MUHAMMAD FAHAR ZAHEER
abmksr@r.postjobfree.com * 612-***-****
US PERMANENT RESIDENT
RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA 55423
EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MAJOR GPA 3.24
MAY 2010
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COMPUTING AND EMERGING
SCIENCES - LAHORE
TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
SEPTEMBER 2003 - MAY 2007
RELEVENT COURSE WORK
Wireless Hardware System Design, RF/Microwave Circuit Design, VLSI
Design, Digital Signal Processing, Linear Control System, State Space
Control System Design, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Video
Broadcasting, Electric drives, Senior Design Honors Project
SKILLS
PROGRAMMING SKILLS: C, C++, Assembly Language
HARDWARE DESIGN: P-SPICE, H-SPICE, Eagle CAD, Cadence, Scope
HARDWARE TOOLS: Function Generators, Oscilloscopes, Digital Multi-
meters
OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7, UNIX, LINUX
OTHER APPLICATIONS: Matlab, Mathematica, Meshlab, Mimics, Adobe
Photoshop, MS - Office Tools
RELEVENT EXPERIENCE
SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT
JUNE 2009 -
MAY 2010
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES
. Researched the existing 3D segmentation techniques while analyzing
their advantages and disadvantages
. Implemented the proposed algorithm using Matlab
. Performed 3D Segmentation, Alignment, Parameterization for training
the proposed algorithm
. Analyzed the data to achieve the desired results.
16 - BIT KOGGE STONE ADDER - VLSI DESIGN PROJECT
SEPTEMBER 2009 - DECEMBER 2009
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES
. Implemented 16-Bit Kogge Stone Adder with and without bubble pushing
and compared the performance
. Implemented the layout of design using the bubble pushing using the
Cadence
BROAD BAND AMPLIFIER - RF/MICROWAVE DESIGN PROJECT
SEPTEMBER 2009 - DECEMBER 2009
. Designed the broad band amplifier for X-BAND with a gain of 12.85 dB
. Implemented the X-Band Broad Band Amplifier using ADS by Agilent
AUDIO FINGERPRINTING - DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
SEPTEMBER 2009 - DECEMBER 2009
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES
. Generated the Audio Fingerprint using the 63/64 overlap factor,
Discrete Wavelet Transform and Statistical Feature extraction
. Designed and Implemented the efficient search algorithm with tolerance
to high bit error rate
DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER - ECE JUNIOR DESIGN
JANUARY 2009 - MAY 2009
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES
. Designed and built a two-stage differential amplifier with specified
differential and common mode gains, CMRR, and noise margins
. Tested circuit design on P-Spice and on circuit board
. Created PCB board layout on Eagle CAD software
. Participated in the soldering process of components into the black
box
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
CIA GEEKSQUAD AGENT
OCTOBER 2007 - PRESENT
BESTBUY INC. RICHFIELD
. Providing great client experience by handling and troubleshooting
hardware and software failures