Project Manager / Business Analyst

Priyanka Bhardwaj

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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Tampa, FL

Master of Science – Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.3/4.0 05/11

• Concentration: Wireless Communications

• Memberships: IEEE, Multi-cultural community Coordinator

MAHARISHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY Rohtak, India

Bachelor of Technology – Electronics and Communications GPA: 3.8/4.0 08/04

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Antenna azimuth Position Control System Design 12/10

Modeled, designed and simulated a discrete control system that meets customer specifications for a satellite antenna currently available in the market. Improved the performance of the satellite antenna by adding a PID controller before the amplifier stage.

OFDMA Based Femtocells (A Detailed Study) 05/10

Analyzed and estimated the challenges for good spectrum allocation, interference mitigation, and the need of OFDMA for Femtocells implementation by performing a literature review of IEEE papers.

Blind Estimation of OFDM Transmission Parameters 05/10

Designed a receiver to decode the transmission parameters of an unknown OFDM signal. Derived a MATLAB code to check the receiver’s performance precision. Identified OFDM transmission parameters without any prior information.

W-CDMA Detailed Study 04/10

A study of fundamentals of wide band CDMA for third generation communication systems including layer 3 message, call set up, call drop, soft handover and hard handover, rake receivers, WCDMA (UMTS) etc. Review of the latest standards including CDMA/EVDO, iDEN, WiMAX, LTE, OFDM etc.

Wireless and Communication Lab; Data Synchronization 03/10 (Mar-08)

Designed a digital baseband receiver using MATLAB which could capture a wireless transmitted signal in order to analyze different parameters of a signal. The parameters included time/frequency/symbol synchronization, time/frequency/phase offsets, data sampling, and conversion of symbols to bits.

Circuit tuning and Momentum EM simulation 10/09 (Oct-07)

Hands on experience with the tuning feature in ADS momentum i.e. manual/automatic optimization by varying the component values in a layout for the EM analysis. Momentum (EM Simulator) feature in ADS to perform numerical electromagnetic analysis of the layout.

Optical Fiber Communication and Control Communication 02/08

Designed a model to control home appliances by using a mobile phone or a landline connection. First the data was converted into light signals, then by using optical fiber the communication was set up. Included conversion of data into light pulses and transmitting them through an optical fiber.

Light Activated Switch 06/05

Designed a switch which could automatically turn ON and OFF in the presence of light. It could be implemented within street lights, vehicle’s head light and other devices, making the devices energy efficient and reducing work load.

RELEVANT COURSE WORK

Mobile and Personal Communications, Digital Communications, RF & Microwave Ckts., Advance Topics on Wireless Communications Systems, Wireless Networking, Wireless Communications Lab, Satellite Communications, Antenna Theory, Communication Engineering.

STANDARDS and TOOLS

WLAN, CDMA, GSM, OFDM, WCDMA, LTE, WiMAX, iDEN, EVDO

Bluetooth, Wireless Protocols, Network Topologies

TEMS, NETTRACK, MAPINFO, Advance Design Systems (ADS)

MATHCAD, MATLAB and Simulink, SAS, SPSS, LABVIEW, AUTOCAD

HARDWARE TOOLS

HP Thermocouple Probe Kit (Agilent)

Agilent Vector network analyzer (8753D, 8714, 8719)

Agilent Spectrum analyzer (8565E, 8594E)

Agilent ESG Vector Signal Generator (E4438C)

Agilent Error Signal Analyzer (E440A)

SOFTWARE

Languages : VHDL, C, C++, C#

Framework : ASP.NET, ADO.NET

Operating Systems : Win 95/NT/98/2000/XP/7

Database Management Systems : SQL Server 2008, MYSQL

Web Development : HTML, XML

WORK EXPERIENCE

University of South Florida Tampa, FL

Research Assistant, funded by Tampa General Hospital 01/10 – 12/10

• Performed market research for health care applications of RFIDs. Identified key risks and potential benefits associated with RFID usage in hospitals.

• Presented a detailed report on the implementation of RFID tags for patient and machines in hospitals.

University of South Florida Tampa, FL

Proctor, Students with Disabilities Services 01/10 – 03/11

• Scheduled and conducted academic exams for disabled students. Maintained records, provided assistance to the disabled students.

AKS Information Technology Services Noida, India

Information Security Consultant 01/09 – 07/09

• Performed cyber forensic and cyber-crime investigation for the websites that were going to be hosted on the Indian government’s server. Did the penetration testing manually as well as by using various tools called Burp Suite, acunetix etc.

• Collaborated with the client’s R&D teams, provided them with the reports containing solutions to various problems (bugs, loop-holes, vulnerabilities) associated with their web-applications.

CMC - a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) New Delhi, India

Intern, GDAMS project 06/06 – 07/06

• Gathered and documented requirements to design and implement SCADA system. The process included monitoring and analysis of the physical processes associated for example, transmission of electricity, transportation of gas and oil in pipelines, water distribution, electricity losses etc.

• Improved the accuracy, efficiency and performance of client’s power plants by analyzing and simulating the real time electricity data.

National Thermal Power Corporation New Delhi, India

Intern, Computer Networking and Internet Applications 06/05 – 07/05

• Improved the functionality of computer networks by performing a detailed study and analysis involving fiber optics, routers, hubs, switches, LAN, MAN, WAN, topologies, voltage switchgears, networking techniques, traffic theory, OSI Model etc.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Multi-cultural Coordinator (MCC) representative at USF on behalf of Students of India Association (SIA).

Had been student’s head of the advisory committee in Electronics and Communication Department during under-graduation.

Elected as the cultural head (Leader) for all the extracurricular activities, events and university Festivals during under-graduation.

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