Research

My Research Group:

The Dynamic and Sensing Systems Laboratory is the research lab of Dr. Samuel F. Asokanthan, working in the areas of mechanical system dynamics and control. This research has applications in mechanical, aerospace, and biological systems. Some of the recent activities include investigations on Mechanics and Design of Vibratory Angular Rate-sensing and Energy Harvesting Systems, Novel Manufacturing Processes for Cylindrical and Hemispherical Resonators, Dynamic Characterization for metal-based Additive Manufacturing (AM), Bouncing Dynamics of MEM/NEM Switches, Insect Sound and Vibration Sensing, and Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST) Mechanics.

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2021:

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2019:

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From Left to right: Ibrahim Gebrel (PhD), Mohamed Bognash (PhD), Prof. Samuel Asokanthan, Yiming Luo (Visiting PhD student, National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), China)

2018:

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From Left to right: Ibrahim Gebrel (PhD), Mohamed Bognash (PhD), Prof. Sam Asokanthan, Dr Ligang Wng (Visiting Professor, Beijing Engineering University, China)

 

2016:

Dr. Asokanthan's Research Group, Summer of 2016.  From left to right: Ibrahim Gebel (PhD), Prithvi Jupalli (Res. Asst.), Prof. Sam Asokanthan, Abhijeet Wadkar (MESc), Mohamed Bognash (PhD), Loabat Shojaei Kavan (MEng) - Absent

2015:

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From left to right: Abhijeet Wadkar (MESc), Ibrahim Gebel (PhD), Prof. Sam Asokanthan, Nujhat Abedin (MESc), Mohamed Bognash (PhD), Soroush Arghavan (MESc)

 

2013:

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From left to right: Nujhat Abedin (MESc), Anand Ajit Menon (MEng), Kevin Baik (UG Thesis Res.), Prof. Sam Asokanthan, Ajay Valiathan (MEng), Shuwen Gao (MEng)

 

2011:

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From left to right: Joel Book (PhD), Prof. Sam Asokanthan, Hardeep Uppal (MEng), Babak Kamalizonouzi (MESc), Rajesh Kanna Selvaraju (MESc), Shuwen Gao (MEng), Parikshit Shrivastava (MEng)

 

2008:

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From left to right:  Xiaoxia (Michelle) Zhu (MEng), Euloge Nzembela (MEng), Jihyun (Ken) Cho (PhD), Prof. Sam Asokanthan, Joel Book (Ph.D), Pakeeza Hafeez (MESc), Tianfu Wang (PhD), Mahsa Tabar (MEng), Yu-Kuang Chen (MESc)

Current Research Group:

Ibrahim Gebrel (PhD)

  • Nonlinear Dynamics of a Class of Ring-based Angular Rate Sensing and Energy Harvesting Systems

 

Ali Abdulla (PhD)

  • Dynamic Characterization of Axi-symmetric Shell-based Angular Rate Sensors

 

Yoshika Alahakoon (MESc) - Jointly with Prof. R Tutunea-Fatan

  • Manufacturing feasibility of resonators for inertial sensing applications

 

Junwoo Kim (MEng)

  • Experimental modal analysis of resonating structures

 

Brandon Kuo (UWO USRI Research Assistant)

  • Dynamic Characterization of a Macro-scale Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope (HRG)

 

Shelby Mior (NSERC USRA Research Assistant)

  • Dynamic model development for HRG and prediction of resonator vibratory characteristics

 

Victor Zhang (NSERC USRA Research Assistant)

  • Design and Fabrication of a Macro-scale Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope (HRG)

 

Past Research Group:

Ph.D. Students:

Yiming Luo (2020, Visiting student from NUDT China)

  • Key Technologies for Axi-symmetric Shell Resonator Gyroscopes

Lecturer, College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, NUDT, China

 

M Bognash (2019)

  • Bouncing Dynamics of a Class of MEM/NEM Systems

Reliability Engineer, Toyota-Boshoku Canada, Woodstock, ON, Canada

 

M. Book (2012)

  • Modal Characterization of Micron-scale  Structures via Output-Only Identification

