Embedded Systems Graduate Students

The following individuals are current or past students of Dr. James Conrad.

Current PhD Students (3)
Past PhD Students (0)
Current MS-Thesis Students (4)
Past MS-Thesis Students (14)
Current MS-Project Students (4)
Past MS-Project Students (26)
Current Undergraduate Students (1)
Past Undergraduate Students (6)

Current Ph.D. Students

Sami Lasassmeh (

Resume)

Area: Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee

Internship: Renesas, Durham, NC

Completed coursework and Qualifying Exam.
Employment: Caterpillar, Peoria, IL
Expected Graduation: 8/2010

Kevin Hammond

Area: Multiprocessing and Computer Architecture

Completed coursework and Qualifying Exam.
Expected Graduation: TBD

Richard McKinney (

website,

resume)

Area: Embedded Systems and Robotics

Started Fall 2007
Internship: Handheld Devices, Rock Hill, SC
Employment: AREVA, Charlotte, NC
Expected Graduation: TBD

Current M.S. Students - Thesis

Benjamin Levine ( Resume)
Area: Embedded Wireless Sensors and Networks (thesis)

Expected Graduation: 12/2009

Jerry Zacharias ( Resume)
Area: Embedded Systems, DSP

Internship: IBM, Charlotte, NC
Expected Graduation: 5/2010
" "

Adam Harris (Website, Resume)
Area: Robotics

Expected Graduation: 5/2010

Photo not available Vivek Srikantan ( Resume)
Area: Sensor Data Fusion (thesis)
Expected Graduation: 5/2010

Current M.S. Students - Project

Photo not available	Amit Kumar Area: TBD Expected Graduation: 8/2009
	Tom Meiswinkel ( Resume) Area: Machine Vision for Navigation Expected Graduation: 12/2009
	Malcolm Zapata ( Resume) Area: Robotics Internship: Zapata Engineering, Charlotte, NC Expected Graduation: 12/2009
Photo not available	Kailash Toshniwal Area: An Interrupt-based, Web-interfaced Embedded Monitoring Application in Linux for an Autonomous ATV Expected Graduation: 12/2009

Current Undergraduate Research Students

Jesse Bikman
Area: Machine Vision and Control

Expected Graduation: TBD

Graduated M.S. Students - Thesis

	Siddharth Ahuja ( Resume) Thesis Title: System Design and Software Architecture of a Differential Global Positioning System for an Autonomous All-Terrain-Vehicle ( thesis) - 8/2009 Employment: Tyco Electronics, Lynchburg, VA
	Sharayu Ghangrekar ( Resume) Thesis Title: A Path Planning and Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm for an Autonomous Robotic Vehicle ( thesis, programs) - 5/2009 Employment: TBD
	Chaitanya Misal ( Resume) Thesis Title: Analysis of Power Consumption of an End Device in a ZigBee Mesh Network ( thesis) - 12/2007 Internship: Digi, Boston, MA; Lester Electrical, Lincoln, NE Employment: IPG Photonics, Boston; The MathWorks, Boston
	Nick Wieder Thesis Title: System-On-Programmable-Chip Design Using a Unified Development Environment ( thesis) - 5/2007 Internship: General Dynamics, Charlotte, NC Employment: General Dynamics, Charlotte, NC
	Sonia Thakur, MSEE, UNC Charlotte ( Resume) Thesis title: Embedded Linux Platform to Collect, Analyze and Store Critical Data for the Navigation of an Autonomous Vehicle ( thesis) - 12/2006 Internship: GE Energy, Melbourne, FL Employment: Hughes Networks, Germantown, MD
	Sandeep Sirpatil, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Thesis title: Implementation of IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol Stack For Linux ( thesis) - 11/2006 Employment: Vector Controls, Inc., Newton, MA
	Ishfan Vakil, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Thesis title: Using Optical Communications with Embedded Systems ( thesis) - 11/2006 Internship: Qualcomm, San Diego, CA Employment: Texas Instruments, San Diego, CA
	Gajendra Singh, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Thesis title: Development of Multithreaded Real-time Data Acquisition Solutions ( thesis, programs) - 8/2006 Employment: Handheld Devices, Rock Hill, SC
	Rajan Rai, MSEE, UNC Charlotte ( Resume) Thesis title: IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol Implementation and Measurement of Current Consumption ( thesis) – 4/2006 Internship: Nivis, LLC (Wireless), Atlanta, GA Employment: Ingenient Technologies, Inc, Baltimore, MD
Photo not available	Assad Ansari, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Thesis title: Hardware Development of an Embedded Wireless Evaluation Board ( thesis) – 11/2005 Internship: Nivis, LLC (Wireless), Atlanta, GA Employment: ADS Inc, Columbia, MD; GE Inspection Technologies, State College, PA
	Murari Raghavan, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Thesis title: Testing Of A New Wireless Embedded Board ( thesis) - 11/2005 Employment: Lowes Hardware (IT Center, Headquarters), Wilksboro, NC; Microsoft, Seattle, WA (contractor).
Photo not available	Binada Ramachandran, MSCSE, U of Arkansas Thesis title: Parallel Lookahead Procedures with Respect to Constraint Satisfaction Problems – 12/1995 Employment: unknown
	Krishnamurthy Ramalingham, MSCSE, U of Arkansas Thesis title: Comparative Study of the NQueens Problem Using Multiple Parallel Architectures - 10/1995 Employment: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India
	Jerry Mathew, MSCSE, U of Arkansas Thesis title: Parallel Search Algorithms for Solving Constraint Satisfaction Problems – 12/1993 Employment: Fidelity Investments, RI (formerly: Fedex, Memphis, TN)

