Praveen Subramani

praveens@mit.edu : : http://praveens.mit.edu MIT Media Lab : : 75 Amherst St : : Cambridge, MA 02142 Changing Places Group : : http://cp.media.mit.edu

Education
MIT Media Lab Cambridge, MA
Candidate for Master of Science, June 2012 ! Cumulative Graduate GPA: 5.0/5.0 ! Research Assistant with the Smart Cities + Changing Places group focusing on the development of battery technologies and electric charging infrastructure for the MIT City Car and a system of lightweight, electric vehicles designed for dense urban use.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Science & Engineering, Minor in Urban Studies & Planning, June 2010 ! Cumulative Undergraduate GPA: 5.0/5.0 ! Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), Eta Kappa Nu (EECS Honor Society) ! S.B. Thesis/Project: A Rapid Cell Cycler for Automotive Grade Prismatic Lithium-ion Batteries (advised by William J. Mitchell)

Experience
MIT Media Lab: Smart Cities + Changing Places Group Cambridge, MA
Research Assistant Sep 2010 present ! Infrastructural research focuses on the electrification of the transportation system, deploying EV charging infrastructure in dense urban areas, integrating vehicles with DC microgrids & renewable energy sources, and designing a UPS-based rapid charging research platform on the MIT campus. ! Vehicle research focuses on the development of Li-ion battery/charging systems for the MIT City Car lightweight electric vehicle, designing electronic and power systems for functional prototypes and scale models of the vehicle, and consulting to Hiriko City Car commercialization venture (www.hiriko.com) on design, validation, & integration of batteries and power electronics. ! Presented research and live project demonstrations to over 50 companies and politicians, including executive-level sponsors of the MIT Media Lab. Projects have also been featured by BBC, NYTimes, Time Magazine, Business Week, CNET News, & more.

Apple, Inc.

Cupertino, CA

Hardware Engineering Intern Summer 2009 & 2010 ! Designed and fabricated electrical systems for new technology hardware prototypes. Successfully produced active-component PCBs including schematic design, component selection and integration, layout, testing, debugging, and presentation of functional prototypes to senior-level executives. ! Worked extensively with board-level capacitive sensing technologies related to novel input devices and portable electronics power systems. ! Contributed significantly to technical projects culminating in the filing of five (5) non-provisional US Patent Applications.

MIT Media Lab: Tangible Media Group

Cambridge, MA

Undergraduate Researcher Jan 2008 Jun 2009 ! Designed and implemented a robust Java-based UI for innovative viewing and interaction with multi-spectral artwork, allowing users to scrape through layers of a painting and flip through different spectra. ! Integrated a desktop application with the Flickr API, allowing for dynamic content addition, such as notes, audio files, and comments, both locally and on the Flickr website. ! Project was awarded for outstanding student research at the HKN Project Expo, was presented at MIT Tech Fair 2008 alongside technology-industry leaders, was publicly debuted in November 2008 at the New York Italian Cultural Institute and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in June 2009, and was published and presented at CHI in April 2009.

Telefnica Investigacin y Desarrollo (Research & Development)

Granada, Spain

Research & Development Engineering Intern Jun 2008 Aug 2008 ! Designed and constructed a variety of infrared devices including motion-tracking infrared gloves, infrared pens for use in a virtual-whiteboard system, and an infrared camera paired with an infrared LED array. ! Collaborated with a team of Spanish R&D engineers to develop and advance the hardware end of existing software projects in the fields of e-Health and tele-assistive rehabilitation. P. Subramani C.V. September 2011 Page 1 of 3

Immersive Visualization Lab Calit2 (UCSD)

San Diego, CA

Junior Development Engineer Jun 2007 Aug 2007 ! Configured, debugged, and calibrated a variety of 3D motion tracking systems including Ascension Tech Flock of Birds and ART Infrared Optical Trackers for development environments, a 4K projection environment, and a fully immersive pentagonal CAVE environment. ! Created plug-ins for 3D visualization of multi-spectral scans of art, including positional co-registration of layered images. Worked extensively with COVISE and OpenCOVER visualization software.

