Obulpathi
Short Bio
Born in Nagaluru, a small village near Dharmavaram, the silk city of India, famous for its "pattu sarees". Currently a graduate student at the University of Florida, pursuing my dreams alongside with career in Wireless Networks. I co-founded Edusoftware along with Dheeraj Kota,under the guidance of Prof. Prabhat Ranjan. I am working on Linux and Open Source technologies for enhancing quality of education.
Acadamics
I did my undergrad in the field of Information and Communication Technology from DA-IICT.
Currently a PhD student under Prof. Janise McNair and a part of Wireless and Mobile Laboratory and
Small Satellite Design Club at UF.
For more details, please see my resume.
Research
My current research is focused on enhancing the communication capabilities of CubeSat,
network and cluster management of CubeSat satellites.
Projects
Currently I am working on project CubeSat, a miniaturized satellite for space research that has a volume of
exactly one liter, weighs no more than one kilogram. I am researching on possibilities to improve communication
capabilities of CubeSat. I worked on projects WildCENSE, SmallCENSE and CENSE. WildCENSE and SmallCENSE
are aimed at creating wireless sensor network for gathering positional and micro climatic information of
animals like swamp deer and small land turtle. CENSE is a testbed of 100 nodes to facilitate easier
and faster testing of sensor networks applications.
Experience
Teaching Assistant.
University of Florida (Gainesville, FL,USA). Aug 2009 - Present.
Graduate Assistant.
University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA). Jan 2008 - July 2008.
Research Engineer.
Dhirubhai Institute of ICT
(Gandhinagar, Gujrat, India). July 2006 - June 2007.
Research Assistant.
Dhirubhai Institute of ICT
(Gandhinagar, Gujrat, India). Jan 2006 - May 2006.
Teaching Assistant.
Dhirubhai Institute of ICT
(Gandhinagar, Gujrat, India). Aug 2006 - Dec 2006.
Contact Information
Mailing Address: WAMS Lab, P.O. Box 116130, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Phone: +1 773-336-2438
E-mail: obulpathi@ufl.edu
URL: http://plaza.ufl.edu/obulpathi