Thomas Hudson
Thomas Hudson is part-time faculty in the Electronic Engineering Technology (EET) department.
Previously he taught electronic Arduino classes for PCC’s continuing education program.
Previous Classes: Microcontrollers & Soldering Class ==> Info/Downloads/Requirements
Example previous class: ESP8266 Blowfish
Previous Classes:
- Wearable (sewing) Electronics
- PCB Design Class
- micropython
Thomas has a background in building science, environmental controls, energy auditing, refrigeration controls, mechatronics, microcontroller programming, honey bee monitoring, and printed circuit board design. His accomplishments and experiences include:
- Ecuadorian Water System Review with Engineers Without Borders, 2022
- President-elect, Portland Professional Chapter, Engineers Without Borders USA
- Portland Winter Light Festival Artist 2016-2022
- Mechanical ventilator prototype for Covid Response, 2020
- Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) conference session presenter, 2019
- Robot computer vision installation at OMSI, 2019
- Pickathon Light Artist 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Developed a bluetooth conference workshop for Teardown, 2019
- 90,000 pixel FPGA project at OMSI, 2018
- Developed an ESP8266 conference workshop for Teardown, 2018
- Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) conference poster “New Tech for User Interfaces”, 2018
- Re-invented the egg drop with bluetooth radios for OMSI, 2017
- Helped curate wearable electronics at the Portland Art Museum, March 2015
- Started a wearable electronics class at PCC February 2015
- Exhibit Electromechanical Designer Engineer at OMSI 2014 – present
- Developing electronic tinkering curriculum and labs for OMSI’s Summer 2013 program
- Professional Mechanical Engineer with experience in building automation controls and energy efficiency components since 2006
- Inventor of honey bee technology for Oregon State University Bee Lab, featured in Popular Science Magazine January 2013
- Exhibitor in four Maker Faires in 2012 (Eugene, Portland, Vancouver Canada, New York)
- Part-owner and Director of Engineering for National Energy Conservation, Inc
- 2009 Forty Under Forty Award recipient in Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine for accomplishments in the building industry
- 2013 Chicktech Volunteer, Co-led the Microcontroller Group
- Active participant in Portland’s oldest hacker space Dorkbot PDX; co-taught “Arduino Cult Induction” class for high school and middle school teachers learning to bring technology into their classrooms
- Volunteer for Physical Computing for Artists class at PNCA, helping students make kinetic sculptures come to life
- Provided free Energy Star reviews and limited audits from 2010-2012 at Camas School District, Beaverton School District, and Tigard School District
