Assistant Professor Grade II
As an Assistant Professor, I am dedicated to fostering academic growth and innovation. I bring a passion for teaching and research, and I am committed to mentoring students and contributing to my field through scholarly work.
| Sl.No | Qualification Level | University | Area of Specialization | Year of completion | Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ph.D | Manipal Academy of Higher Education | Error Control Coding | 2024 | |||||
| 2 | M.Tech | Manipal University | Power Electronics Systems and Control | 2014 | |||||
| 3 | B.E | Visvesvaraya Technological University | Electronics & Communication Engineering | 2012 | |||||
Head of Research Centre, Dept. of ECE
Member of Research & Facilities Group
Dept. Placement Coordinator
NBA C2 Coordinator
Coordinator of Student Technical Club “Samarthya”
Research/Industry Internship coordinator (AY 2024-25)
Summer Internship II coordinator (AY 2023-24)
Project coordinator (AY 2022-23)
LIC coordinator (AY 2022-23)
| Designation | Period | Name of the Organization |
| Current | ||
| Assistant Professor – Grade II | July 2025 to Present | |
| Assistant Professor | November 2021 to June 2025 | |
| Previous | ||
| Assistant Professor | August 2015 to May 2016 | Karavali Institute of Technology, Mangaluru |
| Project Trainee | June 2013 – July 2014 | Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru |
| Part-time teaching staff | July 2014 - July 2015 June 2016 – December 2016 May 2020, February 2021 September 2021 |
Manipal Institute of Computer Education, Udupi |
Coding Theory
Wireless Communication
Embedded Systems
ADAS
Power & Digital Electronics.
Glenson Toney, Gaurav Sethi, Cherry Bhargava, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, “Adaptive Control Strategies for Vehicle Headlamp using Dynamic Slip Angle Estimation and Predictive Filtering”, Journal of Robotics & Control (JRC), 6(5), pp. 2166—2183, 2025.
Spoorthi Singh, Tanweer Ali, Mohammad Zuber, Adi Azriff Basri, Norkhairunnisa Mazlan, Mohd Nizar Hamidon, Ernnie Illyani Basri, Kamarul Arifin Ahmad, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde and Aldrin Claytus Vaz, “Micro aerial vehicle flapping actuation: an experimental analysis of crank and sliding lever mechanisms”, Engineering Research Express, 7, pp. 1-20, 2025.
Akhil Appu Shetty, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C R Srinivasan “Multi cost Function Fuzzy Stereo Matching Algorithm for Object Detection and Robot Motion Control”, Journal of Robotics & Control, 2023, 4(3), pp. 356-370.
Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C Gurudas Nayak, Dayananda Nayak, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, “Decoding of Turbo Code and Polar Code using Deep learning for Visible Light Communication”, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 2022, 17(4), pp. 2776- 2787.
Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, V I George, C Gurudas Nayak, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, “Application of robust H-infinity controller in transition flight modeling of autonomous VTOL convertible Quad Tiltrotor UAV”, International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems, 9(3), pp. 204-235, 2021.
Akhil Appu Shetty, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C R Srinivasan, “A Study on the Effect of Radiometric variations on a Fuzzy Stereo matching algorithm: A Statistical Analysis”, Engineered Science, 2021, 16, pp. 269-280.
Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C Gurudas Nayak, “Closed loop Performance analysis of classical PID and Robust H-infinity controller for VTOL Unmanned Quad Tiltrotor Aerial Vehicle”, International Journal of Mechanics, 2021, 15, pp. 211-222.
Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C Gurudas Nayak, Dayananda Nayak, “Neural network decoder for (7, 4) Hamming code”, International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications, 2020, 19(4), pp. 362–376.
Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C Gurudas Nayak, Dayananda Nayak, “Colour light intensity-based modulation scheme for visible light communication employing turbo codes”, Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, 12(3 Special Issue), pp. 1051–1060, 2020.
Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, S Meenatchisundaram, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, “Modeling Stepper Motor Control System with Micro-Stepping Excitation Mode”, International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, 2016, 2 (1). pp. 136-143.
Kumar Amartya Dev, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, Vinaya Basavaraaj Koradoor, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, “Dynamic Simulation and Performance Evaluation of an Electric Two-Wheeler Powertrain”, 4th IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC-2025), December 10-13, 2025, NIT-Goa, India (Presented).
Kapileswar Rana, Spoorthi Singh, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, “Enhanced Driving Safety: Intelligent Lighting Systems for Fog and Beam Management”, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Technology and Transportation Systems (ICVTTS-2025), September 19-20, 2025, Christ University, Bengaluru, India.
