Current Sponsored Projects

Project Title : Establishment of an advanced research facility for EB welding and process development related to programs of interest to DAE
Principal Investigator : Prof. G.G. Roy
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. D.K. Pratihar and others (PIC)
Sponsor : BRNS, DAE, Mumbai
Project Title : Development and processing of polymer based nanocomposite materials
Principal Investigator : Jinu Paul
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Rehabilitation robotics
Principal Investigator : Prof. D.K. Pratihar
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. S. Gupta
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Robo-Soccer research by Kharagpur Robot Soccer Students Group (KRS)
Principal Investigator : Prof. J. Mukhopadhyay
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. D.K. Pratihar and others
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Turbulent Flow Computation of Two-Dimensional Incompressible Viscous Flow through a Cascade
Principal Investigator : Dr. M.K. Das
Co-Principal-Investigators : ---
Sponsor : ARDB Aerodynamics Panel
Project Title : Study of flow and thermal characteristics in the near field of two parallel plane jets.
Principal Investigator : Dr. M.K. Das
Co-Principal-Investigators : ---
Sponsor : COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
Project Title : Numerical simulation of turbulent plane offset jet flow and conjugate heat transfer
Principal Investigator : Dr. M.K. Das
Co-Principal-Investigators : ---
Sponsor : Department of Science and Technology
Project Title : Development of a Schlieren imaging system to study natural convection of heated vertical plate
Principal Investigator : Dr. M.K. Das
Co-Principal-Investigators : ---
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Studies on process optimisation and visualisation of laser cladding process
Principal Investigator : Prof. S Roy
Co-Principal-Investigators : Profs. A K Nath & Dr. Sudipto Ghosh ( Metallurgical & Materials Engg. Dept.)
Sponsor : Board for Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), DAE, GOI.
Project Title : Carbon dioxide based natural circulation loops
Principal Investigator : M. Ram Gopal
Sponsor : CSIR
Project Title : Droplet-based Cooling of Electronic Hot Spots
Principal Investigator : Sunando DasGupta
Co-Principal-Investigators : Suman Chakraborty
Sponsor : ISRO
Project Title : National Mission Project on Education through ICT, Developing suitable pedagogical methods (Thermodynamics)
Principal Investigator : S Bhattacharyya
Co-Principal-Investigators : S Roy
Sponsor : MHRD
Project Title : VLS-4
Principal Investigator : Prof. C. S. Kumar, Prof. Kingshook Bhatt
Co-Principal-Investigators : Abhishek Gupta
Sponsor : MHRD
Project Title : MVL
Principal Investigator : Prof. C. S. Kumar, Prof. Kingshook Bhatt
Co-Principal-Investigators : Abhishek Gupta
Sponsor : MHRD
Project Title : Centre of Excellence for Training and Research in Microfluidics
Principal Investigator : Suman Chakraborty
Sponsor : IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE PULSATING HEAT PIPE BASED PASSIVE COOLING ELEMENT
Principal Investigator : P.K.Das
Sponsor : BARC
Project Title : Integrated green process for biological carbon sequestration coupled with domestic sewage remedaition by alage in closed photo bio-reactor
Principal Investigator : R K Sen
Co-Principal-Investigators : S K Dash, B C Meikap
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : Plant on a Chip
Principal Investigator : Suman Chakraborty
Co-Principal-Investigators : Chirag Kalelkar, Vikranth Racherla, Ajay Sidpara, Sankha Deb
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Design and development of CO2 based refrigeration systems
Principal Investigator : M. Ramgopal
Co-Principal-Investigators : Souvik Bhattacharyya
Sponsor : SERB (DST)
Project Title : Virtual Labs (Mechanisms)
Principal Investigator : Kingshook Bhattacharyya
Co-Principal-Investigators : C.S. Kumar
Sponsor : MHRD
Project Title : Pedagogy (Mechanics of materials)
Principal Investigator : Ranjit Karmakar
Co-Principal-Investigators : Kingshook Bhattacharyya
Sponsor : MHRD
Project Title : Design and development of automobile for SAE Formula 1 international competition for students
Principal Investigator : K. Bhattacharyya
Co-Principal-Investigators : A. K. Mohanty, C.S. Kumar
Sponsor : SRIC
Project Title : Development of Sound Proofing Composite Materials uisng Jute Products (SPC)
Principal Investigator : Prof. A. R. Mohanty
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. B. Adhikari
