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DONTAVIOUS ELLIS

DEFENSE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING · FOUNDER, ELLIS DYNAMICS
Tampa, FL · U.S. Citizen
edon4585@gmail.com · 772-205-1606
linkedin.com/in/dontavious-ellis · github.com/thefourierphantom

Education

Expected May 2028

University of South Florida — B.S. Electrical Engineering

Tampa, FL
  • Coursework: AC/DC circuit analysis, power systems, MATLAB/Simulink, embedded systems design.
  • CompTIA Security+ (January 2026).

Technical Skills

Power & CircuitryAC/DC Circuit Analysis, 3-Phase Power, Power Factor Correction, Load Flow Analysis
Design & SimulationMATLAB/Simulink, LTspice, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, AutoCAD (2D/3D), Revit, PSpice, KiCad
Hardware & LabDigital Oscilloscopes, Multimeters, Function Generators, Soldering, PWM Control, ESP32/Arduino, FPGA (Spartan-3), Signal Conditioning
SoftwareC/C++, Python, Bash Automation, Git/GitHub, Linux

Professional Experience

May 2026 — Present

Orbital Corporation — Electrical Engineering Intern

Tactical Communications Hardware · Tampa Bay Area, FL
  • Fabricate tactical communications wiring harnesses and aerospace cable assemblies in compliance with IPC-A-610 Class 3 standards.
  • Crimp multi-pin circular connectors and perform high-reliability cup soldering for board-level electronic assemblies.
  • Isolate wiring, routing, and insulation faults via point-to-point continuity and resistance testing with digital multimeters.
  • Map EMI shielding, backshell strain reliefs, and lacing by interpreting nailboard layouts, assembly drawings, and wire run lists.
May 2026

GNSI Future Strategist Program — D.C. Experience

Cohort Delegate · Washington, D.C.
  • Selected for a competitive national security cohort; engaged 15+ senior officials across the Pentagon, Capitol Hill, and CNAS.
  • Directed discussions on GPS-denied navigation, resilient communications, and electronic warfare threats for non-technical audiences.
  • Identified research pathways for Ellis Dynamics aligned with problems discussed around USSOCOM, USCENTCOM, and major defense contractors.
Mar 2026 — Present

USF CIBR Lab — Research Assistant

Tampa, FL
  • Designed and executed a structured classification framework across 100+ hardware and software cases supporting AI model training data.
  • Contributed to SeniorSafe AI, a specialized conversational model for senior-citizen cybercrime victims; conference poster presented.
Sep 2024 — Present

USF Dept. of Mechanical Engineering — Website Specialist

Tampa, FL
  • Primary technical contact for department website updates across 15+ pages, office system configuration, and local IT maintenance.

Founder & Research Leadership

May 2026 — Present

Ellis Dynamics — Founder & Lead Researcher

Countermeasure Systems · GPS-Denied Navigation
  • Founded a countermeasure systems company spanning two domains: ECCM (GPS-denied navigation, resilient communications) and Detect-Track (predictive tracking via sensor fusion and EO/IR sensing).
  • Developing a GPS-denied navigation validation pipeline using C++/MATLAB Kalman filtering to fuse simulated 6-DOF IMU and atmospheric data.
  • Conducting inertial dead-reckoning studies to establish sensor bias baselines and reduce cumulative drift (Allan variance methodology).
  • Building a Telemetry, Tracking & Command (TT&C) ground station for real-time state estimation and fault monitoring.
  • First hardware deliverable — an IMU-based dead-reckoning navigation module — currently in development.
Fall 2026

NSBE USF — Technical Development Chair

  • Technical programming for a 100+ member chapter; three technical workshops scoped for the semester.

Technical Projects

Aug 2025 — Mar 2026

Secure IIoT Smart Grid Edge Monitor

  • ESP32 firmware with FFT-based THD detection in sub-100 ms intervals; <3% RMS error margin.
  • AES-128 + MQTT TLS 1.2 telemetry pipeline mapped to NERC CIP guidance, validated end-to-end.
Dec 2025 — Jan 2026

Smart Load-Shedding & Power Distribution Controller

  • ESP32-based PDU with PWM trip logic holding system stability within 10% of peak capacity.
  • Active RC filtering cut noise (Vpp) by 35%; bench-validated with digital oscilloscopes.
Feb 2026 — Present

Enterprise Infrastructure Home Lab

  • Proxmox + pfSense multi-tier lab; MATLAB load-flow simulations cut modeled grid restoration time 22%.
  • Cascading-failure modeling across 7 infrastructure layers and 500+ outage scenarios.