A mix of experienced faculty members, young researchers, and students at SiliconTech collaborate actively with researchers from across the globe and diverse disciplines to address fundamental questions and a range of problems in science and technology.
An in-house research proposal scheme promotes scientific investigations in any area of science or engineering. Funding, as seed money, is given to faculty members to start projects and promote industry-academia collaborations.
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The Research Center provides high-quality facilities and support services to ensure that the research community at SiliconTech has an enabling ecosystem for carrying out cutting-edge research.
The Research Center has strong groups in the domains of data science, optical sensors, power electronics and systems, signal processing, VLSI and wireless sensor networks.
The research focus in Data Science is on extracting actionable information from varied forms of data and presenting solutions to many real-world problems. The efforts include research on applying scientific methods mostly from machine learning, empirical sciences, statistics, data mining, and big data analytics on varied application domains. READ MORE
Research in the Optical Sensor facility works on various fields of optical sensors, including fiber optics sensors, forward-looking infrared imaging, and distributed sensing. The research team focuses on developing fiber optics sensors for civil applications, high-temperature monitoring, biomedical engineering, and security applications. SiliconTech is constantly exploring new avenues in the field of high-precision optical sensors, like Fiber-Bragg grating sensors. READ MORE
The research thrust in the Power Systems and Electronics domain is on processing and conversion of electrical energy. The research team focuses on solutions for the reliable and efficient operation of interconnected power systems with large-scale integration of renewable energy. We work to modernize the electric grid to a Smart grid with bidirectional communication, catering to both the customer and grid operator requirements. READ MORE
The Signal Processing research group primarily aims to design and develop efficient algorithms to resolve real-time and offline issues related to single and multi-dimensional signals/systems. The focus is on data integration, techniques, and tools for efficient knowledge discovery to aid decision-making processes in association with information extraction and computational intelligence. The work is in diverse areas such as speech, audio and image processing, computer vision, and video processing, etc. READ MORE
The VLSI group focuses on research in the area of CMOS integrated circuits and electronic system design. It aims to contribute to making India technologically independent in the semiconductor industry. Some of the research includes developing microcontrollers for use in low-power IoT-based applications, analog IP blocks for an ultra-efficient neuromorphic processor, and a power management solution for the LED lighting industry, etc. READ MORE
The research in the Wireless Sensor Networks domain is on the design and development of new environment friendly products and solutions to enhance the quality of life of individuals. It focuses on prototyping and developing sensor related technologies for wireless networks to serve diverse real life applications. These include research on a smart IoT model for acute stroke avoidance, an IoT-based detection model for the level of autism, an IoT-based system for patient monitoring, etc. READ MORE
SiliconTech’s four research labs bring together scientists from premier research institutes in the country and industry partners from across the globe to work with faculty, students and young researchers at the institute to undertake important research to advance the respective fields in service of society.
The Advanced VLSI Lab is a Center of Excellence for training and research that provides an ecosystem for fostering real-life, project-based learning in the area of CMOS integrated circuits and electronic system design.
The Data Science Lab focuses on applying scientific methods and algorithms to extract and apply knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data to a broad range of application domains.
The IoT and Embedded Systems Lab aims to develop a connected, secure, and smart Internet of Things based platform, empowered with machine learning and data analytics, to address economic, social, and environmental, and business needs.
The Advanced Materials Lab encourages interdisciplinary interactions among materials science researchers in the field of polymer nanocomposites, semiconducting materials, nanofluids, green synthesis of nanomaterials, etc.
Successful collaborations with academia, industry and governmental organizations are fundamental to SiliconTech’s research enterprise. Active partnerships with researchers from multidisciplinary backgrounds aid critical research in new directions and deepen existing scholarship to advance knowledge and innovations in science and technology.
Collaborations provide access to resources, expertise, and global networks that increase funding opportunities and support strategic and capacity-building efforts of the research community at SiliconTech. Students get a chance to work with experts and advance their scientific careers.
SL.NO | Research Focus | Partner Organization | DOMAIN | RESEARCH LEAD | DURATION |
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01. | Developing hardware and software solutions in the IoT domain, new technologies and marketable products in IoT and Industry 4.0. | Phoenix Robotix Pvt. Ltd. | IoT | Dr. Ambarish G. Mohapatra, Senior Assistant Professor | Sep 2020 – 2025 |
02. | Developing standard mixed-signal IP blocks such as voltage references and regulators. | Boston Microtechnology LLC | VLSI | Dr. Saroj Rout, Adjunct Professor | Jun 2020 – 2023 |
03. | Cost minimization based multi-stage PMU installation strategy considering energy industry perspective | NIT Durgapur | Power System Monitoring | Dr. Tapas Kumar Maji, Assistant Professor | Dec 2020 – 2023 |
04. | Design and development of Fibre Bragg Grating Based Cardiac Probe for MRI Environment | Indian Institute of Technology, Patna | Fiber Optics Sensor | Dr. Ambarish G. Mohapatra, Senior Assistant Professor | Nov 2019 - 2021 |
The Silicon Research Promotion Scheme (SRPS) promotes excellence in higher education and research by funding research projects for up to one year undertaken by faculty members in various disciplines. SRPS will award short-term fellowships, under different projects, to meritorious students. The scheme supports explorations in new areas in science, engineering, and technology. Broad research activities for grant consideration under SRPS are as follows.
