Customer Design Engineer in Ligentec SAAlma mater: Kwangwoon University, S. Korea (Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering) 2017-2022 - Laval University, Canada (Postdoctoral Fellow) 2022-2024Expertise in:- Silicon photonics- Photonics integrated circuit design- Beam steering devices- On-chip LiDAR- Metasurface incorporated waveguide structuresphotonicsbishal [at] gmail [dot] comResearch Outputs:- 10 journal papers in reputed SCI journals like Photonics Research, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Optics Letters, IEEE Photonics Journal, Scientific Reports, etc. [4 as the first author]- 9 international conference papers [5 as the first author]- More than 22 domestic conference papers- 3 patents (1 registered, 2 pending) - Reviewer for various prestigious journals like IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, OSA Photonics Research, Optics Letters, Optics Express, JOSA-B, and Applied Optics.Skills:- Optical design using Lumerical FDTD, Synopsys, Lighttools, and COMSOL - Layout and mask design using K-layout- Experience in more than eight custom-fabless-fabrication runs in Ligentec [Switzerland] and National Nano-fabrication Center [S. Korea]- Experience in collaborative project handling- Programming in MATLAB, C++ and Python - Modeling using Solidworks, Illustrator and SketchUpProjects:- "Research on phased arrays for various beam forming" - Laval University- "Silicon nitride - polymer-based hybrid optical phased array" - funded by Agency of Defense Development, Korea. [2017 - 2020]- "Wide range beam steering using silicon photonic optical phased array" - funded by Agency of Defense Development, Korea. [2020 - 2022]Leadership:- Team Lead - Silicon nitride OPA - for the project: "Wide range beam steering using silicon photonic optical phased array" - [2020 - 2022]- Team Lead - Smart Nepali team - winner of International Space Apps Challenge - Kathmandu (2016) [International Space apps challenge is the worldwide hackathon series initiated by NASA, USA.]Teaching Experience:- 2 years as Teaching Assistant assisting Professor in different classes for undergraduate and graduate students at Kwangwoon University [2017 - 2019]- 4 years as Assistant Lecturer- teaching several electronic engineering related subjects to undergraduate students at National College of Engineering, Lalitpur, Nepal. [2013-2017]Keywords:silicon photonics, waveguide devices, silicon nitride, optical phased arrays, beam steering, input couplers, polarization splitters, photonics circuit design, FDTD, Lumerical, Synopsys BeamPROP, Lighttools, K-layout