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Santanu Kumar Pradhan
Odisha, India-769008, Berhampur
Regular Member
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Short Biography
Dr. S. K. Pradhan received the B.E. degree in 2006 and the Master of Technology degree in from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, in 2009. He has obtained his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela in 2013. He has passionately completed 8+ years in academics performing different roles in teaching, administration and research. He is presently working as Associate Professor and Head, School of Electrical Sciences National Institute of Science and Technology, Berhampur, Odisha, India. He is a Member of IEEE (USA), Life Member of ISTE (India). He has published about 15 papers in International and National journals and conferences. His research interests include adaptive control and Machine learning applied to various robotic systems.
List of top 5 publications in the last 5 years
[1] S. K. Pradhan and B. Subudhi, “Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of a Two-Link Flexible Manipulator: An Experimental Study,” IEEE Trans. on Control System Tech., vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 1754–1768, 2014. [2] S. K. Pradhan and B. Subudhi, “Real-Time Adaptive Control of a Flexible Manipulator Using Reinforcement Learning,” IEEE Trans. on Automation Science and Eng., vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 237–249, 2012. [3] B. Subudhi and S. K. Pradhan, “A Robotic Control Experiment for Teaching Nonlinear Adaptive Control,” International Journal on Education, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 341–356, 2016. [4] S. K. Pradhan and B. Subudhi, “Nonlinear Control of a Magnetic Levitation System Using a New Input-Output Feedback Linearization,” IFAC-Papers Online (Elsevier), vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 332–336, 2016. [5] S. K. Pradhan and B. Subudhi, "Fuzzy learning based adaptive control for a two-link flexible manipulator," Control Applications (CCA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, pp.282,287, 28-30 Aug. 2013.
List of top 5 academic activities during the last 5 years
Served as Co-session chair for a Technical session on nonlinear control at ACODS-2016 (IFAC), at NIT Trichy. Delivered a Lecture on Wide area measurement and control at BIT Mesra, Ranchi, 8th March, 2013. Served as Reviewer of IEEE Trans. on Automation Science and Eng. Served as Reviewer of IEEE Trans. on Neural Network and Learning System. Organised a Short term course on “SMART GRID” at BIT Mesra, 7th-9th March, 2013 (Organizing Secretary)