Contents Introduction :National Institute of Science and Technology, (NIST) was established in the year 1996 atBerhampur, Odisha by few academicians who had their education in IIT’s and in U.S.A. TheInstitute holds the distinction of being the first engineering college in the most economicallybackward and deprived districts of South Odisha. The founder of the Institute had thevision “To create engineering minds capable of mastering the global challenges oftomorrow’s technology”. Within a short span of time, under the vision and leadership of itsFounder Promoters Prof Sangram Mudali, Director and Prof. Geetika Mudali, PlacementDirector, NIST has grown to become one of the leading Engineering Institutes in EasternIndia. NIST has now about 200 faculty members who have been conferred four BoysCASTfellowships, three Fulbright fellowships, one Humboldt and three Samanta Chandra ShekharYoung Scientist Awards among other notable achievements.In 2014 NAAC, Govt of India, accredited NIST with Grade “A” with a high score of 3.22 outof 4. NIST has been ranked 69th at All-India level and 1st among all Engineering College ofBPUT by MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF), Govt. of India. NIST has alsobeen ranked #64 among top 75 Engineering Colleges in India by Outlook, July 2016 andhas been ranked #13 in India by DataQuest - CMRSurvey Report 2015-16.Soon after its establishment, NIST set up its own consultancy services and developed anumber of ICT products for education and industry. The “Online Information Systems” aneducational ERP, a product of NTCS, won the top prize in E-Governance at the nationallevel. NIST is also a multidisciplinary centre in engineering research. NIST has also beenawarded the best technical Institute in the state of Odisha for R&D activities. Similar todifferent top notch Institutes in India and abroad, a dedicated cell for sponsored researchand industrial consultancy (SRIC) has been set up recently to enhance sponsored researchactivities. As a first step MOUs have been signed with world class Universities such as IAMS,Taiwan and UEC Japan. Private Industries like Sankalp Semiconductors, Sandhar, Millionlights,and SunMoksha are working with the Institute for collaborative research. The institute isworking with IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur on NMIECT and other projects. The Institute hasreceived grants from DST, Govt. of India and Govt of Odisha, CSIR, DAE, UGC, AICTE. NISTis a TIFAC CORE centre for 3G and 4G Communications which is funded by DST Govt. ofIndia. Under the DST UKIERI project, faculty of NIST and Heriot Watt University UK arecollaborating in research for new nano materials. Attempts are being made to get projectsfrom DRDO, DBT, ISRO, etc.

At present the Institute has grown to 24 research groups with a strong multidisciplinaryethos. This booklet presents a brief one page write-up on the activities of each of theresearch group.

About SRICMessageSalient Achivements | 01Recent Awards | 04Recent Funds Received | 05Consultancy Projects | 06Semiconductor Group | 07VLSI & EDA Group | 08Nano Science & Technology Group | 09Photonics Group | 10Device Group | 11Instrumentation and Control Group | 12Computer Networks & Sensor Group | 13Microwave Group | 14Renewable Energy Group | 15Embedded Systems Group | 16Data Science Group | 17High Performance Computing Group | 18Materials Research & Characterzation Group | 19Fluid Dynamics and Scientific Computing Group| 20Mathematics and Optimization | 21Computer Vision & Pattern Recognization Group | 22Robotics & Mechatronics Group | 23Molecular Modelling Group | 24Power System Group | 25Autonomous and Intelligent System Group | 26Power electronics and Electrical Drive | 27Smart Materials and Manufacturing Group | 28Fluid and Energy Group| 29Appraisal Research Group | 30High-end Equipments | 31Major Equipments Available | 32Research Publications by Faculty Members | 33Books Published by Faculty Members | 37NIST Research Fellowship/Internship Programme | 38Fellowship/Internship, Awards to NIST Students | 38Research Contribution by Students | 40Patent Applications | 41Significant Research Outcomes | 42

For further queries/details about sponsored Research and Consultancy at NIST, you may contact the Coordinator,Dr. Prabhat K. Sahu E mail: sric@nist.edu

Dr. Jatindra Kumar DashMember

Prof. Dr. Prabhat K. SahuSRIC Coordinator

Dr. Satya Sopan MahatoMember

Dr. Motahar Reza R&D Coordinator

Dr. Basant Kumar SahuMember

About Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC) CenterSponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC) Center at National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST) is responsible for the promotion, facilitation,coordination and administration of all the sponsored and consultancy projects handled by the faculty of NIST. Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancyare the two important modes through which the faculty members can keep themselves upgraded to the frontiers of knowledge and the latest developmentsin the technology towards fulfilling the mission and vision of our Institute. It is the endeavor of the SRIC Center to encourage the faculty to the state of theart advancements in various aspects of science and technology towards industrial applications and participate in the socio-economic development ofthe state and the country as well.

National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) is a pioneer institute in Research and Development (R&D) activities in the

State of Odisha. Right from its inception in the year 1996, NIST has been involved in numerous R&D activities. NIST has successfully

implemented Under Graduate Research program and student RAs and Summer Interns have done commendable research

work. Recently NIST has been awarded the Energy Conservation Award - 2016 by the Govt. of Odisha and NIST Student Team has

won the First Prize in the CADENCE design contest. Research activities are the backbone of any good Institute and the activities

lead to innovation and development of new technologies.

We wish success to the entire faculty and student researchers for carrying out successful R & D activities at NIST.

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Prof. Sangram MudaliDirector, NIST

Prof. Geetika MudaliPlacement Director, NIST

Prof. Ajit Kumar PandaPrincipal, NIST

Salient Achievements

Faculty Awards and Fellowships:Samanta Chandra Shekhar Award 1

Samanta Chandra Shekhar Young Scientist Awardees 4

URSI Young Scientist Awardees 3

BoysCAST Fellowships 4

Fulbright Fellowships 3

Humboldt Fellowships 1

ICTP Regular Associate Trieste, Italy 1

CTS Fellowship (IIT, KGP) 1

INSA Fellowships 8

National Photonics Fellowship (IIT, Madras) 1

UGC Post Doctorate Research Fellowship 1

AICTE Emeritus Professors 4

Faculty with Ph.D. Degrees 65

Faculty with Post Doctorates 25

Faculty with degrees from IIT’s 45

Faculty with degrees from Foreign Universities 15

MSME Incubators: Solanix Technology: Noiseless Solar Grass Cutter

K-Technologies: Robotics

WiZ-BiZ Technology: WiFi Electronics Guide

Corporate Gurukul: MOOC on Softskills

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Major Sponsored Grants Received:TIFAC CORE, for 3G/4G and 4G Communication, DST Govt. ofIndiaDST UKIERI, Govt. of India / U.K.

DST FIST, Govt. of India

OREDA, DST, Govt. of Odisha

NMIET, Govt. of India

DST - SERC, Govt. of India

NBHM, Govt of India

Academic MOU / Partenships:IIT (B), IIT (KGP), CEERI, IIT (M), IITBBS

Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan

University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan

Heriot Watt University, U.K.

School of Software Convergence, College of Information andCommunications Technology Convergence at Myongi University(MJU), Seoul, South Korea.Central Tool Room and Training Centre, Govt. of India Society,Ministry of MSME

Industry MOU:SunMoksha, Bangalore, India

SANDHAR, Gurgaon, India

Sankalp Semiconductor

VividSparks lT Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Reliance JiO, Mumbai

New Leaf Dynamics, Delhi

Millionlights, New Delhi

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Recent Seminars and Conferences:One day workshop on “Industry-Academic Interaction: Opportunity forEntrepreneurs” on 22nd Dec 2016.One day workshop on “Disruptive Technology Management; Leveragingfor Management Education and Research” on 10th Dec 2016IEEE: Half day workshop on Smart Grid Technology on 19th Nov 2016CSI State Student Convention on “Cloud and Internet of Things” on 22ndOctober 2016.DST Sponsored INSPIRE Science Camp 2016 @ NIST, Oct 25 -29, 2016One day workshop on Intellectual property/Patent on 10th June 2016.Workshop on research methodology, Funded by Indian Council of SocialScience Research, New Delhi, Department of Management Studies, NIST,Berhampur from 5th May to 14th May, 2016Workshop on “Prospective and R & D Areas in Civil Engineering” 30thMarch 2016.Seminar on ‘Freedom of Expression in Academia’ on 29th February2nd National Conference on Devices and Circuits(NCDC-2016) on 19thFebruary 2016.IEEE Mini-Colloquium on Device and Reliability will be held on 20thFebruary, 2016.Workshop cum National Level Competition on Automation, PLC andSCADA during 19th and 20th Feb 2016.CSI SB RECONSTITUTION DAY on the theme “Internet of Things (IoT)” on20th February 20165th IEEE EDS Mini-Colloquium on Emerging Electron Devices on 19thDecember, 2015Workshop on IBM blue mix on 16th Jan 2016Five-day DST Inspire Science Camp from 27th Jan-31st Jan 2016Seminar on “National Mathematics Day” -December 22nd 2016Workshop on ‘Levels of Mind-Discovery, Conversion and Change’, on21st December, 2015Workshop on Stress Management on 3rd Dec 2015Workshop on Creative Writing date 12th Oct to 17th Oct 2015Five-day DST Inspire Science Camp from 06th – 10th October, 2015

Foreign Visits (2014-17):Dr. A. K. Panda University of Hong Kong, Hong KongDr. S. K. Tripathy Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences,

Taipei, Taiwan/National Taiwan University,Taipei, Taiwan

Dr. S. K. TripathyDr. D. Sahu Heriot Watt University, U.K.Dr. M. HotaDr. S. K. TripathyMr. S. SwainMr. S. PattnaikDr, M. Reza The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical

Sciences, Cambridge, UKForeign Visitors (2014-17):

Prof. S. Nozaki University of Electro-Communications,Japan

Prof. K. Hakuta University of Electro-Communications,Japan

Prof. Hari Mohan Upadhyay Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K.Prof. Soo Yeon Kim International Mind Education Institute

(IMEI), South KoreaProf. Bernd Engels Julius Maximilian University of Wurzburg,

GermanyDr Joao Ventura President, IFIMUP and IN - Institute of

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,University of Porto, PORTUGAL

Prof. Amit Kumar Mishra University of Cape Town, South AfricaProf. Durga Mishra NJIT, New Jersey, USA

University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo,Japan

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Institute ConsultancyISWP, JamshedpurArmy Defence College, GopalpurSunMoksha, BangalorePointec Pvt LtdSankalp Semiconductor, BangaloreNew Leaf Dynamics, DelhiC. V. Raman, BhubaneswarOrange County, Bangalore

TIFAC CORE @ NIST:Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) is anautonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology (DST).Under the broad umbrella of Technology Vision -2020, TIFAC has launched anambitious mission called REACH (Relevance and Excellence in achieving newheights in educational institutions). The foundation of this mission rests firmlyon the triangular linkage between the academic institution, industry andgovernment.

TIFAC-CORE in 3G/4G Communication Technologies:National Institute of Science and Technology signed a MOU on 22 December,2009with TIFAC, DST, Govt. of India, to set up a Centre of Excellence in 3G/4GCommunication Technologies with an investment of 915.792 lacs.

Following Industry partners are collaborating with NIST in this project:NI Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd., BangaloreFree Scale Semiconductor India Private Ltd., Bangalore and AmmosSoftware Technologies Pvt. Ltd., BangaloreAltera Semiconductor India Pvt. Ltd., BangaloreARM Embedded Technologies Private Limited, BangaloreAdya Systems & Software Pvt. Ltd., New DelhiAgilent Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., GurgaonMicrosystems Pvt. Ltd., ChennaiSutra Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Bhubaneswar Sovereign Technologies, BangaloreAITM, Bhubaneswar and Indus, Bhubaneswar

Microline India, KolkataIntegrated Microsystem, GurgaonCranes Software International Limited, BangaloreInfosys Technologies Limited, BangaloreCoreEL Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd., BangaloreMphasis, Bangalore.

NIST TIFAC RMC Members:Mr. T. Viswanatha Rao, Vice President, Sasken Comm Tech Ltd.,Bangalore ,Chairman- RMCMr. Britto L. Marceline, Former CTO, CDOT- Alcatel Research Center(CARC), Chennai, Member- RMCProf. S.S. Pathak, Department of E&EC Engineering, IIT- Kharagpur,Member-RMCDr. Subir Saha, Head Research & Innovation, Nokia Siemens Network,Bangalore, Member-RMCProf. Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST, Berhampur ,Member (Ex-officio),RMCDr. Neeraj Saxena or a TIFAC nominee ,Member- Secretary, RMCProf. A.K. Panda, Coordinator, TIFAC-CORE, Convenor of the RMC

NIST signed MOU with TIFAC

Energy Conservation Award - 2016NIST wins the Energy Conservation Award for the 2nd consecutive time. Prof.Geetika Mudali, Placement Director received the award today at JayadevBhawan, Bhubaneswar in The National Energy Conservation Day Celebration.Mr Bhagabati P Pattnaik attended the award ceremony along with theplacement director.

Smart Village Award - 2016NIST Research & Development and Sunmoksha received theAward for SmartVillage 2016 at the Smart Grid Conference, New Delhi held on May 13, 2016.This achievement is the recognition of the work of SunMoksha, an incubateeat National Institute of Science and Technology, Berhampur, in electrifyingChhotkei, Angul, through India’s first smart micro grid. NIST has developed allthe required software and hardware at its living laboratories in the campusand thereafter replicated the same in Chhotkei making it the first Smart NanoGrid Village of India.

