Aashish Shaju

Vehicle dynamics, control, and simulation

Education

Ph.D., Virginia Tech
2021–2024
M.S., IIT Hyderabad
2018–2020
B.Tech, CUSAT
2013–2017

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Honors & Awards

  • Plenary presentation at IAVSD 2025.
  • Received the Pratt Fellowship (Academic Year 2022–2023) from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, for academic achievements.

Academic Experience

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant: (a) Fundamentals of Engineering Measurement and Data Analysis Lab, (b) Introduction to Programming and Numerical Methods in Engineering (Virginia Tech).
  • Faculty support assistant during the first year of Ph.D. at Virginia Tech; responsibilities included identifying topics, creating, and compiling course materials for a newly developed course focused on applying engineering principles to address practical industrial requirements.
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant: (a) Vehicle Dynamics and Modeling, (b) Dynamics and Vibrations (IIT Hyderabad).

Relevant Coursework

MPC for agile robots | Estimation and filtering | Nonlinear control theory | Vehicle Dynamics and Modeling | Applied linear systems | Applied linear control | Advanced instrumentation | Control Engineering | Dynamics and Vibrations | Rotor Dynamics | Non-Linear Dynamics | Robot Manipulators – Kinematics and Dynamics | Planar Multibody Dynamics | Engineering Noise Control | Advanced Topics in Mathematical tools | Condition monitoring of Machine elements