Control systems

Upinderjeet Singh Gilhotra

Phone: 408-***-****, E-mail: ****************@*****.***

EDUCATION:

Masters of Science in Electrical (Control Systems) Engineering GPA: 3.3

San Jose State University, Graduated: Dec, 2009

Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.7

Punjab Technical University, India, Graduated: May, 2007

US Army Aviation’s UH-60 (Blackhawk) Utility Helicopter Technical Specialist’s Course

US Army’s Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Fort Eustice, Virginia Honor Graduate

Graduated: Sept, 2010

Private Pilot Course

Rocky Mountain Flight School, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Graduated: July, 2014

RELEVANT COURSEWORK:

Automatic Control Theory, Digital Control, Multi-Variable Control Systems, Optimal control, Embedded Systems, Power Management

(Electronics and Control), KALMAN Filtering, System Identification(Adaptive Filtering), Analog and Digital Systems Design.

EXPERIENCE:

Aviation Technical Logistics Specialist, Oct’12-Jun’14

United States Army

Supervised junior colleagues/soldiers engaged in supply, services, material management and logistics operations. Provided technical

guidance to the lower graded personnel.

Established and maintained tech-inventory along with the stock records, material control, and automated and manual accounting

records.

Directed, generated and managed work orders for repair of complex electro -mechanical assemblies by the 3rd party contractors and

other Intermediate/Depot level maintenance facilities and companies.

Was responsible for preparation of orders, operating instructions, reports and related technical materials.

Performed liaison between staff and supported soldiers to improve effectivene ss of the supported activities.

Blackhawk Helicopter Technical Specialist, Oct’10-Oct’12

United States Army

Tested, evaluated, modified and calibrated various instruments and control systems on board UH-60 Blackhawk utility helicopters.

Created test procedures and analyzed test results of instruments in collective pitch control, the cyclic pitch control, and the anti -torque

pedals or tail rotor control.

Managed maintenance operations for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks while assigned to the Production Control section

of the aviation units. Led a team of production control technicians for the maintenance supervision and direction in an active unit.

Devised, updated and documented safety procedures for military aviation operations in hangar, airfield and other tactical loc ations.

Implemented the Aviation Safety Messages (ASAM’s) which encompassed the newly discovered safety hazards associated with flight

and maintenance operations and the suggested ways to cover/mitigate them, while assigned to Quality Control section of the un it.

Established, documented and enforced Technical Manuals (IETM’s) and other Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to achieve safety

and efficiency of the maintenance tasks and the required level of Quality Control.

Prepared monthly Maintenance Close-Out reports for the purpose of Operations Research and increasing the Mission Readiness.

Performed beyond expectations while working with a highly dynamic team in a rapidly changing and stressful environment. Awarded

Army Achievement Medal (AAM) for demonstrating these abilities in the theat er of European (German) operations and State -side

operations.

Analog Precision Design and Embedded Systems Intern, May’06-Jan’07

NetMax Technologies, Chandigarh, India

Utilized the PCB design tool ORCAD 10.5 Release for circuit design of vario us projects:

Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) - A SMPS power supply was designed and built in the configurations of Buck, Boost, Buck -

Boost and Flyback topologies with their corresponding control circuits.

Automated Guided Vehicle - A pathfinder robot was built which controls its motion by detecting the obstacles with the four infra -red

sensors on each side. It was able to move forward, backward and was also able to take both the lef t and right turns. Powered by 5 volts

battery, its wheels were run by two DC motors and H -Bridge circuits were used to reverse the direction of rotation of these motors for

the purpose of turning, reversing etc. The 8 -bit microcontroller was used and programmed in embedded C.

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Upinderjeet Singh Gilhotra

Phone: 408-***-****, E-mail: ****************@*****.***

ACADEMIC PROJECTS:

Magnetic Levitation Control

Controlled the motion of two magnetic disks installed on the Magnetic Levitation Apparatus. Linear ized the non-linear multi-input multi-output

control system and utilized the concepts of P, PI and PID control, and Multivariable Control theory to control the position and speed of the two

installed magnetic disks. Utilized ‘Hardware in the Loop’ (HIL) configuration in conjunction with the MATLAB, and SIMULINK platforms.

Adaptive Inverse Control

The control scheme established for the computer model for a suspension system of an automobile. Designed and adapted the FIR (Finite

Impulse Response) filters in discrete domain to perform simultaneous System Identification, Inverse Control and Disturbance Cancelling .

Mechatronics Laboratory Establishment

Designed the curriculum module for the undergraduate students to characterize a DC motor for parameters like torque constant, speed constant,

motor inertia, terminal resistance etc. and then devising and implementing the suitable techniques for measurements of these parameters

followed by verification of the measured values via modeling and simulations in MATLAB, and LABVIEW for data acquisition.

Computer Projects

Computer based projects employing the concepts of

Classical Control: Root Locus Design techniques, P, PI and PID control, Lead and Lag control, Frequency Response design

techniques: Bode Plot and NYQUIST Plots.

Modern Control: State Space modeling, Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR), Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG), Linear and Non-Linear

state estimation using KALMAN Filters.

Battery’s State of Charge Estimation

Used the non-linear state estimation techniques like Extended KALMAN Filters, Sigma Point KALMAN Filters and Particle Filters to estimate

the internal state of lithium ion battery cell used in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV).

Embedded Systems: Sensor Interfacing and GPS Module Interfacing

Built the additional hardware to the existing ARM7 TDMI microcontroller system and programmed the same for the purpose of temperature

sensor (digital and analog) interfacing. In addition, programmed the system to interface it with the GPS Module for the intended data exchange

with the satellites.

Web Application Functional Testing

Conducted testing, verification, software validation and quality assurance of the web portal. Performed black box, functional, regression

testing. Implemented data driven test to veri fy the same functionality with multiple sets of data. Developed automation scripts for new

enhancements using SeleniumWebDriver and JUnit. Used Selenium Grid to execute test cases on multiple machines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Modeling and Simulation: LABVIEW, MATLAB, Simulink, PSPICE, Solid Works.

Programing and scripting Languages : Embedded C, C++, Python, Assembly Language (8085/8086 Microcontrollers)

Hardware description Languages and Design Tools: ORCAD 10.5 Release, Verilog, NC-VERILOG, NC-VHDL, VCS, Cadence-

Virtuoso.

Office Tools: Linux, Windows 98/2000/XP/vista, UNIX, (MS Office’07, Adobe Acrobat), Photoshop, Multimedia

Laboratory Equipment: CRO, Curve Tracer Function generators, Multi -meters (Analog & Digital)

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Can read/write/speak/understand English, Punjabi (Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi Scripts), Hindi, Urdu and Persian (Farsi )

WORK AUTHORIZATION

Authorized to work for any employer in US A(US citizen).

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