John Lockwood

University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

• PhD GPA: 5.0/5.0
• MS GPA: 5.0/5.0
• BS GPA: 4.7/5.0 (Technical 4.9/5.0)

Computer Networking

• ECE467: Network Analysis (Renewal theory, M/M/1 .. G/G/1 queueing)
• ECE338: Computer Networks (Aloha, shortest path routing, physical networks)

Computer Architecture

• ECE412: Advanced Computer Architecture (Parallel, Pipelined, and Superscalar)
• ECE312: Computer Architecture (Cache analysis, Microprogramming)
• ECE311: Microcomputer Laboratory
• ECE362: Logic Design (Logic minimization and fault analysis)
• ECE291: Computer Engineering (Assembly-level Programming)
• ECE290: Computer Engineering (Basic logic design)

Parallel Systems and Algorithms

• CS497: Parallel Systems [Andrew Chien] (Concert Compiler)
• CS397: Algorithms (Sorting, Complexity, NP Completeness)
• CS397: Special Topics [Edward Reingold] on Fibonacci Heaps
• CS323: Operating Systems

Circuits and VLSI Design

• ECE452: Circuit Simulation (wrote SPICE-like simulator)
• ECE497: Digital Simulation (wrote Transistor and Gate-level Simulation)
• ECE325: VLSI Design (Designed bit-sliced ALU using MAGIC)
• ECE383: Analog Circuits (Amplifiers, Feedback circuits)
• ECE382: LSI Circuit Design (CMOS/NMOS/etc..)
• ECE270: Circuits (also graded for this class)

Optics and High-Frequency Electromagnetics

• ECE497: Microwave Circuits (S-parameters, etc..)
• ECE371: Modern Optics (George Papen's Lab)
• ECE355: Optical Electronics (Lasers)
• ECE350: Fields & Waves
• ECE229: Electromagnetics

Semiconductors

• ECE340: Solid State Devices
• ECE344 : IC Fabrication Lab (Processed a Silicon Wafer)