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Kabir Kanodia 1140 W, 27th St, Apt#10, LA, CA 90007 E-Mail: kabir@kanodia.org ; kkanodia@usc.edu Mobile: (323) 605-9997
Education
· M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering (GPA: 3.80) University of Southern California (Expected Graduation: Aug ‘08 ) · B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (GPA: 3.75) University of Pune, India (June ‘05 )
Work Experience · Research Assistant, University Of Southern California, Los Angeles (Jan ’08- till date) Part of systems team, researching on ways of improving the contour crafting system, implementing new techniques for better delivery of material to CC system. · Student Assistant, Information Sciences Institute (ISI), Marina del Ray, CA (Oct ‘7 - Jan ‘08) Involved in design, analysis and testing of isolation and power amplifier circuits · Design Engineer, Alpha Control Instruments Pvt. Ltd. India (July ’04 - June ‘06) Design and development of control strategies for distributed control systems, study and development of process controls for sugar and thermal power plants, development of flow-charts, control schematics and software/simulation development and testing. · T.A. for Electronic Design and Microprocessors, Pune University (Jan ’04 - July ’04) Tutored students in the above mentioned subjects, conducted mock tests and exams, and guided them in assignments and projects. Skill Tools: MatLab, SimuLink, SCADA, ABB AC800M DCS, ABB AC31, PLC Languages: C, C++, VB, PLC (ladder diag.), Assembly Applications: MS Project, Excel, Visio, Access, Groove Platforms: Windows, Unix, Solaris
Projects · Real-Time flow control of viscous fluids using 3D Image Processing (Thesis) (July ’07 - till date) To design and implement real time 3D image processing techniques which would determine flow rate of viscous fluids to be employed in contour crafting. Development of single frame, multi-image processing algorithm for fast image recognition and edge detection. · Designed and Developed Online GMP Training Course A five hour comprehensive training material for a Biotech firm was developed by a team of five, in all aspects the material was FDA approved. The stipulated last hour of the course included an online test with a certification of Good Manufacturing Practice for the employee. · Designed Software for Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling. Generated interval structures, found dominant sequences resulting in reduction in processing requirements. · Worked on a Sarcos Dexterous Master Arm with seven degrees of freedom. · Project manager, ‘Digital library System’ Lead a team of five to determine the financial and technical aspects of the system, incorporating detailed analysis of possible roadblocks for the project and presented viable alternatives. · Analysis of a Single Server Queuing System. · Developed and presented business plan on ‘Solar Cell Cover Charger’. As Technology Director conducted strategic planning, needs assessments, and budget projection. · Simulated an Ocular-motor System on SimuLink. · Designed optical fiber link for a single mode, 50km link with a mesh n/w. · Stepper Motor Directional Control using Voice Commands. · Data Acquisition System for Weather Monitoring.
Papers, Publications and Achievements · Kabir Kanodia, “Lunar contour crafting: A systems challenge” (submitted), Institute Of Industrial Engineers (IIE) · Kabir Kanodia, “3D Image processing for real time flow control of viscous fluids” (submitted), Institute Of Industrial Engineers (IIE) · Kabir Kanodia and Abhimanyu Sharma, "Latest Skew Compensation Techniques" Indian Society for Technical Education Symposium, India. · Kabir Kanodia and Abhimanyu Sharma, "Smart Sensors", paper presentation, IEEE Meet ‘05, Pune Chapter, India. · First Prize in national level paper presentation on VLSI at Indian Society for Technical Education Symposium, India. · First Prize for inter college soccer. Pune city zonal club trophy, India. |
