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Sivakumar Kanakraj is listed as Co-Founder at Plus Infinity Studios, based in Longmont, Colorado, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Sivakumar Kanakraj.
Sivakumar Kanakraj previously worked as Senior High Energy Laser Control Systems Engineer at Nlight Nutronics and Principal Control Systems Engineer at Ii-Vi Optical Systems, Inc.. Sivakumar Kanakraj holds Master'S Degree, Control Systems Engineering from Norwegian University Of Science And Technology (Ntnu).
*Control Systems Engineer with a Masters Degree in Controls and 20 Years of Industry Experience. Has Tuned more than 500 Control Loops. Is Very Proficient with All Aspects of the Controls Engineering Profession.*Life long learner with a passion for teaching.*Has demonstrated experience in the following : | Mathematical modeling from first principles| Design of experiments for system identification in the time and the frequency domain| Time and frequency domain system ID from experimental data| Loop modeling in MATLAB & SIMULINK| Controller design and tuning using PID filters, lead-lag and notch filters, LQR, LQG, adaptive LMS, disturbance observers and nonlinear PTOS controllers| Has experience in the loop closing for aerospace, motion control, semiconductor inspection equipment, disc drives and high energy laser systems*Very fluent in the design of Pure Analog Controllers using just Operational Amplifier Circuits.*Analog and Digital Signal Processing for Control Systems.*C and C++ Coding Skills.*Implementation of Controls Algorithms on Microprocessors and FPGAs.
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
*Design of excitation signals for analog and discrete plant system ID (multi-phase Schroeder etc).*Frequency response data collection and system ID for optomechanical loops consisting of high speed cameras and fast steering mirrors (FSMs).*Methods for getting the analytical model for the plant transfer function straight from the measured frequency domain data.*Design and tuning of pure analog controllers ( PID + lead lag + low pass) for FSM loops using op amps.*Design and tuning of discrete controllers ( PID + lead lag + low pass + notches ) for FSM loops using FPGAs.*Development of in-house controls tools for laser centroid trackers with fast cameras and FSMs.#*Complete motor control loop architecture design for HEL weapon ultra-large gimbals (AZ and EL gimbals).*Mathematical modeling of gimbal plant transfer function and mechanical resonances using FEM data generated by mechanical engineers. *COTS component selection for motor driver power amplifiers and high resolution position feedback encoders.*Mathematical modeling of the velocity and position control loops for HEL weapon AZ & EL gimbals in MATLAB and SIMULINK.*Design of velocity and position control loops for HEL weapon gimbals using PID, lead lag, lag lead, low pass and notch filters.*Analysis of regenerative braking circuits for high torque motor drivers. *Loop closing and testing of the velocity and position loops.*Signal processing routines (FFT and PSD) for jitter characterization for closed loop gimbal movements.*Replacing the COTS motor controllers with in-house motor control algorithms running on FPGAs.# *Modeling of DC-DC power converter circuits in LTSpice for transient and frequency sweep analysis. *Voltage controlled and average current controlled polyphase converter topologies.*Small signal transfer function analysis of DC-DC converters in Matlab and comparison with LTSpice frequency sweep analysis.
Longmont
LOS stabilization for high precision HEL systems for defense applications.LOS jitter analysis for HEL pointing.High speed, high accuracy nonlinear control loops.Ultra-precise rate, position and tracking loops design.
Control systems for multi axis precision gimbals for defense applications.
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Sivakumar Kanakraj works for Plus Infinity Studios.
Sivakumar Kanakraj is listed as Co-Founder at Plus Infinity Studios.
Sivakumar Kanakraj is based in Longmont, Colorado, United States while working with Plus Infinity Studios.
Sivakumar Kanakraj has worked for Plus Infinity Studios, Nlight Nutronics, Ii-Vi Optical Systems, Inc., Redstone Aerospace, and Seagate Technology.
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Sivakumar Kanakraj holds Master'S Degree, Control Systems Engineering from Norwegian University Of Science And Technology (Ntnu).
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