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Harish Palanthandalam-Madapusi

Harish J. Palanthandalam-Madapusi Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Syracuse University hjpalant[at]syr.edu

Profile

Education

Ph.D. M.S.E. B.E.

University of Michigan University of Michigan Mumbai University

August 2007 May 2004 August 2001

(Aerospace Engineering) (Aerospace Engineering) (Mechanical Engineering)

Research Interests

My interests cover a range of topics within the broad area of controls and dynamics.

Some of my current applied interests include:

• Modeling Dynamics Deformations of DNA Molecules
• Energy-efficient Control of Mechanical and Natural Ventilation

Some of my current theoretical interests include:

• System Identification (Linear and Nonlinear)
• Input Reconstruction
• Estimation and Kalman Filtering

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate and graduate courses related to control and dynamics.

Other Roles

• Associate Editor, IEEE Control Systems Society, Conference Editorial Board
• Director, Remote-access Controls Lab, Syracuse University
• ASME Faculty Advisor, Syracuse University Student Chapter
• Editor,7th International Conference for Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation, and Energy Conservation in Buildings (IAQVEC), 2010

Research Group

Graduate Students (as of Spring 2011)

• Renfeng Wang (Dynamics rod model for DNA)
• Yigong Ma (Estimate constitutive law from dynamics deformations data for DNA)
• Vikas Dhummi (Control of Mechanical Ventilation) -- going to NuClimate Inc.
• Prasad Sivakumar (Control of Natural Ventilation)
• Wenyi Jin (TA)
• Hamsasew Moges Sertse (TA)
• Korbaga Fantu Woldekidan (TA)

Undergraduate Students (as of Spring 2011)

• Nathaniel Anker (Static Rod Model for DNA and constitutive-law estimation) -- going to Electric Boat Inc.
• Jonathon Linch (Hyperworks Simulations for Static Deformations of DNA) -- going to Georgia Tech. for graduate study
• Katherine Fitch (Unbiased filtering for input reconstruction) -- going to Princeton University for graduate study
• Andrew J. Bilyeu (Estimation of constitutive law using static DNA deformation data)

In the remote-access controls lab with graduate students Wenyi Jin (seated) and Yigong Ma (standing)

In the ICUBE lab

Research featured in the Syracuse Center of Excellence Press release that appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard, GreenCNY section, January 2011.

© 2009, Harish J. Palanthandalam-Madapusi.