Pramit Sood

Design of hardware and firmware for data acquisition with a master-slave MODBUS over Ethernet (using TCP/IP protocol) network of 13 measurement and control nodes Developing first calibration and simulation experiments for the designed nodes for continuous monitoring of CO2 fluxes in heterogeneous soils as part of a larger experiment to investigate plant-soil systems dynamics including for e.g. biological activity, matter turnover, soil moisture, plant cover etc.

Responsibilities: Creating theoretical basis and modelling for calibration free gas measurement and humidity compensated measurement for low CO2 concentration in wet soils. Embedded software development (ANSI C) and hardware design for laboratory simulation tests, based on ATMega design architecture and subsequent development of data import, analysis and visualization script in MATLAB. Assistance in installation and setup of field simulation tests.

Design and implementation of an alternative Automation Platform to integrate Temperature sensors (RTD’s) and Heat Meters using FIELDBUS on a common communication protocol (in our case it was master-slave M-Bus protocol-EN 1357-2 physical and Link layer , EN 1357-3 application layer) as part of Intelligent generation and storage of solar heat and power for high solar coverage proportions and load management.

Basic process engineering (FEED) and detailed engineering design of field instrumentation works and packaged control systems for on-shore oil and gas pipelines, custody transfer systems, city gas distribution systems and terminal erection and commissioning.

Advanced solid state physics, chemistry and mathematics Analog and digital control theory and real-time data processing Theory- physical, chemical and optical sensors Advanced programming (C/C++, JAVA and HTML) Automotive sensor systems

Industrial Measurements and Instrumentation Embedded (Microcontroller/Microprocessor) based programming (ANSI C) Analog and Digital Electronics. Advanced Control Theory. PC based Automation, Data Acquisition, Sequential Control, Data Analysis and Visualization (SCADA, PLC & DCS)