Northrop Grumman MS contractor

Supervisor: Dr. Michael Keidar, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Director, George Washington Institute of Nanotechnology. Research focus: Contamination studies of Micro-Cathode Arc Thruster subsystem; Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) investigation of uCAT subsystems for Small Satellites; Development of a SMT/SMD 4-layer PCB with embedded C++ controller application telemetry/command for small spacecraft; GWU-NASA ARC Micro-Cathode Arc Thruster PhoneSat Experiment; Linear Circular Commutating Chain multi-hop deep space communication networks

Developed prototype double-sided SMT/SMD PCB for Analog Devices MEMS 3-axis accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope sensor use investigation, and developed embedded C++ code applications to manipulate data stream. Investigated studies under for the IOS NASA Phase I Small Business Industrial Research Grant, “Neptune modular rockets for breakthrough low-cost space access”

Developed python/USRP SDR applications for automated internet connected Satellite Earth Station terminals.

Director, Broadband Technologies (R&D)Filed as co-inventor, US Patent Application 60/633,195. Managed program to build-out of five sets of a new model of “BroadLeap” hybrid wired/wireless communication nodes and deployed a trial wide area broadband service in collaboration with Cox Communications Inc., VA. Network covered 101.29 Sq. Km. delivering 5.5 Megabit/s data rates between Lorton, West Ox communications facilities of Cox and Fairfax, Falls Church offices of the company. Project Manager, and Sr. Consultant, of an international consulting team to determine the feasibility of a mixed C-band/L-band Satellite Mobile Data Terminal for vehicular applications using NIGCOMSAT-1 Satellite. Co-author of project business plan with customer.

Founded and developedbusiness into 30 employee company, licensed Fixed Satellite Services andInternet Service Provider. Partnered with Singapore Telecommunications andbuilt 15 C-band VSAT Satellite Earth Stations providing turnkey VSATengineering services for Satellite/PSTN users. Connected Bangladesh to theInternet through PraDeshtaNet . Developed Broadband MultiserviceSwitching Transmission and Distribution Architecture (BMSTDA) equipment in Bangladesh, Singapore, India, Egypt, Nigeria, Yemen, Iraq, Philippines, and the USA.

Assessed potential of Fixed Satellite Services in Bangladesh market using proposed Geostationary satelliteand potential of Bangladesh-Singapore Joint VSAT Services project as ground segment operator.

Developed public sector policy analyses, policy documents, sample enterprize IT/ICT applications using Oracle, SCO Unix. Trained public sector administrators on relational database management systems. I was given the role of the Member-secretary of the committee that drafted the Bangla language standard code for information interchange, and compiled statistics and performed analyses of historical Bangla/bengali language word and character usage for the group's deliberation. Also - setup dialup networks to demonstrate wide area computer connectivity.

This company produced the famed, Wadia digital to analog, audio converters for the audiophile market.

Multi-user VAX, Sun, Data General, mainframe access, Digital phone (Northern Telecom) mixed environment with dialup modem plant for remote access to the network. Unix system administrator for several systems including the DG MV/10000. Member of the systems group of the Computer Science Lab. Developed a robot and miniature vision animation system for use of graduate students.