Design System

SWETHA JAYAKUMAR

**** ********* ****, *** #****, Richardson, TX-75080

******.*********@********.***, Phone: 972-***-****, Availability: June 2014

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a full time opportunity to effectively contribute my technical skills, abilities and ideas to the organization and to gain

experience & knowledge in the field of Wireless Communications / RF & Microwave Engineering.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.515 May 2014

University Of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication GPA: 8.71 / 10 June 2012

Anna University, Chennai, India

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Physical Layer Simulation of an OFDM system in MATLAB:

Specification of OFDM parameters for IEEE 802.11a standard, Monte-Carlo AWGN Channel simulation of OFDM transmitter

and receiver using IFFT and FFT functions for different digital modulation techniques- BPSK, QPSK &16QAM, Multipath

Channel simulation using given tap delay lines & Rayleigh Fading simulator, Adaptive Modulation and MIMO-OFDM

simulation comparison, Performance analysis of SNR vs BER. Development of Ricean fading simulator & K-factor estimator

Development of Path Loss Simulator: Free Space, Simplified Path Loss, 2-ray ground reflection & COST-231

Estimation of the percentage of time the received SNR exceeds the target SNR & percentage of cell coverage for a given radius.

Design of Octave-Bandwidth feedback MMIC amplifier on GaAs in AWR-MWO:

For frequency range 1-2 GHz, design goals included specified linear gain, gain flatness across band; Input & Output return

losses, Stability analysis by K-factor method (0.5-6 GHz) & estimation of figure of merit through power consumption, cost, size.

Design of a micro-strip patch antenna on Duroid in AWR-AXIEM simulation:

Specifications were frequency range (1.895-1.905 GHz) & Input return loss (>10 dB) with antenna layout and radiation patterns.

RF & Microwave components design in AWR-EM and Laboratory testing projects:

Micro-strip Resonator, 3-dB Wilkinson Power divider, Quadrature branch line coupler, edge-coupled 15dB directional coupler,

Chebyshev & Butterworth Low Pass Filters, Microwave amplifier, Mixer Characterization, Scalar & Vector measurements.

Components designed & simulated with layout optimization, Gerber file, soldered, performance tested for parameters compliance

Automated avalanche detection and warning system – RF System Design in AWR:

Design of RF transmitter & receiver system using Doppler radar and Satellite to automatically detect & warn on-set of avalanche

Frequency-5 GHz, Range of operation, Radar cross section, Nominal & Yield analysis, Power added efficiency, Doppler shift

Design of two-stage Low Noise Amplifier (LNA): Gain & N.F Budget, Matching Network, Stability, S-parameters

Peer review of IEEE journal: Design of Ring Coupler for arbitrary power division with 50 ohm lines, Improvement-tradeoff

Implementation of the shortest path (Dijikstra’s) algorithm in a wireless sensor network: Energy, Hop distance

Design of Fiber Optics TX & RX System for 3000 Km at 400 Gbps data rate: WDM, Eye diagram, BER, Spectrum

Under-graduation Project:

Sinking Behavior Tracking Method of Wireless AD-HOC Networks (Nodes) Using Cross Layer Detection:

Autonomous host-based intrusion malicious node detection system in network routing using SVM, FDA-mobility, traffic density

Learning Outcome: OSI layer architecture, TCP/IP architecture, IP addressing, WLAN, PAN, MAN, IEEE protocol standards

Undergraduate Academic Achievement: University Rank Holder (43rd among 8999 students in the state of Tamil Nadu, India)

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

2010(May)-In-plant Training: Mobile Technologies- BSNL- India’s Largest Public Sector Telephone Service Provider

Multiple access techniques (CDMA,FDMA,TDMA,WCDMA) used in mobile network, 2G(GSM architecture), 3G(W-CDMA),

basics of OFDM (4G-LTE), Digital modulation techniques, Call establishment process, Cellular system design and capacity

analysis, Large and small scale propagation effects, Channel models, evolution of GPRS and preceding generations, Wi-Fi,

WLAN, WiMAX (Wireless Standards), Diversity, MIMO systems, Noise in Communication systems, Signal processing.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Programming Languages: C, C++

Tools: MATLAB, AWR (VSS, Microwave office (MWO), AXIEM EM Simulator), NS2, Virtual Photonics

Operating System & Packages: Windows (all versions), MAC; MS-Office, Star Office

Equipment: Agilent Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Generator, Power meter, Oscilloscope

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Digital Communications, Wireless Communications, Digital Signal Processing, RFID & Sensor Networks, Random Processes,

RF & Microwave Circuits, Microwave Design and Measurements Laboratory, RF & Microwave Systems Engineering,

RF & Microwave Amplifier Design, Algorithmic Aspects of Telecommunication Networks, Optical Communication Systems

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