Dr. DEVENDRA PRAKASH GHATE
Area of Research
Area of Research
Conjunction analysis for near earth (mainly LEO) objects (satellites and space debris) Aircraft system identification using Physics Informed Neural Networks Online Trajectory optimisation using Machine Learning Trajectory optimisation using direct/Indirec
Department
Education
- DPhil, Numerical Analysis, University of Oxford (2004 - 2014)
- Dual Degree (BTech/MTech), Aerospace Engineering, IIT-Bombay (1997 - 2002)
Funded Project
Co-investigator along with Prof. Satheesh K of the IIST-ISRO project titled "Simulation of non equilibrium
flows in shock tunnel nozzles"
Area of Interest
I am primarily interested in computations. Presently I am investigating ODEs solutions.
- Firstly, our group is investigating the applicability of Machine Learning techniques to get a generalised solution for a set of parameterised ODEs. We have chosen orbital mechanics as our field of application.
- Secondly, we are also investigating parameter estimation for systems governed by ODEs using ML techniques. We have chosen aircraft system identification problem to investigate these techniques.
I have worked on automatic differentiation in the past. Presently we are also investigating the use of AD tools to accelerate the conceptual design phase of aircraft design by using forward and reverse mode AD techniques along with gradient optimisation.