1. PRASANTH PRABU RAVICHANDIRAN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/prasanthprabu
4A Bristol Court,
Amherst, New York, 14228.
pr48@buffalo.edu
+1(716)418-6905
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
University at Buffalo - The State University ofNewYork
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics and solid state devices.
Dec 2015
G.P.A. 3.5/4.0
Pondicherry University
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering
May 2014
G.P.A. 8.7/10.0
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages: VHDL, Verilog, Embedded C, C, C++, Python, MATLAB scripting.
CAD/IDE:Cadence virtuoso, Xilinx Webpack ISE,KiCAD, AutoCAD2015 & Fusion, PROTEUS,Processing, MPLABX.
Simulation: MATLAB Simulink, NI Multisim, ISim.
Hardware: ARM Cortex M3, Arduino UNO, Atmega 16, P89v51RD2, 8085, 8086, 8051, Basys2 Spartan-3E, Atlys
Spartan-6, EEG-SMT, OpenBCI, PIC 16f microcontroller.
Microfabrication: Photolithography, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) imaging, dry/wet oxidation, profiling wafer
(surface, material), dry/wet etching, impurity doping, sputtering, chemical/physical vapor deposition, e-beam evaporation.
EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant in Center for Socially Relevant Computing (CSRC) June 2015 – Dec 2015
 Computed the electrodes placement and did data analysis from EEG electrodes for BCI interface of the ALS patient.
 Trying to use these signals to move the cursor and selection key to help them type letters for their communication.
Internship as Trainee Engineer March 2014
 Worked in Lebracs Rubber lining Ltd. for the automatic pressure monitoring system of the boiler pressure vessels.
 Collaborated with the senior QC engineer to detectthe crackand quality of rubber linings using NDTmethods in vessels.
FPGA / EMBEDDED PROJECTS
PCB design of nRF24 breakout and display LED boards Fall 2015
 Designed the schematics and performed ERC to check correctness of the circuit, also created custom footprints library.
 Created layouts with footprints and verified the wire connections, fabrication parameters,labeling, track widths, Cu fills.
 Generated the Gerber files which are used in fabrication of the PCB’s and graphics are added to make it easily readable.
Wearable health kit Fall 2015
 Collaborated with group of 4 to design a wearable design similar to pedometer using the flexi-force pressure sensors.
 Used Arduino to read the sensor values and transmit the useful data to web dashboard using the Ethernet shield device.
 Computed the number of spikes as steps using dashboard system and gives average number of steps to users on mobile.
16-bit RISC processor architecture Summer 2015
 Implemented an ALU using Verilog with 5 states instructions command imitating the RISC processor architecture.
 Used a bottom-up approach and integrated into a complete architecture in the Basys2 FPGA board using GPIO pins.
 Implemented the design to load, store the data and perform required operation and to display the calculated output.
Package Delivery System implementation in Atlys board using VHDL Spring 2015
 Designed an effective algorithm to calculate the travelling salesman problem based on shortest path and priority.
 Collaborated in a two member team to design a low cost system for calculating the delivery route in a simple firm.
 Implemented the algorithm in VHDLon FPGA board, used GPIOto feed inputs and LEDto showcase the delivery order.
Electronic lock using FPGA Spring 2015
 Created an electronic lock system using the Basys2 FPGA board in Verilog with number combination as password.
 Used the GPIO ports to feed the combination and verified it, if repeated wrong combinations are entered it alerts others.
 Designed a fail-safe system to lock down the system for some time, before you can start entering the combination again.
Gesture controlled Robot using 3-axis accelerometer Fall 2014
 Involved in a two member team for controlling a Robot car using Cortex M3 - mbed LPC1768 processor based on I2C.
 Designed to drive SN754410 corresponding to the orientation of MPU-6050, PWMis usedto speedvariation and control.
 Performed a PID error correction in the PWM based on the reading from accelerometer to keep it stable on two wheels.

2. Speech controlled Robot using speech processing April 2014
 Constructed a robot controlled by MSP-430 G2553 (16-bit) microcontroller based on speech input fed in via mic.
 Programmed on Arduino based Sketch software for the speech to text conversion and driven by H-bridge.
 Designed the robot arm to pick up and drop blocks and move those to the specified location through I2C.
Brain controlled security system using EEG sensors March 2014
 Initiated and led the group of four towards successfulcompletion of the project, EEG active and passive electrodes senses
the brain activity as EM waves, used these wave pattern as a biometric identity since they are unique as DNA.
 Used ADC in the EEG-SMT module, recognized the pattern and compared it with the original pattern using BrainBay.
 Built the module and achieved almost 60% correctness of biometric identification in a low cost system.
RC based Hovercraft Feb 2014
 Worked in a team of 3 to construct the hovercraft and controlled it using the 2.4 GHz radio remote controller.
 Designed an aerodynamically efficient way to operate it and in less power to win the “Best Design” in national level.
SEMICONDUCTOR PROJECTS
Fabrication of crystalline Si p-n junction solar cell prototype Spring 2015
 Collaborated with a 4 member group, designed and fabricated a solar cell for the “Optimization of Finger Spacing”.
 Achieved optimal balance between the optical losses and resistance losses, designed and printed out as a mask.
 Fabricated the p-n junction on the Si wafer, I-V and P-V curves are plotted and verified with the commercially one.
Grating design and fabrication Spring 2015
 Designed Mask layers using AutoCAD, on the doped Si-dioxide wafer photolithography and mask alignment is done.
 Developed the layer and hard baked it to harden the photoresist layer and created the design onto the wafer.
 Tested it using scanning electron microscope (SEM) imaging for the correctness of structures and its dimensions.
CMOS Mask design Spring 2015
 Used AutoCAD software tool to draw the mask of the CMOS, learnt and implemented in a group of three.
 Designed Masks for different layers of CMOS, developed mask for photolithography to fabricate CMOS.
DESIGN PROJECTS
Low power Domino logic 9T 4X4-bit SRAM Fall 2014
 Led a team of three and developed dynamic logic SRAM using the Cadence Virtuoso tool for writing and reading of
memory, faster switching of the states is achieved by using the threshold as half the supply voltage.
 Made power saving by using decoder, MUX to select the cell of operation, saving the sleepy power loss.
 Compared it with the traditional design and found out increased speed by decreasing delay and power consumption.
Area optimized 6T 4X4-bit SRAM Fall 2014
 Built SRAM memory blocks and used the decoder to select and MUX to get output the particular cell and perfect states.
 Designed the circuitry to turn off the rest of cells, to save the power, more reliable design is achieved.
 Verified the design with the DRC for correct connections, performed the LVS match for the entire 16 bit SRAM.
Design of the two stage op-amp using TSMC025 Fall 2014
 Designed the two stage op-amp for the given voltage gain and specifications using the Cadence Virtuoso.
 Tuned the circuit to balance all specification, performed the DC, AC analysis, and obtained gain, phase margin, BW, fc.
CERTIFICATIONS
 SoC Verification using SystemVerilog
 VLSI Academy –SPICE simulation, Clock tree analysis, Physical design
 KiCAD - Pro
 Arduino
 Programming in Python
 Scripting in MATLAB
 ARM & PIC microcontrollers
 Fundamentals to programming
 Diploma in Computer Application