Senior R&D Engineer, Balance Technology Inc., Detroit, Michigan, USA

 

J. Cho (2009)

  • Nonlinear Instabilities in Ring-based Vibratory Angular Rate Sensors

Senior Acoustic Engineer – Stantec Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada

 

T. Wang (2009)

  • Nonlinear and Stochastic dynamics of MEMS-based Angular Rate Sensing and Switching Systems

Project Manager,  Arcelor-Mittal- Dofasco, Hamilton, ON

 

M. Jokic (2005) - Jointly with Prof. Longuski (Perdue U, USA), Prof. Mee (Uni. QLD, Australia)

  • Dynamics and Control of Tethered Spacecraft incorporating Lifting Bodies

Medical Doctor (GP), Queensland Health, Airlie Beach, Australia.

 

N. Maxwell (2004)

  • Optimal Placement of Distributed Actuators on a Multi-link Flexible Manipulator

Senior Research Scientist, WBM Associates, Brisbane, Australia

 

M. Kerr (2004) - Jointly with Prof. S Jayasuriya, Texas A & M University, USA

  • Robust Control of an Articulating Flexible Structure using MIMO QFT

Head of Flight Engineering, Deimos Space, Madrid, Spain


Chan L (2003)

  • Implementation of CMAC as a Neural Network Controller for Mechanical Systems Incorporating Hydraulic Actuators

Director of Digital Customer Experience, Ernst &Young, Melbourne, Australia

 

Wang X H (2000)

  • Stochastic Instabilities in Rotating Multi-body systems

Senior Software Engineer, AGL Technology Group, Victoria, Australia

 

Gu M (1999)

  • Combined Spatially Distributed-discrete Control of a Two Link Flexible Manipulator

Consultant, space engineering. Montreal, Quebec

 

Meehan P A (1998)

  • Combined Spatially Distributed-discrete Control of a Two Link Flexible Manipulator

Professor, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

 

Oliver R. I (1996)

  • Control / Structure Integrated Design for Flexible Spacecraft

Director, Oliver Branch Pty Ltd. Brisbane, Australia

 

Milford R I (1995)

  • Experimental Identification and Adaptive Control of a Flexible Manipulator

Senior Director of Systems Engineering, Virgin Orbit, Long Beach, CA, USA

 

Van Twest D A (1995)

  • Adaptive Control of Flexible Spacecraft

Director, VIPAC Engineers and Scientists, Brisbane, Australia

 

Masters Students (Research Masters) - MESc

A Gillani (2018) - Jointly with Prof. L Jiang

  • Development Of Material Model Subroutines For Linear And Nonlinear Response Of Elastomers

Reliability Engineer, Koch Industries, Brampton, ON, Canada

 

A Wadkar (2015)

  • Simulation of Magnetic Field Induced Current and Neuron Spiking for Magnetic Seizure Therapy

Private Educational Service provider, London, ON, Canada

 

S Arghavan (2015)

  • Simulation of Magnetic Field Induced Current and Neuron Spiking for Magnetic Seizure Therapy

Software Engineering Manager, Lightyear Health Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada

 

N Abedin (2014)

  • Uncertainty Quantification for a Class of MEMS-based Vibratory Angular Rate Sensors

Inventory Analyst, Grainger Canada, Thornhill, ON, Canada.

 

B Kamali (2012)

  • Optimal Inertial Sensor Placement and Motion Detection for Epileptic Seizure Patient Monitoring

Project Leader, OPG, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada.

