Research Verticals

Research Verticals At DIA-CoE IITR

Smart Infrastructure and Hardened Structure & Shock and Detonics (Merged)

Thrust Areas :
• Structures for Extreme Terrain, High Altitude, Hilly Regions and Arid Regions
• Materials for Extreme Environment.
• Shock Proof Structures
• Thermal Management of Civil Infrastructure
• Semi Buried, Light Weight, Modular, Transportable, Storage Facility for Explosives.
• Centrifuge Facility for High Energy Explosive Blast.
• Bio Inspired Panels for Projectile and Blast Wave Protection.
• Material for Replicating Behavior of Auxetic Structures for Stopping Shrapnels Generated by Blast Wave.
• Integration of renewable energy sources and Sustainable Infrastructure, smart grid technology.
• Microstructure Informed Chemo-Mechano-Thermal Modelling based Predictive Assessment of Shock-Sensitivity
• Materials Design for Blast Mitigation
• Experimental and Computational Study of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion Phenomenon of Metal/Metal Oxide in Air Blasts
• Sensor Platform and Data Acquisition Systems for Landmine and Explosive Detection

Thermal Management

Thrust Areas :
• Evaluate Film Cooling Performance
• Cooling Mechanisms for Cylindrical and Hole Geometries, Surface of Blades and Other Fast-Moving Structures.
• Cooling Solutions for High Power Electronics Chips Through Mounting and Packaging

Landslide, Snow and Avalanche Studies

Thrust Areas :
• Advanced Avalanche Prediction & Mitigation Strategies
• Strategies for Mitigation of Landslide.
• Tornado, Flood and Draught Management Using Microwave & Ultrasonic Technology.
• Landslide Early Warning.
• Strengthening of Foundation and Pavements in Perma Frost Region.
• Anti-Icing Solution.
• Equation of State Determination for Concrete and Soil
• Application of Hyperspectral imaging data and techniques for object detection

Energy Storage Devices

Thrust Areas :
• Li/ Al/ Na/Mg -Ion/ Batteries and BMS.
• Novel Battery Technologies
• Hydrogen based Energy Systems
• Fuel Cells
• New Electrode and Electrolytes Materials for Super Capacitors.
• Nuclear Batteries for Robotics Application.
• Chip Ultra Capacitors for Wearable Applications.
• Thermal, Mechanical and Electrical Energy storage systems, Renewable energy sources

Laser Technology for Ranging and Detection (LTRD)

Thrust Areas :
• Laser Range Finder, LIDAR
• SoC Development
• Laser Communication

Emerging RF Technologies for Application in Defence Communications

Thrust Areas :
• RF Power Amplifiers and Their Combining Techniques
• Signal Processing & Baseband Techniques for Radio Frequency Front-End Design and Performance Enhancement.
• Multi-Functional Radio-Frequency Front-End Components and Subsystem Design.
• New Generation Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits.
• Advanced RF Antenna systems

Advanced Electro Optic Technologies

Thrust Areas :
• EO Technologies For Ground based Space Situational Awareness
• Optronic Sensor Shield Next Generation EO Sensors
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies for EO Systems
• Camera for Wide-Area Day and Night Surveillance System
• Next Generation Laser Designation POD 3D Laser Imaging System
• High Resolution Imaging Payloads
• Technologies with Identification Capability