Rajesh Rajamani

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Associate Director of Research, MnRI

Contact

rajamani@umn.edu

612-626-7961

203 Mechanical Engineering
111 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Rajesh Rajamani

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Associate Director of Research, MnRI

Research

Professor Rajamani's research focuses on the design of estimation algorithms, sensors and controllers for smart and autonomous systems. Specific major areas of research have included:

Estimation algorithms and control systems for intelligent vehicles, active sensing and estimation on smart bicycles, imminent collision detection sensors, tracking systems for complex traffic on urban roads and highways, and road condition monitoring transducers.
Fundamental estimation algorithms for globally stable state estimation in nonlinear systems, for fault diagnostics, and for unknown input estimation.
Wearable sensors, automated monitoring of disease status, estimation algorithms for analysis of arm and leg motions, and activity classification.
Design of handheld diagnostic instruments and associated estimation algorithms for medical applications.

Biography

Rajesh Rajamani’s research focuses on the design of estimation algorithms, sensors and controllers for smart and autonomous systems.

Lab
Laboratory for Innovations in Sensing, Estimation, and Control (LISEC) - ME 369 & 3132

ME Research Areas
Sensing & Controls

ME Impact Areas
Robotics & Mobility
Human Health

Education

Ph.D. 1993, Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
M.S. 1991, Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
B.Tech. 1989, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

Teaching

Publications & Awards

Honors and Awards

ASME Charles Stark Draper Innovative Practice Award
Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Madras
IEEE Fellow
Best University Start Ups of 2016, U.S. National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer
Benjamin Y.H. Liu TSI Applied Technology Endowed Chair
ASME Fellow
Editors’ Choice, Applied Physics Letters
O. Hugo Schuck Award
Ralph R. Teetor Award
CTS Research Partnership Award
Best Paper of the Year Award, IEEE TCST
NSF CAREER Award
Outstanding Achievement of the Year Award, UTRC
The Sivasailam Merit Prize, IIT Madras

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Selected Publications

A. Nouriani, R.A. McGovern and R. Rajamani, “Step Length Estimation with Wearable Sensors Using a Switched-Gain Nonlinear Observer,” Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Vol. 69, Article 102822, August 2021.
W. Jeon, A. Chakrabarty, A. Zemouche and R. Rajamani, “Simultaneous State Estimation and Tire Model Learning for Autonomous Vehicle Applications,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 1941-1950, August 2021.
W. Jeon, Z. Xie, A. Zemouche and R. Rajamani, “Simultaneous Cyber-Attack Detection and Radar Sensor Health monitoring in Connected ACC Vehicles,” IEEE Sensors, Vol. 21, No. 14, pp. 15741-15752, July 15, 2021.
R. Rajamani, W. Jeon, H. Movahedi and A. Zemouche, “On the Need for Switched Gain Observers for Non-Monotonic Nonlinear Systems,” full paper in Automatica, Article 108814, Vol. 114, April 2020.
A. Zemouche, F. Zhang, F. Mazenc and R. Rajamani, “High Gain Nonlinear Observer with Lower Tuning Parameter,” full paper in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 64, No. 8, August 2019.

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