SHUBHAJIT MUKHERJEE

**** ***** **** ******, *** # 389, Tel: 832-***-****

Houston, TX 77054 abntrk@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking an intellectually challenging graduate position to apply and enhance my technical and analytical skills.

SUMMARY

Excellent grasp of device characterization, applied mathematics, integrated circuit EDA and synthesis concepts

Great exposure to firmware development with 8-bit microcontrollers and IDEs as SDE in Embedded Systems

Specialties – Characterization (Data Analysis), C/C++ (Embedded), RTL Coding (Verilog), IC EDA (Cadence)

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering CGPA – 3.7/4.0

Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, TX Expected Aug 2009

Specialization – Microelectronics, Minor – Computer Engineering

Thesis – Negative Bias Temperature Instability oxide degradation mechanism in sub-micron p-MOS devices at

elevated temperature or high electric field conditions and special treatments that may reduce defect generation

Advisor – Dr. Leonard Trombetta, Associate Professor, Dept of ECE

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication 1st Class (3.7/4.0)

RAIT, University of Mumbai, India July 2005

Major – Electronics Circuit Design, Minor – Communication Systems

Project – Microcontroller-based automatic scanning fault-detection system for PSTN lines (at GTL, Mumbai)

MS Course-Work:-

* Advanced Microelectronics (EDA) * Advanced Digital Design (HDL) * Advanced MOS Devices

* Stochastic Processes (Probability) * Nanofabrication (Lithography) * Solid State Physics (QM)

BE Course-Work:-

* Electronics Circuits and Design * Microprocessors (x85/x86) * Programming Languages

* Digital Signal Processing * Engineering Mathematics * Numerical Techniques

* Wireless Systems (GSM, CDMA) * Applied Mathematics * Computer Networks

MS Academic Projects:-

Nanofabrication – Intensity pattern modeling for optical & electron-beam lithography techniques for

different mask reticle geometries, focal length and light incidence configurations (Matlab simulation)

Adv Microelectronics – 130 nm technology gate-level design, simulation, layout, extraction and

verification of an 8-bit ALU (ripple carry mode bit adder-subtracter-multiplier unit) using standard

CMOS logic gates following n-well fabrication process (using Cadence Virtuoso, Digsim and Ngspice)

Adv Digital Design – RTL description of bit detector with up-down counters on Altera Cyclone2

interfaced with keypad input and seven-segment display (Verilog on Silvaco Silos and Quartus2)

Standardized Examinations:-

International: - GRE: Quantitative – 800/800, Verbal – 550/800, Analytical – 4.5/6.0

TOEFL: Total – 280/300, Analytical – 5.5/6.0 (Computer Based)

National Std: - 88% in Higher Secondary Certificate (95/100 in Mathematics {approx 98%ile})

87% in Senior Secondary Certificate (93/100 in Mathematics {approx 97%ile})

Performances in Indian National Talent Search Examinations: -

Cleared Homi Bhabha National Science Talent Search Examination {in top 5%}

Cleared Discovery of India inter-high school GK Quiz Competition {consolation, rank 8/450}

Indian Centralized Post-Graduate Entrance Examinations: -

90+ percentile scores in CAT 2006 (for IIMs, MBA) and GATE 2006 (for IITs, M Tech, ECE dept)

CAT Quantitative Analysis – 48/100 {95%ile}, CAT Data Interpretation – 44/100 {92%ile}

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming/Description Languages – C/C++, Embedded C, Assembly (x85), Basic, Verilog HDL

IDEs – Kiel Embedded Studio, Microchip PIC Mplab, GCC Bloodshed Dev C++, Visual Studio, Borland C

Analog/Digital EDA Software – Cadence Virtuoso, PSpice A/D, Silvaco Silos, Altera Quartus 2

Mathematics/Analysis Software – Matlab, MathCad, NI LabView, Silvaco VWF*, IBM SRIM

Operating Systems – MS Windows 2000/NT/XP/Vista, Linux/UNIX, Sun Solaris 9, MAC OS X