Caleisha De Souza, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, “Deep Learning-Assisted UAV Inspection for Structural Crack Detection in Confined Marine Tank Environments”, 12th International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (ICRITO-2025) (Trends and Future directions), September 28-29, 2025, Amity University, Noida, India.
Aldrin Claytus Vaz, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, Swathi Rai M, Rashmitha A, Neha M S, Noel Deepak Shiri, Chempi Gurudas Nayak, “Performance Analysis of an Underwater Communication System for an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle”, International Conference on Electrical, Electronics & Automation (E2ACON2025), March 8-9, 2025, NIT-J, Jalandhar, India (Presented).
Aldrin Claytus Vaz, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, C Gurudas Nayak, Ahisam Sheikh, Milton Valder, Deon Crasta, Thanmai Anil, “Enhancing 5G Technology with Polar Codes: A Comprehensive Investigation and Performance Evaluation”, International Conference on Advances in Smart Sensor, Signal Processing and Communication Technology 2024 (ICASSCT-2024), March 22-23, 2024, Goa, India (Presented).
Dhyaan Nayak, Kapileswar Rana, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, “A Comparative Analysis of Convolutional Neural Network Architectures for Facial Recognition: Impact of Dataset Selection and Diversity”, International Conference on Advances in Smart Sensor, Signal Processing and Communication Technology 2024 (ICASSCT-2024), March 22- 23, 2024, Goa, India (Presented).
Kaplileswar Rana, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, “Revolutionizing Vehicle Safety: IOT-Enabled Inter-Vehicular Communication for Real-time Data Transfer and Emergency Response via Wi-Fi”, 11th International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (ICRITO'2024) (Trends and future directions), March 14-15, 2024, Noida, India.
Glenson Toney, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, Jeetendra Rathod, Murtaza Hassan Bhat, Shilpa Shetty, Sahana U T, “Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Differentiation”, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering AIDE 2023, December 19-20, 2023, Nitte, Karkala, India.
Sayali Pimple, M S Venkata Datta Sai, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, “Preliminary Design Analysis of Interplanetary Trajectories with Hohmann and Bi-Elliptic Manoeuvres”, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Vision towards emerging trends in communication and networking technologies VITECON 2023, May 5-6, 2023, Vellore, India.
Aldrin Claytus Vaz, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, Akhil Appu Shetty, “Performance analysis of Polar Codes in a Visible Light Communication System”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023, Puducherry, India.
Akhil Appu Shetty, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C R Srinivasan, “Deep Learning methodologies for diagnosis of respiratory disorders from chest X-ray images: A comparative study”, Comput. Sci. Math. Forum 2022, 2(1), 20, IOCA 2021.
Akhil Appu Shetty, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, “Fuzzy logic based stereo matching method for images with variation in exposure conditions”, IEEE DISCOVER 2021, pp. 52-56.
Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C Gurudas Nayak, Dayananda Nayak, Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde, “Performance analysis of Forward Error Correcting Codes in a Visible Light Communication System”, IEEE CONECCT 2021, July 2021.
Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C Gurudas Nayak, Dayananda Nayak, “Role of visible light communication in enhancing the safety of cyber-physical systems”, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2020, 660, pp. 183–192.
Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C Gurudas Nayak, Dayananda Nayak, “Hamming code performance evaluation using artificial neural network decoder”, 2019 15th International Conference on Engineering of Modern Electric Systems, EMES 2019, 2019, pp. 37–40.
Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C Gurudas Nayak, Dayananda Nayak, “Pulse Width Modulation based Solar Charge Controller”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electronics and Communication and Aerospace Technology, ICECA 2019, 2019, pp. 1067–1071.
Aldrin Claytus Vaz, C Gurudas Nayak, Dayananda Nayak, “Performance Comparison between Turbo and Polar Codes”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electronics and Communication and Aerospace Technology, ICECA 2019, 2019, pp. 1072–1075.
Mehmet Taylan Eğer, C Gurudas Nayak, Aldrin Claytus Vaz, “Liquid Level Detection using Ultrasonic Transducer”, International Conference on Recent Developments in Engineering Management Sciences and Technology, ICRDET 2019, 16/03/2019, Chennai.
SJEC Seed Money of Rs 93,000/- towards the project titled "Optimization of Visible Light Communication Framework using 5G forward Error Correction Coding techniques for application towards Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication" for the AY 2023-24.
Professional Memberships:
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Membership ID: 101155916
Duration: January 2025 – Present
Actively involved in conferences and technical activities.
Dr Aldrin Claytus Vaz
Assistant Professor Grade II
B.E, M. Tech, Ph.D
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