Mechanical Engineering Control

Dhananjay Anand

The University of Michigan Cell: 734-***-****

Engineering Research Center-RMS Fax: 734-***-****

Information

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www.umich.edu/ danand

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125

Distributed control, Networked automation, Embedded control

Research

Interests

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (expected graduation date: December 2011)

Advisers: Professor Dawn Tilbury and Dr. James Moyne

Area of Study: Control Engineering

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, December 2008

GPA: 4.00/4.00

Area of Specialization: Dynamics and Control

Guided research topics: Performance of wireless networks for industrial automa-

tion, Data analysis on transient diesel engine soot emissions.

Advisers: Professor Dawn Tilbury, Dr. James Moyne and Professor Je rey Stein

B.S., Visvesvaraya Technological University, Mechanical Engineering, June 2004

First class, With Distinction in Engineering

Design specialization (emphasis on machine design and manufacturing systems)

Minor in Control systems

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Academic

Experience

Graduate Student Research Assistant January 2008 to present

Graduate student researcher with the NSF Engineering research center for Re-

con gurable manufacturing systems and the Ground Robotics Reliability Center.

Working in the area of automation inspired control engineering problems. Includ-

ing engineering challenges in large-scale, distributed control and hybrid systems

with virtual emulation.

Student Researcher with USCAR January 2008 to present

(United States Consortium for Automotive Research)

Responsible for collaborative study on wireless network performance when used

for factory automation.

Developed test cases for industrial wireless validation in conjunction with the

Underwriters Laboratories.

Continuing participant in the USCAR working group for plant controller re-

search.

Student researcher with NIST January 2009 to present

(National Institute for Standards and Technology)

Studied clock synchronization over Ethernet for data acquisition equipment in

semiconductor fabrication facilities.

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Designed a networked control testbed to investigate state estimator coordination

with time/-stamped message scheduling and intelligent trajectory forecasting.

(Ongoing research)

Currently working with NIST to develop a distributed control testbed for appli-

cations in intelligent electrical power transmission and distribution.

Publications

D. M. Anand, J.G. Fletcher, Y. Li-Baboud and J. Moyne. Using clock accuracy to

guide model synthesis in distributed systems: An application in power grid control.

In Proc. IEEE ISPCS, 2010.

D. M. Anand, J.G. Fletcher, Y. Li-Baboud and J. Moyne. A practical implementa-

tion of distributed system control over an asynchronous Ethernet network using time

stamped data. In Proc. IEEE CASE, 2010.

D. M. Anand and D.M., Tilbury. Wireless networks for factory automation: Perfor-

mance evaluation via analysis and experimentation. International Journal of Systems,

Control and Communication, 2009. Submitted.

D. M. Anand, J. Moyne, and D.M. Tilbury. Performance evaluation of wireless net-

works for factory automation applications In Proc. IEEE CASE, 2009.

D. M. Anand, D. Sharma, Y. Li-Baboud and J. Moyne, Timing performance and time

synchronization over a wireless network: Analysis, experimentation and application

to semiconductor manufacturing. In Proc. IEEE ISPCS, 2009.

J. Amelot, C. Vasseur, Y. Li-Baboud, J.G. Fletcher, D. M. Anand and J. Moyne. An

IEEE 1588 Time Synchronization Testbed for assessing power distribution require-

ments. In Proc. IEEE ISPCS, 2010.

D. Sharma, D. M. Anand, Ya-Shian Li Baboud and J. R. Moyne, A Time Synchroniza-

tion Testbed to De ne and Standardize Real-Time Model-Based Control Capabilities

in Semiconductor Manufacturing. In Proc AEC/APC Symposium, 2009.

Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, X. Zhu, D. M. Anand, S. Hussaini, and J.R. Moyne. Semicon-

ductor manufacturing equipment data acquisition simulation for timing performance

analysis. In Proc. IEEE ISPCS, 2008.

Professional

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD USA Sum-

Experience

mer 2010

Guest Researcher

Worked with the Electrical Engineering and Electronics Laboratory.

Electronics and network topology design for an experiment measuring the perfor-

mance of network clock synchronization and sensitivity to Ethernet tra c (mixed

signal measurement and Ehternet tra c pro le generation).

Research exploration in the area of widely distributed and formally veri ed con-

trol and applications in the area of next generation power transmission.

Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA USA June 2009 to August 2009

Summer Intern

Worked in the Embedded Reasoning Area of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory

(ERA/ISL).

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Contributed to the design of a prototype recon gurable/ exible manufacturing

system.

Involved with electronic hardware design, mechanical design and simulation stud-

ies.

Raman Research Institute, Cochin, India June 2006 to September 2007

Scienti c O cer Electronics

Designed electronic hardware associated with electric marine propulsion.

Part of engineering crew aboard a research vessel during sea trials and operations

in the Indian Ocean.

Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India August 2004 to May 2006

Engineer Controls and Systems

Developed instrumentation for data logging and communication with networked

sensors.

Developed power management electronics for captive DC generation and storage.

Involved with team designing Composite-FRP and Carbon composite structures.

MICO-Bosch Ltd., Bangalore, India January 2004 to July 2004

Trainee Engineer Automation Rotation

Went through six month training rotation at Bosch Research and Machine Build-

ing.

Designed xture improvements for CNC machining centers.

Designed automated quality control operations for diesel injector assemblies.

Designed in-line calibration hardware for dimensional quality control.

Best Student Paper IEEE-ISPCS, 2010

Achievments

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, University of Michigan, 2008 present

Research Mentorship Award Under graduate research opportunities program (UROP)

Service

Conducted a seminar on experiment design and research methodology for senior level

undergraduates.

Supervised UROP sponsored undergraduates working with our lab.

Peer Reviewer for IEEE- CASE, TASE, ICRA, ISPCS and ACC.

Technical Skills Hardware and software experience in Control Engineering, Electronic systems design,

Mechanical Engineering and Networking.

Matlab experience: linear algebra, control systems design, nonlinear numerical meth-

ods, systemID, statistics, visualization

Instrumentation and Control: Simulink, LabVIEW

Programming: C, C++, PLC scripting tools, and others

Applications: TEX, L TEX, BibTEX, Microsoft O ce, and other common productivity

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packages for Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP/2000, Apple OS X, Linux

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