Research Verticals At DIA-CoE IITR
																				
																				
																				
																			 
																			
																				
																					
																						Smart Infrastructure and Hardened Structures
																					
																					
																				 
																				
																			 
																			
																				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
																			
																			
																			
																				Thrust Areas : 
 • 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
																			
																			
																			
																				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
																			
																			
																			
																				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
																			
																			
																				
																					
																						Electronics for Laser based Applications/ Laser Technology for ranging, detection and communication
																					
																					
																				 
																				
																			 
																			
																				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