Engineering Design

KUNJ DESAI *** A- Elmwood Street State College, PA-16801 224-***-**** ******@***.***

OBJECTIVE

Looking for a full time opportunity that will help me pursue my interests in Antenna Design, Radio Frequency and Wireless Communication

EDUCATION

The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State- University Park)

Masters in Science (MS), Electrical Engineering (EE); Expected Graduation: May 2014 GPA: 3.56/4.00

LD College of Engineering (LDCE), India

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE); June 2012 CGPA: 8.22/10.0

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Antenna Engineering Principles of Electromagnetics Laser and Optical Electronics RF and Microwave Engineering

Advanced Electromagnetics Optical Fiber Communication Digital Signal Processing

Independent Study :Theory and design of high power RF amplifiers operating in the kilowatt range at HF Nov’13-Present

Studying amplifiers that have several lower power modules with a combiner network; working on testing and integration of high power

low pass filters to prevent harmonics and designing protection circuitry for high VSWR and other catastrophic conditions

Created detailed class reports: Ultra wide Band Antenna, Metamaterial in Electromagnetics, Horn Antenna

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Tools : CST, HFSS, FEKO, GNEC, MATLAB, C

Test & Measurement : Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Anechoic chamber measurements

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Sep’13-Present

Circular phased arrays: design and optimization, Penn State-EE

Designed linearly polarized and a novel circularly polarized phased arrays using circular ring and triangular lattice to reduce side-lobe level

and mutual interaction and optimized it using FEKO; currently working on building antenna prototype and testing it in anechoic chamber and

will compare test results with FEKO simulation

Jan’12–Jun’12 (6 months)

Design of Antenna Using Metamaterial, LDCE-ECE

Reduced antenna dimensions to 50% of the original size and achieved significant improvement in bandwidth and gain using CST

WORK EXPERIENCE

Aug’13-Present

Teaching Assistant to Professor, Class of Antenna Engineering (EE 438), Penn State-EE

Conducting weekly review sessions, managing anechoic chamber, grading assignments and providing feedback for a class of 35 students

May’11- July’11 (3 months)

Intern on Telecom Technologies

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited- Government of India)

Learned fundamentals of telecommunication n etworks, switching, corporate networks, Intranet and Leased lines and visit to telephone

exchange, optical fiber cables & systems labs and GSM/CDMA working stations

PUBLICATIONS

May’11-Jan’12 (7 months)

Wide Bandwidth Triangular Microstrip Patch Antenna for GSM Application

International Conference of Electronics and Communication Engineering, ICECE-2012, India

Improved impedance bandwidth to 35% and achieved low return loss of -40dB with VSWR at 1.0025 using slot geometry at center frequency

of 940 MHz using CST

Dec’10–July’11 (7 months)

Insert Feed Technique for Printed Circuit Antenna for Medical Application

Telecom and Digital Media Technology, TDMT-2011, Singapore

Used the effective feed technique for printed circuit antenna and developed the curve fitting formula to get the maximal impedance match.

Achieved bandwidth and of 100 MHz and gain of 8dB using CST.

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

Attended workshops: ‘Recent Trends in Antenna Design’ at Nirma University (26-30th Dec-2011), Ahmedabad, India and

‘Remote Sensing and GPS’ conducted by IIRS and ISRO at EMRC, Gujarat University, India

Attended professional development hours: ‘Wireless Link Engineering 1 & 2’ organized by USPurtek LLC, TX

Avid interest in cricket; represented School and College Cricket team at cricket-sports tournaments

Event coordinator of Reverse Bias 3.0 in Samanvay-2009 & in Teqnix-2010, a national level technical festivals, LDCE

Core team member of Teqnix-2010, a national level technical festival, LDCE

Licensed amateur radio operator with FCC (KC3BLO)

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