesigned the <abbr
					    title="Electrical and Computer Engineering">
					    ECE</abbr> department Web
					    site from the ground up.</li>
					<li>New design uses Perl <abbr
					    title="Common Gateway Interface">
					    CGI</abbr> to retrieve data
					    stored in My<abbr
					    title="Structured Query Language">SQL</abbr>
					    databases.</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><strong>International Business
			    Machines (IBM) Corporation</strong>
			</td>
			<td class="right">Rochester, Minnesota (<abbr
			    title="United States of America">USA</abbr>)
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2"><em>Co-op/Intern: <abbr
			    title="Very Large-Scale Integration">VLSI</abbr>
			    Circuit Design</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">May 2004 &ndash; August
			    2005</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">
				<ul>
					<li><a href="http://wii.Nintendo.com/">
					    Nintendo Wii</a> Project:
					    <i>Broadway</i> (core
					    processor) design team.</li>
					<li>Schematic/layout design for
					    a 130 <abbr class="truncation"
					    title="nanometer">nm</abbr>-/90
					    <abbr class="truncation"
					    title="nanometer">nm</abbr>-compatible
					    SOI (silicon-on-insulator)
					    standard-cell library and
					    <abbr class="acronym"
					    title="Static Random Access Memories">
					    SRAMs</abbr>.
					</li>
					<li>Perl software application
					    development.</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><strong>University of Michigan Mathematics
			    Department</strong></td>
			<td class="right">Ann Arbor, Michigan (<abbr
			    title="United States of America">USA</abbr>)
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2"><em>Head Student Instructional
			    Technology Consultant (Computer Consultant
			    II)</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">July 2000 &ndash; April
			    2004</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">
				<ul>
					<li>Help students, faculty, and
					    staff with computing-related
					    questions.</li>
					<li>Help students with math labs
					    (done using Maple for
					    <i>Math 215: Multivariable
					    Calculus</i>, and <abbr
					    class="acronym"
					    title="MATrix LABoratory">
					    MATLAB</abbr> for <i>Math
					    216: Differential
					    Equations</i>).</li>
					<li>As Head Student Consultant,
					    act as a junior systems
					    administrator to the
					    permanent systems
					    administrators, requiring
					    in-depth knowledge of
					    installing, maintaining,
					    and repairing Sun Solaris,
					    Windows 2000/XP, and Mac OS
					    X machines, as well as
					    professional-level
					    programming skills in C,
					    C++, and Perl.</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><strong>University of Michigan Mobile
			    Robotics Laboratory</strong></td>
			<td class="right">Ann Arbor, Michigan (<abbr
			    title="United States of America">USA</abbr>)
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2"><em>Undergraduate
			    Researcher, Computer Programmer
			    I</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">June 2003 &ndash; August
			    2003</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">
				<ul>
					<li>Summer research and
					    C/C++ programming
					    for a <a
					    href="http://www.darpa.mil/ipto/Programs/mars/rmp.htm">
					    <abbr class="acronym"
					    title="Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency">DARPA</abbr>-sponsored
					    project</a> dealing
					    with the <abbr class="acronym"
					    title="Controller Area Network">CAN</abbr>
					    hardware interface
					    for the <a
					    href="http://www.spawar.navy.mil/robots/land/SegwayRMP/SegwayRMP.html">
					    Segway<sup>&reg;</sup> RMP
					    (Robotic Mobility
					    Platform)</a>,
					    and the <a
					    href="http://www.engin.umich.edu/research/mrl/PE_MarsRov07.html">
					    2009 <abbr class="acronym"
					    title="National Aeronautics &amp; Space Administration">
					    NASA</abbr> Mars Rover
					    Project</a> (<a
					    href="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/future/msl.html">Mars
					    Science Laboratory</a>).
