CV - Sid Senadheera

CV- Sid Senadheera
* This is the shorter version in nanotechnology

* I have another CV for astrophysics
Citizenship : Canadian
Technical Interests
Nanotechnology & Nanoelectronics :

Silicon/Carbon Nanofibers, Nanoparticles, Femtosecond Lasers
semiconducter (fsec) Laser ablation, Quantum and Nanoelectronics
Electrical Engineering :
Antennas, Receiver systems design, Front end and IF electronics
Computer Aided Design (CAD) of RF Microwave components
Circuits and PCB Design, Testing of RF Microwave instruments
Signal extraction in low S/N ratio, Radio Telescopes, waveguides
Simulation, Communication with Spacecrafts, VLBI, VLBA
(Other) Technical interests :

Devices, Systems design, waveguides, Si Photonics, Fabrication
Sub-micron & Areal imaging systems, HgCdTe arrays, CMOS readouts
Education - In the nanotechnology field
BA 1997 : Physics - Manchester College, USA - average 86%
MSc 2000 : Physics - University of Illinois, USA - average 80-89%

* The University of Illinois final grade is given on a scale (a range).
* 50% EE coursework in E&M and device physics
PhD 20(10) : Mechanical Engineering, Ryerson University, Canada

*A major lawsuit has been filed against Ryerson University with the
Canadian government to get this PhD out.
*Thesis : "Quantization in nanoparticles induced by magnetic and

gravitational fields"
* average 85-90%
Achievements and Professional Associations :
American Physical Society
Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society, USA
Kappa Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society, USA
Institute of Mathematics and Applications, (IMA) UK
Full Scholarship, 1993-2000 ($180,000 USD- in today's estimate)
Ryerson University 2008 - 2009 ($29,000/yr CAD)
who's who in American Colleges and Universities.
NSF Grant (2006/07) Caltech - renewable every three years
Dean's list (Fall 1995 and Spring 1996)
Related work (most Recent) :

Research and training in novel RF/Microwave Electronic Systems design
Funded by the US National Science Foundation : NSF - Caltech
Research in Nanotechnology - nanowires for nanoelectronic applications
Computer Skills :
AutoCad 2008, CAD for devices and systems design, Orcad 9+. PCB design
Thermal propagation in circuits - FemLab, E&M simulation using BeamProp
Circuit board simulation software, Use of Network/ Spectrum Analyzers
Thermal effects in circuit board devices and effects of thermal gradients
Operating systems : UNIX , DOS, Windows (all versions), Mac OS
Computer Hardware : Building Single CPU and Multi-CPU Systems
Interfacing systems with GPIB cards to make measurements and analyze data.
Technical Coursework :
Related Graduate coursework; Electromagnetics, Solid State Devices,
Electronics,Thermodynamics, Quantum mechanics, Electrical and
Mechanical Engineering
Related Undergraduate coursework; Electronics, Computer Science,
Modern optics, Analytical Mechanics, (Radio) Astronomy, Special &
General Relativity.
Math Background :
Numerically solving non-linear differential equations, Advanced
calculus, Linear & Tensor algebra, Differential/ non-Euclidean geometry.
Probability theory & statistics.
Employment
Research Assistant - Ryerson University - Material Sciences (2008 - 2009)

Research : Nanotechnology, Nanoparticles & Nanofibers, quantum electronics
Engineer/Staff Scientist - California Institute of Technology - (2006-2008)

Worked on Projects at: Caltech-OVRO/ CARMA/ DSN/ BIMA/ JPL-NASA
(SIS-Mixer fabrication)
Tech. Consultant - ESI Robotics - spinoff from U. of Toronto - (2003 - 2006)

Robotics communication tech support & Research.
Testing robots in underground parking lots, reducing multipath reflection.
Research Engineer - University of Toronto,

VLBI communication systems (2002 - 2004) - Wrote the algorithm for the
communication system for the first Canadian space telescope -MOST
MSc Research & Teaching (as a Instructor) - University of Illinois

Fabrication of IR-focal plane arrays and designing IR imaging systems
(Research funded by Phillips US-mil. Labs,VA) Chicago & Urbana (1998-2001)
* References will be available upon request

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* This is the shorter version in nanotechnology

Nanotechnology & Nanoelectronics :

(Other) Technical interests :

Education - In the nanotechnology field

BA 1997 : Physics - Manchester College, USA - average 86%

MSc 2000 : Physics - University of Illinois, USA - average 80-89%

PhD 20(10) : Mechanical Engineering, Ryerson University, Canada

*Thesis : "Quantization in nanoparticles induced by magnetic and

Related work (most Recent) :

Research Assistant - Ryerson University - Material Sciences (2008 - 2009)

Engineer/Staff Scientist - California Institute of Technology - (2006-2008)

Tech. Consultant - ESI Robotics - spinoff from U. of Toronto - (2003 - 2006)

Research Engineer - University of Toronto,

MSc Research & Teaching (as a Instructor) - University of Illinois

* References will be available upon request

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