Elizabeth A. Coleman

Home Address: 576 Zephyr Circle Danville, CA 94526 (510) 831-1728		Campus Address: 340 E. Foothill Blvd. Claremont, CA 91711 (909) 607-4913 e-mail: ecoleman@cs.hmc.edu
Employment Objective	To obtain a full time position in the San Jose area working in hardware design starting July 1997.
Education	Harvey Mudd College, Claremont CA: Candidate for B.S. degree in computer science, and a B.S. degree in engineering, May 1997. Course work includes Computer Engineering: Hardware and Software Design, Large Scale Software Development, Advanced Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electricity and Magnetism, Algorithms, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, and Theory of Computation.
Software Projects	Designed and implemented a database system with a Web based interface for internal Synopsys use. The database is expected to enhance the code sharing abilities within the company and increase productivity. Designed and implemented a program to search network news for a pattern matching a regular expression. Worked on a team of five people. Coded the back end to a program to find good school bus routes in less time than doing it by hand. Using one fewer school bus saves $60,000 per year. Worked on a team of five people. Currently leading a team of three people to design and implement an interface between a proprietary JPL graphical query language and Oracle database systems.
Languages	C/C++ Perl Java SML of New Jersey	Verilog VHDL Ada Bourne Shell Scripts
Skills	Program Design Programming Communication Skills	Basic Chip Synthesis Knowledge UNIX system administration Vi/Emacs
Work Experience	Synopsys 5/96 - 8/96 Test Engineer. Worked with Applications Engineers to design a database system to store Synopsys test cases. Took Synopsys training classes in Verilog, VHDL, and chip synthesis. Used HDL Advisor and HDL Compiler. Synopsys 5/95 - 8/95, and 12/95 System Administrator, UNIX core services. Duties included writing scripts to automate general tasks, administering SecurID one time password system. Decision Development Corporation 6/94 - 12/94 Beta Tester, Linker. Duties included testing sixth, seventh, and eighth grade science curriculum. Discovered a process to save the editor several hours. Helped develop sixth grade curriculum.
Awards and Activities	Fourth Place ACM Regional Programming Contest (1995) Co-president, Society of Women Engineers Harvey Mudd Student Section, (1995-96) President, Bridge Club (1994-95, and 95-96) Older Girl Consultant in the Spanish Trails Girl Scout Council (1994-95) National Merit Finalist Scholarship (1993) Dean's List (1994,1995, 1996) Girl Scout Gold Award (1993)