Recent Awards

SAE India EfficycleSAE NIST COLLEGIATE CLUB Team MErauders 2.0 had participated in SAE EFFICYCLE2016 a National Level Competition, which is one of the most esteemed competitionheld nationwide.The event was in Lovely Professional University, Jullundur from 12th of October2016-16th of October 2016 and a total of 105 teams from different corners of thecountry participated. NIST Team got two categories awards (1) BEST HYBRID VEHICLE(2) BEST CAD/CAE AWARD

NIST wins the CADENCE Design Contest 2016The NIST Student Team has won the FIRST PRIZE in the CADENCE DESIGN CONTEST2015 (Undergraduate Category) which was held in Bangalore on 22.9.2016.Project Title: Implementation of JPEG2000 Using DWTTeam Members: Bhajanpreet Singh and Vinay Babu VandrangiGuide/s: Prof. (Dr.) Ajit Kumar Panda

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Recent Funds Received

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Funds Received for Consultancy Projects

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Semiconductor Group

Group activities:Research work on study of structure layout and doping profile on electron mobility in single and coupled quantum well semiconductor heterostructuresfor development of MODFET devicesStudy of the effect of external / gate electric field on electron mobility in quantum semiconductor structures for quantum well FET devicesHEMT and HBT for high frequency communication circuit

Sponsored Projects:DST SERC Project on HEMT for High frequency communication circuit: 27.34 Lakhs

Awards and Recognitions:Prof. A.K. Panda : Senior Member IEEE.Prof. A. K. Panda, Distinguished Lecturer, IEEEProf. Ajit K. Panda : Dean of Computer Application and Science, BPUT, Odisha

Group Members:Prof. Ajit Kumar PandaMr. Sudhakar DasMs. Rasmita K NayakDr. Narayan SahooDr. S. P. Pati (Emeritus Professors)

Dr. J. Majhi (Emeritus Professors)Mr. Artatran SahuMr. Mitu BaralMs. Sangita Rani PandaProf. Trinath Sahu

Group Leader

Latest Publications:N. Sahoo and T. Sahu, Mobility modulation in inverted delta doped coupled double quantum well structure, Physica B 498, 49-54 (2016)R.K. Nayak, S. Das, A.K. Panda and T. Sahu, Structural asymmetry induced size quantized nonmonotonous electron mobility in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs doublequantum well structure, Superlattices and Microstructures 89, 75-82 (2016) .S. Das, R. K. Nayak, T.Sahu and A.K.Panda, Enhancement of Multisubband Electron Mobility in Barrier Delta-Doped Asymmetric GaAs/AlGaAs DoubleQuantumWell Structure , IETE-Tech. Rep. 33, 17-22 (2016).R. K. Nayak, S. Das, A. K. Panda and T. Sahu, Nonmonotonous electron mobility due to structurally inducedresonant coupling of subband states in an asymmetric double quantum well, AIP Advances 5, 117232 (2015).S. Das,R.K.Nayak,T.Sahu and A.K.Panda, Enhancement of multisubbandel ectronmobility in asymmetrically dopedcoupled double quantum well structure, Physica B 476, 91-95(2015)

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VLSI & EDA Group

Group activities:The group works on the concepts of VLSI to implement in Silicon. The group trains students andmake ready for Cadence VLSI certification Program (CVCP) in collaboration with Cadence,India. The group trained students on Electronic Design Automation tools for VLSI/ASIC Designduring Summer Semester and record number of students joined in this group. The course isdesigned in such a way that most of the basic needs of EDA industry are taught in the course.The group has now started providing training on Xilinx Based Embedded System.

Students who are undergoing this training are well appreciated in the EDA industry. Compa-nies like Broadcom, Philips, Samsung, Sankalp Semiconductor, CoreEl Technologies, Wipro Tech-nologies, etc. recruit students of this group. The group participates actively in the activities ofVLSI Society of India and do research on reversible Low power circuits design. Students of thisgroup are getting first prize in Cadence Design Contest continuously for last three years.

The group has recently fabricated an IC for “Universal Sensors Interface for IoT application”using umc 180nm Technology in collaboration with Sankalp Semiconductor. Group’s secondproduct Venus is in pipeline and will be fabricated before December 2017.

Group Members:Mr. Mukesh Kumar SuklaMr. Manoj Kumar SenapatiMr. Mitu BaralMr. Rajesh Kumar DashMs. Sangita Rani Panda

Prof. M. SureshGroup Leader

Mr. Arttatran SahuMr. Rajib Kumar SubudhiDr. Santosh Kumar PattanaikDr. Ajit Kumar Panda

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Group activities:The group at the Center for Nanoscience and Technology was founded by Prof. S.N.Sahu of I.O.P.Bhubaneswar and this group is currently very active in the areasof nanocrystal semiconductors and metallic nanoparticles with a motivation for possible applications in solar cells for fuel production, chemical/biosensors andnanoelectric devices. Emphasis is given for inhouse sample synthesis and explores the possibility of applications. In this direction, different nanocrystal chalcogenidesemiconductors such as CdTe, CdSe, ZnSe, ZnTe and CdS have been synthesized using a simple bottom up aqueous chemical route. The surfactant used tosynthesize the samples is L-Cysteine and chemicals used are Cd,Zn, and chalcogens such as S,Se and Te. L-Cystein has the role of minimizing the size distributionand yield the low-dimensional semiconductors. Attempts have been made to optimize the sample preparation procedure through optical absorption studies.All the nanocrystal semiconductors show size quantization effect marked by UV absorption and emission indicating sizes are being very small. Bulk two-terminaldevices have been fabricated using the vaccum coating unit and capacitance voltage measurements are carried out using the LCR meter. The group is activelycollaborating with Brunel University,London and IISER,Pune for third generation solar cell using the quantum dots.

Sponsored Projects: UKIERI,DST,India and UK:p.i.-Prof.S.N.Sahu

Latest Publications:S.K.Tripathy and M.Sunderray “Sensing application of an optical fiber coated with L-Cystein ethyel easter hydrocholoric capped ZnTe quantum dots”,accepted for publication Material Science Poland,2016.Sumanta Kumar Patnaik, Sukanta Kumar Triapthy and Surendra Nath Sahu,” “Synthesis and Characterisation of Small Size Fluorescence LEEH CapedBlueEmission ZnTe Quantum Dots” accepted for publication Material Science Poland,2016.Mihir Hota, Sukanta Ku Tripathy “Photonic Crystal Structures for sensing application” Journal of Bionanoscience, 10, 5, pp.331-340, 2016.D. Panda, A. Dhar and S.K. Ray, “Diffusion kinetics and evolution of self-assembled nickel germanide nanorings on germanised Si (100)”RSCAdvances, vol. 5, pp. 33283-33288, 2015.

Nano Science & Technology Group

Group Members:Dr. Manabendra PatraDr. Duryodhan SahuDr. Debasis PandaMr. Sumanta Ku PatnaikMr. Sukanta K SwainProf. Mihir Hota

Group Leader

Dr. Sukanta K. Tripathy (Adjunct Faculty)Ms. Namita JenaMs. Sangita SwainMr. Sangram JenaMs. Sarita SahuDr. Ranjan Padhy

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Group activities:This group is working mainly in three different areas. First in 2D photonic crystal structure, for applications in optical logic gates and sensing. Second in tailoringthe optical properties of new types of fiber for different applications. Mainly two different fibers- QuantumDot doped optical fiber(QDF) and Fiber Bragg Grating(FBG) are investigated for use in amplification of signal, whereas recently we have entered into the FBG research. This group also works in spintronics, applicableto LEDs. This group has produced three PhDs and three more are working currently for their PhD degree.

Latest Publications:S.K. Tripathy, S.P.Dash, “implementation of optical logic gates using closed packed crystal structure”, Optic communication, vol.285,issue13-14,(2012),pp3234-3237.Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, Deepanjali Misra ‘Spin polarization in GaAs LED, effect of phonon ineraction’, Optik-int. j. light electron opt.(2013)vol.124,issue19,pp2709-2712.Deepanjali Misra and Sukanta Ku Tripathy, “Spin polarization of electrons in a magnetic doped semiconductor quantum dot, the effect of electronphonon interaction”, Pramana- journal of physics, vol.86,No.3, pp-0661- 0667,2016Deepanjali Misra and Sukanta Ku Tripathy, ‘Effect of Electron-Phonon Interaction on electron Spin Polarizationin a quantum dot Light Emitting Diode’, Integrated Optics and Lightwave: An International Journal(OPTLJ)”,Vol.2, No.1, 2015.Abhilash Panda, Mihir Hota, Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, “Enhancement of transmission efficiency in a photonicbandgap fiber introducing nonlinearity”, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9654, 96541X (2015)

Group Members:Dr. Mihir HotaMr. Asesh Kumar TripathyMr. Abhilash PandaMr. Purnendu MishraMr. Sukanta Kumar SwainDr. Sukanta K. Tripathy (Adjunct Faculty)

Dr. Deepanjali MishraGroup Leader

Photonics Group

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Device Group

Group activities:The primary research area of this group is Semiconductor Device Physics, VLSI and Nanotechnology and Microelectronics and Photovoltaic. The group basicallyworks on Fabrication and characterization of Semiconductor Devices, Thin Film Physics and Technologies, Fabrication and characterization of MOS and MIMcapacitors, Sensors, Memristor, Inorganic heterojunction solar cells. This group works on modeling and simulation of various semiconductor devices like solarcells, MOS, HEMT devices and novel device structures. Other than this, the group is associated with hands on training to the interested studentson the developmentof different commercial valued electroniccircuit projects in embedded system environment. This group has recently designed and proposed a new electivelaboratory for microcontrollers for B.Tech curriculum. Moreover, a e-learning based simulation software for semiconductor device coursework is under constructionby this group.

Latest Publications:S. Mahata, S S Mahato, K. Usha, N. Mandal, K. Mukherjee and B. Mondal, “Chemical modification of titanium isopropoxide for producing stable dispersionof titania nano-particles”, Materials Chemistry and Physics Volume 151, Jan 2015, 267-274D. P. Dash, Rakesh Roshan, Shrabani Mahata, S. Mallik, S. S. Mahato and S. K. Sarkar, ‘A compact J-V model for solar cell to simplify parameter calculation’,J. Renewable Sustainable Energy 7, 013127, February 2015.S. Anakapalli, A. Bag, S. Mallik, C. K. Maiti, ‘Characterization of Metal-Insulator-Metal Capacitor using Papain’, 3rd International Symposium onsemiconductor Materials and Devices (ISSMD-3), India, p.108, February, 2015.S Sachin Kumar, Amitesh Prasad, Amrita Sinha, Pratikhya Rout, Palash Das, S.S.Mahato,and S.Mallik, ‘Impact of Post Metal Annealing on Gate WorkFunction Engineering forAdvanced MOS Applications’, International Conference on Condensed Matter and Applied Physics (ICC-2015),India,October2015.

Embedded projects:Automatic door unlocking with knocking password: 3rd prize in KSHITIZ 2016, IIT KharagpurI-V measurement instrument: 5th in TECHNEX’16, IIT BHU

Ongoing embedded projects:Computer controlled breadboardInteractive medicine reminder

Dr. Satya Sopan MahatoGroup Leader

Mr. Durga Prasad DashGroup Member

Mr. Rakesh RoshanGroup Member

Dr. Shrabani MahataGroup Member

Dr. Palash DasGroup Member

Dr. Sandipan MallikGroup Member

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Instrumentation & Control Group

Group activities:The primary research focus of the group is to design control and optimization algorithms for various dynamic system pertaining to controllers for industrial rotorstabilization, nonlinear dynamics and control, flexible manipulator control of robotic arm, coordination of autonomous vehicles, Designing of sliding modecontrol, Modelling of Dynamical systems using BondGraph. The group is also active in exploring other controller design issues like self tuning and MRAC controllerfor adaptive systems, LQG, loop shaping and ricatti based Hinf controller. We are trying to improve our publications by guiding undergraduate and postgradu-ate students in their research projects and also working with bright students of other reputed engineering colleges all over India through the summer researchinternship program. In order to convert the theoretical control algorithm models to useful practical applications we have collaborated with industrial automa-tion companies like National instruments and Fox automation to start a embedded control industrial automation lab. In this lab we are fully equipped with allmodern form of data acquisition equipment like USB 6009, C-Daq , C-Rio , Image processing equipment , autonomous robotic vehicle ,Elvis , PLC’s , DCS andmodern Drives . Apart from research activities we use this modern industrial control lab for training our students as well as people from industries and give themspecialized automation skills in terms of both software and hardware such that they become industry ready.

Latest Publications:S.J Siva Abhishek, Niranjan Kumar gupta, Abhro Mukherjee, Satyabrata Das : Stabilizing Varying Eccentricity Problem In Hydrodynamic Bearings UsingElegant Control Strategies : Proceedings XIII Control Instrumentation System Conference (18th oct’2016)Abhro Mukherjee, Satyabrata Das, S.J Siva Abhishek, Niranjan kumar gupta : Stabilizing Hydrodynamic Bearing Using H” Loop Shaping Design Procedure: Proceedings XIII Control Instrumentation System Conference (18th oct’2016)Abhro Mukherjee, Satyabrata Das and Sabyasachi Sengupta : Whirl orbital response control of micro rotors with modal spill, International Journal ofacoustics and vibration (accepted) 2016.

Awards and Recognitions:One member (Dr. A. Mukherjee) got the excellence Eiffel scholarship (prestigious scholarship from French Government) to study in France and completehis specialized Masters degree in Engineering.

Group Members:Mr. Satyabrata DasMs. Suchandra PalMr. Debashish ChowdhuryMr. Kunja Bihari Swain

Dr. Abhro MukherjeeGroup Leader

52 students qualified for the NI Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD)certified by national Instruments Incorporation USA.

