Mechanical Engineering Project

Shashikiran Prabhakar ****, Creek Side Dr, #****, Folsom, CA 95630

Tel: 352-***-****, abma8i@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Seeking a Challenging and Stimulating Full - Time Position in

the field of Computer Vision, Robotics and Control Systems.

EDUCATION:

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Master of Science in Agricultural & Biological Engineering

8/09

Specialization: Controls and Automation

GPA: 3.36 & 3.63

Vishveshwaraiah Technological University, India

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering,

7/02

First Class with Distinction

RESEARCH

Autonomous Vehicle Navigation and Image Processing for Citrus Harvesting

and Scouting 01/03 - 08/09

Graduate Research Project at University of Florida.

. Developed an algorithm for autonomous navigation of the EGator with

onboard Ladar and Camera sensors.

. Implemented Shadow Removal using Invariant Images to improve the

Vision System using MATLAB and OpenCV.

Study of Receding Horizon Control Concepts and System Integration

01/05 - 11/05

Graduate Research Project at University of Florida.

. Studied the concept of Receding Horizon Control strategies applied

to autonomous navigation of Micro Air Vehicles.

. Interfaced MATLAB with MultiGen virtual environment in C++ using

socket programming, to achieve real time transfer of Micro Air

Vehicle trajectory data to a for the purpose of flight simulation

and control.

Thermal Analysis and Design Improvements

08/02 - 12/02

Research Project at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

. Analyzed the effect of sudden cooling on a casting using ANSYS

finite element analysis package.

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Control System Theory, Applied Control for Automation, Image Processing,

Instrumentation, Robot Geometry I&II,

Pattern Recognition, Electro-Hydraulic Circuits and Controls,

Mathematical Methods for Intelligent systems, Programming and interfacing

high performance Microcontrollers, Analytical Dynamics, Structural

Dynamics.

SOFTWARE PACKAGES/SKILLS

MATLAB-Simulink, C++, OpenCV, RSLogix, FANUC, LabVIEW, Robotect,

MultiSim, ANSYS, Pro-E, AutoCAD

PROJECTS

FANUC and Allen Bradley PLC Programming: Developed a Pick and Place

Mechanism for classification and sorting objects of different sizes by

interfacing Allen Bradley PLC and FANUC RG2 robot.

Kinematics Analysis of a Manipulator: Developed a solution for Forward

and Inverse Kinematic problem for a 6 DOF Serial manipulator in MATLAB.

Dynamic Analysis of Serial Manipulator: Used Robotect software package to

perform dynamic force analysis on a Five DOF robot manipulator, including

Trajectory generation and analyzing parameters such as Dexterity,

Actuator Output Torque and Repeatability.

Image Processing: Developed a MATLAB and C++ program for implementing

moving target detection, classification and tracking of vehicles using

FLIR image sequences.

Pattern Recognition: Designed Descent and Difference feature weighted

Mahalanobis classifiers to detect and classify diseases in citrus leaves

in MATLAB and compared its effectiveness to the Neural Networks approach.

Controller Design: Designed and simulated robust LQR controllers and

observers to suppress induced loads during cooperative robotic

maneuvering of a payload, by two one link robots, in MATLAB - Simulink.

Finite Element Analysis: Derived the mass and stiffness matrices and the

equations of motion of a paddle oscillator using the Lagrangian approach

AFFILIATIONS

Vice President, Indian Graduate Student Association, UF, Gainesville.

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Member, Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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