The objective of the project is to apply deep learning techniques to optimize the performance of active noise control systems so as to provide a user adjustable control for acoustic noise ingress within a particular region (quiet zone) by estimating noise levels through discrete point measurements in and around the control region, and optimizing the location and spectral characteristics of anti-noise sources in order to achieve the best results.
Budget Allocated: ₹ 15 lakhs
Duration: December 2021 to December 2024
Principal Investigator: Dr. Biranchi Narayan Rath, Senior Assistant Professor, Silicon Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar.
Mentor: Dr. Debi Prasad Das, Principal Scientist, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar
Investigators: Dr. Ambarish G. Mohapatra, Principal Investigator, Dept. of EIE, SiliconTech Bhubaneswar, Dr. Kamalakanta Satpathy, Co-Principal Investigator.
Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) are used as passive optical sensors in various purposes like Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), biomedical and chemical sensors, sensors in aerospace applications where EM radiation may create abnormalities during measurement. These FBG sensors are primarily sensitive to the effect of strain on the grating region. The proposed project work is based on the packaging of a FBG sensor element using suitable metal and polymer which can be used in civil engineering applications.
Design Approach:
Investigator: Dr. Kamalakanta Satpathy
The Brownian motion of the nanoparticles in nanofluid is one of the potential contributors to enhance effective thermal conductivity. The mechanisms that might contribute to this enhancement are the subject of considerable discussion and debate. Towards this, the mixing as well as other hydrodynamics and thermal effects associated with the Brownian motion in the nanofluid will be numerically studied.
Numerical Approach:
The project aims to develop an algorithm which can not only enhance the dark regions of an image but at the same time effectively manipulate the local contrast of the bright regions for proper overall enhancement of an image without any significant loss of original information.
Budget Allocated: ₹48,600
Duration: January - June 2021
Principal Investigator: Dr. Aditya Acharya, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Co-Principal Investigator: Mr. Nihar Ranjan Panda, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Grid connected inverters are the necessities of the present power system as the integration of renewable energy is increasing. Grid connected inverters will provide a mechanism to integrate the DC power produced by wind, solar and various other resources, which can be connected with storage like batteries, into the AC power system.
Budget Allocated: ₹38,000
Duration: June - December 2021
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rajan Mishra, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Co-Principal Investigator: Mr. Jagadish Patra, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering & Dr. Tapas Kumar Maji, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Scheduling of power for different sources is vital for the economic operation of the grid. This project aims to provide an effective means to monitor the load consumption pattern of any system online from any location. Objective of the project is to create a smart energy meter with internet connectivity for real-time monitoring.
Budget Allocated: ₹21,000
Duration: October 2019 to February 2021(Completed)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rajan Mishra, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Ramaprasad Panda, Additional Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering & Dr. Tapas Kumar Maji, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
The proposed work has two objectives. The first objective is to design and develop a suspension bridge model. The second objective is to develop a GUI based approach to visualize the strain and deformation profile of the suspension bridge using FBG sensor data.
Budget Allocated: ₹50,000
Duration: September 2018 to March 2019 (Completed)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ambarish Gajendra Mohapatra, Senior Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Co-Principal Investigator: Mr. Tarini Ch. Mishra, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
This project aims to help our students and staffs to get the location of another college bus which passes through the nearby area, they will be able to get the real-time location of the bus and also the expected time of arrival along with notifications of bus arrival and notification to the parents about their child leaving and entering in any of these buses.
Budget Allocated: ₹40,000
Duration: July 2017 to December 2018 (Completed)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Samaleswari Prasad Nayak, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
Co-Principal Investigator: NIL
We have successfully acquired soil MC and environmental temperature, humidity, light intensity data using zigbee based WSN platform. More analysis on hardware performance like current consumption, battery life have to be done. Also the interconnection with DSS mechanism has been studied for irrigation control. This work is also focused on large agriculture data classification, analysis and prediction for better farming using smart DSS.
Some of the research goals achieved in this project are:
Duration: 2014–2015
Sponsoring Agency: Silicon Research Promotion Scheme (SRPS) scheme sponsored by Silicon Institute of technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
This method provides an accurate, and rapid tool to estimate leaf area from digital images. This tool’s ability to separate leaf pixels from various backgrounds also allows it to be used for leaf area and crop canopy measurement without masking soil or relying on infrared images to distinguish leaf area from background soil. This will significantly improve rapid screening of large plant collections.
The accuracy of this software was very high even with a commonly available camera phone, but care must be taken to avoid perspective and lens distortion.
The time required using traditional methods (flatbed scanner and Image analysis) is about 5 min for capturing an image and about 3 min for analyzing leaf area. Using a digital camera and this method required less than 5 s for capturing an image and less than 60 s for analyzing leaf area.
Duration: 2014–2015
Sponsoring Agency: Silicon Research Promotion Scheme (SRPS) scheme sponsored by Silicon Institute of technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
SiliconTech, the engineering institute of SIlicon University, is a Nodal Center for research. More than 60% of our faculty have a Ph.D. with extensive research experience. Interested students can register for Ph.D. at do their course and thesis work under faculty guidance in SiliconTech.
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