DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Dr. M.Magesh

Designation:Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.) & Head
Nature of Employment:Regular
Qualification:B.E.,M.E.,Ph.D
Date of Joining:8-Jul-13
Phone:044-22751347 (Ext 212)(Office)
Email ID:hodaero@crescent.education, magesh.m@crescent.education

Teaching

Educational Background

ProgrammeYear of PassingInstitution
PhD in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering2024BSACIST, Chennai
M.E. in Avionics2007MIT, Anna University, Chennai
B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering2005Anna University, Chennai

Courses Taught

  • Avionics, Air Traffic Control and Aerodrome design
  • MEMS, Navigation and guidance, Control systems.
  • Aircraft system and instrumentation, Airframe repair and Maintenance practices.
  • Introduction to manufacturing processes, Aircraft materials

Experience

DesignationInstitutionDuration
Assistant Professor (Senior Grade)B.S. Abdur Rahman Institute, ChennaiAugust 2023 – present
Assistant ProfessorB. S. Abdur Rahman Institute, ChennaiJuly 2013 – July 2023
Assistant ProfessorRajalakshmi Engineering College, ChennaiJune 2009 –June 2013
Flight EngineerHoneywell Technologies, BangaloreAugust 2007 – May 2009
Research AssistantDARE, DRDO Lab ,BangaloreDecember 2006 – May 2007

Research

Research Interests

  • Aircraft navigation and guidance
  • UAV and MAV design
  • Aircraft systems and Instrumentation

Sponsored Research

S NoPeriodTitleResponsibilitySponsoring AgenciesProject Cost in INRStatus
12016-2017Design of Solar powered MALE type UAVCO-PIInstitution of Engineers, Kolkata0.5 LakhsCompleted
22018-2020Design of Autonomous controller for landing of UAVCO-PIInstitution of Engineers, Kolkata5.0 LakhsSubmitted

Journal Publications

  • Magesh, M., Jawahar, P.K., Saranya, S, N., “Spider Monkey metaheuristic tuning of Model Predictive Control with perched landing stabilities for Novel auxetic landing foot in drones” Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika, Journal, Vol. 29 No. 7 (2024).
  • Magesh, M., Jawahar, P.K., Saranya, S, N., “Perching dynamics of landing gears in drones over asymmetrical surfaces using Deep reinforcement learning” Tuijin Jishu/Journal of Propulsion Technology, Vol. 44 No. 4 (2023)
  • Magesh, M., Jawahar, P.K., Saranya, S, N., “Aerodynamic stability of drones for auxetic materials as landing gears”, Journal of Harbin Engineering University, Vol. 44 No. 12 (2023)
  • Magesh, M., Jawahar, P.K., “Kinetic stabilities of perched landing approach for novel Auxetic landing gear in UAV with the aid of Depp reinforcement learning based IMC PID control” Defence Technology, KaAi Chinese roots publication. January 2023.
  • Swaminathan, G., Magesh, M., & Kumar, S. D. (2023). Tensile, Flexural, Impact and Hardness Characterization of Hybrid Fiber Composites for Aircraft Application. Int. J. Vehicle Structures & Systems, 15(5), 608–611.
  • Arunkumar, M., Magesh. M., Rai, A. K., Adinarayanan, A., Subbiah, R., Ganeshan, P., Kannan, S., Seikh, A. H., & Iqbal, A. (2023). “Extraction, performance and emission characterization of diesel engine using waste lipolytic microorganism biodiesel”. Global Nest Journal, 25(7), 166–173.
  • Arunkumar, M., Magesh. M., Rai, A. K., Adinarayanan, A., Subbiah, R., Ganeshan, P., Kannan, S., Seikh, A. H., & Iqbal, A. (2023). “Environmental and Chemical Changes in Palm Oil Biodiesel using Homogeneous Catalysts” (2023). Global Nest Journal, 25(7), 185–191.
  • Magesh, M., Arul, K., Subburaj, M., Rangaraja, R., Aravindh, B., Lakshmana Kumar, S., & Subbiah, R.. Studies on mechanical and morphological of TIG welded aluminum alloy. Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022, Vol 59, 1533–1536.
  • M. Magesh and P. K. Jawahar, “Examination of shape memory polymer-auxetic landing gears on landing approach for quadcopter,” Materials Today, Proceedings., vol. 47, pp. 471–479, Jan. 2021

