Last Updated: 08-16-02
Tim Martin
E-mail: tmartin@viasat_dot_com
Mailing Address:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0407
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0407
Graduate Advisor:
Prof. James Zeidler, Tel: (858) 534-5369
Email: zeidler@ece.ucsd.edu
Research Interests
- High mobility wireless and satellite communications
- Resource management for mixed voice/data networks
- Reconfigurable ("Software") radio architectures
Education
- Ph.D. Student - Current Status
- Oral Comprehensive Preliminary Exam: Passed May 2002
- Ph.D. Candidate Qualifying Exam:
- Ph.D. Dissertation Defense:
- M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2002
- B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1999
Work Experience and Interests
- ViaSat, Inc. 1999-Present: Member of Technical Staff, Communication Systems
Engineer
- Embedded software development for VM300 product line, including project lead on Telephony Interface Module (vocoder daughter board)
- Embedded software and system algorithm development on MIDS tactical line of sight navigation subsystem
- System & FPGA design for reprogramable satellite weather receiver / demodulator.
- System design for next generation mixed voice/data mobile satcom systems
- Visteon Automotive Systems, 1998: Summer Intern, Advanced Products DSP Group
- Designed and implemented embedded real-time controller software for proprietary DSP ASIC, including I2C and Ford proprietary audio protocol stacks.
- Designed and implemented FPGA logic and external interface circuitry to existing DSP ASICs to provide a hardware platform simulating higher throughput next-generation proprietary DSP ASICs.
- Ford Motor Company 1997: Summer Intern, 1998/2001 Ranger/Explorer Audio Applications Group
