Trung Nguyen

ELECTRONICS ENGINEER - EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER

40 S University Place, Stillwater, OK, 74075
 (+1)(405)332-3210 |  trung.nguyen@okstate.edu |  trungdn |  trungnguyen

Summary

Professional and experienced electronics engineer with 3+ years working in embedded hardware and software
development and electronics design. Highly knowledgeable about engineering methodologies, techniques and
applications. Specialized in designing IoT solutions for cold supply chain. A strategic planner skilled in budgeting,
process improvement, and project management. Offer excellent skills in hardware design, including analog and
digital circuits, signal processing and wireless communication.

Core Qualifications
• Advanced PCB Design
• RF Signal Design
• IoT Architecture
• Project Management
• Firmware Development • Test Equipment
• Electronics Power System • Software Development
• Analog and Digital Design • Structural Design
• Diagnosis and Troubleshooting • Process and Quality Control

Professional Experiences

Electronics Engineer (H1B Position) Stillwater, Oklahoma

MAXQ RESEARCH LLC Oct 2019 - Present
Lead for new technology product development - plan, prepare and execute product development. Combine
feedback and requirements from customers, research the new technology in the market, furnish project
proposals and timelines, and determine who is involved at different stages. Design and build prototypes, as well
as perform testing against validation procedure. Conduct reviews with MaxQ Production Team, prepare the
BOMs and supplier lists, compare and simplify cost structure and timeline. Send product demos to customers for
feedback, and integrate customer feedback into troubleshooting guides.

Core Responsibilities:
• Leading the development of the intelligent payload tracking systems for the life science industry.
• Designed electronic components, software and systems for cold chain supply, scientific applications.
• Designed and built Alpha Cooler (Smart Cooler) for monitoring and storing blood in US hospitals and blood
banks.
• Built EMT Cooler, iTCP Cooler and MaxCury Cooler electronics hardware included Atmel micro-controller, Nordic
BLE chip, NXP Zigbee, Sensirion Sensors, SIM7000A GSM/GPS.
• Developed a novel technique to enhance battery life using deep sleep and synchronized algorithms between
coordinators and end nodes.
• Applied relevant technical documents and information to write the specifications.
• Combined technical reports and kept them up to date with new design and regulations 21 CFR Part 11, FCC Part
15.
• Developed and implemented effective tracking and monitoring systems to significantly enhance overall
production efficiency and reduce operating costs.
• Provided customer service with high level company officers to deliver status reports and troubleshooting
techniques.
Supervisory responsibilities:
• Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in OCAST Intern Partnership IP19-010.
• Managed a team with 4 interns and part-time employees, 5 outsourced Software Engineers in India, 2
outsourced App Developers in US.
• Planed projects, prepared and managed budgets.
• Contacted and negotiated terms with suppliers (PCB manufacturers) to produce fully assembled PCB boards.
• Trained 3 intern technicians in circuit board designing, repairing, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Supervised 1 full-stack developer in UI design, user flow, data flow, building and troubleshooting app and web
development.
Projects under my management:
• Project name: Alpha Cooler System
Alpha Cooler is the smart monitoring cooler that tells you the inside temperature of the cooler at any given
time. This cooler is used by hospital blood banks. It stores blood units inside for delivery inside hospitals.
Includes a screen to display the cooler status and temperature. Embedded wireless sensor to measure payload
temperature and communicate it to the main controller. Included Bluetooth capability which connected to the
MaxTemp Mobile App to download the data.
• Project name: EMT Tracking System
MaxPlus Tracking System included GPS, GSM, BLE, Zigbee, and Smart sleep algorithm. The system integrated
inside the EMT Cooler for use in emergency vehicles. The system used MQTT protocol to auto-upload data to
the AWS MaxTrace Server. Users could log in to the website and track the cooler status in near real time.
• Project name: iTCP System
A new product line for the clinical trials market. Includes all features of the Alpha Cooler but a brand new look
and is removable from the cooler via a magnetic connector. Cutting-edge energy prediction feature to predict
time remaining based on how long the cooler has been in use and the internal and external temperatures.
• Project name: MaxCury System
Collaboration project with well-known tracking system companies. Because FAA approval is a long process, in
order to release the product earlier, we partnered with some tracking companies. The goal was to integrate it
into the MaxQ Cooler with Prediction API and clone database to MaxQ Cloud Server.
Electronics Engineer (OPT Position) Stillwater, Oklahoma
MAXQ RESEARCH LLC Aug 2017 - Oct 2019
Worked under supervision of Arif Rahman (Director of R&D) to develop new IoT devices for blood supply chain.
Worked on multiple projects with different hardware design and software integration. Adapted and learned to
work as a team to boost efficiency. We succeeded in the launch of 2 new products
Responsibilities:
• Developed test fixture to program and test the PCB.
• Tested regulatory standard FCC Part 15 for Zigbee and BLE transmitters and receivers.
• Produced technical documentation for various systems. Documents included flow charts, test procedures,
firmware upgrades, hardware changes, BOMs, and application notes.
• Designed schematic and PCB layout using tools KiCad, Eagle, PADs.
• Developed and programmed firmware for multiple micro-controller Atmel, NXP, Nordic, ARM, SIMCOM.
• Tested and integrated RF wireless connectivity included BLE, Zigbee, as well as troubleshooting and repair of
RF circuits down to the component level using schematics and approved procedures.
• Conducted research and development concerning design, manufacture, and testing of industrial components,
equipment, and systems.

