This centre is aimed to pursue projects to master critical and futuristic technologies related to design, development and selection of strategic materials for the Indian Defence.
Vision
Make India prosperous by establishing world class science and technology base and provide our Defence Services decisive edge by equipping them with internationally competitive systems and solutions.
Centre Director: Sanjay Tandon, Scientist H (Retd), DRDO
Printing on Flexible substrates
Stealth and Camouflage
Flexible Antenna
- Enhanced gain of antenna of Terrestrial Radio
- Upper layer of soldier helmet act as antenna
Energy Harvesting
Multi Element Sensors
Ultra-thin Flexible Glass, Conductive Transparent Coating and Encapsulation Layer
Research Coordinator: Prof SSK Iyer, Dept of Electrical Engineering
Advanced Nanomaterial
Advanced characterization along with modelling and simulation of nano material with respect to stealth, sensors etc.
Multi-spectral stealth and cloaking solutions based on Metamaterials
Self-cleaning, super hydrophobic, anti fouling, corrosion & erosion resistant coatings
Membranes and low-cost catalysts for Fuel Cells
Large scale manufacturing of nanomaterials
Research Coordinator: Prof Kantesh Balani, Dept of Material Science & Engineering
Accelerated Material Design and Development
High Strength Steel for Naval Application
SiC Precursors & Fibres and SiC-SiC Composites
New Materials for Bio-implants
Research Coordinator: Prof Amarendra K Singh, Dept of Material Science & Engineering
High Energy Materials
Modeling of High-Performance Explosives - Performance prediction of metallized explosives
Insensitive Munitions - Models for prediction of warhead behaviour towards thermal & mechanical stimuli
Shock attenuating liner for warheads - Models for selection and performance optimization of liner
Instrumentation for characterization of explosives
Reactive materials for warheads
- Materials development & characterisation
- Theoretical performance predictions
Simulation for assessing health of HE fillings in warheads
Multi-scale Modeling on Energetic Materials
Neutralization of hypersonic vehicles
Research Coordinator: Prof Jayant K. Singh, Dept of Chemical Engineering
Bio Engineering
- Development of material: Female full body protector 4.5 kg down to 3.5 kg
- Compact compressor for portable oxygen concentrator for high altitude
- Sole for snow boot
- Solution for deep wound
- Targeted drug delivery
- Stem cell: Organ regeneration (musculoskeletal)
- Cognitive science for intention detection
- Detection for bio agents
- Standoff sensor for chemical agent (500 m) – IR/hyperspectral based
- Wearable sensor for toxic chemical detection
- Electro-actuated artificial muscle
- Artificial oxygen transport agents (blood substitutes)
- AI based actuated above-knee prosthesis
- Multichannel biosensor instrumentation (detection of microorganisms)
- Agro-electronics & Instrumentation (Water quality, soil testing, etc.)
- Hyperspectral imaging (growth/disease assessment of plant)
- Energy generation and storage
- Animal repellent & microwave plasma (explore)