Yogang Singh B.Tech, MS, PhD, AFHEA
Lecturer in Automation, Control and Systems Engineering
Summary
I am a Lecturer in Automation, Control and Systems Engineering within the Department of Engineering and Mathematics and am a part of the Control Engineering Subject Group. My main areas of research are AI-based Path Planning, Dynamics & Control of Autonomous Robotic Systems and Systems Modelling & Simulation of Autonomous Systems with a special focus on Industry 4.0 and Maritime 4.0 applications.
About
I am a Lecturer in Automation, Control and Systems Engineering within the Department of Engineering and Mathematics and am a part of the Control Engineering Subject Group. I received PhD as a Commonwealth Scholar in the year 2019 from the University of Plymouth in the area of Dynamics and Control of Multi-Robot Systems in the Maritime Domain. Prior to that, I completed my research master's in India from the Indian Institute of Technology- Madras in the area of control of underwater vehicles. Post PhD, I have worked internationally as a Postdoctoral Researcher for more than three years in the United States and Belgium with major organisations of high international repute like Purdue University, KU Leuven and Gent University in the area of Automation, Control and Systems Engineering, in close alliance with industrial partners and international organisations. During my academic journey, I have taken up responsibilities as a lead researcher, coordinator, manager, student mentor, advisor, organiser and demonstrator. During my postdoctoral journey, I have coordinated projects of more than 6M£ and made project submissions in regional and European landscapes of more than 4M£.
Teaching
Department of Engineering and Mathematics
College of Business, Technology and Engineering
Subject area or group:
- Control Engineering
Courses taught:
- Advanced Control Methods (Level 7)- Hilary Term 2023
Research
2020-2022 : Regional Basic Research Project (Belgium): Decision Framework for Assembly System Reconfiguration (SBO Assembly Recon)
Funding Body: VLAIO (Vlaams Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen)- Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Role: Co-Coordinator from Industrial Systems Engineering (ISyE) Research Group
Status: Running
Project Partners: ROB-KU Leuven, FlandersMake (ProductionS, CodesignS)
Amount: ~2.7 M$
Responsbilities:
Technical meetings with PhD researchers and research engineers to design approaches for research questions associated with the project.
Escalate major technical and administrative issues associated with the budget and deadlines of the project to the project leader.
Writing support in publications, technical reports, and presentations associated with the project.
2020-2022 : Regional Applied Research Project (Belgium): Predictive Optimised Supply Chains (ICON POSH)
Funding Body: VIL (Vlaams Innoveren Logistics)- Flanders Innovation for Logistics
Role: Co-Coordinator from Industrial Systems Engineering (ISyE) Research Group
Status: Running
Project Partners: VIL, IMEC-ID Lab (Research Partners); Boltzman, Faktion, GIS and Solvice (Industrial Partners)
Amount: ~1.6 M$
Responsbilities:
Coordinator for organising technical and administrative meetings with all stake holders for meeting agreed deadlines.
Technical meetings with PhD researchers and research engineers to design approaches for research questions associated with the project.
Escalate major technical and administrative issues associated with the budget and deadlines of the project to the project leader.
Writing support in publications, technical reports, and presentations associated with the project.
2020 : Regional Applied Research Project (Belgium): Shared Situational Awareness for Marine Vessels (ICON SSAVe)
Funding Body: VLAIO (Vlaams Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen)- Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Role: Lead Researcher from Intelligent Mobile Platforms(IMP) Research Group
Status: Completed
Project Partners: ROB-KU Leuven, Royal Military Academy(RMA), IMEC-ID Lab (Research Partners); Tresco, dotOcean & DEME (Industrial Partners)
Amount: ~1.6 M$
Responsbilities:
Performing captive model test using free running trials to determine the maneuvering characterstics of the prototype inland vessel "Cogge" available with IMP group
Technical meetings with PhD researchers and research engineers to design approaches for research questions associated with the project.
Escalate major technical and administrative issues associated with the budget and deadlines of the project to the project leader.
Writing support in publications, technical reports, and presentations associated with the project.
2012-2015 : National Applied Research Project (India): Design and Development of a Laboratory Underwater Glider
Funding Body: Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), India
Role: Researcher at Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras
Status: Completed
Project Partners: Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras
Amount: ~4K$
Responsbilities:
CAD Modelling and CFD study of the underwater glider for hydrodynamic modelling.
Prototype manufacturing, testing and validation of the motion performance in indoor (Wave Flume) and outdoor (Swimming Pool) environment.
Representing research group in conferences, research expos, technical and academic events.
Escalate major technical and administrative issues associated with the budget and deadlines of the project to the funding agency.
Lead for publications, technical reports, and presentations associated with the project.
