Dr. Santanu Kumar Pradhan

Education

Work Experience

Research Interests

• Nonlinear System Identification and Adaptive Control
• Theory and Application of Reinforcement Learning based Adaptive Control
• Modeling and Control of Renewable Energy Sources
• Real-Time Embedded Systems

Publications

1. B. Subudhi and S. K. Pradhan, “A Robotic Control Experiment for Teaching Adaptive Control,” International Journal on Educationdoi: 10.1177/0020720916631159, Feb., 2016
2. 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
3. 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
4. S. K. Pradhanand B. Subudhi, Nonlinear control Magnetic Levitation Systemusing New Input-Output Feedback Linearization, “in proceedings of Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamic Systems ACODS-2016, 2016, NIT Trichy, Trichy, 1-5 Feb. 2016
5. S. K. Pradhan, S. Tripathy, "Dynamic Stability Improvement of a Hydraulic Turbine Generating Unit Using an Optimal PID Controller," Industrial Instrumentation and Control (ICIC), 2015 International Conference on , pp.115,120, 28-30 May 2015
6. S. K. Pradhan, R.Singh, "Nonlinear control of a Magnetic Levitation System using feedback linearization," Advanced Communication Control and Computing Technologies (ICACCCT), 2014 International Conference on , pp.152,156, 8-10 May 2014
7. S. K. Pradhan, P. Sahoo, "Multi variable self-tuning PID control of a Twin Rotor MIMO system," Advanced Communication Control and Computing Technologies (ICACCCT), 2014 International Conference on , pp.381,385, 8-10 May 2014
8. S. K. Pradhanand 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
9. S. K. Pradhanand B. Subudhi, Nonlinear Self-Tuning PID control for a Flexible Manipulator based on NARMAX Model,“ in proceedings of Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamic Systems ACODS-2012, 2012 ,IIScBangaluru, Bangaluru, 16-8 Feb. 2012
10. S. K. Pradhanand B. Subudhi, NARMAX modelling of a Flexible Manipulator,“in proceedings of India Conference (INDICON), 2011 Annual IEEE, 2011 , Hyderabad,16-18 Dec. 2011
11. B. Subudhi, S. K. Pradhan, "Direct adaptive control of a flexible robot using reinforcement learning,“ in proceedings of the IEEE sponsored International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Control & Robotics (IECR), 2010 ,NIT Rourkela, Rourkela , pp.129-136, 27-29 Dec. 2010
12. B. Subudhi and S. K. Pradhan, "Reinforcement Learning Based Adaptive Control of a Two-Link Flexible Manipulator", in proceedings of the National System Conference (NSC), 2010, NIT Suratkal, Mangalore, 10-12 Dec. 2010