Gopinath G R

Dr. Gopinath G R is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University. He earned his PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 2018. His research expertise lies in sensorless electric drives, advanced Kalman filter implementations, control of power electronic converters, renewable energy integration, and autonomous underwater vehicles. At Mahindra University, he teaches courses in electrical engineering, control systems, electronics, and electric vehicle technologies. His work focuses on advanced estimation and control techniques for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) drives, with several publications in reputed IEEE and IET conferences and journals. He has also contributed actively to academic administration and conference organization at the university.

• PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,2018

• G. R. Gopinath and Mahesh Bharath Pudutha, “High Performance Control and Extended Kalman Filter Based Estimation of Sensorless Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for Robotic Applications”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, 2023.
• G. R. Gopinath and S. P. Das, “Alternative Implementations of Square-root Cubature Kalman Filter for Sensorless PMSM Drives with Improved Dynamic Performance”, 2020 IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD), Nottingham, UK, April 2020.
• G. R. Gopinath and S. P. Das, “Sensorless Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor using an Adaptively Tuned Square-root Cubature Kalman Filter”, The Journal of Engineering (IET), 2018.
• G. R. Gopinath and S. P. Das, “An Extended Kalman Filter-Based Speed and Position Estimator for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor”, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), IIT Bombay, 2014, pp. 1–5.
• G. R. Gopinath and S. P. Das, “A Cubature Kalman Filter Based Speed and Position Estimator for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor”, IEEE Symposium on Sensorless Control for Electrical Drives (SLED 2015), Sydney, NSW, 2015, pp. 1–5.
• G. R. Gopinath and S. P. Das, “Sensorless Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor using Square-root Cubature Kalman Filter”, IEEE 8th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (IPEMC-ECCE Asia), Hefei, China, 2016, pp. 1898–1904.
• G. R. Gopinath and S. P. Das, “Speed and Position Sensorless Control of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor using Square-root Cubature Kalman Filter with Joint Parameter Estimation”, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Trivandrum, India, 2016, pp. 1–5.
• G. R. Gopinath and S. P. Das, “Sensorless Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor using an Adaptively Tuned Square-root Cubature Kalman Filter”, 2018 IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2018), Liverpool, UK, 2018.
• G. R. Gopinath and S. P. Das, “An Extended Kalman Filter Based Sensorless Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive with Improved Dynamic Performance”, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), IIT Madras, 2018.

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• Assistant Professor, Mahindra University (January 2018 – August 2023).
• Associate Professor, Mahindra University (September 2023 – Present).
• Quality Control Coordinator, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IQAC, Mahindra University.
• Organizing Committee Chair, IEEE Conference on Cyber Physical Systems, Power Electronics and Electric Vehicles (ICPEEV 2023), Mahindra University.

Areas of Research Interest are Sensorless electric drives, DSP based implementation of advanced Kalman filters, Control of power electronic converters, Power converters for renewable energy integration, Autonomous underwater vehicles