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 Fall 2008 Course offerings: EE 206 and EE 304

Prakash Ranganathan

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Prakash Ranganathan M.S.E.E
Faculty of Electrical Engineering/Distance Engineering Degree Program(DEDP)
Office: Upson II Room 160-L
Phone: 701-777-4431 (Work)
email: PrakashRanganathan@mail.und.nodak.edu

Office Hours

Walk in (or) by Appointment

Courses Taught/ # of Offerings

EE 304, Computer Aided Measurements and Controls (1)

EE 206 Electric Circuits (1) ENGR 269, Data Structures (2)

EE 101 Introduction to Electrical Engineering (2 – Team teach)

ENGR 202  Scientific Computing, Matlab approach (5)

CSCI 203 Shell Scripting (2), Software Engineering Principles (2)

CSCI 278 Advance Web design and Management (2)

ENGR 101 Introduction to Engineering (5)

 

Education

 

 

Ph. D (Student) in Software Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo (work under progress)
M.S in Electrical Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, 2003-2004.
B.E (Honors) in E.C.E, University of Madras, India, 1998-2002.
Diploma (Honors) in E.C.E, St. Michaels Polytechnic, Chennai, India,1996-1999.

 

Work Experience

EE Faculty/DEDP – University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, Aug 2007 – Present
Engineering Faculty/Director of STEM Research, Turtle Mountain Community College, 2005 - 2007
Graduate Research Assistant(GRA)/GTA, NDSU, Fargo, 2003-2004

Research Interests

Statistical Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Orthogonal Transforms,
Power Systems (Sequency domain flickermeter Analysis)

National/ Regional/ Mini Grants Awarded

 

2006, NSF based Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program (CCLI): Phase 1

(Exploratory Program)-Transition from Continum-based Mechanics to Multiscale Mechanics in

Engineering Education,Ghodrat Karami (PI),Prakash Ranganathan(PI),Robert Pieri (PI)

Collaborative Proposal with North Dakota State University, Funded Amount: $125,000.

 2005, Department of Defense (DoD) Army Grant, Scott Hanson, Prakash Ranganathan,

Equipmental grant- Electronics Laboratory”, Funded amount:$66,000.

2005, NASA –NDSGC, “Voice and telecommunication tracking system for MARS space Suit project”, Prakash Ranganathan(PI), Funded Amount: $1800.

 

2005- Pre Engineering Curriculum developmental, Prakash Ranganathan, NSF-TCUP, Funded

Amount: $5000.

 

Presentations

 

Inquiry based Engineering and Math’, Best Teaching Practices in STEM  (Science, Technology Mathematics and Engineering) Education, Oct 19-20, 2006, Ranganathan, Prakash Turtle Mountain Community College, Belcourt, ND. 

 

Honors & Awards

 

 

Awarded Summer 2005 Faculty Fellowship from North Dakota Space Grant Consortium, NASA-NDSGC.

State Rank Holder (1st), Electronics and Communication Engineering, Diploma, May ‘99 .

Received Indian Science foundation Scholarship and Sundaram Finance scholarship, on the basis of academic merit for the academic years 1999-2002.

 

 

 

Publications

 

 

 

Prakash Ranganathan, Richard Schultz, Mojdeh Mardani, “Use of Lego Mindstorms in Engineering Education” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference

October 08, Platville, Wisconsin (accepted for print)

 

Prakash Ranganathan and Rajesh G. Kavasseri "A method for Flicker Severity Evaluation using the Hadamard Transform," Proc. Frontiers of Power - International Conference Stillwater, Oklahoma, September 2003

 

 

Certifications

 

Mathworks Certified Training Engineer on Signal/ImageProcessing, Simulink Modeling, Statistics
ADSP 219X series DSP processor Certification, Analog
Devices, India.
Macromedia Certified Web Management/Design Specialist.
Microsoft Certified Advanced Excel Dev group Specialist

 

Memberships

 

IEEE (Member), SMTA(Sr. Member)

 

 

Recent Student Projects Advising

 

2008 Projects: Lego Multi-NXT Robot design(EE 101), PCB Board design using Ultiboard (EE 308)
2007 – Microchip 32F processor Series DSP module (EE 521)

- revised.,( 2008 )

 

 

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