CV
Education
- B.E. in Electronics and Instrumentation, SJCE Mysore, 2014
- M.Tech. in Applied Control Theory, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2019
- Ph.D in Applied Control Theory, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2020
Skills
- Mathematical modeling
- Control Design
- Linear, loop-shaping based design
- Nonlinear Lyapunov-based design
- Robust and adaptive control design
- Autopilot development
- ROS, Gazebo, Matlab, Simulink, C++
Publications
Shastry, A. K., Bhargavapuri, M. T., Kothari, M., and Sahoo, S. R. (2018, January). "Quaternion based adaptive control for package delivery using variable-pitch quadrotors." in Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Indian Control Conference (ICC) .(pp. 340-345), doi: 10.1109/INDIANCC.2018.8308002.
Bhargavapuri, M., Patrikar, J., Sahoo, S. R., and Kothari, M. (2018, June). "A Low-Cost Tilt-Augmented Quadrotor Helicopter: Modeling and Control." in Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS) .(pp. 186-194), doi: 10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453376
Bhargavapuri, M., Sahoo, S. R., Kothari, M., and Abhishek (2018, June). "Robust Attitude Tracking in the Presence of Parameter Uncertainty for a Variable-Pitch Quadrotor." in Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE American Control Conference (ACC) .(pp. 3454-3459), doi: 10.23919/ACC.2018.8431885
Bhargavapuri, M., Sahoo, S. R., Kothari, M., and Abhishek (2019, June). "Robust nonlinear control of a variable-pitch quadrotor with the flip maneuver." Control Engineering Practice (CEP) . vol. 87, (pp. 26-42), doi: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2019.03.012
Bhargavapuri, M., Shastry, A.K., Sinha, H., Sahoo, S.R. and Kothari, M., (2019, August). "Vision-based autonomous tracking and landing of a fully-actuated rotorcraft." Control Engineering Practice (CEP) . vol. 89, (pp. 113-129), doi: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2019.05.015
Work experience
- Jan., 2021 - Present: Research Associate (E-14 category)
- University of the Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), Munich, Germany.
- Research and project management responsibilities.
- Research focus on formal methods, reachability analysis, and safety for drones.
- Jan., 2020 - Dec, 2020: Control Systems Team Lead
- ZMotion Autonomous Systems, Bengaluru, India.
- Co-developer of propietary autopilot inclduing sensor fusion, controller testing, flight testing.
- Design, development, and testing of UAVs.
- Jan., 2019 - Dec, 2019: Control Engineer
- EndureAir Systems, Kanpur, India.
- Co-developer of NAAVIK autopilot for unmanned helicopters.
- Design, development, and testing of novel VTOL UAVs.
- Summer, 2013: Intern
- Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
- Duties included: Improving SNR of an Atomic Force Microscope.
- Supervisor: Dr. G. R. Jayanth.
Undergraduate projects
- Spring, 2014: Final year project
- SJCE, Mysore
- Main theme of the project: Piezoelectric sensor based renewable energy generation
- Spring, 2013: Biomedical instrumentation project
- SJCE, Mysore.
- Main theme of the project: Non-contact apnoea detection based on infrared-based proximity sensors.
Teaching
Other accomplishments
- Ranked 6th in class during my undergraduate studies
- Obtained a national rank of 519 in GATE 2014 (Instrumentation Engineering)
- Second place in the All India Radio Music competition (Carnatic Instrumental, Violin), 2011
- B-high grade artist in All India Radio (Carnatic Instrumental, Violin), 2015-present
- Won the bronze medal while representing the institute (basketball) in the 2017 Inter IIT Sports meet organised by IIT Madras
- Won the bronze medal in the 2017 Inter IIT TechMeet for Warehouse Inventory Management using Drones
- Finished fourth in the 2017 Inter IIT Cultural Meet in the singing event as well as overall
- Outstanding teaching assistantship (TA) award from IIT Kanpur for the graduate course on Nonlinear Systems (EE651) during Fall 2018-19
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