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Tuhin Das

Tuhin Das

Professor

Email: tuhin.das@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5792
Office: ENG I, Room 218

Office Hours: Mondays, 2-5 p.m., Thursdays, 12-1 p.m., Fridays, 1-3 p.m.

Hybrid Sustainable Energy Systems Lab

Tuhin Das received his Bachelor of Technology in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1997, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering in 2000 and 2002, respectively, both from Michigan State University. His graduate research was in the field of dynamics and control with application to robotics. He worked in the industry from 2002 to 2006 where he gained extensive experience in dynamic modeling, simulations (including real-time and hardware-In-the-loop simulations), and control with application to fuel cells, automotive systems, etc. From 2007 to 2011, he was an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. Das joined UCF in 2011, where he is currently a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

His research is in the area of dynamics and controls, with applications to energy systems (such as fuel cells, energy storage, wind energy systems, power plants, grids), robotics (such as mobile robots, biomimetic robots), sensing (such as, compressive sensing, mobile sensing). His research has been funded by several extramural agencies and intramural sources, such as the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Siemens Energy, ARPA-e. He is an active member of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division and was a co-founder of the Energy Systems Technical Committee. He is a Fellow of ASME.

  • Dynamics and control
  • Robust control
  • Nonlinear systems
  • Sensing
  • Energy systems
  • Dynamic modeling and simulation
  • Real time simulation
  • Hybrid fuel cells
  • Wind energy
  • Power plants

(1) D. Sarker, T. Hasan, T. Ngo, T. Das, “Causality-Free Modeling and Validation of a Semisubmersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platform With Tuned Mass Dampers,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2024, (https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2024.3436773)

(2) T. Das, “Resolving Absorbed Work and Generalized Inertia Forces from System Energy Equation – A Hamiltonian and Phase-Space Kinematics Approach,” ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2024, (https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065056)

(3) L. Wang, R. Bergua, A. Robertson, J. Jonkman, T. Ngo, T. Das, D. Sarker, F. Fabregas Flavia, R. Harries, M. Fowler, E. Lenfest, J. López Muro, L. Burlion, O. Bilgen, “Experimental Validation of Models of a Hull-Based Tuned Mass Damper System for a Semisubmersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platform,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023, 2626, 012067 (13 pages), (https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2626/1/012067)

(4) M. Odeh, K. Mohsin, T. Ngo, D. Zalkind, J. Jonkman, A. Wright, A. Robertson, T. Das, “Development of a Wind Turbine Model and Simulation Platform Using an Acausal Approach: Multi-Physics Modeling, Validation and Control,” Wind Energy, 2023, 6(9), 85‐1011, (https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2853)

(5) J. McConnell, T. Das, “Control Oriented Modeling, Experimentation, and Stability Analysis of an Autorotating Samara,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, June 2023, 145(6), 061004 (13 pages) (https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062438)

(6) N. Mendoza, A. Robertson, A. Wright, J. Jonkman, L. Wang, R. Bergua, T. Ngo, T. Das, M. Odeh, K. Mohsin, F. F. Flavia, B. Child, G. Bangga, M. Fowler, A. Goupee, R. Kimball, E. Lenfest, A. Viselli, “Verification and Validation of Model-Scale Turbine Performance and Control Strategies for the IEA Wind 15-MW Reference Wind Turbine,” Energies, October 2022, 15(20), 7649, (https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207649)

(7) J. McConnell, T. Das, A. Caesar, P. Veeravalli, “Modeling and Simulation of a Multistage Heat Recovery Steam Generator,” Simulation: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, November 2022, 99(2), 169-182, (https://doi.org/10.1177/00375497221130098)

(8) F. Aalipour, T. Das, “Shaping Transient Response of Nonlinear Systems to Satisfy a Class of Integral Constraints,” Wiley Advanced Control for Applications, May 2022 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/adc2.110)

(9) J. McConnell, T. Das, “Equilibrium Behavior of A Tethered Autogyro: Application in Extended Flight and Power Generation,” ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Sep 2022, 89(9): 091003 (11 pages) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054927)

(10) T. Das, “Equations of Motion of Dynamical Systems from Kinematic Characteristics of the Phase Space,” ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control, January 2022 (doi: 10.1115/1.4053660)

(11) T. Das, “Asymptotic Stability of the Sphere’s Rolling Equilibrium,” ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control, Vol.2, No.1, May 2021, 011002 (5 pages), (doi: 10.1115/1.4050980)

(12) G. Reina, T. Das, G. Quaglia, R. Vidoni, “Mobile Robots and Unmanned Ground Vehicles,” Editorial in ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 13(5), pages 050301 (2 pages), Oct 2021. (doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051702)

(13) F. Aalipour, T. Das, “Proportional Power-Sharing Control of Distributed Generators in Microgrids,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, April 2021 (14 pages), (doi: 10.1109/TCST.2021.3068386)

(14) B. Salih, T. Das, “Transient Response of Linear Systems Under Integral Constraints,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 142, No. 12, 2020, 121007 (11 pages), (doi: 10.1115/1.4048106)

(15) E. Steffan, S. Pal, T.Das, “Bio-Inspired Locomotion of Circular Robots with Diametrically Translating Legs,” ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2020, pages 011005-(1-14), (doi: 10.1115/1.4044738)

(16) S. Abeysiriwardena, T. Das, “Energy-Optimal Guidance of an AUV Under Disturbance and Fluid-Particle Interaction,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 42, No. 6, 2019, pages 1393-1401, (doi: 10.2514/1.G003695)

  • UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 2016
  • Honorary Pi Tau Sigma inductee, 2009
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD)
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  • Co-founder and inaugural vice chair of the Energy Systems Committee of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division
  • EGN 3321: Engineering Analysis – Dynamics
  • EML 4225: Introduction to Vibration and Controls
  • EML 4313: Intermediate System Dynamics and Controls
  • EML 5271: Intermediate Dynamics
  • EML 5311: System Control