• Designed and implemented a signal processing application which determines chemical reaction characteristics based on spectrometer data through WPF, C# and third party interfaces.
• Implemented Infragistics WPF controls, control templates and styles for entire application.
• Implemented signal filters including linear regression, running derivative and simple averages based on user supplied signal conditioning parameters.
• Implemented a feature detection algorithm to pinpoint slope deviations, signal valley and peak areas to identify important chemical reaction events.

 

•  Fulfilled all software requirements for a multi-disciplinary team tasked with building a real-time seed sorting machine using NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance), motion control and other sensors.
• Designed and implemented a comprehensive real time software suite for a high-speed seed sorting machine through NMR signal analysis using Windows Forms, C#, C++, PLC, MATLAB and several bus protocols.
• Performed signal analysis through oscilloscopes and software tools to verify system performance.
• Integrated with MATLAB algorithms for real time curve fit analysis and quantification.
• Recognized through company awards following the successful processing of 40+ million seed samples.
• High-throughput sorting of small objects via oil and/or moisture content using low-field nuclear magnetic resonance.  U.S. Patent Application 20140266196, filed March 2014.

 

• Member of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to implement a fully automated 12 row planting system on a custom manufactured mobile platform.
• Implemented motion control seed feed system in a multi-node PLC and PC architecture through C#, structured text and a custom UDP coordination protocol.
• Analyzed and verified absolute encoder performance for closed loop stepper motor control.

 

• Designed the entire vehicle, supporting hardware and electronics.
• Developed and implemented electrical integration circuits required for motion, navigation and communication of the vehicle with host controller.
• Implemented the firmware for the vehicle control system including motion, sensors and communication tasks.
• Implemented a host application in order to define missions, configure system parameters and show system status.