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Computer Network & Sensor Group

Group activities:This group aims to explore the current research issues in wireless communication and wireless networks. In particular, the group is actively engaged in studyanchor free localization in under water sensor networks, discrimination in faults in wireless sensor networks, mobility patterns of sensor nodes, routing issues invehicular cloud, outlier detection, spectrum sensing and handoff in cognitive radio sensor networks, video summarization and video synopsis. At present eightPhD scholars are working in the aforementioned areas.

Latest Publications:Arunanshu Mahapatro and Ajit Kumar Panda. Choice of Detection Parameters on Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Multiobjective OptimizationApproach. Wireless Personal Communication, Springer.vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 649–669, September-2014.Arunanshu Mahapatro. Online Fault Diagnosis of Wireless Sensor Networks. Central European Journal of Computer Science, Springer.vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 30–44, March- 2014.Arunanshu Mahapatro. Detection and Diagnosis of Node failure in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Multiobjective Optimization Approach. Swarm andEvolutionary Computation, Elsevier, vol. 13, pp. 74–84, December 2013.Arunanshu Mahapatro. Mobility Adaptive Unequal Cluster-based Routing Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Sensor Networks,vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 65 – 81, September-2013.Arunanshu Mahapatro. Online Distributed Fault Diagnosis in Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless Personal Communication, Springer,vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 1931-1960, August 2013.Arunanshu Mahapatro. Mobility Aware Distributed Diagnosis of Mobile Ad Hoc Sensor Networks. Networking Science, Springer, vol. 2, no. 1-2, pp. 52–65,May-2013.Sibashrit Pattnaik, Arunanshu Mahapatro, Energy aware mobility prediction in wireless sensor networks, In International Conference on Technologies forSustainable Development (ICTSD), 2015, pp 1-5.

Group Members:Dr. Ajit Kumar PandaMr. Swadhin Kumar MishraSiddhartha Bhusan NeelamaniMr. Rabindra K. ShialMr. Asish Kumar DassDr. Motahar Reza

Mr. Rabindra Kumar ShialGroup Leader

Mr. Prasant MahantyMr. Diganta Das Mr. Bhabani S. GoudaMr. Subhankar GhatakMr. Srinivas Roula

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Microwave Group

Group activities:The group is active in Microwave Devices and circuits, Antenna and its characterization. Tools like Microwave Office, CST, IE3D are using by thegroup for Antenna and Microwave Research.Antenna Fabrication Unit, VNA (upto Ku-band) and Anechoic Chamber are also available for group’s research purpose. The group is activelydesigning microwave mixing, power amplification, low-noise amplification, and high-frequency switching circuits. Antenna Group is workingon planar antenna, multi frequency, reconfigurable antenna and metamaterials.

Collaborators:Prof. R K Mishra, Berhampur UniversityProf. G N Dash, Sambalpur UniversityMr. Saroj K Patro, CISCO, Bangalore

Latest Publications:Asit K. Panda, A K Panda, Sudhakar Sahu and Rabindra K. Mishra, C-shaped Complementing Patch Antenna for BroadbandCommunications, IETE Journal of Research, vol 61, No. 6, pp. 617-623, 2015,A Mohapatra and A K Panda, Choice of Detection Parameters on Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks: A multiobjectiveOptimization Approach, Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 78, pp. 649-669, 2014,Asit K. Panda, Rabindra K. Mishra, Sudhakar Sahu, A skewed omega for LHM Characteristics”, Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett., Vol.58, pp.847-850, 2016.Asit K. Panda, Sudhakar Sahu and Rabindra K. Mishra , Optimization of skewed omega for left-handed material characteristics”,J.Nanophoton., Vol.9,Issue 1, pp.093039,Dec.

Group Members:Prof. Ajit Kumar PandaMs. Malabika PattnaikDr. Pradyumna PatraMr. Asit Kumar PandaMs. Sasmita Nayak

Mr. Rajesh Kumar DashGroup Leader

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Renewable Energy Group

Group activities:This group works on the following research areas of nonconventional energy form. (Solar PV cell (Solar Thermal (Solar MPPT (Hybrid energy generation & Control(Distributed generation (Smart grid (Rural & Agricultural Hardware project developmentUndergoing projects: (Performance analysis of a 20kw gassifier & working on design of the 5kw miniature version of the same. (Setting up of the kitchen waste-biogas conversion plant. (Solar concentrator based community cooking system. (Design of multiple input conversion system for grid connected hybrid generationsystem. Skill development in Renewable Energy (SuryaMiitra-MNRE/NSDC Sponsored Training Program), is also creating infrastructure for various other skill trainingpotentials in biomass & biogas, water treatment plant etc. Working on Sustainability analysis of rural microenterprise development with RE intervention (workingin a village cluster in Kandhamal), The group conducts employment oriented training programs to the undergraduate students in summer and fall on renewableenergy.

Achievement:The REC group have won WIPRO EARTHIAN-2015 Award.The REC group won the runners up in IIT BHU in innovative energy saving device.REC group member had been awarded with internship with stipend of 25000PM in World Resource Institute, Bangalore in 2016 Summer.

Project Grant:(AICTE Sponsored 3day National Seminar on “Dispersed Generation & Smart Grid” Mr. Bhagabati P. Pattnaik as the convener.Conducted during 29th Nov. – 1st Dec. 2013. (UNDP Sponsored Workshop on “SCALING UP CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMME FOR RURAL PRODUCTIVE ANDDOMESTIC USE”, to act as an organizing consultant for the state Odisha. 17th Jan. 2014.Climate Parliament -Study on Renewable Energy policies and suggestions towards implementation in collaboration with Sun Moksha.Conducted awareness workshop on roof top solar program for academic institutes of Odisha in hotel New Marrion, Bhubaneswar during Jan.30th 2016 inassociation with OREDA, MNRE and SECI 1Lakh.Conducted “Stake holders’ workshop” at Anugul during the Village Microgrid inauguration in association with MNRE 3.84Lakhs.

Group Members: Prof. Pradeep K Sahoo Prof. Santanu K Pradhan Mr. Bhagabati Prasad Pattnaik Mr. Aditya Prasad Padhy

Dr. Ashok dasGroup Leader

Mr. Tusar K DasMr. Rakesh K SahooMr. Balakrushna Sahoo

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Group Activities:Our research focus is on distributed, fault-tolerant, real-time embedded systems.More than 90 percent of existing computer systems are embedded systemsconsisting of both hardware and software components. Primary Research Interests of the group are :

System Specification And ModellingHardware/Software Co-DesignSoc Architecture Design

The ES Group engineering and technical support Staff has an effective balance of hardware development, software development, system integration, and userinterface skills. We deliver systems that are based on a thorough understanding of the customer’s requirements, and we provide the design, development,testing, and post-installation support necessary to ensure that our products fulfil those needs.

Expertise:Basic Embedded Processor Boards in Lab: 8051 Microcontrollers, ARM Microcontrollers(NXP LPC2148, NXP LPC1768,Freescale ), TI MSP430 Microcontrollers, TI StellarisMicrocontrollers ,TI Hercules Microcontrollers , RTOS, Embedded Linux, Embedded Android ,Multimedia Processors like OMAP ,Multimedia Processing on DSPprocessors like C64X DSP, Linux Device DriversSingle Board Computers: TI Beagle board(ARM Cortex A8),Raspberry Pi( Broadcom BCM2835) and Wipro ULK(ARM Cortex A8)Programming Languages used on Embedded Devices: C,C++,Python, Java, Android

Configurable And Extensible Processor DesignEnergy Aware Design

Low-Power DesignFault-Tolerance

Sponsored Project:“Simulation and Control and Reporting Arrangements for futuristicAir Defence Control and Reporting Complex at Army Air DefenseCollege, Golabandha, Gopalpur on Sea “ in July 2012 to Dec 2012.Pl : Mr.B.S.Pattanaik“WiFi e-Guide”, MSME Project, July 2009 – Jan 2014. PI: Mr B.S.Pattnaik.“Aquascript -Visual display system”, MSME Project, July 2010 – Ongoing.PI: Mr.B.S Pattnaik.

Latest Publications:Behera, S., Pattnaik, B.S., Reza, M. and Roy, D.S., 2016. Predicting Consumer Loads for Improved Power Scheduling in Smart Homes. In ComputationalIntelligence in Data Mining—Volume 2 (pp. 463-473). Springer India.Sree Kumar, C. and Pattnaik, B.S., 2013, October. Miss rate analysis of cache oblivious matrix multiplication using sequential access recursive algorithmand normal multiplication algorithm. In Emerging Trends in Communication, Control, Signal Processing & Computing Applications (C2SPCA), 2013International Conference on (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Mr. Bhawani Shankar PattnaikGroup Leader

Mr. Bikash Narayan PandaGroup Member

Ms. Arunima S. PattanayakGroup Member

Embedded Systems Group

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Data Science Group

Group activities:The DATA Science lab will performs research and teaching at the intersection of systems, programming languages, and theory. The objective of the Data ScienceLab is to unify the research activities in data analytics from the perspective of both information systems and computer science. Our approach is based on theinterdisciplinary binding between data management technologies and analytics.

The Data Science Lab emphases on applying machine learning, data mining, and network analysis to real world problems in society and industry.

Group Members:Mr. Shom Prasad DasDr. K. Hemanta ReddyMs. Rashmita JenaMr. Pradeep Jena

Prof. Geetika MudaliGroup Leader

Mr. Prasun DuttaMs. N Sangita AchryaDr. D. S. Roy (Adjunct Faculty)

Latest Publication:Geetika Mudali, Manas Ranjan Patra, K. Hemant K. Reddy, Diptendu S. Roy,”Cooperative Resource Provisioning for Futuristic Cloud Markets”, In theproceeding of Computational Intelligence in Data Mining-Volume 3 (pp. 607-616). Springer India, 2015K Hemant Kumar Reddy, Geetika Mudali and Diptendu Sinha Roy. “Energy Aware Heuristic Scheduling of Variable Class Constraint Resources in CloudData Centres.” Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Competitive Strategies. ACM, 2016.Das, S. P., & Padhy, S (2016). A new hybrid parametric and machine learning model with homogeneity hint for European-style index option pricing. NeuralComputing and Applications, 1-17.Das, S. P., & Padhy, S. (2016). Unsupervised extreme learning machine and support vector regression hybrid model for predicting energy commodityfutures index. Memetic Computing, 1-14.S.P. Das, N.S. Achary, and S. Padhy, “Novel hybrid SVM-TLBO forecasting model incorporating dimensionality reduction techniques,” Applied Intelligence,pp. 1-18, 2016. doi: 10.1007/s10489-016-0801-3.

We are interested in:Kernel LearningRobust decision making under uncertaintyData AnalyticsData Mining TechniquesData Warehousing

We will focus applications in the area of:Financial EngineeringData EngineeringBusiness Applications like Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Logistic etc.Statistical Modeling of Computer Systems

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Hi PC Research Group

Group activities:The HiPC group works on High Performance computing on different fields of Science & Technology. Major areas of research are in the fields of Fluid Dynamics, GridComputing, High Performance cryptology, Algorithmic Graph theoretic problems, financial forecasting and Image processing. Currently the group is focusingon researches in GPU computing and simulations of parallel algorithms for the GPU.

HPCAS:A summer training named “High Performance Computing and Algorithmic Simulations” (HPCAS) is offered every year to give a high level training to interestedstudents of B.Tech and M.Tech.

Latest Publication:Reddy, K. Hemant Kumar, and Diptendu Sinha Roy. “DPPACS: A Novel Data Partitioning and Placement Aware Computation Scheduling Scheme forData-Intensive Cloud Applications.” The Computer Journal , 59 (1): 64-82. (Impact factor: 0.787), 2016.Sekhar Banarjee and Motahar Reza, Implementing Deep v-support vector machine for classification problem in spark cluster, 23rd International Conferenceon High Performance Computing, Data and Analytics (HiPC 2016), Hyderabad, India, December 19 - December 22, 2016.Lakshmi Singh, Rajat K Pathak and Motahar Reza, Traffic big data prediction and visualization using Decision Forest Regression Algorithm, 23rd InternationalConference on High Performance Computing, Data and Analytics (HiPC 2016), Hyderabad, India, December 19 - December 22, 2016.Prasant Kumar Mohanty, Motahar Reza, Piyush Kumar Kumar, Praveen Kumar , “Implementation of Cubic Spline Interpolation on Parallel Skeleton usingPipeline Model on CPU-GPU Cluster”,6th IEEE International Advance Computing Conference (IACC - 2016), 27-28 February 2016, S R K R EngineeringCollege, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Awards and recognitions:Dr. Motahar Reza was awarded the Boyscast Fellowship by Govt. Of India for the academic year 2004-05.Dr. Hemant Kumar Reddy was awarded the PhD Degree in March, 2014 under the guidance of Dr. Diptendu Sinha Roy.

Group Members:Dr. Motahar RezaDr. K. Hemant Kumar ReddyMr. Kaushal KumarMr. Anisur Rahman

Group Leader

Mr. Prasant MohantyMr. Ranjit Kumar BeheraMr. K. Laxminarayana

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Materials Research & Characterization Group

Group activities:This group works on development of materials/modification of existing materials for better performance to bridge the technical gaps in the literature and alsoto meet the societal/industrial needs. The gropu is actively working on the following areas

Sandwich beams with honeycomb cores for structural applications1D & 2D based hybrid nanocomposites with polymer matrixAluminium metals matrix composites with colliery shell.Plasma treated effects of surface properties of polymers (working jointly with Prof. Yap Seong Ling, University of Malaya,Malaysia)Value added composites

Sponsored projects:Fabrication, characterization and evaluation of design parameter variability of polymer nanocomposite sandwich beamswith gradient cell size honeycomb core for obtaining graded beam properties. DST-SERB Funded project- 22.2 Lakh. 2016-2019. Principal Investigator: Dr. P S Rama Sreekanth

Awards and recognitions:Professional association with ASME, MRSI, SBAOI, ISTE, SAE, SBME. Reviewer of 7 journals of international repute.

