About

Let me introduce myself.

I'm a resilient, Caltech-educated engineer who loves to problem solve and learn. While my degree is in Electrical Engineering, I'm also interested in computer science and its industry applications.

Profile

I'm currently working at Microsoft, but am always open to new opportunities! If you think I'm a good fit, please email me or reach out on linkedin!

Fullname: Catherine Kauber
Desired Fields: Anything having to do with tech!
Degree: B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech
Email: ckauber17 [at] gmail [dot] com

Skills

Electrical Engineering

VHDL, TCL, Synopsys Fusion Compiler, LTSpice, Altium, Circuit Design

Computer Science

Python, Java, HTML, CSS, TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn, Github

Soft Skills

Teamwork, Communication, Adaptability, Leadership, Problem solving

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Work Experience

Silicon Engineering Intern

June 2022 - September 2022

Microsoft

Incorporated lower leakage cell libraries into the physical design flow, causing leakage power in macros to decrease by 44.6% while successfully hitting timing constraints

Fixed bugs in Microsoft's physical design flow by writing TCL scripts to correct design reports, unveiling important statistics about macro logic cell usage and timing

Wrote TCL scripts that revealed 5% of a macro's scan chains were too long. Analyzed scan chains and found areas where unnecessary routing congestion could be avoided.

Electrical Engineering Intern

June 2021 - August 2021

Medtronic

Tested circuits using the Altium simulation tool, saving approximately $100,000+ and 9+ months in the product development timeline

Taught colleagues how to use the Altium simulation tool with live tutorial sessions and PDF guides, therefore making their own work more time-efficient

Created Altium Designer templates that generated a standardized, semi-automated output to be provided to suppliers, saving time and reducing risk of human error

Radar Science and Engineering Intern

February 2021 - May 2021

NASA JPL

Developed a pre- and post-processing algorithm to increase the accuracy of unwrapped interferometric data obtained by the UAVSAR mission from 50% to 77% accuracy

Identified and implemented modifications to be made to the algorithms for different applications of the UAVSAR repeat-pass interferometry system

COVID-19 Computational Biology Research Intern

June 2020 - August 2020

Caltech SURF

Developed algorithms in Python, intended for large datasets, that revealed important datapoints about the SARS- CoV-2 genome, such as the most common type of mutation or regions where synonymous mutations were popular

Discovered that 16/17 vaccine candidates are found to be conserved in 165 SARS-CoV-2 genomes from different continents by comparing k-mer similarity in amino acid and nucleotide sequences

Used open-source code to analyze the taxonomic history of SARS-CoV-2 genomes, which revealed the origin of over 100 genomes

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering

October 2019 - June 2023

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

GPA 3.74/4.0

Activities: NCAA Soccer (2x Captain); Society of Women Engineers Treasurer; Fleming House Secretary & Social Coordinator

High School Degree

September 2015 - June 2019

Pleasantville High School

GPA: 100.4/100

Received alliantgroup STEM Scholarship and the Benjamin SZE Science & Math Scholarship. Spent two summers as a biochemistry researcher at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

Hi, I'm

Catherine Kauber