Engineering Engineer
Resume:
SAGAR GHIMIRE
Current Address:
Bryan, TX 77801
************@*****.***
CAREER OBJECTIVES
. A strong and challenging career in the field of Telecommunication with
responsibilities and opportunities in areas of design, operation and
maintenance of wireless networks
. I thrive to use my knowledge of wireless telecommunications to provide
planning, implementation and support for core network infrastructure(
MSC,BSC,HLR,NMS, OMC )
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
. Masters of Science in Information and Communication Engineering with 5
years of experience in telecommunications with a good understanding and
hands-on experience of wireless core network infrastructure (MSC/VLR,
HLR/AUC, SMSC, NMS and OMC)
. Self-starter, capable of taking initiative to identify & resolve
problems, and improve work environment
. Dependable, project oriented
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages: C, MATLAB, MULTISIM, LabVIEW, SPSS, SQL, Advanced
Design System (ADS)
Hardware Tools: Oscilloscope, Function Generator, Protocol Analyzer,
Spectrometer, Spectrum Analyzer, Network Analyzer, PIX Firewall, Routers,
Switches.
Protocols: TCP/IP, ANSI 41D, SS7
Technologies: CDMA, GSM, TDMA, PSTN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Texas State University, 2008 - Present
Graduate Instructional Assistant: Assisting students and conducting labs
for various labs including microelectronics manufacturing, circuits and
devices, industrial electronics and fields and waves. Helped and guided
students with their lab and project work. Environment: Windows XP/ Vista/
7, Linux
Nepal Telecom, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2003-2008
Telecom Engineer: Operated and maintained Mobile Switching Subsystem (MSS)
of CDMA wireless network, involved in hardware/software installation of
switching subsystem including protocol level testing
. Member of acceptance team for the mobile switching subsystem responsible
for testing features and specifications of the vendor supplied CDMA core
network equipments and their functionalities
. Writing detail technical report as to if the system is in compliant with
the requirements of Nepal Telecom as per the contract
. Configuring trunk lines, SS7 links, routing tables, performance
monitoring of MSC.HLR and SMSC
. Configured PRL and repaired CDMA handsets using QPST
. Trained new employees for operation and maintenance of CDMA/GSM/VSAT
Network
. Performed system troubleshooting, coordinated and interaction with
Managers, Vendor Experts and BSS and Transmission engineers
. Team lead for maintaining the operation of landline telephones with more
than 35000 lines. Managed a team of up to 5 supervisors coordinating the
maintenance of landline network
Kantipur Engineering College, Lalitpur, Nepal, 2002-2003
Engineering Instructor: Coordinated Electronics Laboratory unit, taught
both theory and labs of Electronic Circuits, Basic Computer Concepts and
Numerical Methods
TRAINING
. System training of CDMA core infrastructure (MSC/VLR, HLR/AUC, NMS and
SMSC) in China
. Cisco Certified Network Associate, Computer Point, Kathmandu, Nepal
. Trained in TCP/IP, hardware and software installation of mobile switching
subsystem
EDUCATION
. Master of Science in Industrial Technology with current GPA of 3.90,
Texas State University-San Marcos. Expected Graduation: August 2010.
Availability: June 15 2010
. Master of Science in Information and Communication Engineering with
Distinction in 2005, Tribhuvan University, Pulchowk Campus, Lalitpur,
Nepal
. Bachelor's Degree in Electronics Engineering with Distinction in 2001,
Tribhuvan University, Pulchowk Campus, Lalitpur, Nepal
PAPERS
. Atmospheric-Pressure DC Normal-Glow Plasmas in Air Produced by Resistive-
Barrier Discharges through Wet Porous Rock by Karl D Stephan, Sagar
Ghimire, Aditya Chitre, David Staack, Robert Smith, Laurence Komala-Noor,
Nathan Massey, submitted to Plasma Sources Science and Technology, April
2010
. Spectroscopic Distance Measurements of Atmospheric Continuum Light
Sources ( e.g. Marfa lights ) by Sagar Ghimire and Karl D Stephan,
presented at the Texas & Four Corner Sections Joint Meeting of the
American Physical Society, El Paso, Texas, October 2008
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATION
. Plasma On the Rocks: DC Atmospheric-Pressure Normal Glow Plasma Enhanced
by Natural Basalt Microdischarges by Karl D Stephan and Sagar Ghimire,
Joint Fall 2009 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS, AAPT, and SPS,
San Marcos, Texas, October 2009
. Spectroscopy Applied to Observations of Terrestrial Light Sources of
Uncertain Origin by Karl D Stephan, Sagar Ghimire, William A. Stapleton,
and James Bunnell, American Journal of Physics, vol. 77, no. 8, August
2009, pp. 697-703
AWARDS
. Award in recognition of Research (2010), Department of Engineering
Technology, Texas State University-San Marcos
. Associated Student Government Scholarship (2009-2010), Texas State
University-San Marcos
. Texas State Graduate College Scholarship (2009), Texas State University-
San Marcos
. Academic Excellence-Graduate, and Research & Service (2009), Department
of Engineering Technology, Texas State University-San Marcos
. Award in recognition of Service (2008), Department of Engineering
Technology, Texas State University-San Marcos
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Nepal Engineering Council, Kathmandu, Nepal
REFERENCES
Available upon request
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