Most recent updated Curriculum Vitae.

1. WORK EXPERIENCE
Sounak Sankar
Nandi
Date of birth: 06/11/1996
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
CONTACT
LinkedIn: https://
www.linkedin.com/in/sounak-
sankar-nandi/
Krozinger Str. 23, 7 stock
79114 Freiburg, Germany
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sounak.0611@gmail.com
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(+49) 17674196962
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https://
thetetrahedron.home.blog/
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03/2021 – 07/2021 – Freiburg, Germany
Task 1:
Project: TELAX: Plasma-induced material ablation during Holmium laser
lithotripsy: A fundamental study.
Performed wide-range testing of newly developed laser system for
stone treatment.
Collaborated with colleagues from the Physics department to analyze
results for plasma formation and made feedbacks to the system
accordingly.
Task 2:
Project: RaVENNA-4pi: Digital platform with 4PI real-time endoimaging for
endoscopic 3D reconstruction, visualization and aftercare support of patients
with bladder cancer.
Constructing and managing a database of Urologists around Germany
for online survey on the acceptance of an automatic bladder irrigation
monitoring system.
Supervisor: Lea Kraft, M.Sc., Project head: Dr. Arkadiusz Miernik.
02/2020 – 06/2020 – Freiburg, Germany
Project: Autonomous light-actuated LCE actuators.
Defined necessary design parameters and constraints for tunable
aperture.
Performed step-wise development and characterization of cleanroom
fabrication process.
Optimized processing parameters and actuation profiles.
Supervisor: Jasleen Kaur Lall, M.Sc., Project head: Dr. Hans Zappe.
07/2017 – 03/2019 – Bhubaneswar, India
Project: Oxide and doped oxide based thin film gas sensors.
July 2017-April 2018:
Developed doped zinc oxide based thin films as the sensor element by
sputtering.
Investigated methods on improving sensing properties via layering with
additive metal dopants.
Responsible for fabrication and characterization of sensor model based
on the investigated results.
May 2018-March 2019:
Developed a CAD based model of the sensor housing and packaging.
Analyzed the gas response of the sensor to a variety of gasses under
different environments.
Supervisor : Dr. Arindam Basak. Project head: Dr. Udai Pratap Singh.
15/05/2017 – 27/05/2017 – Kolkata, India
Undergone industrial training at a 300 MW Thermal power plant to learn the
individual components like Boiler, Turbine, Coal Plant, ESP etc., and at a 25 MW
Solar Plant learning process development for CIGS solar cells.
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Urotechnology, Universitätsklinikum.
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Graduate Research Assistant
Gisela and Erwin Sick Chair of Micro-optics, IMTEK, University of
Freiburg.
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Undergraduate Research Fellow
Thin Film Photovoltaics Lab, School of Electrical Eng., Kalinga
Institute of Industrial Technology.
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Industrial Training
The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation.
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2. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
LANGUAGE SKILLS
MOTHER TONGUE(S): Bengali | Hindi
OTHER LANGUAGE(S): English- Proficient user | German- Basic user
DIGITAL SKILLS
Programming Languages
Python / Java/Java Script / C/C++
FEA/CAD
Autodesk Inventor / COMSOL Multiphysics
Other software platforms/IDE's
MATLAB / Python IDLE / Arduino / Eclipse / Linux
ACCADEMIC PROJECTS
CLEANROOM SKILLS
10/2019 – CURRENT – Freiburg, Germany
Final grade: 2.9/5
Major Coursework: CMOS MEMES, Micro-electronics, Micro-optics, Material
Analysis, Clean room(Practicum), Sensors and Actuators, Microstructure
Polymer, Signal Processing.
06/2015 – 05/2019
Final Grade: 1.2/5
Major Coursework: Analog and Digital Electronics, Semiconductor Physics,
Photonics, Sensor Technology, Nanotechnology.
Master of Science(MSc.) in Microsystems Engineering
IMTEK, University of Freiburg
Bachelors of Technology(B.Tech.) in Electronics and
Electrical Engineering
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
Bachelor Thesis(Major): "Impact of functionalized noble metal
nanoparticles on Zinc oxide thin films used for gas sensing
applications."
Bachelor Thesis(Minor): "Impact of additive metal(Al, Ni,Co) on Zinc Oxide
thin films under the influence of ammonia gas."
"Quantum dots: Effects of Shape and Size on Electronic states- A
review."
Simulating electronic states of quasi-conical quantum dots(QD's).
Designing assembly and packaging for gas sensors using CAD tools.
"BlueBot" -Android app made using MIT App Inventor to control speed
and direction of DC servo motors.
Research based Projects
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Independent Projects
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Photolithography, Sputtering(DC/RF), PVD, PECVD, Spin coating, Electroplating.
UV/Vis and XRF Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Profilometer, Hall effect
measurements, I-V characterization, XRD(basics), Electron Microscopy(basics).
μFabrication
Characterization
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