Nidish Vashistha, Graduate Student,

Electrical Engineering, UF, Gainesville, FL, US

Mobile: +1-559-964-3785
nidishv@gmail.com , nidish@ieee.org
http://in.linkedin.com/in/nidishv

Research Interest
Mixed Signal IC Design, Devices to Stretch Moores Law and & IoT devices.

Education
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Master of Science in Electrical & Computer with Electronics majors - Pursuing

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India

August 2007 to June 2011

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics & Communication Engineering with 78.22%.

Work Experience 3Years & 8 Months

Title: RF Engineer and SME in CTOs Innovation & Prototyping Team
Duration: December 2011- July 2015

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System Architecture and Management: GSM, CDMA & LTE Systems

CDMA, EVDO & LTE KPIs Parameters Optimization
Knowledge Sharing by taking sessions on LTE
Automation: Excel Macro & UNIX Scripting
Ericsson Certifications- IP & Radio Access Network Access
Promoting Innovation by assisting in new Idea generation & Filing of Patents as an SME in CTOs
Innovation & Prototyping Team.

Professional Activities
Technical Committees: Vice Chairman- IEEE Young Professionals, Delhi Section (June 2013- August 2015),
Founder Chairman IEEE HMRITM Students Branch (September 2008 February 2011), Event Head-Student
for IEEE Sustainability Conference 2009.
Memberships: IEEE since 2008, IEEE Communications Society - since 2013, Bluetooth SIG- since 2014
Invited Speaker: Technology Orator on 4G LTE Systems in Electronics for You Magazines Conference
Electronics Rocks 2012 in Bangalore & IEEE Delhi Students Congress at Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi 2014.

Internships
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Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL),Ghaziabad

June 2010-July 2010

Product Assurance RADAR-IFF Testing

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Solid State Physical Laboratory, DRDO

May 2010-July 2010

Worked on Transmission Line modelling i.e. Microstrip lines using MATLAB

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On campus Training

June 2009-July 2009

8085 Microprocessor, 8051 MCU Programming by Assembly Language.

Project: Traffic Light Management System using 8051 MCU using Assembly programming.
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Work for Fun & Learning about Mobile Handsets

June 2008-July 2008

At Nokia Care (Service Center) in SMD mount, soldering, firmware update, fault finding & repair.

Electronics Tools / Software Skills

Tools: Cadence, Top View Simulator, VHDL XILINX 9.1, Tanner EDA(S-Edit), MATLAB 7.1, Boson Net Sim
5.31, Ansoft HFSS 12.1 (Antenna Design)
Programming Languages: C, C++, UNIX & Assembly language - Intel 8085 & x86.
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Ubuntu 12.04, UNIX Terminals
Office Tools: Microsoft-Word- Power Point, Excel, Publisher, Oracle DBMS .

Inter University Papers Presented (Study Review Papers Non Thesis)

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Embedded Technology in Feb 2009
ESD in Integrated Circuits Chips TVS diode as a Solution for its Protection

Technical Paper Presentation Event Techvilla by IEEE MSIT in March 2009

ESD protection in MOS IC using TVS Diode

University Projects

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Title- Remote Monitoring for attendance system based on RFID using GSM MODEM
Duration- Jan 2011- May 2011
Where: Major Project in B.Tech 8th Semester
Role: Requirement Specification & Study, Programming and Hardware Interfacing
Team Size: 3 + Faculty Advisor
Tools Used/Environment: Keil C/8051 MCU Devices/SIM 300 GSM Modem
Project Summary: A unique RFID tag to individual for easier, faster, secure attendance. Based on
8051 MCU with LCD & Relays. Attendance is stored in I 2C & Transmitted through SMS by GSM
MODEM to Mobile Device.

2. Title- Microstrip Circular Patch Antenna with Quarter Wave Transformer Feed
Duration- August 2010 December 2010
Where: Major Project in B.Tech 8th Semester
Role: 3D Modelling of Antenna & Results Analysis & Optimization
Team Size: 3 + Faculty Advisor
Tools Used/Environment: Ansoft HFSS v12.1
Project Summary: Patch Antenna Design using a simulator tool. This involves analyzing Antenna
Parameters like Return Loss, Gain and Directivity Patterns.

Volunteer & Co-Curricular Activities

University of Florida Police Department Community Service Public Dialouge

Event Head for IEEE Events HMRITM, EMBLAZON 09 & 10, College Annual Festival.
Satisfactorily participated in IEEE Xtreme Programming Competition 4.0 & Proctored 5.0 and 8.0
8051 Microcontroller Unit based Line Follower Robot designing.
Spreading Digital Literacy among under privileged students.
Runner - Half Marathon for supporting NGOs cause Girl Child Education

Awards

New Engineer Achievement Award by University of Florida, 2015

Outstanding Volunteer Award 2009 by IEEE Delhi Section.

Engineering Your World Award- 125th Anniversary of IEEE