Dinis Cheian
70 Amherst Street, Room 333D Cambridge, MA 02142 Tel: (857) 210 5399 e: dcheian@mit.edu
EDUCATION:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, MA
Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, GPA: 5.0/5.0
June 2016
Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Physics, GPA: 5.0/5.0
June 2016
Relevant Coursework: Microcomputers Project Laboratory; Integrated Microelectronics; Communication, Control and Signal
Processing; Electromagnetism and Applications; Applied Quantum and Statistical Physics.
SKILLS:
Programming: Verilog, Tcl, MATLAB, Python, Assembly, Pearl.
Language: Fluent in Russian, French, Romanian, English, Beginner in Turkish, Spanish.
RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE:
Apple Inc. (Special Projects Group)
Intern
Cupertino, CA
May 2015- August 2015
Physical Optics and Electronics Group (Prof. Ram, MIT)
Research Assistant
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Cambridge, MA
September 2014
Designing an optical modulator to be implemented in a standard 45nm 12SOI IBM process.
Broadcom Corporation (DSP and Microelectronics Group)
Intern
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Irvine, CA
June 2014 – August 2014
Structured Register Files and Branch Predictors in Cortex-A53
Demonstrated power savings at macro and chip level.
Modified Register Transfer Level (RTL) file to achieve area and power optimizations.
Improved the flow of building and simulating the Cortex-A53
“Smart House”, personal project
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Developed a “smart house” containing security, people detection and light saving modules.
Implemented voice command recognition for all modules.
Modified the modules to be Bluetooth operational.
Photonics Microsystems Group (Prof. Watts, MIT)
Research Assistant
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Engineered an Optical Isolator to be implemented on a Silicon wafer.
Designed optical and electronic circuits to measure the Verdet constant of a Manganese doped Silicon wafer.
Center for Ultra cold Atoms (Prof. Ketterle-Nobel Prize in Physics, 2001, MIT)
Research Assistant
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Cambridge, MA
September 2013- May 2014
Cambridge, MA
September 2012-September 2013
Implemented Digital designs on FPGAs such as filters, IGBTs, frequency to voltage converters.
Devised a frequency amplifier using a Phase Lock Loop and RF circuits.
Engineered an Analog circuit to efficiently provide power to the main experiment.
Assembled a Tapered Amplifier to provide more Laser power at a cheaper price.
ACTIVITIES:
Member of the MIT fencing traveling squad, representing MIT at numerous National College Athlete Association (NCAA) events.
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7th place at New England Fencing Championship 2014
3rd place at New England Fencing Championship 2013
Member of the XFair, MIT spring career fair, 2014-2015 branding team.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
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Analog Devices Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scholar Fund, 2014.
Member of TBP, national engineering honor society.