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Resume – Markus Löffler |
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Address Phone Internet Place/Date of Birth Nationality Marital Status |
Braystr. 3, 81677 München, Germany +49 (89) 472924 E-Mail: markus@loffler.de, Web: http://www.loffler.de München, 06/01/1971 German Single |
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OVERVIEW |
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International experience through 6 years of study in the
USA (diploma thesis/Ph.D). ·
Hands-on
experience in product development, product management, testing, marketing,
and customer support as an essential part of a startup company. ·
Project management and team experience (led a team
of 3 master students for a software project). ·
10
years of experience in software design in C, 7 years of experience in object-oriented design in C++, knowledge
of the integration of advanced programming techniques (real-time, embedded,
virtual reality, client/server, GUI). |
EDUCATION |
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Ph.D., Electrical Engineering at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA. GPA 3.9, Thesis title: “New Object-Oriented and PC-Based Approaches
to Robot Control Software”. |
01/1997 to 08/2001 |
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Diploma, Electrical Engineering at Technische Universität
München, München, Germany. Average Grade 1.6, Thesis title: “Measurement of the Yarn Path and Tension in Yarn Unwinding” (External Thesis at Clemson University, USA). |
10/1990 to 10/1996 |
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY |
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Quality Real-Time Systems
(QRTS) LLC,
Startup Company, VA, USA, http://qrts.com Consultant/Contractor, Technical lead for all
QNX products. ·
Development
of QMotor 3.0, a PC based real-time graphical control environment, and the QMotor Robotic
Toolkit
in C++, on the QNX 4 and QNX6 (QNX Real-Time
Platform) operating systems. ·
Development
of QWidgets++, a C++ class library for the graphical user interface Photon on QNX 4
and QNX 6. ·
Maintenance
and organization of all QRTS QNX software packages. ·
Marketing,
customer support, and teamwork with other companies. |
01/1998 to 12/2001 |
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Clemson University, SC, USA. Graduate Research Assistant. ·
Development
of the Robotic Platform, an object-oriented robot control platform that
integrates real-time control, a graphical user interface, and 3D simulation
on a single PC, using the QNX 6 operating system. ·
Development
of a telerobotic semiautonomous disassembly system, including development of
a video based operator interface for QNX4/Photon, a virtual reality based
operator interface for Windows NT, and teleobservation tools. ·
Administration of the QNX and Windows PCs and the
local network |
01/1997 to 08/2001 |
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Liveshow, Munich, Germany. ·
Technical
organization, poster design and web page design of 23 slide
show presentations in seven German cities about trips to Mid-East, Africa
and Asia. ·
Development
of the EasySlide system for
multimedia control in slide shows. |
03/1991 to 04/1997 |
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Siemens AG, Munich Internship. Development of an error protocol
analysis tool for the telephone system EWSD under OS/2 GUI. |
03/1995 to 04/1995 |
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Siemens AG, Munich Internship. Software/hardware
design of a tool to monitor data highways in the telephone System EWSD. |
03/1993 to
04/1993 |
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Siemens AG, Munich Internship. Hardware design for a DSP board in
the telephone system EWSD. |
04/1992 |
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OTHER ACTIVITIES |
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Journey to nine countries of Central and
South America, to improve my Spanish language
skills, and to learn about new cultures. |
09/2001 to 12/2001 |
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SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS |
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M. Loffler, V. Chitrakaran, and D. Dawson, “Design and Implementation of the
Robotic Platform”, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Special Issue on
Multiple Cooperating Robots, to appear. |
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M. Loffler, D. Dawson, and N. Costescu, “QMotor 3.0 and QMotor Robotic
Toolkit: A PC Based Control Platform”, IEEE Control Systems Magazine,
to appear. |
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M. Loffler, N. Costescu, E. Zergeroglu, and
D. Dawson, “Telerobotic Decontamination and
Decommissioning with QRobot, a PC-Based Robot Control System”, International Journal of Computers and Applications, to appear. |
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE |
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Object
Oriented Software Design, C++. ·
Development
of Real-Time/Embedded Systems on QNX 4 and QNX 6 (QNX Real-Time Platform). ·
Development
of Graphical User Interfaces in Windows (MFC) and QNX Photon. ·
Client/Server/Network
Programming. ·
OpenGL/Open
Inventor 3D Graphics Programming. ·
Hardware/Software
System Integration. ·
Languages:
German (native), English (excellent), Spanish (basic). |
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PERSONAL REFERENCES |
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Dr.
Darren M. Dawson Professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University,
Clemson, SC 29634-0915, +1 (864) 656-5924 |
Dr. Nick Costescu Quality
Real-Time Systems, LLC. |
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