NIDAL ILYAS

531S, 900 E, A1, Salt Lake City , Utah - 84102; nidal_mi@ymail.com; Tel.: 801-815-4652,
Website: http://www.nidalmi.com
Technical Skills
Frameworks

Unreal, XNA, Farseer Physics Engine, Unity,

Monogame

Programming Languages

C, C++, Objective-C, C#, Python, TCL, Actionscript

Operating Systems

MacOS, UNIX, Windows.

IDEs

Xcode, Eclipse,Netbeans, Visual Studio

Version Control Tools

Subversion, Git

EDUCATION
University of Utah, School of Computing, Salt Lake city
(May 2016, Anticipated)
Master of Science in Game Engineering
Government Model Engineering College, Cochin
07 - 11
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering: 70%
GAME DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS :
Dysassociation: Developed using Unity as part of the theme Serious Games, for Dyslexia
Awareness. Role: UI, Gameplay
Lipo Lab: Developed using Flash, inspired by the arcade game Beer Tapper. Role : UI, Gameplay
Float: Developed using Farseer Physics Engine in Monogame. Role: Developed the Inchworm
movement.
Conduit: Developed using Unreal Engine. Role: UI, Gameplay
3D Game Engine in C++: Implemented Memory Manager, World and Actor system, Messaging and
Debugging system,
PUBLISHED iOS Apps :
DaisyWheel (an app for Breast Cancer Awareness): Worked on implementing the fortune-wheel
feature of the app, integration of Video, Facebook SDK Integration, capturing photos and adding
overlay in the selected photos.
PopLife (matchup app to rate Instagram photos): Worked on the match ups algorithm used in the
app, Integration with Instagram.
Tracksmart(Employee self service App) :Worked on Login, Forgot password functionalities of the
app. Implemented Timesheet in the App.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Software Engineer, QBurst Technologies, India
Aug 12-Aug 14
Created an iOS app, PingD, an app that lets users send Pings to each other. Pings can be images,
drawings or even a normal text.
Created an iOS app, CreatePlayDate, an app that helps Parents arrange playdates for their kids.
Created a prototype iOS app to monitor position of users in an industry and sync the position with
server-side.
Created a Business Intelligence Tool that uses Big Data to generate informative reports.
Conducted object oriented analysis and design classes in various colleges in India, as a part of IBM
Rational SEED Program.
Helped create an Automated App Builder, an Android App that allows creating multi platform
mobile application and which can port business website applications to phones.
Broadcom India Pvt. Ltd.,
Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Bangalore
Apr 11-May 12
Designed, developed and maintained various automation projects (using TCL scripting language).
Tested various functional, performance and protocols test plan development of 11ac and 11n chips.
Undergraduate Course :
Research Paper(7th Semester) - Better Approach to Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking (B.A.T.M.A.N):
Routing protocol for multi-hop ad-hoc mesh networks
Thesis Project(7th & 8th Semester) - Operating System Accessible Through Web (OSAW):
OSAW is a web application that mimics the look and feel of classic desktop operating systems such
asMicrosoft windows and Linux. Developed using PHP, MySQL
Minor Project (5th Semester) - SANA(Security Analysis over Internet Traffic):
SANA is an Artificial Immune System to secure a network using light weighted,
autonomous and adaptive artificial cells. Developed using Socket programming in Java.
ACADEMIC HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
1st Place for an aptitude test conducted by IEEE
2010
Among top 11% of candidates in the 5th National IT Aptitude Test (NITAT)
18th Jan, 2009