Dr. Suraj Damodaran is an assistant professor in the Department of Instrumentation, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). He obtained his Ph.D. in Robotics and Control from the National Institute of Technology Calicut. His areas of specialization include control systems, robotics, fractional-order control, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies. He has published research papers in SCIE-indexed journals and actively contributes to teaching, research, curriculum development, accreditation, and quality assurance activities. He serves as the Principal Investigator of the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Lab at CUSAT and is involved in mentoring undergraduate and postgraduate students and research scholars.

Fractional-Order Control, Genetic Algorithms, Model-Matching Control, Model-Order Reduction, The application of Control Theory to Robotic Systems

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Generalized method for rational approximation of SISO/MIMO fractional-order systems using squared magnitude function, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, SAGE Publications Vol. 46, 2024

Design of suboptimal model-matching controllers using squared magnitude function for MIMO linear systems, Automatika, Taylor and Francis Ltd. Vol. 62, 2021

Model-Matching Fractional-Order Controller Design Using AGTM/AGMP Matching Technique for SISO/MIMO Linear Systems, IEEE Access, IEEE Vol. 7, 2019

Efficient Robot Identification in Multi-Robot Systems: A ROS-Based YOLOv8 Implementation for Real-World Scenarios, 2025 International Conference on Advancements in Power, Communication and Intelligent Systems (APCI), 2025

ROS-Enabled Automated Fruit Sorting with YOLOv5 Object Detection and Navigation Integration on a Wheeled Mobile Robot, 1st IEEE Conference on Smart Power Control and Renewal Energy (ICSPCRE) 2024, 2024

ROS2 - Powered Autonomous Navigation for TurtleBot3: Integrating Nav2 Stack in Gazebo, RViz and Real-World Environments, 5th IEEE International conference on signal processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy systems (SPICES) 2024, 2024

Enhancing Mobile Robot Navigation in TurtleBot3 Burger: A ROS-Enabled Approach Focusing on Obstacle Avoidance in Real-world Scenario, 5th IEEE International conference on signal processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy systems (SPICES) 2024, 2024

Design and Implementation of Desired Interaction Yielding Fractional-Order Controller With Application to Wheeled Mobile Robot, 2021 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems (ACCESS), 2021

Design and Implementation of GA Tuned PID Controller for Desired Interaction and Trajectory Tracking of Wheeled Mobile Robot, Advances in Robotics (AIR '17), IIT DELHI, 2017

An evaluation of spatial mapping of indoor environment based on point cloud registration using Kinect sensor, 2015 International Conference on Control Communication & Computing India (ICCC), 2015

Best Paper Award – 5th IEEE International conference on signal processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy systems (SPICES) 2024 from IIIT Kottayam, in the year 2024

Judge- IEEE TechBurst project presentation from MSIGMA, in the year 2024

Session Chair – 3rd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems (ACCESS) from Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady, Ernakulam, India , in the year 2023

Publication chair, reviewer, Chair of Robotics track from in 2021 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems (ACCESS) hosted by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady, Ernaku, in the year 2021

RESEARCH PROJECTS

"Establishment of Positioning, Navigation & Timing (PNT) Laboratory" (IIT Tirupati Navavishkar i-Hub Foundation (NM-ICPS)- 2025 -2026 , Total outlay Rs.400000)