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Amar Mahmood

London,Middlesex

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Pulse Oximeter & Heart Rate Monitor (Team Leader)
EEE Society Project | University of Nottingham | Oct 2023 – Jan 2024

Led a 5-member team to develop a working biomedical device using PPG signals and STM32 firmware.

  • Built analog front-end and signal conditioning for clean heart rate/SpO₂ capture.
  • Coded STM32 firmware for PWM modulation, ADC sampling, and FFT-based heart rate analysis.
  • Managed system integration with CPLD/RS485 interface and OLED/7-segment displays.
  • Oversaw 3D probe design and produced full project documentation and testing logs.


Optical Waveguide Simulation (Independent Project)
University of Nottingham | Sept 2024 – Feb 2025


Created custom MATLAB software for modelling waveguide modes and discontinuities using EME.

  • Implemented analytical (TMM) and numerical (FDM) solvers with
  • Developed eigenmode expansion solver simulating modal reflection with >98.5% power accuracy.
  • Validated field plots and Poynting vectors against analytical benchmarks and published results.


Wearable Motion Sensor System
Personal Project | Summer 2024


Prototyped a compact IMU-based motion tracker using an STM32 board and MPU6050 sensor.

  • Achieved RMS error of < 2 degrees in tilt angle estimation using complementary filter at 100 Hz sampling
  • Designed low-power firmware with less than 20 mA active draw to allow 18 hours of operation on a 500 mAh LiPo battery
  • Built serial dashboard for real-time pitch/roll display and logged motion events with 98% gesture recognition accuracy across 5 defined movements.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Undergraduate research assistant

(remote)
Nottingham
10.2021 - 05.2022
  • Created wearable real-time Bluetooth based sweat detecting technology for cystic fibrosis patients
  • Designed and verified custom PCB that can read and store measurements from a capacitance sensor
  • Developed software in C++ using Arduino IDE to establish PC communication between components
  • Rigorously tested software to ensure that the data within 1% of lab results is sent to smartphone app

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

University of Nottingham
Nottingham
09.2022 - 06.2025

Skills

  • Programming: Python, C/C, MATLAB


  • Equipment: Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Breadboard, Power Supplies, Function Generator, Digital Soldering Station


  • Electronics: STM32, ESP32, HC-SR04, RS485, CPLD, Raspberry Pi, Crystal Oscillator, MOSFETs, BJTs


  • Software Tools: KiCad, LTSpice, PLECS, DobotStudio, Simulink, Arduino IDE


  • Hard Skills: Algorithms, Computer Vision, Signal Conditioning and filtering, Power Electronics, Circuit Design,

Timeline

Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

University of Nottingham
09.2022 - 06.2025

Undergraduate research assistant

(remote)
10.2021 - 05.2022

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