project portfolio
(OLD 2018) Firestack // iOS & Android App Development
In 2018 I felt that I didn’t have enough OOP experience and decided to try myself in app development. Context: In Kazakhstan like in many
Schlieren Imaging
Just a small weekend project. Ideally, I was supposed to be able to see my breath or warm air flow off my hands. Might return
A Simple 50W Buck Converter
Here is a draft design of a simple buck converter. Hope you find it useful! PART I: DESIGN PART II: ASSEMBLY and AMENDMENTS
A Simple Constant-Current LED Driver with Digital Feedback and Control (MSP430)
I wanted to practice my embedded control skills, so I made a simple constant-current LED driver. I assembled the hardware based on SDG Electronics’ design
Circuit Analysis Principles // Functional Reverse Engineering (LED Driver)
Check out my shortcuts in functional reverse engineering of common consumer electronic products. I hope you enjoy!
Designing and Testing an OpAmp from Discrete Transistors
As a part of Prof. Cheney’s Analog Devices and Techniques course at UMass Lowell, students are challenged to design and test an OpAmp from a
Plasma Arc Speaker (Hobby)
I am building a plasma arc speaker using Proto G’s design. I named this project “бір мың құс” and engraved it on a wooden platform
Analog Synth Manufacturing and Analysis
I built an analog synth using Ray Wilson‘s open source circuit designs and made an hour long analysis of its VCO circuitry to contribute to
Oscilloscope Music Display Unit (in progress)
I volunteer at Lowell Makes, a local non-profit MakerSpace, as an Electronics Co-captain. We had a couple of old oscilloscope units lying around and we
VLSI Fabrication (Class Project)
A good fraction of my theoretical research is on the design of semiconductor devices (primarily heterostructure solar cells, HBTs, HEMTs, and FETs). It was, however,
Liquid Art Watch @ ProTvorchestvo
During Summer break, I got a chance to make some liquid art in ProTvorchestvo art studio in Almaty, Kazakhstan. I later converted that art piece
Solar Tracker Design (Failed)
I had an idea for a solar tracker system that has two axes controlled by a single motor. It looked great on paper but a
Light-Weight Solar Panel Design & Prototype
My adviser and I partnered up with UML’s Plastics Engineering department to work on the new design of a light-weight solar panel. Following are some
Solar Panel Defrosting System
Our team at AETC came up with a solar panel defrosting system using the solar cell itself as a heating element. After further research we
Solar Lawn Mower with Nashoba Tech
Our project was featured in Lowell Sun, a local newspaper: “The most recent alliance involved students from both schools designing and constructing the solar-electric lawn
GaN HEMT Thermal Model (Capstone Project with MACOM)
UMass Lowell offers an Industrial Capstone Project opportunity for their senior students, where they partner up with companies from their industries to work on the
Pure-Ge Base Heterostructure Bipolar Transistor
Along with Harsha, Oliver, and Prof. Mil’shtein, I co-authored a manuscript on “Non-Graded Base Si/Ge Heterojunction Transistor“. The objective of this design was to utilize
Heterostructure Solar Cell Designs
As a part of my research, I worked on several new solar cell designs that consist of a-Si/c-Si or CdS/CdSe heterojunctions with p-i-i-n configuration, as
Blood Vessel Recognition for Biometrics
I developed an algorithm for blood vessel recognition from contactless IR scans of a finger. This was a part of AETC’s contactless biometrics project series.
Solar Aluminum Electric Vehicle
One of the most long-term projects that I was involved in at AETC was the solar aluminum car. The idea behind this project is simple.
Light-Weight Solar Electric Vehicle
In 2014 I joined the Advanced Electronic Technology Center at UMass Lowell. My first ever Electrical Engineering project was a solar electric vehicle made out