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Dr. Akhil V. M.

Assistant Professor (Sr. Gd), School of Artificial Intelligence, Coimbatore

Qualification: Ph.D
vm_akhil@cb.amrita.edu
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Research Interest: Rehabilitation robotics; Biomechanics; Rapid prototyping

Bio

Dr. Akhil V M took PhD in Rehabilitation robotics from the National Institute of Technology-Calicut, India, and has post-doctoral experience from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in supportive robotics. Currently,he is working on the design and development of a lower limb exoskeleton for rehabilitation.
His research activities include the design and development of a lower limb exoskeleton for rehabilitation, the effect of surface conditions in muscle activity, and electromyography signal-based control of the supporting devices. He has worked on the external and internal parameters that affect the human joint torque under different surface and walking conditions. His areas of interest include Product design, robotics, Bio-mechanics, Structural analysis, 3D printing, etc. He worked as an assistant professor at the National Institute of Engineering Karnataka (2020-2022) and Heera College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram in the period from 2013to 2015. He has guided many M-Tech and B-Tech students to pursue their projects and writing papers. He hasthirty-six publications which include eight international journals and twenty-eight conference proceedings. One patent for his invention in the field of the load-carrying device.

Qualification
  • Post-doctoral Experience 
    Institute Post-doctoral Fellow: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, In supportive robotics. 2023 to 2024
  • PhD (Year) : 2015-2020 
    Specialization: Robotics 
    Thesis title: Design, development and Control of a pneumatically activated Human Locomotion System
  • M.Tech (Year): 2013 
    Specialization: Machine Design 
    Thesis title: Design and analysis of Hydraulic Actuator for Engine Gimbal Control of a Satellite Launch Vehicle (for 5000 psi Hydraulic System)
Positions
  • Assistant professor(Sr. Gr.) – (Department of Artificial Intelligence) – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, June’2024 to Till
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, June 2023 to June 2024
  • Assistant professor – (Department of Mechanical Engineering) – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala,  Dec’2022 to June 2023
  • Assistant professor – (Department of Mechanical Engineering) – National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, Dec’2020 to Nov 2022
  • Teaching Assistant – (Department of Mechanical Engineering) – National Institute of Technology Calicut, Dec’2015 to Dec’2020
  • Assistant professor – (Department of Mechanical Engineering) – Heera College of Engineering, Trivandrum,  June’2013 to Dec’2015
Projects

Sponsored Projects

  • “Development of condition monitoring and predictive maintenance system for gear box” – TIH-IoT , IIT Bombay (4,00,000) -PI
  • ““Design and development of load carrying device” – BIRAC, Govt of India (Rs. 1,00,000)-PI “Development of a low cost exoskeleton” DIC- IISC, (Rs, 1,00,000)-PI
Reviewers (National/International Journals; Conferences)

International Journals

  • Natural Language Processing Journal, Elsevier
  • Engineering Research Express, IOP
  • BMC Biomedical Engineering, Springer
  • Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Willey
  • PLOS ONE