Mano Ranjan Kumar is having 5+ years of teaching & research experience. His current research interest includes renewable energy storage and management systems, for optimal storage and delivery of energy. He is having a sound experience in design and realization of control systems in analog and digital domain. He has undergone various workshops, trainings and faculty development programs at various institutes of national importance in the field of Fractional-order System Modeling, Control & Applications.

Subjects Taught: Computer Architecture (CS 2006), Introduction to Instrumentation Engineering [EI 2008], Principles of Measurement & Instrumentation [EI 2010], Measurement & Instrumentation[EC 2008], Digital Electronics [EC 2011], Electrical & Electronics Engineering [CT 2001], Electrical and Electronic Measurement Techniques [EI 2003], Control Systems, Communication Systems

Laboratory Handled: DBMS Lab, Digital Signal Processing Lab, Analog Electronics Circuits Lab, Control & Instrumentation Lab, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Lab, Simulation & Control Lab, Measurement Lab, Electronics Measurement and Instrumentation Lab

• List of Publications:

Journal Publications:

2021

1. Dhananjay Rao, Subhojit Ghosh, and Mano Ranjan Kumar, “Optimal Charging Profile Design for Attaining Desired State of Charge in Symmetric Electrochemical Capacitor With Efficiency Analysis” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 57 , Issue: 5 , Sept. 2021 (IF:3.654) -- DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2021.3089456

2020

2. Dhananjay Rao, Subhojit Ghosh, Shantanu Das and Mano Ranjan Kumar, “Transient Behaviour Modeling Based Hysteresis Dependent Energy Estimation of Ultracapacitor,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, Vol. 69 , Issue: 9 , Sept. 2020 (IF:4.016) -- DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2020.2971290

2019

1. Mano Ranjan Kumar, Subhojit Ghosh and Shantanu Das, “Analytical formulation for power, energy and efficiency measurement of ultracapacitor using fractional calculus,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, Vol. 68 , Issue: 12 , Dec. 2019, (IF:4.016) -- DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2019.2899479

2. Dhananjay Rao, Subhojit Ghosh, Shantanu Das and Mano Ranjan Kumar, "A Fractional Calculus Based Generalized Design Scheme for Very Low-Frequency Oscillator using Spline Interpolation with Sensitivity Analysis," Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, vol. 79, 104917 , 2019. (Elsevier) (IF:4.260) DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2019.104917.

2017

1. Mano Ranjan Kumar, Subhojit Ghosh and Shantanu Das, “Charge-discharge energy efficiency analysis of ultracapacitor with fractional-order dynamics using hybrid optimization and its experimental validation,” AEU – International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 78, 2017, pp. 274-280, (Elsevier) (IF:3.183)

2. Mano Ranjan Kumar, Vishwa Deepak and Subhojit Ghosh, “Fractional order controller design in frequency domain using an improved nonlinear adaptive seeker optimization algorithm,” Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 25, 2017, pp. 4299-4310, (IF: 0.806)

2016

1. Mano Ranjan Kumar, Subhojit Ghosh and Shantanu Das, “Frequency dependent piecewise fractional-order modelling of ultracapacitors using hybrid optimization and fuzzy clustering”, Journal of Power Sources, 335, 2016, pp. 98-104, (Elsevier) (IF: 9.127)

2. Mano Ranjan Kumar, Subhojit Ghosh and Shantanu Das, “A hybrid optimization-based approach for parameter estimation and investigation of fractional dynamics in ultracapacitors”, Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, 35, 2016, pp. 1949–1971 (Springer) (IF: 2.225)

Conference Proceedings:

2021

1. A. Hore, M. R. Kumar and S. K. Mishra, "Parameter Estimation for Fractional-Order with Delay Model of Twin Rotor MIMO System," 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies (GUCON), 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/GUCON50781.2021.9573561.

2. S. Pattnaik, M. R. Kumar, S. K. Mishra, “Supercapacitor Based Automated Fast Charging System for Electric Vehicles”. In: Gu, Jason, Dey, Rajeeb, Adhikary, Nabanita (Eds.), Communication and Control for Robotic Systems. International Symposium on Control, Communication and Embedded System for Robotics (SOCCER 2020), National Institute of Technology, Silchar. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 229. Springer, Singapore. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811617768#

3. S.K. Mishra, A. Pati, B. Appasani, A. V. Jha, M. R. Kumar, V. C. Pal, M. K. Gautam, "Event-Triggered Fractional-Order PID Control of Fractional-Order Networked Control System". In: Priyadarshi N., Padmanaban S., Ghadai R.K., Panda A.R., Patel R. (eds) Advances in Power Systems and Energy Management 2021. ETAEERE 2020. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 690. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7504-4_21

2020

1. S. K. Mishra, B. Appasani, V. K. Verma, A. Vidyakant Jha, M. R. Kumar and A. Pati, "PID Control of the OWC Plant to Improve Ocean Wave Energy Capture," IEEE 9th Power India International Conference (PIICON-2020), SONEPAT, India, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PIICON49524.2020.9113007.

2. P. China, D. Dutta and M. R. Kumar, "Modelling of Twin Rotor MIMO System using Differential Evolution with Success-based Parameter Adaptation," 2020 First International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), Raipur, India, 2020, pp. 223-228, doi: 10.1109/ICPC2T48082.2020.9071444.

2018

1. Mano Ranjan Kumar and Subhojit Ghosh, "Hybrid Seeker Optimization Algorithm Based Fractional Order Controller Design in Frequency Domain with Experimental Validation,” In 3^rd IFAC International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems (ACODS – 2018), DRDO, Hyderabad.

2017

1. Mano Ranjan Kumar, Subhojit Ghosh and Shantanu Das, “Analyzing the effect of charge/discharge profile on ultracapacitor performance using fractional calculus,” In International Conference on Advanced Rechargeable Batteries and Allied Materials (ICARBM – 2017), CMET Pune, 2017.

2016

1. Mano Ranjan Kumar, Subhojit Ghosh and Shantanu Das, “Investigation of fractional dynamics and design of ultracapacitor based very low frequency oscillators,” In IEEE Annual India Conference (INDICON – 2016), IISc Bangalore, 2016.

2015

1. Mano Ranjan Kumar, Subhojit Ghosh and Shantanu Das, “Identification of fractional order circuits from frequency response data using seeker optimization algorithm,” In IEEE International Conference on Industrial Instrumentation and Control (ICIC – 2015), College of Engineering, Pune, 2015.

2. Lalitesh Kumar, Subhojit Ghosh, Mano Ranjan Kumar, "A Multiobjective Based Optimization Approach for Robustness Recovery of a LQG Compensator," In Indian Control Conference (ICC – 2015), IIT Madras, Chennai.