Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Aug 2011 - Present)
Cumulative Grade Point Average (upto sixth semester)8.81/10
Expected Year of GraduationJuly 2015

Course Highlights

Control Theory
Feedback linearization, Manifold Theory and Calculus on Manifolds, Controllability and Observability in non-linear control systems
One and two-dimensional flows, bifurcations, delay differential equations - local and orbital stability
Singularities and isotropy, Forward and inverse kinematics, Lagrangian formulation for articulated robots, Model-based, switched-mode and trajectory-tracking control
Signal Processing
Frequency domain method, Residual spectra and coherency/aperiodicity/drifts, Closed loop identification, Time domain parameterization, Prediction error and Instrumental variable method, subspace identification
Multiscale signal processing: mainly short time Fourier transforms, Wigner-Ville distributions, discrete and continuous wavelet transforms. Certified online course conducted by IIT Madras
Data acquisition, Fourier series and transforms, ADC, Sampling, Aliasing, FFT algorithms, Regression Analysis, Spectral density
Sampling theory, z-transforms, Random processes, ARMA models, Estimation of correlation function and power spectrum, SARIMA modeling
Materials
Coupled field systems, hysteresis,limit analysis, analysis of smart components as cables, wires, axial members, beams, frames, etc, analysis of smart structural systems such as VGTS, material selection and design of structural members
Advanced tensor algebra and calculus, Deformation gradient, Stress tensors and energy conjugate variables, Balance Laws, Virtual Work, Isotropic elastic materials, Special hyperelastic models, Linearized Hookean models
Mathematics
Nelder-Mead algorithm, Simulated annealing, Genetic algorithm and other heuristic optimization techniques, Monte-Carlo simulations