I have received my B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India in 2014. M.S in Electrical Engineering from University of Buffalo (UB), The State University of New York, in 2016. Currently pursuing my Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. Josep Miquel Jornet (Associate Professor at Northeastern University). I have worked as a Student Assistant at University at Buffalo Immigration Services from June 2015 to June 2016, been a Teaching Assistant for 3 years ( 2016-2019) and a Research Assistant since 2019.
I received the NSF Student Grant Award for the 6th Annual Nanocom Conference, September 2019, Dublin Ireland. Published 3 peer-reviewed conference proceedings:
1. P. Johari, H. Pandey and J. M. Jornet, “Interconnecting Wearable Devices with Nano-biosensing Implants through Optical Wireless Communications,” in theProc. of the SPIE Photonics West: BiOS, International Society for Optics and Photonics, San Francisco, CA, January 2018.
2. A. Sangwan, H. Pandey, P. Johari and J. M. Jornet,‘ Increasing the Communication Distance between Nano-biosensing Implants and Wearable Devices,” in theProc. of the 19th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Kalamata, Greece, June 2018.
3. P. Sen, H. Pandey and J.M. Jornet, “Ultra-broadband Chirp Spread Spectrum Communication in theTerahertz Band,” in theProc. of SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing on Next GenerationSpectroscopic Technologies XIII, 113900G, May 2020
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Experience
Professional Experience:
1. May 2017 - August 2017, Akustica, Robert Bosch Groups, USA
Test Engineer Intern
•Responsible for developing microphone acoustics testing experiments under black box (a sound proof room) conditions, data analysis using LabView tool and concluding presentations
•Performed an elaborate vibrations as well as noise tests on microphones under various test-bench conditions using B&K and AP equipment.
•Worked together on predefined experimentation with the lab technicians to observe and enhance the vibrational and ASIC noise of the microphones.
2. June 2015 - June 2016 , University at Buffalo Immigration Services
Graduate Student Assistant
•Experienced in working with international scholars which included maintaining listserv and their records
•Worked on organizing data and files along with assisting with calls, basic queries and other various responsibilities of an office assistant
Teaching Experience
1. Aug 2016 - May 2017, Aug 2017 - May 2018, Aug 2018 - May 2019 University at Buffalo
Teaching Assistant, EAS199: Grand Challenges for Engineering
•Introducing the engineering challenges to freshmen students
•Helping the students understand how to approach and solve problems like an engineer
•Expanding their thought process by experimental problem solving and practical designing of projects which included creating a boat hull from scratch with the materials and dimensions provided.
2. June 2016 - July 2016 , John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Carlisle, PA
Graduate Teaching Assistant
•Worked with talented and gifted middle school students
•Explained application based Electrical Engineering concepts to help students develop a practical thought process and logical problem solving skills
Technical Skills:
Programming Skills :Python, C, C++, VHDL, Verilog, Java
Technology & Tools :MATLAB, COMSOL Multiphysics, NS-3, Xilinx, Aldec, LabView
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Projects
1. August 2017 - Present, Wearable and intra-body nano-bio-sensing networks
•Designed and Analyzed the optical wireless communication between the wearable device and nano-biosensing implant using MATLAB and COMSOL Multiphysics
•Simulation of different modulation schemes to improve the communication channel distance
•Modeling and developing test cases in both Optical Wireless Communication channel and TerahertzCommunication channel
•Experimental demonstration of the in-vitro system utilizing TeraNova Test-bed
2. Aug 2016 - May 2017, Waveform Design using L1 Norm- Research Paper Review
•Research project involving a CDMA system with the primary users coexisting with the secondary transmitter/receiver pair
•Finding the optimum transmitting power and code sequence of the secondary channel to maximize theSINR at the output while maintaining primary channels SINR above a given threshold level solution using semi-definite programming proposed is studied
3. Feb 2016 - April 2016, Cryptography in Embedded Systems
•Presented a review paper on the security of embedded systems data and information with means of cryptography
•A detailed study of the two main classification of cryptographic algorithms namely symmetric-key and public-key ciphers
•Thoroughly examined the implementation of encryption algorithms on System on Chip dual core ARM model analyzing the various parameters.
•The class project also demanded a youtube video recording to present the work.
4. Feb 2016 - April 2016, Ultrasonic Nano-Transceivers and Nano-Transducers
•Presented a survey paper about the different ultrasonic nano-transceivers and transducers
•Detailed study of their functionalities and comparison was presented and future scopes were discussed
5. Sept 2015 - Nov 2015, Analysis of Cellular Systems in Subways and Underground tunnels (Research Review)
•Analyzed various communication channels for different regions in both frequency and time domain considering the wave propagation characteristics
•Compared the Leaky co-axial Systems with the Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) to conclude thatDAS is a better mechanism for underground communications
6. Oct 2014 - Nov 2014, Satellite Image Enhancement
•Enhanced satellite images by using morphological filters and adaptive histogram for edge detection using MATLAB
•Compared the result of the two techniques
7. Jan 2014 - May 2014, Estimation of the Directionality of a microphone
•Performed an acoustics experiment to test the functionality and limits of the Microphone utilizing the high frequency test bench in the Aerospace Department of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
•Lead a team of four in successfully modeling, designing and constructing a directional microphone an