Research Labs
Centre for Nonlinear Science & Engineering
CoE in RF System Engineering
Electric Vehicle Engineering & Robotics Lab
Electric Drives Lab
Energy Storage and Devices Lab
Functional Nanomaterials & Devices Lab
High Voltage Engineering Lab
Intrusion Detection Lab
Nanosensors Lab
Process Control Lab
Renewable Energy Lab
Robotics Lab
Wireless & RADAR Research Lab
Major Facilities
- Eight workstations
- Three mobile workstations
- Six desktop computers along with MATLAB and Mathematica software packages
- Fully functional essential electronic equipment to simulate the dynamical systems
- A mini library is also set up in the lab 112 physics-related books with a net worth of three lakhs
Ongoing Research
The core area of research includes understanding the collective behavior of the coupled nonlinear dynamical systems with various coupling configurations. This has the implications of understanding the dynamics of the human brain, power grid networks, transportation networks, and so on.
Major Facility
- Modeling and Simulation Tools (Electromagnetic)
- ADS (Circuit/2D structure simulation)
- EMPro (3D structure simulation)
- SystemVue (System Design and Simulation)
- Test and Measurement
- Vector Signal Source (6GHz)
- Signal Analyzer (26.5GHz)
- Network Analyzer (50GHz)
- Wide Band High Speed Oscilloscope (2.5GHz BW)
- Active probes and test fixtures
- Vector Signal Analysis Software
- Digital Demodulation
- SDR based transceivers (up to 6 GHz)
Microstrip Antenna/components fabrication facility
Features
- Rapid prototyping facility for next generation radios
- Design of wireless radio networks
- Signal Analysis up to 26.5 GHz
- Two port Network analysis up to 50GHz
- EMI/EMC
Major Facility
- Opal RT Real time Simulator Hardware Set up
- 1 – HP PMSM
- Diode Clamped Multi Level Converters
- DSO and software such as Driver and Interfacing Software – Opal RT, MATLAB
Ongoing research work
- Design and Construction of a Novel Solar Photovoltaic Power Source and Thermal Collector for Electric Vehicle Industry to Minimise Carbon Emission
- Improving the performance of the standard SLAM algorithms by suitable pre-processing techniques in a probabilistic Bayesian framework
Major Facilities
- PLC based Regenerative braking of Industrial Drive
- Embedded control Switched Reluctance motor drive, BLDC drive
- Matrix converter fed Induction motor drive
- Multi level Inverter fed Induction motor drive
Ongoing research work
- Implementation of Cyber Security Mechanism for Smart Grid to Mitigate Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
- Hall-Sensor-Based Position Detection for Quick Reversal of Speed Control in a BLDC Motor Drive System for Industrial Applications
- Smart Home Energy Management
Major Facilities
| S. No. | Sentaurus TCAD | Licenses |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Synopsys Asiapac 3-D (Advance) TCAD University Bundle | 02 |
| 2. | Synopsys AsiaPac 2-D TCAD University Bundle | 10 |
| S. No. | Project Title | File Number | Funding Agency | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Analysis of the effect of traps and interface charges in GaN HEMT on the performance of the Voltage Controlled Oscillator | CRG/2021/001494 | Core Research Grant, SERB-DST | 3 Years |
| 2. | Development of compound semiconductors (III-V Nitride) based THz detectors for space applications | ISRO-SCL | 3 Years | |
| 3. | Analytical Modeling and fabrication of MoTe2 Photodetector for near infrared applications | CRG/2020/004241 | Core Research Grant,
SERB-DST |
3 Years |
Major Facilities
- Sputtering
- SILAR
- Spray pyrolysis
- Electrospining
Ongoing research work
- Fabrication of nanostructured materials for the detection of toxic gases for environmental monitoring and health care applications
Major Facility
- High voltage testing Facilities :
- 300 kVA, 300 kV Power Frequency test set up
- 10 kVA, 100 kV Power Frequency test set up
- 140 kV DC test set up
- 280 kV 0.49 kJ Lightning Impulse Voltage test set up
- 140 kV 0.245 kJ Switching Impulse Voltage test set up
- 60 kV Power Frequency Partial Discharge test set up
- Transformer Oil Test Kit
- 140 kV 0.245 kJ Chopped Lightning and Switching Impulse Voltage test set up
- Air circulated thermal oven
- Digital Storage Oscilloscopes: 2 Channel, 200 MHz,200 M. samples/sec, 2 G. samples/sec
- Arbitrary Function Generator, 1 CH, 25MHz
Major Facility
- Intel DE1 – SoC: Development & Evaluation Board – 1 with Cyclone V FPGA and ARM Cortex A9 Microprocessor
- Intel DE1 – SoC MTL2: Development & Evaluation Board – 1 with Cyclone V FPGA, ARM Cortex A9 Microprocessor and a GCLD touch display
- ARR Daughter Card: Interface and Add – on for FPGAs for RF communication
- RFS Daughter Card: Interface and Add – on for FPGAs includes WiFi, Bluetooth, UART and Sensors
- Workstations: Workstation with 32 GB of RAM, i7 processor, 1 TB of hard disc for high speed programming and processing
Ongoing research work
- Quantum random number generator on IBM quantum machine
- DDoS attack resistant Intrusion Detection System (IDS) on reconfigurable hardware
- Digital rights management
- Design for testability for crypto-devices
Major Facilities
- DFIG based Wind Emulator
- Solar Array Simulator
- Solar Charger
- Battery Bank
- Battery Charger
- STATCOM
- Variable Frequency Drive
- Rotor Side Inverter
- Front End Converter
- Zigzag Transformer
- Bidirectional Converter
- Three Level Inverter
- Smart Energy Meter with Synchronizing Panel
- Isolation Transformer
- Three Phase RL Load Bank
- 6 Channel Power Quality Analyzer
- dSPACE
Ongoing research work
- Real-time validation using dSPACE1202 for the various applications such as electric vehicle charging stations, Hybrid energy storage systems and grid-connected PV systems.
- Development of high quality EV charger
- Development of shunt active filter for power quality enhancement
Major Facilities
- Wheeled mobile robots with inbuilt microcomputer integrated with LIDAR
- Camera
- IMU and odometer sensors
- Bioloid humanoid robot
- Reconfigurable Lego Mindstorms robots
- Rapid proof-of-concept projects including servo controlled 6-DoF manipulator
- Line follower robots
- Telepresence robots
Ongoing research work
- Autonomous navigation of mobile robot using SLAM techniques
- Bio-inspired underwater vehicle design
- Vehicle automation