Associate Professor

DEPARTMENT: Electrical & Computer Engineering
DEGREES:
Ph.D. E.E., Boston University 1989
M.S. E.E., Northeastern University 1983
B.S. E.E., Northeastern University 1981

OFFICE: Bossone 103
PHONE: 215-895-2378
FAX: 215-895-1695
LAB INFO: VLSI Design Facility

E-MAIL: prawat_nagvajara@ece.drexel.edu
RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Application specific computing, reconfigurable computing, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) and custom computing

Profile

Prawat Nagvajara conducts research in application specific and reconfigurable computing. Applications include high-performance computing system for energy management system and Fast Fourier Transform.

Sample Publications

• "Sparse Linear Solver for Power System Analysis Using FPGA," J. R. Johnson, P. Nagvajara and C. Nwankpa. Proc. of HPEC 2004, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Sep. 28-30, 2004.
  
  

• “Design, optimization and implementation of a universal FFT processor,” P. Kumhom, J. Johnson, and P. Nagvajara. Proc. IEEE International ASIC/SOC Conf., pp. 182-186, September 2000.
  
  

• “FPGA design with animated problems,” P. Nagvajara. Proc. IEEE Microelectronics Systems Education Conf., July 1999, Washington D.C.
  
  

• “A phase-coherent numerically controlled oscillator based on pipeline architecture,” P. Nagvajara, T.R. Damarla, J. Wang, and S. Chansilp. Proc. IEEE International. ASIC Conf., Rochester, NY, pp. 355-35, September 1998.
  
  

• “Signature analysis for analog circuits,”T.R. Damarla and P. Nagvajara. Proc. IEEE International Mixed-signal Testing Workshop, Den Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 107-112, June 1998.
  
  

• “Multichip Module Diagnosis by Product-code Signatures,” P. Nagvajara et al. Journal of Electronic, Testing: Theory and application, pp.127-136, vol.10, issue1/2, 1997.