Latest Publication:P. S. Rama Sreekanth, N.Naresh Kumar, S.Arun, S.Kanagaraj. Effect of multi walled carbon nanotubes reinforcement and gamma irradiation on viscoelasticproperties of Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. Materials Research Innovations, doi: 10.1179/1433075X15Y.0000000050, 2015 (Accepted)P. S. Rama Sreekanth, S. Kanagaraj. Influence of multi walled carbon nanotubes reinforcement and gamma irradiation on the wear behaviour ofUHMWPE. Wear, 334-335:82–90, 2015.

Group Members:Dr. Bhimavarapu Sambi ReddyDr. Vijay kumar SinghMr. Santhosh Kumar SahooMs. Ruma Roy

Dr. P S Rama SreekanthGroup Leader

Mr. Aswini KhuntiaMr. Saroj Kumar PadhyMr. Sunil kumar PanigrahyMr. Nilesh Kumar Dalaiv

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Fluid Dynamics Scientific Computing Group

Group activities:Fluid Dynamics and Scientific Computing at NIST is an interdisciplinary research group composed of faculty of members of Mathematics, Physics, MechanicalEngineering, Computer Science and other Engineering Departments.

Measure objective of the group is focused on research and development of the advanced numerical simulation technologies using high endcomputing systems. This research group has actively encouraged researchers to work on many challenging problems of engineering science, such as ComputationalFluid Dynamics, Nano Fluid Flow Problem, Modeling and Simulation of queuing system, adaptive grid generation, multigrid, parallelization, optimization problemof various engineering problem. Researchers develop and analyze numerical methods for the solution of non linear partial differential equations appearing influid dynamics. Computational finance, image and surface processing, computer vision. They are concerned with the mathematical modeling, error analysis,posteriori error control, efficient multilevel algorithms, and numerical software design.

Awards and recognitions:One of the members (Dr. M. Reza) is a BOYSCAST Fellow in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics. He was awarded Odisha Young Scientist Award for hisresearch work in the area of fluid mechanics.

Latest Publication:M. M.Rashidi Motahar Reza S Gupta , (2016) MHD stagnation point ûow of micropolar nanoûuid between parallel porous plates with uniform blowing,Powder Technology (Elsevier) 301 (2016) 876–885, IF: 2.75.

S Panigrahi, Motahar Reza, A. K. Mishra, (2016) On Similarity Solution of Heat and Mass Transfer in MHD Powell–Eyring Fluid Over a Non-Linear StretchingSurface, Int. J. Appl. Comput. Math (Springer), DOI 10.1007/s40819-016-0231-2 , 2016.Motahar Reza, Rajni Chahal, Neha Sharma, (2016), Radiation Effect on MHD Casson Fluid Flow over a Power-Law Stretching Sheet with ChemicalReaction, International Journal of Computational and Mathematical Sciences 5(3):1 · May 2016.

Satyaban Panigrahi, Motahar Reza, Akshya Kumar Mishra, (2015) Mixed Convective Flow of a Powell-Eyring Fluid over a Non-linear Stretching Surface withThermal Diffusion and Diffusion Thermo, Procedia Engineering (Elsevier), Volume 127, Pages 645-651. IF: 0.5

Group Members:Dr. Bishu Kar NayakDr. Bibekananda BiraMr. Satyaban PanigrahiMr. Sarbeswar Barik

Dr. Motahar RezaGroup Leader

Mr. Prasanta MohantyMr. Debandan Kanhar

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Mathematics & Optimization Group

Group activities:This group works on Summability in sequence space, , Cosmology, Mathematical models on Inventory control and Optimization problems. The group is activelyengaged in completing the Ph.D work of some of the members of the group. At present five Ph.D scholars are working in different areas under the supervisionof Prof. Misra registered in Berhampur University, F.M.University, Ravenshaw University and Shikshya O Anusandhan University. Some members have attendedNational and Inter-national conferences and Work-shops organized by different organizations.

The group tries to include some of the interested Management faculties into this group to work on Inventory Management System.

Besides research the group also discusses different topics of the B.Tech Curriculum under the guidance of the senior faculty Prof. U.K.Misra.

Latest Publication:Ajay Kumar Bhurjee, G.Panda., Optimal Strategies for Two-person Normalized Matrix Game with Variable Payoffs”, Operational Research : An InternationalJournal, 2016,Ajay Kumar Bhurjee, “Existence of Equilibrium Points for Bi-matrix Game with Interval Payoffs”, International Game Theory Review (WorldScientific),Vol. 18, Issue 1, (13 pages), 2016.Ajay Kumar Bhurjee, S. K. Padhan, “Optimality conditions and DualityTheory for Non-differentiable Interval Optimization Problem”, JournalofApplied Mathematics & Computing, Vol. 50, Issue 1, pp. 59-71, 2016.U.K.Misra “A Fuzzy Inventory Model for constant deteriorating items by using GMIR method in which inventory parameter treated as HFN”,Open journal of applied and theoretical mathematics (ISSN: 2455-7102), Vol.2, Issue I, March(2016), pp 13-20 with P.Raulo, S.K.Indrajit andP.Samanta.U.K.Misra, with S.K.Indrajit and P.Samanta, “Fuzzy Inventory Model with shortages under fully backlogged using Signed distance Method”,International Journal for Research in applied Science and Engineering Technology( ISSN: 2321-9653), Vol.4, Issue I, January(2016), pp 197-207

Group Members:Dr. B. BhauloMr. M. Rajendra KumarDr. L.K.RajuDr. Bisnukar Nayak

Prof. U. K. MishraGroup Leader

Dr. Subrat Kumar SahuDr. Ajay Kumar BhurjiMr. Deepak Acharya

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Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition Group

Group activities:The objective of CVPR group is to perform research in the areas of Digital Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and related fields. The grouphas engaged many B. Tech and M. Tech students for research and development of algorithm related to computer vision. It also provides hands on to its studentfor the development of medical image analysis tools.

Broad areas of research:Medical Image Analysis Clustering and classification Content-based Image Retrieval |Thermal Image Analysis Multi-modal image fusion Texture Analysis

The Group has established a laboratory with all necessary high end instruments required to conduct research related to the field of digital image processing andcomputer vision.

Latest Publication:Jatindra Kumar Dash, Sudipta Mukhopadhyay, Rahul Das Gupta, Multiple classifier system using classification confidence for texture classification, MultimediaTools Application (In press).Jatindra Kumar Dash, Sudipta Mukhopadhyay, Rahul Das Gupta, “Content-based image retrieval using fuzzy class membership and rules based onclassifier confidence,” in Image Processing, IET , vol.9, no.9, pp.836-848, 9 2015.Rahul Das Gupta, Jatindra Kumar Dash, Sudipta Mukhopadhyay, Content Based Retrieval of Interstitial Lung Disease Patterns using Spatial Distribution ofIntensity, Gradient Magnitude and Gradient Direction, International Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology, Jan 2016, Indian Institute of Technology,Kharagpur, IndiaMandar Kale, Sudipta Mukhopadhyay, Jatindra Kumar Dash, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (India); Mandeep Kumar Garg, NiranjanKhandelwal, Differentiation of several interstitial lung disease patterns in HRCT images using support vector machine: role of databases on performance,SPIE Medical Imaging 2016

Group Members:Mr. G. GirishMr. Debananda KanharMr. Pradeep Kumar JenaMrs. Charulata Pallai

Dr. Jatindra Kumar DashGroup Leader

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Robotics & Mechatronics Group

Group activities:This group works on Robotics Application, Design of the Robotics Arm (Haptic) and other activity. Earlier the group has developed the robotics model like,Small scale Humanoid, Quad copter, Image processing Robot, Mobile controlled robot etc.

Recently the group is involved in the various projects like Video surveillance using Quad copter and internet controlled robot, path finding Robot based onImage processing.

Latest Publication:NIST won the Best Innovation Robot in Robocon 2010 held at MIT, PuneNIST alumni have established Robotics Company - K-Tech

Group Members:Mr. Bhawani S. PattnaikDr. P. S. Rama SreekanthDr. Abhro MukherjeeMr. swagat Kumar Samantaray

Mr. Aswini Kumar KhuntiaGroup Leader

Mr. B Rajnarayan PrustyMr. Santosh Kumar sahu

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Multiscale Modelling Group

Group activities:Multiscale Modelling group works at state of the art “CENTER FOR MULTISCALE MODELLING” located at Atrium Building Room-415. The research areas focus onmultidisciplinary problems based on Molecular Electronics, Bioinformatics, Computational Chemistry, Algorithm Design & Applications, Graph Theory & Applications,Biophysics.Research Collaboration:

Prof. Dr. S. –L. Lee, National Chung Cheng University, TaiwanProf. Dr. G. Rajaraman, IIT BombayProf. Dr. A. Padhy, Central University, Jharkhand, Ranchi

Sponsored Projects:Theoretical Investigation for the Structural and Electronic Properties on Molecular Wire for Organic Electronics (NISTsponsored)Numerical Characterization and Application of Net –Sign Graph Theory (submitted at DST-NSC)

Awards & Recognitions:Prof. Dr. Prabhat K. Sahu is the recipient of prestigious Alexander von Humboldt FellowshipMr. Tirtharaj Dash has received the IASc Summer Research Fellowship 2015, ISI, Kolkata

Latest Publication:Imidazole Diazo Ether: A Potential Candidate for Laser Dye, Nadish Saba, Kausar H Waris, Puja Sinha, Sunit Hazra,Prabhat K Sahu* & Arun Kumar Padhy*, RSC Advances DOI: 10.1039/c0xx00000x (Under Review) SCI indexed with IF 3.84Satya Narayan Sahu, Subrata Kumar Padhan and Prabhat Kumar Sahub , Coumarin functionalized thiocarbonohydrazones as a new class of chromofluorescentreceptors for selective detection of fluoride ion, RSC Advances: An international journal to further the chemical sciences, Issue 93, 2016.( IF:3.3)Gradient Gravitational Search: An Efficient Metaheuristic Algorithm for Global Optimization, Tirtharaj Dash, Prabhat K. Sahu* Journal ofComputational Chemistry ISSN: 1096-987X Vol.36 Page.1060 Year2015 SCI indexed with IF 3.589

Prof. Dr. S. N. Sahu, Sambalpur University, JyotiviharProf. Dr. Sukanta Mondal, BITS Pilani (Goa Campus)

Group Members:Mr. Tirtharaj DashMr. Satyaban PanigrahiDr. Laxmi Narayan SahooMr. Nitesh KumarMr. Manabesh Dash

Dr. Prabhat K. SahuGroup Leader

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Power System GroupGroup activities:This group works on several aspects of emerging technologies in power system. Phasor measurement unit is measuring device which was already deployed inmany countries and in India also (pilot stage) for achieving accurate information about the power system behavior. At present the objectives of the group are

Applications of phasor measurement unitOptimal placement of phasor measurement unitReliability Analysis of phasor measurement unit

Application of Flexible A.C Transmission system devices (FACTS) and Automatic Generation Control (AGC) for the power system stability studies.Study of different controller structures for the power system operations.Application of different soft computing techniques for the power system studies.Application of an Island Micro grid for the power system operation.

Awards & Recognitions:Dr Murthy Cherukuri won POSOCO Power System Award 2016 under doctoral category for his research work on “Reliability Evaluation of Phasor MeasurementUnit”. This award is endowed by Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO), a fully owned subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL),India and Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi.

Latest Publication:Rajendra Kumar Khadanga and Jitendriya Kumar Satapathy, “Time delay approach for PSS and SSSC based coordinated controller design using hybridPSO-GSA algorithm,” International journal of power and energy system (IJEPES) – Elsevier, Volume 71, pp. 262–273, March 2015.Rajendra Kumar Khadanga and Jitendriya Kumar Satapathy, “A new hybrid GA-GSA algorithm for designing a unified power flow controller,” Internationaljournal of power and energy system (IJEPES) – Elsevier, vol. 73, pp. 1060-1069, July 2015.Diptendu Sinha Roy, Cherukuri Murthy, Dusmanta Kumar Mohanta, “Reliability Analysis of Phasor Measurement Unit Incorporating Hardware and SoftwareInteraction Failures,” IET Generation, Transmision and Distribution, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 164-171, 2015.D K Mohanta, Ch Murthy, D S Roy, “A Brief Review of Phasor Measurement Units as Sensors for Smart Grid,” Electric Power Components and Systems (Taylor& Francis publications), Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 411-425, 2016.Rama Krushna Pradhan, Ch Murthy, “Decision Making Under Uncertainty Using Catro Algorithm”, 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, LasVegas, USA, Dec. 12-14, 2016.

Group Members:Sasmita PadhiRajendra KhadangaRakesh SahooBala Krushna Sahu

Dr. Murthy CherukuriGroup Leader

Nrusingha Prasad TripathyAditya Prasad Padhy

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Autonomous & Intelligent System Group

Group activities:This group is working on design and development of autonomous robots capable of solving complex problems using various artificial intelligent controltechniques in real-time. At present the objectives of the group are

To build bio-inspired robots for strategic warfare in future military confrontation.To design an advanced controller for robot assisted flexible needle insertion for drug delivery.To develop new artificial control algorithms for autonomous robots.To design and develop path-following and co-operative motion control algorithms for an autonomous underwater and ground vehicles.

