MICHAEL VAN ABBEMA
#400-1581 Hillside Avenue,
Victoria, BC, Canada V8T 2C1

E-mail: mvanabbe@engr.uvic.ca
Tel: (250) 208-2701

Education

Computer Engineering (Software), University of Victria,
Victoria, B.C., Canada. (B.Eng, 2005)
Technologist Diploma (Robotics), British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT),
Burnaby, B.C., 1998

Programming/Computers

Strong C/C++, JAVA (J2EE), XML/SOAP
MATLAB, LabVIEW programming/interfacing
Embedded Windows NT/XP,CE .NET, Win32 and MFC
Real-time systems (VxWorks, Windows CE .NET, MicroC/OS II)
Tcl/Tk, [incr Tcl], UNIX/LINUX shell scripting
Perl, Java RMI/Servlets, CORBA, COM/DCOM

Languages:

Fluent in English. Good command of French.
Conversational Japanese (written and spoken).

Professional Work Experience:

Computer Engineer (Robotics, Real-Time Systems), YASKAWA ELECTRIC MFG. CO.
Kitakyushu, Japan, June/2002 - May/2003.

Real-time robotics control systems programming. VxWorks, Windows CE .NET (English and Japanese). Worked as part of a team developing the next generation of Yaskawa heavy industrial robots. Responsible for boot-up systems' programming and network communications between Windows CE .NET and VxWorks. 1-year contract in Japan. Yaskawa Website: www.yaskawa.co.jp/en

Systems Programmer, BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS
Vancouver BC, Jan/2002 - April/2002.

Programmed Embedded Windows NT applications for Ballard Hydrogen Fuel Cell data acquisition systems (for Embedded NT and Linux). Created a client/server and browser-based monitoring tool to enable remote viewing of fuel cell system conditions. C/C++, TCP/IP socket programming (Visual studio, gcc/diab), SQL database (DB2). LabView programming and interfacing.

Verification Engineer, MOTOROLA CANADA (GPRS WIRELESS SYSTEMS)
Richmond BC, Sept/2000 - April/2001.

Tested deployment software for Motorola GPRS wireless networks · Programmed Tcl\Tk, Perl, C++, and UNIX (Solaris) shell scripts and tools to monitor network connections and parse data logs · Wrote several UNIX tools to monitor and analyze test data and events · Created Tcl/Tk, C/C++ programs to test and evaluate GPRS development builds · Experience working with GSM/GPRS wireless celluar systems, both hardware and software.

Visual Basic Programmer/Production Technologist, CAE NEWNES LTD., Salmon Arm, BC, July-Aug/99.

Programmed Visual Basic tools to monitor and control laser-guided lumber processing equipment. Designed and tested power electronics, attached sensors. Interfaced hardware, electronics with LabView monitoring tools.

Electronics Engineer, FORINTEK CANADA CORP., Vancouver, May/99 - Aug/99.

Designed data acquisition circuit boards and installed sensors for a large-scale housing development experiment · LabVIEW programming · Produced circuit board schematics and Gerber files using CAD software · Assembled and tested circuit board components

Systems Technologist, JASTRAM ENGINEERING (Marine Steering Systems - R&D Dept.),North Vancouver, BC, Canada, March-April 1999.

Produced design and electrical schematics for a tactile operator control panel. AutoCAD design.

Letters of recomendations and other references available on request

Activities and Interests

My degree interests have been in distributed computing and its application to robotics and automation systems. Recently, while working in Japan, I represented the University of Victoria at the UN-sponsored 2002 World Student Summit in Kyoto. I enjoy travel, languages and adventure.

Please visit my website 'Japan by Bike' - www.geocities.com/vanabb.geo.

Updated 03/2004