Gokulavasan Gunasekaran
Indian, 21, Graduate Student in Electrical Engineering at Stanford
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Website: | http://gokulavasan.googlepages.com |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Computing, Financial, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Mobile, Retail |
| Skills: | C/C++, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Embedded systems, Java, Languages and Platforms |
| Location: | Stanford, CA |
| Visas: | India, US |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Finding team mates, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Trading services |
| Tags: | birla institute of technology and science, bits pilani, hitech, stanford university |
| Schools: | Stanford University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Analog Devices India Product Design Center, Bangalore |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | January 2009 - June 2009 |
| Description: | Worked on the Design Verification of a Dual Core Blackfin Processor |
| Employer: | Digital Electronics and Computer Organisation |
| Position: | Professional Assistant |
| Time period: | August 2008 - December 2008 |
| Description: | Assisting the students during the tutorial sessions and helping the instructors with the evaluation components. |
| Employer: | Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | May 2008 - July 2008 |
| Description: | Selected through Summer Research Fellowship Programme of Indian Academy of Sciences.
Guide: Dr. C. R. Subrahmanya, Head, Astronomy and Astrophysics, RRI Worked on uClinux Environment in Blackfin DSP based Digital Correlator for observing Two element Radio Interferometric Fringes. |
| Employer: | Circuits and Signals |
| Position: | Professional Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2008 - May 2008 |
| Description: | Assisted the students during the lab sessions and also aided the instructors in conducting the lab evaluation components. |
| Employer: | Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | May 2007 - July 2007 |
| Description: | BITS Practice School - 1 programme
Guide: Mr. J. Jayapandian, Hean, Design Development and Services Section, MSD, IGCAR Developed a complete remote automation system for Siemens D500 X-Ray Diffractometer using Programmable System on Chip (PSoC) and LabVIEW. |
| Employer: | Computer Programming I |
| Position: | Professional Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2007 - May 2007 |
| Description: | Assisted the students during online lab sessions and also helped in conducting and evaluating lab sessions of the first year students. |
| Employer: | Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | May 2006 - July 2006 |
| Description: | Selected through Summer Research Fellowship Programme of Indian Academy of Sciences
Guide: Dr. C. S. Sundar, Head, Materials Science Division, IGCAR Worked on the implementation of Lock-in Amplifier using LabVIEW |
| Employer: | Ideal Sensors, Chennai, India |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | July 2007 |
| Description: | Guide: Mr. Ponraj, Ideal Sensors
Designed and implemented microcontroller training modules using PSoC and LabVIEW |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2009 - 2011 |
| Degree: | Electrical Engineering, MSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | - Dynamic Reconfiguration of PSoC aids in Laboratory Automation - Proceedings of the IEEE National Conference on Applications of Intelligence Systems, Mar'08.
- Accelerating Blowfish Encryption Algorithm using NIOS II C2H Compiler - Accepted for presentation at International Conference on Computing and Communication Technologies for High Performance Applications, Sep '08. - A Single Programmable System on Chip Embedded Design Automation for X-Ray Diffractometer Experimental Setup - Proceedings of 32nd National Symposium on Instrumentation conducted by Instrument Society of India, Oct '07. - Microcontroller Training Modules using LabVIEW and PSoC - Journal of Co-operation among University, Research and Industrial Enterprises (CURIE), Vol. 1 Issue. 1 Pg. 50-54. - Web Enabled Monitoring and Control System using LabVIEW - Water Quality Control - Presented at the 5th National Conference on Virtual Instrumentation in Engineering Education, conducted by National Instruments, Bangalore, Oct '06. - Earthquake Alert Virtual Instrument using LabVIEW - Presented during Engineer's Day function '06 at BITS Pilani. |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | - Recipient of Merit-cum-Need Scholarship from BITS Pilani since first semester.
- Won the 3rd Prize in VI Mantra, All-India Virtual Instrumentation Competition conducted by National Instruments, India. - Held the post of Joint Co-ordinator, Instrumentation Forum, BITS Pilani for APOGEE 2008, International Technical Festival of BITS Pilani. - Part of the Editorial Team of IMAGE 2008, Annual Magazine of Instrumentation Forum, BITS Pilani. - Worked as Volunteer for Sponsorship and Marketing Department for BITS Open Sports Meet 2006. - Attended the Model United Nations Conference at Catholic University, Washington DC in Feb'01. |
Gokulavasan's Contacts (3)
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Rajagopal Sathyamurthi
B.E. in Computer Science and M.Sc. in Mathematics from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (2004 – 2009), Pursuing Masters in Computer Science from Stanford University, Technical Director Intern at DreamWorks Animation SKG (2009).
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Vishnu Prasad Ramachandran
B.E Mech. Engineering from PSG College of Technology (04), M.S Mech. Engineering from Stanford University(06),Mech Engineer at ASYST Technologies, Fremont, CA(07-09), Senior Research Analyst Frost & Sullivan, Chennai, India(09).
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Karthik Venkateswaran
MBA Candidate at Stanford Graduate School of Business