Research Engineer
New York University Abu Dhabi
Total years of experience :9 years, 8 Months
Photonics Research.
• Involved in establishment and organization of the high-speed opto-electronics research lab.
• Set up the optical test bed and software interlink.
• Design, modelling and characterization of photonics and opto-electronics devices (Lumerical, Comsol and Matlab) to address limitations of communication bandwidth in next generation communication links.
Under Silicon Photonics Project in collaboration with IME Singapore and Global Foundries:
• Simulation (Lumerical 3D FDTD, Mode solutions, Interconnect) and Design (klayout) of new optical devices, fabricated in a Silicon (SOI) platform for data transmission applications at high speed rates.
• Optical testing and characterization in a fully equipped laboratory.
• Matlab coding for component and design analysis.
• SEM (Quanta 250) microscopy data training.
• Mentoring co-workers for use of testing equipment.
• Assistance in designed structures for sensing applications.
• Team coordination for final report deliveries.
Under NGPON2 - Integrated Photonics Project, in partnership with Portugal Telecom
• NGPON2 network characterization.
• Optical and RF experimental testing on OLT (Optical Line Terminal) and ONUs (Optical Network Units).
• Simulation and design of optical gratings (Optiwave software).
• Simulation and design of Printed Circuit Boards (ADS software) for future hosting chips.
• Electronic Systems (Digital and Analog). • Analysis and Signal Processing. • Mobile Networks (UMTS, LTE, 3G). • RF communications (antennas). • Optical Communications (DWDM, TDM, FTTx, PON). • Access and Telecommunication Networks (protocols). • Entrepreneurship skills (planning and project management). Master Dissertation developed in Telecommunications Institute (IT) with the topic “Context Requirements in New Generation Access Networks”. Erasmus Program Master’s Student in Electronic Engineering Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland September 2012 – June 2013
