Engineer Design
Resume:
JAGANNATH G. SHANBHAG
Calle Tres De Noviembre,*A,2A
Santander, Spain,30010
********@*****.***
PROFILE
. Masters in Electrical Electronics and Communication Engineering with 5+
years of Antenna Design experience, good research qualities, efficient
quantitative and analytical skills and an exemplary academic record
. Strong Computer modeling, programming skills and excellent hands on
experience Designing different types of novel Antennas in VHF,UHF, L, Ku
and Ka Bands and using RF test equipment.
. Quality interpersonal, presentation & communication skills, ability to
work on projects individually as well as with a team.
PROGRAMMING/TECHNICAL SKILLS
HFSS, Ansoft Designer, CST Microwave Studio, AutoCAD, MathCAD, COM study
(Antenna Coverage Pattern), TICRA.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Antenna Design Engineer, TTI Norte, Santander,Spain,
Aug 2009 - Present
. Design of a dual branch PIFA Antenna for a mobile phone for
multibands (GSM 800 and 1800). Design of external matching network.
. Optimization of radiated performance including TRP/SAR for improved
user experience
. Investigation and designing including the mechanical aspects of
OmniDirectional Antennas (PIFA,IFA ) for VHF and Ku bands in the
stealth environment for applications in Car's and UAV's .
. Implementation of form factor reduction of IFA, PIFA using
Metamaterial concept.
. Implementation of Adaptive algorithm (Least Mean Squares) for Linear,
Planar, and Conformal Arrays in a mutually coupled environment for
Medium Earth Orbit Local User Terminal (MEOLUT) .
. Designed a Broadband Corrugated Horn Antenna for Ku band applications
. Designed a QuasiOptical Power Divider ( Cassegrain and Offset
Reflector Antennas ) for Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight
Terminals (FAB-T) Applications
. Designed an BroadBand Elements for a Phased Array systems with High
Cross Polarisation .
. Designed a Low Profile Dipole receiving Antenna for a Linear
Polarization for Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals
(FAB-T) Applications
Current Projects
. Antenna Engineering Manager for designing L Band Phased Array Antenna
for a Radar application for a Transmit mode operation .
. Mutual Coupling Compensation In Antenna Arrays
. Designing on OMT's and Filters for Ku Band Applications
Antenna Design Engineer, WaveBender, Inc.,Milpitas,CA
Aug2006- May 2009
Worked in a highly Competitive startup environment for development of
flat panel antenna systems
for terrestrial communications (cellular, WiMAXTM, 700MHz Off-Air, and
60GHz wireless backhaul), mobile video, two-way satellite, as well
as a number of military applications.
. Designing and Testing Slotted Waveguide Array, Microstrip antennas
and Array, Standing Wave, Travelling Wave, Antenna, Parabolic
Antennas, Phased array antennas and its Waveguide Components mainly
at the 1-30GHz band, using industry standard high-frequency simulation
tools such as HFSS, Ansoft designer, Matlab [codes].
. Extensive experience using advanced RF/microwave test equipment.
. Test and measurement of prototype and integrated product hardware
. Investigation of approaches, and design techniques to improve
performance and cost reduction
. Interface directly with team and support staff on issues relating to
design, layout, procurement, documentation, test and assembly
. Interface with vendors and internal departments on technical issues
related to product development
. Complete design and development tasks per agreed upon schedule
Completed Projects
. Worked on a innovative and cost effective Feed for the colocation of
Ka (18.3 GHz - 20.2 GHz) and Ku (12.2 GHz - 12.7 GHz) frequency bands
at the same satellite location (101 WL) and successfully integrating
with the existing Slimline Paraboic dish Antenna from DIRECTV so as
to form multiple beams and maintain high discrimination across a
single frequency band and multiple frequency bands
. Designed a Dual Polarized, Single Beam Antenna Array for a DBS market
in Ku Band
. Designed an Efficient Three Beam Single and Dual Polarized Antenna (
0 and +- 9 Degrees ) in Ku Band
. Worked on different Feeding techniques for Microstrip Patch for Ku
Band and its integration with Dedi ElementTM to provide a Phased Array
Solution
RF/Antenna Design Engineer, Systems with Reliability Inc., Ebensburg, PA
Aug 2004 - Aug 2006
. Finding new Locations, analyzing systems, optimizing system modifications
and system coverage for transmitter site taking into account multipath
and the effects of geofeatures and atmospherics an RF propagation for FM
and TV services
. Calculating protection, regulatory and in real world of terrain and
propose interfering systems becoming licensed.
. Designed and Testing of Low, Medium and High Power FM and dual input FM
Panel antenna (Analog and Digital transmitters) arrays for a single and
multichannel stations.
. Designed Directional FM and TV (UHF and VHF) antenna arrays in fractional
or full scale models to meet the specific elevation and azimuth pattern
requirements of a directional license issued by the Federal
Communications Commission or a foreign governmental agency.
. Designed and testing on Directional and Non directional Illumitron FM
antenna array, (Antennas with main lobe and virtually no side lobes)
using a precision Center fed or branch fed power divider and phase
matched arrays
. Designed, developing, and testing of Low, Medium and High power; single
and axial Traveling wave slot (Center fed and bottom fed) antennas
according to azimuth patterns provided by the directional license for
different(Side and Top) mounts in UHF and VHF bands and tuning the
array with VSWR better than 1.1:1 across the channel.
. Designed and testing of batwing antennas, NOAA ( Weather Antennas) and
cavity back resonators for different azimuth patterns.
. Designed of broadband single panel, double panel and corner reflector
antenna arrays for multichannel operations of UHF and VHF stations
according to the pattern requirements of the customer
. Designed and testing (Impedance matching ) of transmission line,
broadband power dividers (unequal and equal power distribution), filters
and feed systems using Broadband panel array, slots antennas and FM
antennas
Research and Graduate Projects, The George Washington University,
Washington DC Sept 2002 - May 2004
Range limited Antenna
Nov 2002 - May 2003
. Designed a linear dipole antenna array, impedance matrix and its element
patterns and developed its complex baseband response.
. Narrowband DOA estimation using Music, Root Music, Modified Piseranko and
Modified Root Piseranko algorithms for uncorrelated sources in presence
of mutual coupling
. Element Pattern Equalization techniques for a linear dipole antenna array
and its implementation to root algorithms in mutual coupling environment
ACADEMICS AND CERTIFICATION
MS, Electrical Electronics and Communication Engineering,
May 2004
The George Washington University, Washington DC.
BE, Instrumentation Engineering,
May 2001
VCET, Mumbai University, India.
RELEVANT GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES
Pertaining to Applied Mathematics:
Random Processes in Engineering, Computational techniques in Electrical
Engineering.
Pertaining to Communications:
Antenna Wave Propagation in Wireless medium, Communication theory.
Pertaining to Electromagnetism:
Antenna design, Remote sensing, Applied electromagnetism, Numerical
Electromagnetics.
.Pertaining to signal Processing
Signals and transforms, Array signal Processing, Estimation and Detection
Theory.
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