Final-year Projects Ideas for Engineers

of 58

With the mission to promote industry-academia collaboration SUPARCO has taken this initiative to involve university students to undertake meaningful projects which could contribute significantly towards fulfilling SUPARCOs objectives. As an incentive SUPARCO will recompense a minimum amount of Rs. 10,000/- for successful completion of each project. A list of projects along with level of assignment is tabulated hereunder:

LIST OF SUPARCO PROJECTS FOR UNIVERSITIES

S. NO. PROJECT TITLE LEVEL PAGE

1. Student Satellite Project Faculty 5

2. Design and Analysis of a 1 MW Wind Turbine Rotor Graduate 8

3. Software based onboard data handling simulator for functional verification

Graduate 9

4. CFD analysis of supersonic flow over slender cylindrical bodies

Undergrad 10

5. Damage characterization of composite materials under impact loading

Undergrad 11

6. Design and development of Bit Synchronizer Undergrad 12

7. Design and development of pitch & yaw control of air/water pressure nozzle in closed loop

Undergrad 13

8. S-Band Frequency Synthesizer Undergrad 14

9. Implementation of AES Encryptor/Decryptor on FPGA Undergrad 15

10. Remote transfer of large images Undergrad 16

11. Drought, Floods/ Environment related Studies Undergrad 17

12. Pitch Control of Movable Nozzle Model Undergrad 18

of 58

13. Smart-phone based GPS positioning Undergrad 19

14. Modeling and autonomous control of wheeled robot with obstacle avoidance

Undergrad 20

15. Precise position and speed control of Dc servo motor for variable load

Undergrad 21

16. SPI TO SPORT CONVERTER Undergrad 22

17. Moving target detection and locking with moving camera Undergrad 23

18. Wireless Image and Video communication between DSP and PC

Undergrad 24

19. Development of Android based application for home automation

Undergrad 25

20. Design and Fabrication of RC PWM compatible drive for a four wheel differential drive robotic platform

Undergrad 26

21. Design of integrated wireless Video/Audio transmitter/receiver of minimum 300 m range

Undergrad 27

22. Learning techniques of Analog DSP (21065L) Undergrad 28

23. DSP based high speed data Acquisition System Undergrad 29

24. Development of calibration scheme for Strapdown Inertial Navigation system

Undergrad 30

25. A portable system for acquiring Analog and Digital data during field testing

Undergrad 31

26. Design of a Universal DC motor torque vs Speed Measurement Scheme

Undergrad 32

27. Flight Simulator Software Undergrad 33

28. Inertial Navigation System for low speed vehicles Undergrad 34

29. Remote sensing of physical parameters Undergrad 35

of 58

30. Stabilized Platform Controller Undergrad 36

31. Implementation of JPEG2000 Image Compression Software Using KAKADU_V2.2.3

Undergrad 37

32. Design and development of CPLD board for generation of timing signals for CCD sensors

Undergrad 38

33. Design and development of speed and position controlled platform for Linear Image Sensor

Undergrad 39

34. Design and development of high speed ADC module Undergrad 40

35. Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope Undergrad 41

36. Design of a Ritchey Chretien telescope Undergrad 42

37. Power Management and Control System Microcontroller/ FPGA based

Undergrad 43

38. Variable Switching Power supply of 5-30volt output @ 6ampere

Undergrad 44

39. DSP/FPGA implementation of Kalman filter based sensor fusion algorithm for attitude sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer/sun-sensor and magnetometer)

Undergrad 45

40. DSP/FPGA implementation of high fidelity orbit propagator

Undergrad 46

41. Analysis of space and time (memory and processing) complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for star identification

Undergrad 47

42. PCB Analysis of Vertex-V FPGA Board using HYPERLYNX 7.7

Undergrad 48

43. JTAG TAP Controller for Satellite On-board Configuration Monitoring and Control for Reliable System Implementation

Undergrad 49

44. CCSDS based Packet Data extraction software of Remote Sensing Satellite Image Data

Undergrad 50

45. Design and Development of CCSDS based Concatenated Reed Solomon Decoder & Viterbi Decoder along with de-Interleaver Software

Undergrad 51

of 58

46.

Study of Reliable System Design Techniques like ( Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR)) for increasing the reliability of Embedded System in Space

Undergrad 52

47.

Design of Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) based scheme for PowerPC based Payload System incorporating DDR2 memory and FPGA based Endpoint Devices for LEO satellite

Undergrad 53

48. Study of EDAC(Error Detection and correction) Scheme for DDR memory for space application

Undergrad 54

49. Analysis of space and time (memory and processing) complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for star identification

Undergrad 55

50. Wind Resistant Stability of Tubular Wind Turbine Towers Undergrad 56

51. Manufacturing and Assembling of Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine

Undergrad 57

52. To Study Flow Characteristics around Straight and Curved Fin Projectiles

Undergrad 58

of 58

STUDENT SATELLITE PROJECT

Overview of Satellite Design

1. Introduction

Design and development of satellite is a challenging tasks, at one hand it involves the team effort of multiple disciplines and on the other designers need to ensure that satellite will be able to withstand and survive the harsh environment including temperature extremes, radiations, shocks, vibration during launch etc. Till today thousands of satellites have been launched for various applications such as Weather Forecasting, Television Broadcasting, Communications, Internet Communications, Navigation, and Remote Sensing etc. For any kind of satellite three components are required

Launcher (means to send it to desired orbit)

Satellite itself

Ground Station (means to control satellite and receive its data)

The brochure at hand gives an overview of satellite design and various aspects that need to be considered. Simplified block diagram of a satellite is given below:

Figure: Simplified Satellite Block diagram

of 58

SUBSYSTEM KEY TASKS TECHNOLOGIES

Structure &

Mechanism

Provides mechanical support to all subsystems and provide means to change

the configuration such as deployment of antennas etc

Aerospace, Mechanical,

Mechatronics,

Power

Subsystem

Generates, Stores, Regulates & Distributes Electrical power to all equipments

on board. Solar cells along with batteries are commonly used.

