Department of Aerospace Engineering
वायुआकाश अभियांत्रिकी विभाग

Prof. Ganesh Patil

Background

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2023.

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2019

B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, 2014

LME. Mechanical Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, 2011



 

Professional Positions

Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Sep 2026 - Present)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor (Oct 2023 – Aug 2026)

MIDAS Postdoctoral Affiliate, Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society, University of Michigan Ann Arbor (Aug 2025 – Aug 2026)

Assistant Manager, Vehicle CAE, R&D Center, Bajaj Auto Limited (Jul 2014 – Aug 2017)



 

Awards & Fellowships
  • Empowering Research with AI Award, AI Institutes at Michigan (AIIM), University of Michigan [2026]
  • MIDAS Postdoctoral Affiliate, Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society (competitive selection; up to 10 postdocs across the University of Michigan) [2025]
  • 1st Place Winner of the 2024 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) USNC/TAM 5MT - PhD Thesis in Mechanics Competition [2024]
  • 1st Place Best Student Paper Award in Structural Acoustics and Vibration, Acoustical Society of America [2020, 2022]
  • Schaller Travel Fund and Graduate College Conference Presentation Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2022]
  • Mavis Future Faculty Fellow, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2020]
  • MechSE Teaching Fellowship, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2020]
  • James O. Smith Outstanding TAM TA Award, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2020]
  • List of Teachers Ranked as Outstanding (Top 10%) in Fall 2018 - Spring 2019, and Excellent (Top 30%) in Fall 2019, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • CK Radhakrishnan Scholarship for academic excellence [2014]
  • S.Natarajan & Smt.N.Jayalakshmi Charitable Trust Scholarship for academic excellence [2014]
  • Narottam Sekhsaria Foundation's Merit cum Means Scholarship for academic performance [2012]
  • World Vision Award for Departmental Scholar, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute [2009 – 2013]
  • Lord Reay Gold Medal for academic excellence, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute [2011]
  • Dadabhoy Naoroji Gold Medal for academic excellence, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute [2011]



 

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Prof. Ganesh Patil
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Patil Research Group

Prof. Deepak Prakash Kumar

Building
Aerospace main building
Background

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, 2025, Texas A&M University
  • Master of Technology in Automotive Engineering, 2020, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • Bachelor of Technology in Engineering Design, 2020, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, June 2026 - Present, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, August 2025 - June 2026, Center for Resilient Autonomous Systems, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Irvine.
  • Team Captain, August 2023 – August 2025, SAE AutoDrive Challenge, Texas A&M University.
  • Research Assistant, January 2022 – August 2025, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
  • Teaching Assistant, August 2021 - December 2021, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
  • Project Officer, August 2020 – June 2021, (Industrial Collaboration with Michelin Tyres) Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • Student Researcher/Research Intern, November 2017 – May 2019, (Industrial Collaboration with BHEL, Trichy and BHEL, Chennai) Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
R&D Areas/Projects

R&D Areas: 

  1. Multi-agent collaboration for search and rescue with reinforcement learning and/or large language models.
  2. Human-robot teaming for ground, aerial, and space applications.
  3. Planning for fixed-wing UAVs, quadcopters, and hypersonic vehicles moving in 2D, over the Earth, and 3D.
  4. Decision making for a fleet of ground and aerial agents to accomplish the given mission optimally.

Across all areas, I am eager to develop algorithms and deploy them on hardware.

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Deepak Prakash Kumar
Profile Website
https://www.deepakprakashkumar.me/
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