Electrical Engineer Circuit Design

Md Shafayet Alam

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Career Objective

Electrical Engineer with expertise in analog and digital circuit design, semiconductor technologies, and MEMS device fabrication. Seeking to advance my career in design and/or integration roles. Summary

• 4 years of experience in designing and microfabricating MEMS and semiconductor devices.

• 7 years of experience in analog and digital circuit design and layout using PSpice and OrCAD.

• 7 Years of expertise in designing and fabricating CMOS devices.

• 7 years of experience in designing embedded systems using VLSI and LabVIEW.

• 4 years of experience in analyzing corrosion properties of Additively Manufacturing (AM) processed alloy metals.

• Proficient in metrology instruments including SEM, TEM, EDS, Confocal Microscopy, XPS and XRD.

• Highly experienced in working with collaborative research groups and interdisciplinary concentration.

• Six Sigma Green Belt certified and expert in Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques. Experience

Graduate Research Assistant September 2020-Present Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

• Developed a composite MEMS device combining thermal and capacitive sensing for microscale tracking of phase interface and surface temperature during phase change heat transfer.

• Investigated underlying physics behind heat transfer mechanisms during subcooled impacting droplets utilizing a custom MEMS device across various impact velocities and temperatures.

• Analyzed the corrosion properties of additive manufactured metal alloys processed by Selective Laser melting (SLM), Additive Stir Friction Deposition (AFSD) and Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) techniques in simulated environment.

• Examined the manufacturing process parameters to understand their roles in the microstructure of the fabricated materials.

• Sample preparation following polish, etch and ultrasonically cleaning process.

• Pre-corrosion and post-corrosion microstructural analysis of the materials using metrology tools.

• Managed a team consisting of 4 undergraduate students in research projects. Graduate Teaching Assistant March 2020-November 2020 Department of Physics, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA Responsibilities

• Preparing Physics 2 lab materials and experimental setup.

• Conducting 12 experiments in Physics 2 lab per quarter.

• Grading and evaluating lab reports and exam sheets for the students. Officer October 2016-July 2019

Southeast Bank Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and troubleshooting ATM and baking server network.

• Client data management in cloud storage.

• Implementing automation for building systems.

• Providing ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting for electrical systems to prevent downtime. Education

PhD (ABD) in Micro and Nanoscale Systems Engineering November 2024 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, USA

MS in Electrical Engineering August 2023

Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, USA

BS in Electrical Engineering January 2014

Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh Technical Skills and Abilities

Electrical And Electronics Devices

Expert in tools such as TSUPREM4, Medici, Cadence, LabVIEW, LTSpice, OrCAD PSpice, DHCH2, Microwind, Quartz and Silvaco. Finite Element Analysis Design and Simulation Tools Skilled in SolidWorks, COMSOL and AutoCAD

Microfabrication

Proficient in experience in cleanroom protocols, photoresist application, photolithography, mask alignment, wet and dry etching, Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP), Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and doping. Metrology Tools

Experienced in microstructural imaging and characterization tools such as optical microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy

(SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), laser confocal microscopy, Energy-dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS or EDX), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Raman Spectroscopy and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Programming Language and MS Office Tools

Efficient in Python, C and C++. Expert in MS Tools like MS Office, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and Outlook. Statistical Analysis Tools

Skilled in MATLAB and Minitab.

Relevant Projects

• Doping Si to Create p-type and n-type regions for a CMOS transistor fabrication.

• Designing Digital Logic Circuit (DLD) gates and devices such as digital clock and Low-pass filter circuit using OrCAD PSpice.

• Thin film deposition of gold via CVD on Al substrate to prevent corrosion.

• Fabricating a microelectronic circuit on a Si wafer by photolithography.

• Design and Simulation of a 4-Bit Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) Using Cadence. Certifications, Honors and Awards

• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, Louisiana Tech University, May 2022

• Runner-up in College of Engineering and Science Graduate Student Symposium Oral Presentation, February 2022

• Bounds and Gidlow Scholarship for outstanding academic performance and dedication to international community at Louisiana Tech University, March 2022

Publications

[1] Alam, Md Shafayet and Campbell, Sarah R. and Spivey, Savannah R. and Dutta, Gaurab and Karan, Anik and Pal, Nabamita and Xie, Jingwei and DeCoster, Mark A. and Murray, Erica, Additively Manufactured 316l Stainless Steel as a Potential Alternative Implant Material. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4943966 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4943966.

[2] M. S. Alam, M. Hayward, G. Petculescu, E. Murray and M. Steiner, “Effect of Laser Scan Speed on Elastic and Corrosive Properties of Additively Manufactured 316 L Stainless Steel,”

[3] M. S. Alam, I. Hossain, G. Dutta, and E. Murray, “Effects of Different Scan Speeds on Microstructural and Corrosion Properties of Additively Manufactured HSLA Steels in 3.5% NaCl Solution,” ECS Meet. Abstr., vol. MA2022-02, no. 10, p. 696, 2022, doi: 10.1149/MA2022-0210696mtgabs.

Leadership and Teamwork

• Vice President, Graduate Student Council (GSC), COES, Louisiana Tech University, April 2022-May 2023.

• President, Students’ Association of Bangladesh at Louisiana Tech University, March 2021-February 2022. Organizational/ Professional Affiliations

• Student Member, The Electrochemical Society (ECS), June 2022-Present.

• Graduate Student Member, IEEE, April 2020-Present.

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