Specialization

Adaptive control, Autonomous Marine Vehicle, System Identification

Email

raja.rout@thapar.edu

Dr. Raja Rout

Assistant Professor

 

Specialization

Adaptive control, Autonomous Marine Vehicle, System Identification

 

Email

raja.rout@thapar.edu

Contact No.

+91-9861014841

 

Biography

Raja Rout received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India. Presently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India. He worked as a lecturer at Siksha O Anusandhan University during 2009-2010 and later as an Assistant Professor at Manipal University Jaipur during 2018–2022. He has done his post-doctoral research at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India (2017–2018) and Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China (2019–2021). His research interests include adaptive control, marine vehicles, cooperative control, and system identification.

Academic Profile

• Postdoc Researcher, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
• Postdoc Researcher, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography Goa, India
• Ph.D. in Control, Autonomous Marine Vehicles, NIT Rourkela, India
• MTech. in Control, Autonomous Marine Vehicles, NIT Rourkela, India
• B.Tech. in Applied Electronics & Instrumentation, Sikha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Odisha, India

 

Teaching and Industrial Experience

• Assistant Professor, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India
  • July 2022-Contd
• Assistant Professor, Manipal University Jaipur, India
  • July 2018- June 2022
• Post Doc Researcher, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
  • March 2019-March 2021
• Post Doc Researcher, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India
  • February 2017 – June 2018
• Lecturer, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Odisha, India
  • February 2009- December 2010

Research Interests

• Autonomous Marine Vehicles
• Adaptive Control
• System Identification
• Cooperative control

Research Projects

Year of Funding	Sponsoring Organisation	Title of Project	Amount of Grant (in Lakhs)	Co-Investigators (if any)
2017-2018 (June)	SERB-NPDF	Control of Surface vehicles in surf zone for shallow water bathymetry mapping	19.2	Dr. R Rout (PI) Dr. Jaya Kumar Seelam (Mentor)

 

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

• Member of SAEINDIA (Membership No. 7210310443)

Publications in Peer Reviewed International Journals (7)

• Xinxin Guo, Weisheng Yan, Rongxin Cui, Raja Rout, Shouxu Zhang, “Self-Triggered Adaptive NN Tracking Control for a Class of Continuous-Time Nonlinear Systems With Input Constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2021.3130925, IF- 11.471

 

• R.Rout, Rongxin Cui, and Weisheng Yan, “Sideslip Compensated Guidance-Based Adaptive Neural Control of Marine Surface Vessels,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 2860-2871, Oct 2020, IF- 19.118

 

 

• R. Rout and B. Subudhi, “Design of Line-of-Sight Guidance Law and a Constrained Optimal Controller for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 416-420, June 2020, IF- 3.691

 

• R. Rout, Rongxin Cui, and Zhengqing Han, “Modified Line-of-Sight Guidance Law with Adaptive Neural Network Control of Underactuated Marine Vehicles with State and Input Constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1902-1914, Jun 2020, IF-5.418

 

 

• R. Rout and B. Subudhi, “NARMAX Self-Tuning Controller for Line-of-Sight-Based Waypoint Tracking for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 1529–1536, July 2017, IF-5.418

 

• R. Rout and B. Subudhi, “Inverse Optimal Self-Tuning PID Control Design for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,” International Journal of Systems Science, vol 48, no. 2, pp. 367-375, 2016, IF-2.281

 

 

• R. Rout and B. Subudhi, “Backstepping Approach for Formation Control of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles using Leader-Follower Strategy,” Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 38-46, 2016, IF-3.192

 

 

 

 

Conference Papers (5)

• Ashok Kumar Kumawat, Renu Kumawat, Manish Rawat, Raja Rout, “Real time position control of electrohydraulic system using PID controller”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 47, Part 11, 2021, Pages 2966-2969,
• R. Rout, B. Subudhi, S. Mahapatra, “Development of a NARMAX based Constraint-Adaptive Heading Controller for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle”, Oceans 2016 MTS/IEEE Sanghai, Sanghai, China, 10-13 April. 2016.
• R. Rout, B. Subudhi and S. Ghosh, “Adaptive Path Following Control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle”, Proc.  Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems (ACODS2012), IISC Bangalore, 16-18 Feb. 2012.
• S. Mahapatra, B. Subudhi and R. Rout, “Diving Control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle using Nonlinear Hinf Measurement Feedback Technique”, Oceans 2016 MTS/IEEE Sanghai, Sanghai, China, 10-13 April. 2016.
• S. Mahapatra, B. Subudhi and R. Rout, V. S. S. Krishna Kumar Boddapati, “Nonlinear H-infinity Control for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in Vertical Plane”, Proc.  Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems (ACODS2015), N.I.T Trichy, 1-5 Feb. 2016.

 

Publication of Book Chapters (01)

• A. Kumawat, M. Rawat, R. Kumawat, and R.Rout (2020). A Review of Nonlinear Control for Electro-Hydraulic. In B. Agarwal, G. Singh & Davim (Eds.), Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering: Theoretical and Advanced Technologies, cat#387584, CRC-Press

 

Courses of Interest

• Control System
• System Identification and Adaptive Control
• Mechatronics System Design
• Robot Path planning and Control
• Introduction to Robotics
• Programmable Logic Controller

Invited Talks

• Invited talk in ATAL sponsored FDP on “Robotics” conducted by NIT Nagaland on Nov 2021
• Invited talk in ATAL sponsored FDP on “Advanced Robotics” conducted by NIT Nagaland on Feb 2022

Reviewer

• IEEE Access
• IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
• IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology
• International Journal of Dynamics and Control
• IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics
• Neurocomputing
• International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
• Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control
• Ocean Engineering

 

Course/Short term program/Workshop conducted

• MUJ sponsored Five-Day Workshop on Recent Trends and Challenges in Robotics and Automation (RTCRA-21) at Mechatronics Engineering Department, Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, held during December 13–17, 2021.

 

Professional Responsibilities

Sl. No.	Work	Duration	Institute/Organization
1.	Faculty In-Charge of Robotics Lab	2021-2022	MUJ, Jaipur
2.	PG Coordinator	2021-2022	MUJ, Jaipur
3.	Member of Department Purchase & Budget	2021-2022	MUJ, Jaipur

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Visits

S. No.	Country	University/Organisation	Year	Purpose
1.	China	IEEE/MTS Oceans	2016	Oceans-2016
2.	China	Northwestern Polytechnical University	2019-2021	Post-doctoral Research

 

Awards and Honours

• Session Co-Chair in Intelligent Robotics and Industrial Automation (IRIA-2021) conference organized by IIT Goa
• Scholarship for post-doctoral research at Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
• SERB-NPDF Scholarship for post-doctoral research at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography Goa
• Session Chair in IEEE/MTS Oceans Shanghai-2016 conference

• Scholarship for pursuing Ph.D. at National Institute of Technology Rourkela
• Scholarship for pursuing M.Tech. National Institute of Technology Rourkela
• Secured AIR-1244 in GATE-2008 with Communication subject
• Secured AIR-92 in GATE-2007 with Instrumentation subject.