STC New Proposals

2018 - New Research Proposals Under ISRO-IITK for FY(2018-19)

22 Research proposals submitted to ISRO Respond center

Sr.No. Project Title Project Investigator
1.

Phase-field modelling of microstructure evolution in Ti-6 Al -4V alloy during annealing.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Rajdip Mukherjee

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

2.

Experimental and numerical investigation of aerospike nozzles for effective propulsion systems.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Rakesh Kumar

Department of Aerospace Engineering

3.

Conformal, Transparent and Lightweight Microwave Absorbers for Ground and Space Applications.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastav

Department of Electrical Engineering

4.

Development and Evaluation of Multiscale CNT/polymer composites.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Sumit Basu

Department of Mechanical Engineering

14.

Measurement of CTE and CME for fibre reinforced composites.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Samit Ray Chaudhuri

Department of Civil Engineering

6.

Development of Reconfigurable Flat-panel Metasurface Antenna.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Deepak Gupta

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

7.

Synthesis and Characterization Al-B and Al-B4C alloys as Fuel in Solid Propellant.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh

Department of Material Science & Engineering

8.

Development of solid electrolyte for sodium-sulfur battery.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Shobit Omar

Department of Material Science and Engineering

9.

Brazing of Ultra High Temperature HfB2-ZrB2 Based Ceramics.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Kantesh Balani

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

10.

Development of Product Based on High Entropy Alloys for Space Technology Application.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Krishanu Biswas

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

11.

Hydrogen Storage and Delivery System Based on Inexpensive Industrially Scalable Hybrids.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Anandh Subramaniam

Materials Science & Engineering

12.

Investigation of optical properties of metallic thin films mirrors by low energy plasma (ion) irradiation for space applications.

Recommended for Presentation

Prof. Sudeep Bhattacharjee

Department of Physics

13.

Development of in-house comprehensive numerical code for the prediction of combustion instability in solid rocket motors

Under Consideration

Prof. Sathesh Mariappan

Department of Aerospace Engineering

14.

Comprehensive Study of High Strain Rate Response of Titanium Alloys.

Under Consideration

Prof. P. Venkitanarayanan

Department of Mechanical Engineering

15.

Investigation of near and far field acoustics due to the jet impingement on the flame deflector during rocket lift-off.

Under Consideration

Prof. Ashoke De

Department of Aerospace Engineering

16.

Derivation of Multiple Representation Database (MRDB).

Under Consideration

Prof. Onkar Dikshit

Department of Civil Engineering

17.

Modelling gravitational dynamics of triaxial objects: Applications to galaxies and rings of minor planets.

Under Consideration

Prof. Ishan Sharma

Department of Mechanical Engineering

18.

High-temperature phononic crystals for space applications.

Under Consideration

Prof. C. Chandraprakash

Department of Mechanical Engineering

19.

Development and characterization of pre-preg based discontinuous composites from leftover/waste UD prepregs.

Under Consideration

Prof. P. M. Mohite

Department of Aerospace Engineering

2018

Ongoing Project(2018 New Projects) under Space Technology Cell

Sr.No. Project Title Project Investigator
1.

Shape Memory Alloys actuated Mechanically Active Reconfigurable light weight PEEK material based parabolic reflector for active control on RF patterns for High Frequency Micro / Nano Spacecraft Applications.

Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

2.

PDK Development and modeling support for ISRO’s GaN HEMT Technology.

Prof. Yogesh Singh Chauhan

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

3.

Development of novel thermoelectric power generator for waste heat recovery in space.

Prof. Tanmoy Maiti

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

4.

Impact Melt Cover on Central Peaks of Lunar Impact Craters: Evaluating its Implications for Deriving Sub-surface Mineralogy using data from Chandrayaan-1 & other recent lunar missions

Prof. Deepak Dhingra

Department of Earth Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

5.

Optical characterization of wetlands from Earth Observations.

Prof. Rajiv Sinha

Department of Earth Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

6.

Integration of spectral and spatial information for hyperspectral image classification.

Prof. Onkar Dikshit

Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

7.

Parallel Electro-Magnetic Solver for Microwave, Infrared, and Optical applications (MIO-PEMS).

Prof. Mahendra K. Verma

Department of Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

8.

Detectability of Critical Delamination in Composite Space Components: Vibration-based Approach.

Prof. Samit Ray Chaudhuri

Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

9.

Design of polymer nanocomposites based wideband microwave absorbers for stealth and electromagnetic shielding applications.

Prof. M Jaleel Akhtar

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

10.

Modeling and Simulation of LOX- CH4 (semi-cryogenic) Combustion.

Prof. Malay K. Das

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

11.

Numerical Study of Flow-Thermal Response of a High Speed Vehicle with Ablative/Non-ablative Thermal Protection System.

Prof. Rakesh Kumar

Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

12.

Microstructure and Texture Analysis of Hot Forged Ti-6Al-4V Alloy.

Prof. Nilesh P. Gurao

Department of Materials Science and Engineeing
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

13.

Development of High Entropy Metal Diboride for Ultrahigh Temperature Application.

Prof. Krishanu Biswas

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

14.

Integrating Lithium Oxychloride Based Solid State Electrolytes with Carbon Encapsulated Si/Ge Anodes and Li-Excess NMC Cathodes for Advanced Lithium Ion Batteries

Prof. Raj Ganesh S. Pala

Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

15.

Development of ultrasmall bimetallic oxide nanoclusters (e.g. NiCo2O4, MnCo2O4, NiMoO4, CoMoO4, and MnMoO4) for high performance non-aqueous/aqueous asymmetric electrochemical supercapacitor.

Prof. Sri Sivakumar

Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

16.

Numerical investigation of a kerosene-fuelled scramjet combustor using RANS based flamelet model.

Prof. Santanu De

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

17.

Molecular size and mass sensitive Ultrasensitive Thermal Spectrometer Application.

Prof. Debabrata Goswami

Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

18.

Stabilization of a 3D Platform for Space Applications Against Rolling and Pitching Excitations.

Prof. Nachiketa Tiwari

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

19.

Characterization and Modeling of Membranes for Inflatable Space Structures.

Prof. G.M. Kamath

Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

20.

Numerical and Experimental Framework for Laser Based Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Aerospace Parts of Inconel 718 and Ti Alloys.

Prof. Arvind Kumar

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

2017

New Proposals under Space Technology Cell

Project Investigator Department

Prof. Abhijit Kushari

Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. K Mondal

Department of Materials Science & Engineeing
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. Kamal K. Kar

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. Kaustubh Kulkarni

Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. Ketan Rajawat

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. Ashok De

Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. Nilesh Prakash Gurao

Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. Santanu De

Department Of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. Shantanu Bhattacharya

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. Shashank Shekhar

Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. R.Vijaya

Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur