Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.)

University of Bremen

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (FB3)

Feb. 2018 – Aug. 2025

Dissertation Topic

"Control of Robots with Hybrid Locomotion Capabilities"

Developed multiple control solutions for morphologically distinct robots (Asguard, SherpaTT, ARTER), including cascaded controllers, deep reinforcement learning-based terrain adaptation, and hierarchical RL with action masking for stepping locomotion.

Grade: Magna cum laude

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)

Hamburg, Germany

Oct. 2004 – Sep. 2008
Major: Mechatronics Specialization: Robotics and Control
Grade: Good (1.8)

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Kongu Engineering College

Tamil Nadu, India

Sep. 1999 – June 2003
Major: Mechatronics
Grade: First class with honors (86.75%)