Harshvardhan V

2A Elliot Enclave 30/39 4th Main Road Besant Nagar, Chennai -600090 Telephone : (091) 44 24463399 Email : hvathsangam@gmail.com Website : http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~ep04b006

Interests Education

Robotics and Control, Embedded Systems, Human Machine Interaction Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

Aug 2004 Current

Major : Engineering Physics Minor : Industrial Engineering Currently at Branch Position One with Grade Point Average of 8.39 ( 6 Semesters)

Project Experience

Accelerometer and Microcontroller based Augmentative September 07 Current Communication Guides : Prof Anil Prabhakar and Prof. Nitin Chandrachoodan, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras Developed a Motion Sensing System to detect movement using LIS3L02AS4 MEMS accelerometer interfaced with a PIC16F90 (as of current) microcontroller Used in-built Analog to Digital Convertors to read and convey sensor data via CYWM6935 Wireless USB LR Radio Module to a receiver setup for further processing Interfaced the system with a computer to form a wireless mouse application

Used system to study printer head motion for use in industry

Robotic Manipulation System September 07 Current Worked with a 6 member team in building a pneumatic muscle based robotic grasper Using a set of 2 muscles in an antagonistic set up to provide power and servo motors to provide precision movement where necessary

Modulator / Infrared Transceiver Circuit(s) for Hollow Organ May July 07 Profiling System Multipoint Probe Guide : Prof David Sampson, Head, OBEL, Co- Guide : Matthew Leigh, OBEL, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Western Australia Designed non-contact communication channel between the stationary and rotating section of the HOPS rotary joint to be interfaced with ATmega 8515 microcontroller Developed modulator, transmitter and receiver circuits up to working prototype Designed and verified PCB layout to be used with the final system Inter-Processor Communication and Audio Codec Interfacing May July 06 with OMAP OSK 5912 Guide: Dr. L R Rajagopal, CEO, SANDS India Pvt. Ltd. Implemented DSP Gateway on OMAP platform as a means of communication between the ARM926-EJS MPU and the TMS320C55X DSP Applied MontaVista Linux kernel compilation for different embedded system configurations Interfaced system with Audio Codec enabling real-time playback and manipulation of audio streams Robotic Micromouse / Maze Solver Dec 05 Jan 06

IIT Bombay Techfest 2006 Designed and built nylon Motor Chassis as part of a two member team Interfaced matched IR LEDs phototransistor pairs and sensor electronics with the PIC 16F84 microcontroller Programmed generic Flood-fill algorithm and implemented the same for a 4x4 maze

Other Robotics Projects May July 05 Guide : Prof. T S Natrajan, Dept. of Physics, IIT Madras Built Light Seeker, Line Follower & Collision Avoidance Robots as part of 4 member team Learnt assembly programming for 8051 and PIC family of microcontrollers and implemented code on the PIC 16F84 and 16F877. Interfaced IR reflective sensors for Line-follower and a Whisker based object detection system for Collision Avoidance Worked on Differential Drive and Single Wheel Steering Mechanisms Built Mine-Sweeper Robot involving electromagnetic induction based mine detection with IR LED based Line-Follower Solar Based Computer System for Villages

Oct 99 and December 00 Coordinated 10 member team representing Gulf region in powering a laptop with solar power Presented Conceptual prototype in Jawaharlal Nehru National Science Exhibition (Rajkot) and Indian National Science Congress (Kolkata Awarded Best Presentation and Concept Prize

Conferences

Innovate 2007 March 8 to 12 07 Beijing 2007 Role of Conference To examine the relationship between technology, globalization, and leadership in the contemporary marketplace

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One of 2 candidates from India participating in the Beijing Section of the Conference, organized by Rice University and having several other participating Institutions Attended Company visits, Panel discussions and Presentations as part of event
Assembly for PIC, 8051, 8085 /86, HI-Tech PIC-C, CCS PIC C, AVR Assembly/C

Computer Skills

Microcontroller Languages

Computer Languages Webpage Design Engineering Packages

C/C++, JavaScript HTML, XML, CSS AutoCAD, Origin, LyX, Circuit Designer, Protel 99 SE, MPLAB IDE, ORCAD Development Suite

Awards and Honors

Secured National Rank in Indian National Physics Olympiad and placed within 0.5% percent of participants Awarded Environmental Awareness Award by Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (Govt. of Qatar) for Developing environmental friendly Power Solution Placed third in the country in the Indian National Computer Science Contest organized by Computer Society of India Granted special audience with then Vice-President Krishan Kant during Indian National Science Congress for novel contribution to environmental protection Winner and finalist of several inter-collegiate quizzing competitions Prize winner in various fine arts competitions at the intra and inter collegiate level Placed second in Ultimate Engineer Contest as part of Shaastra 2007, IIT Madras Nationallevel Technical Festival Participated and involved in a number of Dramatics and Public Speaking events Organized and coordinated How Things Work, with over 1000 participants, as part of Shaastra 2006 and Ambience as part of Saarang 2006 and 2007

Extracurricular