AKRITI SAINI

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Summary:

Dedicated Electrical Engineering Graduate student with 3+ years of experience working on multiple domain projects in research labs of Wayne State University and Thapar University as well as for academics with good understanding of Embedded systems including Embedded for vehicles and VLSI concepts of Analog IC design and FPGA/ASIC design and verification using HDL languages. Technical Skills:

Programming:

VHDL/Verilog/System Verilog

MATLAB

C, C++, Perl, Python

Assembly language

Embedded C( PIC microcontroller,

ARDUINO boards)

CAPL

Hardware and software tools used:

Tanner EDA, CADENCE Virtuoso

orCAD, CADENCE Allegro

Xilinx Vivado and FPGA Spartan kit

ModelSim simulator

EDA playground (using simulator

Synopsys VCS 2014.10, CADENCE

incisive 15.20)

MATLAB/Simulink

Pspice

KEIL

Vector CANoe, Vector CANalyzer.

Protocol:

CAN, LIN(basics)

Packages:

Microsoft Office

Education:

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Expected 2017, GPA 3.76 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

Master of Technology in VLSI Design, 2015, GPA 7.21 Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Bachelors of Technolgy in Electronics and Communication Engineering, 2012, GPA 7.48 Mody University of Science and Technology, Sikar, Rajasthan, India Relevant Courses:

Embedded Systems

Embedded systems for

vehicles(AUTOSAR)

Telematics (eCALL using IVS and PSAP)

Advanced Energy storage system for

Vehicle batteries (Battery management

system-BMS)

Power Electronics and Control

Computer Aided Languages and FPGAs

Logic synthesis using HDLs

Analog IC Design

Digital VLSI Design

SOC verification using System Verilog

including OVM/UVM methodologies

Physical Design and Automation

VLSI Testing and verification

Physics of semiconductor devices

VLSI fabrication techniques

VLSI signal Processing

PCB designing.

Work Experience:

Student Assistant in research- Communications Research Laboratory(Wayne State University, Detroit, MI) (January 2017-present)

Currently working on implementing human fall detection device for medical emergencies using 3-axial sensor (NXP MMA8451)

Coding of microcontroller (Arduino UNO)

Also using telematics fundamentals of eCALL to transmit message to the required person. Research Assistant (volunteer) - Physiology Department (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI ) (October 2016-December 2016)

Developed Ballast water treatment verification system to test ballast water discharged from ships into the Great Lakes containing pest species

Developed a fully automated system detecting microorganisms in water compared to sterile water

Developed code on Arduino to function the relays using solenoids, a photodiode sensing circuit and power supply circuits. Research Assistant- Functional & Molecular Ultrasound Research Laboratory (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI) (Jan’16-Dec’16)

Worked on implementing Quasi-static elasticity and shear wave elastography on IQ data obtained from ultrasound of phantom using verasonics

Coded in MATLAB to check for the stress, strain and displacement levels in the images obtained used for various disease detection like Cancer etc. and successfully completed the data acquiring for phantom at 100, 1000 frames per second. Graduate Teaching Assistant(Thapar University, Patiala, India) (August 2013-June 2015)

Taught in labs and tutorial classes for undergraduate students in Analog Devices and CMOS Circuits using Tanner EDA and CADENCE Virtuoso tools, VHDL programming lab using Xilinx Vivado, Embedded systems programming on KEIL. Industrial internship – Statcon power controls Ltd. (Noida, India) (July 2012-December 2012)

Developed an existing AH METER (Ampere Hour Meter) to make it more compact by redesigning the circuit

Compiled circuit with HI-Tech compiler, simulated current sensing circuit using MULTISIM

Coded 18F4620 microcontroller in C language while displaying data on a LCD, designed circuit on zero board and tested AKRITI SAINI

•Mobile: 734-***-**** •Email: ac0g9h@r.postjobfree.com •Detroit, MI AKRITI SAINI

PAGE 2 •Mobile: 734-***-**** •Email: ac0g9h@r.postjobfree.com •Detroit, MI Academic Projects:

1. Master’s Thesis on “Temperature Dependent analysis of Mixed Carbon Nanotube bundle as VLSI interconnects”(January 2014- August 2015)

Analyzed and simulated three different types of Mixed CNT structures at variable temperature and global lengths of CNT to obtain power dissipation and propagation delay

Compared CNT results with Copper as interconnect using Tanner EDA and CADENCE virtuoso at 22nm,45 nm technology node.