Publications
Journal articles
Szyrowski, T., Khan, A., Pemberton, R., Sharma, S.K., Singh, Y., & Polvara, R. (2022). Range extension for electromagnetic detection of subsea power and telecommunication cables. Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology, 21 (2), 65-72. http://doi.org/10.1080/20464177.2019.1634966
Guevara, S., Singh, Y., Shores, A., Mercado, J., Postigo, M., Garcia, J., & Newell, B. (2020). Development of a Pilot Smart Irrigation System for Peruvian Highlands. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 171 (1), 49-62. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704x.2020.3344.x
Mina, T., Singh, Y., & Min, B.-.C. (2020). Maneuvering Ability-Based Weighted Potential Field Framework for Multi-USV Navigation, Guidance, and Control. Marine Technology Society Journal, 54 (4), 40-58. http://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.54.4.6
Singh, Y., Sharma, S., Sutton, R., & Hatton, D. (2018). Towards use of Dijkstra Algorithm for Optimal Navigation of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle in a Real-Time Marine Environment with results from Artificial Potential Field. TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, 12 (1), 125-131. http://doi.org/10.12716/1001.12.01.14
Singh, Y., Sharma, S., Sutton, R., Hatton, D., & Khan, A. (2018). A constrained A* approach towards optimal path planning for an unmanned surface vehicle in a maritime environment containing dynamic obstacles and ocean currents. Ocean Engineering, 169, 187-201. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.09.016
Singh, Y., Sharma, S., Hatton, D., & Sutton, R. (2018). Optimal path planning of unmanned surface vehicles. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 47 (7), 1325-1334.
Mir-Nasiri, N. (2017). Human - exoskeleton interaction via tactile sensors for the motion assistance. Journal of Applied Mechanical Engineering, 06 (06). http://doi.org/10.4172/2168-9873-c1-014
Singh, Y., Bhattacharyya, S.K., & Idichandy, V.G. (2017). CFD approach to modelling, hydrodynamic analysis and motion characteristics of a laboratory underwater glider with experimental results. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science, 2 (2), 90-119. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.joes.2017.03.003
Peeters, G., Van Baelen, S., Yayla, G., Catoor, T., Afzal, M.R., Christofakis, C., ... Slaets, P. (n.d.). Decoupled Hydrodynamic Models and Their Outdoor Identification for an Unmanned Inland Cargo Vessel with Embedded Fully Rotatable Thrusters. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8 (11), 889. http://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8110889
González-Prieto, J.A., Pérez-Collazo, C., & Singh, Y. (n.d.). Adaptive Integral Sliding Mode Based Course Keeping Control of Unmanned Surface Vehicle. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10 (1), 68. http://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10010068
Singh, Y., Bibuli, M., Zereik, E., Sharma, S., Khan, A., & Sutton, R. (n.d.). A Novel Double Layered Hybrid Multi-Robot Framework for Guidance and Navigation of Unmanned Surface Vehicles in a Practical Maritime Environment. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8 (9), 624. http://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8090624
Conference papers
Yayla, G., Christofakis, C., Storms, S., Catoor, T., Pilozzi, P., Singh, Y., ... Slaets, P. (2021). Measuring the Impact of a Navigation Aid in Unmanned Ship Handling via a Shore Control Center. In Advances in Human Factors in Robots, Unmanned Systems and Cybersecurity, (pp. 52-59). Springer International Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79997-7_7
Haseltalab, A., Garofano, V., & Afzal, M.R. (2020). The Collaborative Autonomous Shipping Experiment (CASE): Motivations, Theory, Infrastructure, and Experimental Challenges. Proceedings of the International Ship Control Systems Symposium (iSCSS). http://doi.org/10.24868/issn.2631-8741.2020.014
Yayla, G., Van Baelen, S., & Peeters, G. (2020). Accuracy Benchmark of Galileo and EGNOS for Inland Waterways. Proceedings of the International Ship Control Systems Symposium (iSCSS). http://doi.org/10.24868/issn.2631-8741.2020.009
Luo, S., Singh, Y., Yang, H., Bae, J.H., Dietz, J.E., Diao, X., & Min, B.-.C. (2019). Image Processing and Model-Based Spill Coverage Path Planning for Unmanned Surface Vehicles. OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE. http://doi.org/10.23919/oceans40490.2019.8962662
Bae, J.H., Min, B.-.C., Luo, S., Kannan, S.S., Singh, Y., Lee, B., ... Aguilar, L.P. (2019). Development of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Remote Sediment Sampling with a Van Veen Grab Sampler. OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE. http://doi.org/10.23919/oceans40490.2019.8962837
Mina, T., Singh, Y., & Min, B.-.C. (2019). A Novel Double Layered Weighted Potential Field Framework for Multi-USV Navigation towards Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance in a Constrained Maritime Environment. OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE. http://doi.org/10.23919/oceans40490.2019.8962675