MIT Media Lab: Speech & Mobility Group

Cambridge, MA

Undergraduate Researcher Feb 2007 May 2007 ! Assisted in design and development of a Python-based media player for the OLPC programs XO (100-dollar laptop) focused on a visually intuitive and accessible user interface to integrate with existing laptop visual framework.

Skills
! Hardware: Analog circuit design, schematic capture, PCB design & layout (EAGLE and Concept/Allegro), component integration and population (including SMT), general electronics prototyping (including Arduino). Familiar with standard shop machines, fabrication tools & rapid prototyping equipment: water jet, laser cutter, mill, lathe, drill press, band/cold saws, etc. ! Programming/Computing/Software: Java, Arduino, HTML and web-design, UNIX shell scripting, general networking and system administration skills. Proficient with MS Windows, Apple OS X, MS Office, iWork, Matlab, LTSpice, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign, ArcGIS (GIS spatial analysis/database operations). Familiar with Google Sketchup, DS SolidWorks, basic CAD modeling. ! Languages: Fluent English, Advanced Conversational Spanish

Invited Talks + Lectures

Intelligent City Forum Researching the Intelligent City (Berlin, Germany): Implications of Electric Mobility for Grid & Charging Infrastructure Presentation to World Presidents Organization (WPO), New England Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century MIT Industrial Liaison Program: OCP Group Executive Briefing: Urbanization and Green City Technologies: Shared Transportation Systems & Charging Infrastructure MIT Industrial Liaison Program: Tata Power Executive Briefing: The Future Emerging Trends, New Industries, & Innovative Business Models MIT Graduate Arts Forum: Reinventing the Automobile from Pencil to Product May 2011 May 2011 Jan 2011 Nov 2010 Nov 2010

Publications
! Bonanni, L., Xiao, X., Hockenberry, M., Subramani, P., Ishii, H., Seracini, M. and Schulze, J. 2009. Wetpaint: Scraping Through MultiLayered Images. In CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Boston, MA, USA, April 04-09, 2009). CHI '09. ACM, New York, NY.

Teaching
! Project Leader/Teaching Assistant for Electric Charging Infrastructure team for MIT Media Lab course MAS.552: Mobility on Demand. (Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011 terms) ! MIT EECS Department Tutor for courses 6.012: Microelectronic Devices & Circuits, 6.007: Applied Electromagnetics & 6.152: Micro/Nano Processing Technology (Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011 terms)

Activities + Leadership
! Member of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Honor Society ! Member of Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) EECS Honor Society ! Member of Tau Beta Pi (TBP) Engineering Honor Society ! MIT EECS Department Associate Advisor ! MIT International Science & Technology Initiatives Ambassador ! MIT Rambax Senegalese Drumming Ensemble ! MIT/Wellesley Toons a cappella singing group Tenor, MIT President ! NOBCChE Science Bowl Team, Captain, National Champs 2003, 2005 ! La Jolla High School Academic League, Captain 2004, City Champs 2006 P. Subramani C.V. September 2011 2010 present 2010 present 2009 present 2009 2010 2008 2010 2009 present 2006 2009 2003 2006 2002 2006 Page 2 of 3

Awards + Honors
! Kelly Douglas Fellow (Awarded for independent international research) ! MIT Arts Scholar (Selected for demonstrated excellence in the arts) ! HKN (EECS Honor Society) Most Innovative Student Research Project ! La Jolla Rotary Club Rotary Scholar and Presidents Award ! Mahatma Gandhi Scholar (San Diego Indian American Association) ! San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Scholar ! Caltech Signature Award for creativity and innovation in science and math ! US State Department Doors to Diplomacy Gold Award ! CollegeBoard AP Scholar with Distinction 2010 2010 2008 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005

Portfolio
! A sample of design, engineering, and planning work is available online at http://praveens.mit.edu

P. Subramani C.V. September 2011

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