Graduated M.S. Students - Project

	Richard McKinney (website, resume) Area: Components of an Autonomous ATVs (Robotics and Embedded Systems) - 5/2009 Internship: Handheld Devices, Rock Hill, SC Current Employment: AREVA, Charlotte, NC Currently pursuing PhD
	Anagha Basole ( Resume) Area: Wireless Communication between Autonomous Vehicles -12/2008 Employment: Sperian Protection Instrumentation, LLC (Middleton, CT)
	Shrenik Mehta ( Resume) Area: Line Extraction using LIDAR -12/2008 Employment: Austin International, Inc., York, SC
	Praneeth Bajjuri ( Resume) Area: Power Measurements of Embedded Wireless Systems - 12/2007 Internship: Qualcomm, San Diego, CA Employment: Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
	Sravanthi Chalasani Area: Power Scavaging - 12/2007 Internship: Mentor Graphics, OR Employment: Mentor Graphics, OR
	Santhosh Ramani ( Resume) Area: Power Measurements of Embedded Wireless Systems - 12/2007 Current Area: Embedded System design, Embedded Controls, Automation and Robotics. Internship: Sapphire Technical Solutions, Charlotte, NC Employment: MicroBlade, Inc, Madison, WI
	Ashwin Subramaniam ( Resume) Area: Power Measurements of Embedded Wireless Systems - 12/2007 Employment: Qualcomm, San Diego, CA
	Gurunath Athalye ( Resume) Area: Educational Board for Stepper Motor Interface -8/2007 Internship: Handheld Devices, Rock Hill, SC Employment: Qualcomm, San Diego, CA
	Srilekha Chitti Area: Performance Analysis of an RTOS - 8/2007 Internship: Bellsouth, Raleigh, NC Employment: Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore
Photo not available	Prikanka Krishna Area: Performance Analysis of an RTOS - 8/2007 Internship: Bellsouth; T-Mobile Employment: State of Michigan-Bridges Project
	Sushant Sengupta Area: A Wireless Strain Gauge Measurement System - 5/2007 Internship: Nokia, San Diego, CA Employment: Verizon, Cedar Rapids, IA
	Christina Warren Area: Embedded Systems Micro File System - 5/2007 Internship: Texas Instruments, San Diego, CA Employment: Texas Instruments, San Diego, CA
	Pinank Mahesh Shah Project title: A Wireless Strain Gauge Measurement System - 5/2007 Internship: Family Dollar (IT, Headquarters), Charlotte, NC Employment: TBD
	Asma Khizer Area: USB Solutions for Small Embedded System Applications - 3/2007 Employment: Embedded Systems and Software, Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Photo not available	Venkat Dronamraju Project title: Educational Board for Stepper Motor Interface - 12/2006 Employment: Handheld Devices, Rock Hill, SC
	Ritesh Savla, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Project title: A Wireless Strain Gauge Measurement System - 12/2006 Internship: Wachovia, Charlotte, NC Employment: Evergreen Associates (Wachovia), Charlotte, NC, now Wells Capital Management, Menomonee Falls, WI
	Michael Thomas, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Project title: DSP algorithms on a microcontroller – 8/2006 Employment: Renesas, Durham, NC
	Guru Mysore, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Project title: Embedded Linux – 8/2006 Employment: Logitech, San Jose, CA; Flextronics, San Jose, CA.
	Aarthi Balan, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Project title: Software Development Processes – 5/2006 Employment: Bell Labs, Murray Hills, NJ
Tej With Jack Ganssle	Tejaswini Gadicherla, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Project title: Communication Between a Zigbee Board and Renesas MSV30262-SKP Board Using I2C – 5/2006 Employment: SSI Embedded Systems Programming, Chicago, IL
Photo not available	Nagalakshmi Kurnella, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Project title: Wireless Communications between Stiquito Robots– 4/2006 Employment: unknown
	Brian Newberry, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Project title: Data Storage Solution for Digital Signal Processors- 12/2005 Internship: Nekton Research, Durham, NC Employment: iRobot (formerly Nekton Research), Durham, NC
	Arthi Varadarajan, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Project title: Porting a Real-time Operating System to the ATmega 128L – 12/2005 Employment: unknown
Photo not available	William Snyder, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Project title: USB2.0 Communications – 5/2005 Internship: Duke Energy, Charlotte, NC Employment: unknown
	George Sandler, MSEE, UNC Charlotte Project title: A High-Precision Coulomb Counter Circuit – 8/2004 Employment: Austin International, Inc., York, SC
Photo not available	Venkateswara R. Chitturi, MSCSE, U of Arkansas Project title: Success of an Institute on Engineering and Technology Institute for Secondary School Teachers – 8/1995 Employment: unknown

