Vidhyavathi Venkataraman

Current Visa Status: F* - OPT

***** **** ******, ******** ****, KS 66221 ( 269-***-**** (

abh2we@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a challenging and rewarding position that will utilize my strong

engineering, programming, designing and communication skills.

EDUCATIONAL PROFILE

M.S. Electrical Engineering, Western Michigan University, MI (GPA: 3.5)

Sep '07 - Dec '09

B.S. Electronics and Communication, India (GPA: 3.75)

Jul '02 - Jul '06

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Programming Languages - C, C++, Embedded C, Assembly Languages, Perl, VHDL,

Verilog.

Software - Mentor Graphics, Coventorware, ANSYS, PCB Express, PCB

Schematic, Matlab, ICC12 Standard, NoIce, pSpice, Code Composer Tools.

Development Board - MotorolaTM HSC12 microcontrollers, Xilinx Spartan FPGAs

& CPLDs, ATMEL 80xx series (8051, 8085, 8086), Microchip PIC 18F452, PIC

16877A.

UNIVERSITY WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant to Dr. Massood Z Atashbar, ECE Dept

Jul '08 - Jul '10

. Developed the mathematical model to detect biochemical liquids using

capacitive (MBF 200) and acoustic wave (QCM) transducers by method of

change in relative permittivity as a research assistant while pursuing

Master thesis.

. Designed schematics to interface an external power circuit, and the

Motorola (HC12) microcontroller to MBF 200 using PCB Schematic and PCB

Express.

. Devised program modules to initialize the sensor using the micro

controller and extract gray scale data when a substance is adsorbed on

the sensor. The output is transmitted and stored in the micro

controller memory.

. The values were converted into visual images using Matlab and the

region of interest (ROI) was analyzed.

Teaching Assistant for undergraduate courses

Oct '07 - Dec '09

. Graded assignments and tutored students in Machines and Electronic

Circuits course on the concepts of Operational Amplifiers, Transistors

(BJT and FET) and Network Analysis under the supervision of Dr. Ralph

Tanner

. Lab Instructor for Digital Logic course. Worked with students on

simulating combinational circuits (decoder and encoder), sequential

circuits (flip-flops and registers) and PLD designs on Xilinx and FPGA

programmable boards.

. Coached students under the SI-PE program in concepts of Kirchoff's

Laws, Wye-Delta Transformations, OpAmp, Thevenin's and Norton's

Theorems and in Circuit Analysis course. Also mentored students on

using pSpice software to analyze RLC circuits.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Embedded Developer, SamComm Technologies, India

Jan '06 - Jul '07

. Developed blueprints for a palm device that could be used as an

attendance marker in educational institutions.

. Assisted in designing circuits for interfacing PIC(18F452) micro-

controller with a Chip on Glass(ERC12864SS-3) Graphic LCD module, a 3

x 4 alphanumeric keypad, external memory, USB and a power circuit

(5V). A dot-matrix printer and RF transceiver circuit were also

designed to integrate with the controller.

. Developed programming modules using Embedded C for keypad interfacing,

and data communication between device and PC using USB 3.0 and RF

protocols. Also programmed the controller to print through a dot

matrix printer.

. Worked with the Dot Net team to create Forms for data transmission and

viewing.

. Performed white box testing for the device with the testing team. Also

worked with the testing team to devise algorithms for black box

testing.

Engineering Intern at Chip Design, Ltd. India

Jan'05 - Jan'06

. Proposed a method of data communication between two computers using an

optical channel. The data to be exchanged would be entered by the

user using the HyperTerminal.

. Designed the trans-receiver circuit boards using PCB Express and PCB

schematic for data communication between two ATMEL (8051) micro

controllers. The optical channel used was Infrared.

. Programmed the micro controllers using Kiel C to transfer data between

the PC and micro controller using RS 232 communication channel.

. Soldered microcontroller and interface circuits onto the circuit

boards.

ACCOLADES

. Paper titled "Investigation of Capacitive Transducer for Bio/Chemical

Sensing" was presented at the IMCS-13 Conference, Australia (July 11-

14, 2010) and will be published in Sensor Letters Journal by December

2010.

. Presented Poster on "Investigation of Capacitive and Acoustic Wave

Transducers for Bio/chemical sensing" at MichBio Exhibition on 3rd Nov

2009 and CAPE (Center for Applied Printed Electronics) Exhibition on

20th Nov, 2009.

. Member of CAPE and Awarded "Best Outgoing Undergraduate Student" in

2006

REFERENCES

1. Dr. Ikhlas-Abdel Qader, Professor, ECE Department, Western Michigan

University

Phone: 269-***-**** (abh2we@r.postjobfree.com)

2. Dr. Ralph Tanner, Professor, ECE Department, Western Michigan University

Phone: 269-***-**** (abh2we@r.postjobfree.com)

3. Dr. M.Z. Atashbar, Associate Professor, ECE Department, Western Michigan

University

Phone: 269-***-**** (abh2we@r.postjobfree.com)

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