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Krishna Bhavithavya Kidambi

Assistant Professor

Full-Time Faculty

School of Engineering: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Contact

Email: Krishna Kidambi
Phone: 937-229-5290
Kettering Labs Room 345 D

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Bio

Dr. Kidambi joined the University of Dayton as an assistant professor in the spring of 2022. Prior to that, he was a Maryland Robotic Center Postdoc Fellow at University of Maryland. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His research interests include in the domain of Dynamics, Control and Robotics applied to various mechanical and aerospace applications. His research also focuses on developing control algorithms for systems under uncertainty. His current research focuses on dynamic model learning and quantifying uncertainty for nonlinear systems using Machine Learning approaches. He is also interested in providing safety and stability guarantees using learned approaches.

Selected Journal Papers

  • Kidambi, K. B., Fermüller, C., Aloimonos, Y., & Xu, H. (2021). Robust nonlinear control-based trajectory tracking for quadrotors under uncertainty. IEEE Control System Letters, 5(6), 2042-2047.
  • Kossery Jayaprakash, A., Kidambi, K. B., MacKunis, W., Drakunov, S. V., & Reyhanoglu, M. (2020). Finite-time state estimation for an inverted pendulum under input-multiplicative uncertainty, Robotics, 9(4), 87.
  • Kidambi, K. B., MacKunis, W., Drakunov, S. V., & Golubev, V. (2020). Sliding mode estimation and closed- loop active flow control under actuator uncertainty. International Journal of Robust Nonlinear Control, 30(16), 6645-6660. (IF:3.503)
  • Kidambi, K. B., MacKunis, W., Drakunov, S. V., & Golubev, V. (2020, January). A sliding mode estimation method for fluid flow fields using a differential inclusions-based analysis. International Journal of Control. (IF: 2.78)
  • Kidambi, K. B., Ramos-Pedroza, N., MacKunis, W., & Drakunov, S. V. (2019). A Closed-loop nonlinear control and sliding mode estimation strategy for fluid flow regulation. International Journal of Robust Nonlinear Control, 29(3), 779-792. (IF:3.503)

Selected Conferences

  • Kidambi, K. B., Tiwari, M., Kossery Jayapraksh, A., MacKunis, W., & Golubev, V. (2022, August). A sliding mode observer-based limit cycle oscillation suppression using a robust active flow control technique. Sixth IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), Trieste, Italy.
  • Kidambi, K. B., MacKunis, W., & Kossery Jayaprakash, A. (2020, December). Limit cycle oscillation suppression using a closed-loop nonlinear active flow control technique. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jeju Island, South Korea. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC42340.2020.9303839
  • MacKunis, W., Golubev, V., Kidambi, K. B., Manakbadi, R., & Stalnov, O. (2020, January). Towards efficient 2-DOF LCO control using a closed-loop nonlinear active flow control technique. AIAA SciTech, Orlando, FL. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-1492.
  • Ramos-Pedroza, N., Kidambi, K. B., MacKunis, W., & Reyhanoglu, M. (2018, December). A nonlinear output feedback regulation method for limit cycle oscillation suppression using a sliding mode observer. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, FL, 5646-5651.
  • Kidambi, K. B., MacKunis, W., Ramos-Pedroza, N., & Drakunov, S. V. (2017, August). Active flow control under actuator uncertainty using a sliding mode estimation strategy, IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, Hawai’i, HI, 7- 12.
  • Stebler, S., Campobasso, M., Kidambi, K. B, MacKunis, W., & Reyhanoglu, M. (2017, May). Dynamic neural network-based sliding mode estimation of quadrotor systems. IEEE American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, 2600-2605.
  • Kidambi, K. B., Ramos-Pedroza, N., MacKunis, W., & Drakunov, S. V. (2016, December). Robust nonlinear estimation and control of fluid flow velocity fields. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, 6727-6732.
  • Ramos-Pedroza, N., Kidambi, K. B., MacKunis, W., & Reyhanoglu, M. (2016, November). Nonlinear tracking control and structural vibration suppression for aircraft using synthetic jet actuators. International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Phuket, Thailand, 1-6.
  • MacKunis, W., Reyhanoglu, M., Kidambi, K. B., & Hervas, J. R. (2016, October). Nonlinear control of thermoacoustic oscillations in Rijke-type systems. International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, Gyeongju, Korea, 1221-1226.
  • MacKunis, W., Reyhanoglu, M., Kidambi, K. B., & Hervas, J. R. (2016, May). Robust and adaptive nonlinear regulation of thermoacoustic oscillations in Rijke-type systems. IEEE Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Alberta, Canada, 840- 845.
  • Kidambi, K. B., Basappa., & Singh. J. (2013, September). Flight Identification of a small fixed-wing UAV without flow angle measurements. International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems, Jaipur, India.

Book Chapter

  • MacKunis, W., Reyhanoglu, M., & Kidambi, K. B. (2018). Adaptive nonlinear regulation control of thermoacoustic oscillations in Rijke-type systems. In Adaptive robust control and its applications, Prof. Anh Tuan Le (Ed.), InTech. https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/57323

Selected Honors and Awards

  • NRC Research Associateship Program Postdoc Fellowship (Recommended for Award)
  • Maryland Robotic Center Postdoc Fellowship
  • Best Paper Award – International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems 2016

Courses Taught

  • Flight Vehicle Performance (MEE 440)
  • Programming for Mechanical Engineers (MEE 214)
  • Mechatronics (MEE 205)
  • Hands on Aerial Robotics (Graduate - University of Maryland)
  • Physics for Engineers (Undergraduate - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
  • Physics for Pilots (Undergraduate - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Engineering Physics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2019
  • Master’s Control Systems, Manipal University, 2013
  • Bachelor’s Electronics and Control Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur, 2010

Professional Activities

  • AIAA
  • IEEE
  • IEEE Control System Society
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

Research Interests

  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Control
  • Robotics
  • Uncertainty and Constraint-based Learning