Pravesh Saria

Pravesh Saria 1130 South Michigan Avenue • Apt # 1009 • Chicago • IL 60605 Tel.: (312) 307 8579 • Email: [email protected] • URL: www.iit.edu/~saripra

Objective Seeking employment as a Computer Engineer with special interest in electronics and hardware.

Education BS in Computer Engineering – December 2004  Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago, IL Relevant Coursework  Electrical Engineering – DC/AC Circuit Analysis, Microelectronics, Digital Systems, Computer Architecture, VLSI, Microprocessors (MC68000), Power Electronics.  Computer Science – Visual C++, Java, Software Engineering.  Other Courses – Economic Engineering Analysis, Mathematics, Physics.

Professional Experience Summer 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratories Batavia, IL Co-op: Particle Physics Division / Electrical Engineering Department  Design, troubleshoot, repair and assemble circuits, pc boards (surface mount components) and electric modules – RTF (Receive, Trigger and Filter), Auxiliary and Monitor Display, and equipment chassis’.  Reduce electronic noise on ultra-low noise power supplies by a combination of component placements, shielding and filtering as well as other design issues.  Experimental/Infrastructural Test Setup – interface various modules utilized, install cooling fans and data/power cables.  Write reports of test results and maintain purchase records and component inventories for projects.  Authored a user’s manual for the RTF module.  Projects Involved – Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (E891), Switchyard # 1 – Beams Division.

Professional Skills 

 Hardware Language/Applications: Motorola MC68000, VHDL, Verilog, Magic, Sue, Signalscan, Synopsys, Gemini, IRSIM, Altera Max Plus II, Pspice, Veribest Design Capture. Programming Languages: Visual C++, Windows API, Java.  General Applications: Microsoft Office Tools, Front Page, Canvas 7.0, Adobe PhotoShop.

Academic Projects  Multi-cycle 32 bit Processor: Designed a 32 bit RISC processor using VHDL on the Altera Max Plus II platform. Wishbone interface was used to connect the datapath.  8 bit Slice Processor Layout: Designed an 8 bit-slice processor using VLSI Design. The description was synthesized into layout using cadence tools and other libraries developed at IIT.  Inter Professional Project: Investigation of Engineering, social and economic issues of Blackouts in United States with more emphasis on 1965, 1977 and 2003 Blackouts.  AC to DC Power Supply: Designed an AC to DC switch mode power supply for a cell phone using power electronics concepts of rectifiers and buck converters.  Grocery Store Checkout System: Designed a grocery store checkout system using Object Oriented approach and data structures in Visual C++. The user enters the product and discount coupon codes and the program prints the cashiers receipt. The user also has ability to maintain the grocery stock.  Airline Reservation System: Designed an online airline reservation system in Java, similar to Expedia.com. RMI Server was designed to connect to the web server to retrieve flight information from Access database.