Education:
Ph.D in Electrical Engineering( August 2011 till date)
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ,USA
(Advisor: Dr Ali Bilgin and Dr Maria I. Altbach)
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Jan. 2009 – July 2011 )
Mississippi State University , USA
Thesis :- Application of digital signal processing to underground power cables fault detection (Advisor : Dr. Nicolas H. Younan)
Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation Technology(2003 - 2007)
Visveswaraya Technological University
B.M.S College of Engineering, Bangalore, INDIA
Senior Design Project: Tsunami Alert System.
(Quoted as the “Most Useful Project” in the newspaper of the state during participation in State Level Project Exhibition.)
Work Experience:
Trainee Engineer: - One month of training (1st August, 2007- 1st September, 2007) at TOSHIBA, Bangalore, comprising of various software engineering skills and stream specific training in Embedded Systems, Real Time OS and Digital Signal Processing.
Associate Software Engineer:-15 months of work experience (1st September, 2007-19th December, 2008) in working as an (Embedded) Associate Software Engineer for TOSHIBA SEMICONDUCTOR, Japan. Involved in coordinating the design, development, validation and implementation of Mobile Multimedia systems for use in world wide mobile market. Was involved in development of audio codec on TOSHIBA’s Digital Signal Processing platform, optimization & fine tuning the algorithms for making it compatible for mobile multimedia international market. Completed optimization and porting of Enhanced AAC++ codec on board.
Graduate Research Assistant (Jan. 2009 – July 2011) in ECE Dept. at MSU under Dr. Nicolas H. Younan (Advisor), Department Head, ECE. Project sponsored by SDG&E, San Diego, California, USA. (Research area –Signal Processing application).
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Aug. 2011 - April 2012) in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Arizona for Dr. David Cox (Instructor), (Course: - ECE 304 Design of Electronic Circuits).
Research Associate (May. 2012 - June 2012) in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Arizona under Dr. Jeffery Rodriguez (Advisor), Project sponsored by Split Engineering Tucson, AZ(Research area: - Rock segmentation in ambient condition).
Graduate Research Assistant (Aug. 2012 - till date) in Department of Medical Imaging at University of Arizona under Dr. Ali Bilgin and Dr. Maria Altbach (Advisor), (Research area – MR reconstruction and under sampling, Image analysis and Signal Processing).
Languages : C, C++ , Assembly Level Programming, MatLab , LabView
Operating Systems : Windows XP, Linux, Windows Vista, Unix
Assembly Languages : 8085, 8086, PIC family , Toshiba proprietary DSP platform
Application SW : RTOS,MS Office, SAS, Hex-compare, File-compare
Publications:
Journal Publications:
Abhishek Pandey, Umit Yoruk, Mahesh Keerthivasan, Jean–Philippe Galons, Puneet Sharma, Kevin Johnson, Diego R Martin, Maria I. Altbach, Ali Bilgin, Manojkumar Saranathan, “Multiresolution imaging using golden angle stack–of–stars and compressed sensing for dynamic MR urography,” Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Early View 2017.
Benjamin P Berman, Abhishek Pandey, Zhitao Li, Lindsie Jeffries, Theodore P Trouard, Isabel Oliva, Felipe Cortopassi, Diego R Martin, Maria I Altbach, Ali Bilgin, “Volumetric MRI of the lungs during forced expiration,” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 75: pp.2295–2302, 2015.
Abhishek Pandey, Nicolas H Younan, “Use of Fourier transformation for detection of faults in underground power cables," Gaodianya Jishu/ High Voltage Engineering, vol. 37, no. 11,2686-2692, 2011. (Invited Paper)
Conference Publications:
Abhishek Pandey, Jean-Philippe Galons , Kevin Johnson , Diego R Martin , Maria I Altbach , Ali Bilgin , and Manojkumar Saranathan, “Glomerular filtration rate estimation in vivo using 3D radial MRI and a novel multiresolution reconstruction technique,” Proceedings of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM ’17), Honolulu, HI, April 22 - 27, 2017 (ISMRM Magna cum Laude Merit Award/Talk).
Abhishek Pandey, Catherine Min , Zhitao Li , Kevin Johnson , Leah Steyn , William Purvis , Robert C. Harland , Klearchos K. Papas , Puneet Sharma , Diego R Martin , Manojkumar Saranathan , and Jean-Philippe Galons, “An MR compatible kidney perfusion system to assess kidney function and organ preservation.,” Proceedings of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM ’13), Honolulu, HI, April 22 - 27, 2017 (Talk).
