I am currently working with the Satellite Research Centre (SaRC/EEE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. My research interests include:

• Systems Engineering for Small Satellites.
• Modular, Scalable & Reconfigurable Systems Design for Nano & Micro Satellites.
• Development of nanoSMAD Tool for Rapid Satellite System Configuration Design.
• Development of Configurable Web Scraping Tool for Creating Satellite Subsystem Database.
• Soft-reconfigurable FPGA based Flexible Pin-router for Universal PC104 Interface Card.
• Distributed Electrical Power System for Small Satellites.
• FPGA & Embedded Flight Software Design for Satellite OBC.
• Nano & Micro Satellite FM Hardware Integration & Testing.
• CubeSat Attitude Determination System (ADS) Design.
• System Architecture for Modular CDH and Modular SDR for Small Satellites.

Research Projects Involved

1. ARCADE 27U Micro Satellite
   Duration: February 2021 - Till-date
   Collaboration with :
   • Satellite Research Centre (SaRC), Singapore
Contributions :
• 7S-3P Deployable & Body Mounted Solar Array PCB Design using KICAD, Integration & Testing.
• Microsatellite Power & Signal Harness Design, Fabrication & Testing.
• EPS Battery Charging Unit MPPT Voltage / Current Characterization & Testing.
• EPS Thruster High Current Boost Converter Load testing.
• EPS Main & Thruster Battery Charging Changeover Testing.
• EPS Load Switch Testing & I2C voltage/current sensor address scan & read-out.
• EPS Power Distribution Card pass MOSFET Testing for Deployment switch & System RESET.
• EPS PDU Buck/Boost DC-DC convertor Load Testing.
• EPS PDU I2C voltage/current sensor address scan & read-out.
• SoC FPGA based CDH Board testing and programming via JTAG.
• FM EPS/CDH/Interface Card Integrated Performance Characterization.
• ARCADE avionics stack testing with ADCS, X-Band & payloads such as Gecko, ATMOLITE, CIP & AToX.
• Deployable Monopole tape string antenna tuning and impedance matching.
• X-band Monopole pickup antenna Tuning & Testing.
• Satellite Telemetry Reception & Commanding via UHF radio.
• Long Duration payload operation for system endurance testing.
• Microsatellite Sub-assembly level integration, harnessing & routing, Integrated Testing & TVAC.


2. SCOOB-II 3U Nano Satellite
   Duration: February 2021 - Till-date
   Collaboration with :
   • Satellite Research Centre (SaRC), Singapore
Contributions :
• Designed an Attitude Determination System (ADS) v1 Board for SCOOB-II Satellite.
• SCOOB-II Satellite Body Mounted and Deployable Solar Array Design Using KiCad.
• SCOOB-II EPS solar panel input threshold adjustment for MPPT.
• SCOOB-II Reaction Wheel BLDC Motor Testing using Faulhaber Evaluation Board.
• SCOOB-II Magnetic Torque Rod Polarity Test and PWM Test.
• SCOOB-II 2S-2P FM Battery Pack Fabrication, heater/thermistor bonding and Testing.
• SCOOB-II Full loop EPS testing with solar panel and battery charging validation.
• SCOOB-II Interface harness for CubeSpace COTS ADCS module.
• SCOOB-II RBF and Deployment SNAP switch wiring, testing and assembly.
• SCOOB-II FM hardware integration, testing & staking.
• SCOOB-II Deployable Tape String Monopole Antenna tuning and impedance matching.
• SCOOB-II FM Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Cable Harness Fabrication.
• SCOOB-II FM Satellite TVAC, Vibration & End-End Outdoor Testing.
• SCOOB-II Attitude Control System (ACS) Actuator Board Testing using Hydra.
• SCOOB-IITelemetry Decoding & Telecommand Encoding using HYDRA.


3. SCOOB-I 3U Nano Satellite
   Duration: July 2019 - July 2022
   Collaboration with :
   • Satellite Research Centre (SaRC), Singapore
Contributions :
• Designed and Developed Attitude Determination System (ADS) for SCOOB-I Satellite.
• Design of Analog Interface Circuit for Coarse Sun Sensor (CSS), Fine Sun Sensor (FSS).
• Interfacing of 24-bit Sigma Delta ADCs in daisy chain configuration via SPI interface.
• Interfacing of 9 degree of freedom IMU via I2C interface to ARM Cortex MO Microcontroller.
• Developed an Embedded C Code for the collection of sensor data.
• Developed Command/Response Protocol for ADS board to OBC communication via I2C interface.
• Testing and Customization of Electrical Power System (EPS).
• Performed Orbit Simulation test using Solar Array Simulator.
• Performed FSS boresight Characterisation using Sun Simulator and Turn-Table.
• ADS Design on a 4-layer PCB using Altium Designer.
• Gained knowledge in PCB Software Altium, Arduino C Program.
• Participated in post-launch operations like satellite tracking, telemetry acquisition and payload operations.


4. Eco-Smart Zero-Energy Street Lamp Post
   Duration: February 2019 - July 2019
   Collaboration with :
   • Government Technology Agency, (GovTech), Singapore
Contributions :
• Conducted a literature review to develop an Eco-Smart Zero-Energy Street Lamp post.
• Considered various scenarios for the street lighting strategy, in order to save energy.
• Design goal was to reduce urban light pollution and keep a high level of safety.
• The strategy can be based on different parameters such as weather conditions, or object approach detection.
• Gained knowledge in wireless communication technology and smart street lighting.


5. Development of Android Application for Antenna analysis
   Duration: August 2017 - October 2018
   Collaboration with :
   • Nanyang Technological University, Dept. of EEE, India
Contributions :
• Developed Android Application for Patch, Dipole, Monopole, Horn, Loop, Helical and Parabolic antenna that performs Antenna design analysis and compute efficiency, gain and plot 2D and 3D radiation pattern.
• The application is developed as a learning and research tool for Antenna design
• The Software Design Document (SDD) for the android application is developed
• Gained hands-on experience in Tools and Technologies (Android SDK, Android Studio, Java, HTML and JavaScript)
• Extensive Research Experience in Antenna Design


6. Design of Floating-Point Arithmetic Unit Using VHDL
   Duration: January 2016 - April 2016
   Collaboration with :
   • VLSI Systems Lab, Dept. of ECE, Saintgits, India
Contributions :
• Improved arithmetic unit by a new unit, Floating-Point Arithmetic Unit, which overcomes existing limitations.
• Designed 4 modules of AU with software Xilinx 14.5 using VHDL resulting in better accuracy, high speed and high precision.
• Pipeline floating point arithmetic unit (AU) design targeted for 64 bit architecture.