Head of The Lab

Dr. D. N. Sonawane

Dr. D. N. Sonawane is an Associate Professor in the Department of Instrumentation and Control  Engineering at College of Engineering, Pune and head of Embedded Systems Lab. His journey at College of Engineering Pune has started from 1998 as a Lecturer in Instrumentation and currently he is an Associate Professor. He obtained a B.E. degree in Instrumentation and Control form S. G. G. S. College of Engineering and Technology, Nanded in 1997 and Master of Engineering from University of Pune in 2000. He has completed his PhD (Engineering) from University of Pune in 2012 and Post-doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis (USA) and University of Washington Seattle (USA) during January 2014- August 2015.
PhD Researchers..

Vaishali Patne

Mrs. Vaishali Patne is currently working as full time research scholar in the Department of Instrumentation and Control, at College of Engineering, Pune. She is working in Embedded Laboratory under the guidance of Dr. D. N. Sonawane.  Her field of research includes Model Predictive Control and Embedded Control.  She received her Bachelor's degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from College of Engineering, Pune in 1990 and Masters degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with specialization in Electronic Instrumentation in 1994 also from College of Engineering, Pune. She has total experience of over 15 years in  industry as well as in teaching. 

Pramod Ubare

Pramod Ubare is a full-time research scholar in Departmental of Instrumentation and control at College of Engineering Pune, under the guidance of Dr. D. N. Sonawane, since Feb 2018. He received his B.E. degree in Electronics in 2010. He has also obtained M. Tech in Automotive Electronics in 2013. Blending along with passion of Electronics and Automotive technology drives him to pursue his research in Electric Vehicles and Embedded control especially Model Predictive Control.

Nirlipta Mohanty

Nirlipta Ranjan Mohanty is a full time research scholar at Department of Instrumentation and Control, College of Engineering, Pune. He received his B.Tech degree in Applied Electronics and Instrumentation engineering and M.Tech degree in Instrumentation & Control engineering. His research interests include process control, machine learning, embedded control and model predictive control.

Prajakta Pardeshi

Prajakta Pardeshi is a research scholar at Department of Instrumentation and Control, College of Engineering, Pune. Her field of research includes Model Predictive Control and Embedded Control, Communication and Signal processing. She had earned her post-graduation degree in Electronics & Telecommunication from Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Engineering, Pune and graduation in Signal Processing- Electronics & Telecommunication from Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Engineering, Pune. Currently she is working on the Biomedical research, she has previously worked on Communication and Signal processing and on projects like implementing smart laboratory, virtual laboratory. Currently she is working with Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, as an Assistant Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering since July 2015. She has 4.6 years of experience in teaching.
Master Students..

Shreya Yawalkar

Shreya Yawalkar is currently in first year of Master of Technology in Instrumentation and Control with specialization in Process Instrumentation, at College of Engineering, Pune.

Chaitanya Jugade

Chaitanya Jugade is second year student of Master of Technology in Instrumentation and Control Engineering with specialization in Process Instrumentation, at College of Engineering, Pune. Chaitanya is working on to improve the memory footprints  for Explicit MPC on real time application. 

Snehankita Pawar

Snehankita Pawar is currently pursuing Master of Technology in Instrumentation and Control with specialization in Process Instrumentation, at College of Engineering, Pune.

Shantanu Kshirsagar

Shantanu Kshirsagar is second year student of Master of Technology in Instrumentation and Control with specialization in Biomedical Instrumentation, at College of Engineering, Pune. 

Adnya Patil

Adnya Patil is currently pursuing Master of Technology (M.Tech) degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering with specialization in Process Instrumentation, at College of Engineering, Pune.

Mohan Khedkar

Mohan Khedkar is second year student of Master of Technology in Instrumentation and Control Engineering with specialization in Process Instrumentation, at College of Engineering, Pune.
Former Students..
  1. Saket Adhau (2018-2019) -Ph.D. Stipendiat at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trondheim, Norway - LinkedIn
  2. Sayli Patil (2018-2019) - Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India, Bengaluru, India - LinkedIn
  3. ​Dipali Dange (2018-2019) - Hella Automotive India Private Limited, Pune, India - LinkedIn
  4. Muhammad Siddiqui (2017-2018) - Project Engineer, Aker Solutions, Pune, India -LinkedIn
  5. Megha Asekar (2017-2018)- LinkedIn
  6. Sidhant Mukharjee (2017-2018)- LinkedIn
  7. Siddhesh Dani (2015-2017)-  Firmware Engineer, Renu Electronics, Pune, India -  LinkedIn
  8. Prasad Patil (2015-2017)-  LinkedIn
  9. Ashwini More (2015-2017)-  Engineer, Rockwell Automation, Mumbai, India -  LinkedIn
  10. Shrikant Dudhambe (2015-2017)-  Research Fellow, DRDO Project, COEP, Pune, India -  LinkedIn
  11. Prasad Nayak (2013-2015)-  Embedded Application Developer at iolytics -  LinkedIn
  12. Shailesh Tripathi (2013-2015)-  Associate Consultant, Capgemini, Pune, India -  LinkedIn
  13. Nandesh Chiplunkar (2012-2014)-  System Engineer, IGATE, Bangalore, India -  LinkedIn
  14. Vikas Gaikwad (2012-2014)-  Project Engineer, MSEB, Maharashtra, India -  LinkedIn
  15. Prashant Basargi (2011-2013)-  Product Developer, CSC, Noida, India​ -  LinkedIn
  16. Ashwini Kolar (2011-2013)-  Senior Software Engineer, IGATE, Pune, India -  LinkedIn
  17. Prashant Bansode (2011-2013)-  Assistant Professor, Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India  -  LinkedIn
  18. Deepak Ingole (2010-2012)-  Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Lyon, France -  LinkedIn
  19. Vihangkumar Naik (2010-2012)-  PhD Researcher, IMT Lucca, Italy -  LinkedIn
  20. Vedika Patki (2010-2012)-  System Engineer, Emerson Process Management, Pune, India -  LinkedIn
  21. Neha Girme (2009-2011)- Co-founder and Director, TechTrails, Pune, India -  LinkedIn
  22. Suchakrapani Sharma (2009-2011)-  Systems Scientist, ShiftLeft Inc., San Fransisco, USA -  LinkedIn
  23. Tanushri Chakravorty (2009-2011)-  Computer Vision Scientist, Slyce, Montreal, Canada -  LinkedIn
  24. Tushar Patil (2009-2011)-  Co-founder and Head of Software Department, ActoFit Wearable, Mumbai, India -  LinkedIn​
  25. Ashutosh Sharma (2008-2010)-  LinkedIn
  26. Kalyani Bhole (2007-2009)-  Assistant Professor, Department of Instrumentation and Control, College of Engineering, Pune (COEP). -  LinkedIn
  27. Inayat Malek (2007-2009)-  Honeywell Automation, India - LinkedIn
  28. Bhushan Ner (2007-2009)-  Senior Executive, Siemens, Mumbai, India -  LinkedIn
Former International Exchange Student
  1. Ludger Frings (2016-2017) - Exchange Student under DAAD Programme 
​          (Ostfalia University of Applied Science, Wolfenbuettel, Germany , Research : Controlling DC motor speed using MATLAB GUI ​)- 
​          Marketing and Communication @ Volkswagen Car-Net Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany -  LinkedIn