2005 - Graduation & First Job

Transition from Student Life to Professional Career

University Graduation, Paper Presentation & Awards

Graduate & Research Assistant, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH (Jan 2003 – May 2005)

Congestion Adaptive Routing Protocol is a new protocol that was designed and developed for Multimedia communication in mobile ad hoc network. CRP handles congestion in a proactive manner as compared to existing protocols. The research resulted in Thesis, Journal and conference paper publications. CRP was implemented using C++ and TCL/TK in Network Simulator 2. Simulation varied for different scenarios. Results were analyzed using tracegraph and data was processed in Perl. The thesis was written using Latex. Key roles were

  • Developed the idea of new protocol with the cooperation of advisor.
  • As the researcher of the protocol undertook extensive literature survey to make sure our work was unique.
  • During protocol lifecycle undertook analysis, design, development, and testing the project in Linux using KDeveloper & NS2.
  • Used Rational XDE for high level (Class and Sequence diagrams, use cases) and low level C++ class designs.
  • Created test cases for performance evaluation and comparison with existing protocols.
  • Presented the research in IEEE WCNC and ACM MobiCom conferences.
  • Prior research includes work in Sensor Networks and simulations in Opnet modeler.
  • Defended thesis “Congestion Adaptive Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”
  • Received Outstanding Student for Academic Excellence 2005 at the university of Dayton
  • Graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors

Papers & Posters Published

Software Engineer at Sogeti USA (Procter & Gamble)

As a lead developer for CSS EV a validated application, and front end reporting software for Corporate Standards Systems at P&G. This project realizes cost savings by providing technical standards online for the materials supplied by the suppliers.

  • Participated in development, training of support team, testing, quality assurance, production deployments and operations support for application using tools like Eclipse, J2EE, Oracle XDK, XSQL, XSL, Java, JavaScript and SQL, MySQL.
  • Developed Web Services module which downloads specs as PDF from different systems.
  • Built Excel module using Jakarta POI Library with XML (HSSF) and PDF creation using Apache FOP library.
  • Developed PL/SQL Procedures, Views, Indexes, Sequences, and triggers as part of Oracle backend development.
  • Integrated Corporate Supplier Portal and EV using JMS messaging and Tibco.
  • Used Log4j and properties file as an efficient means of logging and tracking the messages received and sent.
  • Contributed to documentation process for CSSEV University.
  • Successfully completed CSS EV application and validation training.

What I Learned

  • Learned how to work in a team environment
  • Learned how to work under pressure
  • Learned how to communicate effectively with colleagues

Skills Learned

  • Software Engineering
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
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