RF Hardware Engineer II @ Currently in Northrop Grumman's rotational Professional Development Program (PDP): Rotation #3 (current): Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) Design Engineer - Design and analysis of microwave circuits in the GHz range - Utilizes modeling tools including HFSS, Cadence, ADS, and others - Working on range of circuit technologies include SiGe, GaN, GaAs, Matlab and others Rotation #2: Algorithms & Exploitation Systems Engineer - Used machine learning algorithms including neural networks to solve computer vision and object recognition problems - Developed internal software analysis tools using Objective-C and C/C++ - Machine learning algorithm development and analysis using C/C++, Python, and Matlab - Analyzed large amounts of big data using statistical pattern recognition resulting in deliverables to customer Rotation #1: RF Antenna Engineer - Worked as an antenna engineer in the RF Aperture Division - Design and analysis of Active Electronic Scanning Array (AESA) antenna technologies - Performs HFSS electromagnetic modeling and antenna test data analysis using MATLAB From August 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Baltimore, Maryland AreaGraduate Research Assistant @ - Metamaterial and antenna research as part of the Antenna & RF Technology Integration Team with Professor Amir Zaghloul - Performs analysis of electromagnetic structures using HFSS, CST, and FEKO electromagnetic simulation software packages to study negative index materials - Physical characterization of electromagnetic structures in an anechoic chamber From June 2012 to May 2014 (2 years) Hardware Engineering Intern @ - Technical intern in Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) Design Group within RF Devices & Packaging Technology - Assists team of engineers in MMIC design group to create low noise amplifiers (LNA), high power amplifiers (HPA), mixers, switches, and bias and control circuitry, using GaAs pHEMT, mHEMT and HBT, GaN, InP, Si, and SiGe technologies - Performs microwave modeling and 3-D electromagnetic analysis of components using HFSS, ADS, and AWR Microwave Office - Analyzes microwave device components in various parts of the MMIC design process including circuit simulation (ADS and AWR), layout (Cadence and AutoCad), test, and foundry interface From June 2013 to August 2013 (3 months) Pratt Undergraduate Research Fellow - Cummer Lab @ - Selected as Pratt School of Engineering Undergraduate Fellow - Atmospheric electricity and terrestrial gamma-ray flash research studying high-energy processes in lightning - Developed MATLAB codes to streamline meaningful analysis of terabytes of remote sensing data on the radiation signatures of over 650,000 lightning flashes from all over the United States From January 2011 to May 2012 (1 year 5 months) Summer Intern @ - Studying properties of materials such as AlGaN and GaN used to fabricate ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) - Designed wet chemical etching techniques to perform parametric analysis of dislocation densities in silicon wafers - Experience using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and x-ray diffractometer equipment From June 2009 to August 2009 (3 months)

Master's Degree, Electrical Engineering @ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) From 2012 to 2014 B.S.E. Electrical & Computer Engineering and Physics, Applied Electromagnetics, Signal Processing, Optics, Control Systems @ Duke University From 2008 to 2012 Study Abroad, Engineering, Physics @ The University of Queensland From 2010 to 2010 Spring Valley HS From 2005 to 2008 John Hodge is skilled in: Electromagnetics, Matlab, Antennas, Python, Microwave Engineering, Simulations, HFSS, Software Engineering, Java, Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Agilent ADS, RF, AESA, Metamaterials