Faculty Bio

Year : 2021

Hit-to-kill accurate minimum time continuous second-order sliding mode guidance for worst-case target maneuvers

Cite this Research Publication : Pushpangathan J. V., Kandath H., and Balakrishnan A., “Hit-to-kill Accurate Minimum Time Continuous Second-Order Sliding Mode Guidance for Worst-Case Target Maneuvers", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 235, No. 7, 729-744, June. 2021. DOI:10.1177/0954410020954977, impact factor 1.244

Publisher : Sage journal

Year : 2021

Effects of propeller flow on the longitudinal and lateral dynamics and model couplings of a fixed-wing micro air vehicle

Cite this Research Publication : Harikumar K, Pushpangathan JV, Sundaram S. Effects of propeller flow on the longitudinal and lateral dynamics and model couplings of a fixed-wing micro air vehicle. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 2021;235(9):1066-1076. doi:10.1177/0954410020966155

Publisher : Sge journals

Year : 2020

Robust Simultaneously Stabilizing Decoupling Output Feedback Controllers for Unstable Adversely Coupled Nano Air Vehicles

Cite this Research Publication : V. Pushpangathan, K. Harikumar, S. Sundaram, and N. Sundararajan, “Robust Simultaneously Stabilizing Decoupling Output Feedback Controllers for Unstable Adversely Coupled Nano Air Vehicles," IEEE Trans. Syst., Man, Cybern., Syst., Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 1003-1013, Aug. 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2020.3012507, impact factor 11.309

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2020

Integrated guidance and control framework for the waypoint navigation of a miniature aircraft with highly coupled longitudinal and lateral dynamics

Cite this Research Publication : Kandath H., Pushpangathan J. V., Dhall S., and Bhat M. S., “Integrated Guidance and Control Framework for the Waypoint Navigation of a Miniature Aircraft with Highly Coupled Longitudinal and Lateral Dynamics", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 235, No. 8, pp. 949-961, Oct. 2020. DOI:10.1177/0954410020964992, impact factor 1.244

Publisher : Sage Journals

Year : 2018

Modeling and Closed Loop Flight Testing of a Fixed Wing Micro Air Vehicle

Cite this Research Publication : Kandath, H., Pushpangathan, J.V., Bera, T., Dhall, S., and Bhat, M. S., “Modeling and Closed Loop Flight Testing of a Fixed Wing Micro Air Vehicle,” Micromachines, Vol. 9, No. 3, Article No. 111, 4 Mar. 2018. doi:10.3390/mi9030111, impact factor 2.426

Publisher : MDPI

Year : 2018

Effects of Gyroscopic Coupling and Countertorque in a Fixed-Wing Nano Air Vehicle

Cite this Research Publication : Pushpangathan, J.V., Bhat, M. S., and Harikumar, K., “Effects of Gyroscopic Coupling and Countertorque in a Fixed-Wing Nano Air Vehicle,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 55, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2018, pp. 239-250. doi: 10.2514/1.C034280, impact factor 0.963

Year : 2018

v-Gap Metric–Based Simultaneous Frequency-Shaping Stabilization for Unstable Multi-Input Multi-Output Plants

Cite this Research Publication : Pushpangathan, J.V., Harikumar, K., and Bhat, M. S., "n-gap Metric Based Simultaneous Frequency- Shaping Stabilization for Unstable Multi-Input Multi-Output Plants", Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 41, No. 12, Dec. 2018. doi: 10.2514/1.G003351 , impact factor 2.061

Year : 2018

75-mm Wingspan Fixed-Wing Nano Air Vehicle With a Novel Aircraft Configuration

Cite this Research Publication : Pushpangathan, J.V., Harikumar, K., and Bhat, M. S., “75 mm Wingspan Fixed-Wing Nano Air  Vehicle with a Novel Aircraft Configuration,” IEEE Access, Vol. 6, pp. 74521-74535, Nov. 2018. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2883216 impact factor 4.098 

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2014

Design and Development of Fixed Wing Nano Air Vehicle

Cite this Research Publication : Pushpangathan, J.V., Srinivasan, K., and Bhat, M. S., “Design and Development of Fixed-Wing Nano Air Vehicle,” Journal of Unmanned System Technology, Vol. 2, May 2014, pp. 30-39. doi: 10.21535/just.v2i1.58

Year : 2023

Development and calibration of autopilot hardware for small fixed-wing air vehicles with flight test validation of linear output feedback controller

Cite this Research Publication : Kandath, Harikumar, Pushpangathan, J. V., Titas Bera, Sidhant Dhall, and M. Seetharama Bhat, “Development and Calibration of Autopilot Hardware for Small Fixed-Wing Air Vehicles with Flight Test Validation of Linear Output Feedback Controller,"In 2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), IEEE, pp. 835-841, 2023. doi: 10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10155971

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2023

AGVO: Adaptive Geometry-Based Velocity Obstacle for Heterogenous UAVs Collision Avoidance in UTM

Cite this Research Publication : Kumar, H., Datta, D., Pushpangathan, J. V., Kandath, H., and Dhabale, A., “AGVO: Adaptive Geometry-Based Velocity Obstacle for Heterogenous UAVs Collision Avoidance in UTM", In IECON 2023-49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE, pp. 1-7, 2023, doi: 10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10312682

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2022

Waypoint Navigation of Quadrotor using Deep Reinforcement Learning

Cite this Research Publication : Himanshu, Harikumar, K., and Pushpangathan, J. V., “Waypoint Navigation of Quadrotor Using Deep Reinforcement Learning", Proceedings of 22nd IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, Mumbai, India, Vol. 55, No. 22, pp. 281-286,2022. doi: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.03.047.

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2022

Deep Reinforcement Learning and Simultaneous Stabilization-Based Flight Controller for Nano Aerial Vehicle

Cite this Research Publication : Pushpangathan, J. V., Harikumar, K., and Bibin F., “Deep Reinforcement Learning and Simultaneous Stabilization-Based Flight Controller for Nano Aerial Vehicle", Proceedings of 22nd IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, Mumbai, India , Vol. 55, No. 22, pp. 55-60, 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.03.010.

Publisher : Elseriver

Year : 2011

Higher-order Optimal Sliding Mode Guidance for Interceptor Missile

Cite this Research Publication : Pushpangathan, J. V., and Ajithkumar, B., “Higher-order Optimal Sliding Mode Guidance for Interceptor Missile,” Proceedings of 12th National conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2011),

Year : 2010

Second-order Sliding Mode Based Guidance Law for Missile Interceptor

Cite this Research Publication : Pushpangathan, J. V., “Second-order Sliding Mode Based Guidance Law for Missile Interceptor,” Proceedings of 1st International conference on Technological Trends (ICTT 2010), Trivandrum, Kerala, India, 2010.