Impedance parameters for various CNT structures were obtained using MATLAB and verified by analyzing a timing delay model. 2. Designed State Machines for EU eCALL system for vehicle safety (February 2017-April 2017)

Designed working state machines for the In-vehicle System (IVS) and Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) of the European Union eCall System

Implemented and tested them in the C programming language

Studied and worked on improvements in the high – level requirements for the 3GPP eCall system IVS and PSAP from the European Union Regulation and also from 3GPP TS 22.101, Automatic Crash Notification (ACN), Infotainment and Automotive Radar. 3. Node designing for vehicle applications using Vector CANoe and CAPL scripting (November 2016)

Assigned database and simulated the messages on the bus sent by different nodes using virtual environment while it was interfaced to GUI for monitoring the BUS.

4. Design and Battery Management System(BMS) for Toyota Prius (HEV) (June 2016-July 2016)

Calculated design parameters for battery of generation 1-4 of Toyota Prius on the basis of given battery specifications

Reviewed different aspects for battery management, Kalman filter for the management of system and usage of CAN protocol in BMS. 5. Designed and simulated 32 bit ALU using CADENCE Virtuoso (June 2016)

Designed 32-bit ALU supporting addition, overflow detection, bitwise invert, bitwise logic AND, bitwise logic OR and bitwise logic XOR operations and implemented using CADENCE Virtuoso.

Later the layout was designed in 45nm PDK for the same circuit and DRC and LVS check were performed. 6. Laser timer for photo acoustic imaging for medical diagnosis (February 2016)

Implemented a laser timer which is switched on for designed time and automatically switched off by simulating it in XILINX vivado using Verilog code and verified on FPGA kit.

7. Design and analysis of Analog and digital circuits using EDA tools and HDL languages (September 2013- June 2015)

Simulated single stage, differential amplifiers, current mirror circuits using Tanner EDA and Cadence Virtuoso at 180nm technology to obtain gain and bandwidth readings.

Simulated various combinational and sequential circuits including counters, shift registers using VHDL, Verilog, created testbenches in XILINX vivado and verified results using FPGA Spartan kit. 8. Automatic irrigation system (February 2012- April 2012)

Developed C language code to supply water is to a field on the basis of temperature of the environment and humidity of the soil

Sensors were used to detect the changes and send input to microcontroller 8051 to run the motor according to the need while displaying the input and output messages on a LCD.

9. Controlling the speed of robot using joystick (August 2011-November 2011)

Encoded and decoded variation in the moment of joystick in transmitting and receiving circuit respectively by using PWM technique

Sent it as an input to PIC microcontroller to obtain the corresponding variation in the speed of D.C. motor connected to the wheels of the robot changing the speed of the robot by coding in Embedded C. 10. Design of a 50-kW Boost DC/DC Converter for Fuel Cell Applications (March 2016- April 2016)

Designed a boost dc-dc converter for the fuel cell power plant consisting of 96- 500W PEMF stacks by simulating on Simulink. Honors and Activities:

Member, Tau Beta Pi (TBP), National honor society for engineers, USA. (March 2017- Present).

Awarded Dean’s Merit Tuition scholarship from Wayne state University in January 2017.

Member, CiRG (Computational Intelligence research group), India. (September 2014- Present).

Scored 90 percentile in all India level GATE (graduate aptitude record examination) and got scholarship for Master’s degree in India from AICTE and UGC (Government of India). (August 2013-July 2015).

Events Head, BEACON, Electronics Society for Students in Mody University of Science and Technology, India. (August 2010- May 2012)

Played basketball at zonal level for under-14 and under-18 teams in school and university in India.

Volunteered for teaching under privileged children in India in association with a society KARUNA during under-graduation and society PRATIGYA during graduation in India.

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