Dr SUMEET APHALE

Dr SUMEET APHALE The University of Aberdeen School of Engineering Lecturer work +44 (0)1224 274479 pref s.aphale@abdn.ac.uk pref 373, Fraser Noble Building King's College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK AB24 3UE

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Biography

Sumeet joined the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen as a Lecturer, in June 2009. Earlier, he was a Research Fellow (2008 - 2009) working on the Resonance Enhanced Drilling Project, a large research project currently ongoing at the School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen. Prior to this, he was a Research Academic at the Australian Research Council’s Center of Excellence for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control housed in the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW Australia (2005 - 2008). During this stay, he was affiliated with the Laboratory for Dynamics and Control of NanoSystems and his work focused on various aspects of vibration damping and nanopositioning.  

He received his Bachelors degree (B. E.) from the University of Pune,  India and his M.S. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Wyoming, USA in 1999, 2003 and 2005 respectively, all in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Robotics and Control. He worked in the industry for a year (1999 – 2000) designing stepper motor drives and controllers.  

His research interests include control of dynamic systems, vibration control, nanopositioning techniques, robotics and smart structures. Other interests include trekking, nature and wildlife photography, travelling and martial arts.

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Research Interests

• Control of dynamic systems
• Micro- and Nanopositioning systems
• Smart materials and structures
• Robot kinematics
• Vibration control.

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Current Research

My current research projects include:

• Closed-loop performance enhancement of Nanopositioning systems
• Vibration control techniques
• Novel control strategies for flexible robotic manipulators

I am always interested in probing new ideas. It is quite possible that I may not know of your work but, if you think a collaboration is possible, please drop me an email.

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Collaborations

• Laboratory for Dynamics and Control of NanoSystems, University of Newcastle, Australia.
• Prof. Antoine Ferreira, LVR ENSI de Bourges, France.
• Prof. Santosh Devasia, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
• Assoc. Prof. Kam K. Leang, University of Nevada - Reno, USA.
• Dr. Emiliano Pereira Gonzalez, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
• Dr. Steven Grainger, University of Adelaide, Australia.

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Research Grants

• ITI Energy: Resonance Enhanced Drilling - Phase 1.5, (Mar 2011 - Sep 2011). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigators Dr E. Pavlovskaia and Dr D Hendry. (£263K)
• ITI Energy: Resonance Enhanced Drilling - Phase 1, (Oct 2009 - Dec 2010). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigators Dr E. Pavlovskaia and Dr D Hendry. (£750K)
• NESTech Grant: Development of an apparatus and method for neuromuscular stimulation, (2009 - 2011). Co-investigator, with Dr. Richard Neilson and Dr. Marco Cardinale. (£144K approx)
• University of Newcastle, Australia: Travel Grant for SPIE Smart Structures / NDE 2007: 1700$
• University of Newcastle, Australia: ECR Encouragement Award 2007: 1000$

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Teaching Responsibilities

• EG 3052 3^rd year Signals and Systems (Coordinator and Contributor)
• EG 3078/9 MEng/BEng 3^rd year week-long design (Contributor)
• EG 40GB 4^th year Signal Processing (Contributor)
• EG 5085 5^th year MEng Advanced Topics (Contributor)

Postgraduate Courses

• EG 50F6 Subsea Controls (Coordinator and Contributor)
• EG 5563 Electrical Systems for Renewable Energy (Coordinator and Contributor)

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External Responsibilities

Editorial Board Member:

• International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Reviewer for:

• IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
• IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.
• IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics.
• IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics.
• Review of Scientific Instruments (AIP)
• Journal of Sound and Vibration.
• Sensors and Actuators (Elsevier)
• Sensors (MDPI)
• Mechatronics.
• Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science.
• IEEE Conference on Decision and Control.
• IFAC World Congress
• IEEE International Conference for Robotics and Automation.
• IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics.
• American Control Conference.
• European Control Conference.
• Springer Publishing Co.

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Admin Responsibilities

• Academic Advisor for 40+ Engineering undergraduate students at various levels.
• Deputy Examinations Officer.

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Honors and Awards

• Placed in the Top Five GPA during undergraduate studies at University of Pune, Bachelors in Engineering (1999, First Class with Distinction).
• Inducted to Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honors Society, USA (2003, Top 5% of the Graduate Class).
• Identified by the Australian Research Council as an 'Expert of international standing'.
• Research featured on IOP nanotechweb.org, http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/33251 (March 2008).
• Best Paper Award Finalist: IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, Xi'an, China, 2008.

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Publications

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