1. Theo Barfoot
67 Livingstone Road, Southampton, SO14 6WL
Mobile: 07432121308 tjb2g12@soton.ac.uk
Profile
A hard-working student looking for hardware and digital design graduate positions. I have a
particular interest in digital systems design and architecture, while also taking modules that allow
me to understand the broader application of my work, making me flexible enough to fit into many
teams while providing excellent contributions to their work. My ability to balance my work with my
external commitments shows that I am organised, motivated and able to work under pressure. I am
able to work well by myself, as part of a team or leading a small group due to my experiences. In
short, I am reliable, hardworking, flexible and always looking for opportunities to improve.
Education
2012-present (graduation July 2016) University of Southampton
MEng Electronic Engineering with Computer Systems, average 2:1
Completed modules include:
Digital Systems and Communications 72% Digital Systems and Microprocessors 68%
Electronic Circuits 72% Digital IC and Systems Design 73%
Engineering Management and Law 67% Electrical Materials and Fields 70%
Advanced Programming 69% Electronic Design 62%
Part III Individual Project 70% Computer Engineering 76%
Real-Time Computing and Embedded
Systems
58% Advanced Computer Architecture 75%
Modules being taken this year are Group Design Project (GDP), VLSI Systems Design, System on Chip
Design Techniques, Digital System Synthesis, Embedded Processors and Analogue and Mixed Signal
CMOS Design.
My individual project is titled Implementation of a Multiprocessor System on an FPGA using ARM
Cortex M0 Cores, and its key focus was to build a network to connect the processors that can
efficiently transmit data without loss. This involves the application of routing algorithms across the
interconnecting nodes and processors, optimisation of nodes to increase throughput and minimise
downtime and interfacing different elements of a system to work as a connected whole.
My GDP is titled Millimetre Wave Design for 5G. Its aim is to build a channel model for radio carrier
wave frequencies in the GHz range (20GHz - 300GHz) based on empirical data (and extrapolating
where data is not available), and verify this model with ray-tracing simulations. I have been able to
take this project, which is not linked to my main areas of study, due to my ability to learn quickly and
adapt.
Recent academic and personal projects include a program that can solve a Rubik's cube in the fewest
moves possible while maintaining a minimal impact on memory usage, analysis of the impact of
cache hierarchy and size on the performance of a processor, and the design of amplifier and filter
systems to set specifications.
I also have experience with placement and route of components on PCBs, programming various
microprocessors and FPGAs across lab and team projects, and placement and routing of circuits at
the silicon level.

2. 2010-2012 King Edward VI College, Stourbridge
A levels:
Physics A
Mathematics A
Extended Project Qualification A
Further Mathematics B
Music C
AS Chemistry B
2005-2010 Summerhill School, Kingswinford
AS Statistics A
12 A*-B GCSEs, including A*s in mathematics, science, further science, English literature, and A in
English language.
Work and volunteering history
May 2015 - present, SUSU Performing Arts Music Groups Representative
Student Union elected position, representing the committees and members of seventeen student
music groups at the Performing Arts committee, and hence at the Union level. Being elected shows
the respect and trust I have earned from the general student population through my enthusiasm,
reliability and skills working with other people. Currently organising a scheme for the distribution
and funding of £10,000 worth of music lessons and the associated instrument hire costs for a pilot
scheme for free music lessons for non-music students. I have gathered support for the pilot with the
Union and the Music Department, as well as the Southampton Music Hub, with the intention that
instrumental teaching (and hence this scheme) will become a supported module in the University's
Music degree.
July 2015, Recursion Science Fair
Running a stall at the computer science and computing fair hosted by King Edward VI School.
Primary aims of the stall are to highlight the importance of programming in electronic engineering
and the computer-related options available when studying electronic engineering.
Interests
Music - I have been playing various instruments for eleven years, and playing in groups for most of
that time. Because of this, I have gained experience by playing with a wide variety of people and as
section leader across numerous bands, which requires self-awareness and analysis to improve my
own performance, teamwork skills to adjust my playing based on the playing of those around me
and communication and leadership skills to talk to the players in my section to improve their playing
with tactful criticism and to lead them so they perform better with the other sections of the band.
Games - I enjoy a wide variety of card, board and video games, particularly ones that require logical
thinking or reward finding creative solutions to problems.
Additional Skills
Experience with the following languages and software tools:
 C and C++  MATLAB
 Verilog and SystemVerilog  EAGLE
 L-Edit and Magic  LT Spice
 Synplify  Modelsim