Bibuli, M., Singh, Y., Sharma, S., Sutton, R., Hatton, D., & Khan, A. (2018). A Two Layered Optimal Approach towards Cooperative Motion Planning of Unmanned Surface Vehicles in a Constrained Maritime Environment. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51 (29), 378-383. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.09.458
Singh, Y., Sharma, S., Sutton, R., Hatton, D., & Khan, A. (2018). Feasibility study of a constrained Dijkstra approach for optimal path planning of an unmanned surface vehicle in a dynamic maritime environment. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC). http://doi.org/10.1109/icarsc.2018.8374170
Singh, Y., Sharma, S., Sutton, R., & Hatton, D. (2017). Optimal Path Planning of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle in a Real- Time Marine Environment using a Dijkstra Algorithm. Marine Navigation. http://doi.org/10.1201/9781315099132-70
Abed, W., Polvara, R., Singh, Y., Sharma, S., Sutton, R., Hatton, D., ... Wan, J. (2016). Advanced feature extraction and dimensionality reduction for unmanned underwater vehicle fault diagnosis. 2016 UKACC 11th International Conference on Control (CONTROL). http://doi.org/10.1109/control.2016.7737596
Upadhyay, V.K., Singh, Y., & Idichandy, V.G. (2015). Modelling and control of an underwater laboratory glider. 2015 IEEE Underwater Technology (UT). http://doi.org/10.1109/ut.2015.7108311
Kannappa Palaniappan P, , Singh, Y., & Idichandy, V.G. (2015). Numerical study of a twin sphere pressure hull and outer fairing for manned submersible. 2015 IEEE Underwater Technology (UT). http://doi.org/10.1109/ut.2015.7108230
Singh, Y., Bhattacharyya, S.K., & Idichandy, V.G. (2014). CFD approach to steady state analysis of an underwater glider. 2014 Oceans - St. John's. http://doi.org/10.1109/oceans.2014.7002977
Book chapters
Chamani, C., Aghezzaf, E.-.H., Khatab, A., Raa, B., Singh, Y., & Cottyn, J. (2021). An Integrated Single-Item Lot-Sizing Problem in a Two-Stage Industrial Symbiosis Supply Chain with Stochastic Demands. In Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems. (pp. 683-693). Springer International Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85902-2_73
Uzunosmanoglu, M., Raa, B., Limère, V., De Cock, A., Singh, Y., Lopez, A.J., ... Cottyn, J. (2021). Aggregate Planning for Multi-product Assembly Lines with Reconfigurable Cells. In Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems. (pp. 525-534). Springer International Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85902-2_56
Van De Ginste, L., De Cock, A., Van Alboom, A., Singh, Y., Aghezzaf, E.-.H., & Cottyn, J. (2021). A Formal Skill Model Facilitating the Design and Operation of Flexible Assembly Workstations. In Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems. (pp. 108-116). Springer International Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85914-5_12
Singh, Y., Sharma, S., Sutton, R., Hatton, D., & Khan, A. (2019). Efficient optimal path planning of unmanned surface vehicles. In Navigation and Control of Autonomous Marine Vehicles. (pp. 31-60). Institution of Engineering and Technology: http://doi.org/10.1049/pbtr011e_ch2
Other activities
Technical Committee:
• Unmanned Systems Track in First International Conference of Smart Systems and Emerging
Technologies (SMARTTECH 2020)
• Program Committee: Springer Book on Deep Learning for Unmanned Systems (DLUS) 2020.
Editorial Board:
• Editorial Board Member- Area: Robotics and Automation; Journal: Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Postgraduate supervision
Masters Thesis
Role: Co-Advisor
2020 (KU Leuven, Belgium): Luk Leemans (Graduated) & Yentl Michels (Graduated; Pursuing second master's at KU Leuven, Belgium)
Thesis Title: Design, Build and Installation of a Bow Thruster on 1/25 scale model of a Watertruck + Self-Propelling Barge
The goal of this thesis was the design, build and installation of a bow thruster on a 1/25 scale model of a Watertruck+ self-propelling barge. The CAD model was validated with Bifilar experiments followed by outdoor experiments for different path-following scenarios.
PhD Students
Role: Mentoring
2019 (Purdue University): Dr. Tamzidul Mina (Graduated; Currently working at Sandia NL- USA), Shyam Sundar Kannan (Pursuing), Dr. Jun Han Bae(Graduated; Currently postdoc at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) and Dr. Shaocheng Luo (Graduated; Currently postdoc at University of Alberta, Canada)
A Multi-USV framework for Navigation and Guidance of USVs was developed with Dr. Tamzidul Mina selected for IEEE OES Student Poster Competition (20 abstracts selected globally) with award of Student Travel Grant to present the work in IEEE OCEANS 2019 Seattle (Source: SMART Lab)
A conceptual framework for monitoring the oil spill in harbours was developed with Dr. Shaocheng Luo using concepts of coverage path planning and remote sensing technology and work was presented in IEEE OCEANS 2019 Seattle (Source: SMART Lab)
Bachelor Students
Role: Mentoring
2019 (Purdue University): Pou Hei Chan (Pursuing) and Yuta Haoshi (Graduated; Current a masters student at Carnegie Mellon University, USA)