Omprakash Indla (Om)

Electrical & Computer Engineering @ UAB — Hardware/Embedded & AI/ML

About Me

I'm an Electrical & Computer Engineer at UAB, pursuing my M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering with an expected graduation in May 2026. My passion lies in hardware design, embedded systems, FPGA development, and AI/ML applications. I have hands-on experience in system integration and validation, with a keen interest in design craft honed through my role as Graphic Design Editor at UAB Student Media.

My journey spans from designing electronic systems for reliability and safety at Marriott International to developing automation solutions at GTT Communications. I'm driven by the intersection of hardware and software, always seeking to create innovative solutions that bridge the gap between embedded systems and intelligent applications.

Skills

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Hardware Design

Digital & Analog Circuits PCB Layout (Altium, KiCad) Sensors & Actuators Signal Integrity Hardware Debugging

Embedded Systems

Embedded C/C++ ARM, STM32 Arduino, Raspberry Pi RTOS SPI/I2C/UART Firmware
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AI/ML

Python TensorFlow PyTorch Scikit-learn TinyML OpenCV
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Software & Tools

MATLAB/Simulink Verilog/VHDL Vivado, Quartus LTspice Git/GitHub Jupyter
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Testing & Simulation

Oscilloscope Logic Analyzer Multimeter NI LabVIEW HIL System Validation
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Operating Systems

Linux Embedded Linux macOS Windows

Experience

Jul 2023 – May 2024

Hardware Engineer

Engineering Voyager, Marriott International

  • Designed and maintained electronic systems for reliability and safety
  • Calibrated sensor-based HVAC control systems → improved energy efficiency
  • Conducted diagnostics and root cause analysis → increased uptime and efficiency
  • Authored preventive-maintenance workflows for predictive monitoring
Jan 2023 – Jun 2023

Software Engineer Intern

GTT Communications

  • Developed Python automation and REST integrations → ~20% better monitoring efficiency
  • Performed hardware/software interface testing for embedded communication modules
  • Validated firmware updates across multi-vendor platforms
Aug 2024 – Present

Graphic Designer

Student Media (Kaleidoscope), UAB

  • Created digital and print assets using Adobe CC and Figma
  • Led brand consistency initiatives across student media platforms

Projects

Smart Drone for Precision Farming

AI-enabled drone with embedded controllers, GPS, and TensorFlow for real-time crop monitoring and analysis.

Embedded AI/ML Computer Vision
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IoT Smart Energy Monitor

ESP32-based power tracking system with custom PCB design and MQTT cloud integration for real-time energy monitoring.

IoT PCB Firmware
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EEG Epilepsy Detection

EMD + CNN implementation using MATLAB/Python achieving 95% accuracy in epilepsy detection from EEG signals.

Signal Processing Machine Learning
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Fixlytiq SaaS Platform

Full-stack repair management platform built with React Native, Node.js, and Supabase for comprehensive service tracking.

SaaS Mobile Backend
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Education & Coursework

M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Expected May 2026

Relevant Coursework:
Embedded Systems Design Digital System Design Machine Learning AI Control Systems Computer Architecture FPGA Design Signal Processing Software Engineering Data Structures & Algorithms

B.E. Electronics & Telecommunication

Symbiosis Institute of Technology

2019–2023

Research

Multifold Fusion Attention Variant for Emotion Recognition

Developed an end-to-end framework that processes raw multimodal data without feature preprocessing, addressing challenges in emotion recognition for real-world applications including AI, healthcare, and human-computer interaction.

Key Contributions:

  • Novel attention-based intermediate fusion mechanism
  • Dynamic modality weighting for adaptive data quality handling
  • End-to-end processing of raw audio, video, and EEG data
  • Captures both short- and long-range dependencies

Results:

91.2% Accuracy on EAV Dataset
7.39% Improvement over TransNet

Technologies:

Deep Learning Attention Mechanisms Multimodal Fusion Emotion Recognition EEG Processing Computer Vision Audio Processing

Achievements & Leadership

Student Media Leadership

Directed UAB Student Media teams → +40% engagement

Hardware Optimization

Led hardware optimization at Marriott to improve efficiency

Tech Innovation Finalist

Top 5 Finalist — UAB Tech Innovation Hackathon (2023)

Outstanding Contributor

Outstanding Student Media Contributor Award (2024)

Extracurriculars

  • Graphic Design Editor — UAB Kaleidoscope
  • Tech & Innovation Club — built IoT/AI prototypes
  • Volunteer — UAB Engineering Expo mentor

Get In Touch

Ready to collaborate on innovative hardware and embedded systems projects? Let's connect!