Projects:
• Programmed test software, in Python to test the functionality of embedded systems. The programs would
communicate with the micro-controller via USB to burn, upload firmware, and QC test the board.
• Prepared compliance tests and documents for FCC Part 15 to sell the product in the US.
• Built training documents for interns and technicians who were working on the Alpha project.
• Designed and improved different PCB designs for Alpha Cooler, EMT Cooler and iTCP Cooler.
• Redesigned the coding structure in Alpha Cooler, followed the Finite State Machine abstraction.
• Tested conformance to Alpha requirements. Connected with iOS, Android and Windows App.
• Built and integrated Zigbee module to Alpha Cooler. Changed from wired sensor to wireless sensor..
• Designed a novel algorithm to put the devices into deep sleep mode when not recording temperature. Increased
battery life to 100 times.
Electronics Application Engineer Intern Stillwater, Oklahoma
MAXQ RESEARCH LLC May 2017 - Aug 2017
Worked as an intern under supervision of Saravan Kumar (CEO) on a new innovation project. Designed and built
a payload monitoring system for thermal packages. Learned how to combine my knowledge in the electronics
field bachelor program with software skills learned in the master’s program. Learned how to build a breadboard,
draw a schematic, and design a PCB for a commercial product.

Responsibilities:
• Scheduled and executed electronics designing, troubleshooting and testing.
• Performed root cause failure analysis on all assembly boards and assisted in the repairs of various components.
• Analyzed problems and repaired all electronic designs built at MaxQ.
• Used oscilloscope and amp meter to measure, test and check the stability of hardware.
• Soldered and assembled PCB and components using stencil, solder paste and heated bed.
• Worked on projects involving digital circuit design, building bread board prototypes, programmable logic
development, part selection and bills of materials.
Projects:
• Fixed the short circuit problem of MaxQ Alpha Cooler PCB. Re-laid out the PCB because of overlap tracing.
• Troubleshot the ground looping problem that caused power off after running sometimes.
• Implemented battery indicator hardware and software changes to display battery percentage on the screen.
• Searched and tested new membrane switches and pogo pin connectors to improve the user experience of MaxQ
Alpha Cooler.
• Compared and found better screen for Alpha System. Moved from 4 rows LCD screen to 1.3” OLED screen.
Advanced Sensing, Computation & Control Lab (ASCC), OSU Stillwater, Oklahoma
ELECTRICAL RESEARCHER January 2015 - April 2017
• Designed and built an assistant robot called “BI Robot” in 3 months, connected to Amazon Alexa Server, built
3d printing prototype, PCB circuit, robot head screen and movement.
• Created and developed a miniature smart home environment with solar power system, light system, PCB
management circuit with Raspberry Pi, controlled by an Android app, coded in Python and Node.js
MACHINE LEARNING RESEARCHER
• Developed a face recognition system on Raspberry Pi and cloud computing in 1.5 years, achieved 93.18%
accuracy by using Convolutional Neural Network and TensorFlow framework, coded in Python.
• Programmed an image caption generator on cloud computing in 6 months, built an android application called
“The 3rd Eye”, won “Top 10 Finalist” in OSU App Competition, used Convolutional Neural Network and Long
Short-Term Memory.
COMPUTER VISION RESEARCHER
• Implemented a Face Recognition algorithm using PCA dimensional reduction and Eigen Faces in OpenCV. The
recognition accuracy is also evaluated for different PCA levels, achieved 65% accuracy.
• Utilized a face detecting and tracking library, called Dlib to detect, pre-process and align images, used HOG
feature extraction algorithm.

