Wayne State University

Control of Photoacoustic Imaging using FPGA

Wayne State University

Involved the design and development of a FPGA based control for ultrasonic photo acoustic imaging.

Digital External Fixator

Wayne State University

Designed and built a concept prototype electronic external fixator and support systems based on Arduino. Built a microcontroller based hexapod fixator prototype using the Stewarts platform 6DOF robot model. Implemented current sensing circuit for motor currents used to estimate force applied by each motor. Developed an image processing application in Matlab to determine the polynomial equation of limbs, to be used to determine any deformities.

Gesture Control Automated System

Wayne State University

Designed and implemented of a gesture based system control basic functionalities found in a car using microcontroller. Designed user friendly system to accept gesture inputs and provide audio and visual feedback. Programmed state machine to switch between various modes of system and control various attached hardware. Integrated gesture sensor, FM radio, servo motor (sunroof), SD card, fan, LCD, temperature sensor and LED with Arduino Microcontroller.

Autonomous Rain Gauge (Final Year Project)

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus

Dramatic rainfall and the flooding which usually comes about due to its occurrence, has brought forward the need for a more widespread real time rainfall monitoring and measuring device. An engineering solution was designed and developed in the form of a network of devices, which were to be self-powered and self-controlled using a PIC microcontroller. The devices were to be able to be monitored remotely and provide an up to date status report of any area where an unusually high rainfall or flood water levels are occurring. A prototype was also developed which was successfully able to measure the flood water levels and rainfall and transmit the information to a base station.

Characterization of Dielectrics in Builds and Enhance our Understanding of TDDB (IBM Research Project)

IBM

Current methods of testing newly developed dielectrics can prove time consuming. The project was aimed towards exploring alternates to the current process of testing dielectrics. This was done by conducting a series of IV test using a wafer prober on multiple dielectric builds. During which, interesting behaviour noticed lead to further research to understand time dependent dielectric break down. This involved the design of new tests and development of new programs to control the wafer prober. The results were then analysed.