CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name and academic rank

Mukul V. Shirvaikar, Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering

The University of Texas at Tyler

 

Degrees with fields, institution, and date

Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

1993

M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Maine, Orono, ME

1988

B.Tech. (BS) Electrical Engineering

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

1986

 

Number of years service on this faculty, date of original appointment and dates of advancement in rank

The University of Texas at Tyler, Interim Chair of Electrical Engineering,

2007-2008

The University of Texas at Tyler, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

2003-2008

 

Related experience – teaching, industrial, etc.

Texas Instruments Inc., Senior Software Systems Engineer

2000-2003

Texas Instruments Inc., Equipment Engineer

1998-2000

Pressco Technology Inc., Project Team Leader

1995-1997

University of West Florida, Visiting Faculty, Computer Science

1993-1995

University of Tennessee, Graduate Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1989-1993

University of Maine, Graduate Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1986-1988

 

Consulting, patents, grants, etc.

"Quartus II - FPGA Development System," Altera University Program, P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, July 2007

"QSK26A Development Boards For Senior Design," Renesas University Program, P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, April 2007

"UT Collaboration in Lung Injury and Neoplasia," The University of Texas System Equipment Fund, Research Associate with Dr. Steve Idell, UT Health Center at Tyler: M. V. Shirvaikar, March 2007

"Applications of the Independent Component Analysis (ICA) Technique to Media Processing," The University of Texas at Tyler Faculty Research Grant, P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, September 2006

"IEEE SSST 2006 Symposium - Student Co-curricular Travel Grant," The University of Texas at Tyler Co-curricular Fund, P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, December 2005

"Automated Optical Inspection of Printed Circuit Boards," The University of Texas at Tyler Faculty Research Grant, P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, September 2005

"Back-To-Basics: A Student–Tutor Matching Scheme," TETC Texas Workforce Development Commission, P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, June 2005

"OMAP Pilot Lab Development II," Texas Instruments Inc., P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, February 2005

"Computer Engineering Laboratory Equipment – Matrox Real-Time Imaging System," CECS Research Instrumentation Grant, P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, January 2005

"OMAP Pilot Lab Development I," Texas Instruments Inc., P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, November 2004

“Real Time Systems Laboratory Equipment,” The University of Texas at Tyler LEER Fund, P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, September 2004

"Automatic Interpretation of Road Signs," The University of Texas at Tyler Faculty Research Grant, P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, September 2004

"Active Packets for Wireless Network Security," The University of Texas at Tyler President’s Summer Grant, P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, June 2004

"FPGA Development Systems," Altera Inc., P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, January 2004

"FPGA Development Environment," Xilinx Inc., P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, January 2004

"DSP Lab Development," Texas Engineering and Technical Consortium/TI, P.I. M. V. Shirvaikar, September 2003

 

Principal publications of last five academic years

Shirvaikar, M. and Beams, D, “The Back-To-Basics Peer Tutoring Program: Results and Experiences," Proc. of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, ASEE 2008, June, 2008.

Shirvaikar, M. and Bushnaq, T, “VHDL implementation of wavelet packet transforms using SIMULINK tools," Proc. of the SPIE International Conf. on Real Time Image Processing, vol. 6811, January, 2008.

Shirvaikar, M. and Addepalli, S., “Evaluation of the independent component analysis algorithm for face recognition under varying conditions," Proceedings of the SPIE International Conference on Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems VII, vol. 6812, January, 2008.

Shirvaikar, M. and Satyala, N., “A Virtual Machine Environment for Real Time Systems Laboratories," Proc. of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, ASEE 2007, June, 2007.

Shirvaikar, Mukul, “Trends in Automated Visual Inspection,” Journal of Real Time Image Processing, vol.1, no.1, pp.41-44, October, 2006.

Shirvaikar, M., Beams, D. and Pieper, R., “Back To Basics: A Student-Tutor Matching Program," Proc. of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, ASEE 2006, June, 2006.

Shirvaikar, M., Humphries, M. and Estevez, L., “Real Time Systems Laboratory Development: Experiments Focusing on a Dual Core Processor," Proc. Amer. Soc. Eng. Education, ASEE 2006, June, 2006.

Radev, P. and Shirvaikar, M., “Enhancement of Flying Probe Tester Systems with Automated Optical Inspection," Proc. 38th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, SSST 2006, March, 2006.

Pieper, R., Shirvaikar, M. and Salvatierra, J., “A Transmission Line Model for Analysis of Thin Film Optical Filters," Proc. of the 38th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, SSST 2006, March, 2006.

Bose, N., Shirvaikar, M. and Pieper, R., “A Real Time Automatic Sign Interpretation System for Operator Assistance," Proc. of the 38th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, SSST 2006, March, 2006.

Humphries, M., Shirvaikar, M. and Estevez, L., “Real Time Systems Laboratory Development Using the TI OMAP Platform," Proc. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conf., ASEE 2005, June, 2005.

Dattaprasad, S., Pieper, R. and Shirvaikar, M., “Restoration of Color Images using Wavelets," Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, SSST 2005, Tuskegee, AL, March, 2005.

Humphries, M., Radev, P. and Shirvaikar, M., “An Algorithm for Real Time Vehicle Tracking," Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, SSST 2005, Tuskegee, AL, March, 2005.

Shirvaikar, M., “Automatic Detection and Interpretation of Road Signs," Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Atlanta, March, 2004.

Shirvaikar, M., “An Optimal Measure for Camera Focus and Exposure," Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Atlanta, March, 2004.

 

Scientific and professional societies of which a member

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1986-Present

Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 2003-Present

Member, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 1990-Present

 

Honors and awards

Nominee, Minnie Piper Award for overall excellence in teaching and scholarly achievement, 2006, 2007

Member, Phi Kappa Phi, Eta Kappa Nu

 

Institutional and professional service in the last five academic years

Member of the Technical Committee, SPIE International Conference on Electronic Imaging, 2007-present.

Associate Editor, Journal of Real Time Image Processing, Springer, 2006-present

GradNet Faculty Liaison, International Engineering Consortium (IEC), 2005-Present

Member, Vice-President Academic Affairs Search Committee, 2007

CECS Senator, Faculty Senate, 2005-2007

Member, CECS Dean Search Committee, 2005-2006

Graduate Coordinator, MSEE program, 2007-Present

 

Professional development activities in the last five years

"ABET Workshop and Commission Summit", EAC ABET Training, 2005

"National Effective Teaching Institute", ASEE workshop on novel teaching techniques, 2004