I am working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering since November 2020. Previously, I was DST INSPIRE Faculty at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur (2018-2020). Before this, I was a postdoctoral research associate (2017-2018) at Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and worked in the field of space systems with Prof. Daniel E. Hastings, Aerospace and Astronautics, MIT, USA. Before this, I was a postdoc fellow (2016-2017) at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, and worked on nonlinear control of quadrotor UAVs with Prof. Hungsun Son, MANE, UNIST. Prior to this, I was a research engineer at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. I have my Ph.D. from Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. Before Ph.D., I was in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Middle East Technical University, Ankara through Erasmus Mundus Fellowship by the European Union (2009-2011). My current research work involves studying the control synthesis of nonlinear dynamical systems. I am using linear and nonlinear control algorithms for aerospace dynamical systems- spacecraft attitude control, orbit control for space flights, and on-orbit servicing for future aerospace systems.
Tanya obtained a B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering from Alliance University, Bangalore. Later, she had worked for 2.5 years at Sankya Systems on a software designed for BEL and ISRO (under the guidance of a group of ex-ISRO scientists). She has been working as a Ph.D. student since Nov. 2020.
Sudhansu Sahu received his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Rourkela and M.Tech in Mechatronics Engineering from IIEST Shibpur in 2017 an 2020 respectively. He has been working as a PhD student since Nov. 2020
Vikram Kumar Saini received his B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from Amity University Gurgaon in 2020 and currently pursuing his Integrated MS (Master of Science) and PhD in Flight Mechanics and Control from IIT Kanpur. His present research interests include rendezvous and docking of spacecraft, spacecraft dynamics and control, satellite attitude dynamics simulator, robust control of missile and unmanned aerial vehicle dynamics.
Nitika received her BTech in Instrumentation & Control Engineering from GGSIPU in 2016. She worked as a JRF for 14 months at CSIR Central Scientific Instruments Organization to build a forest firefighting robot. Later she completed her MTech from NIT Silchar in Instrumentation Engineering in 2021. She has been working as a PhD student since August 2021.
Arya received his BTech in Computer Science Engineering from IIT Patna in 2021. His present research interests include rendezvous and docking of spacecraft, spacecraft dynamics and control, Robotics and Soft computing methods in space applications.
Master Students
Shreshtha Agarwal is currently a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing an integrated Bachelors and Masters Degree in Department of Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Her present research interest lies in the satellite attitude dynamics, robust adaptive control of spacecrafts and cooperative rendezvous and docking of spacecrafts. Her hobbies include playing badminton, watching movies and cricket, and listening to music.
Ghanshyam Jayant Shinde received his B.tech in Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur in 2021. He has been working as an M.Tech student since Aug. 2021.
Arpit obtained a B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh in June 2021. Now, he is doing M.Tech since August 2021.
Alumni
Research Staff:
Abhishek (2020-2021)
Chetan Sikarwar- (2020-2022)
Master Degree Students:
Shubham Dey- MTech (2019-2020)
Gaurav Kumar- MTech (2019-2021)
Abhijeet- BT-MT (2021-2022)
Vutnoori Vamshi - BT-MT (2021-2022)
Rohit Landge- BT- MT (2021-2022)
Prabhat Singh - MTech (2021-2022)
Harshal Joshi - MS (2020-2022)
Under Graduate Project/ Reserch Interns:
Shourya Soni (2020)- IIT Kanpur
Hitesh Kumar Rawat (2020)- IIT Kanpur
Priyank Dubey (2020)- IISER Berhampur
Naveen Balaji (2021)- IIT Kanpur
Priank Prasad (2021)- IIT Kanpur
Vidit Tripathi (2020)- IIT Kanpur
Balamurgan G (2021)- IIT Kanpur
Kumardip Basak (2021) IIT Khragpur
Harsh Vardhan (2021) - NITHamirpur
Azhar Tanweer (2021)- IIT Kanpur
Aditya Prakash (2021)- IIT Kanpur
Gaurav Kumar (2021)- IIT Kanpur
Kartikaya Dwivedi (2021)- IIT BHU
Irene Grace Karot Polson (2021)- IIT Kanpur
Shubhakriti Gupta (2022)- MIT Manipal
Komol Kamle (2022)- NIT Trichy
Ankit M Patel (2022)- IIT Kanpur
Aishashwini (2022)- IIT Kanpur
Shambhavi Sabharwal (2022)- IIT Kanpur
Shubham Kumar (2022)- IIT Kanpur
Anuj Vivek Kanwar (2022)- NIT Warangal
Ganesh Hasda (2023)- IIT Kanpur
Udvas Basak (2023)- IIT Kanpur
S. Saikrishna (2023)- IIT Kanpur
Debanjan Manna (2023)- IIT Kanpur
Vishrant Dave (2023)- IIT Kanpur
Shresh Grover (2023)- IIT Kanpur