Vikas Asthana

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Provo, UT – 84602, USA. Provo, UT – 84604, USA.

EDUCATION

Masters, Electrical Engineering June, 2012

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA. GPA:3.36/4.0

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics & Communication Engineering June, 2009

Krishna Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ghaziabad, U.P., India. GPA: 3.48/4.0

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

Development of L-Band Analog Down-Convertors and Real-time Digital Backend for Phased Array Feeds

• Development, design and testing of L-Band Analog Down-Convertor Receiver Boards for Phased Array Feeds for Radio Astronomy.

• Implementation and analyzing the performance of the down-convertor boards for the experiments at Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico and Green Bank, WV.

• Development of Real-time Digital Backend for the Phased Array Feeds using FPGA-based ROACH boards and CASPER libraries. This includes developing of real-time 64-channel spectrometer, beam former and correlator & streaming the processed data over 10 GbE interface and storing data on the computer.

• Developing an algorithm for imaging weak sources with Phased Array Feeds, using signal processing and hybrid beam forming codes.

Undergraduate Projects

B.Tech Project (Krishna Institute of Engg. & Tech., Ghaziabad, India) – 10/08 – 03/09

• Performance Analysis of Adaptive Linear and Non Linear Equalizers in Wireless Communication -- Investigating the adaptive linear and non-linear equalizers using the Recursive Least Squares (RLS) algorithm for wireless communication systems in multipath fading channel.

Summer Intern (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India) – 06/07 – 08/07

• Design and Analysis of Optical Fiber Link - Analyzing the performance characteristics of the optical fiber link by designing and modeling different types of optical links with different bit rates.

Summer Intern (Bharat Electronics Limited, Ghaziabad, India) – 06/08 – 08/08

• Testing of Printed Circuit Boards and Equipments used, with a project on "STALO JIG" – Test Board for checking the STALOs and oscillators used in the radar assembly.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA – Spring, 2011

• Graded assignments and lab manuals, tutored students and instructed labs.

ACADEMIC HONORS

• Got selected for the Summer Internship & Training at IIT, Delhi.

• Awarded by ‘Bahai Community’ for being in Top 10 of High School Examination in school.

• Got selected for Mathematics Olympiad at state level.

SKILLS

Skills: MATLAB, C, Simulink, Chipscope, Labview, C++, Altium, ADS, Python, Linux, Windows, Ubuntu, LaTeX, MS Office, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, Network Analyzers, Y-factor noise temperature analysis, Hardware Debugging, CASPER Toolflow, VHDL/Verilog, Networking (Wireshark), VNC.

Coursework: Computational Electromagnetics, Electromagnetics Wave Theory, Digital Signal Processing, Stochastic Processes, Antennas and Arrays, Radar and Satellite Communication Systems, Signals & Systems, Maths of Signal & Systems, Wireless CMOS Communication Circuits.

AFFILIATIONS

• Indian Student Association.

• KIET- ECHOS, India.

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