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First Name: Payam
Last Name: Valadkhan

Email: pmvald@yahoo.com , valadkhan@ce.sharif.edu

Education: Undergraduate, Last year of studying at Sharif Institute of Technology (http://www.sharif.ir)

Department: Computer Engineering Department

GPA: Technical and Engineering Courses: 17.23 out of 20 (3.45 / 4)

All Courses (Technical + Islamic, Literature and Sports Courses): 16.21 out of 20 (3.24 / 4)

Personal Information

Birth Date: March 25, 1984
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Single

Interests

System Programming
Micro/Nano Robotics
Communication
Radio & Space Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Photonics , Plasma and Laser
Nano Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Micro electro mechanic
Electromagnetic
Electronic
Biology
Genetic
Biotechnology
Philosophy

Related Experience ( NEMS/MEMS and Micro/Nano Robotics)

Developing an idea about a micro flying plane.

Studying a lot of books and articles about Micro/Nano technology and their application. Here is a list of some of the most important ones that have been read carefully (Except books that I’ve read for university courses).

Number	Name	Author(s)	Edition	Year
1	Introduction to Microelectronic fabrication	Richard C. Jaeger	1^st	1988
2	An Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems Engineering	Nadim Maluf, Kirt Williams	2^nd	2004
3	Microsystems Design	Stephan D. Senturia	??	2001
4	Introduction to Microelectromechanical Microwave Systems	Sanders (I’m not sure)	??	??
5	Introduction to Nanotechnology	Kohler	??	??
6	Solid State Electronic Devices	Ben G. Streetman	3^rd	1990

Related Experience ( Electrical, Electromagnetic and Physics)

Here is a list of some of the most important ones that have been read carefully (Except books that I’ve read for university courses).

Number	Name	Author(s)	Edition	Year
1	Introduction to Electrodynamics	David J. Griffiths	3^rd	1999
2	Electromagnetic Waves	David H. Staelin	1^st	1994
3	National Physics Olympiad in Iran (Problems and Solutions)	Mahmood Bahmanabadi	1^st	2005
4	Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits	Anant Agarwal	??	2005
5	Electrical Engineering: Principles and Applications	Allan R. Hambley	3^rd	2005

Major Courses Taken

Course Title	Textbook	Credit	Semester	Score (Out of 20)
General Mathematics I	C. Henry Edwards, “Calculus”, 6^th Edition, 2002	4	Fall 2002	18.2
Computer Workshop	Pamphlet	1	Fall 2002	19.5
Discrete Structure	Kenneth H. Rosen, “Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications”, 4^th Edition 1999	3	Fall 2002	20.0
Computer Programming (JAVA)	H.M Deitel, “JAVA How to Program”, 4^th Edition, 2002	3	Fall 2002	20.0
General Mathematics II	C. Henry Edwards, “Calculus”, 6^th Edition, 2002	4	Spring 2003	18.9
General Physics	David Halliday, “Physics”, 5^th Edition, 2002	3	Spring 2003	17.8
General Physics Lab	Pamphlet	1	Spring 2003	17.5
Computer Structure and Language	Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic, “Computer Organization”, 5^th Edition, 2002	3	Spring 2003	17.0
Data Structure and Algorithm	Thomas H. Coremen, “Introduction to Algorithm”, 2^nd Edition, 2001	3	Spring 2003	18.2
Design of Algorithm	Thomas H. Coremen, “Introduction to Algorithm”, 2^nd Edition, 2001	3	Spring 2003	17.1
Advance Topics in Problem Solving	Christos H. Papadimitriou, “Combinatorial Optimization”, 1^st Edition, 1982	3	Spring 2003	19.0
Digital System Design and Analysis	Victor R. Nelson, “Digital Logic Circuit Ananlysis and Design”, 1^st Edition, 1995 and Samir Palnitkar, “Verilog HDL”, 1^st Edition, 1996	3	Fall 2003	17.5
Digital System Design Lab	Pamphlet	1	Fall 2003	18.5
Computer Architecture	Pamphlet and Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic, “Computer Organization”, 5^th Edition, 2002	3	Fall 2003	18.3
Theory of Machine and Language	Thomas A. Sudkamp, “Languages and Machines: An Introduction to the Theory of Computer Science”	3	Fall 2003	20
Electrical & Electronics Circuits	Adel Sedra, “Microelectronics Circuits”, 4^th Edition, 1998 and S. Madhu, “Linear Circuit Analysis”,1^st Edition, 2001	3	Spring 2004	18.5
Logic Design Lab	Pamphlet	1	Spring 2004	18.5
Compiler	Alfred V. Aho, “Compilers”	3	Spring 2004	17.5
Operating Systems	Andrew Tanenbaum, “Modern Operating Systems”	3	Spring 2004	16
Computer Architecture Lab	Pamphlet	1	Summer 2004	16
Mathematic Analysis	Charles C. Pugh, “Real Mathematical Analysis”, 1^st Edition, 2001	4	Spring 2005	20
Digital Electronics Lab	Pamphlet	1	Fall 2005	NA
Robotic Technology	Saeed B. Niku, “Introduction to Robotics Analysis, Systems, Applications”, 1^st Edition, 2001	3	Fall 2005	NA

Awards and Honors

2005:

2nd place (together with two other team members) in the first round of the National Programming Contest (ACM) held in Sharif University of Technology.

2004:

Receiving Second Prize and 3rd place (together with the Sharif University Team) in 11th International Mathematic Competition for university students held in Skopje, Macedonia

2003:

Beginning the undergraduate studies in Computer Engineering Department of Sharif University of Technology, Iran.
Elected as a member of the Sharif University Mathematic Team.
Receiving Gold Medal and 1st place (together with the Sharif University Team) in the national mathematic competition for university students held in Hamedan, Iran.
Receiving Third Prize and 4th place (together with the Sharif University Team) in the 10th International Mathematic Competition for university students held in Cluj Napoka, Romania.

2002:

Elected as a member of the Iran Mathematic Olympiad Team at the end of the winter program (fourth round).
Receiving Silver medal in the 43rd International Mathematic Olympiad (IMO) held in Glasgow, Scotland

2001:

Passing the first round of the national mathematic Olympiad.
Passing the first round of the national computer Olympiad.
Passing the second round of the national mathematic Olympiad and entering the summer mathematic Olympiad program.
Receiving gold medal in the mathematic Olympiad summer program and entering the winter program.

2000:

Passing the first round of the national mathematic Olympiad.
Passing the first round of the national computer Olympiad.

Professional Experiences

2005:

Writing an anti hacking and network security system for Pendar organization.

2004:

Designing and implementing a computer-base management system for Arman agricultural organization.
Writing a scheduler to make MS-DOS a multitask operating system.
Writing a compiler for a Pascal-like programming language.