CV - Sid Senadheera

Date of birth : 08/26/1972
Citizenship : Canadian
Marital Status : Married

Technical Interests 

Nanotechnology :
Silicon/Carbon Nanowires, Nanofibers, Femtosecond Lasers
Laser ablation on semiconducters, magneto/plasma hydrodynamics

 RF Microwave Engineering :
Antennas and Receiver systems design, Front end and IF electronics
Computer Aided Design (CAD) of RF Microwave components & systems
Circuits and PCB Design, PCB manufacturing using LPKF systems
Testing of RF Microwave instruments, Signal extraction in low S/N ratio
Familiarity with RF Microwave software, Radio Telescopes, waveguides
Simulation tools - SPICE, Communication with Spacecrafts, VLBI

(Other) Technical interests :
Optoelectronics : Devices, Systems design, waveguides, Photonics, Fabrication
Infrared Systems : Sub-micron & Areal imaging, HgCdTe arrays, CMOS readouts

Education :
B.A. 1997 : Physics : Manchester College, USA
M.Sc. 2000 : Physics & Electrical Engineering - University of Illinois
Ph.D. (2000 – 2002) Astrophysics : University of Waterloo, Canada
"Electron density profiles in HII regions and Interstellar medium" (incomplete)
Ph.D. (exp. in 2009)  Mechanical Engineering :   Ryerson University, Canada 
" Nanotechnology - nanowires & nanofibers for nanoelectronic applications "

Related work (most Recent) :
Research and training in novel RF/Microwave Electronic Systems design
Funded by the US National Science Foundation : NSF - CalTech

Computer Skills :
AutoCad Inventor 2008, CAD for devices and systems design, Orcad 9+. PCB design
Thermal propagation in circuits - FemLab, E&M simulation in waveguides BeamProp
LPKF, PCB Board manufacturing - Well proficient in both software and hardware
Circuit board simulation software: SPICE, Use of Network/ Spectrum Analyzers
Operating systems : UNIX , DOS, Windows (all versions), Mac OS
Other: AIPS, SPECX - VLA, JCMT data analysis software, IRAF, SIS Mixers
C / C++, Fortran, Pascal, BASIC programming languages
Computer Hardware : Building Single CPU and Multi-CPU Systems
Interfacing systems with GPIB cards to make measurements and analyze data.

Technical Coursework :
Related Graduate coursework; Electromagnetics, Solid State Devices, Circuits,
Thermodynamics, Quantum mechanics, Astrophysics and Radio Astronomy.
Related Undergraduate coursework; Electronics, Computer Science, Modern optics
Analytical Mechanics, (Radio) Astronomy, Special & General Relativity.

Math Background :
Numerically solving non-linear differential equations, Advanced calculus, Linear &
Tensor algebra, Differential/ non-Euclidean geometry. Probability theory & statistics.

Employment :

Engineer - California Institute of Technology (2007)
Designing RF Microwave components and systems. Keep the antennas in OVRO
& CARMA radio observatories functioning well. Testing new devices and antennas.

Research Associate, Optoelectronics - McMaster University (2005 – 2006)
Research and Development in optoelectronic devices. Fabrication work in clean room.

Research Engineer - University of Toronto (2002 - 2004)
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department : CADIFT (2004)
Developing a non-intrusive imaging system using photoconductive radiometry for
Characterizing Silicon wafers.

Space Flight Lab - Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS-SFL)
Designing a downlink communication system for low powered spacecrafts

Consulting RF Engineer : Engineering Services Inc (ESI) (2003-2006)
Coming up with solutions for multipath fading. Using cellular networks to manipulate
bomb disposal robots.

Physics Research Assistant -University of Waterloo (2000 - 2002)
Assisting Physics and Engineering classes. Teaching and preparing exams.

Observatory Coordinator, University of Waterloo (2000 - 2002)
Was in charge of all activities and maintenance of the observatory. Including the
Public Outreach Program.

Achievements and Professional Associations :
Sigma Pi Sigma, National physics honor society, USA
Kappa Mu Epsilon, National mathematics honor society, USA
Full Scholarship recipient, Manchester College, USA (1993-97)
Full Scholarship - Ph.D. program, Ryerson University (2008-09) 

Official Website : http://sidath.senadheera.net

Publications website : (will be up soon..)