Grace O. Zongo

Grace O. Zongo

Electrical Engineering & CS Certificate @ UW–Madison  ·  Embedded Systems & Power Electronics

Firmware running in Antarctica. 2nd-place competition electric boat. An 8-bit CPU built from scratch. Real systems, real results.

32→7 mA sleep mode 2nd Place PEP 2024 Antarctica deployment

About

Electrical Engineering student with hands-on experience in embedded systems, power electronics, and hardware prototyping. Designed and validated real-world systems including an Antarctic-deployed Automatic Weather Station, a dual-battery electric propulsion system, and a discrete 8-bit CPU.

Co-author on a presentation at the 21st Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate (WAMC, 2026), NSF-funded work on next-generation Antarctic AWS hardware and firmware.

Technical Skills

Languages
  • C / C++
  • Python
  • VHDL / Verilog
  • MATLAB
Hardware
  • PCB Design (KiCad, Altium)
  • FPGA (Quartus)
  • Oscilloscope / DMM
  • Soldering & Bring-up
Protocols
  • USART / UART
  • I²C / SPI
  • CAN Bus
  • GPIO / ISR / Timers
Tools
  • Git / GitHub
  • Linux / Bash CLI
  • VS Code
  • Figma

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