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Md Shafiqul Islam

Pullman,WA

Summary

Motivated and experienced Electronic Hardware Design Engineer offering more than 1 year of industry and 7 years of academic expertise. Committed to working both independently and as part of engineering team.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Hardware Engineer, R&D

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL)
10.2022 - Current
  • Analyze, design, and develop analog and digital circuits
  • Validate prototype circuit boards by performing hands-on testing using lab equipment, debugging methods, and re-work
  • Perform ECAD schematic capture of mixed-signal circuit design
  • Perform Signal and Power Integrity analysis using Ansys software
  • Perform thermal analysis of mixed signal PCB boards using Ansys Icepak
  • Design Register Transfer Level (RTL) digital circuits using Verilog or VHDL.
  • Researched complex technical issues and provided resolutions.

Research Assistant

University Of Maryland Baltimore County
08.2015 - 09.2022
  • Established a downlink for air-to-underwater wireless communication using photoacoustic energy transfer mechanism and visible light
  • Designed and developed FPGA based mixed signal hardware for the transmitter and receiver for air-to-underwater photoacoustic communication
  • Developed hardware for implementing peak detection based on-off keying (PDOOK) modulation and demodulation schemes for photoacoustic underwater communication using
  • Validated prototype hardware using lab equipment and circuit design software.

Teaching Assistant

University Of Maryland Baltimore County
08.2015 - 07.2019
  • Worked as a TA on different courses like Programmable Logic Devices, Principles of Digital Design, Principles of Electronic Circuits etc.
  • Helped with grading assignments and tests, providing constructive feedback to students based on results.
  • Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering -

University of Maryland Baltimore County
09.2022

MS in Computer Engineering -

University of Maryland Baltimore County
05.2019

MS in Applied Physics, Electronics & Communication Engineering -

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
07.2014

Skills

  • Analog and Digital Circuit Design
  • Wireless Communication
  • Hardware Development
  • Verilog or VHDL
  • Python
  • C
  • RTL
  • ECAD Tools
  • LTspice
  • Xpedition EDM
  • PCB Design (beginner)
  • Ansys SIwave, HFSS, Maxwell 3D, Icepak

Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LC9zT74AAAAJ&hl=en, 100, 9

Projects

RTL code design for programming PGA, 09/2023,

  • Implementation of RTL code to program the gain of programmable-gain amplifier (PGA)
  • Writing RTL code using VHDL to enable data communication via SPI

Dielectric Strength Analysis Using Ansys, 04/2023, 

  • Pre-validation of PCB 3D layout for dielectric strength test
  • Reorganization of layout traces for better dielectric strength

Objects Detection, 04/2016,

  • Detected a specific pattern/object from a pool of objects and patterns using CNN
  • Implemented the method on Xilinx FPGA

Timeline

Associate Hardware Engineer, R&D

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL)
10.2022 - Current

Teaching Assistant

University Of Maryland Baltimore County
08.2015 - 07.2019

Research Assistant

University Of Maryland Baltimore County
08.2015 - 09.2022

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering -

University of Maryland Baltimore County

MS in Computer Engineering -

University of Maryland Baltimore County

MS in Applied Physics, Electronics & Communication Engineering -

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md Shafiqul Islam