Sponsor : JMDC, Kolkata
Project Title : Creep and warping analysis of hot running loco wheels towards development of design guidelines against gauge widening
Principal Investigator : Dr. Vikranth Racherla
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. Arghya Deb
Sponsor : Indian Railways
Project Title : Plant on a chip
Principal Investigator : Dr. Suman Chakraborty
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. A. M. Sidpara, Dr. A. K. Das, Dr. C. D. Kalelkar, Dr. Sankha Deb and Dr. V. Racherla
Sponsor : One-time Seed Grant for Research Infrastructure in an area of Emerging Thrust (SGDRI), IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Development of Remote Laboratory for Computer Integrated Manufacturing System
Principal Investigator : Sankha Deb
Co-Principal-Investigators : C. S. Kumar
Sponsor : MHRD
Project Title : Setting up a research and development centre for Damodar Valley Corporation at Kolkata
Principal Investigator : S. K. Roy Chowdhury
Co-Principal-Investigators : M. Sarangi, U. K. Chatterjee, S. K. Roy, R. Bhattacharyya, M. Bhatacharjee, S. Sen, R. K. Saha
Sponsor : DVC, Kolkata
Project Title : On the dynamics of artificial joints
Principal Investigator : M. Sarangi
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Finite element analysis of weld location on formability of tailor welded blanks
Principal Investigator : S.K. Panda
Co-Principal-Investigators : Nil
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Thermomechanically processed high strength bainitic steel rails for Indian Railways
Principal Investigator : Prof S B Singh
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof S K Pal, Prof S Chakraborty, Prof D Chakraborty
Sponsor : RD & SO, Ministry of Railways
Project Title : Algae mediated bio-sequestration and storage of carbon dioxide from coal based flue gas and assessment of Algal biomass for animal feed application
Principal Investigator : R K Sen
Co-Principal-Investigators : S K Dash
Sponsor : WB - DST
Project Title : Laboratory Scale Study for Development of Technology for Dry Granulation of LD/BOF Slag
Principal Investigator : G. Chakraborty
Co-Principal-Investigators : A.K. Samantaray, B. Maiti
Sponsor : RDCIS, SAIL, Ranchi
Project Title : Modelling Fish Locomotion in Turbulent Vortices
Principal Investigator : Suman Chakraborty
Sponsor : CSIR
Project Title : Suspension and Bogie Technology for High Speed Train
Principal Investigator : A.K.Samataray
Co-Principal-Investigators : R. Bhattacharyya
Sponsor : RDSO
Project Title : Realtime Virtual Lab on Automotive Systems (RTV-2)
Principal Investigator : Prof. A. R. Mohanty
Sponsor : MHRD
Project Title : VIRTUAL LAB FOR MULTIPHASE FLOW
Principal Investigator : P.K.Das
Co-Principal-Investigators : B. Maiti (ME), G. Das(ChE), I. Ghosh(Cryo)
Sponsor : MHRD
Project Title : EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL HYDRAULIC JUMP IN CLOSED CONDUITS
Principal Investigator : Gargi Das
Co-Principal-Investigators : P. K. Das
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION OF 500 W SOFC STACK WITH HYDROGEN AS FUEL & TESTING OF SHORT STACK WITH SYNTHETIC GAS
Principal Investigator : P.K.Das
Sponsor : CSIR
Project Title : SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, WETTING EFFECTS AND DROP MANIPULATION OF NANOPARTICLE BASED FERROFLUIDS OVER SUBSTRATES UNDER STATIC AND SLIDING MAGNETIC
Principal Investigator : P.K.Das
Sponsor : CSIR
Project Title : Design and Development of Multi-material deposition system
Principal Investigator : A Roy Choudhury (Kharagpur Chapter)
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : Useremotion classification from keyboard keystroke
Principal Investigator : Prof. D.K. Pratihar
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. P.P. Chakrabarti
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Aerodynamic Design of Traction Rolling Stock with speed potentials of 250Kmph upgradeable upto 350 kmph
Principal Investigator : Subhransu Roy
Co-Principal-Investigators : Arnab Roy, K P Sinhamahapatra, V Racherla
Sponsor : Indian Railways
Project Title : Suspension and Bogies Technology for High Speed Trains
Principal Investigator : A.K. Samantaray
Co-Principal-Investigators : R. Bhattacharyya
Sponsor : Center for Railway Research and RDSO
Project Title : Development of Cage for Mariculture through Numerical and Physical Modeling
Principal Investigator : Prof C.K Mukherjee
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof N.R. Mandal
Sponsor : Ministry of Earth Science, Govenment of India.
