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Omkar Chandgadkar 2471, Stone Rd
Ann Arbor, MI
omkardc@umich.edu
Education
University of Michigan School of Information, Ann Arbor April 2013
Master of Science in Information (M.S.I), Specializing in Human Computer Interaction
University of Mumbai, India August 2011
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Engineering (Secured Distinction)
Experience
Contextual Inquiry for College of Literature, Science and Arts about their budgeting process
Analyzed the information flow in the budgeting process by conducting 6 interviews. Created 5 consolidated models, affinity diagram and presented long-term and short-term recommendations and documented the results.
Sept-Dec 2011
Web Development for CARMA
responsible for updating the website for CARMA (Campus Automated Rich Media Archiving) which would include migrating their system to CWIS, with php for server-side scripting, developing metadata schemas and integrating with the “Deep blue”, university’s repository. working with the marketing and design team on implementing the new IA of the website.
Current
Web Development at S.I.E.S. Graduate School of Technology
  • Student Feedback System
    Designed prototypes, created database schemas, suggested and improved functionality and successfully implemented the system using C#.NET, MS Access databases.
  • Annual College Festival Website
    Designed the database schema and developed and successfully deployed the website for Annual College Festival “Tatva-Moksha” 2011 with a team of 2 members using PHP, MySQL servers.
2010-11
Summer Internship: Development of the “Digital Attendance Register”
Developed a working prototype using AVR micro-controller(Atmega128) programmed with Embedded C, and the web interface using C#.NET and Microsoft SQL server 2008 Express Edition.
Aug 2010
Course Projects
Dynamic Keyboard
Developed a user interface for the personal computer by exclusive use of gestures thereby eliminating the use of a mouse and a standard keyboard. It overrides the conventional UI controls like Buttons, checkboxes or text boxes that were designed for a point-and-click device and the multi-touch UI (called Vyom) uses a whole new set of controls controlled by gestures.
Academic Project
College Information Management System
Modeled the Database Schema, designed and developed the system using C#.NET and Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Advanced Database Management System
Software for modeling 3D structure of simple chemical compound & designing flowcharts for algorithms
Created the desktop application using algorithms for 3 dimensional rotation, translation and scaling with Java and Netbeans IDE.
Computer Graphics
CuteJava. A Simplified Java Editor
Designed the UI, and created the working prototype using Microsoft WPF and Expression Blend, C#.NET, and Java
Object Oriented Software Engineering
Leadership
Chairperson,Computer Society of India (CSI) Student Chapter
Oversaw a team of 12 members, conducted hands-on lab on Linux basics and shell scripting, Computer networking and C#.NET and Expert talks on “virtual labs using cloud computing” and SAP.
2010-11
Technical Editor,Technical Magazine “Impulse” of CSI student branch chapter
Feb 2011
Head of Newsletter Design Team, for Department of computer engineering at SIES GST Mar 2010
Courses
Natural Language Processing
Graphics Design
Information Architecture
Fundamentals of Human Behavior
Contextual Inquiry
Evaluation of Systems and Services


Skills Acquired
Programming languages
C, C++, Java, Python, C#.NET 4.0, Embedded C, PHP, ASP.

Development environment
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, NetBeans IDE 7.0, AVR Studio

Operating systems
Linux (CentOS, RHEL 5), Macintosh OSX, Microsoft Windows

Design
Adobe Flash, Adobe Catalyst, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Expression Studio 4, Axure

Database Technology
MySQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, MS Access and Oracle database Web Development
ASP, PHP, Javascript, HTML5, CSS3



Additional Training
Summer training and internship in Embedded Systems from ThinkLABS, Mumbai. awarded Grade “A” based on performance.

Completed an advanced course about Linux Networking and Administration


Activites
“Computer Networking laboratory Design and Set-up” Configured and set up the systems for the Computer Eng. Dept at S.I.E.S. Graduate School of Technology using CentOS 5 network install, DHCP & NFS servers. [Jan 2011]