Damon Moazen
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Education
M.Sc. Degree in Computer Engineering Aug 2009
Concentration: VLSI/Digital Design
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
B.Sc. Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2007 Concentration: Digital Design
California State University, Northridge (CSUN), CA
Honors
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Deans list Fall 05, Spring 06, Spring 07 |
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College of Engineering and Computer Honors List Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 06, and Spring 07 |
Industry Experience
Summer Intern 2009
Boston Scientific Corporation – Neuromodulation R&D, Valencia, CA
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Design/Development of a test board to integrate a Bluetooth module to the remote controller (RC) and the Charger utilizing and programming a Texas Instrument (TI) microcontroller |
Summer Intern 2008
Boston Scientific Corporation – Neuromodulation R&D, Valencia, CA
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Developing a feasibility test plan to test and verification of the latest version of the Falcon III remote controller
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Develop, synthesis and simulation of a behavioral Verilog module for the Boundary-Scan Chain Test for the Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG) |
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant
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EE477L: “MOS VLSI Circuit design”, to Prof. S. Nazarian University of southern California, 2008 - 2009
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EE101 “Introduction to Digital Logic Circuit Design”, to Prof.M.Redekopp University of southern California, 2007 - 2008
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Tutoring for Electrical Engineering courses, Math and Physics at the School Of Engineering at (CSUN), 2005 - 2007
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Student assistant in the Faculty/staff Computer Lab Santa Monica College, 2003 - 2004 |
Graduate Level Courses
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Computer Aided Design of Digital Systems I (EE 680) |
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VLSI System Design A (EE 577A) |
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VLSI System Design B (EE 577B) |
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Asynchronous VLSI Design (EE 552) |
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Computer Systems Architecture (EE557) |
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Non-Linear Integrated Analog Circuit Design (EE479) |
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Computer system organization (EE 457X) |
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MOS VLSI Circuit Design (EE 477) |
Bachelor Level Courses
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Verilog-HDL Design |
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VHDL–Logic Design |
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FPGA/ASICS Design |
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Digital Systems Design |
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Design of Digital Computer |
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Fundamental Control System |
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Electromagnetic Fields and Waves |
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Probabilistic Systems |
Graduate level Projects
FPGA Compiler:
Implementation of the min-cut placement algorithm in C for an FPGA compiler
Troy Wide Word Processor:
Behavioral Verilog HDL design, implementation, simulation, synthesis and Static timing
analysis for pre and post synthesis net list of the Troy Wide Word Processor, utilizing
NC-sim, Design Compiler, PrimTime, and NanoSim respectively
Viterbi Decoder:
Behavioral Verilog HDL Implementation, simulation, synthesis and Static timing
analysis for pre and post synthesis net list of a Viterbi Decoder,using
NC-sim, Design Compiler, PrimTime, and NanoSim respectively
DDR2 Controller:
Behavioral Verilog HDL Implementation, simulation, synthesis and Static timing analysis
for pre and post synthesis net list of the DDR2 Controller, using NC-sim, Design Compiler,
PrimTime, and NanoSim respectively
Direct Digital Synthesizer:
Design/Implementation/Layout and Simulation of a Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS),
involving a 1Kbit SRAM, 16bit Accumulator, 32bit Decoder, and a DAC, utilizing CADANCE
tools in 180nm technology and NanoSim
Asynchronous Network on chip:
Frontend design of a Asynchronous Network on chip (NoC), using Verilog CSP,
and Behavioral Verilog modeling
Neuron-network:
Design/ layout/ implementation and simulation of a Neuron-network, utilizing
CADNCE tools
Senior Design Projects
Individual Project
Design and implementation of a Floating-point Frequency Counter (TTL) Utilizing Cascaded
CMOS BCD Counters and Monostable Multivibrator ICs.
Group Project
Design/implementation of a Dual Input Port Digital Spectrum Analyzer,
with the maximum 1MHz real-time bandwidth, consisting of an Analog to Digital converter, LM555CN clock generator and two Elexol I/O USB 24 DIP communication modules, Utilizing Labview for the Software part of the design
Computer Skills
Programming languages: C, Assembly, MATLAB, Verilog, Verilog CSP
Synopsys: HSPICE, NanoSim, Design Compiler, PrimeTime
Cadence: Composer Schematic, Virtuoso Layout Editor, Encounter, NC-Sim
Platforms: UNIX, Windows
Software: PSpice, Winspice, Altera (QuartusII), Xilinx ISE, Labview, ModelSim, OrCAD,
Microsoft Office
References
Massoud
Pedram
(213) 740-4458
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Eng.-systems, University Of Southern California,
Los Angeles, California
