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One page printable resume (Word
2000 Format)
Purvesh B. Thakker
Campus Address: 909 S. Fifth Street, Apt
#763 • Champaign, IL 61820 • (217) 332-4914 • purveshthakker@usa.net
Permanent Address: 1926 Surfside Terrace
• Vero Beach, FL 32963 • (561) 234-5646
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINIOIS
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Urbana-Champaign,
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Candidate: Master of Business
Administration / Master of Science, December 2000
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GMAT: 700 |
MS Major: Electrical Engineering
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EE GPA: 3.7 / 4.0 |
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
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Gainesville, FL |
Bachelor of Science with High Honors,
August 1998
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GPA: 3.8 / 4.0 |
Major: Electrical Engineering
Minor: Business Administration
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EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Instructor of Senior Design Project
Laboratory (Summer 1999)
 | Managed 14 teams with the help of one
Teaching Assistant during Instructor’s summer absence
| Course emulates professional engineering
environment of a real business
| Delivered presentations, facilitated weekly
meetings, provided guidance, facilitated parts needs,
conducted design reviews, dispersed project funds, evaluated
deliverables, and served as webmaster |
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Teaching Assistant of Senior Design Project
Laboratory (Fall 1998 – Present)
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a total of 34 teams and advised about 150 on highly varied
projects; served as webmaster
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guidance, facilitated weekly meetings, participated in design
reviews, and dispersed funds |
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Masters Thesis - Project Automation and
Collaboration Environment (PACE) (Fall 1998 – Summer 1999)
 | Transformed Senior Design course above using
Web system (https://www-s.ece.uiuc.edu/ece345)
| Designed PACE to create a digital library of
projects, streamline parts requests, schedule meetings, and
establish a direct link between students and employers |
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Mobile Computer Networks Project - Weberos (Spring
1999)
| Designed and built network security system
that works with proxies
| Programmed in Java, especially using Java
Cryptography Extension |
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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
High-performance Computing and Simulation Lab (HCS)
- High Honors Project (Spring 1998)
| Designed and created Guaranteed ATM, a
high-performance ATM interface for distributed computing that
substitutes for TCP; programmed in C |
Computer Hardware and Software Project (Spring
1998)
| Team designed computer using Motorola Coldfire
chip; built custom 33 MHz circuit board using Protel |
Machine Intelligence Lab (MIL) - Robotics
Project (Spring 1997)
| Built a two-legged walker named “Orb,”
which walks forward, looks around by turning its dome, and turns
with a jump
| Programmed in Interactive C; exchanged
expertise with two mechanical engineers |
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Machine Intelligence Lab (MIL) - Senior Design
Project (Spring 1997)
| Built a plug-in servo controller for Orb that
can handle 5 servos and 8 motors, or as many as 30 servos with
full acceleration control; designed custom circuit board |
HARRIS SEMICONDUCTOR
Intern (Summer 1997)
| Converted layout of 10 bit A/D to new
manufacturing process
| Learned about analog VLSI layout, analog
design, chip fabrication, and xDSL technology |
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WILLIAMS FINANCIAL GROUP
Intern (Summer 1995)
| Earned
brokerage license by passing Series 7 exam
| Provided
computer expertise, answered phones, and greeted customers at
front desk |
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HONORS, AWARDS, AND
ACTIVITIES
Best Speaker at a Harris Semiconductor Toastmasters
meeting
National Merit Scholar, Anderson Scholar with High Distinction, UF
Honors Program
High School Salutatorian, 3.9 / 4.0 GPA, 1420 SAT (M 800, V 620)
Intramural Soccer (Captain three times) and Flag Football (Captain);
UF Table Tennis Club Team (Regionals twice)
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