Parth R. Gala
**** ***** **** ******, ***. No.***, Houston, Texas 77054. Mobile: 832-***-**** E-Mail: *****@**.***
Objective: Seeking an internship to enhance my skillset and contribute towards the growth of the
company
Education:
Master’s in Engineering Technology with specialization in Network Communications
Expected May 2014
University of Houston – College of Technology, Houston, Texas
Bachelor of Engineering June 2012
Mumbai University, Mumbai, India
GPA of 3.81/4.00
Professional Experience:
Teaching Assistant at University of Houston, Texas, U.S.A. Aug 2012 - Present
• Assist the professor for Digital systems and Senior Project
• Manage classes and help professor with organizing the classes
• Plan various tests and quizzes to be held in the classroom
Intern at Godrej Industries Pvt. Ltd., India Aug 2011 - July 2012
• Researched about use of solar energy to run home appliances to conserve energy
• Provided help to the senior R&D manager with various modules of software required
for smart conservation of energy
• Helped the R&D manager in various other aspects of the project
Grader at Vidyalankar Pvt. Ltd., India Feb 2009 - May 2011
• Graded papers of undergraduate students
• Responsible for the various grades given to the students
Parth R. Gala
2250 Holly Hall Street, Apt. No.206, Houston, Texas 77054. Mobile: 832-***-**** E-Mail: *****@**.***
• Worked also as an assistant to the professors in crating the class curriculum and
syllabus
Publications:
Title: Embedded Gaming May 2012
Authors: Sushant Sakhalkar, Parth Gala, Divya Mohan
Link to the paper: http://www.ijera.com/papers/Vol2_issue3/KD2316941698.pdf
Voluntary / Community Service:
Worked for “Society for Underprivileged Kids” June 2011 - July 2011
• A not for profit organization that worked for upliftment of children living on the streets
• Worked as a teacher for mathematics
Projects:
Hop-Limited Flooding Aug 2012 - Dec 2012
• A program coded in python that will try and avoid loops in a network caused by either
switches in layer 2 or routers in layer 3
• The program codes the controller and picks out a packet that goes around in a loop.
• The code picks out the packet based on number of hops the packet has traversed while
being in the loop
Addressing the Security Issue Related to Smart Grid Network Aug 2012 - Dec 2012
• The Smart Meter connected to the central grid is vulnerable to various kinds of attacks –
both physical and cyber
• To avoid this, a NFC is place on the smart meter that will be used to communicate to the
smart meter and hence the possibility of cyber or physical attack becomes almost negligible
Parth R. Gala
2250 Holly Hall Street, Apt. No.206, Houston, Texas 77054. Mobile: 832-***-**** E-Mail: *****@**.***
Wireless streaming of Video
• Coded a Raspberry Pi so that it can run a VLC client which will stream video in real time
from any place in the world
• The person who wants to stream a video to the Raspberry Pi will enter the IP address of the
wireless receiver connected to the Raspberry Pi and can stream audio as well as video
easily
Mechatronix Security System Aug 2012 - Jun 2012
• Used software coded in embedded C along with PIC16F690 to create a smart lock.
• Along with help from Design team at Godrej Industries, India me and my 3 fellow colleagues built the lock.
The lock is currently being sold in the market
• The lock provides a very high level of security and the key to such a lock cannot be duplicated
Piano Aug 2010 - Oct 2011
• A combination of AT89C51 along with code written in embedded C was used to implement a
piano. It produced 10 sounds at different frequencies
Digital Dice May 2010-July 2010
• A software code written in VHDL to simulate an actual dice
Skills:
Technical Languages / Software: C, C++, Java, Python, Matlab, Multisim,T-spice, Xilinx
Operating systems used: MS-Windows XP, MS-Windows 7, Ubuntu, Android
Tools: CPLD, FPGA, MS-Office
Spoken Languages: English, Hindi and have learnt French and Chinese