Engineer Electrical

Artem Saakian

Email: *********@********.***

Address: ***** ********* **

City: Lexington Park

State: MD

Zip: 20653

Country: USA

Phone: 301-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $120,000

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

ARTEM SAAKIAN, PhD

Home address: 47943 Mayflower Dr. Phone: 301-***-**** (cell)

Lexington Park, MD 20653 E-mail: *********@********.***

Work address: Naval Air Systems Command

Antennas and Radar Systems Division Phone: 301-***-**** (work)

48110 Shaw Rd, Bldg 2187 E-mail: *****.*******@****.***

Patuxent River, MD 20670

OBJECTIVE

Engineering / Research Position in RF Antennas and

Microwave Systems Design

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

* Successful electrical and electronics engineer, specializing in

applied electromagnetics, with a record of developing and

supporting outstanding solution designs at all levels of

technology. Successful author and lecturer enjoying an

impressive list of professional accomplishments throughout

career. Effective team player that works collaboratively with

all employees to achieve measurable and significant results

in every project. Able to remain calm and work well in high-

pressure situations, constantly seeking new professional

challenges, widely recognized as a quick learner and articulate

communicator with excellent organizational and interpersonal

skills.

* High-level professional with strong background in mathematics,

electrodynamics, radio wave propagation, antennas, and

microwave systems design. In addition to providing innovative

solutions to engineering problems, serve as a skilled mentor

and motivator, instructing, motivating, and coordinating students

and colleagues

* Hands-on research and design experience utilizing a variety of

analytical and numerical techniques and approaches for

boundary-value problems solutions, radio waves propagation,

antennas design / systems integration, as well as RF link

budget analysis including SATCOM and terrestrial links

* Designed novel approaches for antennas` optimal installation

onboard commercial and military aircrafts, utilizing Computer

Electromagnetic Modeling (CEM) tools such as WIPL-D, and

SAVANT

* Computer proficiency in commercial software packages:

WIPL-D, HFSS, GID, CUBIT, MATLAB, PSPICE, SAVANT,

SIMULINK, LBudget98, and Microsoft Office Suite for Windows

* Language skills include fluency in:

English, Armenian, Russian and moderately fluent in German

* Authored more than 20 publications and conference papers,

including a textbook for senior-level undergraduate, and entry-

level graduate students: RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION

FUNDAMENTALS, Artech House, Boston, MA, 2011, 360 pages

* US Citizen with security clearance: Secret-Active

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND,

Antennas and Radar Systems Division, Patuxent River, MD

Senior Electronics Engineer 2005 - present

* Performing analysis, design and computer simulations of

antennas for a variety of military applications such as TCDL,

PDF, IFF, GPS, SATCOM, takeoff-landing control systems, etc.

* Analyzing RF propagation conditions for A/C-to-satellites

tracking and communication systems

* Performing Air-to-Surface, Space-to- Surface, and Ground-to-

Surface Link Budget analysis

* Reviewing SBIR proposals, participating in teleconferences,

projects discussions, and professional meetings

FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Patuxent Graduate Center,

Patuxent River, MD

Adjunct Professor 2005 - 2010

* Taught the following graduate courses:

-- Antennas

-- Special Topics: RF Propagation

* Member of the Graduate Thesis Committee

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL, Dept of ECE, Lowell, MA

Adjunct Professor 2002 - 2005

* Instructed sophomore level electrical engineering laboratory

courses -Basic EE Lab- upon completion of doctoral degree

* Proactively revised laboratory experiments for Basic EE Lab

(part-2), designed a set of innovative laboratory experiments

reflecting state-of-the-art technology

Teaching Assistant 1998 - 2002

* Instructed students in laboratory experiments in

-Basic EE Lab- course

* Lectured in -Electromagnetics- course

* Completed doctoral research -Biconical Radial Transmission

Lines with Iris-Type Obstacles-

MICROWAVE ENGINEERING CORPORATION, North Andover, MA

Visiting Doctoral Researcher 2000

Invited to participate in improving of the IFF Radar antenna,

and performing measurements of the basic parameters

MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Lowell, MA

Visiting Lecturer 1999

Invited to teach a -Circuit Theory- course for Verizon employees provided

by the Business and Industry Program at a local community college.

Proactively participated in creation and teaching of an interactive course

-Basic Electrical Circuits Analysis- with numerous designs and computer

simulation problems

CAREER NOTE: Prior experience was gained at State Engineering

University of Armenia (SEUA) in Yerevan, Armenia as the Director of the

Graduate School, Chairman of the Department of Telecommunication

Systems, and Associate Professor

CERTIFICATES, AWARDS AND GRANTS

* DoD Level-III Certificate in SPRDE (Systems Engineering)

* Certificate of Award from Avionics National Director, Dept of

Navy, USA.

* Certificate of Award from the President of SEUA and Dept of

Higher Education of Armenia.

* Received research grants as principal investigator for the

following projects:

-- Novel Approach in HF Antennas Installation on Complex

Platforms (NAVY / NISE funding FY-12/13)

-- High-speed data transmission line for spacecraft takeoff-

fanding control system (funded by former Soviet Space

Research Administration: FY-1985/86)

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - Lowell, Massachusetts

--- PhD in Electrical Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS - S-Petersburg, Russia

--- MS in Electrical Engineering

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE - Yerevan, Armenia

--- BS in Electrical Engineering

References and List of Publications are available upon request

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