LAWRENCE C. COTTON
2802 Hampton Ct., Richardson, TX 75082
lcotton@utdallas.edu (214)538-7100
EDUCATION: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, Richardson, TX
01/05 Present Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Program Analog & Mixed Signal IC Design
· Awarded GEM Ph.D. in Engineering Fellowship sponsored by Texas Instruments Inc.
01/01 08/02 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Carbondale, IL
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, August 03, 2002
Area of specialization: Communications & Signal Processing, GPA: 3.9/4.0
· Detection of Adaptive M-ary QAM using Neural Networks.
· Developed MATLAB program for demonstration and analysis of multipulse LPC.
08/90 - 04/95 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tallahassee, FL
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, April 29, 1995
EXPERIENCE: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC, Dallas, TX
05/05 08/05 High Performance Analog Audio Power Amplifiers Co-op
· Designed fully differential op amp cell for the PWM block of a class-D audio amplifier.
· Op amp cell was designed in TIs LBC7 high performance analog process using Cadence IC design tools.
· Key design objective was to improve the gain bandwidth product of the op amp cell without a significant increase in power consumption.
08/04 12/04 High Performance Analog Digital Audio and Video Co-op
· Developed test strategy for Class-D audio amplifiers. Designed PCB boards for test setups.
· Evaluated class-D audio amplifier power stage/modulator combinations and identified improvement opportunities for future designs.
· Setup and used automated test station which expedited amplifier evaluations.
06/04 08/04 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, College Station, TX
Graduate Assistant Research Experiences for Undergraduates
· Researched topics for seminar series in engineering ethics.
· Helped to lead seminar discussions with program participants.
05/03 12/03 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC, Dallas, TX
High Performance Analog Audio Power Amplifiers Co-op
· Developed PC based automated characterization system for audio power amplifier ICs.
· Designed PCB which provided easy interface between ICs and test equipment.
· Software application developed using Visual Basic and National Instruments Measurement Studio that allowed the user to easily setup and run tests.
· System tested with class AB and class D amplifier designs and significantly reduced the amount of time needed for device characterization.
09/01 05/02 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Carbondale, IL
PC Lab Graduate Assistant - Monitored and maintained PC lab equipment for student use.
05/95 08/01 PROCTER & GAMBLE, Cape Girardeau, MO
09/00 08/01 Area 1 Process Improvement Manager
· Led equipment & process change management system for process area 1 in a large manufacturing plant. Led team of 80+ technicians and process engineers.
· Developed Reliability Engineering application using VBA that facilitated a 20% improvement in converter stops.
· Implemented defect elimination program that yielded a 29% improvement in area 1 stops.
02/98 09/00 Line Manager
· Managed all aspects of 2 production departments: safety, quality, reliability, & High Performance Work Systems (65 people - 8 production teams & 4 staff support). $30 million in capital assets. $40 million a year operation.
· Implemented Autonomous Maintenance systems that decreased converter stops by 15%.
· Led Department 24 to divisional benchmarks in process reliability and stops.
· Assigned to lead Department 26 in Dec 98 to improve results. Achieved a 31% improvement in process reliability. $11,000 per month savings in material scrap.
05/95 - 02/98 Electrical Reliability Manager
· Maintained diaper converting & packaging electrical systems utilizing 47 E&I technicians.
· Managed parts failure analysis system and made improvements to the preventive maintenance systems that decreased unplanned downtime.
· Led Analytical Troubleshooting Sessions that resulted in a 10.7% gain in electrical reliability.