Ramkumar Karthikeyan

Planning and development of building automation systems for complex buildings (e.g. University buildings and laboratories, Hospitals, Museums, Conference centers, Industrial and commercial buildings etc.). Development of - Functional descriptions for HVAC systems - Control schemes and automation functional list based on VDI 3814 standards - Addressing concept for automation system (Anlagenkennzeichnungssystem) - Budget planning - Construction supervision

Strategic design, development, and review of Solar Tracking System based on electrical and electro-hydraulic drives. Design plans (P&ID's, wiring drawings and layouts). Procurement, installation and commissioning of Instruments, Electrical and Control systems. Construction team lead, Field work, field inspections, supervising, troubleshooting, start-up support. Process development, solar collector’s production, field surveying, commissioning, operation and optimization of solar thermal power plant.

Image processing: Study of image registration techniques. Analysis of affine and non-affine techniques. Implementation using MATLAB, C and C++.

Setup and commissioning of a laboratory based test system for energy resolved X-ray CT. Gain and offset calibration. Data acquisition and analysis. Characterization of system performance, System trouble shooting and investigation.

Experimental electrospinning setup design for production of bio-compatible nano-fibers tubes. Parts schematic design using AutoCAD. Procurement and Construction. Operation and Trouble shooting.

Molecular neuro imaging: Study of receptor density at 15 different brain regions. Manual demarcation of brain regions. Data analysis based on Autoradiographic image data.

Timing control for RADAR transmitter Hardware (CPLD) Programming using VHDL software. Designing electronic circuit. Generating and exciting pulse sequences . Implementation on a real time RADAR.