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Ph.D. Student, Research Assistant
Advisor: Dr. F. Levent Degertekin
Work Phone: (404) 385-2010
Work Fax: (404) 385-2011
okarhade@gatech.edu
 
 
 

Education:

 

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Dec. 2008 (expected), Georgia Inst. of Tech.

  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2006, Georgia Inst. of Tech.

  • B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, 2004, Indian Inst. of Tech., Bombay, India

 

 

Research Experience:

 

  • Summer 2003, Intern, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Heavy Engineering Department - Technology Center, Mumbai, India

  • 2000-2004, Final Year Thesis, "Colored Thermal Imaging using uncooled opto-thermo mechanical device”, India Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India

 

Research Projects:

 

  • Design and Fabrication of Micro-scanning interferometer with deformable grating and it's control system, PhD thesis.

  • Design of Colored Thermal Imaging & Display Device Using Opto-Thermo-Mechanical Uncooled Sensors. An innovative thermal imaging system was designed to obtain a display of the infrared ray intensities falling on the sensor arrays. Designed a novel bio-molecule sensing cantilever with improved sensitivity and reduced arching effect in TRIZ summer camp 2003.

  • Designed Image stabilization mechanisms for Night Vision Devices, L&T summer project

 

 
 
 
 
 
  Journal Publications:

 

O. G. Karhade, F. L. Degertekin and T. R. Kurfess, "Active control of
micro interferometers for Low Noise Parallel operation," IEEE/ASME
Transactions on Mechatronics (under review) (2008)

Karhade O G, Degertekin F L and Kurfess T R 2008 "SOI-Based Micro
Scanning Grating Interferometer: Device Characterization, Control and
Demonstration of Parallel Operation" Journal of Micromechanics and
Microengineering 18 (2008) 045007

 
 
  Conference Proceedings:

 

O. G. Karhade, F. L. Degertekin and T. R. Kurfess, "Design, Dynamics
and Active Control of Micro Interferometers for Low Noise Parallel
Operation," ASME IMECE 2008 (accepted)

O. G. Karhade, F. L. Degertekin and T. R. Kurfess, "Micro-machined
Grating Interferometer Array for Low Noise Parallel Metrology," Proc.
of the Society of Experimental Mechanics, Orlando, FL 2008

O. G. Karhade, S. S. Chiluveru, B. Seth and P. R. Apte, "Colored
thermal imaging using opto-thermo-mechanical uncooled imager with room
temperature compensation" ISSS-MEMS 2007 National Conference on MEMS,
CEERI, Rajasthan, India 2007

Karhade O G, Degertekin F L and Kurfess T R 2008 "Scanning Micro
Interferometer Array with sub-picometer resolution for MEMS
inspection" IEEE SAS-2008, Atlanta, GA

Karhade O G, Chiluveru S S and Apte P R, "Novel Cantilever for Biosensing Applications", Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 5718, 2005, p48-53, pres. at the Photonics West, San Jose, CA

Karhade, O. G., Degertekin, F. L, Kurfess, T. R., "Scanning Micro Interferometer with Tunable Grating," Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Electromachining , pp. 609-613, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2007.

 
 

Patent Application:

 

O.G.Karhade,S.S.Chiluveru,B.Seth,P.R.Apte,"Colored Thermal Imaging using uncooled opto-thermo mechanical device without electronics and electrics", IIT Bombay, India, 541/MUM/2005 published 2007-03-16, filed 2005-05-03