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  • Prof Santhakumar Mohan

  • Professor
  • Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad
Publications 2008 - 2024

Publications

  • 55
    Journal Articles
  • 3
    Book Chapter
  • 64
    Conference
    Proceedings
  • 2
    Editorial
  • 14
    Projects
  • 11
  • 1
  • 2
  • 94

Citations / H-Index

1266 Citations
21 h-index
982 Citations

Google Scholar

Co-author Network


Expertise

Mechanical Engineering

Robotics, Motion Control, Mechanism Design and Analysis, Service and Field Robots, Underwater Vehicles and Manipulator System

Personal Information

Prof Santhakumar Mohan

Male
Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Nila Campus, ICSR Building
Palakkad, Kerala, India - 678623


Experience

  • Professor

    Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad

  • Associate Professor

    Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad

  • Associate Professor

    Indian Institute of Technology Indore

  • Assistant Professor

    Indian Institute of Technology Indore


Qualification

  • Ph.D

    Indian Institute of Technology Madras


Honours and Awards

2020

Technical Editor, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, and ASME Design Engineering Division

2019

European Master on Advanced Robotics Plus

Erasmus+, France

2016

Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

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2020

Technical Editor, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, and ASME Design Engineering Division

2019

European Master on Advanced Robotics Plus

Erasmus+, France

2016

Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

2014

Outstanding Young Researcher Award

Korea Robotics Society, Republic of Korea

2003

Gold medal and Memorial Award

Government College of Engineering, Salem, India

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2022

Performance investigations on service-class and observation-class marine robotic vehicles

Jagadeesh Kadiyam, Indian Institute of Technology Indore

2020

Investigations on Robust Motion Control Designs for Mobile Manipulators

Swati Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology Indore

2018

Design, Development, Control and Performance Investigations of a Sitting/Lying Type Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robot

Jayant Kumar Mohanta, Indian Institute of Technology Indore

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2022

Performance investigations on service-class and observation-class marine robotic vehicles

Jagadeesh Kadiyam, Indian Institute of Technology Indore

2020

Investigations on Robust Motion Control Designs for Mobile Manipulators

Swati Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology Indore

2018

Design, Development, Control and Performance Investigations of a Sitting/Lying Type Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robot

Jayant Kumar Mohanta, Indian Institute of Technology Indore

2016

Performance investigations on mechanical design and motion control of planar parallel manipulators

Yogesh Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Indore

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Membership In Professional Bodies

2020

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Professional Member

2016

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Senior Member

2013

The Robotic Society, India

Life Member

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2020

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Professional Member

2016

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Senior Member

2013

The Robotic Society, India

Life Member

2013

Association of Machines and Mechanisms (AMM), India

Life Member

2012

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Professional Member

2006

Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

Life Member

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Membership In Committees

2020

IEEE Technical Committee on Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics

Member

2020

IEEE Technical Committee on Marine Robotics

Member

2020

IEEE Technical Committee on Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics

Member

2020

IEEE Technical Committee on Marine Robotics

Member

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Research Projects

Design and development of an underwater cleaning robot for marine applications

Funding Agency : IITG Technology Innovation & Development Foundation

Design, development and control of a multi-purpose mobile manipulator for intelligent and collaborative manipulation tasks

Funding Agency : IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF), India

Design and development of an intervention-class underwater robotic vehicle with tilting thrusters for marine applications

Funding Agency : IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF), India

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Design and development of an underwater cleaning robot for marine applications

Funding Agency : IITG Technology Innovation & Development Foundation

Design, development and control of a multi-purpose mobile manipulator for intelligent and collaborative manipulation tasks

Funding Agency : IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF), India

Design and development of an intervention-class underwater robotic vehicle with tilting thrusters for marine applications

Funding Agency : IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF), India

Design and Development of an intelligent Underwater Vehicle with a Manipulator for offshore oil/gas and other marine applications

Funding Agency : Naval Research Board

Robotics and Automation in Agriculture

Funding Agency : Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), India

Design and Development of a new sitting-type lower limb rehabilitation robot

Funding Agency : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

Bio-inspired Hybrid Underwater Vehicle for Ocean Observations

Funding Agency : Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India

Development of a hybrid robotic system based on a passive orthosis and an active parallel manipulator for the lower limb rehabilitation

Funding Agency : Russian Science Foundation (RSF), Russia

Robust motion control design for an underwater robot with tilting thrusters

Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology (DST), India

Teaching Learning Centre on "Internet of Things"

Funding Agency : Department of Higher Education (DHE), India

Design and development of an economical, lightweight and multi-purpose four degrees of freedom hybrid robotic motion platform

Funding Agency : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

Development of an underwater robotic research platform for the autonomous control and manipulation tasks

Funding Agency : National Research Foundation (NRF), Republic of Korea

Design, development and control of a new three degrees of freedom (3-dof) parallel robot for x-y theta (xyθz) motion

Funding Agency : Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India

Design of a popup antenna system for intermittent communication of an observed underwater noise and which remains submerged otherwise

Funding Agency : Naval Research Board (NRB), India

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