SUBRAMANIAN RAMACHANDRAN
1424 S. Jentilly Lane, Apt 101, Tempe, AZ – 85281-5746
Mobile Tel: 203-556-0746
E-mail: sramacha1981@gmail.com
Website: www.bridgeport.edu/~sramacha
OBJECTIVE
A position in Embedded software/hardware engineering that expands and builds upon my skills
EDUCATION :
2005
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Master of Science – Electrical Engineering
University of Bridgeport, Connecticut
2003
 Bachelor of Technology – Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology – Madras, India
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2005
Nominated as member of the PHI KAPPA PHI Honour Society for
academic excellence
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE :
 Cauvery Path Technologies Pvt Ltd. (Oct 2005 till present)
Currently in training as Embedded DSP Engineer. Assisting in the development of a Voice +
Telemetry Multiplexer and Encrypted Communicator on the TMS320VC5510 DSP chip.
Project tasks include:
- To use the Code Composer Studio DSP/BIOS utility to real time instrument the algorithm to
meet real time deadlines.
- Assist in the coding of the AES encryption algorithm.
- Assist in development of systems with RS232 and Modem based communication
- Assist in boot strapping of the system through flash program for developing stand alone
prototype
 Dhrangadhara Chemical Works (DCW) Ltd.
Summer Trainee (August 2001 – September 2001)
Training included:
- Diesel generators
- Power distribution
- Rectification
- PLC circuit, single and interlocked loop controls
Submitted a report to the DCW management which was well acknowledged
 Industrial Motors Workshop – Trainee (30th November 2000 – 30th December 2000)
Training included:
- Proper dismantling of motors
- Fault finding of defective motors
- Choice of wire gauge and calculating the number of required windings.
- Varnishing and testing
ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE :
 Teaching assistantship (August 2004 – May 2005)
Responsible as Teaching assistant under Dr. Stephen Grodzinsky, Chairman and Professor of the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, for the following courses:
a) Logic Synthesis using FPGAs
b) Electronics design with programmable analog arrays
c) Digital Design II
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 ConnCap Educational Program, University of Bridgeport
Robotics Co-ordinator (July 2004 – August 10th 2004)
Conducted and supervised a class of forty eight high school students to build and program simple
Mobile robot modules
SKILLS
Software
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Extensively used VHDL for FPGA course and graduate projects
Good programming knowledge with C++
Extensively used Quartus 5.0 and Xilinx ISE Webpack softwares for FPGA Programming
Worked with Mentor Graphics EDA Tools - HDLDesigner, ModelSim, Design Architect,
Accusim and IC Station for FPGA and VLSI graduate courses
Extensively used MATLAB and SIMULINK for Controls, Robotics and DSP courses/projects
Used VB 6.0 for front end PC application for final M.Sc thesis
Extensively used ORCAD for project circuit design simulations
Hardware
- Extensively worked on the ALTERA Flex 10K and XILINX Spartan2E FPGA devices as
teaching assistant for FPGA/FPAA course work and projects.
- Worked and programmed on the PIC18F452 Microcontroller in graduate course work
- Worked and programmed extensively on the Anadigm AN221E04 Analog Array device for
the FPAA graduate course and project development
- Worked on the Altera Nios II Processor Reconfigurable Processor. Programmed the processor
on C
PROJECTS
June 2004 – August 2004
Graduate Course and Project Development
Responsible for developing and introducing a course in Programmable Analog Logic
for the University of Bridgeport which comprises the following projects:
a) Photoplethysmography – non-invasive technique of obtaining PPG signals and calculating
Heart beat rate (bpm).
b) Temperature measurement using thermistors with PWM Fan control
c) On – Off control of temperature using a relay
d) PID control of temperature
e) PID control of a DC motor
f) Phase detection between voltage and current in a circuit
g) Magnetic Levitation – Designed circuit on an FPAA chip to drive a unipolar switching circuit
for an air core solenoid to magnetically levitate an object. Project was published on the
following website: www.arttec.net/Levitation/Gallery/Levitation_Applications.htm
 January – May 2003
Undergraduate project on PULSE OXIMETRY
a) Analyzed the PPG waveform to estimate the heart rate and oxygen saturation levels.
b) Designed and built the entire instrument from basic parts
c) Coded the processing algorithm in MATLAB.
Received special mention by the ISO certification team in the IIT Technical Festival – 2003
EXPERTISE & RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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M.Sc Thesis – Energy meter using an FPGA & FPAA
FPGA subsystems: Signal processing, UART, IP, LCD driver, Keypad scanning cores
FPAA subsystems: 14th order harmonic elliptic filters, Peak detector, 8 bit software A/D and
Multiplier unit cores.
Personal Website – www.bridgeport.edu/~sramacha
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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