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Arushi Sonkhya

International Graduate Applicant - Fall, 2014

M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Universit o! "as#ington

I a$ a senior ear engineering student in t#e %&M Institute o! In!or$ation 'ec#nolog (%&MII')

$a*oring in Electronics and +o$$unication. I #ave developed a strong interest in %SI sste$

design during t#e last 2 ears and t#is #as $otivated $e to pursue an M.S. in Electrical Engineering

(%SI igital Sste$) !ro$ Universit o! "as#ington. I /elieve t#at $ strong acade$ic

/acground co$ple$ented it# $ diverse eperiences in researc#, practical training and etra-

curricular activities ill #old $e in ver good stead during $ graduate studies at Universit o!

"as#ington.

It all started on a onder!ul, !un-!illed !all evening during t#e 3 t#grade t#at I decided to $ae $ on

rain alar$ !or a science !air e#i/ition. '#e a/solute pleasure o! atc#ing $ on creation or as

!ar $ore valua/le t#an t#e second place aard I on !or $ e!!ort. '#e alar$ is still outside $

/edroo$ indo, and it still ors In retrospect, it as t#e !irst-ti$e I reali5ed I as interested in

science.

I c#ose to $ae science $ !ocus during #ig# sc#ool and a!ter. I too t#e AIEEE (All India

Engineering Entrance Ea$ination) in 2006 and scored in t#e top 7 percentile o! t#e 1 $illion

students t#at too t#e ea$. M success in t#e AIEEE #elped $e get accepted to %&MII', 8aipur. I

#ave ecelled in $an core su/*ects suc# as %SI !a/rication tec#nolog, Microprocessors and

Inter!aces, igital +ircuits and Sste$s, ata Structures and Algorit#$s, +o$puter netors and

&anotec#nolog, #ic# is $ani!ested t#roug# $ +9I o! 6.16:10. I developed a ver strong interest

in %SI sste$ design during $ *unior ear. I designed a 2;1 $ultipleer and used design tools

suc# as Micro "ind2 and S+< to o/serve its e!!icienc.

M interest in %SI sste$ design as !urt#er strengt#ened during $ $a*or undergraduate

pro*ect. I created =an area e!!icient design !or #ig#l co$pact, lo poer digital processing unit o! areceiver !or passive >FI tags? using Micro "ind2 and S+

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I success!ull co$pleted t#e Ecel 'eleco$ pro!essional certi!ication progra$ conducted / Ericsson

in 2012. I ent on several site visits and #ad #ands-on eperience o! t#e various tools used in t#e

teleco$ industr. I also co$pleted a Microcontrollers +a$p / 'ec#nop#ilia 9vt. %td. and ored on

t#e A> plat!or$ to create a $otion sensor car. I attended a >o/otics "ors#op conducted /

'#in%a/s SI&E II'-o$/a and gained ele$entar noledge a/out ro/ot loco$otion, actuators,

control and trans$ission sste$s. t#e end o! t#e ors#op, I as a/le to /uild a ro/otic plat!or$

#ic# as eBuipped it# a pic and place $ec#anis$.

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%a/orator in pro*ect suc# as c#anneli5ing digiti5er design support it# 9ro!essor +. 8. >ic#ard S#i. I

also loo !orard to oring at Adaptive +o$puting Mac#ines and E$ulators la/ it# 9ro!essor

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