R. K. Pant
Professor
Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
India
Biography
Ph.D. Cranfield University, M.Tech, IIT Madras, BSc.(Engg.) , PEC Chandigarh, all in Aerospace Engineering
Research Interest
Design and Development of Lighter-than-Air Systems, Aircraft Conceptual Design, Evolutionary Optimization, and Air Transportation Self–contained Re-locatable Tethered Aerostat System for Agricultural Applications, sponsored by Tata Centre for Technology & Design, IIT Bombay. Design and Flight Testing of an autonomous airship, sponsored by Systems and Systems Engineering Panel, Aeronautics R&D Board, India. Simulation and testing of a Payload Recovery Device, sponsored by Aerial Delivery R&D Establishment, DRDO. Sizing and Optimization of High Altitude Airship Platform, sponsored by National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore. Conceptual Design of unmanned aerial vehicle for operation at High Altitudes, sponsored by Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment, DRDO, Government of India.
Publications
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Bhardwaj, U and Syed, K and Pant, R. S., Design, Fabrication and Testing of Mooring Masts for Remotely Controlled Indoor and Outdoor Airships, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, Mechanical, Production, Aerospace and Marine Engineering, Springer, Volume 97, Issue 2, pp. 257-277, April 2016, ISSN: 2250-0545.
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Godbole, P., and Ranade, A., and Pant, R. S., Branch & Bound Global-Search Algorithm for Aircraft Ground Movement Optimization, AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems,
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Pant, R. S., Design-Build-Fly Projects of Lighter-Than-Air Systems for Enhanced Learning of Aircraft Design Principles, Proceedings of First Seminar of Asian Workshop on Aircraft Design and Education (AWADE 2016), pp. 70-79, Nanjing, PRC, 8-11 October 2016.
