Bryant Hansen

• Involved in the design and implementation of building automation systems, which are based on new, innovative building blocks of smart grid technology.
• Responsible for requirements capture, specification authoring, application development, system integration, testing, installation, documentation, and soon training.
• Utilizing Java, embedded Linux, web interfaces, a multitude of protocols and utilities, various scripting languages, oscilloscopes, schematic editors, and, when absolutely necessary, a soldering iron.

• Software development and troubleshooting on x86- and ARM9-based systems running Embedded Linux.  Products included:
  • An Android application featuring multimedia control via UPnP
  • Building automation systems large-scale control and sensor networks
  • Multimedia devices (audio, video, flash, slideshows)
  • Payment terminals with an existing, large-scale deployment in the banking sector
• Ported applications, libraries, & audio/video codecs from the desktop environment to the embedded environment
• Installation, configuration, & deployment of small-business IT solutions, based entirely on GNU/Linux and F/OSS, including:
  • Email with spam control, virus control, & secure webmail
  • Web server, page editors, and graphics editors
  • Secure automated backup
  • Encrypted connections & storage
  • Source Code Control with Web Interface
  • Firewall & Intrusion Detection Systems
  • Software development environments for embedded systems
  • Virtualization for security, ease of migration, and hardware optimization

BridgeCo AG

• Developed and maintained a USB driver for an ARM9-based platform running Embedded Linux
• Responsible for releases of the kernel and root filesystem, based on the OpenEmbedded distribution

Esmertec AG

• Participated in the development and maintenance of world-class Java (J2ME) Virtual Machines, working with JVMs based on both CDC and CLDC
• Worked on-site at the headquarters of a major mobile phone maker in Sweden
• Added preliminary support for IPv6 to the JVM
• Integrated the Freetype Font Engine into the CDC-based JVM, replacing a proprietary solution
• Ported, or assisted in the porting of, the JVM to various platforms, including Windows CE 4.2.0, Embedded Linux, and others
• Wrote & reviewed code in Java, C and various scripting languages

BridgeCo AG

• Participated in the development of several wireless products, featuring audio streaming, UPnP-based control and feedback, a web interface, Digital Rights Management (DRM), and a variety of other technologies
• Designed and implemented firmware download applications using IEEE-1394 (FireWire) and 802.11 (Wi-Fi), many of which continue to be shipped with end-user products
• Designed and implemented an audio mixer application that features a dynamically-generated GUI, based on the capabilities of the connected device and the user-selected "skin"
• Completed the implementation of a IEEE-1394-based WDM driver for Windows 2000 & XP
• Created a general-purpose IEEE-1394 bus analysis tool and packet generator with extensions for AV/C (standards-based Audio/Video Control)
• Designed and implemented an embedded debugging system using IEEE-1394 as a replacement to JTAG
• Designed and implemented an automotive entertainment system

• Developed the "Smart Rack": rack-mounted power strip with network-based switching control plus precision power monitoring. See http://www.smart-watt.com for a similar, but smaller, example
• Performed everything from requirements capture through building the first prototype

• Designed & maintained the Composer(tm) application featuring:
  • Home Theater & Home Automation Control, with support for a variety of videocameras, DVD & CD Jukeboxes, portable storage devices, lighting controls, and more
  • DirectShow and DirectSound interfaces (part of DirectX) to various codecs and multimedia renderers
  • Custom-built GUI toolkit, supporting the creation of alternate skins
  • Media & equipment database (accessed via SQL queries)
  • Windows(tm) WDM driver development: requirements capture, test, & application integration
  • Primary application used to showcase Digital Harmony's array of technologies
  • Featured as the headline article in EE Times on Oct. 23rd, 2000
• Project manager responsible for building embedded hardware, based on an ARM 7 processor and featuring high-speed Firewire (IEEE-1394) interfaces
  • Performed requirements capture, functional specification, component selection, schematics, writing the Hardware abstraction layer (HAL), system integration, and documentation
  • Oversaw purchasing, layout, assembly, test, production, support and system integration
• Wrote Hardware Abstraction Layers (HALs)
• Wrote verification / self-test software for test semiconductors, ARM7-based SOCs

• Teamed with one electronic technician to build a 2nd-generation utility submetering system
• Responsibilities included everything from requirements capture, implementation, prototyping, system test, production, support, and documentation
• System components included:
  • Networking equipment for building automation, featuring modems, power-line transceivers and Echelon's Neuron processor
  • Battery-powered meters featuring a sensor, a counter, a 48-bit ID, a networking interface and a 20-year battery life
  • Hand-held, data collection equipment, also with a battery life of many years
  • A user-friendly software application, delivered to property site managers (screen shot)
  • The software featured a database back-end (accessed via SQL), with interfaces to popular billing systems of the time
  • Multiple test stations to verify the correct operation of equipment received from production. see: (Barney, Fred)

• Designed a test station which performed real-time operational analysis of an airplane computer.
  • Wrote a PC-based application to manage test cases and detect & record failures
  • Wrote embedded code in C and assembly language, running on an 80186-based ISA PC Card, to implement the ARINC-429 protocol, required to interface to the Air Data Computers
• Worked with the team that developed the Boeing 777 Autopilot and Flight Director System
  • Created interactive, software-based simulations of a large portion of the design, allowing engineers to test the logic & requirements of the system
  • Wrote the data dictionary (a reference of all signals) of the specification document

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Tau Beta Pi

UND Skunkworks Unmanned Vehicle Project Lead

IEEE Student Chapter Vice President