Transportation Active Safety Institute (TASI) Students and Alumni

Students

	Stephanie Braun, OT Graduate Student Dept. of Occupational Therapy, IU School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Stephanie has a B.S. in Management from Purdue University and is currently pursuing an M.S. in Occupational Therapy. She is interested in working with adult and geriatric populations.
	Tara Cardinal, OT Graduate Student Department of Occupational Therapy, IU School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, IUPUI Tara Cardinal received her B.S. in Recreation Therapy from IU. She is pursuing a Master of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy. Her interests include sensory integration for pediatrics.
	Alexander D. Meadows, ECE Graduate Student Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Alex has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics: Computer Electronics from Missouri State University and ten years of experience in circuit design, the design and manufacture of laboratory automation systems and printed circuit boards (PCBs). He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering with an emphasis in Automation, Robotics, and Control Systems. Alex is involved in providing hardware support and solutions for multiple TASI projects; his research interests are in Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Collision Imminent Braking (CIB) systems.
	Kat Montoya, SLHS Undergraduate Speech Language and Hearing Sciences Department, Purdue University Kat plans to pursue her Master of Science degree after completing her Bachelor of Science degree this fall. She is interested in speech therapy of cognitive communication disorders and is an experienced audio coder for the Purdue Infant Research Lab. She now works for TASI as a video/audio coder.

Alumni

	Nate Bruce, M.S., May, 2011 Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Nate Bruce received his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in May, 2011. At TASI, he worked on the implementation of a supervisory controller for coordination of control and data acquisition, as well as two touch screen interfaces for the TASI Driving Simulator Laboratory. His research interests include control systems, software development, and digital communication systems.
	Hari Krishna, M.S., May, 2011 Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Hari Krishna received his Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in May, 2011. His areas of interest include control systems, autonomous vehicles, image processing, embedded systems and robotics. His research and industrial experience includes being a MURI/UROP scholar at IUPUI and working as an embedded software engineer.
	Anagha Modak, M.S., August 2011 Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Anagha has a Bachelors in Engineering from Cummins College of Engineering, Pune, India. She is currently pursuing a Master of Science Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her area of interest is controls systems. Her M.S. thesis research examines accident simulation using crash data from automotive and truck Event Data Recorders (EDRs). She used the simulation software HVE (Human Vehicle Environment) during her internship at Wolf Technical Services based in Indianapolis.
	Madhura Phadke, M.S., August 20111 Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Madhura is pursuing a Master of Science Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Areas of interest include control systems, hybrid vehicles. She is involved in scenario design and development, as well as data acquisition and analysis involving the TASI driving Simulator.
	Kreg Sweeney, M.S., May 2010 Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Kreg Sweeney received his Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering in May 2010. After graduating, he worked for TASI from May to September, 2010, as an Electrical Engineer, responsible for troubleshooting, maintaining, and enhancing the hardware, firmware, and software for the TASI Driving Simulator. He now works for Delphi Corporation in Kokomo, Indiana.
	Ramit Saini, B.S., May 2009 Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Ramit Saini received her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in May, 2009, at IUPUI. While with TASI, she facilitated the verification of driver monitoring sensors by recording and coding data collected during simulator testing. Her interests include active safety systems, control systems, power electronics and computer programming.
	Asha Saravanamohan, Herbert Summer Scholar Summer Scholars Institute, IUPUI Asha Saravanamohan is a sophomore at Jackson State University, majoring in Computer Engineering. While at TASI, she participated in graphical user interface (GUI) development, and motor controller design to enhance the driving simulator capabilities. Her interests include active safety systems, control systems, and software engineering.