Stefan Donath - Resume (CV)

 

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Job Objective
Key skills and experience
Education
Work experience
Additional skills and experience
Memberships and affiliations

 

 

Stefan Donath

Schleifmuehlstr. 6a   ·   91054 Erlangen  ·   Germany
Tel.: +49 (9131) 97 67 10    ·     E-mail: Stefan.Donath@donath-productions.de
Nationality: German

 

 

 

 

Job Objective

To contribute and develop my skills and knowledge in research and development of micvroelectronics and integrated circuits in a high-profile international institute

 

 

 

Key skills and experience

Three months experience in analyzing power consumption of microelectronic devices at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Erlangen

Eight years experience in project-oriented working as self-employed person in own business establishment

Expert knowledge in programming and working with computers

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Feb 2005 -
August 2006

Elite-Study in Computational Science and Engineering
Bavarian Graduate School for Computational Science and Engineering
Elitenetzwerk Bayern

Program in addition to regular Masters studies.
Deepening knowledge related to simulation.
Experiencing presentation, leading and moderating skills.

Project Work:
"On performance optimization of Lattice Boltzmann codes operating on sparse matrix data representations"
at Regional Computing Center of Erlangen (RRZE)


Oct 2004 -
Aug 2006

Master of Science in Computational Engineering
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Technical Application Field: Design of Microelectronics
Computer Science Field 1: Simulation
Computer Science Field 2: Hardware/Software CoDesign
Relevant courses:
 - Design of Mixed-Signal ICs
 - Layout
 - Hardware/Software CoDesign
 - Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Average grade: 1.0 (approximately equivalent to an 'A' average)

Master-Thesis:
"Power Optimization Techniques for Digital Integrated Circuits in Deep Submicron and Nanometer ASIC Technologies"
at Fraunhofer Institute for integrated Circuits, Tennenlohe (FhG IIS)


 
Oct 2001 -
Aug 2004

Bachelor of Science in Computational Engineering
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Technical Application Field: Design of Microelectronics
Computer Science Field: High Performance Computing
Relevant courses:
 - Design of Integrated High Performance ICs
 - Test of integrated circuits
 - High Performance Programming Techniques
 - Programming Techniques for Supercomputers

Average grade: 1.9 (approximately equivalent to an 'A' average)

Bachelor-Thesis:
"On Optimized Implementations of the Lattice Boltzmann Method on Contemporary High Performance Architectures"
at Regional Computing Center of Erlangen (RRZE)


 
July 2000

Abitur (approximate equivalent to High School Diploma)
Gymnasium Burgkunstadt, Germany
Average Grade: 2.2 (approximately equivalent to a 'B' average)

Powercourses: Mathematics, Physics
Termpaper of physics powercourse:
  "Operationsverstärker in Meß- und Regelkreisen" in German
  ("Operational Amplifiers in Shunt and Control Circuits")
  Grade: 14 of 15 Points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work experience

Sep 2006 -
Sep 2007

Research Assistant at Computer Science Chair for System Simulation (Prof. Rüde), Erlangen, with aim of PhD

Research in the field of fluid simulation based on lattice Boltzmann method

Co-developed LBM project "WaLBerla"


Nov 2004 -
Dec 2005

Assistant at Fraunhofer Institute for integrated Circuits, Germany

Analyzing power consumption of integrated circuits

Developing design strategies for power optimization

Obtaining experience in using Synopsys' Tools
(i.e. Power Compiler, Design Compiler)


Jul 1998 -
present

DONATH° PRODUCTIONS
self-employed person in own business establishment

Programming databases for companies
managing and directing meetings with clients
creating customer specifications
problem solving
working project-oriented


 

Oct 2003 -
Aug 2004

Assistant at Regional Computing Center of Erlangen (RRZE), Germany

Researched in techniques for optimizing single processor codes on high performance architectures (Intel Xeon, Intel Nocona, Intel Itanium 2 as well as vector-processors)

  Assisted in developing a paper for the Super Computing Conference 2004 in Pittsburgh

Composed Bachelor-Thesis


 
Jul 2001 -
Oct 2001

Internship at Robert BOSCH GmbH, Bamberg, Germany
Developed a database for project management


 
Oct 2000 -
Jul 2001

Military replacement service 
Red Cross, Lichtenfels, Germany
Driver in Meal delivery service and transportation of disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional skills and experience

Presentations,
Scientific dedication

Feb 05: presented Bachelor-Thesis in Undergraduate Session of SIAM Conference on Computational and Scientific Engineering in Orlando, Florida

Aug 05: developed paper for ASIM 2005 Conference Proceedings

Sep 05: presentation on ASIM 2005 Conference in Erlangen, Germany


 
Language skills

German (native)
English (good command)
French (basics)


 
Computer skills

Microsoft Office (Access, Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
XPert-Certificate (Internet, Word, WindowsXP)
Databases (Oracle, MSAccess, Firebird)
Programming (Visual Basic, Fortran, Pascal/Delphi, C, C++, Java)
Administration (Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server)
Hardware


Mikroelektronics

Hardware Description Languages (VHDL, Verilog, SystemC)

Developing of own circuits based on microcontrollers and CMOS-ICs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memberships and affiliations

Active member of FS_CE, a student organization for Computational Engineering.