Engineer Electrical Engineering

Danish Khan

Lehrenweg **

Meersburg, *****, GERMANY

Cell: +49-157-****-****

E-mail: ******.****@******.***.***

Summary: Passionate in the field of Electromagnetics with education, work experience, Publications and Patent (Pending) in the same field. Possesses excellent knowledge of EMC/EMI, HIRF, ESD, Lightning and Aerospace/Space environment as well as DO-160/MIL-STD testing requirements and procedures. Education & Awards:

MS in Electrical Engineering (focus on Applied Electromagnetics) University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA: December 2012 (GPA 3.97/4.0)

Awarded Ming Hsieh Honors Program Scholarship for maintaining GPA of at least 3.8/4.0 every semester while at USC.

BS in Electrical Engineering (Magna cum Laude) (Minor in Mathematics), University of Kentucky (UK), Lexington, KY, USA: May 2003 (GPA: 3.8/4.0; Math (Minor) GPA 4.0/4.0)

Citizenship: Canadian Citizen

Work Experience:

January 2016 – Present

Systems Engineer – Spacecraft Electromagnetics, Airbus Defence and Space, Friedrichshafen, Germany

Central Electromagnetic-Effects-Engineering responsibility (EMC, RFC, MAG and ESD) during the phases B/C/D of the missions for the below space programs: 1. METImage Instrument onboard MetOp-SG Satellite: Currently in mission phase C, METimage is an advanced multispectral imaging radiometer for meteorological applications which will provide detailed information on clouds, cloud cover, land surface properties, and sea, ice, and land surface temperature, contributing important data for meteorological and climate forecasting. Scheduled to be in operation in 2021. Provided the team with EMC Analysis for infrared detector's conducted and Radiated Susceptibility levels that allows the team to assess design changes for EMC. Created Grounding and Bonding Diagrams for the Instrument and supported the Ground Reference Rail (GRR) Network Layout concept. 2. Sentinel 4 Instrument onboard MTG (EUMETSAT) Satellite: The Sentinel-4/UVN instrument is a high resolution spectrometer system for air-quality and climate protocol monitoring with 3 designated bands in the solar reflectance spectrum covering the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared bands.

Provided the team with EMC Control Plan document and supported with on- site EMC testing for various sub-units (unit level) as well as instrument level EMC verification planning documents. Currently supporting the project at Critical Design Review (CDR) stage for EMC.

3. Sentinel 5 instrument on board MetOp-SG Satellite: The Sentinel-5/UVNS instrument is a high resolution spectrometer system operating in the ultraviolet to shortwave infrared range with 7 different spectral bands.

Provided EMC design concept support and analysis for the preliminary design review (PDR) stage. Currently supporting for EMC design for optimum shielding effectiveness of the various sub-units for the instrument. 4. JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) Spacecraft:

The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) will perform detailed investigations of Jupiter and its system to explore the conditions for planet formation and emergence of life as well as to provide a better understanding of our solar system itself.

Currently supporting the preliminary phase B of the mission performing EMC shielding studies and effects for various e-field sensors onboard the spacecraft as well as shielding mechanism for the various sub-units. In addition, other duties include but not limited to:

-Primary Point of contact towards the customer and suppliers for all EMC related tasks including analysis of customer and mission requirements.

-Responsible to ensure that upper level mission requirements are properly flown down to functional chains, subsystem and equipment requirements.

-Responsible for performance or coordination of the related analysis, delivery of the related models and documentation. This also includes co-engineering with equipment suppliers w.r.t. EMC aspects, coordination of relevant design and MAIT activities at supplier level.

-Providing support to project team members and other disciplines for EMC matters.

-Actively involved in development activities for new EMC shielding techniques including design using novel materials for Space Applications. March 2012 – January 2016

EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineer) at Bombardier Aerospace (BA), Toronto, Canada

In addition to the responsibilities detailed below, improved the aircraft modification analysis review procedure, approval and closure rate in the EMC group related to aircraft sustaining activities from below 50% to almost 100% within 1 year of hire and won company’s “year 2013 productivity award”. Suggested more work improvement ideas which were implemented to improve productivity and efficiency in the company more than all the members of the team combined in the group currently working in.

Took over delayed sustaining tasks from a team member and closed the tasks which were pending (for over 1.5 years) within 6 months. a) Develop EMC test qualification requirements for aircraft structures and systems, Prepare Technical Requirements Documents (TRD). b) Review and approve production process specifications, electrical schematics, specification control drawings (SCD), interface control documents (ICD), Wiring diagrams, detail drawings, assembly drawings, installation drawings and mock ups.

c) Prepare Functional Test Engineering Requirements (FTER) to verify that the vendor part installed on the aircraft meets to applicable electrical conductivity continuity requirements through the aircraft structure. d) Prepare Lightning/HIRF system criticality documents e) Review and approve EMC qualification test plans, qualification test procedures, qualification test reports and acceptance test procedure. f) Support in-service products including operation/customer concerns, in-service difficulty reports and other continuing airworthiness issues. All of these activities are in support of continuing aircraft sustaining program changes to be certified by government agencies such as Transport Canada (TC) / Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and others.

