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​ Dr. Ekta Singla

Dr. Ekta Singla is presently working as Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical, Materials and Energy Engineering at IIT Ropar. Prior to this, she was working as Senior Project Engineer at IIT Kanpur. She has experienced one year post-doctoral research at Institute de Systems Intelligence et de Robotics (ISIR), UPMC, Paris, France, in the area of Evolutionary Design. Her PhD from IIT Kanpur covered the study, analysis and development of customized manipulators for cluttered environments.

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Areas of Research

  • Task-based manipulator design, Kinematic redundant manipulators, Evolutionary robotics

  • Robot motion planning, Obstacle avoidance in constrained environments

  • Applied optimization methods

  • Computer Aided Design

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Education

  • PhD., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 2010

  • M.Tech., Thapar University, Punjab, India, 2002

  • B.Tech., Punjab Technical University, India, 2000

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Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India, 2010-present

  • Senior Research Engineer (Adhoc), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Sep. - Dec., 2010

  • Postdoctoral fellow (CNRS), University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France, 2009 - 2010

  • Visiting research student (DFG), TU Berlin, Germany, May - Dec. 2005

  • Lecturer, Thapar University, Jan. 2002 - July 2004

Dr. Ashish Singla

Dr. Ashish Singla is presently working as Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department,Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology University, Patiala.

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Research Interest

  • Robotics, Flexible manipulators, Underactuated systems

  • Dynamics of multi-body systems, linear vibrations, command shaping, linear and nonlinear control

  • Redundant manipulators: Redundancy resolution, task priority, obstacle avoidance, path planning

  • CAD, FEM, applied optimization

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Teaching Interests

  • Introduction to robotics, advanced robotics and control

  • Modern control theory, classical control

  • Dynamics of multi-body systems, mechanical vibrations

  • Applied optimization: unconstrained and constrained (classical methods)

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Education

  • PhD, IIT Kanpur.

  • M.E. in CAD/CAM & Robotics, Thapar University, Patiala

  • B.E. in Mechanical, SLIET Longowal, Punjab.

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Work Experience

  • June 2015-July 2015 Visiting Researcher, University of Gavle, Sweden

  • Dec 2010-till date Assistant Professor , Thapar University , Patiala

  • July 2008 – June 2009 Tutor Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

  • July 2006 – June 2008 Teaching Assistant Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

  • July 2004 – July 2005 Sr. Project Associate Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

  • July 2003 – July 2004 Lecturer Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rajpura, Punjab

  • Jan 2002 – July 2003 Design Engineer Trident Group, Barnala, Punjab

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