Satcom Engineering

Welcome to my personal Website.

My research interests and some current/past projects are shown on the next couple of pages. I am currently 25 years old, I was born and raised in the Kawartha Lakes Region in Ontario, Canada.

I am currently enrolled at Carleton University in the Electrical Engineering Program. As a 4th year student, I have been lucky enough to partake in a graduate class on the topic of signal integrity and power integrity in high speed designs. Learning about various topics such as interconnect simulation issues, RLC trees, clocking issues, Telegrapher’s equations, MoC solver method, MRA solver method and many other topics. During my studies, I have also had the opportunity to learn about circuit board prototyping, implementation and design verification on my own time. I have created various circuit board designs including a D.C power supply, an audio amplifier with a high cutoff frequency of 2.5MHz and various others that can be found on this website. I have a great deal of experience with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers as well as network analyzers. These are all pieces of equipment I use daily for electronics laboratory experiments, furthermore I own an oscilloscope for home prototyping of circuit boards.

Areas of Interest

  • - Atenna Design and Impendance Matching
  • - Signal Integrity in High Speed Design
  • - Telecommunications
  • - PCB Design using Altium
  • Circuit Synthesis using ADS, Multisim
  • - Sensor Design
  • - Soldering/Desoldering SMD/SMT Packages
  • - Power Distribution Engineering

Adam Heffernan , B.Eng.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical, Co-op Option

Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

  • 4th Year Undergraduate, CGPA 7.86/12.0 (B)
  • Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship
  • Expected Graduation December 2020

    • Relevant Skills and Experiences

    Technical Skills

  • Assembled a 15V D.C. power supply, which led to a greater knowledge of transformers, diodes and the bridge rectifier. Eventually, this resulted in an understanding of the design of I.C. linear voltage regulators
  • Designed an Audio amplifier, which has led to a greater understanding of the BJT small signal model

    • Communication Skills

  • Composed a Laboratory document for the Electronics I course, which led to a better understanding of the fundamental operation of both BJT and MOS-FET devices
  • Developed a Laboratory document for the Electronics I course with a colleague, which led to an improved team working ability and communication skills.

    • Analytical Skills

  • Solved coding issues in various assignments using Stack Exchange, which resulted in a fundamental understanding of the concept at hand. Such as pointers and linked lists.
  • Consulted Professor Achar on the Electronics I lab document. This way, it was simple to tailor the document to his exact specifications

    • Laboratory Skills

  • Installed components on a 15V D.C power supply. Installing components led to improved soldering skills along with a better understanding of prototyping electronic circuits.
  • Repaired various home electronics, which has led to a more fundamental understanding of datasheets, and reading component specifications
  • Composed lab reports using LaTex by adapting my coding skills from other classes and laboratories, and putting them to use to learn LaTex.

    • Work Experience

    Tutor

    February 2017 - Present
    Liberty Tutoring, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Encourage students to see the value, with a degree in math and science
  • Helping students prepare for tests and exams, using different ways of learning
  • Lead students of various ages, on a path that builds a strong foundation in math and science

    • Line Cook/Customer Service Representative

    October 2010 – Present
    McDonald’s Canada, Peterborough, Ontario
  • Assemble, and maintain various pieces of new equipment, in the restaurant
  • Constantly looking for ways to improve the customer experience, through better service
  • Resolving customer’s food and order related problems, using the philosophy that the customer comes first

    • Arborist

    ProPrune, Peterborough, Ontario
    May 2015 – June 2016
  • Removed problem trees from residential properties using pulleys and levers
  • Used chainsaws and other various forms of power equipment to cut wood and clean up job sites
  • Used carabineers and other personal protective equipment in order to safely climb trees

    • Applied Projects

    Team Member

    EveryCircuit Electronics I Lab manual
    Summer 2017
  • Designed and implemented a Laboratory Manual for the Electronics I course to be used with software called EveryCircuit

    • Project Leader

    15V D.C power supply
    July 2017 – October 2017
  • Designed and implemented a 15V, 100mA power supply using 120V A.C.

    • Project Leader

    Thermostat with Display
    May 2017
  • Designed and implemented a basic thermostat with an LED display

    • Extra-Curricular Experience

  • Member of the IEEE
  • Member of the Carleton Student Engineering Society

    • Electronics II- Amplifier Project

    Electronics II- 741 Op-Amp Analysis

    Electronics II- The Small Signal Model

    Power Electronics- Remnant Magnetic Field

    Power Electronics- The Transformer

    Power Electronics- The Stepping Motor

    Systems and Simulation- Simulation of A First Order System

    System and Simulation- Inverted Pendulum

    Power Electronics- DC Motor Project

    Object Oriented Software Development- Basic GUI

    Arduino Projects Home Environment Monitoring

    Electronics I- EveryCircuit Manual