Professional Experience

2002 -                                University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma                                                                Associate Professor                                           School of Electrical & Computer Engineering  Responsible for curriculum development, teaching, research, and student advisement in Intelligent Controls in the Aerospace Engineering Intelligent Systems program.  Graduate Faculty in Computer Engineering and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.  2000-2001                                     Motorola, Champaign, Illinois Staff Engineer Responsible for the design and development of test support for WCDMA cellular phones. Specification and Ratification of 3G Standards. SEI Process champion. 1999-2000                          Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA Sr. Systems Engineer Responsible for the design and development of Universal Machine Controllers, Machine Navigation & Tracking Systems, Automated Drilling Systems, Bore Planning and Terrain Mapping Software. E-Strategy for the ACS Division. New technology development and Intellectual Property. Building of ACS controls group. Responsibilities include hiring, training, and career development of team members. 1997-1999                          CGN & Associates Inc., Peoria, IL Managing Consultant, Engineering Systems Responsible for creating the Engineering Services group with a staff of 30 engineers . Established key clients in the Fortune 50 companies (Ford Motor Company, Ford Visteon, Caterpillar, John Deere, Mitsubishi Motor Company, Emerson Electric) Implemented state-of-the-art Project Management processes. Established modular software development methodology with reusable components for embedded systems. 1996-1997                          CGN & Associates Inc., Peoria, IL Consultant Interior Cab Electronics design for Ford-Visteon using 68HC12 and PowerPC. Designed and implemented machine control software for the autonomous operation of mining trucks for Caterpillar, Inc. using MC68336 based hardware and VRTX32 real-time operating system. Controllers for Fuel Benches: performance and endurance testing of fuel injectors for Caterpillar, Inc. using MC68336 based hardware and VRTX32 real-time operating system. Award winning controllers for autonomous operation of D11R track-type tractors for Caterpillar. Controller designed in Matlab/Simulink and implemented using MC68336 based hardware and VRTX32 real-time operating system. Joystick prototyping and controls design for 627F scraper. Electro-hydraulic steering controls for Challenger tractors.  Development of Windows based ‘Fleet Information System’ software for Caterpillar using Visual C++. 1991 – 1996      Automation & Robotics Research Institute,  Ft. Worth, TX. Research Assistant Dynamical analysis, and controls implementation for a ship-board antenna tracking system for Electrospace Systems Inc., Dallas, Texas (controlled WSC-6 antenna with controller running on a 68040 based VME system/VxWorks OS) Design and development of a framework for enhancing the performance of current industrial controllers using Intelligent Control Techniques (control of complex physical systems using Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Controllers) Vibration suppression and line-of sight stabilization for tracking systems (Singular perturbation and feedback linearizing controllers) Taught Undergraduate Electronic Devices Laboratory and Control Systems. 1989-1990                      Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India Research Engineer Developed graphical user interfaces for various applications (Terminal emulation, visual interfaces for simulation packages using Borland C) Designed hardware for signal processing applications and multi-processor systems (AD2100, Motorola 96000) Designed and implemented a control system design software enabling an user to interactively design and test a controller (capable of implementing upto fourth-order controller on a physical system or a simulation model) UNIX Systems administration. 1985-1986                                          Modi Xerox, India Customer Engineer Trouble shooting and maintenance of electronic equipment Training customers and related customer services.

 

Summary of  Qualifications

Professional Skills: Proven track record of business development State-of-the-art Project Management  Hands-on Technical Management Experienced in all aspects of software life-cycle Strong emphasis on software process and modular development Exceptionally skilled in systems modeling, dynamical analysis, and controls design Recruiting, training, and mentoring of employees. Technical Skills: Automotive Electronics, Industrial Controls, Communications, Embedded Networking Programming languages – Embedded C, Assembly, BASIC, JAVA, Pascal, Visual C++, FORTRAN, Visual BASIC, SQL, UML Protocols - TCP/IP, USB, CAN CAD packages – AutoCAD, OrCAD, and Protel (for designing printed circuit boards) Operating Systems - VRTX32, VxWorks, RTXC, pSOS, DOS, UNIX, Windows 3.11/95/NT/CE Design Tools - MATLAB, LabVIEW, Mathematica, EASY5 Hardware - Intel 80x86, 8051/52, SA-1100, MC68HC11/12, MC68000 family, MC68336, PowerPC, Siemens C167 Working knowledge of LAN/WAN and databases. Areas of Expertise: Controls : Nonlinear Systems, Adaptive, Digital and Optimal Control Intelligent Controls : Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic Controllers Microprocessor Applications Electrical Machines and Drives, Power Electronics, Power Systems.

 

Education

1991 - 1996                                     University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Ph.D in Electrical Engineering Thesis: A Framework for Intelligent Control of Nonlinear Systems Advisor: Prof. F.L. Lewis Recipient of Sigma Xi Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation award for    1995-1996. Recipient of the National Science Foundation Grant Research Assistantship from the University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Electrical Engineering for the years 1991-1995. Recipient of Rudolf Hermann Graduate Fellowship for academic excellence at the University of Texas at Arlington for the academic year 1993-94. Recipient of UTA Alumni Fellowship for academic excellence for the academic years 1991-92 and 1992-93. 1987 - 1989                            Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India Master of Technology in Electrical Engineering Thesis: Collision-Free Path Planning for Robot Manipulators 1981 - 1985                                    JNT University,  Hyderabad, India Bachelor of Technology in Electrical & Electronics Engineering

 

Publications	2 Book Chapters and over 30 publications in international journals and conference proceedings. Over 20 industry proposals and technical reports.
Professional  Activities	Chair for Systems and Control session, SAE Earthmoving Conference, 1997-1999. Refereed submissions to IEEE, IJC, ASME, SAE journals and conferences.