Philip Odonkar is a PhD student with a specialization in Design and Optimization. His research interests center around the application of optimization techniques towards the optimal control of building systems He is currently working on the project “SMARTER - Smart Manager for Adaptive and Real-Time decisions in building clustERs” which is funded by the National Science Foundation. Phil's past projects include programming and testing autonomous quad-rotors, and developing a robotic arm for a tele-operated planetary rover for the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage program run by NASA. He has have also served as a content consultant for Cengage Learning for the third edition of the book - "An introduction to Mechanical Engineering". Outside academics Phil enjoys hiking and rock climbing, as well as travelling and astronomy.
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