(614)-428-0006

Waruna Fernando waruna.fernado@gmail.com

http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~waruna
735, Riverview Dr, Apt.7, Columbus OH 43202
Objective To obtain a position in industry that utilizes my skills
Education
Ph.D. in Experimental High Energy Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus OH - 2010 spring (expected)
Ph.D. Thesis Title: “Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Z→eµ with LHC early data” : GPA 3.7/4.0
M.S. in Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus OH - 2005 : GPA 3.7/4.0
B.S. in Physics (1st class Honors, Minor: Computer Science), University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka - 2002
B.S. Thesis Title: “Fuzzy logic based Traffic Control System”
Research Experience
OPTO ELECTRONICS
• Design of radiation-hard VCSEL driver & digital optical receiver for ATLAS pixel detector
• Design and implementation of the hardware and software for testing and quality control of ATLAS pixel optical
communication system
• Assembly and testing of the ATLAS pixel optical communication system at CERN, Switzerland
• Testing of radiation hardness of the pixel optical communication system
• Study of the bandwidth of electrical and optical transmission lines
COMPUTING & ANALYSIS
• Build and maintenance of ATLAS data analysis center at Ohio State University as a prototype for ATLAS data analysis centers
○ 50 custom virtual Linux batch nodes with network boot on custom hardware for High End Computing
○ OSG (Open Science Grid) interface to connect with other ATLAS analysis centers
○ Study and benchmark high performance computing
• Design and implementation of analysis software for ATLAS data to identify and reconstruct highly energetic isolated electrons
and muons
• Model based data analysis using root and C++
• Extremely large dataset analysis through OSG in parallel processing
Skills
• Optical communication
○ Design and implementation of Bit Error Rate tests
○ Optical communication system component characterization (VCSEL,PIN diodes, Fibers)
○ Optical system test and characterization with OTDR
○ Implementation of phase and intensity modulated optical transmission
• Digital electronics with data acquisition and PC interfacing
○ Integrated circuit design with Cadence Design Systems
○ Embedded test system design with Xilinx CPLD/FPGA and PIC micro processors
○ CAD design with Multisim, Ultiboard
○ Ethernet/USB based data acquisition
○ LabView based software interface for data acquisition boards and other equipment
• Computer skills
○ Sound knowledge in
 C++, Python, LabView
 Linux/windows including setup and configuration
 Grid based computing
 Multisim & Ultiboard
 Visual studio & Delphi
 Microcontroller programming with C
 Benchmarking high performance computing
• Teamwork
○ Work experience with one of the biggest collaboration (ATLAS collaboration) with roughly 2,000 scientists and
engineers at 165 institutions in 35 countries.
○ Teamwork with graduate and undergraduate students in the Ohio State University ATLAS group.

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Work Experience
Sep/07 - Present Research Assistant, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
• Design and implementing the Tier-3 analysis center and analysis software for ATLAS data to identify and reconstruct highly
energetic isolated electrons and muons
• Design and testing ATLAS pixel optical communication system for SLHC
Feb/05 - Sep/07 Research Assistant, Ohio State University, (at CERN, Switzerland)
• Assembling and testing the ATLAS pixel optical communication system at CERN Switzerland
Jun/05 - Feb/05 Research Assistant, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
• Design and testing ATLAS pixel optical communication system for LHC
Jun/03 - Jun/05 Teaching Assistant, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
Apr/02 - Jun/03 Assistant Lecturer, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Conducted tutorial classes for Physics Major students
• Worked with two research groups building instruments for research
• Designed and upgraded undergraduate laboratory experiments for Physics Major students
Jan/02 - Apr/02 Physics Lab Instructor, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Physics Computer Lab Administrator – windows 2000 network

Professional Affiliations
• Student member of American Physical Society (APS)
• Student member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Member of Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka (IPSL)
• Member of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLASS)

Honors and Activities

• Graduate Research Assistantship (June 05 – Present), funded by Department of Energy
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship (June 03 – June 05), Ohio State University
• The Gulamhusein A.J. Noordhai Gold Medal for Physics Project (2001), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 2nd prize Presidential Awards For Inventions (1997), Sri Lanka Inventers Commission
• 2nd prize Industrial Awards For Inventions (1997), Sri Lanka Industrial Development Board
• 1st and 2nd prize National Awards For Inventions (1996), Sri Lanka Inventers Commission
• Junior Inventor of the Year (1994), Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka
• 1st prize Science and Technology Exhibition to mark the Golden Jubilee of SLAAS (1994), Sri Lanka Association for the
Advancement of Science

