Adeek Faizal
Cell Phone 403-***-**** ** Panamount Drive NW, Calgary, AB T3K 5L9
Email ***********@*****.********.**
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adeek-faizal-4a335b1a8/ Home phone 403-***-****
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering, Biomedical and Electrical Engineering September 2015–April 2020 Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Alexander Rutherford High School Achievement Scholarship, Government of Alberta
Entrance Bursary Award from Carleton University
RELEVANT SKILLS
Technical and Analytical Skills
Proficient in Java, C, C++, MATLAB and Simulink to develop programs and models that could analyze complicated systems and mathematical functions
Experience with digital signal processing (DSP)
Medical image analysis in MATLAB
Experience using AutoCAD for design
Experience working with bio signals such as ECG, PPG and EMG
Experienced with circuit design and simulation programs such as OrCAD and ISE design implementing computer simulation suit 14.7 (gate level circuits and verification)
Built circuits in bread board using resisters, capacitors, diode, BTT and MOSFET
Made simple non-inventing op-amp design
Made and validated integrator, instrumentation amplifier, filter, rectifier, comparator, trigger, monostable, relay, optoisolator circuits and assembled to make electromyographic (EMG) signal produced by a forearm-controlled mouse (Bioelectronics)
Designed and constructed a circuit to record ECG using the following components: OP97, ISO124, AD620, LM741, 9V batteries, electrodes and snap cable
Used ANUS electric Desktop-Maxwell 2D/3D solver software to visualise electric field vectors and voltage equipotential in a cross section of structures consisting of conductors and insulators and analysed magnetic fields of different structures
Experienced with testing and debugging variations of the Intel 80x86 processor
Experienced with microcontroller embedded systems protocols, such as I2C and SPI communication protocols, to setup and test embedded devices
Scripted in embedded C using the Keil uVision IDE to program an ARM Cortex-M4 Microcontroller to simulate a multi-way joystick with programmable LED lights
Knowledge of embedded systems theory, such as interrupts, communication protocols, computer architecture, with experience in applying theoretical concepts within the lab testing environment
Used SciDAVis program for graphing FM and AM wave plots
Experienced in writing technical documents and engineering design reports at a professional standard, which were submitted as assignments in engineering courses
Possess statistical, research and ethics knowledge relevant to Engineering and science Laboratory Skills in Biohazard Environments
Experienced and adhered to bio safety level 1 and 2 laboratory environment protocols
Operated equipment such as biosafety cabinets, conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machines, gel electrophoresis equipment and Gel Doc system
Used molecular biology techniques such as nucleic acid extraction, PCR and sequencing
Worked in a team environment with different cultures and attended weekly meetings to discuss progress of research projects
APPLIED PROJECTS
Team Leader, Final Year Capstone Project September 2019-April 20220 Designed and constructed a prototype smart scale for monitoring physiological parameters
Measurement of weights using load cells
Measurement of body composition using bioimpedance analysis
Measurement of heart rate using photoplethysmogram (PPG)
Arduino microcontroller was applied to process measurements originated from sensors
Included android application
Wrote proposal, progress report, final report and data presented Team Leader. January-April 2019
Research on effect of weight lifting in isometric position on handgrip strength
Wrote a proposal and research ethics board (REB) clearance application
Conducted research using human subjects, data presented and wrote a final paper Team Leader September-December 2017
Constructed a Simple DC motor
Gathered materials to build, test and demonstrate a functional DC motor Team Leader September-December 2017
Redesigned a Tug of War Computer Game
Used Verilog to redesign a program to implement into FPGA modifying an existing Tag of War Game
The redesigned components include the technique of advancing to the next state in the game as well as adding sound for the winner and four player mode
Won the third place at Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE, student branch) Carleton FPGA competition
WORK EXPERIENCE
Summer Research Student May–August 2016
University of Calgary Faculty Veterinary Medicine, Calgary, AB Supervisor, Dr. Frank van der Meer (Associate Professor-Global Health)
Extracted nucleic acid from hundreds of cattle tissues such as spleen, intestines and esophagus
Set up and ran hundreds of PCR assays using ribonucleic acid as a template
Ran hundreds of PCR products using gel electrophoresis technique
Gel purified PCR products prepared for sequencing of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) genome
Sequencing data analysed
Project data were communicated as oral and poster presentations to fellow students and Professors EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE
Member of IEEE, Carleton University September-December 2016
Assisted with selling course notes and lab books
Collected money from selling printing and confectionary items
Helped fellow students and attended IEEE events
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Ontario society of Professional Engineers (Student member) September 2015–Present