Engineering Electrical

PRAMOD KAUSHIK

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Naperville, IL-60565.

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

Self-motivated electrical engineering graduate student looking for an entry-level engineering position.

PUBLICATIONS

• Author, “Customizing Household Mobile Robot for Remote Laboratories”, REV Conference, Feb 28 2014.

• Co Author, “Developing Control Experiments as a part of a Remote Laboratory Facility”, ASEE, June 2014.

EDUCATION

• Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Dec 2013

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

GPA 3.7

• Anna University, Chennai, India

May 2011

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication

78%

SKILLS

• Programming: C, C++, Perl, Assembly Languages, Verilog HDL.

• Tools & Packages: MATLAB, LabVIEW, Xilinx, Embedded Development Studio, LASI, MicroTec

Simulator, COMSOL Multi-physics, Electric VLSI, Microsoft Office.

• EDA Tools: Cadence, SPICE, and Mentor Graphics.

INDUSTRIAL EXPOSURE

• In-Plant Trainee at Airports Authority of India, Chennai, with exposure to ground-air and ground-ground

communication systems, using AF, RF, HF, UHF and VHF Techniques.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant Northern Illinois University Spring 2012-

Spring 2013

• Remote Laboratories: Implemented projects using Labview, including Multiple channel oscillator, speed

and position control of servo motors using PD, PI and PID control techniques, and made it accessible through

Internet using Labview’s DAQs, vision acquisition and web publishing tools. (Webpage:

http://niu.edu/remotelab).

• Roomba Control Panel: Programmed an iRobot ‘Roomba create’ using Labview and made it remotely

controllable using web publishing tool and vision and data acquisition of LabVIEW. Also, designed power

supply for the entire setup.

• Wireless Data Acquisition: Acquired data wirelessly using propeller microcontrollers, ADCs and RF

transceivers and integrating this system with Roomba project. Designed PCB boards for Tx and Rx using

multisim and altium software.

Teaching Assistant Northern Illinois University Fall 2012-Spring 2013

• Well-organized, proficient with software available in school, possess good communication skills and

approachable. Courses: Microprocessor and Interfacing, Communication System Design, Advanced Digital

Design, Circuit Analyses.

STEM OUTREACH EXPERIENCE

• Have been a part of SWE’s and College’s outreach to local area schools. (SWE Member ID: 367688).

• Have conducted ‘Green-energy’ and ‘nanotechnology’ summer camps as a lead student counselor.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

• Analog CMOS VLSI: Designed a source cross-coupled CMOS differential amplifier using SPICE and

Layout was implemented using Electric VLSI (with DRC).

• VLSI Device Design: Designed Resistor, MOS capacitor, CMOS Inverter and ring oscillator using Mentor

Graphics.

• Signal Classification: Characterized, compared and classified signals using digital filters in MATLAB.

• Speech Enhancement: Implemented and compared various noise reduction techniques using MATLAB.

• Signal Estimation: Executed signal estimation using LMS, NLMS and Bayesian estimation techniques using

MATLAB.

THESIS

‘Study of porous silicon (PS) templates for growth of Zinc Oxide Nanowires’. Studied various parameters

involved in the formation of PS and the growth of nanowires into PS templates using Zinc oxide by chemical

vapor transfer method. Have gained experience in operating a Scanning Electron Microscope and processing a

semiconductor in a class 100 clean room.

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

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• VLSI chip & device design • Digital, Random and Speech Signal

• Electronic circuit analyses Processing

• Analog CMOS VLSI

• Thin Film Engineering

• Embedded Systems

AVAILABILITY: Available from Jan 20th, 2014 (current F1 visa holder, will work on OPT).

REFERENCES:

Dr Suma Rajashankar, Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Northern Illinois University.

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Dr Abul. K. M. Azad, Professor, Dept. of Engineering Technology, Northern Illinois University. (*****@***.***)

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