Kushal Patel

+1-908-***-**** ad2ey0@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/kushal1510 github.com/kushal123478 Education

Virginia tech Aug. 2018 – Oct. 2021

Master of Science in Computer Engineering Blacksburg, VA Gujarat Technological University Jun. 2012 – May. 2016 Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation and Control Gujarat, India Experience

Perception Engineer Oct. 2021 – Present

Ranpak Corp. - R-Squared Robotics Shelton, CT

• Agile Development of computer vision applications to solve problems in end-of-the-line packaging

• Writing decoupled and unit testable C++ application and library code in linux environment

• Pre-processing, object detection and geometric analysis of 3D point clouds

• Multithreaded and GPU accelerated computer vision algorithms over depth and color images

• Developing specialized calibration tools for ToF and camera sensors

• Deep learning based image classification, object detection and instance segmentation in RGB and depth images

• Integrating neural networks for real-time deployment on single board computers using TensorRT

• Developing interfaces between perception applications and customer enterprise applications for making business decisions

Research Assistant Sep. 2019 – Oct. 2021

Centre for Marine Autonomy and Robotics Blacksburg, VA

• 3D point cloud data compression using Supervoxel based over-segmentation and feature extraction for Sonar data

• Seafloor segmentation and keypoint detection in 3D Point cloud data using Geometric and Intensity based features and density based clustering

• Deep learning based feature extraction on 3D point clouds captured using Sonar sensors

• Developing a C++ library for fetching and processing Sonar data on single board computers Research Assistant Aug. 2018 – May. 2019

Nonlinear Systems Lab Blacksburg, VA

• Quadditch - System design and software development for FPV/AR capable multi agent UAV system to simulate the game of quidditch

• Designed a hexacopter to achieve large payload and extended flight time for research

• Developed an embedded platform for flight controller testing using Pixhawk and Raspberry Pi

• Supervised a team of undergraduate students

Controls Software Intern May. 2019 – Jul. 2019

Blueprint Automation Ltd. Richmond, VA

• Developed a python application for access control system of robot’s HMI using RFID reader

• Developed software for motion control applications in pick and place delta robots and case handling systems for automated product packaging

Control Engineer Aug. 2016 – May. 2018

Reliance Industries Ltd. Gujarat, India

• Developed and verified process control software in programmable logic controllers for power plant control Projects

Perception : Cross View matching for image localization using CNNs Jan. 2019 – May. 2019

• Trained the CVM NET I and II convolutional neural networks on the CV USA Data set for retrieving aerial view images for corresponding query ground view images

Technical Skills

Languages: Python, C/C++, Matlab

Tools and Environments: Linux, Git, Docker, CloudCompare Libraries: PCL, OpenCV, ROS, NumPy, Matplotlib, Pytorch, Keras, Scipy

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