Software Packages – MS Office (Word, Excel, PPT), MS Visio, Visual Source Safe, Outlook, My-SQL

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SHUBHAJIT MUKHERJEE

2250 Holly Hall Street, Apt # 389, Tel: 832-***-****

Houston, TX 77054 abntrk@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

University of Houston (Dept of ECE), Houston, TX http://www.egr.uh.edu/ece/

Graduate Research Assistant Feb 2008 – Present

Research Group – Semiconductor Device Physics

Responsibilities – Characterization (Analysis), Microfabrication and Simulation

a. Fabrication of silicon-based MOS structures and masks using semiconductor process equipments.

b. Electrical characterization (measurement) of MOS structures using LCR meter (with LabView).

c. Data analysis, comparison and curve-fitting of measured data using MS Excel, Matlab and C++.

d. Simulation and modeling of He ion bombardment on MOS surface using IBM SRIM and VWF*.

Advisor – Dr. Leonard Trombetta, Associate Professor, Dept of ECE (Microelectronics)

Research funded by USAF (Kirtland Air Force Base) Research Lab, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Software – NI LabView 8.5, IBM SRIM, Silvaco Virtual Wafer Fab*, Matlab R2007b, Dev C++.

Equipments – Precision LCR meter, Probe-Station, Metal Evaporation PVD unit, UV Lithography

tool, Ellipsometer, Oxidation/Annealing furnace, RTP furnace, Alpha-Step profilometer etc.

SoftDEL Systems, Mumbai, India http://www.softdel.com

Embedded Software Engineer Sep 2005 – Jul 2007

Responsibilities – Firmware Development and Testing

Programming languages – C and Assembly (x85)

Development environments – Kiel IDE, Mplab IDE, Bloodshed Dev C++, Visual Studio, Borland C

Processors/Controllers – Philips/Atmel 8051/8951 family, PIC 16F/18F series, Z-80/Intel 8085

External Hardware – RF Transreceivers, ADC/DAC, EEPROM, SD Card, LCD, 7-Seg, T-9 Keypad

Industry knowledge – Software Development Life Cycle, QA Standards (SEI-CMM level 3)

Projects undertaken (as Graduate Engineer Trainee and Software Engineer) –

* Firmware design for OTEK Corp multi-band transreceiver IA4420 for industrial RF communication

* Reverse engineering of Moisture On-Line Analyzer THERMO-ELECTRON Corp MOLA 7200 A

* Configuring programmable thermostat of CARRIER Corp HVAC unit with SD card and EEPROM

EXTRA-CURRICULARS

Associations – IEEE (RAIT-Ch), CLRA Society (Maths), RPL Racquetball Circuit, Okinawa School of Karate

Honors – UH Graduate Tuition Fellowship, EIL Govt of India Engineering Award, NIIT Science Scholarship

Leadership – Head Prefect in high school, Sports Secretary in RAIT, Fresher Mentoring at SoftDel Systems

Hobbies – Outdoor Sports, Pencil Sketching, Reading Encyclopedias, Trekking/Travelling, Cooking etc.

REFERENCES

Dr. Leonard Trombetta

Associate Professor, Dept of ECE, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, TX

(Associated with Texas Centre for Superconductivity at UH and Texas Instruments Inc, Dallas)

Relation: MS thesis advisor and ECE graduate course faculty at University of Houston

E-mail: abntrk@r.postjobfree.com Tel: +01-713-***-****

Mr. Suresh Upadhyay

Senior Project Manager, Embedded Product Development, SoftDel Systems Limited

3rd Floor, Acropolis Tower, Military Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai, India

Relation: Project Manager in two full-cycle projects at SoftDel Systems

E-mail: abntrk@r.postjobfree.com Tel: +91-22-429*-**** Ext-16

OTHER DETAILS

LinkedIn Public Profile – http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shubhajit-mukherjee/5/91/11b

Visa Status – F1 (International Student with 29 months OPT)

Availability – August 25, 2009 onwards

Relocation – Anywhere within United States

Salary – Negotiable

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