Personal Objective

Seeking to develop a career in electronic engineering and computer science. Ideally this would involve research and design with publication material being produced. Experience so far has included the novel design of a pre-processing system within my PhD studies and teaching experience with emphasis on team work and student progression. Skills offered include high motivation, good independent and team worker and a fast learner.

Professional Skills

  • Operating System’s:
    • Windows (all versions, including server, to date)
    • Mac OS X
    • Linux (mostly Redhat and Fedora)
  • Application Software:
    • Microsoft Office (word, excel, powerpoint, outlook, publisher)
    • AutoCAD
    • Photoshop – Lightroom, Elements
    • Smartdraw
  • Programming languages:
    • CSS, HTML and XHTML
    • JavaScript
    • PHP
    • MySQL
    • C and C++ including MFC
    • Matlab
  • Samples:

Professional History

DevZen, Thatcham
February 2009 - Present

Job: Website developer and c++ programmer.

Responsibilities:

  • Development of websites (Drupal, WordPress, XHTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL).
  • Development of programs (C++ including STL and OpenCV, Matlab, etc.).

Newbury College, Monks Lane, Newbury
February 2003 to September 2008

Job: Lecturer / teacher in computing and engineering.

Responsibilities:

  • Development of course notes, presentations, assignments and examinations.
  • Progress student’s knowledge and abilities.
  • Work in a team to deliver a coherent course.
  • Preparation of practical activities for computer repair and networking.
  • Manage and run courses effectively.

University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath
January 2003 to February 2003

Job: Job: Programmer

Responsibilities:

  • Development and documentation of an image and video viewer for Windows.
  • Integrate with existing code.

XiWave, 15 Gay Street, Bath
June 2001 to September 2001

Job: Programmer

Responsibilities:

  • Development and documentation of an emergency video telemetry system for Windows.
  • Work in a team to develop and test required application.

University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath
January 2000 to December 2002

Job: Open day lab demonstrator of ‘Digital Image and Video Processing’.

Responsibilities:

  • Development of presentations for prospective students and their parents.
  • Answer questions about courses and/or the university.
  • Work in a team and train other presenters.

University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath
September 1999 to January 2001

Job: Laboratory demonstrator using Matlab.

Responsibilities:

  • Development of some demonstration materials and software for use by a lecturer.
  • Monitor and mark work undertaken by students.
  • Guide and help students with their tasks.
  • Work in a team to deliver a coherent module.

Newbury Electronics, Faraday Road,Newbury, Berkshire
July 1993 to September 1998

Job: CNC operator, goods in, electro-less plating, gold plating, HASL, black oxidising, rough cut, screen printing, developing & inspection, etc..

Responsibilities:

  • Issue materials for building PCB’s.
  • Program CNC machines and tool them.
  • Cut boards to high tolerance for clients.
  • Inspect PCB’s for defects, and repair where possible.
  • Work in a large team to produce high quality PCB’s.

Professional Memberships

Professional Publications

Thesis

  • N.Young, 'Preprocessing forDigital Video using Mathematical Morphology', University of Bath, December 2003.

Conference Papers

  • N.Young and A.N.Evans, 'Spatio-temporal attribute morphology filters for noise reduction in image sequences', in Proceedings International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), September 2003.
  • N.Young and A.N.Evans, 'Digital video preprocessing with multi-dimensional attribute morphology', in Proceedings IEE Visual Information Engineering Conference (VIE), Guildford, Surrey, UK, July 2003, pp.89 - 92.
  • N.Young and A.N.Evans, 'Image Noise Reduction using Attribute Morphology Filters', Proceedings IEEE EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing , Grado, Italy, June 2003.
  • N.Young and A.N.Evans, 'Psycho-visually tuned area-morphology tools for improved image compression', in Proc. International Symposium on Mathematical Morphology (ISMM), Manly, Sydney, Australia, pp. 185-195, April 2002.

Journals

  • N.Young and A.N. Evans, 'Psychovisually tuned attribute operators for pre-processing digital video', in Journal of Vision, Image &Signal Processing (VISP), 150(5), October 2003, pp. 277 -286.

Books & Magazine Articles

  • N. Young, 'An introduction to Content Management Systems', Micro Mart, 2010 (to be published)
  • N. Young, 'Network Protocols: An Introduction', Micro Mart, Issue 1085, December 2009
  • N. Young, 'Introduction to Digital Compression', Micro Mart, Issue 1083, November 2009
  • P.Allen, S.Broughton, T.Higgott and N.Young, 'Thatcham: an historic town in a changing world', Thatcham: Thatcham Historical Society, October 2009.
  • N.Young, 'The Mega-ITX project', CustomPC, December 2005

Educational Achievement

  • 2006 Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Post-Compulsory Education)
  • 2005 City and Guilds 7407 Stage II – Teacher Training
  • 2004 City and Guilds 7407 Stage I – Teacher Training
  • 2003 PhD in Electronic Engineering
  • 2000 REC Emergency First Aid
  • 1999 Master of Engineering with Second Class Honours First Division (MEng hons)
  • 1995 BTEC National Diploma in Engineering
  • 1995 City and Guilds - AutoLisp Programming
  • 1995 City and Guilds - Three-Dimensional Design using AutoCAD
  • 1994 City and Guilds - Computer Aided Draughting and Design using AutoCAD
  • 1993 GCSE (Mathematics, Science, CDT, Art and Design, Business Studies, History, English, English Oral)

Educational Establishments

  • 1995 to 2003 University of Bath
  • 1993 to 1995 Newbury College
  • 1988 to 1993 Turnpike Secondary School

Other Skills

Nick has used numerous programming languages including:

  • Fortran
  • Pascal
  • Basic
  • Assembly (8085, Z80, PIC, 68000, x86, mmx)
  • Perl

Nick is familiar with all the PC hardware, has built and repaired numerous PC’s including setting up and configuring networks, both hardware and software sides, which have included wired and wireless, Windows Server 2000, 2003 and Linux Servers.

Awards Received

  • 1997 Prize for the 2nd year student showing the greatest improvement. University of Bath
  • 1992 Certificate for Excellent Attendance. Turnpike School
  • 1990 Commendation for Effort. Turnpike School