Dr. I. Thirunavukkarasu

Professor

Department of Instrumentation & Control Engineering

Qualification: B.E.(Instrumentation and Control), M.E.(Process Control & Instrumentation), Ph.D.(Robust Process Control)

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Assistant Director(Doctoral Programmes)
    • Professor- Department of Instrumentation & Control Engineering - MIT
    • Dept. website coordinator

     

    Area of Interest
     
    • Process Dynamics and Control, Machine Learning for Advanced Process Control (Including Hardware Implementation), Control Theory. 
     

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Linear Control Theory IV
Process Dynamics and Control 1st Sem PG
Process Instrumentation and Control Vth Sem

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
B.E Instrumentation and Control Engg Madras University April 2002
M.E Process Control & Instrumentation Annamalai University May 2005
PhD Control Systems MIT, Manipal Academy of Higher Education April 2012

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Manipal Institute of Technology Associate Professor-Senior Scale Teaching and Research From 12th July 2017 - 30th Dec 2022
Manipal Institute of Technology Associate Professor Teaching and Research From 2nd April 2012 to 11th July 2017
Manipal Institute of Technology Assitance Professor - Senior Scale Teaching July 2010 to April 2012
Manipal Institute of Technology Lecture Teaching July 2006 - July 2010
Ryerson University, Canada Visiting Professor Research April 2018-July 2018
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Researcher, Aerospace Engineering Researcher (On Study Leave) 1st Oct 2020 to 31 March 2021

Invstigation and Physical realization of Two Degree of Freedom PID controller with Anti-Reset Windup for fast acting control loops

2013-2017 Process Control Eadala Sarath Yadav-JRF I.Thirunavukkarasu -Principle Investigator

DST Fast Track Project

Design, Simulation and Implementation of Sliding Mode Controller for an UAV Quadrotor

Nov 2019 Control Systems Dr.V.I.George Dr.I.Thirunavukkarasu Suraj Suresh Jumar - JRF

ISRO RESPOND

Govt. of India

Biofuels Production in lab scale Batch Reactor with Optimal Temperature Profile formation using Machine Learning Approach

9th Oct 2023 onwards Machine Learning Kishore Thirunavukkarasu Indiran

Research Seed Money Grant, MAHE Manipal towards “Biofuels Production in lab scale Batch Reactor with Optimal Temperature Profile formation using Machine Learning Approach”

Kinetic Modelling and Design of Advanced Nonlinear Control Algorithms for a Pilot Scale Nonlinear Batch Reactor

Jan 2020 Advanced Process Control Dr.Gautham Jeppu Dr.I.Thirunavukkarasu

MAHE Seed Money Grant

Design, Simulation and Implementation of Sliding Mode Controller for a Nonlinear System: Conical Tank System

Jan 2013 Advanced Process Control Dr.I.Thirunavukkarasu

Post Doctoral Research and Publication Grant, MAHE

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Advanced Control Theory, Advanced Process Control, Machine Learning

Area of Expertise

Data Driven Modeling, Machine Learning, NMPC, MPSP

Area of Research

Implementing Machine Learning based controller validation : Batch Reactor, Bio-Fuels