Raunaq Shah
Electrical Engineering graduate from University of New South Wales, with MSc from Stanford University. Currently working as Teaching Assistant at the Electrical Engineering Department at Stanford.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Travel |
| Skills: | Business, C/C++, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Management |
| Groups: | Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive] |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Stanford University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University |
| Position: | Teaching Assistant |
| Time period: | August 2005 - Present |
| Description: | Assisted the teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses in Signal Processing, Circuits, and Computer Architecture Supervised, delegated and coordinated duties of members of the course staff |
| Employer: | Various organizations |
| Position: | Leadership/Volunteer Experience |
| Description: | Team Leader, Stanford Entrepreneurship Innovation Tournament: (2008) – Winner of “Most Creative” prize
Project Leader, Engineers Without Borders, UNSW: (2003-04) – Initiated and ran a computer loan program for refugees Volunteer, Habitat Para La Humanidad, Guatemala: (2002) – Built houses for underprivileged families in rural areas Volunteer, Student Peace Action, UIUC: (2001-02) – Organized fundraisers and a field trip to Washington DC |
| Employer: | NEC Research Laboratories, Beijing, China |
| Position: | Researcher |
| Time period: | May 2008 - August 2008 |
| Description: | Managed full duplex mobile VoIP software development project on Chinese mobile networks
Designed the user interface for Chinese mobile news application on Symbian smartphones |
| Employer: | Stanford Center For Technological Innovation, Kyoto, Japan |
| Position: | Teaching Fellow |
| Time period: | March 2008 - May 2008 |
| Description: | Administered 3 courses in Electrical Engineering for students attending the Stanford in Japan program
Ran lectures, review sessions and conducted consultations to reinforce concepts and understanding |
| Employer: | Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, Japan |
| Position: | Engineer |
| Time period: | June 2007 - August 2007 |
| Description: | Developed and optimized next generation large vocabulary continuous speech recognition technology for car navigation system
Made presentations in Japanese to upper management, other engineering departments and human resources |
| Employer: | CSG Solar, Sydney, Australia |
| Position: | Engineering Intern |
| Time period: | May 2003 - October 2003 |
| Description: | Developed unique manufacturable process for using ink-jet technology to form metal contacts on solar cells
Fabricated and installed “World’s First CSG Solar Panel Arrays” on the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney |
| Employer: | Invensys Foxboro, Sydney, Australia |
| Position: | Engineering Intern |
| Time period: | November 2002 - April 2003 |
| Description: | Improved productivity by initiating the automatic replication of Human Machine Interface (HMI) displays
Trained and supervised a team involved in HMI display creation |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | Electrical Engineering, MSc |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | University Medal in Electrical Engineering (2005) – Awarded to the top electrical engineering student in the class of 2005
IEE Thesis Competition 2nd Prize (2005) – State-wide competition for undergraduate theses in Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Award in Electrical Engineering (2004) – In recognition of outstanding academic achievement Electrical Engineering Co-op Scholarship (2003) – Industry linked scholarship in Electrical Engineering |
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Ashwin Purohit
Pursuing BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Software Engineering Intern at Cisco WebEx (2008), Co-founder at Lexeem.com (2009), Operations Management Engineering Intern at Yahoo! (2009).
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