Vamsi K. Putta
Contact Doctoral Candidate E-mail: ******@******.***
Information School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Phone: +1-765-***-****
Purdue University www.ics.purdue.edu/~vputta
West Lafayette, IN
Specialization System Dynamics Optimization Model Predictive Control Distributed Con-
and Interests trol Switched Systems HVAC Supervisory Control Air Tra c Complexity
Applied Math Probability Theory
Doctor of Philosophy Fall 2008-Summer 2013 (expected)
Education
Purdue University, West Lafayette
Electrical and Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.70 (4.0 scale)
Thesis Topic: Stability of Switched Linear Systems
Advisor: Dr. Jianghai Hu
Area: Automatic Control
Bachelor of Technology 2004-2008
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Electrical Engineering GPA: 8.54 (10.0 scale)
Research Assistant, Purdue University 2012-present
Experience
Formulated a Model Predictive Control strategy for supervisory HVAC
control for a Purdue Living Lab case study with coupled dynamics.
Comparatively assessed performance of various solvers for Model Predic-
tive Control with respect to energy savings and occupant comfort.
Funded via the EEB Hub (www.eebhub.org) as part of a multidisciplinary
team working on energy e cient building control.
Research Assistant, Purdue University 2009-2012
Characterized the input to state stability of switched linear systems using
a generating function approach.
Applied results from probability theory to obtain con ict probability among
ying aircraft in 3D airspace.
Intern, Ittiam Systems, Bangalore Summer 2007
Developed a GUI application in Visual C++ to analyze MPEG-4 bit-
streams.
Matlab C/C++ Python(basic) L TEX
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Skills
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