phone: (315)569-8014Rachel Nancollas
address: 1310 Neilson Street, Apt. D; Berkeley, CA 94702 phone: (315)569-8014
email: rsnancollas@gmail.com website: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~racheln
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Automated analog layout , CAD tool development, Software development
SKILLS
CAD Software: Cadence, Ciranova PyCell Studio
Programming: Python, BASH/shell scripting, SPICE, MATLAB, LaTeX, LabView
Layout: Large scale digital and medium scale mixed analog-digital IC layout
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley, CA 2011 - 2013 (expected)
⚫ M.S. in Engineering (EECS) (4.0/4.0)
⚫ Research in automated analog layout and routing algorithms with Prof. Elad Alon
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering - Needham, MA 2006 - 2011
⚫ B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (3.98/4.0)
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Wireless Communications, Instrumentation and Design of Sensors, Analog ICs, Digital ICs, Advanced Digital ICs, Advanced Analog ICs, Numerical Simulation and Modeling*, C/C++* (*currently enrolled)
EXPERIENCE
Automated Analog Layout Research - UC Berkeley 2011 - Present
⚫ Collaborated on a large software project leveraging Ciranova’s pycell technology to create
automatic layout tools for generation of analog circuits (specific application: DC-DC converter)
⚫ Created debugging tools for visualization of layout elements
⚫ Thesis topic: crafting IC routing tools to address the sensitivities of analog signal paths
Hardware Engineering Intern - Twinleaf: Princeton, NJ Summer 2011
⚫ Designed, laid out, and tested PCBs used in high precision magnetic sensors
Project Manager for Robotic Positioning System - Olin College 2010 - 2011
⚫ Managed a team building a high-precision/low-cost positioning system for MIT Lincoln Labs
Course Assistant - Olin College 2009 - 2011
⚫ Into Engineering, Signals and Systems, Analog/Digital Comm, Microelectronic Circuits
⚫ Facilitated weekly tutorial sessions, tutored students, graded problem sets
Antenna Holography Research - MIT Haystack Observatory: Westford, MA 2009 - 2011
⚫ Wrote software for creating holographic images of antenna dishes
⚫ Modeled subreflector and feed in EM simulation software
⚫ Presented poster at 2011 IEEE Symposium on Antennas and Propagation/URSI Meeting
Microvascular Remodeling Research - Olin College: MA and Aberdeen, Scotland 2007 - 2011
⚫ Investigated structural adaptation in vessel networks
⚫ Developed non‐linear equation solving software in MATLAB
⚫ Delivered talk at Joint Math Meetings in San Francisco, CA
AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS
⚫ Coauthor on "Stability of a Microvessel Subject to Structural Adaptation" in the Published: Fall 2010
Journal of Mathematical Medicine and Biology
⚫ NSF Graduate Fellowship Awarded: Spring 2011
⚫ UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Fellowship for Graduate Study Awarded: Spring 2011
⚫ Full Tuition Olin Scholarship Awarded: Spring 2006