Welcome to my Homepage!

Welcome to Nicky's Homepage

My most recent photo! It was taken at my grad ceremony.

You can probably tell that I made this homepage myself because it looks so *cheap*. Now that you know who I am, I will tell you a little about myself!

I have recently graduated from my Masters program in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia. The courses I have studied are:

EECE 456 - Computer Communications
EECE 545 - Data Compression
EECE 560 - Network Analysis
EECE 563 - Wireless Communications
EECE 564 - Estimation and Detection of Signals in Noise
EECE 565 - Data Communications
EECE 566 - Communication and Information Theory
EECE 569 - Mobile Communication Networks

Some courses I've TA'ed for are:

Elec 453 - Communicaion Systems (Term 1, 2002)
Elec 359 - Signals and Communications (Term 1, 2000, Term 2, 2002, and Summer 2002)
Elec 457 - RF Electronics (Term 2, 2001)
Elec 466 - Digital Signal Processors (Summer, 2001)
Elec 456 - Computer Communications (Term 1, 2001)

TA'ing includes marking assignments, giving tutorials, invigilating quizzes, midterms, and final exams, and marking exams. I enjoy TA'ing very much and helping students as much as I can with what little knowledge I possess. :)

The focus of my courses will provide for me a pool of knowledge in the field of Wireless Telecommunications, particularly in W-CDMA for UMTS. Some of my interests include reading (particularly Sci-Fi and Mystery), playing tennis and badminton, skiing, (and most recently) snowboarding (learn how to snowboard), pool (both H20, 8-ball, and snooker), FOOSBALL, and just about everything in between. Oh, I like school, too! Seriously. :)

Currently, I am a full-time student (Not really! I'm working full time now but am just too lazy to change anything on this page...) Previously,I was working as a summer co-op student at Nortel Networks, in the Core RF Engineering team. With this department, I've worked in Richardson, Texas, and Redmond, Washington. My previous work terms have included work at Abatis Systems Corporation in Burnaby, BC (now Redback Networks), and also at Nortel Networks (then called Northern Telecom) in Ottawa. For those of you heading off to T.O. and Montreal, don't forget to check out 747 and Atlantis!!

Well, that's about all you'll want to know from me. Take a look around, even though there really isn't much to see YET!

Here are some of the links that interest me.

Some pictures...

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Other news...

June 8/01:

I finally have a research supervisor!!!!
June 24/01:

Baptism at Richmond Chinese Alliance Church. Read my story of how I met Jesus Christ..
September 4/01:

Start of another school year.
September 11/01:

Start of

5 (to learn more about Alpha, please go to www.alpha.org.uk or www.alphacanada.org.)
September 28/01:

Confirmed thesis topic: Comparison of Nth Order STD and Mth order MRC. (3x1 STD/1x3 MRC, 4x1 STD/1x4 MRC, 5x1 STD/1x5 MRC, etc).
November 27/01:

End of Alpha 5.
January 1/02:

Happy New Year!
January 9/02:

Start of Alpha 6. This time I'm helping with the class.
February 12/02:

Happy Chinese New Year (of the Horse)!
March 27/02:

End of Alpha 6.
April 24/02:

Start of Alpha 7! Another wonderful Alpha course...
May 10/02:

Okay, I have another thesis topic, but I can't reveal it yet. Maybe later I'll divulge this information.
June 29 - July1/02:

Newbern Summer Family Camp at The Firs!
July 3/02:

End of Alpha 7.
August 21-28/02:

HIKED THE WEST COAST TRAIL!!!
September 3/02:

Start of another school year.
September 9/02:

Start of BSF - we're studying the book of John.
September 11/02:

Start of Alpha 8 and Beta 1.
November 20/02:

End of Alpha 8 and Beta 1.
January 10/03:

Trailblazer Men's Team Building #1.
January 15/03:

Start of Alpha 9 and Beta 2.
February 2/03:

TrailBlazers Curling Night. Check out our curling pictures.
March 26/03:

End of Alpha 9 and Beta 2.
April 3/03:

I wrote my FINAL final exam, and went to my FINAL lecture of engineering at UBC! Here's my MEng report.
May 8/03:

Alpha 10 and Beta 3 have now commenced. See how you can help pray for these ministries by clicking H E R E! To see past prayer and praise items, click over here.
May 27/03:

Graduation ceremony.
July 17/03:

End of Alpha 10 and Beta 3.
July 31-August 7/03:

HIKED THE WEST COAST TRAIL for the SECOND time!!! Click here to see some pictures.
August 8-10/03:

Newbern Summer Family Camp at Camp Jubilee!
September 11/03:

Alpha 11 commences. Pray with us!
December 11/03:

Alpha 11 concludes.
January 7/04:

Alpha 12 and Beta 4 commences! See you how can pray for us.