					</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><strong>Social Science Data Analysis
			    Network (SSDAN) at the University of
			    Michigan Population Studies
			    Center</strong></td>
			<td class="right">Ann Arbor, Michigan (<abbr
			    title="United States of America">USA</abbr>)
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2"><em>Computer Consultant
			    II</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">November 2000 &ndash; January
			    2002</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">
				<ul>
					<li>Migration of website
					    and My<abbr
					    title="Structured Query Language">SQL</abbr>
					    database from a SuSE
					    Linux server to a
					    Sun Solaris server.
					</li>
					<li>Create specifications
					    for an appropriate
					    Sun Solaris server
					    for the migration.
					</li>
					<li>Review and recommend
					    new software
					    applications for
					    presenting demographic
					    data in real-time
					    over the Web.</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><strong>University of Michigan
			    College of Pharmacy</strong></td>
			<td class="right">Ann Arbor, Michigan (<abbr
			    title="United States of America">USA</abbr>)
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2"><em>Student Researcher, Computer
			    Programmer I</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">April 1998 &ndash; August
			    1998</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2">
				<ul>
					<li>Summer research internship
					    through a grant funded by
					    the National Institutes of
					    Health.</li>
					<li>Worked with graduate
					    students and a faculty
					    member on presently ongoing
					    research that deals with the
					    3-D computer modeling of
					    proteins and attempting
					    to predict protein
					    folding conformations
					    that are seen in nature,
					    given an arbitrary sequence
					    of amino acids.</li>
					<li>Performed scientific
					    research using C and C++,
					    translated C programs into
					    object-oriented C++.</li>
					<li>Learned to use specialized
					    computer languages,
					    specifically SVL (Scientific
					    Vector Language).</li>
					<li>Extensive exposure to
					    manipulation of
					    computer-generated objects
					    in a 3-D workspace.</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
		</table>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="topleft">
		<span class="section_heading">Volunteer Experience</span>
	</td>
	<td>
		<table style="width: 100%;">
		<tr>
			<td><strong>Institute of Electrical and
			    Electronics Engineers (IEEE) University of
			    Michigan Student Branch</strong></td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td><em>Secretary</em></td></tr>
		<tr><td>April 2003 &ndash; December 2003</td></tr>
		<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><strong>University of Michigan Office of
			    Academic Multicultural Initiatives
			    (OAMI)</strong></td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td><em>Volunteer Coordinator</em></td></tr>
		<tr><td>August 1998 &ndash; April 1999</td></tr>
		<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><strong>Ann Arbor Pioneer High School
			    Orchestras Website</strong></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><em>Original creator of website,
			    Webmaster</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td>September 1997 &ndash; May 1999</td></tr>
		<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><strong>Ann Arbor Chinese School
			    Website</strong></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><em>Original creator of website</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td>May 1996 &ndash; August 1996</td></tr>
		<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><strong>Ann Arbor Pioneer High
			    School Home Page</strong></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><em>Original creator of website, Webmaster,
			    and head of the Pioneer High Web team for
			    all 4 years of high school</em></td>
		</tr>
		<tr><td>September 1995 &ndash; January 1999</td></tr>
		</table>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="topleft">
		<span class="section_heading">Awards and Honors</span>
	</td>
	<td>
		<ul>
			<li>University of Michigan Dean's List, <em>Fall
			    1999</em></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/scholarawards.html">
			    Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar with
			    Distinction</a>, <em>1998, 1999</em></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.nationalmerit.org/nasp.php#finalists">
			    National Merit Scholarship Finalist</a>,
			    <em>1999</em></li>
			<li>National Honor Society,
			    <em>1998&ndash;1999</em></li>
			<li>University of Michigan Yuri Kochiyama Award
			    for Leadership recipient, <em>1998</em></li>
		</ul>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="topleft">
		<span class="section_heading">Activities</span>
	</td>
	<td>
		<ul>
			<li>2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon-Do. Former
			    competitor at local, regional, and national
			    level tournaments.</li>
			<li>Private violin study, from September 1987 to
			    present.</li>
		</ul>
	</td>
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    are disclaimed. In no event shall the regents or contributors be
    liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or
    consequential damages (including, but not limited to, procurement
    of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or
    business interruption) however caused and on any theory of
    liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including
    negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this
    software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.


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