The members of the group have published articles in some of the high impact factor peer reviewed journals. Also, the group members are working in collaborationwith national and international researchers. One of the group member has been awarded with Canadian commonwealth fellowship (International) by theCanadian bureau of international education, Govt. Of Canada.Collaborators:

Prof. Bidhyadhar Subudhi, NIT Rourkela , India (Senior Member, IEEE (USA))Prof. Madan M. Gupta, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Sakatoon, Canada (Fellow, IEEE (USA))

Latest Publications:Basant Kumar Sahu and Bidyadhar Subudhi, “Adaptive Tracking Control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle” International Journal of Automationand Computing, Springer, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 299–307, June, 2014.S. K. Pradhan and B. Subudhi, “Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of a Two-Link Flexible Manipulator: An Experimental Study,” IEEE Trans. on ControlSystem Tech., vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 1754–1768, 2014.Basant Kumar Sahu and Bidyadhar Subudhi, “Potential function-based path-following control of an autonomous underwater vehicle in an bstacle-richenvironment” Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control. DOI: 10.1177/0142331216634424.Basant Kumar Sahu, Bidyadhar Subudhi and Madan M. Gupta, “Stability analysis of an under actuated Autonomous Underwater Vehicle using Extended-Routh stability method”, International Journal of Automation and Computing, Springer, (in press).

Dr. Santanu Kumar PradhanGroup Leader

Dr. Basant Kumar SahuGroup Member

Dr. Abhro MukherjeeGroup Member

Mr. SMAK AzadGroup Member

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Power Electronics Research Group

Group activities:The NIST Power Electronics Research Group systematically investigates physical and engineering issues that are relevant to the transformation of energy andenergy production. Specifically, the group is working on making power conversion more energy efficient.

Research AreasConverter Topologies & ControlElectrical Machines & Industrial DrivesRenewable Energy, Distributed Generation and MicrogridPower Quality, HVDC and FACTS

Latest Publications:S.Maity, and Pradeep Kumar Sahu,”Modeling and Analysis of a Fast and Robust Module-Integrated Analog Photovoltaic MPP Tracker”, in IEEE Transactionson Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 280- 291, Jan. 2016.Rajendra Kumar Khadanga and Jitendriya Kumar Satapathy, “Time delay approach for PSS and SSSC based coordinated controller design using hybridPSO-GSA algorithm,” international journal of power and energy system (IJEPES) – Elsevier, Volume 71, pp. 262–273, March 2015.Rajendra Kumar Khadanga and Jitendriya Kumar Satapathy, “A new hybrid GA-GSA algorithm for designing a unified power flow controller,” internationaljournal of power and energy system (IJEPES) – Elsevier, vol. 73, pp. 1060-1069, July 2015.Pradeep Kumar Sahu, and S. Maity, “Modeling and Control of Grid-Connected DC/AC Converters for Single-Phase Micro-inverter Application,” (INDICON),New Delhi, 17-20 Dec- 2015 (Presented)Alok Kumar Pradhan and Subrata Karmakar, “De-noising of Partial Discharge Signal using Second Generation Wavelet Transform,” Third InternationalConference on Computing, Communication and and Networking Technology (ICCCNT-2012), Coimbatore.Rajendra Kumar Khadanga and Jitendriya Kumar Satapathy, “Gravitational search algorithm for the static synchronous series compensator baseddamping controller design,” IEEE Tech-Sym, IIT-Kharagpur, pp. 356-361, DOI: 10.1109/TechSym.2014.6808075, Feb. 28-March 2 2014.

Group Members:Dr. Rajendra Kumar KhadangaMr. Alok Kumar PradhanMr. Tusar Kumar DashMr. Arabinda Panda

Dr. Pradeep Kumar SahuGroup Leader

Mr. Dhirendra MalikMr. G.KedarnathMr. P. Praneeth KumarMr. Manoj Kumar Kar

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Smart Materials & Manufacturing Group

Group activities:To work on the art and science of preparing, interpreting, and analyzing microstructures in engineered materials, to better understand materials behavior andperformance. In addition, all aspect of manufacturing engineering research, such as, Machining and forming technology, Non-traditional material removalprocesses, Machine tools technology, Materials joining, etc. are included in this group.

Latest Publications:Saurabh Dewangan and Somnath Chattopadhyaya, “Characterization of wear mechanisms in distorted conical picks after coal cutting”, Rock Mechanicsand Rock Engineering, Volume 49, Issue 1, pp 225-242, 2016 (Springer-Verlag Wien) (SCI journal) (Impact factor = 2.386)Saurabh Dewangan, Somnath Chattopadhyaya and Sergej Hloch, “Wear assessment of conical pick used in coal cutting operation”, Rock Mechanicsand Rock Engineering, Volume 48, Issue 5, pp 2129-2139, 2015 (Springer-Verlag Wien) (SCI journal) (Impact factor = 2.386)Saurabh Dewangan, Somnath Chattopadhyaya and Sergej Hloch, “Critical damage analysis of WC-Co tip of conical pick due to coal excavation inmines”, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 2015, Article ID 292046, 7 pages, 2015 (Hindawi Publishing Corporation) (SCI journal)(Impact factor = 1.010)Saurabh Dewangan and Somnath Chattopadhyaya, “Critical analysis of wear mechanisms in cemented carbide”, Journal of Materials Engineering andPerformance, Volume 24, Issue 7 pp 2628-2636, 2015 (Springer- ASM international) (SCI journal) (Impact factor = 1.094)Saurabh Dewangan and Somnath Chattopadhyaya, “Performance analysis of two different conical picks used in linear cutting operation of coal”, TheArabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Volume 41, Issue 1, pp 249-265, 2015 (Springer Heidelberg) (SCI journal) (Impact factor = 0.728Moharana B R, Sahu S K, Sahoo S K and Bathe R N, Experimental investigation on mechanical and microstructural properties of AISI 304 to Cu joints by CO2

laser, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.jestch.2015.10.004(In press)Sahu S K, Moharana B R, Sahoo S K, An experimental study on CO2 laser beam welding of 304SS and Cu dissimilar pipes (Accepted in IJMMS, ArticleID:119202)

Group Members:Mr. Sambit Kumar MahapatraMr. Sushant Kumar SahuDr. Bhimavarapu Sambi ReddyMr. Sunil kumar PanigrahyMr. Atchutananda Parida

Dr. Saurabh DewanganGroup Leader

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Fluid & Energy Group

Group activities:this group works on experimental and computational (modeling and simulation) study of energy interactions/flow process and impact on day to day needs. Thegroup activity is as follows

Development of 1-D and 2-D solver for Euler equatuions and Navier-Stokes equations.Development of algorithms for non-linear differential equationsStudy of vapour absorption refrigeration system with renewable/waste energy as energy source input.Envornment friendly refrigerant and refrigerant-absorbent combination for refrigeration systemModelling and simulating fluid flow through commercial packages

Awards and Recognitions:Professional association with IE.

Latest Publications:Misra, Souren, Raghurama Rao, S.V. and Bobba, Manoj Kumar, Relaxation system based subgrid scale modelling for large eddy simulation of Burgers’equation’, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 24: 8, 303-315, 2010S. K. Panda, Mani, A., CFD and mass transfer studies in a R134a-DMF bubble absorber with flow entry of R134a vapour, 16th International Refrigeration andAir Conditioning Conference, PurdueUniversity, July 11-14, 2016S. K. Panda, Mani, A, Bubble Dynamics Study with Tangentail Nozzles in a Bubble Absorber, 4th international sorption Heat Pump Conference, Maryland,March 31 - April 4, 2014.S. K. Panda, Mani, A., Experimental Study on Bubble Absorbor With Multiple Tangential Nozzles, 15th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference,PurdueUniversity, July 14-17, 2014S. S. Mallick, P Mahanta, A Mahapatro, Studies on Total and Radiative heat transfer in Circulating Fluidized Beds, 11th International conference onCirculating Fluidized Bed Technology, Beijing, China, May 14-17, 2014

Group Members:Dr. Santosh Kumar PandaMr. Aruna SamantarayMr. Alok PatraMr. Ajoy Kumar NandyMr. Hemanta Kumar Nayak

Dr. Souren MisraGroup Leader

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Appraisal Research Group

Group activities:Predictions in ungauged catchments, Inter basin transfer of water, Rainfall-run off modelling, Statistical applications in hydrology, Simulation and optimizationproblems in surface water flow models, Neural network and fuzzy applications in flow models, River training, Climatic change effects on hydrologicalresponse variables in a basin, Stochasticity, hydraulics: pipe flow analysis, hydraulic machines, turbulent and compressible flows analysis (recently).Use of allied economical materials for pavement design and stabilization.Effect of dust and waste materials on geotechnical properties and their use in measuring soil stability.Waste and recycled materials in concrete technology.Use of bamboo in structural reinforcement in RCC structural element.

Expertise:MATLAB use in optimization and predicament, Experimental setup for foundation and geotech. lab tests. transportation and railway track alignment.

Sponsored Project:Hydrological analysis of Ken-Betwa link (Inter linking project), Approved by Govt. of India for inter linking of rivers and passed in Parliament. 2015., Co PI-Dr. P K BhunyaHydrological assessment of ungauged catchment. 2015., A sponsored project under Ministry of Water Resources and approved by Govt. of Orissa. PI- Dr.P K Bhunya.Real time flood inundation mapping for the Sabarmati basin. 2010, DST project under Govt. of India. Member- Dr. P K Bhunya

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Dr. Pradeep Kuar BhunyaGroup Leader

Group Members:Mr. Ramakanta ChoudhuryMr. Ravi Kanth SriwastavMr. Suryamani BeheraMs. Sunita BeheraMs. Padminee Samal

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Pin-on-disc tribometer WithLubrication chamber

Metallurgical microscopewith Phase analyser

Injection mouldingmachine

10 kN Universal Tensile tester withAttachments for 3-point bending,

Fatigue, Compression

CNC TURNING

HiPC Cluster

Wind Tunnel

Compression Testing Machine

High-end Equipments

rf magnetron and DCsputtering

Vacuum evaporation

Oxidation furnace

Scanning TurningMicroscope

UVVIS

Ultraviolet VisibleSpectroscopy

Vector spectrumanalyzer

CNC MILLING

3D Scaner &Printer

Electronics DischargeMachine

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Vector network Analyzer ( up to Ku – band)Power Meter for X-band & Microstrip Antenna Fabrication UnitAnechoic ChamberMulti Purpose Lab StationZedBoard Zynq-7000 Development BoardSemiconductor Image Sensor FMC card(AES-FMC-IMAGEON-V2000C-G)VmodCAM Module from Digilent with CablesFMC HMI card (210-236-Board)Analog Discovery KitFume Hood for Nano TechnologyMilipore Water System, Magnetic Stirrer for Nano TechnologySpectro Photo Meter (UV - Vissible)LCR Meter & Vaccum Coating UnitS. T. M (Scanning Tunneling Microscope)P. L (Photoluminescence Set up)ARM Board for Embedded System DevelopmentWiComm T Wireless Digital Communication System5 KW Solar Wind Hybrid Power StationSolar Resource Assessment UnitSolar Photovoltaic Training KitsComputer Controlled Photovoltaic Solar Ennergy SystemDSP Processor: TMS320C6713 DSK development Board (5 Nos.)AT89S52 Microcontroller Development BoardsModular Solar Array Mainframe & Solar Array SimulatorHybrid Car TestbenchGEK TOTTI Biomass Gasifier with Engine and Alternator.Wind Energy Unit (3.8 KW)Solar Energy Unit (1.2 KW) Solar Simulatator (Agilent)FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION SYSTEM, MAPS 5: FLEIBLE AUTOMATION SYSTEM, ConveyorModule, Valve Module, Linear Indexing Module, Rotary Indexing Module, LinearPick & Place (LPP) Module, Rotary Pick & Place (RPP) Module, Dispensing Module,Pusher Module, Slide Bad Module, Assembly Module, Screw Fixing Module, PrintingModule, Mobile TrolleyM/S SIEMENS make S7 200 PLC, Trainer kit( 02nos), DCS Trainer Kit(1 no), DrivesTrainer Kit (1 no),Simulation Board (13 nos) – 1setSolar Thermal Steam generatorBiogas plant of 1 TDP capacityPrakash” Bio-Gas Engine, 42 Bhp, Water Cooled, Two Cylinder.“Prakash” 30 KVA Alternator, Three phase,1500 RPM, 50 Hz, 415 volt with controlpanelInertial Labs OS3D-GS Sub miniature 3DOF orientation sensor for PC connectionInfraRed Camera : Includes: * FLIR i7; * 512MB microSD CardHDI Advance R1X- Monochrome 3D ScannerHiPerformance Parallel Computer 4 nodes, 64 processorsNVDIA Servers (10 nos) & CISCO Networking Equipment

ARUN 30 Dish Solar Thermal SystemHIPAT BRAND Heavy duty precision gear head Universal Milling MachineHIPAT BRAND LATHE MACHINE size 4’6’CNC SLANT BED LATHE, MODEL: XLTURN with MTAB Control, Tooling Package &workbenchCNC Milling Machine, MODEL: XLMILL with MTAB Control, 6 station AutomaticToll Charger, Tooling Package & workbenchFLEXTURN – CNC Turning Machine with MTAB Industrial Controller & ToolingPackage6 Axis Articulated Robot Model, ARISTO6XTSensor module for distance & displacement model MSODMakerBOT 3D Printer with ScannerCelestron Telescope & Table Top CNC Machine

