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NANDKISHOR M. DHAWALE|PhD|Sensor Systems|
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English, French (Basic), Marathi, and Hindi | drndhawale@gmail.com
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OBJECTIVE
To obtain a Teaching, R&D, Admin and/or Management Position that will enable the use of my internationally recognized academic qualifications and exceptional interpersonal, communication, computer, technical and teaching skills.
Biography
Nandkishor Motiram Dhawale, PhD is an interdisciplinary professional from Montreal, Canada with over 15 years of international exposure in multi-disciplinary fields (aerospace, agriculture, automobile, environment, education, food service, IT, civil, manufacturing, rail & space (in countries like Canada, India and USA). He holds a basic undergraduate degree in Instrumentation Engineering from Shivaji University, India. Later he also obtained a graduate degree in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from Concordia University, Canada and a PhD Degree in Bioresource Engineering from McGill University, Canada. He also completed two years of Post-Doctoral studies from McGill University, Canada and Purdue University, USA.
During his PhD studies at McGill University, Canada he was the recipient of several awards/scholarships, for example, Graduate Excellence Award, Walter M. Stewart Postgraduate Scholarship, L&D Stewart Graduate Fellowship Award, Graduate Excel Fellowship Award, McGill Provost's Graduate Fellowship Award, Great Travel Award, and NSERC CREATE-ISS Travel Award.
In addition to his holding of conventional degrees, he also obtained several professional certificate diploma’s for e.g. certificate in Integrated Sensor Systems (ISS) Training Program from the prestigious Natural Science and Research Council of Canada (NSERC), certificate in Basic Business Skills (BBS) from Desautel’s Faculty of Management, Canada, and certificate in Design Thinking, IPR, Startup, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship from Ministry of Educations Innovation Cell, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India.
Till date he undertook various roles (high to low level) such as Co-founder, Vice President, In-charge, Business Associate, Consultant, Head of Department, Associate Professor, Research Associate, Technical Team Member, Examiner, Invigilator, Supervisor, Chief Returning Officer, Assistant Professor, Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, Laboratory Instructor, Jr. Systems Engineer, Engineer and Researcher in Training, Crew Member, Customer Service Representative, Sales Representative, Access and Parking Technician, Machine Operator, Security Guard, etc.
Some of the world famous organizations he worked at are Purdue University in USA, McGill University, Concordia University, Smart Food Safe, Honeywell Aerospace, MDA, CP Rail, Burrell Over Head Doors, Royal Plastics, Securitas, Cultures, Subway, McDonalds, and Tim Hortons in Canada, and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Apollo Tyres, XDT, and Shivaji University in India.
During his academic and industrial career, he developed expertise that cover a wide spectrum of science and technologies, making him capable to teach, invent, design, develop, fabricate/prototype and test special-purpose industrial and research tools (hardware and software); such as, automated instrumentation and data acquisition platforms, sensing systems (industrial, environmental, geological and biological) based on Internet of Things (IoT) for data analytics, and modeling and simulation modules. He also taught various courses to college and university students in India and Canada (Instrumentation and Control, Industrial Electronics, Renewable Energy Systems, Engineering Physics, LabVIEW, MATLAB, Product Design Engineering, Robotics and Automation, Modelling and Simulation, etc.). There, he also supervised the Capstone projects conducted by several undergraduate students as well as co-supervised the research work conducted by one PhD and two graduate students.
He is also an excellent technical writer, reviewer, presenter and event organizer. He published 4 first authored & 6 co-authored articles in Scopus/WOS/SCI indexed journals & refereed journals/conferences. Also co-authored over 30 articles and book chapters in other conference proceedings & non-refereed journals. Till date he organized or participated in over 40 workshops, conferences, and tradeshows and became co-inventor of over 20 intellectual property rights (IPR) (USA, Australia, and India). He was also involved in preparing and presenting documentation work related to National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) at a University in India. He has also reviewed over 50 articles for highly reputed peer reviewed journals.
Altogether, he has over 10 years of part-time teaching and 5 years of full-time teaching experience, about 7 years of industrial work experience, and 5 years of full-time research experience in countries like Canada, India and USA.
