Gar Rudnyai

BAE Systems
Hardware Engineering Intern
Electronic Warfare Systems
May 2024 - July 2024

Duke University Smith Research Group
RF Research Assistant
August 2023 - December 2023

Physical Sciences, Inc.
RF & Optics Engineering Intern
May 2023 - August 2023

Education


Duke University
B.S.E., Electrical and Computer Engineering
August 2022 - May 2026

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MQ-9 Reaper Electronic Warfare Antenna

During an internship at BAE Systems, I designed a transmit antenna in use on the MQ-9 Reaper UAV, the U.S. Air Force’s primary strike drone. I used HFSS to simulate antenna components and provide design insights.

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Dielectric Stand for Through-Wall Imaging

During a semester in the Smith Group, I used CAD to design and 3D-print customizable test stand for measuring dielectric materials of varying dimensions. The results from these tests are used for reconstructing images in an RF through-wall imaging device.

Waveguide for Microwave-Assisted Freeze Drying

I optimized a waveguide for improving the freeze-drying process for pharmaceuticals and other products during my time at Physical Sciences Inc. This freeze-drying solution better preserves the chemical structure of the sample and reduces freeze-drying duration.

frettr.io

In 2021, I built a web app that teaches you how to play any song you can think of on the guitar. I used  Fourier analysis to accurately predict chord sequences of time-series audio data I downloaded from YouTube. I created a backend Flask server in Python which ran the algorithm and sent the results to the frontend, which I made in JavaScript & HTML.

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