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Faculty Profile

Ramesh Ramadoss, PhD,
Director of MEMS Laboratory,
Alabama Microelectronics Science and Technology Center,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical Engineering from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, May 2003.
Doctoral Thesis: Design, Modeling, and Characterization of RF MEMS Capacitive Switches based on Flexible Printed Circuit Technology.
Advisors: Drs. K.C. Gupta (Chair), Y.C. Lee, and V. M. Bright.

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai Kamaraj University, India, May 1998.
Undergraduate Thesis: Electromagnetic Environment Characterization.
Advisor: Dr. V. Abhaikumar.

Experience

June 2003 – present: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.

August 1999 – May 2003: Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

June 1998 – July 1999: Project Associate, Microwave Research Center, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India.

Honors and Awards

IEEE IES Recognition Award was presented by the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society for outstanding contributions to the IE society and leadership in the organization of a new technical sub-committee in MEMS the field.

MTT Graduate Fellowship award is presented every year by the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society in recognition of academic achievement and excellence of a graduate student in the microwave area. Recipient of the MTT graduate fellowship award in the year 2001.

Best Project Award is awarded every academic year by the Electronics and Communication department at the Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India for a high quality of research work carried out for the undergraduate thesis. Recipient of this award in the year 1998.

Best Student Award is awarded every academic year at the Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India for an outstanding performance of a student in academics and extra-curricular activities. Recipient of this award in the year 1998.

First prize - Electrofocus'97: Presented a paper entitled "Modified Back propagation Algorithm for character recognition" at Electrofocus ’97, a national level student technical symposium organized by Madras Institute of technology, Madras, India, January 1997. Received First prize in a session with 12 contestants.

Third prize - Communika'97: Presented a paper entitled "Faster back propagation algorithm for alphanumeric character recognition" at Communika’ 97, a national level student technical symposium organized by Tamilnadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore, India, March 1997. Received Third prize in a session with 6 contestants.


Graduate Students

Ananth Sundaram (MS, May 2006)
Thesis:
Electronically Steerable Antenna Array Using PCB-Based MEMS Phase Shifters.
Employed in Mobile Aspects India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India.

Ronald Jackson Jr. (MS, Aug. 2006)
Thesis: MEMS Based Tunable Microstrip Patch Antenna Fabricated Using Printed Circuit Processing Techniques.
Employed in Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL.

Lia Almeida (MS, Dec. 2006)
Thesis: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Contact Resistance and Reliability of Lateral Contact Type Ohmic MEMS Relays.
Employed in
Free-Scale Semiconductors, Austin, TX.

Brian Holland (Graduate Student)
MEMS based Tunable Filter and Antenna.

Madhurima Maddela (Graduate Student)
MEMS Tunable Antenna.

John Rogers (Graduate Student)
PCB MEMS Accelerometer.

Philip Ozmun (Graduate Student)
PCB MEMS Accelerometer.

Undergraduate Students

 

Abhishek Davray (B.S., Fall 2006)


Somak D. Goswami
(B.S., Spring 2006)


Shymal Roy
(B.S., Spring 2005)