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Office: 459 Durham
Mailing Address: 302 Whittemore (0111)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Tel: (540) 231-2976
Fax: (540) 231-3362
vt.edu Email: pushkin
Title: Associate Professor
Education:
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1993
M.S., Rice University, 1990
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, 1988
Teaching Interests:
Control, Robotics, Microcontrollers, Networks, Mechatronics, Signals and systems
Research Interests:
Nonlinear control (sliding mode, H infinity), Signal processing & filtering, Feedback control for congestion management in communication networks, GPS navigation with INS and map matching using Kalman Filtering and Fuzzy Sensor Fusion, Power control for peer to peer CDMA wireless Communication, Hybrid system control, Vehicle dynamics and control (electromagnetic braking, active and passive collision avoidance, automatic control, suspension), Traffic control using feedback (traffic routing, Ramp metering, signal control, incident management)
Textbooks Published
Feedback Control Theory for Dynamic Traffic Assignment (Advances in Industrial Control)
Authors: Pushkin Kachroo and Kaan Ozbay
Publisher: (Springer Verlag)
Incident Management for Intelligent Transportation Systems
Authors: Pushkin Kachroo and Kaan Ozbay
Publisher: (Artech House)
Feedback Ramp Metering in Intelligent Transportations Systems
Authors: Pushkin Kachroo and Kaan Ozbay
Publisher: (Kluwer 2004)
Mobile Robotic Car Design
Authors: Patricia Mellodge and Pushkin Kachroo
Publisher: (McGraw-Hill 2004)