Personal Information

Background

I am currently a graduate student working towards my M.S. in computer engineering at Michigan State University. The expect date of completion is Spring of 2006.

I have a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering (2003) from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Michigan State University.

I attended Grand Ledge High School and graduated from there in 1999.

You may check out my Resume page to get more details as to what my proficiencies are.

Academic Interests

I am currently involved in reseach that aims to improve both the accuracy and speed of computer architecture simulators that monitor and predict circuit-level behavior. More information can be found on the Projects page.

Graduate Plans

This fall 2005 term, I am a lab teaching assistant for ECE 410.

I was a teaching assistant for the summer term of 2005 for ECE476: Electro-Optics. I was also a teacher assistant last spring term (2005) for ECE410:VLSI design and ECE480:Senior Design.

I plan to do a Master's thesis, but have not the writing portion yet. It is tentatively titled Predictive Modeling of Circuit-level Phenomenon for Architectural Simulation.

After I attain a Master's degree, I am planning to do doctoral work at Michigan State University.

Et Cetera

I have lived in Michigan for my entire life. Currently I reside in Grand Ledge, MI. I hope to someday move out west where I don't have to shovel snow or get into any more ice related car accidents.

My personal interests go beyond engineering. It's true!

In my little spare time, I enjoy doing the following:

You may contact me via e-mail at either my engineering domain account (walla118 AT egr DOT msu DOT edu) or my MSU mail account (walla118 AT msu DOT edu).