Kishore Sundara-Rajan

Current

• Lead Student of Industrial Assesment Center at University of Washington
• Ph.D. Candidate at University of Washington

Past

• Graduate Technical Intern at dTEC Systems LLC
• Graduate Technical Intern at Intel Research
• Research Assistant at Louisiana Tech University

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Education

• University of Washington
• University of Washington
• University of Madras

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Industry

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Websites

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Kishore Sundara-Rajan’s Summary

Kishore Sundara-Rajan’s Specialties:

Sensor Systems, MEMS, Industrial Automation, Process Monitoring, Non Destructive Testing, Energy Efficiency, and R&D

Kishore Sundara-Rajan’s Experience

• Lead Student of Industrial Assesment Center

  University of Washington

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  Played the lead role in starting, structuring, staffing and operation of the center at UWEE; Lead a team of 3 graduate and 5 undergraduate students; Made significant contributions during the proposal writing phase; Represented UW at the national meeting for the centers

• Ph.D. Candidate

  University of Washington

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

  March 2002 — Present (7 years 5 months)

  Developed and optimized sensing systems for measuring physical properties of materials for industrial applications; Conducted feasibility studies for various applications including bio materials, organic matrices, food products, pharmaceutical and composites; Assisted in writing proposals; Interacted directly with industrial collaborators; Supervised a team of 5 undergraduate researchers, 1 graduate student, and 2 visiting professor.

• Graduate Technical Intern

  dTEC Systems LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Industrial Automation industry)

  June 2007 — September 2007 (4 months)

  Developed sensors and associated systems for sensing properties of food products; co-wrote a NSF SBIR proposal for renewed funding; directly interacted with other industrial partners to explore opportunities for product development

• Graduate Technical Intern

  Intel Research

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTL; Research industry)

  June 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 7 months)

  Designed, and fabricated a self powered micro motion sensor for embedding in RFID tags for human activity inferencing. The MEMS based sensor design is a hybrid electro-mechanical system. Developed first order models for the mechanical behavior of the sensor. The work resulted in two patent disclosures, and one patent application.

• Research Assistant

  Louisiana Tech University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2001 — March 2002 (7 months)

  Designed, optimized, and implemented a testing system for micro pumps; Designed a magnetic actuator, the associated control circuitry, and monitoring software; Involved in the development of magnetic membranes, three dimensional chambers; Acquired basic familiarity with plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, electron microscopy (SEM), diffusion, and etching (RIE).

Kishore Sundara-Rajan’s Education

• University of Washington

  Ph.D. , Electrical Engineering , 2003 — 2008

• University of Washington

  M.S. , Electrical Engineering , 2002 — 2003

• University of Madras

  B. Engg. , Electrical and Electronics Engineering , 1997 — 2001

Additional Information

Kishore Sundara-Rajan’s Websites:

• My Website

Kishore Sundara-Rajan’s Interests:

Leadership Training, New Technology, Entrepreneurship, Sensors, NDT

Kishore Sundara-Rajan’s Groups:

IEEE, Leadership Institute for Tomorrow, SPIE, UW Science & Engineering Business Association

•    Renewable Energy Business Network
•    Science & Engineering Business Association (SEBA)
•    University of Washington Husky Networking
•    Sensors Enegy and Automation Laboratory (SEAL) Alumni
•    Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) Students and Alumni

Kishore Sundara-Rajan’s Honors:

• 2008 UW Electric Energy Industrial Consortium’s Research Poster Award, 3rd Place, Graduate Category
• 2006 UW Electric Energy Industrial Consortium’s Research Poster Award, 2nd Place, Graduate Category
• IEEE Dielectric and Electrical Insulations Society’s Graduate Fellowship
• Student grant to attend the Eighteenth International Forum Process Analytical Chemistry
• IEEE Travel Grant awarded to attend IEEE Sensors Conference
• Chairman’s special mention and Best student award
• 7 “Gold Rings” for academic excellence

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