TEACHING ASSISTANT
• Instructed in 2 courses Embedded Computer Systems [ECEN4213] and Digital Logic Design [ECEN3233] in
2 years, built algorithms, solved software/hardware problems, and achieved 100% positive feedbacks from
students.
• Composed lab documents and course assignments for 2 courses Embedded Computer Systems [ECEN4213]
and Digital Logic Design [ECEN3233], used Intel Galileo (C/C++) and DE0-Nano (FPGA).
Telecommunication Research Lab, PTIT Hanoi, Vietnam
RESEARCH ASSISTANT Feb 2012 - Dec 2013
• Determined the best algorithm to choose the shortest wave-length in Optical Burst Switching Network,
publicized to PTIT paper, used MATLAB to analyze and compare.
• Designed and built a traffic signal circuit (PCB design) by using Orcad, top 10 designs selected to present at
EXPO trade fair.
Relevant Projects

MaxTemp Windows Application Stillwater, Oklahoma

MAXQ RESEARCH LLC Feb 2019 - May 2019
• Developed and launched native mobile application in Windows App using Visual Studio.
• Re-designed the UI from Android and iOS Applications to Windows Application, compatible with both Windows
Phone and Windows Desktop.
• Built the graph and pdf generator library in Windows App.
• Accepted the data connection from a Bluetooth dongle to transfer the data from the cooler to the App.

MaxTemp iOS Application Stillwater, Oklahoma

MAXQ RESEARCH LLC Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
• Developed and launched native mobile application in iOS using Xcode.
• Used the same idea on Android and partially converted to iOS app.
• Searched for similar libraries on both Android and iOS.
• Completely matched the iOS App and Android App.

MaxTrace Website and Database Stillwater, Oklahoma

MAXQ RESEARCH LLC May 2018 - Aug 2018
• Designed and developed a web server on AWS including Database (DynamoDB), Lamda Function (Node.js), AWS
IoT (MQTT).
• Built user management level on the server for different user’s roles.
• Integrated Google API to generate location based on GSM information.
• Built near real-time tracking system by checking and updating database every time the back-end receiving new
coming data.

MaxTemp Android Application Stillwater, Oklahoma

MAXQ RESEARCH LLC August 2017 - May 2018
• Developed and launched native mobile application in Android using Android Studio.
• Designed app-specific UI features using Sketch software.
• Streamlined the Bluetooth LE data on the phone after connecting with the Alpha smart cooler.
• Parsed string data from the Alpha Cooler to the app, displayed them in a historical graph.
• Generated and shared secure pdf report format using iTextPdf.
• Currently maintain/update the app for new versions of iOS, Android and Windows and monitor app analytics
for crash reports.

Amazon Alexa - Chatting Robot Stillwater, Oklahoma

ASCC OSU LAB Sept 2016
• Implemented Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi, used in a chatting robot which allowed user to query Alexa server
and create a skill to control smart home devices. Enabled other applications on Raspberry Pi such as playing
games, taking pictures, and calling via Skype.
SensTech - Take a natural step. OSU, Oklahoma
CIE SCHOLARS PRACTICUM August 2016
• Spent 4 months, 440 hours interviewing >100 people to build a business canvas model and business plan.
Identified potential customers and licensing agreements, and developed interface app.
An image caption generator on cloud computing Stillwater, Oklahoma
ASCC OSU LAB May 2016
• Implemented Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi, used in a chatting robot which allowed users to query the Alexa
Server and create a skill to control their Smart home devices. Enabled other applications on Raspberry Pi such
as playing games, taking pictures, and calls with Skype.
Voice Controlling System and Speech Recognition using PocketSphinx, Stillwater, Oklahoma
MyCroft AI.
ASCC OSU LAB Aug 2015
• Generated and created a wake-up call using MyCroft using PocketSphinx, and controlled the smart home
environment and chat using an Artificial Intelligence voice system (MyCroft AI).
Skills

