Recent Graduate ECEN PhD_Texas A&M

S.A. P. L. Samarasinghe

**** ********** **, *** ** Tel: 203-***-****/203-***-****

Houston, TX 77057. Email: ********@*****.***

URL: www.bridgeport.edu/~psamaras

Objective

Seeking long term employment in an organization where I can grow professionally and further enhance my skills,

knowledge and experience.

Education

Texas A & M University, College Station TX, US

PhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering (Solid State) Dec 2014

Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (Electromagnetic and Microwaves) Dec 2008

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT, US

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering with honors, minor in Mathematics May 2006

Presidents List: Two Semesters Dean’s List: Six Semesters

GPA: 3.5/4.0

Skills

GIS Applications: ESRI ArcView 3.x, Arcinfo 8.x

Software Experience: Adobe Photoshop, MS Excel, HTML, Lotus 123, MS Word, MS Outlook, MS FrontPage, ArcSoft

Photo impression, AutoCAD, Solid Works, MS Extend, Symantec Norton Ghost 9.0 and similar software packages.

Operating Systems: Windows 98, Windows XP/2000, Windows Vista

Simulation Tools: PSPICE, LabVIEW

Hardware language: VHDL.

Nano Fabrication: Photo-Lithography

Equipment: FE-SEM, RIE, Mask Aligner, Confocal Microscope.

Cell Culturing: MDA 231, MCF 7, Bacteria (AOB, NOB)

Language Skills

Fluent in English and Sinhalese

Selected Project work

Department of Biology, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA (2014 Jan – 2014 Aug)

Worked on a project involving nematode species type to enhance their performance using hydrogel technique. Magnetizing

the nematodes and developing a method to change their steering angle by a variable DC voltage magnet done as a part of my

Ph.D. research work.

Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA (2013 Jan – 2013 Dec)

Worked on a Water purification system using two types of bacteria to oxidize Ammonia & Nitrite, as a part of the Ph.D.

research work. Fabricated & Developed a 3D layer by layer hydrogel encapsulation system for dual encapsulation of bacteria

using hydrogel.

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA (2012 Jan – 2012 Dec)

Worked on a collaboration project for microsphere development project as a collaboration drug delivery system, as a part of

the Ph.D. research work. Fabricated & Developed a system for cell encapsulation using hydrogel & microfluidic channel

device.

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX, USA (2009 July – 2011 Dec)

Worked on a development of methods in molecular diagnosis for epidermal growth factor receptor associated with cancer

cells using single molecular detection system, as a part of the Ph.D. research work.

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT, USA (2002 Aug – 2006 May) Department of Engineering

Designed and developed a temperature sensitive toaster oven as a part of the senior project. The hardware description was

done in VHDL. The Date base of the project was done in MSACCESS and was connected to the program using ODBC. The

temperature of the food reads through a probe and it was converted to the four bit digital form using NTE2054 chip. The

probe signals and the output signals were amplified through 8 OPAMP circuits. The comparison of the termination point was

done through the FLEX10K70.

The project URL: www.bridgeport.edu/~psamaras

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Worked in a three member research project of designing a “Dodge” game, which involves mouse, VGA monitor, and the

FPGA. Designed and developed the logical part of the game.

Designed a temperature display system, using 8088 CPU.

Worked in a research project of designing a prototype of a remote-control submarine. Involved in two-member team for

designing and developing the propulsion part of the submarine.

Work Experience

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Fall 2009-Spring 2014)

Teaching Assistant for the ELEN 214 Lab (Electrical Circuit Theory)

Teaching Assistant for ECEN 215 Lab (Principles of Electrical Engineering)

Teaching Assistant for ECEN 248 Lab (Introduction to Digital Systems Design)

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Spring 2010-Fall 2010)

Research Assistant for Dr Kameoka’s research group.

K.D.A. Weerasinghe (KDAW) & Co (PVT) LTD, Sri Lanka (June 2007-Aug2007) – Summer Internship

Created the website for KDAW constructions company.

Ref: http://www.kdawconstructions.com/

Pitney Bowes Inc, 27 Waterview Drive, Shelton, CT (Aug 2006 - Jan 2007)

Worked on the Leman’s and the Sebring development project for the United States Postal Services (USPS) which involved

UNIX server and a windows based SureTrac software. Troubleshooting the hardware and the software issues of the product

and solving those issues were part of the work.

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT (Summer 2005) Information Technology Department

Worked as a technician for the IT department. Involved in system troubleshooting, image copying of hard drives (Norton

ghost software) and network management in Bridgeport campus as well as the Stamford campus which is affiliated to the

UB. Made an active directory under a domain name and named all the computers under that directory. Also worked on

upgrading the PC’s to XP and other latest software packages.

Worked on backing up the PST files and configuring outlook settings including SMTP and POP3 mail settings according to

the particular ISP’s of the university machines.

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT (May 2005- May 2006) Information Technology Department

Served as a computer technician for the IT department of the University of Bridgeport. Worked with a five member team in

trouble shooting the hardware software issues of the University desktop computers, laptops, printers, modems and the other

office equipments. Also helped with technical issues of students and staff’s personal laptops, hardware issues and the Wi-Fi

configuration issues.

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT (May 2003- 2005 May) Information Technology Department

Worked as a computer lab monitor. There I helped the students with their technical issues, did printer and lab desktop trouble

shooting.

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT (January 2003-May 2003) Department of Public Relations

Worked as the assistant to Mr. John Daley; Director of the Public Relations Department.

University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (2000 Aug – 2000 Dec)

Research Assistant and the Personal Secretary of the chairman (Department of Civil Engineering - Moratuwa).

Worked in a GIS (Geographical Information System) project of Sri Lanka, with post-graduate students. The project was done

in ESRI ArcView 3.x and AutoCAD software. Worked on Geographical Information such as: Canals, Mountains, Valleys, and

Division Secretarial Boundaries (Administrative Boundaries) of Sri Lanka.

Made a database for all the main rivers in Sri Lanka using available maps in the Civil Engineering Department of University

of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Developed the database according to information such as: plan numbers, canal names, scales,

lengths and sub-canal names using MS Excel and Access.

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT – Volunteer Work

Was a columnist for “The Scribe” (University of Bridgeport official newspaper)

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Honors / Awards

Won the president’s honor from the University of Bridgeport for the 2003 Academic Year

Presidents Scout of Sri Lanka (Same as Eagle Scout in USA) – 2000

Preliminary English Exam Certificate (University of Cambridge-UK) - Conducted by The British Council of Sri Lanka.

(1998)

Leadership

Team Leader of the senior design project of developing the web based toaster oven.

Assistant Scout Leader of the Royal College, Sri Lanka scout troop

Other

Student member of the IEEE.

Active member of the high school Agriculture Society, Red Cross Society and Young Zoologists Association.

Member of the Royal College inter-house Badminton team.

Participated over 20 community development projects.

Eligible US Permanent Resident

References Available Upon Request

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