Pankaj Kumar Patel is pursuing an M.Tech in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Control and Computing from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University with a specialization in Electronics and Telecommunication, securing a CPI of 8.23. His areas of interest include embedded control systems, microcontrollers, aerial robotics, and cooperative control of UAVs. He has experience with various tools and programming languages including Arduino, MATLAB, and C/C++. His ongoing M.Tech project involves formation control of multiple quadcopters using cm-accuracy GPS.

1. Pankaj Kumar Patel 143070029
Electrical Engineering M.Tech.
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Male
Specialization: Control and Computing DOB: 17/06/1991
Examination University Institute Year CPI / %
Post Graduation IIT Bombay IIT Bombay 2016 7.77
Undergraduate Specialization: Electronics and Telecommunication
Graduation
Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand
Technical University
Shri Shankaracharya College of Engg &
Technology Bhilai
2013 8.23
AREAS OF INTEREST
Embedded Control Systems, Microcontrollers, Aerial Robotics, Cooperative control of UAVs
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
• Secured 99.86 percentile in GATE 2014 (Electronics & Communication) amongst 2,16,367 applicants.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Tools: Arduino , MATLAB, Aeroquad Configurator, Mission planner, XCTU, Piksi Console
• Languages: C, C++
MAJOR PROJECTS
• M.Tech Project (Ongoing) (May 2015 - Present)
Title: Formation control of multiple quadcopters using cm-accuracy GPS system
Guide: Prof. Debraj Chakraborty
Keywords: ARM processor, RTK solution , Piksi GPS
Software Used: Aeroquad Configurator, Mission Planner, Piksi Console, Arduino
Completed Work:
- Built 2 quadcopters and made them fly. Studied about Piksi gps and its working
- Studied about a new flight control board Aeroquad 32 which can give better performance than the old
APM 2.6 board .
Ongoing and Future Work: The objective of this project is to accurately get relative localization of
quadcopters while performing cooperative tasks. For this purpose the custom autopilot software is to
be ported to a new ARM based autopilot hardware (AEROQUAD 32) . A newly developed open source
cm-accuracy GPS system ( Piksi) will be integrated with the flight controller to achieve precise localization.
• B.E. Project (August 2012 - April 2013)
Title: Analysis and design of congestion avoidance scheme in AQM(Active queue manage-
ment) routers supporting TCP flows
Guide: Prof. Rakesh Mandal
Software Used: MATLAB
Completed Work:
- Implemented Kalman filter algorithm in Active Queue Management routers supporting TCP flows
- Used this algorithm for congestion avoidance scheme.
SUMMER TRAINING
• Title:Training on VLSI Design (VHDL), Nexus , Bhilai (June 2012 )
Guide: Mr. S. K. Shrivastava
- Learnt basics of VHDL programming using Xilinx ISE tool.
OTHER PROJECTS/SEMINAR
• Minimum Time Orbit Raising Problem by using Optimal Control Software GPOPS. (Course:
Optimal Control Systems)
- Obtained trajectories for control variables to transfer a spacecraft from low earth orbit to high earth orbit
in minimum time.
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2. • Application of Lyapunov Stability for Synchronous orbit of satellite .(Course :Nonlinear Dynam-
ical System)
- Studied about stability of earth orbiting satellite’s orbital states by Lyapunov Stability criteria.
• DC Motor Position Control (Course: Control and Computing Lab)
- Implemented an embedded feedback controller using Arduino Mega to control DC motor’s position.
- Implemented an embedded feedback controller using MATLAB real time window target to control DC
motor’s position.
• Control of a Line Following Robot : Spark V (Course: Control and Computational Lab)
- Implemented a PID controller for spark v robot to make it follow a continuous line on the ground using
the IR sensors.
• Discrete Log Computation in Z∗
p (Course: An Introduction to Number Theory and Cryptography)
- Computed discrete-log by BSGS algorithm with the Pohlig Hellman reduction step in SAGE for prime
numbers upto 20 digits.
- Tabulated and formulated the run time expected for numbers larger than 20 digits.
• Application of Multidimensional Filters in Cognitive Radio (Seminar)
- Studied about different multidimensional filters that can be used to implement cognitive radio system.
- Studied about Software Defined Radio and spectral white space detection scheme in proposed cognitive
radio system .
RELEVANT COURSES
• Matrix Computation • Optimal Control System • Decentralized Control of Systems
• Multi Variable Control System • Control Computing Lab • Behavioral theory of Systems
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
• Teaching Assistantship
- EE101: Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Circuits (July 2014 - November 2014)
- Evaluated quiz papers and exam scripts.
- - EE324: Control System Laboratory (January 2015 - April 2015)
- Guided over 50 students for a particular experiment.
- Graded the students according to their performance and understanding in the project.
- EE635: Applied Linear Algebra (July 2015 - November 2015)
- Prepared problems and solutions for course assignments.
- Evaluated assignments and exam scripts.
• Institute Student Companion Program (July 2015 - Present)
- Student companion of Institute Student Companion Program (ISCP) IIT Bombay for new PG entrants.
- Organized institute and department orientations with the other members of ISCP.
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Attended autonomous robotics workshop by i3india technologies-Techkrity 2012 (January 2012 )
• Hobbies: Listening to music, Swimming, Playing Lawn Tennis, Badminton, Cricket.
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