Programming C/C++, Python, Java, JavaScript, Node.js

Microcontroller Atmel, NXP, Nordic, ARM, ST, SIMCOM
Applications Atmel Studio, Arduino, Eclipse
System design Eagle, Kicad, Altium, PADs, MATLAB
Platforms Linux, Embedded Linux, Windows, MacOS

Publications
• Awarded US.Patent #10342737B1 ”Active Monitoring System for Thermally-managed Transportation and
Storage of Specific Perishable Products”, granted July 2019.
A shipping and storage system which has an access panel with an optional open/close status sensor, and a
payload carrier with an affixed sensor connected to a tracking module that monitors the environment of the
payload carrier, such as temperature, against a pre-determined threshold for compliance with pre-determined
handling and storage requirements for a specific payload type, such as a specific blood product. When a violation
is detected by the tracking module, a user alert or user interface is activated. Advanced features optionally
include a plurality of pre-determined threshold sets for a plurality of specific payload types, a tamper detection
function based on the access panel status and optional weight changes in the payload carrier, and wireless
connectivity to allow mobile device and cloud-based enhanced management functions.
By applying this patent to MaxQ Coolers, we succeed in delivering amazing products to customers.
Markets served: Healthcare packaging.
Customers: Over 450 Hospitals (public and military facilities), blood centers and clinical research organizations
across U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia.
Application: Storage and transport of critical lifesaving blood, blood components (such as plasma, platelets
etc.) and blood based biologics.
Products: MaxPlus Alpha Cooler, MaxPlus Clinical Trial Shipper.
• “A Miniature Smart Home Testbed for Research and Education”, Trung Nguyen, Barth Lakshmanan, Weihua
Sheng, in IEEE-Cyber 2017.
In this paper, we present a cloud-based smart home testbed using a miniature doll house. The testbed consists
of a smart home server, a home controller, a smart home assistant, appliances, and clients communicating with
each other using web sockets and existing social network software development kits (SDKs). Particularly, we use
this testbed to demonstrate energy conservation with the interconnected network of devices. The proposed
testbed allows research and education in areas such as smart grid, wireless sensor network, machine learning,
pattern recognition, embedded programming, natural language processing, social media, etc.
• “A Smart Security system with Face Recognition”, Trung Nguyen, Weihua Sheng, in ARXIV 2018.
Web-based technology has improved drastically in the past decade. As a result, security technology has become
a major help to protect our daily life. In this paper, we propose a robust security based on face recognition
system (SoF). In particular, we develop this system to giving access into a home for authenticated users. The
classifier is trained by using a new adaptive learning method. The training data are initially collected from social
networks. The accuracy of the classifier is incrementally improved as the user starts using the system. A novel
method has been introduced to improve the classifier model by human interaction and social media. By using
a deep learning framework - TensorFlow, it will be easy to reuse the framework to adopt with many devices and
applications.

Honors & Awards

2018 OCAST Intern Partnership IP19-010, OCAST OK
2015 Research & Teaching Assistantship, Electrical Department, OSU Stillwater, OK
2016 Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship (CIE) scholarship, Riata Center, OSU Stillwater, OK
2016 Top 10 Finalist, OSU App Competition Stillwater, OK
Education
Oklahoma State University (OSU), Stillwater, Oklahoma August 2017
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING GPA: 3.5

Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), Hanoi, December 2014

Vietnam
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING GPA: 3.5

References
Dr. Saravan Kumar Dr. Carl Latino
CEO at MaxQ Research LLC Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 740745 Stillwater, OK 74074
Phone: (405)612-3928 Phone: (405)744-5172
Email: saravank@packmaxq.com Email: carl.latino@okstate.edu
Dr. Weihua Sheng Dr. Jingtong Hu
Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74074 Stillwater, OK 74074
Phone: (405)744-7590 Phone: (405)744-8040
Email: weihua.sheng@okstate.edu Email: jthu@okstate.edu