Project Title : Deep drawing of laser welded advanced high strength steels
Principal Investigator : Sushanta Kumar Panda
Co-Principal-Investigators : Nil
Sponsor : Department of Science and Technology
Project Title : Optimal design of human muscle like electro active polymer actuators
Principal Investigator : Dr. Vikranth Racherla
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : Optimal design of tough wear resistant nanostructured coatings
Principal Investigator : Dr. Vikranth Racherla
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Advanced research in Mechanical Engineering System (DST FIST program)
Principal Investigator : Prof. A.K. Chattopadhyay
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. S.K. Som, Prof. S.K. Roy Chowdhury,Prof. A.K. Nath
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : HVOF sprayed ultrahard nanocomposites
Principal Investigator : P P Bandyop[adhyay
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. S Paul, Prof. A K Chattopadhyay
Sponsor : DST SERB
Project Title : Biomechanical Assessment of Current and Novel Total Knee Replacement
Principal Investigator : Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. Martin Browne, Prof. D.K. Pratihar, Dr. A. Dickinson
Sponsor : UKIERI British Council
Project Title : Demonstration prototype development of transcritical CO2 based cooling system
Principal Investigator : M Ramgopal
Co-Principal-Investigators : Souvik Bhattacharyya
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : Empirical Mode Decomposition of Vibration signals for Fault Detection in Mechanical Systems on Board Naval Platforms (VFM)
Principal Investigator : Prof. A. R. Mohanty
Sponsor : NRB, DRDO
Project Title : Development of Robust Signal Processing Techniques for Detection of Underwater Impact and Burst Noise (UIB)
Principal Investigator : Prof. A. R. Mohanty
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. C. S. Kumar
Sponsor : Ministry of Earth Sciences
Project Title : Virtual Laboratory on Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (VLS/16)
Principal Investigator : Prof. A. R. Mohanty
Sponsor : MHRD
Project Title : Virtual Labs - Pilot Phase
Principal Investigator : C.S.Kumar
Sponsor : MHRD - NMEICT
Project Title : Virtual Labs - Main Phase (Simulation)
Principal Investigator : C.S.Kumar (coordinator)
Co-Principal-Investigators : Various Departments
Sponsor : MHRD - NMEICT
Project Title : Participation in AUVSI - student coordination
Principal Investigator : C.S.Kumar
Sponsor : NIOT Chennai
Project Title : Active structural-acoustic control of smart structure using 1-3 piezoelectric composite
Principal Investigator : M. C. Ray
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : Wireless Internet
Principal Investigator : Prof Sudipta Mahapatra (ECE)
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. Niloy Ganguli, Dr. C S Kumar
Sponsor : Vodafone Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications / Telecom Centre of Excellence
Project Title : Development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (completed 2011)
Principal Investigator : Prof D. Sen (OENA)
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr C.S.Kumar (ME), Dr. R.V.Rajakumar (ECE), Dr. D. Kastha (EE)
Sponsor : Ministry of Earth Sciences
Project Title : Underwater Acoustic Sensors for AUVs
Principal Investigator : Prof A. Mohanty (ME)
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. C.S.Kumar (ME)
Sponsor : Ministry of Earth Sciences
Project Title : Materials for Underwater Vehicles
Principal Investigator : Prof Sudipto Ghosh (Metallurgy)
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. C.S.Kumar (ME), Dr. N.R.Mondal (OENA)
Sponsor : Ministry of Earth Sciences
Project Title : Establishment of Nationwide QoS TestBed (completed 2009)
Principal Investigator : Dr. C.S.Kumar
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. S.S.Pathak (ECE)
Sponsor : Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Project Title : Real Time Virtual Labs
Principal Investigator : D.C.S.Kumar
Co-Principal-Investigators : Faculty of Various Departments
Sponsor : Ministry of Human Resources Development
Project Title : Aerodynamic design of traction rolling stock with speed potentials of 250 KM/H upgradeable to 350 KM/H
Principal Investigator : Professor Subhransu Roy
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. Vikranth Racherla, Dr. Arnab Roy, Professor Kalyan Patra Simhapatra
Sponsor : Indian Railways
Project Title : Development and performance evaluation of thermally sprayed ball milled diamond-metal composite powder for bearing surface application
