Bulent Kose
3517 Lancaster Avenue Apt. 2F
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 387-3455
[email protected]

Objective     Research and Development in Telecommunications Systems, Microwave Analysis and Design,
                        Fiber Optic Systems and Devices.

Education    Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.                                                  Sep ’97 – Present.
                        Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.
                        Research Area: Fiber optic sensors and sensor applications for Smart Structures.
                        Curriculum:  Microwave I-II-III, Nonlinear Analysis for Microwave and Lightwave

                        Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.                                                  Sep ’95 – Jun’97
                        M.S. in Electrical Engineering.
                        Curriculum:  Fundamentals of Systems Theory(I,II,II),  Stochastic Systems(I,II),
                        Detection Theory,  Digital Signal Processing(I,II),  Array Signal Processing,
                        Digital Telecommunication(I,II,III), Computer Network Design.
 
                        Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
                        M.S. in Electrical Engineering. Completed first year courses successfully.  Sep ’94 - Jun ‘95

                        Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
                        B.S. in Electrical Engineering / Telecommunication-Control.                       Sep ’89 - Aug ‘93

Experience  Research Assistant, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA                      May ’97 - Present
                       As a member of Product News Network (PNN) Drexel Group, developed 
                       the schema for industrial categories and classified over 5,000 items as part
                       of this project.
                       Did a lot of  literature search and research on the company web pages to get
                       information about products and product attributes to create the schema for
                       Test and Measurement and Computer related products.
                       Worked in accordance with the other group members and faculty to insure
                       the quality of the project.
                       Gained hands on experience on the database software called CADIS.

                      Video Systems Engineer, Basari Electronic AS, Ankara, Turkey.          Sep ’93 - Feb ’94
                      Conducted the design and installation of video equipments for major Turkish
                      TV channels with Video Systems Division of Basari Electronic.
                      Collaborated with technical staff of TRT (Turkish Radio and TV) to solve
                      edit-suite and broadcast-studio problems.
                      Participated in a two-week lecture about digital VTR’s and Cameras
                      in London/UK.
                      Provided translations and technical assistance to the instructor throughout a
                      one week lecture to TRT staff in Izmir/Turkey.

                      Project Engineer, Intern, Aselsan, Ankara, Turkey.                                  Aug ’92 - Sep ’92
                      Participated in the design and development of frequency hopping military radio.
                      Used P-spice to simulate the designed circuits throughout the process.
 
                      System Consultant, Intern, PTT Information Div., Trabzon, Turkey.       Aug ’91 - Sep ’91
                      Cooperated with Information Systems manager to maintain the customer billing system.
 

Awards
                     Full Government Scholarship for graduate study (1995-1998)
                     Full Government Scholarship for undergraduate study (1989-1993)

Skills
                     Expert in Matlab, LabVIEW, P-Spice, Fortran, Pascal, C/C++, Assembly (Motorola 6800).
                     Good at Microsoft Access, Word Processors, Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Visual Basic, Java, HTML.
                     Very good at UNIX, MS-DOS, Windows95, Windows NT and  Mac O/S environments.