Assistant Professor

Dr Arun Krishnan K S

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Interests

  • Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).
  • System dynamics and control.
  • Hybrid robotics.

Education

2013

TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala,
India
BTech

2015

NIT Warangal, Telangana,
India
M Tech

2025

IIT Palakkad, Kerala,
India
PhD

Experience

  • 14/10/2015 to 16/05/2017 – Assistant Professor – VKCET, Kollam, Kerala, India

Research Interest

  • Design and development of autonomous underwater vehicles, and study of underwater intervention operations.
  • Underwater navigation involving multi-robot collaboration for improved localization.
  • Hybrid robotics involving a combination of ground and aerial robots.

Publications

Journal Publications

  1. Comparative performance investigations of the intervention-class underwater vehicle with different possible thruster configurations using eight identical thrusters - Arun Krishnan K S, Jagadeesh Kadiyam, and Santhakumar Mohan - Ocean Engineering 288, 116-147 (2023)
  2. Robust motion control of fully/over-actuated underwater vehicle using sliding Surfaces - Arun Krishnan K S, Jagadeesh Kadiyam, and Santhakumar Mohan - Journal of Intelligent Robot Systems 108(4), 1-22 (2023)
  3. Underwater Vehicle Modelling with Newton-Euler Method Using DH Parameters - Arun Krishnan KS, Jagadeesh Kadiyam, and Santhakumar Mohan - Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium, ISOPE - PACOMS 2024. 24–151 (2024)

Contact Details

  • E-mail id:arunkrishnan.k@srmap.edu.in
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