About My Technical Specialty
Instrumentation Engineer with expertise in; Integrated Sensor Systems, DAQ & Instrumentation Systems, Robotics, Mechatronics & Automation Systems, Hardware and Software Development, Proximal Soil Sensing, Geo-Spatial Data Analysis, Hyperspectral Data Analysis, Big Data Analytics, Sensor Fusion, IoT, and AI (ML, DL).
About My Self
During my academic and industrial career, I developed expertise that cover a wide spectrum of science and technologies, making me capable to invent, design, develop, fabricate/prototype and test special-purpose industrial and research tools; such as, automated instrumentation and DAQ platforms, Sensing systems (industrial, environmental, geological and biological), modeling and simulation modules. I prototyped and co-patented an On-the-spot Soil Analyser (OSA), capable to determine quantities of soil chemical and physical properties in situ. The platform uses an array of ion selective electrodes (ISE) to quantify the levels of several ion species. In addition, to quantify soil organic matter, carbon, and textural attribute, it is possible to deploy a range of sensors including a portable mid infrared (mid-IR) probe or a microsopic digital imaging sensor (camera). Further, I designed and developed a customized software application to process and analyze dense spatial information obtained using proximal soil sensing (PSS) and remote sensing (RS) techniques.
About My Research Interest
Instrumentation, data acquisition, data interpretation, automation and control systems: Multi-disciplinary research with high interest in sensor fusion approach to: design, develop, fabricate/prototype and evaluate research tools (hard and soft) to monitor, assess and comprehend complex parameters involved in industrial (standard), agricultural (soil, water and crop), biological (microbial), environmental (pollution) setups. For e.g. multi‑sensor data acquisition and control systems; automated/robotic field instrumentation; multi‑sensor data interpretation using modeling and simulations. With special attention to enhancing research in Precision Life Stock Management, Precision Agriculture, Proximal Soil Sensing, Remote Sensing, Agricultural Machinery, etc (but not limited).
Community entrepreneurial development: Implementation of soil-water-crop-environment monitoring and process control technologies; Adaptive soil-water-crop environment quality management; Stakeholder engagement processes; Establishing co‑operative soil, water and crop health monitoring units (Small Scale Industry).
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UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
Postdoctoral Studies in Agriculture and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, USA|2022-2023
Prof. M.S. Verma, Purdue University, USA led the research project chiefly focused on the design and fabrication of a prototype audio-video acquisition and analyzing platform. The major effort was dedicated to fabricating the fully functional hardware and its associated control and data acquisition software.
Postdoctoral Studies in Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Canada|2015-2016
I. Prof. M.O. Ngadi, McGill University, Canada, led the research project chiefly focused on the design and fabrication of a prototype meat image acquisition and analyzing platform. The major effort was dedicated to fabricating the fully functional hardware and its associated control and data acquisition software.
II. Prof. V.I. Adamchuk, McGill University, Canada, partly led the research project chiefly focused on optimizing agricultural field data collection and its interpretational processes. The major effort was dedicated to software development. However, additional work duties included; test logistics, travel to research sites, mapping of agricultural fields, obtaining necessary calibration and validation data.
PhD. (Doctoral Studies) in Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Canada | 2010-2015
Thesis: “Advances in Proximal Soil Sensing through Integrated Systems Approach”.
MASc. (Magistrate in Applied Science) in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Canada | 2006-2009
Thesis: “Investigation of Machining Forces in Constant Feed Drilling for SACE Technology”.
B.E. (Bachelors of Engineering) in Instrumentation Engineering, Shivaji University, India | 1999-2003
Project: “Designing of a Micro-Controller Based Climate Controlled Green House System."
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ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Certification in StartUp & Entrepreneurship | 2021 Opex Accelerator Pvt. Ltd., Kolhapur, MH, India
Certification in Industrial Automation, Collaborative Robotics & Auto-Guided Vehicles, 3D printing for Industry 4.0 and Preparation of Bankable Project Report | 2020-2021 MSME, Technology Development Center, PPDC Agra, India
Certification in Design Thinking, IPR, Startup, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship | 2020 Ministry of Educations Innovation Cell, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India
Certification in Integrated Sensor Systems (ISS) Training Program | 2015 CREATE-NSERC, McGill University, Canada
Certificate course in Basic Business Skills (BBS) | 2012 Desautel’s Faculty of Management, Canada
Certificate course in PLC Programming and HMI |2003 Govt. College of Engineering Pune, India
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