Max K. Radermacher

Max K. Radermacher

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Electrical Engineering

Northeastern University

Biography

Max Radermacher is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Northeastern University studying with Professor Purnima Ratilal-Makris in the Laboratory for Ocean Acoustics and Ecosystem Sensing. His research involves the design, development and fabrication of large-densely populated linear towable ocean acoustic coherent hydrophone arrays.

Interests
  • Electronic Design
  • Power Electronics
  • Ocean Acoustics
Education
  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, 2025

    Northeastern University

  • MS in Electrical Engineering, 2022

    Northeastern University

  • BS in Electrical Engineering, 2018

    University of New Hampshire

Skills

Bar fullness equates to level of experience of respective skill

Hardware
Circuit & Layout Design

NI Multisim, OrCAD Cadence PCB Solutions, Cadence Allegro Free Physical Viewer, Circuit Studio/Altium Designer (Schematic & Layout)

Soldering
PCB Debugging
Optical Splicer
Facility with Instrumentation
Fabrication

Photolithography (& lift-off), Profilometer (Metrology), Sputtering (DC & Reactive), Dry etching, Wafer Dicing, SEM, XRD (~20 hour clean room experience)

Software
Analog Devices Software Suite

LTspice, LTpowerCAD, Noise Tool

SOLIDWORKS
OMNeT++
Xilinx Vivado
COMSOL
LaTeX
MATLAB/Simulink
Microsoft Office
Python
C/C++

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Northeastern University
Graduate Research Assistant
January 2021 – Present Boston, MA
  • Schematic and Layout Design
  • Ocean acoustic array experimental design and development
  • Transducer analysis
 
 
 
 
 
L3Harris
Sr. Associate Electrical Engineer
September 2018 – December 2020 Londonderry, NH
  • Designed electronic systems for:
    • night vision goggles, thermals, range finders and aiming lasers
  • Led Electrical work on multiple R&D projects
  • Conducted intricate tests and record detailed results for customers and coworkers
 
 
 
 
 
Allegro Microsystems
Systems Engineer Intern
June 2018 – August 2018 Manchester, NH
  • Created technical reports about Hall Effect Current Sensors
  • Conducted complex simulations for customers in Simulink
 
 
 
 
 
University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory
Fibre Channel and Open Compute Project Technician
January 2016 – December 2016 Durham, NH
  • Worked with international vendors to debug and test the functionality of their product’s parts
  • Trained colleagues on how to use state of the art equipment and created necessary learning tutorials
  • Maintained and upgraded MATLAB graphical user interfaces

Accomplish­ments

The Spark Fund Award
Award used to bridge the gap from research to commercialization.
Graduated with Magna Cum Laude
Graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from UNH with High Honors (Magna Cum Laude)
Undergraduate Research Conference
Received Undergraduate Research Award and Best Presentation in ECE Department for Myoelectric Controlled Prosthetic Hand (Senior Capstone Project).
Rochester Teen Night
Awarded Challenge coin for Excellence in the Community from Rochester Teen Night, a program to provide positive role models to kids.

Projects

160-element Coherent Hydrophone Array

160-element Coherent Hydrophone Array

An example of using the in-built project page.

Gallery

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Simultaneous in-air versus in-water measurements of humpback whale breathing sounds
Simultaneous in-air versus in-water measurements of humpback whale breathing sounds
Simultaneous in-air versus in-water measurements of humpback whale breathing sounds
Large-aperture wide-bandwidth densely-populated coherent hydrophone array system for ocean acoustic monitoring
Design and fabrication of a large-aperture linear towable ocean acoustic coherent hydrophone array
Large-aperture wide-bandwidth densely-populated coherent hydrophone array system for ocean acoustic monitoring
Development and the Hardware Architecture of a Densely Populated Large-Aperture 160-Element Ocean Acoustic Coherent Hydrophone Array
Design, development and fabrication of a real-time underwater acoustic sensing and imaging linear towable system
Development and the Hardware Architecture of a Densely Populated Large-Aperture 160-Element Ocean Acoustic Coherent Hydrophone Array

Contact

Please reach out with questions or inquiries regarding my CV and I will get back as soon as possible.