Patents and Commercial Projects

• Versatile Traffic Control System (Patent filed in 1997, Sri Lanka)
• Designed and built hardware and software to automate quality control system for Global Research &
Development Centre, Stretchline Holdings Ltd

Publications in Journals
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics
1. Radiation-hard/high-speed data transmission using optical links, K.K. Gan, B. Abi, W. Fernando, H.P.
Kagan, R.D. Kass, A. Law, M.R.M. Lebbai, F. Rizatdinova, P.L. Skubic, D.S. Smith, Nuclear Instruments and

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Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment,
Volume 607, Issue 1, 1 Aug 2009, Pages 240-243
2. Overview and status of ATLAS Pixel Detector, W. Fernando, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics
Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 596, Issue 1, 21
Oct 2008, Pages 58 - 62
3. Radiation-hard optical link for SLHC, K.K. Gan, W. Fernando, H. Kagan, R. Kass, A. Law, S. Smith, M.R.M.
Lebbi, P.L. Skubic, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators,
Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 596, Issue 1, 21 Oct 2008, Pages 88 - 92
4. Optical link of the ATLAS pixel detector, K.K. Gan, W. Fernando, P.D. Jackson, M. Johnson, H. Kagan, A.
Rahimi, R. Kass, S. Smith, P. Buchholz, M. Holder, A. Roggenbuck, P. Schade, M. Ziolkwoski, Nuclear
Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated
Equipment, Volume 570, Issue 2, 11 Jan 2007, Pages 292 - 294

IEEE
5. Bandwidth of Micro Twisted-Pair Cables and Fusion Spliced SIMM-GRIN Fibers and Radiation Hardness
of PIN/VCSEL Arrays, R.D. Kass, W. Fernando, K.K. Gan, H.P. Kagan, A Law, M.R.M. Lebbai, P.L. Skubic,
D.S. Smith, Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006. IEEE Volume 2, Oct 29 2006 - Nov 1 2006
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Journal of Physics
6. Radiation Hard Optical Link for SLHC, K K Gan, B Abi, W Fernando, H P Kagan, R D Kass, A Law, M R M
Lebbai, A Rau, F Rizardinova, P L Skubic and D S Smith, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 110 (2008)
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics

7. ATLAS Pixel Detector Electronics and Sensors, G Aad et al, 2008 JINST 3 P07007
8. The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, G Aad et al, 2008 JINST 3 S08003