 

R Selvaraju (2012)

  • Characterization of Solar Roadways via Computational and Experimental Investigations

Senior Project Manager, Flowserve Canada cooperation, Guelph, ON

 

J Ma (2011) - Jointly with Prof. L Jiang

  • Nonlinear  Instabilities in MEM/NEM Electrostatic Switches

Senior Design and Manufacturing Engineer, Lamko Tool and Mold Inc., London, ON

 

P Hafeez (2008)

  • Modal Identification of Flexible Micron-scale Structures

 

Y Chen (2008)

  • Internal Resonance in MEMS-based Vibratory Rate Gyroscopes

Senior Engineer, City of London, London, ON, Canada

 

S Ali (2006)

  • Modal Identification of Structures with Output Only Data

Functional/System Safety Quiddity Technology Solutions Montreal, QC, Canada

 

Y Tian (2005)

  •  Active Roll Control of Heavy Road-vehicles 

Vice President, R&D and Manufacturing, BAIC-TAP  Off-road Vehicle

 

J Cho (2005)

  • Dynamic Response and Stability of Ring-based Angular Rate Sensors

Senior Acoustic Engineer – Stantec Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada

 

T Wang (2004)

  • Dynamic Stability of a Class of Vibrating Rate Gyroscopes

Project Manager,  Arcelor-Mittal- Dofasco, Hamilton, ON, Canada

 

Costello M (2003) - Jointly with Prof. W J T. Daniel, Uni. of QLD

  • The Dynamic Behaviour of a Locomotive Traction Drive System

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Parsons Brinkerhoff Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia

 

Eustace C (2002)

  •  Development of Stacking Algorithms for palletising irregular sized packages

Head of Simulation, Polymathian, Australia.

 

Nguyen-Do Q (1997)

  • Distributed Control of Coupled Torsional-Flexural Vibration of Flexible Beams

Senior Engineer, AUSTA Electric, Brisbane, Australia

 

Van Doorn E C (1995)

  • Attitude Stability of a Dual-Spin Spacecraft

Director, Orange Edge Inc, Perth, Australia

 

Spearritt D J (1993)

  • Development of a Spatially Distributed Torsional Vibration Actuator

Senior Systems Engineer, OPTECH Software Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia

 

 Graduate Students - MEng Project Supervision:

Raj Vankawala (2020)

  • Fault Diagnosis of automotive components using Machine Learning via R

Line setup engineer, Linamar Inc, Guelph, ON, Canada

 

Kamal Patel (2020)

  • Experimental Modal Testing of Automotive Structures using MEScope

CAD and Manufacturing Engineer, Means Industries, London, ON

 

Weizhi (Alex) Wang (2020)

  • Swing-up and Balance Control of Single Inverted Pendulum and Balance Control of Double Inverted Pendulum

 

Loabat Shojaei-Kavan (2016)

  • Simulation of Neuron Spiking models

Research Scientist (R&D), Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, ON, Canada

 

Dushyant Kher (2015)

  • Design and Construction of an Active Suspension system Experiment.

Intermediate Material Cost Estimator, ATS Automation, Cambridge, ON, Canada

 

Rohan Mody (2014)

  • Development and simulation of control strategies for a Quarter-car 2DOF suspension system

Process Engineer, Multimatic Inc., London, ON, Canada.

 

Steven Foster (2014)

  • Kinematics of U-Joints during Dynamic Motion of  Heavy Vehicle Systems using ADAMS

Senior Engineer, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, US

 

Ismael Rajeh

  • Design of a Solar Bike Path integrating PZT-based Energy Harvesting Sub-systems

Mechanical Designer, Smith + Andersen, London, ON, Canada

 

Sriram Vijayaraghavan (2014)

  • Integrating Inertial Measurement Unit (GY80) with Arduino Uno and Simulink

Supplier Quality Engineer, GKN Powder Metallurgy, Auburn Hills, MI, USA

 

Ajay Valiathan (2013)

  • Motion Detection Strategies for Epileptic Seizure Patients Based on Inertial Sensor Data

Project Manager, Bird Cooperation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

 

Anand Menon (2013)

  • Simulation of Moving Load, Stress Analysis and Design of Photovoltaic/Piezoelectric  Harvesting System

Boiler Safety Officer, Technical Safety, BC, Canada

 

Kalaivani Suresh (2012)

  • Vibration-based Energy Harvesting in Bridge Structures

Business Information Management Analyst, TD, Toronto, ON, Canada

 

H Singh (2011)

  • Dynamic and Thermo-fluid Analysis of a Piezoelectric Fan

 

Parikshit Shrivastava (2011)

