Curriculum Vitae Usama Mehmood

PERSONAL INFORMATION Usama Mehmood

House # 63, Zubair Shah Road H-13, Islamabad, 45200, Pakistan

+923037048269
umehmood476@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/umehmood476/

Sex Male | Date of birth 26/04/1998 | Nationality Pakistani

POSITION APPLIED FOR IoT & Embedded Systems Engineer

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

19/09/2016 – 06/07/2020 Bachelor of Electrical Engineering PQF Level 6

National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad (Pakistan)
CGPA: 3.34/4.00
Major courses include:
▪ Embedded System Design
▪ Microcontrollers and Microprocessor
▪ Computer and Communication Networks
▪ Digital Signal Processing
▪ Electronics Circuit Design
▪ Power Electronics

03/09/2014 – 31/06/2016 Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) PQF Level 4

Punjab College of Science, Gujranwala (Pakistan)
Major Subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
Overall Percentage Score: 91.18

19/06/2012 – 31/02/2014 Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) PQF Level 3

Prime Public English High School, Gujranwala (Pakistan)
Major Subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Overall Percentage Score: 79.63

WORK EXPERIENCE

01/10/2020 - Present Research Assistant

Internet of Things (IoT) Lab, Islamabad (Pakistan)
Working as IoT Embedded Engineer
Responsibilities:
Microcontroller programming and electronics circuit design for IoT based smart cities projects.
• Developed an IoT hardware kit, to monitor water pollutants in real-time for the DAAD
funded project entitled " Internet of Things (IoT) enabled surface water pollution
detection for predictive healthcare". Five analogue sensors have been integrated
with micro-controller, aided with data logging through esp8266.
• Implemented an extensible IoT-based crop health monitoring to provide a cost-effective
and scalable solution for preventing crop damage and maximizing yield. A wireless
network of a master node and seven slave nodes powered by solar energy was created to
monitor real-time humidity and temperature of the soil.

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10/06/2019 – 02/08/2019 RMS Department Intern

LCC Pakistan- A Talkpool Company, Islamabad (Pakistan)
Worked as Technical Intern
Project: Haiti FMS (Fuel Management System)- 850, Development and installation of remote fuel
management devices on 850 telco sites for Digicel in Haiti.
• Resolved and provided help to any FMS system related issues covering hardware and field-
related issues.
• Played role in Data Analytics and provide technical support by collaborating with Haiti
team of Talkpool during installation FMS devices. Successfully managed the installation of
more than 100 devices by the end of internship.

09/07/2018 – 16/08/2018 Applied Technologies Intern

National Electronics Complex of Pakistan, Islamabad (Pakistan)
Project: “Electronic Voting Machine”
• Developed a rigging free Electronic voting system using PIC micro-controller and created local
data base of voters via LabView.
• Learned about microcontrollers and worked on different Electronics Circuit Simulation tools such
as Keil and Porteous.

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue Urdu

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Other language(s)
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production

English C1 C2 C1 C1 C1
IELTS Certificate
Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Organisational / managerial skills • Led a group of 32 people for an entrepreneurship project. Successfully managed three-day E-
gaming event and engaged around 250 participants.
• Headed 2 tree plantation drives with the collaboration of PRCS, raised awareness through on
ground and social media campaign, and planted around 500 trees.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Projects • Urban Air Quality Monitoring System using IoT

• Adaptive Noise Cancellation using LMS Algorithm on FPGA
• Digital Thermometer and Automatic Room Temperature Control
• Implementation of RISC-V on FPGA using Verilog
• Smart Indoor Air Quality Monitor.
Online Courses and Certification
• Embedded Hardware and Operating Systems
• Introduction to microcontrollers
• Embedded System Design Using Flow Code & LabVIEW
• Engineering Project Management
• Entrepreneurship
Honours and awards
• Microsoft Imagine Cup 2020, National Finalist
• The Punjab Educational Endowment Fund (PEEF) Scholarship for UG (2016-2020)
• Appreciate letter by ICRC for arranging First Aid Training Programs in School/Colleges

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