Graduated Undergraduate Research Students

Kristen Reband
Area: Stiquito and Embedded Systems

Graduation: 5/2008
Employment: Huntsville, AL

Malcolm Zapata

Area: Robotics -12/2007

Internship: Zapata Engineering, Charlotte, NC
Graduated: December 2007
Employment: Current MS Student

Mark Ford
Area: Embedded Systems

Graduated: December 2007
Employment: Thorlo, Inc., Statesville, NC

Melina Dees ( Resume)
Area: Stiquito and Embedded Systems

Internship: UVA, Blacksburg, VA
Graduated: May 2007
Employment: GE, VA

Jerry Zacharias
Area: Embedded Systems, DSP

Internship: IBM, Charlotte, NC
Graduated: December 2006
Employment: Current MS Student

Andrew McClain

Area: Robotics

Graduated: May 2005
Employment: Michelin, Charlotte, NC

Please note: I have also worked with countless undergraduate students on Senior Design Projects.

	Benjamin Levine ( Resume) Area: Embedded Wireless Sensors and Networks (thesis) Expected Graduation: 12/2009
	Jerry Zacharias ( Resume) Area: Embedded Systems, DSP Internship: IBM, Charlotte, NC Expected Graduation: 5/2010	" "
	Adam Harris (Website, Resume) Area: Robotics Expected Graduation: 5/2010
Photo not available	Vivek Srikantan ( Resume) Area: Sensor Data Fusion (thesis) Expected Graduation: 5/2010

	Kristen Reband Area: Stiquito and Embedded Systems Graduation: 5/2008 Employment: Huntsville, AL
	Malcolm Zapata Area: Robotics -12/2007 Internship: Zapata Engineering, Charlotte, NC Graduated: December 2007 Employment: Current MS Student
	Mark Ford Area: Embedded Systems Graduated: December 2007 Employment: Thorlo, Inc., Statesville, NC
	Melina Dees ( Resume) Area: Stiquito and Embedded Systems Internship: UVA, Blacksburg, VA Graduated: May 2007 Employment: GE, VA
	Jerry Zacharias Area: Embedded Systems, DSP Internship: IBM, Charlotte, NC Graduated: December 2006 Employment: Current MS Student
	Andrew McClain Area: Robotics Graduated: May 2005 Employment: Michelin, Charlotte, NC