Arpit Kothari received his Bachelor of Engineering Degree in 2007 in ‘Instrumentation Technology’ from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India. After his graduation, from July 2007 to April 2010, he worked on Distributed Control System (DCS) at Yokogawa India Limited, a firm specializing in Measurement, Control and Industrial Automation. His area of focus was Power Plant Instrumentation and Control.
In July 2013, he received his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, Missouri where he worked on microwave design, vector network analysis and calibration. He is presently working as a Hardware Engineer at Juniper Networks Inc., Sunnyvale, CA. His areas of interest are RF design, measurement and Signal Integrity.
As a result of his research, Mr. Kothari was an author to the following published papers which explain his work.
[1] Kothari, A; Ghasr, M.T.; Zoughi, R., "Design of a Nondirectional Wideband Waveguide Coupler," Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on , vol.63, no.4, pp.984,986, April 2014.
[2] Kothari, A; Ghasr, M.T.; Zoughi, R., "Sensitivity analysis of a single-port vector reflectometer with a wideband phase-shifter," Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2013 IEEE International , vol., no., pp.381,386, 6-9 May 2013.
The following is a quote from Mr. Kothari on the value of this award to his career development: “During my Masters I obtained an internship with Cisco Systems Inc. at San Jose, CA (Feb 2013), and after graduating, was offered permanent employment with Juniper Networks Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (Oct 2013). Throughout my Masters, this Fellowship Award provided me with financial independence due to which I could concentrate on my research full-time. The skills acquired during my research were instrumental in obtaining both the internship and my present full time position. I proudly and gratefully acknowledge the fellowship and my association with I&M society in my Master’s thesis, my published papers and my resume.”
