SUPRIYA SRIDHAR Phone: 574-***-****

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EDUCATION

Masters in Electrical Engineering, September 2008 GPA: 3.86 / 4.0

University of Cincinnati, Ohio, Advisor: David Klotzkin Thesis Topic: Design, Simulation and Fabrication of 3D Photonic Crystal Woodpile Structures for High Efficacy Incandescent Thermal Emission

Bachelors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2002 - 2006 GPA: 8.0 / 10.0

Anna University, India.

Completed coursework includes:

Optoelectronics, Optical Characterization, Lasers, Photonics information processing, Silicon Micro fabrication, Semiconductors and heterojunctions, Semiconductor physics, Nanoelectronics, Biomedical instrumentation and BioMEMS, Electron devices, Statistical Analysis, Principles of Marketing

WORK EXPERIENCE

Asst. Program Manager for M-CNTC and IGERT, University of Illinois (UIUC): May 2011 – Sep 2011

Midwest Cancer Nanotechnology Training Center (M-CNTC) and Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program at the Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, UIUC.

Responsibilities Include:

- Supporting the Program Manager in planning/handling a budget of $5.2 million for coordinating research activities spanning over 5 academic/research institutions involving 27 faculty, 13 CNTC Trainees including postdocs and graduate students. Institutions include UIUC, I.U. School of Medicine (Simon Cancer Center), University of Illinois at Chicago, Mayo Clinic and Siteman Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence

- Effective project management aimed at achieving both the everyday and long term goals of the center. Activities include program scheduling, coordinating faculty and trainees and the planning and execution of educational and outreach goals

- Organizing the 2011 Bio-Nanotechnology Summer Institute targeted at educating undergraduate and graduate level participants (49 students, 11 faculty) on biological and semiconductor based technologies, processes and experimental methods

- Strong Interpersonal and Communication skills were required in conducting each of these tasks.

Research Scholar, University of Illinois (UIUC): July 2009- May 2011

Lab of Integrated Bio Medical Micro/Nanotechnology & Applications (LIBNA), Advisor: Rashid Bashir

BioMEMS Research Project: Portable HIV/AIDS Diagnostic Tool

- Developed a portable, low cost electrical differential counter for the detection of CD4+ cells from human blood, a platform technology for quantitative AIDS Diagnostics and monitoring disease progression in resource poor regions, particularly sub-Saharan Africa

- Was involved in all aspects of the project, from the successful design and fabrication of the detector with a capture chamber and electrodes for sensing using conventional micro-fabrication techniques: photolithography, etch, bake and metal lift-off techniques.

- Cell purification from whole blood and data analysis using Clampfit.

BioMEMS Research Project: Lipid Bilayer Coated Nanopores

- Contributed to a project involving the formation of lipid bilayer coated Al2O3 Nanopore sensors for the label-free detection of single molecules, applicable to next generation DNA Sequencing

- Microfabrication Skills: Thin Film Deposition using Atomic Layer Deposition and PECVD

- Vesicle preparation, Microfluidics design using PDMS

- Fluorescence Microscopy and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) experiments.

- Electrophysiological Measurements using pClamp and Labview

Technical Assistant and Technology Support Officer, University Of Cincinnati, Ohio: 2006 – 2008

- Provided technical and network support for Faculty; Maintenance of Electronic Equipment in Classrooms.

- Strong customer support and communication skills was developed through interaction with faculty and student members associated with ECSS

- Handled Troubleshooting of equipment and orientation support to customers and documented all cases in the ECSS log system

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Master's thesis: Design, Simulation and Fabrication of 3D Photonic Crystal Woodpile Structures for High Efficacy Incandescent Thermal Emission

An accurate three dimensional photonic crystal for enhanced emission in the visible wavelength range was simulated and optimized using a full finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) simulations. Initial work on fabricating this structure, was reported, including bonding results from a novel fabrication process that can fabricate 3D photonic crystals with holographic patterning and wafer bonding. The bonding process was characterized and optimized for achieving maximum bond strength.

Skills Acquired: Lloyd’s Interference Lithography for holographic patterning, Wet Etching (BOE, TMAH), Thermo-compression wafer bonding, Tensile Strength Test Measurements, Mechanical Lapping, RIE.

Fabrication of CMOS based Piezo-resistor Pressure Sensors

Design, fabrication and characterization of a micro-pressure sensor using NMOS and PMOS fabrication techniques using standard microfabrication tools in a clean room. The performance of the fabricated structure was tested for sensitivity and linearity with standard theoretical measurements.

Undergraduate Project: In-house wireless monitoring of critically ill patients using phonocardiogram Designed and developed a non-invasive wireless system to monitor the heart rate of

Critically ill patients using a phonocardiogram with transmission and reception done through wireless FM transmitters and receiver modules

ADDITIONAL SKILL SETS

- Proficient in Technical software FDTD Solutions (Finite difference time domain method) for simulation of optical structures at the nano and micro scale. Currently using Software PClamp by Molecular devices for electrophysiological data acquisition and analysis

- 2 years of clean room experience. Practical hands-on experience in constructing optics based mechanical assemblies. Proficient in equipment handling inclusive of Spectrometers, Mask aligners, SEM, Thin film Deposition (ALD, PECVD), furnaces, lasers and microscopes

- Clean Room Grant Proposal Writing - Was funded for a period of 6 months from July 2007 to December 2007 by the Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, U. Cinn. for writing a proposal related to research work

COMPUTER SKILLS

Windows, Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Publisher, Access, PowerPoint), R Statistics, Origin, Adobe Photoshop, FDTD Solutions and Clampfit

HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

- Awarded the University Graduate Scholarship for 5 quarters at the University of Cincinnati

- Excellent Communication and Presentation skills demonstrated in several projects undertaken during Graduate and Undergraduate Coursework

- Editor, Sparks Technical magazine, Hindustan College of Engineering, India

- Ranked among the top 15% during the Graduate study and third in the department of Electrical and Electronics during undergraduate study.

- Student member, IEEE, India

- Top Ranked Student in final year, secondary education - Church Park, India (aggregate of 96%)

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

1. “Lipid Bilayer coated Al2O3 nanopore sensors: towards a hybrid biological nanopore sensor” B. B.M. Venkatesan, J. Polans, S. Sridhar, D. Wendell, A. Aksimentiev and R. Bashir, Biomedical Microdevices, March 2011

2. “A microfabricated electrical differential counter for the selective enumeration of CD4+ T Lymphocytes” N. N. Watkins, S. Sridhar, X. Cheng, G.D. Chen, M. Toner, W. Rodriguez and R. Bashir, Lab on a Chip, 2011, 11, 1437-1447 (Selected as Journal Cover Article)

3. “Thermal compression wafer bonding of tungsten applied to small-period tungsten woodpile Structures”, Y. Zhou, S. Sridhar, K.C. Mishra, D. Klotzkin, Material letters, Vol:64, Issue 10, March 2010.

4. "Fabrication of Tungsten Photonic Crystals for High Efficacy Incandescent Light Emitters", Y. Zhou, S. Sridhar, K. Mishra, R. Daubauch, R. Garner and D. Klotzkin, accepted for presentation at IEEE Nano 2008, August, 2008, Arlington, TX.

5. Applications of Tungsten Photonic Crystals for High Efficacy Incandescent Light Emitters", Y. Zhou, S. Sridhar, K. Mishra, R. Daubauch, R. Garner and D. Klotzkin, Ohio Nanotechnology Summit 2008, April 2008, Mason, Ohio.

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