Dr. Prakash Naidu is a scientist in the field of Design for Automation. He has worked in or has been affiliated with leading institutions, laboratories, and industry in USA, Canada, and India in different capacities including Senior Systems Design Engineer, Senior Research Scientist, Project Director, Advisor, and Consultant.

Early life and education

Dr. Naidu received his PhD in Engineering from

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, Canada in 1997, and M.Tech. from

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it is recognized as an Institute of National Importance and has be ...

in 1987. He is also an alumnus of

Bangalore University Bangalore University (BU) is a public state university located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The university is a part of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and affiliated by Univers ...

and

Jabalpur Engineering College Jabalpur Engineering College (JEC) is an institute located in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the oldest technical institution in central India and the 15th-oldest in India. It is the first institute of India to have started the Electron ...

Professional accomplishments

Dr. Naidu is the originator of the field of Design for Automation and Design for Patentability and his research accomplishments are in the areas of design theory and methodology, design of intelligent systems, medical devices,

biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...

systems, and related areas using the broad knowledge and experience gained in the interdisciplinary fields of

Engineering Design The engineering design process is a common series of steps that engineers use in creating functional products and processes. The process is highly iterative - parts of the process often need to be repeated many times before another can be entere ...

, Advanced Manufacturing, Mechatronics,

Robotics Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrat ...

, Automation, and

Virtual Reality Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), educ ...

. He is known for being the co-patent holder of one of the pioneering and most accurate DNA Arraying robotic systems development during the Human Genome Project era. Many of his developments were protected as

intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...

of the organizations involved. His research of scholarly nature that is available in public domain can be found in the different papers and patents from the internet links and archives. His most recent and first invention in the domain of artificial intelligence, which is titled "Method for real time surface tracking in unstructured environments" was granted a US patent in 2022. He is a Member of the

American Society of Mechanical Engineers The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing ...

, Associate Member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), and licensed Member of the Association of Professional Engineers Ontario (P.Eng.) Canada. Dr. Naidu has received several awards and honors including: Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Award, National Mechanical Engineering Design Award, and National Student Design Competition Award from National Design and Research Forum, Institution of Engineers (India). As Project Director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), he received the Defense Technology Spin-off Award from the honorable Prime Minister of India Dr.

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian politician, economist and statesman who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indir ...

for remarkable strides in commercialization of affordable robotic and automation systems for educational, medical, and socially relevant causes in collaboration with small and medium enterprises.

References

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