Conference Papers, Seminars and Presentations

1. Proposal to Develop On-Detector Array-based Optical Link, A. Adair, W. Fernando, K.K. Gan, H.P. Kagan,
R.D. Kass, H. Merritt, J. Moore, A. Nagarkar, S. Smith, M. Strang, P. Buchholz, A. Wiese, M. Ziolkowski, T.
Flick, P. Maettig, A. Pellegrino, T. Sluijk, ATLAS Upgrade Week, CERN, Nov 11, 2009
2. Radiation-Hardness of VCSEL/PIN, A. Adair, W. Fernando, K.K. Gan, H.P. Kagan, R.D. Kass, H. Merritt, J.
Moore, A. Nagarkar, S. Smith, M. Strang, IBL General Meeting, CERN, Nov 06, 2009
3. Optoboard Status, A. Adair, W. Fernando, K.K. Gan, H.P. Kagan, R.D. Kass, H. Merritt, J. Moore, A.
Nagarkar, S. Smith, M. Strang, IBL General Meeting, CERN, Nov 05, 2009
4. Experience and Benchmarking with Virtual Machines, W. Fernando , H. Kagan, US ATLAS Tier 3 Meeting,
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL Oct 29, 2009
5. Study of Radiation Hardness of PIN and VCSEL Arrays, A. Adair, W. Fernando, K.K. Gan, H.P. Kagan, R.D.
Kass, H. Merritt, J. Moore, A. Nagarkar, S. Smith, M. Strang, M.R.M. Lebbai, P.L. Skubic, B. Abi, F. Rizatdinova,
TWEPP-09 Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics, Institut des Cordeliers 15, rue de l'Ecole de
Médecine (Métro Odéon) Paris, France, 24 Sep 2009
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7. Study of the Radiation-Hardness of VCSEL/PIN arrays, W. Fernando, Conference presentation at the 2009
Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of American Physical Society, Wayne State University, Detroit,
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8. Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Z → eμ with early data, W. Fernando M. Fisher, K.K. Gan, H. Kagan , R.
Kass, K. Loureiro, J. Moss, A. Rahimi, Lepton+X group meeting, CERN Jun 22, 2009
9. Experience at the OSU T3 W. Fernando , H. Kagan, US ATLAS Tier 3 Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory,
Argonne, IL May 29, 2009
10. Update on Z→ eμ analysis with NAegammaD3PD, W. Fernado, A. Rahimi, North America Egamma Meeting,
May 07, 2009
11. Z→ eμ analysis with NAegammaD3PD, W. Fernando, KK Gan, Harris Kagan, Richard Kass, Amir Rahimi,
Karina Loureiro, Joshua Moss, Matthew Fisher, BNL Jamboree, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY,
Mar 19, 2009
12. Further updates of D3PD validation using ttbar, W. Fernando, A. Rahimi, North America Egamma Meeting,
Mar 12, 2009
13. Further Validation Studies on D3PD Triggers, W. Fernando, A. Rahimi, North America Egamma Meeting,
Feb 26, 2009
14. Z→ eμ Update With Proof and NAegamma Ntuples, W. Fernando, A. Rahimi, North America Egamma
Meeting, Jan 15, 2009
15. Exprience on egamma rootuple packge, W. Fernando, A. Rahimi, BNL Analysis Jamboree, Brookhaven
National Laboratory, Upton, NY, Dec 18, 2008
16. Update of Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Z→ eμ, W. Fernando, M. Fisher, K.K. Gan, H. Kagan , R. Kass,
K. Loureiro, J. Moss, A. Rahimi, North America Egamma Meeting, Oct 09, 2009
17. Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Z→eμ, W. Fernando, M. Fisher, K.K. Gan, H. Kagan , R. Kass, K.
Loureiro, J. Moss, A. Rahimi, Lepton+X group meeting, CERN Oct 08, 2008
18. Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Z→eμ W. Fernando, M. Fisher, K.K. Gan, H. Kagan , R. Kass, K.
Loureiro, J. Moss, A. Rahimi, ANL/BNL/LBNL Jamboree, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, Sep 11,
2008
19. Results on Opto-Link R&D, W. Fernando, K.K. Gan, A. Law, H.P. Kagan, R.D. Kass, J. Moore, A. Rau, S.
Smith, M.R.M. Lebbai, P.L. Skubic, B. Abi, F. Rizatdinova, W. Fernando, TWEPP-08 Topical Workshop on
Electronics for Particle Physics, Naxos, Greece, Sep 16 2008
20. Exotic Z decays Z→eμ, W. Fernando, M. Fisher, K.K. Gan, H. Kagan, R. Kass, K. Loureiro, J. Moss, A. Rahimi,
Lepton+X group meeting, CERN Sep 09, 2008
21. A Look at FDR2 Z→l+l- and W→eν Decay Modes, W. Fernando, A. Rahimi, BNL FDR2 Workshop,
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, Jun 27, 2008
22. Overview and status of ATLAS Pixel Detector, W. Fernando, 8th International Conference on Large Scale
Applications and Radiation Hardness of Semiconductor Detectors, Sala Convegni della Cassa di Risparmio di
Firenze, Florence, Italy, 28 Jun, 2007
23. Overview of Temp Dependence and Common Series Resistance in Opto-boards (VCSEL Arrays), W.
Fernando, Pixel Opto-Link Workshop, CERN, 30 Nov 2006
24. Bandwidths of Micro-Twisted Cables and Spliced SIMM/GRIN Fibers and Radiation Hardness of
PIN/VCSEL Arrays, K.K. Gan, W. Fernando, H. Kagan, R.D. Kass, A. Law, M.R.M. Lebbai, P.L. Skubic, D.S.

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Smith, 12th Workshop on Electronics For LHC and Future Experiments, Valencia, Spain, 25 - 29 Sep 2006,
pp.223-226
25. Development of fuzzy logic based traffic control system, B.W.S.P. Fernando and D.U.J. Sonnadara. Sri Lanka
Association for the Advancement of Science, Proc. 57th Annual Session, Sri Lanka, 2001
26. Performance of adaptive-fuzzy technique in controlling vehicular traffic, P.C. Goonetilleke and D.U.J.
Sonnadara, Proc. 18th Technical Session, Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka, 2002
27. “Development of microcontroller based high capacity standalone data acquisition systems”, B.W.S.P.
Fernando, P.C. Goonetilleke, I.M.K. Fernando and D.U.J. Sonnadara. SLAAS, Proc. 58th Annual Session, Sri
Lanka, 2002
28. “Microcontroller embedded web server with flash support”, P.C. Goonetilleke, B.W.S.P.Fernando,
I.M.K.Fernando and D.U.J. Sonnadara. SLAAS, Proc. 58th Annual Session, Sri Lanka, 2002

References
To be provided upon request.

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