Tools Available:Silvaco (5 license) VLSI SoftwareTanner Tool (34 license)Xilinx Tool (30 license) Xilinx ISE 9.2i, Xilinx EDK 9.2, Xilinx Chipscope 9.2, XilinxSystem Generator 6.2, Modelsim 6.3Active HDL 4.2PSpice 11.2 (30 license)Matlab with Simulink (Release 14.2)Cadence Tool IC Station (30 license)NI Labview (30 license)IE3D simulation packageMicrowave Office & CST Microwave StudioXilinx Vivado System Edition (25 users license, perpetual type)Windriver Embedded Systems with Freescale ProcessorKEIL & ARM SUIT for ARM 7TDMI, Cortex boardsExata 4.0 Research License perpetualLeios Mesh Post Processing SoftwareCREO Solid Modelling SoftwareMaya Animation ToolsLumerical FDTD Solution 8.1ANYSYS (45 license) & AutoCAD (Perpetual)HiClass SW (35 license)MiniTABSCADA & ETAPSYMBOL SHAKTISAP (Campus License)Pearson Digital Leaning (Campus License)NPTELMicrosoft Academic License (Campus)CISCO FirewallIBM Rational Rose, DB2VisualSim Softer for Single User License

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Research Publication by Faculty Members (2016)Published in reputed National/International Journals:

S.P. Das and S. Padhy, “Unsupervised extreme learning machine and support vector regression hybrid model for predicting energy commodity futures index,” MemeticComputing, pp. 1-14, 2016. doi: 10.1007/s12293-016-0191-4 [Publisher: Springer, SCI Indexed, IF: 0.9]S.P. Das and S. Padhy, “A new hybrid parametric and machine learning model with homogeneity hint for European-style index option pricing”, Neural Computing andApplications, pp.1-17, 2016. doi: 10.1007/s00521-016-2303-y [Publisher: Springer, SCI Indexed, IF: 1.492]S.P. Das, N.S. Achary, and S. Padhy, “Novel hybrid SVM-TLBO forecasting model incorporating dimensionality reduction techniques,” Applied Intelligence, pp. 1-18, 2016.doi: 10.1007/s10489-016-0801-3 [Publisher: Springer, SCI Indexed, IF: 1.215]S. P. Das and S. Padhy, “A novel hybrid model using teaching–learning-based optimization and a support vector machine for commodity futures index forecasting,”,International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics, pp. 1-15, 2015. doi: 10.1007/s13042-015-0359-0 [Publisher: Springer, SCI Indexed, IF: 1.110]Asit K. Panda, Rabindra K. Mishra, Sudhakar Sahu “A skewed omega LHM characteristics”, Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett., Vol.58,pp.847-850,2016.doi: 10.1002/mop.29684, IF:0.568.Satya Narayan Sahu, Subrata Kumar Padhan and Prabhat Kumar Sahub , Coumarin functionalized thiocarbonohydrazones as a new class ofchromofluorescent receptors for selective detection of fluoride ion, RSC Advances: An international journal to further the chemical sciences, Issue 93, 2016.( IF: 3.3)N. Sahoo and T. Sahu, Mobility modulation in inverted delta doped coupled double quantum well structure, Physica B 498, 49-54 (2016) IF: 1.35.Sudhakar Das, R. K. Nayak, Trinath Sahu and Ajit Kumar Panda , Enhancement of Multisubband Electron Mobility in Barrier Delta-Doped Asymmetric GaAs/AlGaAs DoubleQuantum Well Structure, IETE-Tech. Rep. 33, 17-22 (2016) IF:1.3.R.K. Nayak, S. Das, A.K. Panda and T. Sahu, Structural asymmetry induced size quantized nonmonotonous electron mobility in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs double quantum wellstructure Superlattices and Microstructures, 89, 75-82 (2016)IF: 2.11.Firman Mangasa Simanjuntak, Debashis Panda, Wei-Kung Hwa, and Tseung-Yuen Tseng, “Status and prospects of ZnO-based resistive switching memory devices”;Nanoscale research lett. (IF=2.726), In press.D. Panda, F.M. Simanjuntak and T-Y. Tseng, “Temperature induced complementary switching in titanium oxide resistive random access memory”; AIP Advances (IF=1.444),6, 075314 1-7 (2016).Firman Mangasa Simanjuntak, Om Kumar Prasad, Debashis Panda, Chun-An Lin, Tsung-Ling Tsai, Kung-Hwa Wei, and Tseung-Yuen Tseng, “Impacts of Co doping on ZnOtransparent switching memory device characteristics”; Appl. Phys. Lett. (IF=3.569), 108, 183506 1-5 , 2016.M. Ismail, E. Ahmed, A. Rana, F. Hussain, M. Nadeem, D. Panda, N. Shah, “Improved Endurance and Resistive Switching Stability in Ceria Thin Films Due to Charge TransferAbility of Al Dopant”; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (IF=7.145), 8, 6127-6136 , 2016.D. Panda, and M. Panda, “Non-volatile Flash Memory Characteristics of Tetralayer Nickel-Germanide Nanocrystals Embedded Structure”; J. Nanoscience andNanotechnology), 16(1), 1216-1219, 2016. (IF=1.339)N Naresh Kumar, S L Yap, N D S Farah, M Zubair Khan, P.S. Rama Sreekanth Effect of Argon Plasma Treatment on Tribological Properties of UHMWPE/MWCNT Nanocomposites,Polymers 2016, 8, 295; doi:10.3390/polym8080295. (IF: 2.998)P. S. Rama Sreekanth, N.Naresh Kumar, S.Arun, S.Kanagaraj. Effect of multi walled carbon anotubes reinforcement and gamma irradiation on viscoelastic properties ofUltra high molecular weight polyethylene. Materials Research Innovations, 2016, 20(3):198-205. (IF: 0.85)S.Panigrahi, “A Novel Hybrid Chemical Reaction Optimization Algorithm with Adaptive Differential Evolution mutation Strategies for Higher Order Neural NetworkTraining,” The International Arab journal of Information Technology(IAJIT), vol.14, no.1,January 2017. (Published Online on January 2016,)( IF:0.519).Jatindra Kumar Dash, Sudipta Mukhopadhyay, Rahul Das Gupta, Multiple classifier system using classification confidence for texture classification, Multimedia ToolsApplication (In press) (IF: 1.331)D K Mohanta, Ch Murthy, D S Roy, “A Brief Review of Phasor Measurement Units as Sensors for Smart Grid,” Electric Power Components and Systems (Taylor & Francispublications), Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 411-425, 2016 (IF:).

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M. M.Rashidi, Motahar Reza S Gupta , (2016) MHD stagnation point ûow of micropolar nanoûuid between parallel porous plates with uniform blowing, Powder Technology(Elsevier) 301 (2016) 876–885, IF: 2.75.Basant Kumar Sahu and Bidyadhar Subudhi, “Adaptive leader-follower formation Control of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles” Transactions of the Institute ofMeasurement and Control. DOI:10.1177/0142331216634424.Satyban Panigrahi, M. Reza, A. K. Mishra, (2016) On Similarity Solution of Heat and Mass Transfer in MHD Powell–Eyring Fluid Over a Non-Linear Stretching Surface, Int. J. Appl.Comput. Math ( Springer), DOI 10.1007/s40819-016-0231-2 , 2016M. Reza, Rajni Chahal, Neha Sharma, (2016), Radiation Effect on MHD Casson Fluid Flow over a Power-Law Stretching Sheet with Chemical Reaction, International Journalof Computational and Mathematical Sciences (WASET) 5(3):1 · May 2016.M. Reza,S.K.Satapathy,S.Pattnaik, D. Panda and P. Raj, Optimized Robot Path Planning Using Parallel Genetic Algorithm Based on Visible Midpoint, Int. Journal of EngineeringResearch and Application, Vol. 6, Issue 7, ( Part -2) July 2016, pp.01.A. K. Bhurjee, G. Panda, ‘’Optimal Strategies for Two-person Normalized Matrix Game with Variable Payoffs,’’ Operational Research : An International Journal, 2016. [SCIindexing, Impact Factor-0.31].A. K. Bhurjee, ‘’Existence of Equilibrium Points for Bi-matrix Game with Interval Payoffs,’’ International Game Theory Review (World Scientific), Vol. 18, Issue 1, (13 pages), 2016.A. K. Bhurjee, G. Panda, ‘’Parametric Multi-objective Fractional Programming Problem with Interval Uncertainty,’’ International Journal of Operational Research, 2016 (Accepted).B. Bira, T. Raja Sekhar and D. Zeidan, “Application of Lie groups to compressible model of two-phase flows”, Computers and Mathematics with Applications , (ISSN: 0898-1221), 71, 46-56, 2016 .A. K. Bhurjee, and S. K. Padhan, “Optimality conditions and duality results for non-differentiable interval optimization problems,” Journal of Applied Mathematics andComputing, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 59–71, 2016.S. K. Padhan and A. K. Bhurjee, “Variational problems and its duality in Banach spaces,” Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences, - Issue 4, Volume 37, 2016.P. Patro, “Computation of wall to suspension heat transfer in vertical pipes,” Drying Technology, DOI:10.1080/07373937.2015.1071836, Volume 34, 2016 - Issue 6. (ImpactFactor: 1.518 )K H Reddy, G M, Diptendu Sinha Roy,” A Novel Coordinated Resource Provisioning Approach for Cooperative Cloud Market”, Journal of Cloud Computing, Springer(Accepted for Publication).Abhro Mukherjee, Satyabrata Das and Sabyasachi Sengupta : Whirl orbital response control of micro rotors with modal spill, International Journal of acoustics andvibration ( accepted) on may 5th 2016.Bidu Bhusan Jena, Susanta Kumar Paikray and Umakanta Misra , A Tauberian Theorem for Double Cesàro Summability Method, International Journal of Mathematics andMathematical Sciences, Volume 2016, Article ID 2431010, 4 pages , http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2431010Jyoti Devi, Abhro Mukherjee, Amiya Ranjan Behera, Embedded Controller Design for Efficient Lighting System, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology,Volume. 5 - Issue. 03 , March - 2016,e-ISSN: 2278-0181.B. Subudhi and S. K. Pradhan, “A Robotic Control Experiment for Teaching Adaptive Control,” International Journal on Educationdoi: 10.1177/0020720916631159, Feb., 2016T.Panigrahi, Srinivash Roula, HK Gantayat,”Application of Comprehensive Learning Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Maximum Likelihood DOA Estimation inWireless Sensor Networks,” International journal of swarm Intelligence, Inderscience Publisher(Jan 2016)U.K.Misra, B.B.Jena and S.K.Paikray, “A Proof of Tauberian theorem for Cesaro Summability Method”, Asian journal of Mathematics and Computer Research, (ISSN:2395-4205(P), ISSN:2395-4213(O)), 8 (3), 272-276, 2016 .Bhuyan, M K, S Mohanty, Joygopal Jena and P.K.Bhunya. 2016 Hydrologic analysis for River diversion scheme of Kanupur dam project, Odisha-A case study. 2-57, Vol58/RNI, No 11, J of Water and Energy International, ISNN 0974-4711, CBIP, New Delhi.Bhuyan, M K, Joygopal Jena and P K Bhunya, 2016 At site flood analysis using Exponential and Generalized Logistic Models in Partial Duration Series (PDS). 501-514, Vol 8 No-1, International Journal of Engineering and Technology, e ISNN:0975-4024

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Research Publication by Faculty Members (2015)Published in reputed National/International Journals:

