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Control and Signal Processing Research Group---
Vision to setup a dynamic research group, a bridge between academia and industry, acting as a catalyst in hi-tech industrial growth in the third world. It will be strived to make the group membership accessible to all, especially the down trodden classes of the society.
Introduction
CASPR (Controls and Signal Processing Research) Group at M A Jinnah University is a Research Group at Department of Electronic Engineering at M A Jinnah University.
Around twenty PhD students are working on the state of the art projects on Radar Systems, Automotive Control, Robotics, Fuel Cell Control and Aircraft Control.
The main aim of the group is the development of high tech human resource in the area of Electrical Engineering for the third world. The developed HR will act as nuclei agents for the growth in hi-tech engineering areas.
Controls and Signal Processing Research Group is a trend-setting research group in Pakistans engineering research horizon. The group started in 2001 in CASE Islamabad. The group includes five faculty members. One postdoctoral researcher is also working with the group. There are thirty full time/part time researchers in the group. There are nineteen PhD students and four Masters students. Major accomplishments of the group are elaborated later. In addition to the work on Higher Order Sliding Mode and its applications the PhD students are working on projects pertaining to Automotives control and fault diagnostics, Robotics, Radars and Aircraft Control and Guidance.
Technical Areas covered
Control applications
Aircrafts
An MSc thesis was completed on the topic of robust controller design for a benchmark aircraft. Currently two undergraduate groups are working on making an RPV autonomous. One PhD student is working on UAV guidance algorithms. An MSc student has devised successful decoupling controllers for a twin rotor platform resulting in three conference publications so far.
Automotives
The main emphasis is on making early warning systems based on OBDII measurements. The work has been published in IEEE Trans on Industrial Electronics. The group purchased an engine. The engine is being used to formulate engine speed control strategies. Actively work is being done on the development of novel misfire detection strategies. Two PhD students are working in this area.
Robotics
A PhD student is working on the development of robust control strategies for stabilized platforms. He has successfully tested H-infinity and LMI controllers on the platform in the actual field trials. A group of undergraduate students is working on forward and reverse kinematics of a robotic arm. Another group is devising parking strategies for wheeled robots.
Fuel Cells
Two PhD students are working on fuel cell control and fault diagnostics to make cheaper fuel cells for domestic energy consumption.
Theoretical development in Sliding Mode Control
We are actively pursuing HOSM based design algorithms. Novel HOSM based observers have been designed and implemented for automotives and research reactors.
Radar System Level Design and development
The group has actively taken part in the system level design of Ground Surveillance Radar developed at NUST. The group has already designed and in the process of developing:
A low range Phased Array Radar
An LPI FMCW Radar
An open architecture based surveillance radar
Development of Radar Signal Processors
The group has developed radar signal processors for:
Siemens MPDR45E Radar
Ground Surveillance Radar
Development of Radar Simulator
A full fledge radar design tool and simulator is being developed. One PhD student is working on this project.
Group structure and strengths
The group has four full time faculty members and one adjunct faculty member.
20 PhD students member
04 MSc students
Students from CASE and Jinnah
Achievements
1) The following research proposal are accepted or pursued in the current academic year:
a. LPI Radar design proposal accepted by a local industry. The proposal amounts to Rs One Million and funds one PhD student.
b. Electronically Scanned Phase Array Proposal accepted by a government industry. The project will last 18 months and costs PRs 12.6 Millions. The project funds three PhD students.
c. FMCW Radar design proposal submitted to a radar related government organization. The proposal amounts to Rs 2.4 Million.d. Joint Research Proposal on Low Cost Fuel Cell based Power Supply Control and Fault Diagnostics with Leicester University UK is prepared for Delphi Round 4 and submitted.
e. Joint Research Proposal on Low Cost Fuel Cell based UPS with Leicester University UK is prepared for INSPIRE and submitted.
f. A proposal on the development of a low cost device for automotive fault diagnostics submitted to ICT R&D Fund, two internal reviews have taken place.
g. A proposal on MRE Algorithms Development for the detection of state of Liver Tumor is prepared and submitted.