Michelle Thompson
Vice Chair San Diego Chapter Of Information Theory
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolMichelle Thompson is an interdisciplinary communications and embedded-systems engineer with 11 years of experience and a two-decade arc of work spanning cellular telephony, space and terrestrial microwave systems, and creative hardware-art projects. As co‑founder and current CEO of Open Research Institute and a long‑time IEEE leader in San Diego, she blends technical leadership—information and communications theory, DSP, FPGA and embedded development—with organizational impact in standards, FCC advisory roles, and volunteer engineering programs. Her hands‑on projects range from an AI‑driven electronic pipe organ shown at Burning Man to open‑source 3D‑printable microwave horn antennas and a six‑port modem implementation for Phase 4, reflecting a habit of turning research ideas into tangible, shareable artifacts. Comfortable at the intersection of academia, hobbyist communities, and government, she mentors and convenes technical communities while continuing to prototype novel systems using platforms like FRDM‑K82F and Raspberry Pi.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MS Information Theory, MS Information Theory at University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of California, San DiegoCourseraBS EET CET, BS EET CET at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Github Skills (98)
cybersecurity10
visual10
wireless10
paper10
gnuradio10
gnu10
sample-rate9
python9
signal-processing8
rtl-sdr8
flask8
arduino-library8
neopixel8
adafruit8
aerospace8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
Abraxas3d/Demographics
Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
US Amateur License Holders Demographics
Contributions:17 commits, 1 PR, 17 pushes in 1 year 1 month
amateurformula1demographicsaemdm
phase4space/payload-dmt
May 2020 - Jun 2020
Digital Multiplexing Transponder
Contributions:28 commits, 6 PRs, 26 pushes in 1 month
multiplexing
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