Principal Investigator : Prof P P Bandyopadhyay
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof Soumitra Paul and Prof A K Chattopadhyay
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : A comprehensive study of drop dynamics and its manipulation due to electrowetting
Principal Investigator : Prof. A K Das
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : Extensional Rheometer for Microscale Samples
Principal Investigator : Chirag Kalelkar
Co-Principal-Investigators : Amreesh Chandra
Sponsor : SERB
Project Title : Robotics for advanced manufacturing applications
Principal Investigator : Dr. Sankha Deb
Co-Principal-Investigators : nil
Sponsor : Centre for Robotics, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Experimental evaluation of forming limit diagram and forming behavior of differently heat treated Inconel-718 material
Principal Investigator : Prof. Sushanta Panda, Prof. Sujoy Kar
Sponsor : ISRO, India
Project Title : Establishing a nanofinishing research facility for complex surfaces
Principal Investigator : Ajay M Sidpara
Co-Principal-Investigators : NA
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : UKIERI travel grant under thematic partnership in low carbon materials technologies, innovations, and applications
Principal Investigator : Prof. M. Chakraborty, IIT Bhubaneswar
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. S.K. Panda
Sponsor : UKIERI
Project Title : Centre of Excellence in Microfluidics
Principal Investigator : Suman Chakraborty and Sunando Dasgupta
Co-Principal-Investigators : Chirag Kalelkar and others
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Plant on a Chip
Principal Investigator : Suman Chakraborty
Co-Principal-Investigators : Ajay Sidpara, Arup Das, Chirag Kalelkar, Sankha Deb, Vikranth Racherla
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Remote sensing network for water quality management
Principal Investigator : Suman Chakraborty
Sponsor : ISTP and DBT
Project Title : Modular Engineering of Vascular Tissue: A Bottom-up Approach
Principal Investigator : Tapas Kumar Maiti
Co-Principal-Investigators : Suman Chakraborty
Sponsor : DBT
Project Title : CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN MICROFLUIDICS
Principal Investigator : Prof. S. Chakraborty
Co-Principal-Investigators : Various Researchers
Sponsor : IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : MIXING OF STRATIFIED LAYERS: EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Principal Investigator : A. K. Das
Co-Principal-Investigators : Nil
Sponsor : ISIRD, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Plant on a Chip
Principal Investigator : Prof. S. Chakraborty
Co-Principal-Investigators : Various Researchers
Sponsor : SGDRI, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Pedagogy Project on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Principal Investigator : Prof. S. Bhattacharyya
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. M. Ramgopal and Dr. A K Das
Sponsor : National Mission Project on Education through ICT
Project Title : Research on underwater robotics
Principal Investigator : Dr. C S Kumar, Dr. Vikranth Racherla, Dr
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Virtual Lab on Kinematics
Principal Investigator : Kingshook Bhattacharyya
Sponsor : MHRD
Project Title : Research on AGV
Principal Investigator : Prof. D. Chakravarty, Mining
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. D.K. Pratihar and others
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : E-Business Center of Excellence
Principal Investigator : Prof. M.K.Tiwari, Prof.M. Jenamani
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. D.K. Pratihar and others
Sponsor : MHRD, New-Delhi
Project Title : Deformation behaviour of electron beam welded dissimilar material titanium sheet metals
Principal Investigator : Prof. S K Panda
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. G. G. Roy
Sponsor : BRNS, DAE
Project Title : Understanding EB welding of Copper-Chromium-Zirconium alloy through real experiments and data analysis using soft computing
Principal Investigator : Prof. D.K. Pratihar
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. D. Chakrabarti (MetE), Dr. MN Jha, BARC
Sponsor : DAE (BRNS), Mumbai
Project Title : Cooperative multi-UAV exploration (EMU)
Principal Investigator : Prof. P.K. Biswas (ECE)
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. D.K. Pratihar, and others
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT KGP