Honor Society® member
mathialakan thavappiragasam
Research Assistant at MSU
- Michigan State University
- Electrical and Computer Engineering cum Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
- Class of 2017
- East Lansing, MI
Member since June 2015
About
Pursuing PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, basically doing research in the field of scientific computing and developing models & simulations of real life of electromagnetic waves that plays key role in Medicine and Machinery leveraging Physics. Apart from my research, I have been serving societies in several ways as a resource person for training, an executive member of a union, and a mentor for projects.
Education
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Michigan State University
PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
2014 – 2017
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University of South Dakota
MS in Computer Science
2013 – 2014
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University of Jaffna
BS (Hons) in Computer Science
2000 – 2005
Honors and awards
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Graduate Excellence Fellowship
Graduate Excellence Fellowship for one year Doctoral Studies 2014 -2015, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, MSU, East Lansing, MI
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Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant
for the year 2014 by Computer Science, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
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Graduate Scholastics Achievement Award
for the year 2014 by Computer Science, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
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Travel Award
Travel Award for ACM-BCB 2014, NSF
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Best performance award
Best performance award in the Honors Degree Examination in Computer Science. 2005 “Sabalingam” Memorial Price, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
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Higher Education Scholarship 2001 - 2005
Higher Education Scholarship 2001 - 2005, The Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund, Government of Sri Lanka.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
a researcher cum developer and a mentor/resource person for social activities.
- Graduate school interests
Involving research in my field, and participating social activities.
- Outside the classroom
Watching TV news and musical shows, Play chess and do quizes
Experience
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Research Assistant
MSU
Aug 2014 – Aug 2017
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Research Assistant
USD
May 2013 – Aug 2014
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Lecturer
University of Jaffna
Jun 2008 – Jan 2013
Volunteering
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Evaluator
michigan state university
Jul 2015
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Graduate Evaluator
michigan state university
Apr 2015
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
- Tamil Advanced
Additional information
Organizations
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Michigan State University - Sri Lankan Student Association (opens in a new tab)
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Vavuniya Campus Teachers Association
