Sayan Mandal| Portfolio

Sayan Mandal,
B.Tech.

Junior Undergraduate
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Department of Aerospace Engineering
C-301, LLR Hall of Residence
Kharagpur, West Bengal
India - 721302
Phone: (+91)-9674805141
sayanmndl21@iitkgp.ac.in

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Experience

Summer Research Internship [May'17 - Jul'17]

Indian Institute of Sciences-Bangalore,AerospaceEngineering,undertheguidance of Dr. S N Omkar, Chief Research Scientist

Design, Analysis and Development of Engine mounts for a Hybrid UAV concept

Designed Hybrid Engine Mount to decrease vibrations for better control and reducing sensor errors. Structural, Modal and Harmonic Analysis done in ANSYS and Vibration control in Matlab

Design and Analysis of a high speed UCAV

Designed Jet-engine propelled UCAV with payload greater than 10kg and speed greater than 200mph for high range and endurance. Aerodynamics analysed in XFLR5, Structure made and analysed in CATIA and Vectric Aspire, Control system implemented for stability in MATLAB.

Research Groups

Founder/Team Leader [Jul'17 - Present]

Hybrid UA-UV (Unmanned Aerial - Underwater Vehicle) Team of IIT-Kharagpur, Aerospace Engineering, Guides: Dr.Sandeep Saha, Dr.D K Maiti, Dr.Sudip Misra, Dr.Sikha Hota,

Control Systems

To model, develop and implement control algorithms for guidance and navigation for stable UAV transition between the media

Aerodynamics and Mechanical Systems

To design and analyze the bot such that it can conform to variation in aerodynamic and hydrodynamic characteristics of the environment

Controls Team Member [Feb'17 - Present]

Team AUV, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Research Group of IIT-Kharagpur, Mechanical Engineering, Guides: Dr.C S Kumar, Dr.Vishwanath Nagarajan

Designed and optimized Control Systems in MATLAB and Firmware in ROS to implement in AUV.

Developed & implemented SLAM, State estimation, Localization, Fuzzy & nonlinear control modules.

Research Projects

Area and perimeter coverage of a geographical region using multiple UAVs [Oct'17 - Present]

under the guidance of Dr.A K Deb,
Developing an algorithm to get area and perimeter with multiple UAVs using decentralized control.

Development of dynamics and a novel motion planning system for a Hybrid UA-UV concept [Jul'17 - Present]

under the guidance of Dr.Sikha Hota,
Working on making nonlinear dynamics and a flight path plan for the Hybrid UAV with a seamless transition(air to water).

Modelling a localization based fuzzy controller for AUV [Apr'17 - Present]

under the guidance of Dr.Vishwanath Nagarajan,
Working on development of fuzzy controller for attitude, depth and velocity control of AUV with nonlinear dynamics, Designing an ANFIS system for fuzzy control process.

Aerodynamic Optimization of Servo-Actuated Camber Morphing Wings using Swarm Intelligence [Jul'17 - Dec'17]

under the guidance of Dr.Sandeep Saha,
Investigating aerodynamics and control laws of servo-actuated morphing wing with intrinsic multidisciplinary attitude involving structure, actuation, sensing and control, Developing optimization algorithms for morphing using swarm intelligence.

Development of Flying Wing UAV [Sep'16 - Dec'16]

The project involved modeling and construction of a Fixed-wing RC-plane, The modeling was done in XFLR5 abd CATIA