Resume
Resume
2024 - 2025
Rice University, Texas
MS/ PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Thesis: SubTHz Receiver metasurface
PI: Prof. Edward Knightly
2012
University of Manchester, UK
BSc in Communication Engineering
Thesis: Design the MUST: Manchester University Student Telescope
Simulated a phased array of Yagi antennas within a phased array framework
Advised by: Prof. Anthony Brown and Dr. P. Wilkinson
05/2024 - till date
Rice University, Houston, Texas
Designed the metasurface profiles in Comsol and Matlab to beam steer and beam focus the sub-THz narrow beams.
Designing the Receiver metasurface profile to focus on listening to a certain area, increasing SNR, and avoiding interference coming from other directions.
Focus on Electromagnetics, EMC, RF/Sub-THz engineering, mm-Wave, Antenna design and Beamfront Manipulation, RFIC.
hands-on experience with Linux environments and shell scripting, including running .slurm task files on our Rice Supercomputing (NOTS) cluster.
Hands-on with oscilloscopes (Keysight and Rohde & Schwarz), voltage meters and power supplier, Spectrum Analyzer (Agilent/Keysight), luminometers, signal generators, arbitrary waveform generators and various soldering irons.
Proficient with CST Microwave, ADS, COMSOL RF Module, MATLAB, Linux shell, C-embedded
Experienced in antenna simulation, prototyping, and measurement.
NS-3 experience with Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11be eMLSR mode PHY/MAC level access, EHT library), BT/BLE.
Course experience with Basys 3 (Xilinx) Artix-7 FPGA and Vivado Design Suite software (VHDL).
05/2022 - 11/2022
University of Dundee, UK
Conducted research on thread scheduling methods for embedded heterogeneous systems, specifically multicore ARM processors and GPU chips.
Identified the tradeoff between performance and total energy consumption of Octa-core CPUs.
07/2017 - 12/2023
Embedded soft and hardware developer of Connected Home Ltd SmartHome Astana
From startup pitch to 3800 satisfied residential and commercial customers.
Designed electronic wired and wireless smart home and building devices based on Broadcom BCM2837 ARM Cortex-A53 SoC, STM32, ESP32, ESP8266. Communication buses RS-485, KNX, IEEE802.11b,g, ZigBee, BLE, LoraWan and NB-IoT technologies with developed embedded software.
Wrote drivers and calibrated many PIR, leak, presence, IR and radar sensors for Smart Home and Smart Construction.
Developed drivers to interface with sensors in stand-alone mode and enable data uploads to Web, iOS (HomeKit) and Android apps.
Designed wireless concrete sensors and flowmeters based on Semtech SX1278/57 LoraWAN transceivers, which signal the flow rate of the conveyor and concrete maturity. Introduced IoT modules for the uranium mining industry.
Chemistry startup: in 7month alone, designed the optoelectronic and capacitive novel sensor to measure the chemical composition of liquids: alcohol, gasoline, hexane.
ASICs Repair Center:
Repaired over 450 Hash and motherboards monthly for Bitcoin mining ASICs.
Recovered $6M from the $11M loss of one big customer after a fire at his facilities
Contributed to the development of web, iOS, and Android applications to complement the smart devices.
Supervised and mentored a team of over 30 interns, resulting in the successful placement of the top candidates at prestigious institutions such as Texas Instruments and KAIST.
06/2015 - 06/2017
Junior Researcher at National Laboratory Astana
Conducted extensive research on RF exposure for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, UHF for force drying, and generating waves in piezo crystals using AC current.
Designed and developed prototypes for the aforementioned projects, ensuring successful implementation and testing.
01/2013 - 06/2015
Junior coordinator and Design engineer at Kazakh Space Agency, Astana
Conducted 3D design and simulation of ground and space segment RF systems, focusing on antenna feeders and radiation pattern optimization.
Conducted application studies of Radar satellites for KazSpace requirements.
Participated in a study trip to Berlin Technical University and Airbus Friedrichshafen.
Coordinated documentation for the launch of two ERS spacecraft in 2014.
Visited Airbus D&S radar satellite designing facilities in Friedrichshafen, Germany, to study ERS applications.
02/2013 - 12/2013
Internship at Information Satellite Systems, Russia
Conducted an in-depth study of the Ku and C-band payload systems of the KazSat-3 satellite.
Researched and analyzed launch vehicle features and orbits for various spacecraft missions.
Awards
Best startup idea ABC Weekend, NURIS 2023
Recipient of Kazakhstani Presidential “Bolashak” Scholarship, 2022