• Currently pursuing PhD from Department of Electrical Engineering , University of Texas at Arlington, USA  
  

• 2007-present

• Supervisor: Dr. Frank L. Lewis (lewis[at]uta.edu)
  

• GPA (till now): 4.0/4.0

• Master of Science (by Research) from Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of technology, Kharagpur, India

• 2003- 2006

• Supervisor: Dr. Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay (smukh[at]ee.iitkgp.ernet.in)

• Co-supervisor: Dr. Amit Patra (amit[at]ee.iitkgp.ernet.in)
  

• Thesis title: Nonlinear Design of 3-Axes Autopilot for Short Range Skid-to-Turn Surface-to-Surface Homing Missiles

• CGPA: 9.47/10

• Bachelor of Engineering from Bengal Engineering and Science University, India

• 1999- 2003

• Supervisor: Dr. Prasid Syam
  

• Thesis title: Fuzzy Control of an Inverted Pendulum

• 78.4%
  

• Research Interests

• Feedback Linearization

• Sliding Mode Control

• LMI approach to H-inf Control

• Nonlinear Observer

• Model Reference Control

• Helicopter Control

• Cooperative control
  

• Project during PhD

• Adaptive Critics for Nonlinear Continuous-Time Systems, NSF grant, (2007-2008)

• Trust Based Collaborative Control for Teams on Communication Networks, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), (2008-Present)
  

• Project during MS

• Non-classical Approach to Autopilot Design for A Tactical Aerospace Vehicle, Defence Research Lab, India (2003-2005)

• Development and Assessment of Modern Multivariable Control Design Paradigms for Aerospace Applications, Aeronautics Research and Development Board, India, (2005-2006)

• Development and Testing of Real Time Algorithms for Fault Tolerance of Aerospace Applications, Aeronautical Development Establishment, India, (2006-2007)

• Project during BE

• Fuzzy Control of an Inverted Pendulum, 2003.

• Research Assistant
  

• Automation & Robotics Research Institute, University of Texas at Arlington, USA, 2007-Present
  

• Teaching Assistant
  

• Fall 2007-present
  

•  Engineering Design Project [EE 4346] (Fall2007)

•  Engineering Design Project [EE 4349] (Spring 2008)

•  Intelligent Control [EE 5322] (Fall 2008)

•  Linear systems [EE 5307], Spring 2009

•  Nonlinear Control [EE 5323], Fall 2009
  

• Junior Project Assistant

• Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 2003-2007

1. ARRI STEM Doctoral Fellowship

2. Comp Science Engineering STEM Doctoral Fellowship

• Life member       Systems Society of India
  

• Student member  IEEE since 2002

Thesis:

1. Abhijit Das, "Nonlinear Design of 3-Axes Autopilot for Short Range Skid-to-Turn Surfaceto- Surface Homing Missiles", MS Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, May 2006.

2. Abhijit Das, "Fuzzy Logic Control of Inverted Pendulum", BE Thesis, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, May 2003

Journals :

1. A. Das, S. Subbarao and F. Lewis, "Dynamic Inversion with Zero-Dynamics Stabilization for Quadrotor Control", IET Control Theory & Applications, 2009, vol. 3, Iss. 3, pp. 303-314.

2. A. Das, F. Lewis and S. Subbarao, "Backstepping Approach for Controlling a Quadrotor using Neural Network", Special Issue of Journal of Intellegent and Robotics Systems, vol 56, Issue 1, pp 127
   Springer, April 2009.

Conference papers:

1. Abhijit Das, Tanushree Garai, Ranajit Das, Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay and Amit Patra, “Autopilot Design via Feedback Linearization for a Nonlinear Skid-To-Turn Missile”, National Conference for
   Control and Dynamical Systems, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Jan.2005.

2. Abhijit Das, Tanushree Garai, Ranajit Das, Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay and Amit Patra, “Autopilot Design via Feedback Linearization for a Nonlinear Skid-To-Turn Missile”, National Conference for
   Control and Dynamical Systems, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Jan.2005.