Asit K. Panda ; Sudhakar Sahu and Rabindra K. Mishra, “Optimization of skewed omega for left-handed material characteristics”, J. Nanophoton., Vol.9,Issue 1, pp.093039,Dec.2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.9.093039, Impact Factor:1.686.Asit K. Panda, Ajit K. Panda, SudhakarSahu & Rabindra K. Mishra, “C-Shaped Complementing Patch Antenna for Broadband Communications”, IETE Journal ofResearch,Vol.61,Issue 6,pp.617-623,Apr.2015, DOI:10.1080/03772063.2015.1025865, Impact Factor:0.2.F.M. Simanjuntak, D. Panda, T-L. Tsai, C-A. Lin, K-H. Wei, and T-Y. Tseng, “Enhancing the memory window of AZO(TE)/ZnO/ITO(BE) transparent resistive switching devices bymodulating the oxygen vacancy concentration of the top electrode”; Journal of Materials Science (IF=2.371), 50(21), 6961-6969 (July 2015).R.K. Nayak, S. Das, A.K. Panda and T. Sahu, Structural asymmetry induced size quantized nonmonotonous electron mobility in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs double quantum well structureSuperlattices and Microstructures 89, 75-82Sudhakar Das, Rasmita Kumari Nayak, Trinath Sahu and Ajit Kumar Panda , Enhancement of Multisubband Electron Mobility in Barrier Delta-Doped Asymmetric GaAs/AlGaAs Double Quantum Well Structure, IETE-Tech. Rep. 33, 17-22 (2016).R. K. Nayak, S. Das, A. K. Panda and T. Sahu, Nonmonotonous electron mobility due to structurally induced resonant coupling of subband states in an asymmetric doublequantum well AIP Advances 5, 117232 (2015).S. Das,R.K.Nayak,T.Sahu and A.K.Panda , Enhancement of multisubband electron mobility in asymmetrically doped coupled double quantum well structure,Physica B 476, 91-95(2015)Trinath Sahu and Narayan Sahoo , Oscillating electron mobility in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs double quantum well structure under applied electric field, Superlattices andMicrostructures 77, 162-170 (2015)Reddy, K. Hemant Kumar, and Diptendu Sinha Roy. “DPPACS: A Novel Data Partitioning and Placement Aware Computation Scheduling Scheme for Data-Intensive CloudApplications.” The Computer Journal (2015): bxv062. (Impact factor: 0.787 & 5-Yr impact factor: 0.962).B. Bira and T. Raja Sekhar, Exact solutions to drift-flux multi phase flow models through Lie group symmetry analysis, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (Springer), 36(2015), no. 8, 1105-1112.B. Bira and T. Raja Sekhar, Evolution of weak discontinuity in a van der Waals gas, Ain Shams Engineering Journal (Elsevier), 6 (2015), 1129-1132.B. Bira and T. Raja Sekhar, Some exact solutions for sediment transport equations, International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics (Springer), 1 (2015),no. 2, 251-255.B. Bira and T. Raja Sekhar, Exact solutions to magnetogasdynamic equations in Lagrangian coordinates, Journal of Mathematical Chemistry (Springer), 53 (2015), no. 4,1162-1171.Cherukuri Murthy, Diptendu Sinha Roy & Dusmanta Kumar Mohanta (2015) Reliability Evaluation of Phasor Measurement Unit: A System of Systems Approach, ElectricPower Components and Systems, 43:4, 437-448.A. K. Bhurjee, P. Kumar and G. Panda, “Optimal Range of Sharpe Ratioof a Portfolio Model with Interval Parameters,” Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences, vol.36(4), pp. 1-18, Jan. 2015.Tirtharaj Dash and Prabhat K. Sahu, Gradient gravitational search: An efficient metaheuristic algorithm for global optimization, Journal of Computational Chemistry, Vol.36, DOI: 10.1002/jcc.23891, 2015.Deepanjali Misra and Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, Spin polarization of electrons in a magnetic doped semiconductor quantum dot, the effect of electron phonon interaction”,Pramana journal of physics, vol.85, pp-11203, 2015D. Panda, A. Dhar and S.K. Ray, “Diffusion kinetics and evolution of self-assembled nickel germanide nanorings on germanised Si (100)” RSC Advances, vol. 5, pp. 33283-33288, 2015.D. P. Dash, Rakesh Roshan, Shrabani Mahata, S. Mallik, S. S. Mahato, and S. K. Sarkar “A compact J-V model for solar cell to simplify parameter calculation”, Journal ofRenewable and Sustainable Energy, vol. 7, pp. 013127, 2015.

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F.M. Simanjuntak, D. Panda, T-L. Tsai, C-A. Lin, K-H. Wei, and T-Y. Tseng, “Enhanced Switching Uniformity in AZO/ZnO1-x/ITO Transparent Resistive Memory Devices by BipolarDouble Forming”; Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 107, No. 3, pp. 033505-64, 2015.P. S. Rama Sreekanth, and S. Kanagaraj. “Influence of multi walled carbon nanotubes reinforcement and gamma irradiation on the wear behaviour of UHMWPE”. Wear,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2014.12.014 Volumes 334–335, 15 , pp 82–90, 2015.P. S. Rama Sreekanth, N.Naresh Kumar, S.Arun, S.Kanagaraj. Effect of multi walled carbon nanotubes reinforcement and gamma irradiation on viscoelastic properties ofUltra high molecular weight polyethylene. Materials Research Innovations, doi: 10.1179/1433075X15Y.0000000050, 2015Asit K. Panda ; Sudhakar Sahu and Rabindra K. Mishra,”A Skewed Omega for LHM Characteristics”,Microwave and Optical Technology Letters(MOTL), Dec. 2015. (ACCEPTED)Impact Factor:0.568.D. Panda, and M. Panda, “Non-volatile Flash Memor Characteristics of Tetralayer Nickel-Germanide Nanocrystals Embedded Structure”, J. Nanoscience andNanotechnology (IF=1.339), 16(1), 1216-1219, (Jan 2016).A. K. Barik, A. Mukherjee and P. Patro, “Heat transfer enhancement from a mini rectangular channel with different surface protrusions by a turbulent cross flow jet,”International Journal of Thermal Science, vol. 98, pp. 32-41, July 2015. (Impact Factor: 2.629 )P. Patro, “Computation of wall to suspension heat transfer in vertical pipes,” Drying Technology, DOI:10.1080/07373937.2015.1071836, July 2015. (Impact Factor: 1.518 )Diptendu Sinha Roy, Cherukuri Murthy, and Dusmanta Kumar Mohanta, Reliability analysis of phasor measurement unit incorporating hardware and software interactionfailures, IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 164 –171, 2015,D K Mohanta, Ch Murthy, D S Roy, “A Brief Review of Phasor Measurement Units as Sensors for Smart Grid,” Electric Power Components and Systems (Taylor & Francispublications), Accepted for Publication.B. Subudhi and S. K. Pradhan, “A Robotic Control Experiment for Teaching Adaptive Control,” (In Press) International Journal on Electrical Education (Sage Journal), Dec,2015.A. K. Bhurjee, and S. K. Padhan, “Optimality conditions and duality results for non-differentiable interval optimization problems,” Journal of Applied Mathematics andComputing, Jan. 2015.A. K. Bhurjee, P. Kumar and S. K. Padhan, “Solid Transportation Problem with Budget Constraints under Interval Uncertain Environments,” International Journal of ProcessManagement and Benchmarking, (Accepted in Jul. 2015).A. K. Bhurjee, “Existence of Equilibrium Points for Bi-matrix Game with Interval Payoffs,” International Game Theory Review, (Accepted in Dec. 2015).S. K. Padhan and A. K. Bhurjee, “Variational problems and its duality in Banach spaces,” Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences, (Accepted in Nov. 2015).Tapano Kumar Hotta, C Balaji, and S. P. Venkateshan, “Experiment driven ANN - GA based technique for the optimal distribution of discrete heat sources under mixedconvection”, Experimental Heat Transfer, vol. 28, pp. 298-315, 2015.Jatindra Kumar Dash, Sudipta Mukhopadhyay, and Rahul Das Gupta, Content-based image retrieval using fuzzy class membership and rules based on classifier confidence,IET Image Processing (Accepted), 2015.K Hemalatha, Peri K Kameswaran, and M V D N S Madhavi, “Mixed convective heat transfer from a vertical plate embedded in a saturated non-Darcy porous medium withconcentration and melting effect”, Sadhana, vol. 40, pp. 455-465, 2015.S. Mahata, B. Mondal , S.S. Mahato, K. Usha, N. Mandal, and K. Mukherjee, “Chemical modification of titanium isopropoxide for producing stable dispersion of titania nano-particles”, Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol. 151, pp. 267-274, 2015.Dr.M.N.Murty, “Squaring and Cubing of Binary Numbers”,Physics Education (IAPT), Vol.30, No.4, pp.1-8, 2015.Deepanjali Misra and Sukanta Ku Tripathy, ‘Effect of Electron-Phonon Interaction on electron Spin Polarization in a quantum dot Light Emitting Diode’, Integrated Opticsand Lightwave: An International Journal(OPTLJ)”, Vol.2, No.1, 2015.M.R. Patra, K.H.K. Reddy, and D.S. Roy, “Cooperative Resource Provisioning for Futuristic Cloud Markets,” Computational Intelligence in Data Mining-Vol. 3, pp. 607-616,2015.

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Books Published by Faculty Members

Title: Physics of Semiconductor DevicesAuthor: Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda & B. B. SwainPub.: SIRI Publications

Title: A Textbook of Small ‘C’ ProgramsAuthor: Dr. Ravi P. ReddyPub.: NIST Publications

Title: An English Vocabulary ReaderAuthor: Dr. Ravi P. ReddyPub.: NIST Publications

Title: Probability and StatisticsAuthor: Dr. Purna Ch. BiswalPub.: PHI, New Delhi

Title: Object Oriented Programming using C++Author: Mr. Muktikant SaPub.: SCITECH Publications

Title: Web DesigningAuthor: Mr. K. Lakshmi NarayanaPub.: NIST Publications

Title: MATLAB and SimulinkAuthor: Dr. Partha S. MallickPub.: SCITECH Publications

Title: Operations ManagementsAuthor: Dr. SushantaTripathyPub.: SCITECH Publications

Title: Optimization in EngineeringAuthor: Dr. Purna Ch. BiswalPub.: SCITECH Publications

Title: Enjoy Your BreathAuthor: Dr. MaharisiYogirajPub.: NIST Publications

Title: Materials Science & EngineeringAuthor: Dr. Sukanta K. Tripathy & Dr. Arun K.PadhyPub.: SCITECH Publications

Title: Production and Operations ManagementsAuthor: Dr. Sushanta TripathyPub.: SCITECH Publications

Title: Numerical AnalysisAuthor: Dr. Purna Ch. BiswalPub.: PHI, New Delhi

Title: Digital Systems FundamentalsAuthor: Dr. Ashutosh K. SinghPub.: Prentice Hall, New Delhi

Title: LINUX For BeginnersAuthor: Mr. K. Lakshmi NarayanaPub.: NIST Publications

Title: Power System Operation and Control (2ndEdition)Author: Dr. Sidhartha PandaPub.: SCITECH Publications

Title: Internet and Web TechnologiesAuthor: Mr. K. Lakshmi Narayana& M. AparnaPub.: SCITECH PublicationsTitle: C ProgrammingAuthor: K. Lakshmi NarayanaPub.: SS Publications

Title: CAPITAL MARKET EFFICIENCYAuthor: Dr. SisiraKanti MishraPub.: Wide Vision

Title: Industrial Displacements and Human RightAuthor: Ratnakar Mishra, Sujata Mangaraj,RabinarayanSubudhiPub.: LAMBERT Publishing

Title: Discrete Mathematics and Graph TheoryAuthor: Dr. Purna Ch. BiswalPub.: PHI, New Delhi

Title: Power system AnalysisAuthor: B. RajanarayanPrusty & Debashisha JenaPub.: I. K. Internationa

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Mr. Subha Prakash Mallick ECE, 2013 Batch attended the CourseJapan- Asia Youth Exchange program in Science ( SAKURA Exchangeprogram in Science) administered by Japan Science and TechnologyAgency, at University f Electro0Communications , Japan Tokyo (UEC).

Nitesh Khadanga, CSE, 2012( final year), has been selected as GoogleSummer of Code 2016. He will work with a open source softwarecompany in Singapore FOSSIA for the summer. Funded $5500 for 3months.

Mr. Soumya Ranjan Senapati, 2012, CSE, (final year) have beenselected for junior Astrophysics Research fellowship by W.M. Keckobservatory, Hawaii, USA Salary: US $13500. He was also selected forjunior research fellowship by Indian Space Research Organization,India.

Amrita Sinha (201317084), ECE, 2013, has been selected for an IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Research Fellowship in 2016. She will be workingwith Mr. Chandrapuri Sateesh, National Geophysicai Researchinstitute, Hyderabad. Scholarship Rs 8000/-.

Mr. S. Sachin Kumar, ECE, 2013 , has been selected JNCASR SummerFellowship Program 2016 in the area of Physical Science. He will beworking with Prof. S. M. Shivaprasad, International Centre for MaterialsScience , Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,Bengaluru, Karnataka. Fellowship : Rs 6000/- per month.

Ms. Lakshmi Singh, 2013, CSE, has been selected for Internship in WorldResource Institute. She will be working Mr Surya Prakash at Bangalorecentre, Scholarship Rs 25000/- Per month

NIST Research Fellowship/Internship ProgrammeNIST Summer Research Internship/Fellowship ProgrammeAround 40 bright students from different academic institutes of India, includingseveral NITs, top Engineering Universities and few IITs, are doing their researchInternship at National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), Berhampurduring May - July in each year. A huge number of applicants (approx. 1000)submit their applications to join the Summer Research Internship at NIST thisyear. Along with the benefit of academic and research exposure, the summerresearch Fellows also obtain certificates of participation at the end of theinternship.NIST Summer Research Internship/Fellowship (NSRIF) is a summer internshipprogramme which provides hands-on educational experiences for a diversepool of talented and highly motivated undergraduate and postgraduate (B.Tech./MCA/M. Tech.) students of different educational institutes of India. Theseopportunities expose many of the brightest engineering college students/facultymembers to pursue research work in NIST environment. The objective of theprogram is to execute an innovative research and development project underthe guidance of NIST faculty. These Internships/fellowships can teach studentsmore about what they do and what they don’t want to do.NIST RESEARCH ASSISTANT SCHEMEResearch Assistant Scheme offers NIST Research and Development opportunitiesto students of only 3rd year or 4th year B. Tech. or final year MCA or final yearMBA/PGDM. This programme gives students the ultimate workforce preparatoryresearch experience for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics. It also supports original research undertaken by a team of facultyand students, for periods of at least one year up to a maximum of two years.The purpose of the scheme is to identify talented NIST students who are interestedto do research work with faculty members. The scheme helps students andfaculty members in promoting their professional growth by enabling them todevote extra time in research and development work.Benefits:Research Assistants (students) associated to all selected proposals given byfaculty will be given an assistantship of Rs1250.00 per month for the period ofthe research grant. All research related expanses will be paid for by the Instituteand Research Assistants can attend one conference/workshop per year withinIndia (TA/DA and other expanses paid by the Institute

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Fellowship/Internship, Award to NIST Students

International Fellowship for higher study in JapanMr.Shikhar Verma (Roll: 201010201, Batch: 2010, CSE) was awardedfor Japanese Government Scholarship 2014 -15, for study Master degreein Japan. He joined in the Master program of “Applied InformationScience” on1st week of April 2015 at Tohoku university under “MEXTscholarship” with scholarship 145000 yen/month.

