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Spring 2010 Offerings: EE 309, EE 101
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Prakash Ranganathan
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
Research
Interests: Engineering Education, Wireless Sensor networks,
Distance learning
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Office
Hours
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Walk
in (or) by Appointment
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Teaching
Experience
Courses Taught à
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EE 304, Computer Aided Measurements and Controls (3)
EE 206 Electric Circuits (4), EE 201 Digital Logic
design (VLSI/Verilog)(2), ENGR 269, Data Structures (2)
EE 101 Introduction to Electrical Engineering (2 –
Team teach)
ENGR 202 Scientific Computing, a
MATLAB/SIMULINK 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), Intro to
Artificial Intelligence (1)
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Education
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Ph.D in Computer Science, North Dakota State University – In
Pursuit
M.S in Electrical Engineering, North Dakota State University,
Fargo.
B.E (Honors) in E.C.E, University of Madras, India
Diploma (Distinction) in E.C.E, St. Michaels Polytechnic, Chennai,
India
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Work
Experience
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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
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Research
Interests
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Engineering
Education, Circuits, Wireless Sensor Networks, Orthogonal
Transforms, Power Systems (Sequency domain Analysis)
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National/
Regional/ Mini Grants Awarded
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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 ,Prakash Ranganathan(Co-PI),Robert Pieri,
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.
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Presentations
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‘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.
2008 ASEE Conference,
Invited presentation on LEGO Engineering in Undergraduate
education, Informal Session.
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Honors & Awards
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Summer 2005 Faculty Fellowship from North Dakota
Space Grant Consortium to develop Satellite communication course at
TMCC, NASA-NDSGC. [CLICK here and see page
3]
State Rank Holder
(1st), Electronics and Communication Engineering, Diploma in ECE,
May ‘99.
Received Indian Science foundation
Scholarship and Sundaram Finance scholarship, on the basis of
academic merit for the academic years 1999-2002.
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Conference Publications
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Prakash Ranganathan, “Effective e-learing
tricks and strategies in Online and Hybrid courses”, 7th European
Conference on e-learning, Nov 6-8 2008, Agia Napa, Cyprus.
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.
Prakash Ranganathan, Technical Report on Orthogonal Transforms, Masters
Degree thesis, North Dakota State University, 2004
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Conference reviewer:
Certifications
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International
Multi-Conference on Complexity, informatics, and Cybernetics (IMCIC
2010).
Frontiers in Engineering Education Conference,
IEEE- FIE 2009, Oct 18-21 2009, San Antonio, Texas.
European Conferences on e-learning, ECEL’08 and ECEL’09
Conferences.
Program Committee Member, Association for the advancement of Computing
in Education Conference, Oct 26-30 2009, Vancouver, Canada [click].
Mathworks
Inc., 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
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Memberships
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IEEE
(Member), ASEE (Member) SMTA(Sr. Member)
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Recent
Student Projects Advising
Outreach Videos/with Tribal Colleges
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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)
1
, 2 SA
(2009) Downloads { Screenwatch r10.5
}
To download the Video files – NATURE_1
NATURE_2
Served
as Technical Judge, First LEGO League (FLL) Tournament, 2007, 2008,
2009.
Other Useful Links:
DEDP Summer 2009
Labs
UND
Welcomes new faculty
www.ieee.org
www.asee.org
- revised.,( 2010
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