Ayan Mukherjee

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, University of Sheffield

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Ayan Mukherjee is a researcher whose work spans robotics, control systems, and thermomechanical process modeling, with particular expertise in the application of bond graph methodologies to complex engineering problems. His most recognized contributions lie in the domain of space robotics, where his investigations into impedance control address one of the field's most challenging problems: managing force interactions between a robotic manipulator and its environment when the base platform is free-floating and susceptible to positional disturbances. These papers, together accumulating nearly 30 citations, offer practical frameworks for achieving coordinated trajectory and force control in such dynamically coupled systems. Earlier in his career, Mukherjee demonstrated the versatility of bond graph techniques by developing closed-form, iteration-free expressions for computing joint driving torques in robotic manipulators and mechanisms — a methodologically elegant contribution that simplifies feedforward control design. He further extended bond graph modeling into thermometallurgical processes, producing a detailed analysis of runout table cooling that incorporates jet impingement, film boiling, and radiation heat transfer. Taken together, his body of work reflects a consistent drive to apply rigorous, systems-level modeling approaches across diverse and demanding engineering domains, making him a notable contributor to both robotics control theory and industrial process simulation.