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Projects and Paper
GATE- Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers
CRCE- My undergraduate college
Clemson University
IEEE
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Current Address: 1108, Tiger Blvd, Apt #127, Clemson, SC 29631, USA
Address in India: A/5 Devyani Apts, MG Road, Borivli e, Mumbai 400066, India
Interests:Mobile robotics, biomimetics, image processing applications in robotics.
Status quo: I am pursuing my Masters in Electrical Engineering at Clemson University, SC, and specializing in Robotics. I am presently a graduate Research Assistant with Dr. Darren Dawson's research group at Robotics and Mechatronics Lab, Clemson, working on mobile agent simulations. I am interested in the interdisciplinary nature of Robotics, and more so in the analogues between robot behaviour and ability and that of organisms and processes in nature.
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Education
Master of Science (Electrical Engineering): Aug 2004-Aug 2006 (expected date)
Clemson University, SC, USA. GPA 4.0/4.0
Present courses: Advanced Nonlinear Control, Machine vision, Intelligent Robotic Systems(core), Animal Behaviour (audit)
Past Courses: Digital Image Processing (core), Analysis of Robotic Systems, Introduction to Robotics
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics): Aug 1999- Jun 2003
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (CRCE), University of Mumbai, India.
Passed with First Class 61.71/100
Core Courses: Microelectronics, Microprocessors (8085/86/386), DSP, Control systems, Robotics, Analog and Digital circuits, Communication systems
HSC [Class 12]: June 1999
Mithibai College, Mumbai.
Passed with Distinction.
Physics: 94/100 Chemistry: 95/100 Maths: 93/100 Biology: 81/100 Overall: 83.33/100
SSC [Class 10]: June 1997
Don Bosco High School, Mumbai.
Passed with Distinction.
Overall: 83.67/100 (4th in batch of 150 in school)
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OS: Windows (all versions), DOS, Linux
Software: Matlab with Simulink, C/ C++, HTML, Flash5.0
Tools: Maple, MS Office
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Projects
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Simulation of two-link (RR) Rehabilitation Robot: Jan 2005- present
Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory, Clemson University
We are currently working towards a simulation for rehabilitation robots, and are dealing with a two-link R-R robot. The tool
tip attempts to trace a circular path in the workspace and avoid joint singularities and obstacles.
Robot Grouping and Flocking with Obstacle Avoidance: Aug 2004- present
Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory, Clemson University
Non-linear control of the velocity of a group of mobile agents with finite uniform sensing range and infinite communication range to follow a non-trivial trajectory in 2D landscape with obstacle avoidance. There are both stationary and mobile obstacles in the environment. Robots move in formation. I am developing simulations for this system in Simulink. Working with Jian Chen, a PhD student with Dr. Darren Dawson, and Erhun Iyasere (Masters student), as part of Dr. Dawson's research group.
Analysis of mesospheric backscatter data using Image Processing techniques: Sep 2004- present
Department of Physics, Clemson University
Data set of RADAR reflections from the middle atmosphere is analyzed and image processing techniques are used for noise detection and removal for different origins of noise such as satellite reflections and meteor reflections. Filtered data from four different RADAR beams over several days is separately analyzed and is to be ultimately integrated.
High Availability PID Controller (Senior year project): Sep 2002-Apr 2003
Towards fulfilment of graduation requirement, Fr. C.R. College of Engineering, Mumbai, India.
Project at Electronics Department, Heavy Engineering Division, Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai.
A DC motor position control system with redundancy and monitoring circuits. Proposal for user interface for control of position and testing of card performance.
Autonomous Robot for docking simulation: Jan 2002-Feb 2002
Project for Yantriki, a National Level Robotics competition at Techfest 2002, held at IIT Bombay.
An agent which found its way to the center of an arena and dumped its cargo of marbles into a docking station. Robot interface through the parallel port of computer controlling stepper motors and sensing using printer switches. Prizes for Overall Best Team and Engineering Excellence at Yantriki2002 in a field of nearly 200 teams from across the nation.
Autonomous Robot Team to play soccer: Sep 2003- Jan 2004
Independent Project
Worked briefly on the implementation of a transmitter-receiver section for this project. The robots were to be centrally controlled by a serial wireless interface, and given commands by allotting each robot an ID for recognising its commands.
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Papers
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Model of ant- based robot team for exploratory missions : Oct 2003-Jan 2004
Selected for publication at International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics (ICAM) 2004
This paper is an effort to combine certain useful behaviours and structures seen in ant colonies, and come up with a workable model of a distributed control robot team which can incorporate these features to search, map and exploit food sources in an area. The scope of this paper is the algorithm for such missions.
Digital Image Restoration Techniques and Automation: Nov 2004
Course Project for Digital Image Processing, Fall 2004
The restoration of digital images can be carried out using two salient approaches, image inpainting and constrained texture synthesis. This paper gives an overview of the current body of work on the subject, and discusses the future trends in this relatively new research field. It also proposes a procedure which will further increase the level of automation in image restoration, and move it closer to being a regular feature in photo-editing software.
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Tests
GRE: Sept 11, 2002
2360/2400 [Verbal 760/800; Analytical 800/800; Quantitative 800/800]
TOEFL: Nov 01, 2002
283/300 [computer based] Nov 01, 2002
GATE: Feb 08, 2004
GATE is a technical aptitude test for engineers conducted jointly by the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science.
Paper: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Performance: 93.06 percentile
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Positions
Member, Student Health Insurance Committee: Jan 2005- present
Graduate Student Government, Clemson University
This committee, a part of a proactive student body, examines the issues of health insurance policy requirements and graduate assistant subsidies for students. It interfaces with faculty, management and graduate students and aims to synergise this interaction to make the best insurance options available to the students.
Student Patrol Officer: Aug 2004- Dec 2004
Clemson University Police Department
Responsibilities included parking enforcement and supervision of athletics event security. The Clemson University Student Patrol also handles mobile escort shifts.
Cultural Secretary, CRCE [Undergraduate school]: Sep 2001- Aug 2002
- Head of Organising Team of the college cultural festival Euphoria2002.
- Organising team member for the intercollegiate Debate2001 hosted by college.
- Founder-member of Student Placement Forum.
Assistant Chief Editor, college magazine, 'Fragmag' (1 issue): Sep 2002- Mar 2003 Editorial Board member, college magazine. (2 issues): Sep1999- Mar 2002 Coordinator, Student Industrial Tour, CRCE: Dec 2001- Feb 2002
Planning and coordination of visit to research institutes (CDAC), electronics manufacturers (Siemens, Crompton-Greaves, Magnaflux) and software companies (EDS) for preliminary exposure to industries, their work profiles and functioning. Event Head, Intercollegiate technical festival, CRCE: Mar 2002 & Apr 2003
Coordinated one event in each of the two years. Member, Sponsorship Committee, IEEE-360degrees: March 2001
A technical festival jointly hosted by six colleges in Mumbai University. School Head Prefect, Don Bosco High School: Sep 1995- Sep 1996
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Activities,Interests and Memberships
- Member, IEEE student chapter of CRCE: Dec 2000- Dec 2002
- Member, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society: Dec 2001- Dec 2002
- Volunteer with the National Association for the Blind, India : Sep 2003-
- Writing poetry
- Classical and Science literature
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Language Skills
English, Hindi, Marathi, basic French, basic Latin.
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