resume - Mohammed Ridwan

Mohammed R.
3A B.ASc Electrical Engineering. IEEE Member.
Phone:
Email:
(+1) 226 988 3682
[email protected]
More details:
www.MohammedRidwan.com
"Mohammed is one of the best student I have had in the almost 20 years of having co-op students.”
── Dr. Bev Christian, Director, Materials Interconnect Lab, BlackBerry
"Mohammed has exhibited outstanding qualities. His aptitude for research far exceeds anyone that I have mentored in my group
amongst his peers. He independently proposed an architecture for water heating that showed high interest in the subject and
strong innovative characteristic."
── Omar M. Ramahi, Professor, ECE Department, University Of Waterloo
WORK EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Blackberry Ltd. | Jan – April 2015
Proficient:
Materials Interconnect Lab co-op, currently UW Campus Ambassador.
Java ● C# ● COMSOL Multiphysics ●
Soldering ● Arduino dev. ● Transient Network
Analyzer ● Signal analyzers ● Product dev.
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Researched on quantifying creep corrosion on bare copper PCB
boards in a sulfur environment.
- Designed a new test frame setup for the experiments
which reduced the standard deviation by 60%.
Individually investigated the effect of salt solutions on PCB boards
with an in house automated resistance measuring equipment.
Carried out 48 failure analysis/solder-ability lab jobs using 2/3D
X-Rays, solder/reflow machines, cross-sectioning, 3D printers etc.
Differential Scanning Calorimetry study of super cooled metals &
investigated the heat capacity of different solder compounds.
University of Waterloo, Electrical Eng. Dept | May – Sept 2014
Undergraduate Researcher
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Individually proposed an architecture for microfluidic water
heating using Microwaves & Metamaterials to carry out
efficient heating.
Carried out research on efficiency of dielectric heating using FEA
analysis, COMSOL Multiphysics simulations.
Individually wrote a 70+ page guide to COMSOL for beginners.
WMS Metal Industries | Jan – April 2013
Product developer/Market research assistant.
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Developed a new & innovative smart recycling bin that has
received newspaper coverage for innovation. Encourages
consumers to recycle, provides big data to municipalities & helps
save transportation costs.
TELUS Health Solution | Jan – April 2013
Junior Software Developer
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Integrated a medical device hardware w/ Medical Record
software using SQL, Node.js & JavaScript. Rated best UX by client
Integrated an on-demand spell checker feature w/ software suite
using Java.
Exposure:
Matlab ● Pro Engineer ● Node.js ● NI
Multisim ● Android Dev. ● Assembly
EDUCATION
Honors, B.A.Sc. Electrical Engineering,
University of Waterloo, 3A Term
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Recently ranked #8 in class with an
average of 88.8% (3.80 GPA).
Voted Electrical Engineering class
representative for 2 consecutive
years.
Engineering student scholarship for
outstanding high school
performance.
Advanced Level Certificate of Secondary
Education, Cambridge International School
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Crest award for being topper in
institute for Advanced Level Physics.
RELEVANT COURSES:
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Electronic and Electrical Properties of
Materials
Signals and Systems
Algorithms and Data Structures
OTHER LINKS:
https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/mohammedridwanul-islam/63/343/872