Adapting to the technological evolution
The Smart Materials, Structures and Systems (SMSS) Lab is located in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the IIT Kanpur and led by Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya.
The SMSS Research Group has been a center of excellence for Smart Materials research, teaching, and practice since its founding in 2001.
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Dr. Bishakh Bhattacharya is a Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur, India. He served the HAL Chair for the period of Feb 2021 - Jan 2024 and Coordinator, Centre of Excellence - Telemedicine & Robotics, Gangwal School of Medical Sciences and Technology, IIT Kanpur. He served as Member (Senate Nominee) of the Board of Governors (BoG) of IIT Kanpur. He is the former Head of the Design Programme from 2011-2013. He also served as a head of Cognitive Science Programme and coordinated the Space Technology Cell of the Institute. He was a visiting professor at the University of Sheffield, where he researched on Structural Health Monitoring of Complex Autonomous Systems in collaboration with Prof. K. Visakan, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering. He was also a visiting Professor at IPS-Waseda University, Japan and jointly developed a series of Pipe Health Monitoring robots with Prof. Harutoshi Ogai. As a DST-JSPS recipient, he is working in collaboration with Prof. Hiroaki Wagatsuma of Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan on a Child Robot Interaction study. He is active in creating Web and Video-based course materials for India’s National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) initiative.
PhD in Aerospace Engineering, 1998
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
ME in Mechanical Engineering, 1991
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
BE in Civil Engineering, 1988
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Design and Developement of Autonomous Power Substation Inspection Robot
Design and development of a miniature rotary actuator based on Flexinol SMA
Design and Development of Autonomous Robot for Crop-Monitoring and Localized Pest Neutralization
Development of an Intelligent Sit-to-Stand (STS) and Mobility Support System for the Elderly
Real-Time, In-Situ River Health Monitoring Robot
Cognitive Robotics based study of Child-Robot Interaction (CRI)
Dynamic modeling of a cabin pressure control system for a multirole fighter aircraft
Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) funded Projects
Design and Development of Pipeline Health Monitoring Robot for Gas Transportation Pipelines
