Pratikkumar Desai

(937)-708-1307 http://www.wright.edu/~desai.22 1464 Holly Bush Dr, Apt C Fairborn, OH 45324 desai.pratikkumar@gmail.com

PROFILE
A PhD candidate of Electrical Engineering at the Wright State University seeking an internship that can use my strong research skills, educational background and ability to work in collaborative environment.

SUMMARY
Research experience in Wireless Sensor Networks, Web of Things, Distributed Systems, Embedded Systems and Automation. Teaching experience in Industrial & Mobile Robotics, Digital & Analog Controls, Fuzzy Logic and MATLAB & C Programming. 3 years of experience in Algorithm Development and Programming. Proficiency in Documentation and Software learning. Research Collaboration with "Kno.e.sis" Center for Semantic Web integration with Sensor Networks.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Candidate, Engineering, 2012 Wright State University, Dayton, OH M.S., Electrical Engineering, 2009 Wright State University, Dayton, OH B.E., Electronics & Communication, 2006 VNSGU, Surat, India

PUBLICATIONS
"Indoor Localization for GIS using Acoustic Wireless Sensor Network." SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Conference. Orlando, FL, April 2011. "INS Aided by an Acoustic Wireless Sensor Network and Magnetometer." SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Conference. Orlando, FL, April 2011. "Fusion of RSSI and TDoA Measurements from Wireless Sensor Network for Robust and Accurate Indoor Localization." International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation. San Diego, CA, pp. 223-230., January 2011. "Bias and Speed of Sound Estimation in a Tightly Coupled Wireless Acoustic Sensor Network Aided Inertial Navigation System." International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation. San Diego, CA, pp. 643-651, January 2011. "Development of a Tightly Coupled Wireless Acoustic Sensor Network Aided Inertial Navigation System for Indoor Navigation." 23rd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation. Portland, OR, pp. 3398-3406, September 2010. "Indoor localization and surveillance using wireless sensor network and Pan/Tilt camera." Grand Challenge Signal of Opportunity, IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics (NAECON) Conference. Fairborn, OH, Page 1-6, July 2009. "System Level Approach for Surveillance Using Wireless Sensor Networks and PTZ Camera." IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics (NAECON) Conference. Fairborn, OH, Page 353-357, July 2008.

PRESENT RESEARCH
Kno.e.sis Center: Fusion of Indoor/Outdoor location information with sensory data for Semantic web for situation awareness and aid first responders. Navigation lab: INS aided indoor location system using WSN. Integration of current indoor location research with existing GPS technology. Living Lab (WSU Nursing Institute): Developed WSN based location test bed with additional sensor fusion for assisted living house. Tec^Edge/ Wright Brothers Institute: Researched and developed environment which enables surveillance and tracking of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) in indoor/urban environment. Location information was fused with LST software for emergency responders.

MASTERS' THESIS
Title: "Localization and Surveillance using Wireless Sensor Network and Pan/Tilt Camera" Developed indoor positioning test bed using Wireless Sensor Network with accuracy in centimeters. Developed algorithm to track Unmanned Ground Vehicle using a pan/tilt camera from obtained location information. Matlab, Java, TinyOs, nesC were used as software tools for simulation and the real-time application. Proposed integration of RSSI based localization, Sensor Web and Layered Sensing Test bed (LST).

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Wright State University, Dayton, OH August 2009 Present Research Assistant, Researching collaborative opportunities of indoor location information with various technologies and improving existing indoor location techniques. Wright Edge / Wright Brothers Institute, Dayton, OH Summer 2009, Summer 2010 Project Lead Project Lead for the project "Living Lab" with goal of developing assisted living environment using collaboration of various technologies such as WSN, RFID, LST, Semantic Web, etc. Worked as Mentor for a group of graduate students and helped towards their MS thesis. Wright State University, Dayton, OH August 2009 Present Lead Teaching Assistant, Lead Teaching assistant for EE Department for Controls and Robotics laboratories.

SKILLS
Research platforms: Mica2, MicaZ, Cricket motes, arduino, xbee, iRobot Roomba Software: Eclipse, MATLAB, Opnet, LaTex, LabView, Visual Studio, Adobe Creative Studio 3, iLife Standards: 802.3, 802.11 a/b/g, Zigbee Programming Languages: Java, C/C++, Perl, Visual Basic, nesC, TinyOs Networking Protocols: STP, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, FTP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, SNMP
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ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

3 prize, Grand Challenge Signal of Opportunity at IEEE NAECON conference, 2009. President - Cricket Club, Wright State University. Founder & Mentor - SCET Linux Users Group, Surat, India. IEEE - Student member. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), 2005.