Design Engineering

Saad Azmeen-ur-Rahman

Graduate Research Assistant at Oklahoma State University

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541-***-**** • ******.******@*******.*** • linkedin.com/in/azmeen Seeking a challenging internship position in RF/mm-wave/THz circuit design. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma Jan 2020 - Present Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering GPA: 4.00 Advisor: Dr. Wooyeol Choi

Research: Terahertz Circuit Design for Communications and Imaging

• Design and tapeout of 410 GHz passive sub-harmonic mixer in 65 nm CMOS process o Design, simulation, model extraction and layout using Cadence, ADS and HFSS Courses: RF Microwave Circuit Design1, Communication Electronics1 (audit) CMOS IC I2, CMOS IC II2, Analog CMOS IC2, Analog CMOS Circuit Design2, Network Theory2, Wireless Communication1, Semiconductors2, Process Integration2, Bioelectronics Systems and Devices2 1 Oklahoma State University 2 Oregon State University Skilled in: Cadence, ADS, HFSS, Spectrum Analyzer, VNA, Power Meter, Waveguides, Oscilloscope, AWG, etc. Course taught: Electronic Devices and Applications EDUCATION

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Sep 2017 - Dec 2019 Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering GPA: 3.81 Advisor: Dr. Patrick Y. Chiang, Dr. Matthew L. Johnston Jesus College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Graduated May 2013 MSc by Research, Engineering Science

Thesis: “Direct Wavefront Sensing in Adaptive Microscopy” Advisor: Dr. Martin J. Booth, Dr. Tony Wilson

Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK Graduated Jul 2008 BEng (Hons), Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Communications Systems) 1st Class with Honours Thesis: “The Error-Resilience Scheme Based on Packet Level LDPC for Dirac Video Codec” Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Loo

EXPERIENCES

Biotronik - Micro Systems Engineering Inc., Lake Oswego, Oregon Sep 2019 - Dec 2019 Analog IC Design Intern

• Designed low-power BPSK transmitter for state-of-the-art pacemaker prototype in CMOS process. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Oct 2017 - Dec 2019 Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

• FPGA implementation of serial communication link for stretchable electronics.

• ASIC design of readout circuit for 128x128 single-photon avalanche diode array for flash LiDAR in 180 nm process. Courses taught: • System Design with Microcontrollers • Energy-Efficient VLSI Design • VLSI System Design North South University, Department of ECE, Dhaka, Bangladesh Jan 2013 - Sep 2017 Senior Lecturer (currently on leave)

• Teaching Electrical Circuits, Analogue Electronics, Digital Logic Design, Signals & Systems, Capstone Design Project and other foundational courses.

University of Oxford, Scanning Optical Microscopy Group, Oxford, UK Oct 2008 - Dec 2012 Research Student

• Research on Adaptive and Fourier Optics for microscopy to achieve diffraction-limited imaging.

• Performed mathematical modeling using Mathematica.

• Implemented software to interface with hardware using LabVIEW and NI-DAQs.

• Experienced with building, alignment, measurements, etc. of optical systems. Trinity Convergence Limited, Cambridge, UK Aug 2006 - Sep 2007 Software Engineering Intern

• Implemented Secure Real-Time Protocol (SRTP) for V2IP software, VeriCall Edge, on ARM11E. RELEVANT COURSE PROJECTS

• Design and layout of wideband LNA for WLAN (2.4/5/6 GHz) using COTS transistor (SAC-541+) on PCB.

• Design of 5 GHz 10 mW LNA with S21 > 10 dB, S11/22 < -15 dB, NF < 3 dB in 130 nm process.

• Design of 15 MHz 5th order elliptic switched-capacitor filter with 0.9 MHz passband.

• Design and layout of 70 dB 70 MHz 1 Vp-p 9 mW fully differential op-amp in TSMC 180 nm process. PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

• Rahman, S. A., & Booth, M. J. (2013). Direct wavefront sensing in adaptive optical microscopy using backscattered light. Applied optics, 52(22), 5523-5532.

• Ahmed, N., Nabila, P. H., Mahmud, S., Mirza, N., Rony, R. J., Mushfique, T., & Rahman, S. A. U., (2017). Designing an IoT Solution to Fight Harassment in Bangladesh: A Human Centric Design Approach. UbiComp. Conference Papers

• Shi, S., Wang, L., Johnston, M., Rahman, A. U., Singh, G., Wang, Y., & Chiang, P. Y. (2018, April). Pathway to a compact, fast, and low-cost LiDAR. In 2018 4th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics

(ICCAR) (pp. 232-236). IEEE.

• Ahmed, N., Rahman, S. A. U., Rony, R. J., Mushfique, T., & Mehta, V. (2016, September). Protibadinext: sensor support to handle sexual harassment. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct (pp. 918-921). ACM.

• Tashreef, S., Iftekhar, L., & Azmeen-ur-Rahman, S. (2016, June). Design of a crash-resistant PD-controlled quadcopter using coaxial propeller system. In 2016 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)

(pp. 986-992). IEEE.

HONORS

• Graduate Assistantship, Oklahoma State University (Jan’20 - present)

• Leo J. Peters & Josie Mosely Peters Scholarship in Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University (Sep’20)

• Graduate Assistantship, Oregon State University (Oct’17 - Sep’19)

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council studentship, University of Oxford (Oct’08 - Sep’10)

• Graduate Research Allowance, Jesus College, University of Oxford (May’09)

• IEEE Communications Prize for Best Final Year Student in Communications Systems, Brunel University (Jul’08)

• IEEE Communications Society 2007/2008 Best Undergraduate Project Prize, Brunel University (Jul’08)

• Tuition remission based on academic merit and financial hardship, Brunel University (2005/06, 2007/08)

• EECS Final Year Student Representative, Brunel University (Sep’07 - May’08)

• IEEE Communications Prize for Best Student in Penultimate Year, Brunel University (Jul’07) RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Member, IEEE (2016 - present)

o MTTS (2020 - present), SSCS (2017 - present), YP (2018 - present), WIE (2018 – present)

• Lab Coordinator, Dept. of ECE, North South University (Jan’15 - Apr’17)

• Reviewer, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (2017)

• Counselor, IEEE NSU Student Branch, Dept. of ECE, North South University (Apr’15 - Nov’16) RELEVANT SKILLS

• Other Circuit Design Tools: Synopsys, ModelSim, PSpice, Multisim, LTspice, Logisim, Quartus, MAX+PLUS II, ISE Silvaco Athena

• Hardware Description Languages: VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog

• Programming: C, C++, BASIC, LabVIEW, Mathematica, MATLAB

• Scripting Languages: BASH, TCL

• Embedded Systems: (FPGA) Altera, Xilinx (Microcontroller) PIC, Arduino

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