I am a Hardware Engineering professional (who doesn't require H1B VISA sponsorship) located in Austin, Texas with interests in fields of Parallel Computer Architecture, Digital VLSI, Digital Logic Design.

Hardware Development Engineer @ From June 2015 to Present (7 months) Graduate Research Assistant @ • Currently Working on comparing different latest processors (Multi and many core CPUs, DSPs, GPUs, FPGAs and hybrid devices) by means of computational density, power, internal & external memory and I/O bandwidth device metrics. • Carried out Architectural, Performance, Cost and Radiation-Effects analysis of Single Board Computers for 'Software-based GPU for use beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO)' NASA project, working in tandem with Johnson Space Center (JSC) and Kennedy Space Center (KSC). From August 2014 to June 2015 (11 months) Gainesville, Florida AreaGraduate Student @ Masters of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering From August 2013 to May 2015 (1 year 10 months) SW/HW Development Intern @ • Added plugin (consisting of FFT, IFFT, convolution and buffering algorithms) of 3D sound effect in Kalimba DSP processor using assembly language and BlueCore IDE. • Implemented engine conversion from 32 bit floating to 24 bit fixed point (using MATLAB) of 3D Audio Speakers based on Bacch sound technology. • Worked on hardware interface between Estar America bluetooth speakers and CSR toolkit. From May 2014 to August 2014 (4 months) Gainesville, Florida AreaVolunteer Research Assistant @ • Implemented Application Parallelization of matrix-vector multiplication, Linear spacing kernel on Many-core and multi-core processors which includes Intel Xeon E5-2670 and Phi 5110P, Nvidia Tesla K20x using OpenMP and CUDA APIs. • Received Training on device metrics as means for comparing different processors and carried out device metrics calculations for TI Keystone I, Nvidia Tesla series GPUs, Freescale E500 core processors. From May 2014 to August 2014 (4 months) Gainesville, Florida AreaSoftware Test Engineer @ • Worked in quality assurance and testing of train-based software applications using Black-box testing methodologies.Designed Test Applications for validation purposes using C & Functional Block Diagram (FBD). • Other tasks included coordination of testing effort, taking responsibility for test deliverables, status reporting to management & issue escalations. From January 2012 to July 2013 (1 year 7 months) Vadodara Area, IndiaConcept Developer @ • Development and Implementation of concepts of Physics, Chemistry and higher level Math through 2-D & 3-D animations, simulations & virtual experiments for interactive school curriculum softwares. From June 2011 to November 2011 (6 months) Vadodara Area, India

Master's Degree, Computer & Electrical Engineering, 3.83/4.0 @ University of Florida From 2013 to 2015 Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics & Communications, 3.7/4.0 @ maharaja sayajirao university From 2007 to 2011 Science, 96.33% @ Baroda High School, Alkapuri From 1992 to 2007 Ishan Dalal is skilled in: C, VHDL, Labview, Xilinx ISE, SimpleScalar, VLSI, Embedded Systems, Cadence Virtuoso, Matlab, Computer Architecture, Programming, Microcontrollers, Reconfigurable Computing, FPGA, Keil