I am Sandeep Gogineni, a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering , Washington University in St Louis . I am a native of Tenali(near Guntur), Andhra Pradesh, India. I stayed in Hyderabad from June 1999 to July 2007 during which I received my Bachelors Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. I have been pursuing my studies at Washington University from the August of 2007.