Jon G. Wurl
P.O. Box 1941
Mariposa, CA 95338
650-787-6240
Education
UC Santa Cruz Extension, Certificate
in Software Engineering, 2007
University of California, Berkeley. MSEE 1985.
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. BSEE (honors) 1983.
Milwaukee School of Engineering. AAS in Computer Engineering Technology
(honors) 1981.
Employment
2008-present: ElectroChallenge Designs
business unit.
1987-2008: Varian Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
business unit.
Nov 1987-May 1988: Probe Design
Engineer.
May 1988 - Apr 1989: Systems Engineer.
Apr 1989 - Jun 1991: Manager, Mechanical and Magnetic Engineering and
Mechanical Drafting.
Jul 1991 - present: Senior Engineer, Advanced Development (project timelines
overlap).
1991-1992: Superconducting magnet
design feasibility.
1992-1993: DSP for NMR feasibility.
1993-1995: DSP for NMR, product development.
1995-1996: NMR digital receiver feasibility.
1996-1998: DSP for eddy current compensation, product development.
1999: DSP based coordinate rotator.
1999-2005: LC/NMR software interface product development.
2000-2002: DSP based power monitor board.
2003-2006: Manager, Peripherals Group
2004-2006: Project Manager, Automated Probe Tuning.
2006-2008: Technical, Lead, Unix-to-Windows Conversion.
1985-1987: X-Cyte, Inc.,
Mountain View, CA. Antenna Design Engineer.
1983-1985: University of California, Berkeley. Research Assistant, Teaching
Assistant.
1982-1983: Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. Electronics technician, Chemistry
Department (full time job, not a student job).
1981-1982: Delco Electronics, Oak Creek, WI. Electronics Technician.
1977-1981: Ampco Metal, Milwaukee, WI. Foundry laborer and weld shop inspector.
Job Skills
Viewlogic, FPGA, PLDs/CPLDs, VHDL, Xilinx ISE, Pascal,
C/++, C#, Java, VisualBasic, TMS320C3x assembly, Rabbit, Z8, PIC,
analog and RF design, test equipment (DSO, ICE, network analyzer,
etc.), Linux/Unix, DOS, Windows (through Vista), web skills,
excellent math skills, good writing skills.
Career Development Courses/Certificates
Sun Certfied Java Associate (2006)
Medical Device Design (UC-Santa Cruz Extension)
Texas Instruments C6x Design Workshop
Project Management
Successful Presentations
Time Management
Introduction to Marketing
Job of the Supervisor
Business Strategy
Project Cost Control
Courses Taught
Electronics Lab, UC Berkeley
Electromagnetics, brown bag course, Varian
Harassment Avoidance, sponsored by Human Resources, Varian
Java, brown bag course, Varian
Patents
Digital Filter Precharging U.S. Patent No.5652518.
Digital Eddy-current Compensation U.S. Patent No.
6154030.
Publications
"Parametric oscillations in semiconductor lasers", 1984 (co-author).
"High-frequency rolloff in the response of junction detectors," Journal of the Optical Society of America, 1985
(co-author).
"Capacitor arcing," Varian NMR Technical Report, 1988.
"University of Utah 2H observe, 19F lock probe," Varian NMR Technical
Report, 1988.
"Phase transients in NMR probe circuits," Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 1991 (co-author).
"Field analysis of NMR coils," Varian NMR Technical Report, 1992.
"Magnetic field due to an arc of current," Varian NMR Technical
Report, 1992.
"Loop response of the lock channel using laplace transform
techniques," Varian NMR Technical Report, 1993.
"Practical calculation of the convolution sum and approximating the
continuous convolution," Varian NMR Technical Report, 1996.
"The effect of coefficient precision," Varian NMR Technical Report,
1996.
"Two methods for speeding up an FIR," Varian NMR Technical Report,
1996.
"Eddy-current compensation correction of slew-rate limited pulses,"
Varian NMR Technical Report, 2000.
Miscellaneous
Senior Member, IEEE.
Active Youth Volunteer (Inner City Outings).
Certified outdoor skills instructor.
References
Varian NMR Human Resources: 650-424-4584.
Consultant/freelance and other professional references
available upon request.
[25 June 2009]