Address for Communication

Dr. Ashok Joshi, Professor

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay

Powai, Mumbai – 400 076, India

 

Contact Details:

Phone - (+91 22) 25767113 (O), 25767840 (O)
Fax - (+91 22) 25723480, 25722602, 25729511

Email - ashokj@aero.iitb.ac.in
 

Office Location:

Instrumentation Laboratory, Aerospace Engineering Department (Annex) Building

 

Education:

B. Tech. (Aero.), IIT Bombay 1978; M. Tech. (Aero.); IIT Bombay 1980; Ph.D. (Aero.), IIT Bombay 1984

 

Experience:

More than 25 years of experience in Teaching, Research & Development & Continuing Education

 

Specialization:

Structural Dynamics, Aeroelasticity, Aeroservoelasticity, Modelling & Simulation of Flight Vehicle Dynamics & Control

 

Teaching Areas:

Stability & Control, System Modelling and Simulation, State Space Methods, Control System Design, Flight Mechanics & Dynamics

 

R&D Areas:

Structural Dynamics, System Modelling & Dynamics, Aeroservoelasticity, Reentry Guidance, Structure-Control Interaction, Control of Unmanned Aerial Systems

 

Recent Projects:

Smart vibration control in Aircraft wing with Tip Store

Aeroelastic code interfacing with commercially available FE Software

 

Recent Continuing Education Programmes & Special Lectures:

Functional Analysis and Modelling & Simulation for Beginners during June 2007 and January and June 2008

Aerospace Vehicles Flight Mechanics, Dynamics, Navigation and Guidance during June 2007

Classical Control Systems – Theory and Hands-on (CCS_08) during May 2008

Hydraulic Servo System Modelling for Industry Professionals during December 2008

Structure-Control Interaction in Missiles for DRDO Scientists during February 2009

 

Recent Publications (April 2007-March 2009):

’Vibration of smart structures with piezoelectric stack actuator: numerical and experimental studies”, 15th NASAS, Park College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbarore, India, 15-16 October 2007

’Theoretical and experimental investigations of smart vibration control using multi-point strategy”, 15th NASAS, Park College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbarore, India, 15-16 October 2007.

’Realization of vibration spectrum for aerospace vehicles using multi-point excitation”, 15th XV NASAS, Park College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbarore, India, 15-16 October 2007

‘Canard control for improved flight performance in aerospace vehicles’ 3rd SAROD-2007, November 22-23, 2007, Mascot Hotel, Thiruvanthapuram, India.

‘Effect of stiffness and friction on the response of an electro-mechanical actuator’, 31st National Systems Conference (NSC-2007), December 14-15 2007, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India

’Near optimal piezo-patch placement strategy for vibration control in clamped rectangular plates’, AIAA Paper No. AIAA-2008-2276, 9th AIAA Adaptive Structures Conference, 7-10 April 2008, Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Centre, Schaumburg, IL, USA

‘Effect of sensor/actuator failure on vibration control in smart structures’, AIAA Paper No. AIAA-2008-2275, 9th AIAA Adaptive Structures Conference, 7-10 April 2008, Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Centre, Schaumburg, IL, USA

‘Evolution of vibration testing strategy using multi-point excitation’, AIAA Paper No. AIAA-2008-1853, 49th AIAA Structural Dynamics Conference, 7-10 April 2008, Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Centre, Schaumburg, IL, USA

Abhijit Joshi, Arun Shourie, Mujumdar, P.M. and Joshi, A..,’ Active vibration control of scaled wing box model using piezoelectric stack actuator’, AIAA Paper No AIAA-2008-1728, 49th AIAA Structural Dynamics Conference, 7-10 April 2008, Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Centre, Schaumburg, IL, USA.

Ashok Joshi, Saji Skaria, K.E Kapadia and V.K. Aggarwal, ‘Effect of structural flexibility on the rigid body dynamics of aerospace vehicles’ Proc. Of International Conference on Aerospace Science and Technology (INCAST), 26-28 June 2008, National Science Seminar Complex, IISc, Bangalore, India

Joshi, A. and Khot, S.M., ‘Identification of high control effectiveness zones in clamped-clamped tapered plates’ Proc. Of International Conference on Aerospace Science and Technology (INCAST), 26-28 June 2008, National Science Seminar Complex, IISc, Bangalore, India

Ashok Joshi and Saurabg Dabholkar, ‘Effect of stiffness and friction on the response of a electro-mechanical actuator’, Journal of System Science & Engineering (A Publication of Systems Society of India), Vol. 17, No. 1, June 2008, pp. 35-40.

 

Professional Membership & Activities:

Member, Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI)

Reviewer, Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies (AeSI, India)

Member, Executive Committee of the Systems Society of India (SSI, India)

Member, Academic Council of Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune India

Member, UGC-SAP Review Committee of the Dept. of Physics, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India

Member, Review Committee on Structural Dynamics & Aeroelasticity for ASTRA of DRDL, Hyderabad, India

Member, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA, USA)

Reviewer, AIAA SDM Conferences 2009

Member, Technical Committee of AIAA on Structural Dynamics

 

 

Updated on April 20, 2009

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