Dr. K. Dhanalakshmi
Professor

Ph.D. Thesis Supervision Completed

Sl. No. Name of the PhD Scholar Title of PhD Thesis Status
1. Senthilkumar Palaniswamy Position Control of Shape Memory Alloy Wire Actuators using Modulated Adaptive Controllers Awarded
2013
2. D. Josephine Selvarani Ruth Realization of shape memory alloy wire as shared sensor and actuator for feedback and haptic control applications Awarded
13 July 2015
3. M. Banu Sundareswari Design and implementation of swing actuators using shape memory alloy for control of dynamic systems Awarded
1 Dec. 2021
4. D. Nalini Synergistically activated shape memory alloy wire actuators for active compliant mechanisms Awarded
7 Jan. 2021
5. Appikonda M. Durgakumar Modelling and Control of DC - DC Converter with Voltage Multiplier Cells for Photovoltaic System Application Awarded
15 June 2021
6. G. Then Mozhi Investigations on sensacting shape memory alloy for the design of measurement systems and controlled soft actuators Awarded
2023
7. B. Bhagoji Sul Study on Self-sensing Variable Stiffness actuation of shape memory coil by Artificial Intelligence methods Awarded
2023
8. Geetha M. Design and evaluation of thin film SMA micro switch for antenna reconfiguration Thesis submitted on
January 2024
9. Vetriselvi V. Design, modelling and control of micro mirror manipulator and bidirectional actuator using thin film bimorph shape memory alloy Thesis submitted on
January 2024

Ph.D. Thesis Supervision Ongoing

Sl. No. Name of the PhD Scholar Title of PhD Thesis
10. Devashena T. Design, development and control of Robotic Arm joint movement using shape memory alloy spring
11. Vineet Kumar Yadav Data Analysis Engine with FPGA implementation for unified threat management
12. Pooja Singh Multi-sensor Fault identification and Isolation scheme for Lithium ion battery pack in Electric vehicle
13. Uma Maheswari V.M Self-tuning Aircrew Breathing Control for source fluctuations

M.S.(By Research) Thesis Supervision Completed

S.No. M.S Scholar Title of the Thesis
1 S. Krishna Chaitanya Design of shape memory alloy actuated grippers and investigation of tracking control
2 S. Sunjai Nakshatharan Dynamic motion control using antagonistic shape memory alloy wire actuators

Post Graduate Project Guidance Completed

Sl. No. Title of the project Name of the student Year
1. Modeling and control of Electro-rheological fluid actuated structures C. Ramesh 2001-2002
2. Design of Generalized Predictive Control using State Space Approach D. Ezhilarasi 2002-2003
3. Design and Control of Power System Stabilizer D. Arivanandi May 2004
4. Vibration control of flexible cantilever beam using shape memory alloy as actuator S. Anitha Dec. 2004
5. Experimental study of Shape Memory Alloy as an actuator C. Chandravathanam Dec. 2005
6 Serial data transmission using RS-232 (BHEL, Trichy) G. Kalpana May 2006
7 Vibration control of SMA actuated beam using modern control algorithms C. Chandravathanam May 2007
8 Study of vibration control of a smart beam using SMA actuators K. Rameshkumar Dec. 2008
9 Vibration control of a smart beam using SMA actuator K. Rameshkumar May 2009
10 Design and Development of high voltage power supply for ER damper V. V. Surendra Atchyam Dec. 2010
11 Design of SMA actuated structural control system Rajesh Basawaraja Dec. 2010
12 Design and control of SMA actuated structure Rajesh Basawaraja May 2011
13 Design and Development of power supply for ER damper V. V. Surendra Atchyam May 2011
14 Design and Development of SMA actuated vibration control system P. Suresh Kumar Dec. 2011
15 Design and development of electronic control system for SMA actuated structure P. Suresh Kumar May 2012
16 Design and fabrication of weight measurement instrument by using SMA wire Maruthi Prasad Dec. 2012
17 Experimental evaluation of weight measurement instrument by using SMA wire Maruthi Prasad May 2013
18 Design of virtual welding power source (BHEL, Trichy) Supriya Bhadra Dec. 2013
19 Design of SMA based weight measurement system Supriya Bhadra May 2014
20 Application of self-sensing methods to SMA actuated systems Rajkumar K K Dec. 2014
21 Design and control of modified compliant differential SMA actuator Rajkumar K K May 2015
22 Modelling and simulation of fuel Injector for Common Rail Diesel Engine (Internship- Bosch, Coimbatore) Rushikesh Ramrao Jadhav Dec. 2016
23 Modelling and simulation of the fuel Injector for Common Rail Fuel Injection System with real time data (Internship- Bosch, Coimbatore) Rushikesh Ramrao Jadhav May 2017
24 Performance Evaluation of Shape Memory Alloy Linear Actuator with Control D. Anoop Kumar 202216012 Dec. 2017
25 Self-sensed control of SMA linear Actuator D. Anoop Kumar 202216012 May 2018
26 Implementation of waste water treatment plant (Internship- Tata Steel, Jamshedpur) Jitendra Kumar Netam 202217019 Dec. 2018
27 Investigation of electrical characteristics of shape memory alloy spring Pankaj Patidar 202217014 Dec. 2018
28 Implementation of wastewater treatment plant (Internship- Tata Steel, Jamshedpur) Jitendra Kumar Netam 202217019 May 2019
29 Electro mechanical characteristics and modeling of shape memory spring Pankaj Patidar 202217014 May 2019
30 Modelling and Testing of DC-DC Converter using MATLAB/Simulink (Tata Motors, Jamshedpur) Ranjeet Kumar 202218011 Dec. 2019
31 A Design Solution for Modelling and Testing of BS VI Engine Management System ECU using DSPACE (Tata Motors, Jamshedpur) Ranjeet Kumar 202218011 May 2020
32 AI for structural vibration control Bikash 202219004 Dec. 2020
33 Flexion and Extension of upper limb using shape memory alloy Abhishek Kumar 21010001 Dec. 2021
34 Design of exoskeleton for flexion and extension of finger joints using shape memory alloy Abhishek Kumar 21010001 May 2022
35 Co-ordinated control of unmanned Aerial vehicles SVVS Koundinya 21010023 Dec. 2021
36 Development of Co-simulation environment for Simulation and control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles SVVS Koundinya 21010023 May 2022

Under Graduate Project Guidance

Guided over 50 projects in the area of Control and Instrumentation