Design Engineer Electrical

Moh K. Nezami, Ph.D., US-Citizen

Plantation, Florida, USA

**************@***.*** Cell Ph. 954-***-**** Voice Msg. 954-***-****

Summary

Interest

An experienced hands on PhD design engineer and a researcher specializing in:

- Design and testing Board level receiver/transmit RF circuits (DC-5Ghz).

- Design, development, and validation of RF transceiver front-end and baseband digital signal processing algorithms (PHY) for modulation/demodulation.

Development of state of the art transceivers Frontend and Baseband DSP algorithms. Developing wireless waveforms and waveform modem algorithms. RF/Digital frontends and synchronization algorithms, modulation/demodulation algorithms. Hardware impairments and interference/distortion estimation and cancellation algorithms. Adaptive antenna-impedance matching and beamforming.

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, 2001

Emphasis: “Wireless Receiver Synchronization Algorithmshttp://digitalcommons.fau.edu/dissertations/AAI3001233/”.

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado, Denver/Boulder, 1991

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado, Denver, 1988

Industrial Experience

Academic Teaching Experience

xG Technologies, Florida, 9/2013-3/2015:, Sr. System design engineer : Designed, simulated and implemented a baseband loop back auto calibration algorithms for an OFDM-MIMO transceiver. DC estimation and cancellation, LO leakage and I/Q mismatches estimation and cancellation. Design, analysis, and simulation of a high performance RF receiver for MIMO OFDM using off-the-shelf components. Design, simulation, and implementation of various baseband algorithms for an MRC and spatial multiplexed OFDM-MIMO transceiver. Verification of the proposed waveform and algorithms performances with hardware in the loop lab setup using MATLAB/C-ESG/VSA. Investigated several performance related problems in the transceiver baseband DSP and in the RF section.

ViewTEQ, Florida, 5/2013–8/2013 (contract), Sr. RF design engineer: Designing agile audio/video modulator 50Mhz 850Mhz for CATV Headend and parts of a Micro-Node FTTH Optical CATV unit.

Telesystems LLC, Amman, Jordan, 2009–2013: Design Engineer, worked on circuit and board level design of numerous products developed for consumer OEMs.

Telekom Research & Development SDN BHD (contract), Malaysia 10-/2004-10/2005: Research Scientist (Contract): Worked with ASIC group to demonstrate OFDMA demodulation algorithms. Design and layout of a WLAN access point 2.45GHZ transceiver board, design and layout of a 3G WCDMA Basestation transceiver board.

Raytheon Company, Saint Petersburg, Florida, 7/2001-11/2004, Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer: Worked on the development of DSP algorithms for a linearized (PDP) spot beam satellite transmitter. Investigated and Implemented several satellite grounds terminal MODEM functions (PHY) using COTS DSP platform including synchronization, filtering, AGC, and demodulation.

Mnemonics Inc., Melbourne, Florida, 1999-7/2001, Principal Design Engineer: Implemented several satellite ground terminal MODEM functions including synchronization, filtering, AGC, and demodulation. Designed satellite terminal fractional-N PLL synthesizer board and clock reference distribution module.

Casi-Rusco Corporation (contract), Boca Raton, Florida, 4/98 –10/98 RF Engineer: Investigated several. DSP algorithms for extending the read range and sensitivity of proximity RFID card reader.

Westinghouse Audio Intelligence Devices, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 4/96 –5/98 Project RF Design Engineer: Designed various RF parts of several audio intelligence wireless radio devices.

Allied-Signal Aerospace (Bendix-King), Ft. Lauderdale Florida: 8/ 1994-7/1996, Sr. RF Design Engineer: Designed various parts of HF/UHF receivers of avionic radios. .

ViewSonics Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, 8/1993-9/1994, Sr. RF/Microwave Design Engineer: Designed S-band MMDS broadcasts transmitter.

University of South Florida, Tampa, 2001-2002, Adjunct Faculty: Taught graduate level mobile communication systems, Directed independent graduate courses, and co-directed several Masters Thesis in OFDM systems.

Yarmuk University, PS university of Technology, and Philadelphia University, 2005-2012, Amman Jordan, Taught communication and Electronics courses.

Computer

CAD Tools

Test Equipment

Skills

Patents

Book & Journal conference publications

PSpice, ADS, C/C++, MatLab, PADS, Mentor Graphics, Altium, and Orcad, and Xilinx Vivado.

1.V/S-Network Analyzer, V-signal generator, V-signal Analyzer, Oscilloscope, DVM, power meter, Phase noise meter, BER meter, Impedance meter, TDR, Optical power meter, and channel simulators.

US patent 7,113,037 “Performing remote power amplifier linearization, 3/2004, Raytheon Company.

2.US patent 7,151,405 “Estimating power amplifier non-linearity in accordance with memory depth”, 3/2004, Raytheon Company.

3.US patent 7529295 “Acquiring frequency and phase offset estimates using frequency domain analysis”,1/2009, Raytheon Company.

4.Patent applications in progress, OFDM transceiver loopback calibration.

1.Mohamed K. Nezami, "Wireless Digital Receiver Techniques", ISBN: 188*******. CLICK for FREE COPY http://www.mediafire.com/?by5x35fnpq4pae9

2.Numerous conferences and some Journal publications in the areas of RF circuit design, digital communication, and MODEM signal processing algorithms. Available upon request

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