Electrical Engineer & Computer Engineer Student Leader

Yassa Beshai

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Education

New Jersey Institute of Technology – Newark College of Engineering Sept 2022 – Present BS in Electrical Engineering & BS in Computer Engineering GPA: 3.989/4.0

Core Classes: Digital Signal Processing (Graduate Course), Signal Transmission, RF & Optics, Advanced Control Sys- tems, Electronic Circuit Design, Power Systems, Semiconductors, EM Fields, Computer Engineering Design Lab, Advanced Computer Architecture, Digital Logic Design, Linear Algebra Experience

Electrical Engineering Design Intern - Digital

North Atlantic Industries Inc.

Bohemia, NY

June 2025 – August 2025

Constructed a JTAG-free, USB-based field updatability scheme for an Artix-7 FPGA based power supply control board

Established a custom SPI-based communication protocol for transferring data & commands between the host PC, the microprocessor on-board, and the FPGA to reprogram the boot QSPI flash memory

Developed a C-based Baremetal application for a MicroBlaze processor to access the flash memory through the AXI4 IPs using Vitis increasing update speed by 50%

Utilized VHDL and Vivado to design FPGA hardware for required SPI and native BRAM access interfaces Transnational Research Intern (Prototype Design)

Basuray Microfluidics Lab at NJIT

Newark, NJ

May 2024 – May 2025

Engineered a point-of-care prototype for an electrochemical sensor for detection of zoonotic diseases

Enhanced the operation of existing automation protocols for a microfluidic system by 60% and devised a cross-platform solution for automation using LabView, C++, and Python

Drafted PCBs using KiCad for power and signal multiplexing circuits to reduce the design form factor by 25%

Constructed and Assembled mechanical enclosures using SOLIDWORKS, 3D printers, and laser cutters Undergraduate Student Research Assistant

NJIT Center for Solar and Terrestrial Research

Newark, NJ

May 2023 – May 2024

Developed a Python-based software suite for calculating a given velocity distribution’s moments

Contributed to plotting and analyzing data acquired by the Big Bear Solar Observatory during the Oct. 14th. 2023 solar eclipse for total electron content analysis

Projects

NJIT Solar Car - Central Control Unit & Solar Array April 2025 - Present

Devised a plan to build a solar-powered vehicle to compete in the 2026 American Solar Challenge

Designed Various PCBs, including MPPTs, CAN Transceivers, & STM32-based IO Board in KiCAD IEEE Antenna Propagation Society LoRA-Based Wireless Communication Module April 2025 - Present

Designed a LoRA-based communication module PCB along with a custom antenna constructed and simulated in Ansys HFSS

Won 3rd place in the poster design competition hosted by IEEE-APS, IEEE North Jersey, and IEEE Photonics FPGA-Based CPU August 2024 - Nov 2024

a 32-bit CPU in VHDL and Verilog using Xilinx Vivado Analog Multiplexing System Printed Circuit Board August 2024 - Sept 2024

Designed a signal multiplexing solution for an impedance spectroscopy system using KiCAD Publications

Fully Automated Microfluidic Electrochemical Platform as a Versatile Biosensor Niranjan Haridas Menon, Yassa Beshai, Sagnik Basuray July 2025

Published in IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 1-4, Aug. 2025, Art no. 4501404, doi: 10.1109 Technologies & Skills

Technical Skills: Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, Python, C/C++, Java, Xilinx Vivado (FPGA), Xilinx Vitis, MicroBlaze, ZYNQ, NI MULTISIM, NI LabVIEW, KiCAD (PCB Design), SOLIDWORKS, HFSS, AWR Microwave Office Soft Skills: Communication, Leadership, Collaboration, Multitasking, Decision Making, Adaptability, Conflict Resolution, Crit- ical Thinking, Active Listening

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