Resume
Written by Kandarp | 
Objective:
Seeking a full time job/research opportunity as a software developer with interests in wireless communication and networks.
Education:
Boston University: College of Engineering, Boston, MA September 2009
Candidate for MS in Computer Systems Engineering
GPA : 3.49/4
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India May 2007
Bachelor of technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering
GPA 7.10/10
Computer Skills:
> C : socket programming for UDP, Dijkstras routing algorithm.
> JAVA : Antenna Diversity project, Link Quality analysis project, RS232 serial interface
> Matlab : Audio and Image processing, Neural network implementation.
Other skills: C++, Linux, Pspice,Emacs, Eclipse, Xilinx (ISE EDK SDK), Wireshark, Netcat
Related experience:
> Attended IEEE 802.15.7 Standards meeting(Visible Light Communication) March 2009
> Research Assistant (Multimedia Communications Lab, BU) Jan-Sept 2009
> Graduate Teaching Fellow (EC 410 Introduction to Electronics) Sept-Dec 2008
Held discussion sessions, aided students with circuit design in labs, proctored exams,
graded labs.
Internship at Ember Corporation May-Aug 2008
> Antenna Diversity project:
Designed Java based project to understand the advantages of antenna diversity in avoiding multi path fading.
Programmed a mechanical device called the ‘Parker’ xyplotter.
Plotted graphs of RSSI, LQI and Packets lost, over a 16 cm x 16 cm grid using MATLAB.
> Link Quality Analysis project:
Implemented Java based project to compare link connectivity metrics LQI and RSSI, using real customer data.
Plotted graphs of quality information like LQI, RSSI and PER, extracted from ISD traces.
IDE: Eclipse, Environment: Windows XP, Parker actuators, EASI V software
> Micro controller Based System to Control a Robot Using Nuclear Radiation Feb-Apr 2006
Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai (India)
Language: C
Environment: Windows xp, 8051 uC, Custom hardware
Publications
> T.D.C. Little,P. Dib, K. Shah, N. Barraford, B. Gallagher, “Using LED Lighting for Ubiquitous Indoor Wireless Networking,” IEEE International Conference on Wireless & Mobile Computing, Networking & Communication (WIMOB 2008),Avignon, France, October 2008
Projects
> Visible light Communication- second generation prototypes Jan-May 2009
Designed advanced receiver circuit to achieve data rates of 4Mbps for the visible light communication. Wide band LMH6626 amplifiers and fast LT 1715 comparators were used. A data rate of 1Mbps was achieved for the transceiver pair.
> Implemented Dijkstra's algorithm over a given dynamic network Sept-Dec 2008
A dynamic network where links kept changing was given. Dijkstra's algorithm was implemented every time the links changed and shortest paths for each node was found. This was done for both unicast and multicast messages.
> Free Space Optical Communication Devices (Masters project) Jan-May 2008
Prototypes of free space optical communication devices were built. These devices are able to send data at a maximum rate of 115.2Kbps for a distance of around 4m on visible light on a simplex channel. A data rate of 48Kbps was achieved on a duplex channel for a range of 0.5m.
> Animated human arm movement using wireless sensor networks Sept-Dec 2007
Human arm movement was animated using light and acceleration sensors on board mica2Dots.
Matlab was used for processing the sensor data and as an interface to view the animation.
Environment: TinyOS, Windows XP, Crossbow Mica2 and Mica2Dots, Crossbow interface Kit.
> Classification of Images Using Artificial Neural Networks (Final Yr Project) May 2007
Multiple images were used to train the neural network. This trained network was then used to classify images.
Interests: President Rotary Club VNIT (India) Chapter (06-07), Playing drums, Squash.
References available on request.