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Sunil K. Agrawal

Sunil K. Agrawal is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sunil K. Agrawal rather than just read about it. In short: Sunil K. Agrawal (born 1963) is an Indian roboticist and professor of Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science with secondary appointment in Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine at Columbia University.

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Reference excerpt

Sunil K. Agrawal (born 1963) is an Indian roboticist and professor of Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science with secondary appointment in Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine at Columbia University. Agrawal is the author of more than 500 journals, three books, and has 15 U.S. patents.

Background and career Prof. Agrawal obtained a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 1990 with emphasis on robotics, dynamics, and control. He currently directs the Robotics and Rehabilitation Laboratory (ROAR) and Robotic Systems Engineering Laboratory (ROSE), which have an active group of PhD, MS, UG, and post-doctoral researchers at Columbia University. He joined Columbia University as a professor in 2013. Before joining Columbia, he was a faculty member at Ohio University and University of Delaware. Agrawal's current and past research has focused on the design of intelligent machines using non-linear system theoretic principles, computational algorithms for planning and optimization, design of novel rehabilitation machines, and training algorithms for functional rehabilitation of neural impaired adults and children.

Academic Research Agrawal's NSF funded robotics research over the years include “Free-floating Space Robots”, “Cable-actuated robotic platforms”, “Flapping-wing micro air vehicles”, “Cable-driven leg exoskeletons”, “Robot enhanced mobility of children”. His NIH supported research includes “Gait training of stroke survivors using robotic exoskeletons (R01)”, “Early mobility training of special needs infants and toddlers (R21)”, “Wearable exoskeleton for training of arm movements for survivors of stroke (Pilot)”. Agrawal has pioneered novel approaches for design, trajectory planning, and optimization of under-actuated dynamic systems using the techniques of static feedback linearization, dynamic feedback linearization, and differential flatness. The fundamentals of this approach are summarized in journal papers, doctoral dissertations, and a research monograph “Differentially Flat Systems”. Agrawal's work on robotic exoskeletons and robot-assisted mobility for children is pioneering and is well cited by the research community.

Professional Service Agrawal has supervised dissertation/theses of 25 PhD and 35 MS students who have completed their degrees. His research has resulted in close to 500 refereed journal and conference papers, 8 US patents, and 10 pending patent applications/disclosures. Currently, Agrawal serves on the executive committee of ASME Design Division and is slated to be its chair in 2014. Agrawal has served as the Chair of ASME Mechanisms Technical Committee in 2006 and Chair of ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference in 2005. He has served on editorial boards and program committees of several prominent ASME and IEEE sponsored journals and conferences focused on robotics, control, and rehabilitation engineering.

Awards NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship - White House (1994) Bessel Prize - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2002) Fellow - ASME (2004) Humboldt U.S. Senior Scientist Award (2007) Distinguished Visiting Professor at Hanyang University in Korea - invited by Korea World Class University (WCU) Program (2009) Best Paper Award - 35th ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (2011) Best Student Paper Award - IEEE International Conference in Robotics and Automation (2012) The Machine Design Award - ASME (2016) Mechanisms and Robotics Award - ASME (2016)

Fellowship It was announced on January 20, 2016, that Agrawal was to be inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Sunil K. Agrawal

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sunil K. Agrawal claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sunil K. Agrawal before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sunil K. Agrawal ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sunil K. Agrawal

In research: Sunil K. Agrawal appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sunil K. Agrawal in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sunil K. Agrawal is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1963 births, Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Indian roboticists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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