James Norcross

Electronic Design Engineer at Raptor Power Systems
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Credentials

  • CCNA Routing and Switching
    Cisco
    Mar, 2016
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Raptor Power Systems
    • United States
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Electronic Design Engineer
      • Jul 2019 - Present

      - design circuitry for power conversion and distribution - design circuitry for power conversion and distribution

  • II-VI EpiWorks
    • United States
    • Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Growth Trainer
      • Apr 2017 - Jun 2019

      - Train new technicians in basic operation and maintenance of MOCVD reactors - Create training materials - Train new technicians in basic operation and maintenance of MOCVD reactors - Create training materials

  • Cactus Communications
    • India
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Freelance Editor
      • Mar 2016 - Jan 2018

      - Edit abstracts, papers, and books in physical sciences and engineering - Provide standard and premium editing services - Edit abstracts, papers, and books in physical sciences and engineering - Provide standard and premium editing services

  • Protasis
    • Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
    • Director NMR Systems Development
      • 2001 - Feb 2016

      - Established a manufacturing group that built over 100 NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) probes for major pharma companies, universities, colleges and government labs - Directed research that expanded the capabilities of the NMR probe product line while increasing the sensitivity of the product by over 50% - In collaboration with scientists from Pfizer created a unique NMR probe which was able to record data from 2 different samples at the same time. - Coded a C# Windows Forms utility that accepted UDP communication from a sensing device and provided a control algorithm which produced a digital output to drive a current source for stabilizing a magnetic field - Coded C# Windows Forms classes to manage encryption, data base connection information and email notification as part of a software project to handle sample management for a major pharmaceutical company

  • Luster Software
    • Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
    • Contract Software Developer
      • Nov 2010 - Sep 2011

      - worked on web app for database management for a large insurance firm - analyzed old Microsoft Access scripts to create new report forms and populate them from SQL database - ASP.Net VB, Microsoft SQL Server - worked on web app for database management for a large insurance firm - analyzed old Microsoft Access scripts to create new report forms and populate them from SQL database - ASP.Net VB, Microsoft SQL Server

  • Magnetic Resonance Mircrosensors
    • Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
    • Senior Research Scientist / Design Engineer
      • 1995 - 2001

      - Conducted primary research on several SBIR Phase I and Phase II grants for a small business that won over $1.5M in federal grant money - Was principal designer of both mechanical and electrical components for a micro coil NMR probe which was one of the most sensitive in the industry - Developed and performed most processes associated with manufacturing these NMR probes including production, assembly, testing and installation - Contributed data and text for SBIR proposals and final reports - Wrote scripts for controlling a number of instruments (temperature controller, sample loader, spectrometer)

  • Parkland Community College
    • Champaign, Illinois
    • Instructor
      • 1995 - 1996

      - taught calculus based physics - prepared all course materials (lectures, exams, quizzes) - oversaw student laboratory work - taught calculus based physics - prepared all course materials (lectures, exams, quizzes) - oversaw student laboratory work

  • University of Utah - Employment
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Postdoctoral Research Associate
      • 1991 - 1995

      -Conducted NMR investigations of incommensurate insulators. -Lab Instructor for undergraduate electronics courses for Physics Department -Conducted NMR investigations of incommensurate insulators. -Lab Instructor for undergraduate electronics courses for Physics Department

Education

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics
    1985 - 1991
  • University of Kansas
    Bachelor of Science (BS) with Highest Distinction, Physics
    1980 - 1984

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