Conference Publications

  • Magesh.M., Siranthini B., Anitha R., Karthikeyan S., Machine Vision -based Tool location and wear monitoring in Turning operation: optical Setup and Image Processing Approaches” in 2023 fifth international conference on Recent Advances in materials and Manufacturing (ICRAMM 2023).
  • Magesh.M., Siranthini B., Anitha R., Karthikeyan S., “Non -Destructive detection of Material defects in Monel Alloy using Force and Acoustic -Emission Measurements during turning operation” in 2023 fifth international conference on Recent Advances in materials and Manufacturing (ICRAMM 2023).
  • Magesh, M., Jawahar, P.K., Saranya  “Spider monkey based metaheuristic tuning of PID controllers for stability landing of UAV’S with SMP-Auxetic landing gears”  Published in 2022 First International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies (ICEEICT) ( Volume: 110, Issue: 01, Jan. 2022).
  • Charlest, M. M., Kumar, S. L., Magesh, M., Arul, K., Thiyagu, M., Jawahar, R., Saranya, S. N., & Mohanavel, V. (2022). Performance analysis of glass solar still for different energy storage materials using artificial neural network. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2405.
  • Lakshmana Kumar, S., Thenmozhi, M., Magesh, M., & Saranya, S. N. (2022). Optimization of Distillation Parameters for Glass Solar Still for Different Energy Storage Materials using Artificial Neural Network. Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronics and Renewable Systems, ICEARS 2022, 1791–1798.
  • Magesh, M., Jawahar, P.K., “Aerodynamics of Drones with Auxetic Landing Gears During Perching Conditions”, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), Volume-9 Issue-24, December 2019.
  • Magesh, M. (2007). “Integration of vision and inertial navigation system for landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle” 2007 IEEE/AIAA 26th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 5.C.6-1

Design Patent Published

  • Title of the invention: Honeycomb Flexible Frame for Drones
    Design No.: 364060-001
    Country: India
    Date of filing of Application :11/05/2022
    Publication Date: 05/10/2023
  • Title of the invention: Neoprene Auxetic Pads for Drone Landing
    Design No.: 364062-001
    Country: India
    Date of filing of Application :11/05/2022
    Publication Date: 01/06/2023

Professional Affiliation/ Membership

  • Member of Aeronautical Society of India
  • Member of Institution of Engineers (India)
  • Member of IEEE.

Extension

Guest Lecture Delivered:

  • A guest lecture delivered on “Design and development of multicopter Drone” at Tagore Engineering college, Chennai
  • A guest lecture delivered on “Design of MAV systems” at MIT, Anna university, Chennai, Jan 2016.
  • A lecture delivered on “Navigation systems” at FDP organized by PME Engineering college Chennai, June 2014.
  • A guest lecture delivered on “Advances of Digital AVionics” at PSN college of Engineering, Tirunelveli, Dec 2012.

Conferences/Seminars/Short term courses participated:

  • 4-week faculty induction/ orientation programme for “Faculty in Universities /Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education” organized by Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, under ministry of education Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National mission on Teachers and Teaching on Jan -Feb 2023.
  • Two-week programme on “Machine learning with Python Programming” organized by sona college of technology on July 2020.
  • One month programme on global certification course on “Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD)” organized by department of ECE, BSACIST on April – May 2022.
  • Two- week FDP on “Application of Moodle LMS” organized by BSACIST, Chennai on July 2020.
  • Two week faculty training programme organized by EIE department, BSACIST on “Advances on Biomedical Instrumentation and Nanotechnology
    One week induction training & orientation programme organized by BSACIST on July 2013.
  • A three day course on “Emerging trends in aircraft engines” at Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai in association with Aeronautical society of India, Chennai chapter.
  • Sixth International High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit, HEMCE – 07, organized by Tagore Engineering College in association with Sathish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
  • A two day workshop on “Current Status & Emerging Trends of Aircraft Development in India” conducted by Department of Aerospace Engineering, MIT, Anna University, Chennai.
  • A two week short term course on ISO 9000 – Sigma Black belt certification conducted by Honeywell technologies – ISO on Jan 2008.

Workshop/ Training Organized

  • National Level workshop on “Drone Development Challenge 2023”in association with SAE India on 16th -17th December 2022.
  • One day inter collegiate workshop on “Quadcopter Drone RC Flying, under Drone 360 programme on 26th September 2022
  • Training program on “Drone Techniques and their Application in Policing” for Deputy Superintendent of police cadet at Tamilnadu Police training academy on 28th & 29th June 2021.
  • Two-day workshop on “Design and Development of CubeSat” on March 02nd -03rd, 2020, for intercollege students.
  • One day workshop for inter collegiate students on “Design and Development of Quad copter UAV” on 12th September 2018.

Accolades

  • Certified Instructor and Pilot for small and medium sized RCAS from Directorate general of Civil aviation (DGCA). (RPC: No. PC102200000XS)
  • Certified Associate developer (CLAD) on LabView from National Instruments.
  • Developed State-of-art Drone simulation and modelling lab in the department of Aerospace Engineering, BSACIST