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Santosh Rajkumar
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Ph.D. Student, SOAR Lab,
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

rajkumar.36@osu.edu

About Me

I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University and a Graduate Research Associate in the System Optimization and Autonomous Robotics (SOAR) Lab, advised by Dr. Debdipta Goswami.

I am broadly interested in control theory, operator-theoretic methods for modeling and controlling nonlinear systems, optimal control, and the innovative integration of AI and machine learning into systems and control. A key focus of my work is developing techniques for learning in dynamic systems that operate under noisy and constrained measurement conditions. I am particularly interested in applying these approaches to tackle complex challenges in aerospace systems, robotics, and other autonomous systems.

I cheer on the Ohio State Buckeyes 🏈. Fall Saturdays or playoff season, I’m always backing the team. Go Buckeyes 🌰!


Latest News

  • Our paper “Real-Time Linear MPC for Quadrotors on SE(3): An Analytical Koopman-Based Realization” has been accepted for publication in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Videos to the experiments: available here, open-source code-base coming soon. (Oct 2025)
  • Passed PhD Qualifying Examination (Aug, 2024)