Arjun S. Vaikkam
1037, S.Oakley Blvd, Apt #3
Chicago, Illinois-60612
Phone: 312-622-5944
avaikkam@ece.uic.edu
Objective
Education
Computer Skills
Seeking a full-time position in the area of Software Development.
University of Illinois at Chicago.
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Dec 2001
GPA: 4.5/5.0
University of Madras, India.
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, June 1999.
Operating Systems: Unix, Windows NT & 2000.
Languages: C, C++, VC++, Java
DBMS: SQL Server 7.0, MS Access 2000.
Other Tools: HTML, ASP, JavaScript
Relevant Courses
Projects
Object Oriented Programming, Advanced Wireless communication Networks, Data
Structures, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Computer
Communication Networks, Software Design.
At University of Illinois at Chicago
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As a part of Master’s project, currently developing an on-line shopping mall
using Active server pages (ASP) with SQL server7.0as backend.
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Presented a term paper on Blue tooth and Universal Mobile
Telecommunication Systems (UMTS) – 3G systems.
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Binary search and Splay Trees- Operations like Insert, delete, clear, find height
and find depth, printing are performed for both binary and splay tree. The
objective of the code is to see how a splay tree is an improvement over a
regular binary search tree.
Responsible for developing the code in C.
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Simulation of Data Communication implementing a Sender, Receiver and a
Channel. A cyclic redundancy check is done by the receiver for any loss of
data on the packet that it receives. If there is no loss of data it sends an
acknowledgement to the sender and the sender sends the next packet.
Responsible for developing and testing using C.

Survival- finds the most optimal combination of cars in making a train. Applied
genetic algorithm to search for the best selection and arrangement of railroad
cars in a train.
Responsible for developing the code in C++.
 Java Game- Created a game in JAVA as a part of a software design courses.
Used threading and the graphics part.
Responsible for developing the code in JAVA.
 Scheduler- Schedules Business appointments, Personal appointments and an
AddressBook.
Responsible for developing the code in VC++.
Work Experience
Database Developer (01/00 to 12/00)
 Responsible for the development and maintenance of the College of Pharmacy
Access database.
 Writing queries and generating reports for the faculties and Dean of College of
Pharmacy.
Software Developer / Tech support (12/00 to present)
 Designing and creating forms for online surveys in the College of Business
Administration.
Collate information from online forms using ASP & SQL server7.0
References
Available on request.