International Fellowship for Ph. D. in TawainMr. Amlesh Kumar is selected for admission into Ph. D. Program inNano Science and Technology Program (Nano), TIGP, Taiwan. Monthlyfellowship stipend is NT$34,000.

Ms. Anisha Mohapatra is selected for admission into Ph. D.Program in Molecular Science and Technology (MST) program ofAcademia Sinica,, TIGP, Taiwan. Monthly fellowship stipend isNT$34,000.

International Internship (Taiwan)Taiwan International Graduate Program - International InternshipProgram 2015 at Academia Sinica, TaiwanMs. Swati Kumari, Roll: 201211425, Batch: 2012, Electrical andCommunication Engineering (ECE), is selected for the TaiwanInternational Graduate Program - International Internship Program2015 at Academia Sinica, Taiwan. She will be working in the area ofresearch : Nano Science and Technology under Professor Dr.Kuei-Hsien Chenfrom 15th May to 30th June 2015.Scholarship: TIGP and the hosting PI will together offer NTD 30,000/month-taxfree (~USD 1000) for two months. (TIGP will provide a monthly stipend of NTD20,000/months and the sponsoring faculty will provide additional monthly stipendof NTD 10,000/ month). In addition, one way airfare at economy class is providedto participating interns upon completion of the training program.

National Internship:Mr Paritosh Piyush Sahu, Roll No 201210517 Batch: 2012, ECE, hasbeenawardedfor IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Research Fellowship in2015. He will be working with Dr AchintyaSingha, Bose Institute, Kolkata.

Ms. Neha Bansal Roll No. 201211140, Batch: 2012 ECE, has beenawardedfor IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Research Fellowship in 2015,She will be working with Dr Prasant Kumar Misra, Indian Institute ofScience, Bangalore.

Ms.Simpal Kumari,Roll No. 201217586 batch 2012, ECE,has been selected IITMadras Summer Internship Program 2015. Shewill be working under Prof.Manivasakan in the department ofElectrical Engineering.

Mr.SarthakMohanty, Roll No. 201310555, Computer Science and Engg., NIST,has been selected for Summer Internship Program(SIP), SIP-2015 at NIT Rourkela.Srinivas Choudhury, Computer Science and Engg., Batch 2011, NIST, has beenselected for Summer Internship Program(SIP), SIP-2015 at NIT Megalaya.

NIST wins the CADENCE Design Contest 2015National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), Berhampur, Team Members:Deepak Kumar Tripathy and GyanaRanjanPanigrahy( 2011-2015 Batch) have wonthe 1st Prize in the Under Graduate Category for their project titled “AutomatedParking System Design using Cadence Tool” ( guided by Prof. (Dr.) Ajit KumarPanda). . The winning team takes home Rs. 1.35 Lakhs. Kudos to the team andMentor Dr.Ajit K Panda.

NIST wins the CADENCE Design Contest 2014Among the five shortlisted groups for the final round, the NIST team of K NabinRao, B Rupesh Kumar Subudhi (2010-14 batch)have won the 1st Prize in the B.Tech category.The winning team takes home Rs. 1.35 Lakhs.Kudos to the team and Mentor Dr. Ajit KPanda.

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Research Contribution by NIST StudentsNIST Students Attended International Conference in Aboard (Funded by NIST)

Shyam Kumar Polaki(B. Tech. CSE 2011Batch), Motahar Reza and Diptendu Sinha Roy “A Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Power Scheduling for ResidentialEnergy Management” 16 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering Florence, Italy, June, 2015.Sukanta Kumar Tripathy,Smaranika Swain(B. Tech ECE, 2009 Batch), “Optical bistable switching in semiconductor heterostructure containing a quantumdot layer: The effect of phonons”,Optik124 (2013),pp.2723-2726. (Impact factor: 0.524)S S Panda(B. Tech ECE 2008 Batch),MituBaral, and A K Panda., A low noise high speed compensated CMOS Op Amp design technique, International Journalof Engineering Science and Technology (IJEST), vol 5, No. 1, pp. 41-48, 2013,KedarnathMisra (M. Tech. CSE 2011), SubhagataChattopadhyay, and DebanandKanhar “A Hybrid Expert Tool for the Diagnosis of Depression” Journal ofMedical Imaging and Health Informatics, Volume 3-No-1 PP 42-47 ,ISSN: 2156-7018, 2013Kumar B(B. Tech CSE, 2008), Kumar N, Jena P.K, Palai C, Chattopadhyay S, “Optical Character Recognition using Ant Miner Algorithm: A Case Study on OriyaCharacter Recognition” ,International Journal Of Computer Application (2012); Volume 61– No.3, January-2013 (9908-4500)E Pattanaik(M. Tech. ECE 2011), A K Panda, M Suresh.An analysis of MCML 8-bit multiplier for high speed application, International Journal of VLSI andEmbedded Systems (IJVES), vol 04, No. 1, pp. 207-212, 2013,SibaPrasadaTripathy (M. Tech. CSE- 2010 Batch), DebanandKanhar, “Optimization of Software Testing for Discrete Testsuite using Genetic Algorithm andSampling Technique”, International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA) February 2013 Edition, ISBN : 973-93-80872-87-5

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Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, Smaranika Swain (B. Tech ECE, 2009 Batch), “Optical bistable switching in semiconductor heterostructure containing a quantumdot layer: The effect of phonons”,Optik 124 (2013),pp.2723-2726. (Impact factor: 0.524)Swasti R. Khuntia (B. Tech 2007-2010), Sidhartha Panda , “ Simulation Study for Automatic Generation Control of a Multi-Area Power System by ANFISApproach” Elsevier Applied Soft Computing, Online-August 22, 2011, doi:10.1016/j.mcm.2011.06.052 . 2011K Sudipta Achary (B. Tech CSE 2008 Batch), Motahar Reza (2012): Implementation of Recursive Structural Parser for Symbolic Computation using MathematicalPseudo Language and Features of Java, International Journal of Computer Applications 59(13):34-38.Sekhar Banarjee and Motahar Reza, Implementing Deep v-support vector machine for classification problem in spark cluster, The 23rd IEEE InternationalConference on High Performance Computing, Data and Analytics (HiPC 2016), in Hyderabad, India, from December 19 - December 22, 2016.Lakshmi Singh, Rajat K Pathak and Motahar Reza, Traffic big data prediction and visualization using Decision Forest Regression Algorithm The 23rd IEEEInternational Conference on High Performance Computing, Data and Analytics (HiPC 2016), in Hyderabad, India, from December 19 - December 22, 2016.Prasant Kumar Mohanty, Motahar Reza, Piyush Kumar Kumar ( B. Tech CSE 2013), Praveen Kumar( B. Tech CSE 2013) , “Implementation of Cubic SplineInterpolation on Parallel Skeleton using Pipeline Model on CPU-GPU Cluster”, 6th IEEE International Advance Computing Conference (IACC - 2016), 27-28February 2016, DOI: 10.1109/IACC.2016.143. S R K R Engineering College, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India.Ch Murthy,G Prafulla, G Prudhvi, S Hota, D K Mohanta, “Generation of Electricity During the Motion of a Train Using Vertical Axis Wind Turbine”, IET 3rdInternational Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Engineering Trends, Communication, Optimization and Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaAkanksha Garodia (B. Tech ELE 2013), Abhisek Negi (B. Tech ELE 2013), S. Sachin Kumar (B. Tech ECE 2013), S. Malik, S. S. Mahato, Palash Das, “Design of a MacroModel for Bio-MEMS Smart Drug Delivery System”, IEEE HTC 2016, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India, 21-23 December 2016 (accepted).S. Sachin Kumar (B. Tech ECE 2013), Akanksha Garodia (B. Tech ELE 2013), Abhisek Negi (B. Tech ELE 2013), S. Malik, S. S. Mahato, Palash Das, “Low Cost DCCurrent-Voltage Characterization Setup”, IEEE HTC 2016, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India, 21-23 December 2016 (accepted).

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Patent Applications

Low power universal Sensor interface for IoT application (w/Sankalp) Most of the Internet of Things applications are dependent on sensor data andcontrol of information based on these data . As a present day solution , eachsensor comes with its own data converters and the discrete chip and used asadd-on chip with processor. While this serves the purpose , discrete chips aretypically high end as it’s used for different applications like medical orautomobile . This makes the chip to be power hungry and costly . Present proposal makes a case for universal Sensor interface as an integratedsolution that is optimal for low power need of IoT. At the same time this ismodular so that any sensor can be interfaced by this chip and data gets handedover to processor . This chip have potential to be the defacto sensor interfacefor any IoT application.

NanoARM gateway for IoT data acquisition and control (w/SunMoksha) A controller and data acquisition hardware for Internet of Things (IoT) applications toacquire data from and control sensors and devices for electricity, water, andenvironmental parameters. An all-in-one electronic hardware with its own micro-controller, storage and communication interfaces to acquire and analyze dataacquired, as well as, control the end IoT devices based on analysis result.

NSRCloud Mobile App for Nanogrid customer interface (w/SunMoksha) An interface for the village consumers of energy and water, that is languageindependent, intuitive, and easy to learn and use. It enables citizen-centric powerservices, where citizens schedule supply to meet their demand, view electricity & waterconsumption and bill in real time, pay bills, and register complain. Consumers get theirusage information, payment status, as well as register complaints through the MobileApp.

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Fabrication of ZnTe semiconductor quantum dots for UV sensor applications.ZnTe quantum dots (Q.dots) have been synthesized using a low cost, single step bottom up aqueous chemical route. Theprecursors used to synthesize these Q.dots are Zn salt, reducing agent Na Borohydrates, Te powder and L-cystein. The L-cytseinwas used to arrest the size distribution and provide stability to the nanocrystal colloids. Size quantization effect in ZnTe nanocrystalsin the range of 2-3 nanometer size (estimated from HRTEM measurements) have been confirmed by optical absorption studiesmarked by excitonic confinement. ZnTe nanocrystals are one of smallest sizes synthesized so far by a chemical route. L.cystein isa protein and L-cystein capped ZnTe nanocrystal is a biocompatible Q.dot, can also be thought of for biological applications.Photoluminescence studies of these nanocrystals show strong excitonic emission in the UV region. Interestingly, ZnTe nanocrystalcolloids, when excited with a UV torch, a strong spontaneous blue light emission has been observed in the ambient which isstable for weeks and thus, the ZnTe nanocrystals act as UV sensor material. Bulk ZnTe crystals cannot emit UV light because 1)theband gap lies in the visible region of the solar spectrum, 2)the radiation recombination life time of carriers is pretty high and3)there is no strong overlap of wave functions, so, a nonradiative carrier recombinations in the longer wavelength is possible.However, for small size nanocrystals, due to size quantization effect, there is a strong overlap of wave functions and the radiativerecombination life time of carriers is of the order of nano- to pico seconds. So, upon excitation by UV light, a radiative recombinationof photoexcited carriers results in the emission of blue light in the ambient. The blue light emission from ZnTe nanocrystal colloidis shown here with (Fig.1).

Fig.1: Blue light emissionfrom ZnTe Q.dot

Optical micrographs of nanocomposites under wear test conditionsA novel hybrid nanocomposite prepared, with 1D and 2D nanofillersas reinforcement.Synergistic effect of nanofillers with HDPE matrix in both steady andrun-in phases.Prominent wear mechanism have been identified.Identified prominent wear mechanisms.

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Optical fiber quantum dot hybrid to improve the absorption efficiency of sunlight.An optical fiber can be used as a guide to carry sunlight into a room with minimum loss. This is already in use in fiber optic illuminaries.The fiber used in this suffersdue to two reasons.First, the UV radiation in the sunlight raises the room temperature and second, only visible portion of solar spectrum is used for the illumination.We have proposed a new configuration called as optical fiber quantum dot hybrid, where the above two problems can be solved.

We prepare ZnTe quantum dots entrained in between the fiber in the cable. When solar radiation enters into the fiber ,UV radiations are absorbed to producevisible radiation, (in this case blue).Thus the proposed optical fiber quantum dot hybrid can be replaced in fiber optic light illuminary. It can increase theabsorption efficiency of optical fiber for sunlight to emit visible radiation. The temperature of the room also will not increase much due to the absence of UVradiation.

NanoSoft Remote –Monitor, Manage, and Maintain Energy Systems NanoSoft Remote is a comprehensive cloud-based solution to remotely monitor, control, manage, and maintain micro-grid electricity generation, distribution,delivery, metering, billing, policy, and emissions. It also comprises operations modules such as appliance & asset tracking, CRM, HR, ERP and training.

NanoSoft Remote performs three key functions – monitoring, management and maintenance. It monitors energy generation (or supply), energy consumption (ordemand), appliances, equipment, resource utilization, carbon emissions, and security & surveillance. It manages resources, people, and clients. It managesgeneration of energy through hybrid renewable or conventional sources, and switches from one source to another based on the demand and supply situation.It actively schedules and controls the demands to meet supply constraints in a decentralized micro-grid. Customers and clients manage their energy requirement,scheduling, rates, billing, payment, and complaints. It also manages governance and tracks performance – technical, personnel and financial – of energy andrelated micro-enterprises.

NanoARM is the smart hardware behind the NanoSoft Remote, which is equipped with all modes of communication through Ethernet, WiFi, RF, ZigBee, PLC, orfiber-optics. It can be integrated with all energy meters following RS232/RS485 protocols, and all sensors available in the market to measure temperature,pressure, humidity, wind, DNI, etc. It also calculates emissions by measuring GHGs. The system seamlessly integrates with existing energy metering, powergeneration or sensor applications, without the need for expensive upgrades. It can be accessed with full functionality of remote operations from any hand helddevice or standard computer, with net connectivity. Customers can also select only the relevant modules they need.

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