Amit David Jayakaran

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Links to work done in the past

Six Legged Robot ( Report / Video )
Enhanced Trailer Backing (Thesis)
Noise reduction for a tribometer ( Pictures / More pictures / Code )
Hybrid Fuel Vehicles - ADVISOR
Due to the nature of my work with GE I can't post reports here, but you will see the products I have developed in the market soon (http://ge.com/research/grc_4_13_7.html)

Resume ( PDF / Word )

14/1, 4th Cross, Rustam Bagh,
Bangalore, India – 560017

amit@jayakaran.com

+91-98800 02137
http://amit.jayakaran.com/

JOB EXPERIENCE

Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Mechanical Technologies, Global Research, General Electric (GE)

Modeled the pitch control system of the wind turbine
Worked on the drive train modeling and analysis of wind turbines in ADAMS.
Developed the next generation of dishwashers in an effort to improve wash quality while reducing water consumption and energy consumption by improving technologies and developing better algorithms. Developed a novel wash algorithm which is in the process of a being patented
Designed high-speed clothes washers and dryers to reduce energy consumption as well as cycle time.
Awarded Rookie of the Year 2005 (achievement by young talent with less than two years from graduation)
Awarded Imagination Award for best new idea with strong innovation potential

Feb 2004 – Present

EDUCATION
Master of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (GPA: 4.00/4.00)	May 2004
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Anna University (India) (GPA: 8.20/10)	May 2001

OTHER EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Florida – Designed and implemented various autonomous systems for backing up a vehicle with a trailer without affecting the control system of the vehicle.	Aug 2002 – Dec 2003
Mechatronics Course Grader, University of Florida	Jan 2002 – May 2002
Technical Support, CITT, University of Florida – Maintained both hardware and software on computers at the computing facility for the faculty of the University of Florida.	Sep 2001 – Aug 2002

PROJECTS / PAPERS
Enhanced Trailer Backing and Control, 16th Florida Conference on the Recent Advances in Robotics, Dania Beach, Florida	Apr 2003
Six-Legged Step Climbing Robot, University of Florida – Conceptualized and developed a six-legged autonomous robot that walks around avoiding obstacles. The robot on encountering a step climbs it. It was acknowledged as the most successful six-legged robot at the University of Florida.	Dec 2002
Elevator Control System, University of Florida – Devised a fuzzy logic controller to control the speed of an elevator irrespective of the number of people traveling in it.	Dec 2002
Noise Reduction For a Tribometer, University of Florida – Analyzed the noise spectrum produced by a pin-on-disk reciprocating tribometer and drew up plans for an enclosure to reduce noise levels to comply with the NC – 35 ratings.	Apr 2002
Noise Cancellation Headphones, University of Florida – Built an adaptive control system using dSpace to cancel surrounding noise.	Mar 2002
Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Anna University – Using Advisor, a MatLab based application, modeled a Hybrid Electric Vehicle for Indian driving conditions, sponsored by Maruti Udyog Ltd., a Government of India and Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan Enterprise.	Apr 2001

COMPUTER SKILLS
Tools: AutoCAD, Matlab/Simulink, dSpace, SigLab, Maple, MS Access, ADAMS, ANSYS.
Operating Systems: Windows, DOS, Linux, Unix.
Languages: C, Visual Basic, FORTRAN, HTML, ASP, VBScript , Motif, Inventor.
Others: MS Office, Macromedia Dreamweaver Ultradev, Adobe Photoshop, AVR Studio for Atmel microprocessors.

AFFILIATIONS
Chairman, SAE Collegiate Club of Anna University Organized and conducted seminars and industrial visits. Produced a publicity CD-ROM for SAE (Nov '00 - Dec '00) for which I was felicitated by Ms. Rodica Baranescu, SAE International President when she came to Chennai in Jan 2001.	1999 – 2001
Six Sigma Certified – Obtained a Green Belt in Six Sigma, a highly disciplined process that helps focus on developing and delivering near-perfect products and services from GE.	April 2005
Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer - Certified to work with LabVIEW	Dec 2006

HONORS
Invited by the Tau Beta Pi Association to be a member because of an outstanding academic performance. Received an academic certificate of achievement for getting a 4.0 by the University of Florida International Center (UFIC).