Noah Hamlen

Intro

I am an electrical engineer that graduated from Northeastern University in May of 2021. I work at Emphysys Technology Solutions on high power RF projects. One of my main goals in life is to do my small part to help humanity grasp its full potential through rapid technological progression. Be sure to check out my work in the field!

Work

In my current role, as well as my last co-op, I work as an electrical engineer on high power RF generators. In the course of my work I design and test PCBs that deal with high power, high speed digital signals, and sensitive analog signals. I wear many hats, with a normal day for me being spent in the lab running power, on my computer doing complex design work and simulations, or in the shop fabbing up fixtures and mounts for my test setups.

During my co-op at QinetiQ-NA, I worked as an electrical engineer on a host of military robotic systems. The primary one I worked on was RAK-3, a conversion kit designed to make a HMEE, a large backhoe loader, semi-autonomous and remotely controllable. In that project, I worked on the PCBs used to integrate all of the sensors and the vehicle control system. The image above is the vehicle itself.

At my co-op at Robert Reiser and Co, I worked as a controls engineer integrating food production machines into functional production lines. This was the result of the most complex project I was assigned: a million dollar doughball production line. This is the control panel I designed to interface all of the machines in the line as well and to run three conveyor belts.

Before my co-op at Reiser, I worked as a lab technician/electrical engineering intern at Collider Tech, in my hometown of Chattanooga, TN. There, I performed R&D work on their revolutionary SLA 3D printers. The picture above is a test print of a midsole from an experimental resin formulation I worked on and a print that I ran. Since my time there, Collider has progressed to crystal clear, high integrity prints.

During my free time in high school, I decided to pick up car audio as a hobby. The image above is from my first ever install, inside my own car. From there, I progressed to installing underglow kits, floor lighting kits, and a whole host of other 12V accessories. After getting comfortable working on my own car, I moved on to doing custom work for friends and family, using my high school's CNC router to make custom subwoofer enclosures to fit the dimensions inside the vehicle.

Where I got my start in electronics was FRC. I joined my school's team the first year of its existence, and quickly carved out a niche doing all of the robot's wiring work. I got promoted to team captain my junior and senior year, and under my leadership, team 4924 saw huge leaps from their introductory year. Above is a photo of the final robot built under my leadership.

About

I hail from Chattanooga, Tennessee (home of the US's fastest internet!), where I greatly benefitted from the city's thriving startup culture. The natural beauty and hundreds of hiking trails of Chattanooga instilled in me a permanent appreciation for the outdoors, giving me summer after summer of mountaintop solemnity. Looking out at my blossoming tech hometown from the mountains surrounding it planted a seed in me that drives me to do all I can to further progress the world of technology, to the end that the world over can experience the same renaissance that Chattanooga has.

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