Abhishek Pandey, Umit Yoruk, Puneet Sharma, Diego R Martin, Maria I Altbach, Ali Bilgin and Manojkumar Saranathan, “Multiresolution imaging using golden angle stack-of-stars and compressed sensing,” Proceedings of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM ’16),Singapore, May 7 - 13, 2016 (ISMRM Magna cum Laude Merit Award/Talk).
Catherine Min, Leah Steyn, Abhishek Pandey, Robert C. Harland, Jean–Philippe Galons, Klearchos K. Papas, “Persufflation Improves Viability and Function of Porcine Kidneys Relative to Static Cold Storage,” American Journal of Transplantation.Vol. 16. 111 River St., Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.
Benjamin Paul Berman, Abhishek Pandey,Maria Altbach, Ali Bilgin, Zhitao Li, Theodore Trouard, Isabel Oliva, Diego R. Martin, “Very Rapid 4D Lung MRI via Golden Angle Stackof- Stars Gradient Echo, ESPIRiT Parallel Imaging, and Compressed Sensing,” Proceedings of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM ’14), Milan, Italy, May 10 - 16, 2014.
Chuan Huang, Abhishek Pandey, Tomoe Barr, Ali Bilgin, and Maria I Altbach, “An Indirect Echo Compensated Reconstruction Algorithm for T2 Mapping of The Liver from Highly Undersampled Radial FSE Data,” Proceedings of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM ’13),Salt Lake City, UT, April 20 - 26, 2013.
Abhishek Pandey, Ali Bilgin, Sindhu Cumar, Bobby Kalb, Diego R Martin, and Maria I Altbach, “Automated segmentation of liver parenchyma and blood vessel with in-vivo radial Gradient and Spin-Echo (GRASE) datasets for characterization of diffuse liver disease,” Proceedings of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM ’13),Salt Lake City, UT, April 20 - 26, 2013 (ISMRM Magna cum Laude Merit Award).
Abhishek Pandey, and Nicholas H. Younan, “Wavelet as a diagnostic tool for fault classification and identification in underground power cable,” 2011 Annual Report Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP ’11), vol., no., pp.76-79, 16-19 Oct.2011.
Abhishek Pandey and Nicholas H. Younan, “Fault identification and classification of Power Cables using Short-Time Fourier Transformation,” Proceedings of 17th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, Hannover, Germany Aug 22 – 26,2011.
Pandey, A.; Younan, N.H.; , "Underground cable fault detection and identification via fourier analysis," High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE), 2010 International Conference on , vol.,no.,pp.618-621,11-14Oct.2010doi: 10.1109/ICHVE.2010.5640779 (Selected by Technical committee for submission to Journal of High Voltage Engineering).
Master’s Thesis : Application of digital signal processing to underground power cables fault detection (Advisor : Dr. Nicolas H. Younan). May, 2011.
Undergrad Thesis/Senior Design Project : Tsunami Alert System. (Advisor : Dr. Veena Hegde). May, 2007. (Quoted as the “Most Useful Project”in the newspaper of the state during participation in State Engineering Project Exhibition)
Honors and Awards:
2017 Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI) Distiguished Reviewer 2017.
2017 Educational Stipend and Travel Award by ISMRM 2017.
2017 ISMRM Magna cum Laude Merit Award (Abstract No. 0823).
2016 Educational Stipend and Travel Award by ISMRM 2016.
2016 ISMRM Magna cum Laude Merit Award (Abstract No. 0702).
2014 Educational Stipend and Travel Award by ISMRM 2014.
2013 ISMRM Magna cum Laude Merit Award (Abstract No. 1528).
2013 Educational Stipend and Travel Award by ISMRM 2013.
2011 Bagley Engineering Graduate Fellowship for Year 2011-2012(Offered to 25 Ph.D. Students) in Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University
2011 IEEE Power Engineering Society Travel award for attending Annual Report Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP ’11)
2010 Conference Paper selected by Technical committee (ICHVE ’10) for submission to Journal of High Voltage Engineering.
2000 Certificate of merit in Regional Mathematics Olympiad, India
2000 Certificate of merit in National Science Olympiad, India.
Professional memberships:
Member of IEEE
Member of IEEE- Signal Processing Society.
Member ISMRM
Member MR research group at U of A
Extra-curricular activities:
Currently serving as General Secretary of ISA @ Mississippi State University, USA.
Member of ILLUMINARTY – BMSCE Theater Club. Received various laurels for Street Play and theater. Organized college fest UTSAV for all the four years of college life.
Participated in All India and regional Math’s Olympiad and received Merit Certificate.
Captain of the Cricket Team at school and college level.
References: Available on request