From: gandhi@ganzer.ecs.umass.edu ()
Subject: -- M.S. -- Microwaves/RF -- Communications -- Cellular Systems
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:32:11 GMT


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                               Asif D. Gandhi
Residence Address:                                 Office Address:
15, Puffton Village                                Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Engg.
Amherst, MA 01002                                  Univ. of Massachusetts,
Phone: 413-549-4738                                Amherst, MA 01003
                                                   E-mail: gandhi@ecs.umass.edu

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OBJECTIVE

     Challenging position in Microwave/RF Communication System Design &
     Implementation.
     - Preferably in Front-End System trade-offs,Microwave/RF Propagation, 
       Modulation & Demodulation Schemes, Spread Spectrum Analysis & Coding,
       Resources allocation & System Simulation Studies.


EDUCATION

     Doctoral candidate, Electrical & Computer Engineering  Spring '90 - Present
     University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
     Successfully completed oral and written comprehensive examinations.

     M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering                 Fall '87 - Fall '89
     University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
     Thesis: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)- Issues in Narrow band
             systems and images of Ocean waves.
     GPA: 3.82/4.00

     B.Tech. Electrical Engineering                        Fall '81 - Spring '85
     Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India.


RESEARCH & PROJECTS

   Calibration & Analysis of Polarimetric C & X-band Radar data for 
   Estimating the Doppler Spectra, Bandwidth & Coherence time of the Ocean 
   Surface, and comparison with Ground truth.

   Feasibility study of  Narrow-band SAR imaging systems. Investigation of 
   imaging capabilities of these systems for distributed targets.

   Calculation of SAR response to a full spectrum of ocean waves. Simulation
   used to verify SAR imaging capabilities under high sea states and high 
   azimuth wave numbers.

   Modeling of SAR response to ocean waves based on Bragg scattering. Computer 
   simulation of focusing of SAR images of the ocean waves.

   Design, fabrication and testing of a low cost, easy to manufacture S-band 
   Low Noise Amplifier(LNA) using Super-Compact to optimize the LNA.
      
   Scheduling & Adaptive control of Multiple Elevator Systems.
   - Used Fuzzy Logic to Control a bank of elevators.

   Study of properties of Spectral correlation of modulated signals.
      
WORK EXPERIENCE  

   Graduate Research Assistant                              Feb '92 - Present
     Control of Discrete Event Systems Laboratory(CODES).
     Research in Elevator control for optimal performance,
     funded by OTIS Elevators.

   Graduate Research Assistant                             June '88 - Nov. '91
     Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory(MIRSL).
     Research in SAR, Ocean wave Modeling and Data analysis.
      
   Teaching Assistant                                     Fall '87 - Spring '88
     University of Massachusetts.  
     Graduate courses in Electromagnetics, Remote Sensing, Communication &
     Junior level courses in Analog circuits and Semiconductor Devices.

   Design Engineer                                        July '85 - Aug. '87
     Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO),India.
     Design and Development of Microwave Receivers and Systems.

        
RELEVANT GRADUATE COURSES  

   Digital Communication Systems   
	 Representation of Bandpass Signals and Systems,Coding of Waveforms,
	 Spread Spectrum Communication, Modulation and Demodulation for AWGN,
	 Digital Signaling over a Channel with AWGN.

   Microwave Engineering 
	Transmission lines and propagation modes, Filters Mixers and Microwave 
	Components, Signal flow Graphs, Ferries and Microwave measurements.

   Antenna Theory 
	Antenna Specification, Wire antenna, Arrays, Method of moments, 
	Aperture antenna, High Frequency methods.     

   Radar Systems 
	Radar Range equation, CW, FM-CW, MTI, Pulse Doppler Radars, Information
	 Extraction & Waveform Design, Radar signals in noise.

   Remote Sensing 
	Radiometer System Design, Noise, Emission & scattering of EM Waves,
     	Meteorological effects,  Fading of radar signals, Geometric distortion,
	Calibration of Radar Systems, Synthetic Aperture Radars, Physical 
	mechanism & models for scattering & emission.

   Electromagnetic Fields 
	EM fields, Solution of Wave Equation in Rectangular,Cylindrical and 
	Spherical Coordinates, Mode matching.

   Microwave Devices 
	GaAs/InP properties, Gunn Diodes, Microwave transistors.


OTHER GRADUATE COURSEWORK

      Fourier & Laplace Transforms 	Signal Theory     Differential Equations
      Probability & Random Processes	Complex Analysis  Quantum Electronics
      System Automata


COMPUTER SKILLS


      Languages:             FORTRAN, BASIC,C.
      Platforms:             VAX/VMS, Unix, IBM-PC, Macintosh.
      Application Packages:  IMSL, PV-Wave,RS1, Microsoft Word, Super-Compact,
			     SIMAN.


PRESENTATION

   Robert E. McIntosh and Asif D. Gandhi. Polarimetric Radar Response of the 
	ocean surface at C & X band during SAXON-FPN", presented at the 2nd 
	SAXON-FPN Data workshop, August 26-29, 1991, Munich, Germany.


REFERENCES

     Available upon request.
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