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  • "Vibhram" Selected Among Top Innovations for Army Day

    The High Efficiency Dissimilar Coaxial Helicopter design called "Vibhram" a novel helicopter design....

  • Success in First Round of 2018 UAS Flight and Payload Challenge

    A design concept paper submitted by a team (called EndureAir) of students from MAV and VTOL lab of Aerospace Engineering department and guided by Professor Abhishek recently won the first stage of "the Unmanned Aerial Systems Flight and Payload Challenge"...

  • Third Prize in AHS Student Design Competition

    "Vibhram" a novel helicopter design by a team of post graduate students (two PhD and six MTech) from Aerospace Engineering Department of IIT Kanpur have won third prize in the graduate category of 34th Annual Student Design Competition organized by the American Helicopter Society (AHS).

Ongoing Projects

Research » Ongoing Projects

Research Projects

Active / Approved

  1. Agency: DRDO
    Title: Collaborative Marsupial Flying Robots for Advanced Indoor Outdoor Perception: 2017-2019: In-progress
    Participation: Investigator

  2. Agency: Department of Science & Technology
    Title: Design and Development of an Autonomous Mini Helicopter: 2014-2018: In-progress
    Participation: Co-Investigator

  3. Agency: Design and Innovation Centre IIT Kanpur
    Title of the project: Design and Development of  Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with Dynamic Blade Pitching: 2016-2018: In-progress
    Participation: Investigator

  4. Agency: AR&DB
    Title of the project: Aeroelastic Analysis of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with Dynamic Blade Pitching: 2016-2019: In-progress
    Participation: Investigator

Completed

  1. Agency: Initiation grant, IIT Kanpur
    Title of the project: Ananlysis and Testing of Hover Capable Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs): 2011-2013: Completed

  2. Agency: AR&DB
    Title: Inverse Simulation for prediction of helicopter blade loads in an unsteady manoeuvre: 2012-2015: Completed

  3. Agency: Defence R & D Organization
    Title: Design and development of a Micro Air Vehicle with Hovering capability: 2011-2013: Completed
    Participation: Co-Investigator

  4. Agency: IIT Kanpur - Prabhu Goel Foundation
    Title of the project: Design and Fabrication of Autonomous Flapping Wing Unmanned Air Vehicle for Surveillance and Aerial Photography: 2014-2015: Completed
    Participation: Co-Investigator

  5. Agency: Prabhu Goel Foundation
    Title of the project: Design and Development of an IC Engine Powered Autonomous Quadrotor: 2015-2016: Completed
    Participation: Investigator

  6. Agency: IIT Kanpur through TEQIP
    Title of the project: Design, Development and Field Testing of 1kW Vertical Axis Wind Turbine at BTKIT Dwarahat: 2015-2016: Completed
    Participation: InvestigatorConsultancy Projects
  1. Agency: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
    Title of the project: Development of Autonomous Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (RUAV) in 10 kg Weight Class: 2017-2019: In-progress
    Participation: Investigator

  2. Agency: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
    Title of the project: Development of Autonomous Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (RUAV) in 10 kg Weight Class: 2014-2017
    Participation: Co-Investigator

  3. Agency: ADE
    Title of the project:System identification and math model development for Naval Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (NRUAV) : 2017-2018: In-progress
    Participation: Investigator

  4. Agency: CHESS
    Title of the project: Development of Unmanned Aerial Target for Laser Lethality Study: 2017-2018: In-progress
    Participation: Co-Investigator

  5. Agency: ADE
    Title of the project: Comprehensive Advanced Rotorcraft Modeling and Analysis for Control Law Development for the Rotary UAV: 2016-2018: Completed

  6. Agency: Weather Risk
    Title: Agricultural Survey Using UAVs in Kanpur: Completed