  • MEMS for Friction and Vibration Control in Automotive applications

Senior Mechanical Designer, Valiant TMS, Windsor, ON, Canada

 

Shuwen Gao (2011)

  • Inertial sensor network for Roll and Yaw sensing in Transportation Applications

Controls Engineer, MDS Aero Support Corporation, Ottawa, Canada

 

J Lee (2011)

  • Vibration and Noise based Energy Harvesting Systems

 

R. K. Selvaraju (2011)

  • Material Testing methods for Solar Roadways Surface layer

Senior Project Manager, Flowserve Canada cooperation, Guelph, ON, Canada

 

Dogan Sinar (2009)

  • Novel Applications of Nanotechnology for Vibration Sensors

Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Quantum Computing, Waterloo, ON, Canada

 

Euloge Nzembela (2008)

  • Vibration Control Implementation for a 2DOF Torsional System via dSPACE

Mechanical Designer, Haver & Boecker, Niagara, Canada

 

Imtiaz Yusuf (2008)

  • Design and Simulation of a Conveyor Belt Assembly

 

Xiaoxia Zhu (2008)

  • Flexible Multi-body System Simulation via ADAMS

 

M G Tabar (2008)

  • Development of Motorola 68HC11-based platform development for Vibration and Control Experiments

I&C Engineer, Hatch, Oakville, ON, Canada

 

Jehad Aboumourad (2007)

  • Control of a Three-disk Rotational Vibratory System

Project Manager, Cargill, London, ON, Canada

 

Arman Shahabi (2007)

  • SRV02-Series Rotary Experiments

R&D Lead Engineer, Napoleon, Barrie, ON, Canada

 

Bi Kan (2007)

  • Bridge-Vehicle Interaction for Active Suspension Design

 

Mayank Patel (2007)

  • Suppression of Flow induced Vibration using a Ring Absorber

Senior Mechanical/Project Engineer, Gas Liquids Engineering Ltd, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 

S Patel (2007)

  • Simulation of MEMS-based Rate Sensors via ADAMS

 

J Book (2006)

  • Dynamic Simulation and Design of Articulated 3 DOF platforms

Senior R&D Engineer, Balance Technology Inc., Detroit, Michigan, USA

 

 Research Associates and Graduate Research Assistants:

Goti M (2019)

  • Numerical methods for Stochastic stability predictions

 

Pilli V N (2014)

  • Development of 3D depth sensor-based motion pattern recognition algorithm

 

Madinehi N (2013)

  • Inertial Measurement unit applications and Signal processing and filtering

 

Gao S (2013)

  • Inertial sensor-based motion analysis and classification for epileptic seizure detection

 

Kamalizonouzi B (2013)

  • Inertial sensor-based motion detection

 

Dass, N (2012)

  • Hardware-in-the-loop experiments for Tremor Suppression

 

Wadkar, A (2012)

  • Dynamic Analysis for Solar roadways

 

Book J M (2012)

  • Dynamics and Control of Micron-scale structures

 

Rajakumar, H (2010)

  • Stochastic stability of Gyroscopic systems

 

UG Thesis and Research Assistants

A Kobelev (2019/20)

  • Year 4 UG Thesis: Maximal Lyapunov Exponent-based stochastic stability analysis via numerical methods

 

D Chen (2018/19)

  • Year 4 UG Thesis: Dynamic Orbit Determination of Low Earth Orbit CUBESAT

 

P Jupalli (2016)

  • Research Assistant: Laser Vibrometry for micro and macro flexible structures

 

P Jupalli (2015)

  • UG Summer Research Assistant: MST Simulation via COMSOL

 

A Gebremariam (2015)

  • Year 3 UG Research Assistant: SIMSCAPE based model development to assist Teaching of Year 3 UG Course in Systems and Control

 

J Prakhya (2014/15)

  • Year 4 UG Thesis: Development of COMSOL based simulation of Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST) as a treatment for depression

 

S K Baik (2013/14)

  • Year 4 UG Thesis: Torsional Vibration Control of a Rotating Mechanical System Driven by a Hooke’s Joint