January 2006 – March 2012

Applications Engineer and Product Trainer, Crestron Electronics Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada

Responsibilities include but not limited to Training dealers on Automation control systems design and programming, firmware testing, system troubleshooting, and programming demonstration control systems.

Successfully trained over 3000 trainees to date.

Job responsibilities also include over the phone and on-site system troubleshooting, as well as providing recommendations on Technical Aspect of control systems.

Performed New Products (Software and Hardware) Testing on Beta versions of products as a part of Test Team at Crestron evaluating the performance and reliability of would be released products.

November 2003- July 2004

Systems Engineer at Sunset Studios Media Systems (Audio Visual Design and Installation Company) Los Angeles, CA.

Work Includes but not limited to Audio Visual Electrical System Installation Diagrams, Electrical Wiring Diagrams, Creston Control Systems Programming and Installation, and Interaction with Clients.

June 15-July 14, 2003

Laboratory Technician, University of Kentucky.

Worked in the field of Data Acquisition and Instrumentation involving various sensors.

Fall/Spring 2002/Spring 2003/Spring 2000

Computer Assistant, University of Kentucky, Business and Economics Laboratory.

Responsibilities included but were not limited to: assisting network users in troubleshooting and correcting user and/or software problems and difficulties. Summer 2001

Research Assistant, University of Kentucky (UK), College of Engineering, Micro and Nano Devices and Materials Lab.

Worked under Prof. Zhi Chen under a grant from NSF (National Science Foundation), designing and testing different carbon nano tubes based sensors. For more info please visit:

http://www.engr.uky.edu/~zhichen/RESEARCH/research.html#MOS-Device- Fall 2000

Co-op Engineer, Trane Company, Lexington, Kentucky. Primary responsibilities were in Materials Cost and Management. Successfully qualified a new part that was determined by Trane to reduce material cost and increase reliability.

Research and Development Experience:

a) Main Investigator of Root Cause analysis of the ineffectiveness of a modern commercial composite aircraft’s metallic mesh with carbon-fiber reinforced polymer structure for protection against electromagnetic interference due to a) lightning induced effects (low frequency: few KHz to few MHz) as well as b) High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) effects (high frequency: hundreds of MHz to tens of GHz) when compared to an aircraft with metallic structure. Study concluded in fall 2013.

b) Primary Investigator in the development and qualification of new technology in lieu of the current electromagnetic shielding protection used in commercial aerospace industry. This technology explores the use of nanoparticles in composite structures that could be effective for protection of aircrafts both at high and low frequency and due to direct and indirect effects of lightning. This technology is under development (currently under fabrication) which will be followed by qualification testing. This technology to be applied on aircraft after qualification in fall 2014. Patent to be filed in fall 2014. c) Chief Technical Liaison for Aircraft Cabin Connectivity Implementation project with University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada on developing light weight, low profile electronic beam scanning antenna array with beam scanning and tracking system control at Ka-Band (20/30 GHz) to be used on Bombardier Business Aircraft for high speed cabin connectivity.

Papers:

Mohammad D. Khan “On Electromagnetic Shielding in Composite Aircraft: An Applied Electromagnetic Approach” submitted to “SAE International Journal of Aerospace”, submittal number: 13JAERO-0033 in November 2013. Mohammad D. Khan, “Perytons and their Possible Sources”, Cornell University Library/arXiv.org; Astrophysics: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, permanent arXiv identifier 1404.5080

Cited Work: I. Y. Dodin and N. J. Fisch,” ARE PERYTONS SIGNATURES OF BALL LIGHTING?” Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA; The Astrophysical Journal Relevant Coursework and Experience Gained:

EE470: Electromagnetics II (Grade: A)

Dynamic field theory and elementary solutions to Maxwell's equations. Introduction to propagation and radiation of electromagnetic fields.

EE570a: Advanced Electromagnetics Theory (Grade: A) Static and dynamic electromagnetic field theory; solution of scalar and vector boundary value problems; Kirchhoff radiation theory; geometrical optics and geometrical diffraction theory.

EE599: High Frequency Engineering (Special Topic) (Grade: A-) Virtue and Limitations of Circuit theory in the light of applied Electromagnetics. Frequency Limitation of Resistors, Capacitors and Inductors, various types of transmission lines (e.g. coaxial, stripline, microstrip, waveguide etc.), scattering matrix theory, impedance matching and tuning.

EE573a: Antenna Analysis (Grade: A)

Analysis of idealized antenna models, including the dyadic Green's function, reciprocity, aperture radiation, methods of moments, geometrical and physical optics, reflectors, arrays.

EE551: Principles of Radars (Grade: A)

Signal propagation, reflections from targets; radar equation; detection of scintillating targets; resolution; ambiguity functions; clutter rejection; tracking radars.

Software Experience (Number of Years of Experience):

Circuit Design and Simulation Software: B2 Spice (3 years),

Mentor Graphics for IC Design (1 year),

DRC/LVS and parasitic extraction tools,

IVEX (Win Draft and Win board) (1 year)

Lab View and, MATLAB.

Memberships/Activities:

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer, Member Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honor Society), UK Chapter, President, 2002-03

Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) Lifetime Member IEEE EMCS (Electromagnetics Compatibility Society) Member IEEE APS (Antenna Propagation Society) Member

References Available Upon Request

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