1. 2101 Apt F, Woodmar Drive, AKSHAY VAISHNAV PALLE +1 (906)-370-7713
Houghton, MI-49931, USA. https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaypalle apalle@mtu.edu
OBJECTIVE
Graduate Research student seeking a fulltime opportunity in the field of Electrical Engineering starting May 2016 with an objective
to utilize gained skills and research experience for the same. Looking forward to join a challenging environment, utilizing my ability
to work and manage multiple projects simultaneously ultimately, adding value to the company.
EDUCATION
Master of Science (MS) in Electrical and Computer Engineering - GPA: 3.95/4 Expected: May
2016
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI
• Currently Research Student in the field of Electro-physics working on Embedded Control Systems and Electro-Mechanics.
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering - CGPA: 8.2/10 Aug 2010 - June 2014
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad,
India
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Field Engineer Intern – National Optic Fiber Network (NOFN). Fall - 2013
Railtel Corporation of India Ltd- (Ministry of Railways) Hyderabad, India
• Gained Field Experience working on this NOFN project which mainly aims at providing broadband connectivity to Gram
Panchayats (Villages) and remote areas using Optical fibres.
• Worked on GPON where point to multi point scheme is being used enabling single optical fibre to serve multiple premises
with the help of Passive optical Splicers.
• Studied the protocol SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) where multiple digital bits were transferred synchronously over
optical fibres using Lasers and LED.
Research Intern (Dept. of Science and technology). Fall - 2012
Clear Communication System Ltd. (formerly Opti-wave Photonics Ltd) Hyderabad, India
• Designed and Tested Optical Communication related products.
• Gained Hands on experience with working on Optical Amplifiers, and Attenuators, RF signal Transmitter.
• Effectively communicated with many research Scientist, domestically and internationally.
Teaching Assistant at Michigan Technological University Summer 15 - Current
• Teaching Undergraduate Lab courses and help students to learn to work in a team, think logically and to solve the problems.
• Teaching Assistant for the graduate courses Electronic Materials, Solid State Devices, and Physical Electronics.
RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC PROJECTS:
Title: To design a Closed Loop (BOSCH DV-E5) Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) using PID Control. Spring - 2016
• Designing a Feedback Position Control System for the Electronic Throttle Body using MotoHawk and MotoTune design
and calibration software.
• Designed and Tuned PID Controller to minimize the Steady State Errors.
• Implemented a Linear Interface Model to Relate PPS and TPS signals with Throttle actuation.
• Working on Integration Algorithms to improve the Performance of the Control Systems with various controller Design.
Title: Designing of Fuel Injection Control for a single Cylinder 4 Stroke Diesel Engine Spring - 2016
• Developed an Injection Control Model to actuate the Fuel Injector based on the engine data using MotoHawk Software.
• Designed a Temperature Detecting model for a G232C NTC Thermistor.
• Validated and Calibrated the Fuel Injection Control Using MotoTron Rapid Prototyping System using ECU 565-128.
• Built a Temperature Compensation and Protection model to have a better Fuel Inject Control.
Title: Development of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain Controller. Spring - 2016
• Developed a Powertrain Controller for series - parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle using Stateflow software in Matlab.
• Designed the Control Logic for the 4 major Transition states used in the powertrain controller.
• Validated the output signals based on the designed test signals.
• Modified the controller logic to improve the efficiency and performance of the controller.

2. Title: Optimal Control of the Altitude of a Surveillance Drone. Fall - 2015
• Designed a System for Controlling the Altitude of the unmanned Surveillance Drone in Simulink and Matlab.
• Achieved to Design a Control System to minimize the cost of the system.
• Evaluated the performance of the time varying control system using Linear Quadratic Regulator.
Title: Modelling of KALMAN Filter for State estimations of DC Motor. Fall - 2015
• Designed a Kalman Filter using the methodology of Linear Quadratic for DC motor using the Simulink software. .
• Estimated the States of DC Motor, the Shaft Angle and Angular Velocity from the given noisy data using the above Filter.
Title: Develop an Autopilot Design control for a Cruise using Feedback Methodology. Fall - 2015
• Designed an autopilot control system for a ship using Simulink and Matlab.
• Simulated and validated the Controller for generated State Feedback and Observer.
• Generated a Ruddder angle command for steering of the ship using Observer Feedback.
Title: Development of Temperature Control system for Industrial Plant Furnace based on SCADA module. Summer - 2015
• Supervisory Controlling and Data Acquisition system is very important and regularly used in industrial plant control room to
monitor and control the process that are distributed among various sites.
• Used AT8051 microcontroller to develop this module along with temperature sensors.
• RS232 was used as the Serial Communication Interface to standardize the communication with the microcontroller .The
Software for C programming was KIEL software and the design and simulation was done on Express PCB and SCH tools.
Title: Unconventional Antenna Probes for Ultra-High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging (NSF Funded) Spring 2015 - 16
• Designed and simulated a miniaturized Antenna using (CST) to increase Image resolution by a factor of 10 and to replace RF
coils in 14T MRI systems.
• Achieved to make near magnetic fields more uniform at a specify frequency of 600MHz.
• Identified and analysed the method to make the field Uniform using dielectric plugs.
Title: Construction and Optimization of a single wafer solar cell array in the microfabrication lab. Spring - 2015
• Used a silicon wafer of 5 µm thick and an oxide layer of 1µm and a transparent conductive polymer.
• Fabricated a Solar cell to be used in daily life which was cost efficient and achieved a fill factor of 46%.
Title: Design of CMOS Full Adders for Energy Efficient Applications (Senior Design Project). Spring - 2014
• Designed a two high-speed and low-power full-adder cells in DSCH using 0.18 micrometer CMOS technology, and were
tested using a comprehensive test bench in Micro wind software.
• Used an alternative internal logic structure and pass-transistor logic styles that lead to have a reduced power-delay product
(PDP).
• Post-layout simulations showed that our proposed full-adders outperform its counterpart’s exhibiting an average PDP
advantage of 80%, with only 40% of relative area.
Title: Study of MAXDNA Distributed Control System used in Power Industry. Fall- 2013
• Surveyed and Studied on the Distributed Control system used in heavy Power Generation Industry for controlling of the
boiler parameter's which uses the technology of MAXDNA having a Human Machine interface and DPU which in itself is a
microprocessor.
TRAINING ON INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS
• Learned the instrumental analysis skills for interdisciplinary research in the fields of Control Systems, Electromagnetics and
Microfabrication such as instruments including ECU-565-128, Network analyzer, UV Mask Aligner (EV-620), Trion RIE
Etch systems, Spectroscopic Ellipsometer, Waveguides, and Antennas.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Design and Simulation: MotoHawk & MotoTune, Simulink, CST Studio, COMSOL, HFSS, Micro Wind and DSCH, Xilinx
Languages : C Language, Matlab, Verilog, Java Basics, PLC
Tools : Express PCB and SCH tools, CAN, CANalyzer, Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF, and Kiel software.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Co-Authored a paper in ACES Journal - 20150905 titled “Field Simulation Based Engineering of RF Antenna Probes with
non-uniform substrates for High field MRI systems”. (Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society)
• Published a Paper in IJSRD(International Journal for Scientific Research and Developments) titled Synchronous Digital
Hierarchy -Volume I Issue 7
• Obtained diploma in Communication Skills And Personality Development from Dept. of English, University College of
Engineering (A), Osmania University Hyderabad, INDIA
• Hosted a National level Technical Fest “INNOEVENT ‘12&’13 in my under-graduation..