Faculty at School of Engineering

Ganeshthangaraj Ponniah

Ganeshthangaraj Ponniah

Associate Professor

School of Engineering


Contact Information

  • Humanoid, Quadruped and Other Biomimetic Robots
  • Industrial Automation
  • Non-linear Control
  • Fuzzy Logic

  • 2012: Ph.D., Jeju National University, South Korea
  • 2009: M.E., PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  • 2006: B.Tech., Government Engineering College Thrissur, Kerala

  • 01/2023–Present: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR
  • 01/2014–01/2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR
  • 10/2012–10/2013: Researcher, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon, South Korea

  • Udayan Pandey, Visakh Vaikuntanathan, Vimalraj S R, Ganeshthangaraj Ponniah, “Synchronized actuation strategy and study of clap-and-fling phenomenon in hummingbird inspired robot”, Nature Scientific Reports, 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-65988-2
  • Balaji B, Gupta Burela R, Ponniah G., “Part dynamics in the intermediate regime of a linear vibratory feeder”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 2022, DOI: 10.1177/09544089211072988
  • Balaji B, Gupta Burela R, Ponniah G., “Dynamics of part motion on a linear vibratory feeder”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, June 2021.
  • Boopathi, B., Ponniah, G. & Burela, R.G., “Realizing the impact and compressive strengths of an arrowhead auxetic structure inspired by topology optimization”, International Journal of Advanced Engineering Sciences and Applications, 12, 211–217, 2020.
  • G. Ponniah, M. Zubair, Y. H. Doh, K. H. Choi, “Fuzzy decoupling to reduce propagation of tension disturbances in roll-to-roll system”, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 71(1–4), 153–163.
  • N. Duraisamy, G. Ponniah, J. Jo, K. H. Choi, “Structural and electrical properties of Ag grid/poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly (styrene sulfonate) coatings for diode application through advanced printing technology”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 13(8), 5957–5963.
  • K. H. Choi, M. Zubair, G. Ponniah, “Web tension control of multispan roll-to-roll system by artificial neural networks for printed electronics”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 227(10), 2361–2376.
  • M. Zubair, G. Ponniah, Y. J. Yang, K. H. Choi, “Web Tension regulation of multispan roll-to-roll system using integrated active dancer and load cells for printed electronics applications”, Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 27(2), 229–239.

  • B. Balaji, Ramesh Gupta Burela and Ganeshthangaraj Ponniah, “Mass Production of Re-entrant Cubic Auxetic Structure,” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2021, 1070, 012128.
  • B. Balaji, Ramesh Gupta Burela and Ganeshthangaraj Ponniah, “Balanced Feeder: An Alternative to Vibratory Bowl Feeder,” AIP Conference Series, 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, Materials and Technologies.

  • Consultancy/Prototype Development: Service for HCL Tech funded project titled “Development of Test Rig for Validating Performance of the Hardware and Software of Ray-Ban Meta Glasses”, 2025–26.
  • Principal Investigator (PI): Ongoing Dassault Systems Foundation India project titled “Automation and Robotics Course Development”, 2023.
  • Consultancy/Prototype Development: Offered consultancy/prototype development services to Berger Nippon Paints for automation of their drum dumper system, 2022–23.
  • Principal Investigator (PI): Ongoing Dassault Systems Foundation India project titled “Reinforcement Learning of a Robot”, 2021–2023.
  • Principal Investigator (PI): DST (Government of India) project titled “Development of Pneumatically Actuated Walking Bipedal Robot”, 2016–2018.