3. Abhijit Das, Ranajit Das, Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay and Amit Patra, “Nonlinear Autopilot and Observer design for a Surface-To-Surface, Skid-To-Turn Missile”, Proceedings of the Second India Annual
   Conference, IEEE INDICON, pp.304-308, 11-13 Dec. 2005.

4. Abhijit Das, Ranajit Das, Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay and Amit Patra,“Sliding Mode controller along with Feedback linearization for a Nonlinear Missile Model”, 1st International Symposium on Systems and
   Control in Aerospace and Astronautics, ISSCAA 2006, 19-21 January, 2006, pp.952-956, Harbin, China.

5. Abhijit Das, Ranajit Das, Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay and Amit Patra, “Robust Three Axes Autopilot for a Tactical Aerospace Vehicle”, Proceedings of IEEE region 10 international conference, TENCON,
   Hong Kong, pp. 1-4, 14-17 November 2006.

6. Abhijit Das, Ranajit Das, Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay and Amit Patra, “Robust Autopilot for a Short Range Surface-to-Surface Skid-to-Turn Homing Missile”, IEEE International Conference on Industrial
   Technology, pp. 2228-2233, 15-17 December, 2006, Mumbai , India.

7. Abhijit Das, Ranajit Das, Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay and Amit Patra, “Robust Nonlinear Design of Three Axes Missile Autopilot via Feedback Linearization”, Proceedings of National Systems Conference,
   2-4 November 2006, Goa, India.

8. Abhijit Das, Ranajit Das, Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay and Amit Patra, “A Practical Approach to Estimate States of an Aerospace Vehicle”, Proceedings of National Systems Conference, 2-4 November 2006, Goa,India.

9. Ranajit Das, Abhijit Das, Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay and R. N. Bhattacherjee, “Nonlinear Design of 3-axis Autopilot for a Tactical Aerospace Vehicle”, Proceedings of Advances in Control and Optimization
   of Dynamical Systems (ACCODS), 2-4 February 2007, Bangalore, India.

10. A. Das, F. Lewis and S. Subbarao, "Dynamic Neural Network based Robust Backstepping Control approach for Quadrotors", Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit,
    18-21 August, 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii.

11. A. Das, S. Subbarao and F. Lewis,"Dynamic Inversion of Quadrotor with Zero-Dynamic Stabilization", Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Multiconference on Systems and Control, September 3-5, 2008, San Antonio, Texas
     

Book Chapters:

1. A. Das, F. Lewis and S. Subbarao, "Quadrotor Control by Dynamic Inversion with Zero Dyanmics Stabilization", published as book chapter in Control & Computer Vision in
   Robotics & Automation, Narosa Publisher, New Delhi, India

2. A. Das, F. Lewis and S. Subbarao, "Back-stepping Control of Quadrotor, A Higher Order Neural Network Approach", to appear as a book chapter in Artificial Higher Order Neural
   Networks for Computer Science and Engineering: Trends for Emerging Applications.

• Courses taken at PhD level

• Nonlinear and Adaptive Control

• Linear Systems
  

• Optimal Control

• Kalman Filtering
  

• Intellegent Control 

• Functional Analysis

• Digital Signal Processing
  

• Courses taken at MS level

• Nonlinear Control System

• Linear Control Theory

• Optimal Control

• Estimation of Signals and Systems

• Differential Geometry

• Fault Tolerant Control

• Embedded Systems

• Courses taken at BE level

• Artificial Intelligence

• 8085 and 8086 microprocessors

• Control Systems Engineering (I & II)

• Industrial Instrumentation

• Digital Electronics

• Analog Electronics

• Machine Drives and Power Electronics

• Control Systems I and II
  

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• Frank L. Lewis, PhD

• Kamesh Subbarao, PhD

• Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay, PhD

• Amit Patra, PhD

• Prasid Syam, PhD