Electrical, Electronics,

Mechatronics,

Communication

Subsytem

Receives command from ground, demodulates them and send to data

handling unit. Similarly it transmits payload and engineering data to ground

station.

Electronics, RF,

Microwaves

C&DH

Subsystem

Command & Data handling monitors on-board equipment operations and is

responsible for handling data.

Electronics, Computer

Sciences

AOCS

Subsystem

AOCS keeps satellite in correct orientation. It consists of sensors (Horizon

Sensor, Sun Sensor, Star Sensor, GPS etc ), actuators (Gravity Gradient

Boom, Magneto Torquers, Momentum Wheel, Reaction Wheel, etc) and

processor with controlling algorithms for correction.


Mechatronics,


Computer Science

Thermal

Subsystem

Maintains temperature of all equipment within allowable limits. It may use

coatings, insulation blankets, heat pipes or by using active techniques such as

heaters, louvers etc


Space Sciences

Payload Payloads may be for Remote Sensing, Experimental instruments,

Communications. Generally they involve image acquisition, digitizing,

compression, encoding, processing, modulation, amplification, filteration and

communication.


RF, Microwaves,

Optics, Space Sciences

Ground Station Communicates with Satellite, receives health data and sends command. Electronics, RF,

Microwaves,

Power Subsystem

Communications Subsystem

Communication Links

of 58

1. LIST OF EXEMPLARY EXPERIMENTS/

PROJECTS

a. Satellite tracking experiment

b. Digital radio communications

c. Digital Store & Forward communications

d. Technology demonstration

e. Signal Intelligence

f. Remote Sensing

g. Etc.

2. SUPARCO INVOLVEMENT

a. Program Management

i. Student Project Manager and Chief Engineer

ii. Student Subsystem Teams

iii. Engineering support for some critical tasks.

iv. Providing critical feed-back

b. Faculty and Staff Engineering Mentorship (Know

How Transfer)

i. Faculty Principal Investigator

ii. Engineering Project Manager from Space

iii. Mentor Engineers for Subsystems (e.g. instruments,

structures, etc.)

iv. Faculty Technology Advisor

c. Engineering Mentorship, design reviews

i. Environmental Testing

1. SUPARCO AVAILABLE FACILITIES FOR SATELLITE

DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

a. Thermal Vacuum Chamber

i. Simulate space environment (Vacuum).

ii. Temperature range from 70 oC to 100

oC.

b. Satellite Assembly, Integration & Testing Facilities

i. Clean room required for integrating sensitive equipment.

ii. Testing of complete satellite (system level testing).

iii. Can accommodate satellites of various sizes.

c. Satellite Research & Development Centers

i. Development of various hardware and software for satellite

subsystems.

ii. Development of various testing platform for satellite.

d. Anechoic Chamber

i. Antenna Testing Facility.

e. Helmholtz Coil Facility

i. Magnetic devices testing and calibration.

ii. Simulation of desired magnetic filed in all axes.

C&DH Subsystem

Ground Subsystem

of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design and Analysis of a 1 MW Wind Turbine Rotor

OBJECTIVES Development of rotor for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine

PROJECT OUTLINE Literature Review

To generate blade and hub profile

Grid independence study

Validation of CFD results

Investigation of flow around blades

Calculation of loads on blade and comparison with BEM method

Blade and hub profile optimization

MAJOR EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE REQUIRED

Standard CFD Software

DELIVERABLES Methodology for the design of blade and hub profile

Solid model, grid, and solution files of design profile

Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING Space Technology (ST)

of 58

PROJECT TITLE Software based onboard data handling simulator for functional verification

OBJECTIVES To develop a software based simulator system for onboard data handling of a small remote sensing spacecraft (including pass simulation)

PROJECT OUTLINE This simulator will use any standard remoting technique (like .NET remoting or AS3 remoting) to access remote object (simulating connectors) working on other systems connected using LAN. This simulator should comply 4th Step of Simulation Steps i.e. Software in Loop


Matlab/ C++

DELIVERABLES A GUI based software in which if one value changes(push button for instance) on output pin of a connector the value is updated on the input (LED for instance) of corresponding connector

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING Space Electronics

of 58

PROJECT TITLE CFD analysis of supersonic flow over slender cylindrical bodies

OBJECTIVES Aerodynamic characterization of slender nose-cone-cylindrical projectiles

PROJECT OUTLINE Literature Review

CFD analysis of slender nose-cone-cylindrical projectiles

Grid independence study

Validation of CFD results with available experimental data


Standard CFD Software

DELIVERABLES Solid model, grid, and solution files of all configurations

Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Damage characterization of composite materials under impact loading

OBJECTIVES To study the impact resistance of composite material

PROJECT OUTLINE Literature review

Finite Element Analysis of impact loading using ANSYS LSDYNA (Details of projectile will be provided)

Validation of FEA results through experimental testing (optional)

Report writing & presentation

Functionality will be damage characterization of wind turbine blade, composite helmets, composite CNG cylinder etc


FEA Tool

Different composite coupons

Impact testing rig for experimental testing (optional)

DELIVERABLES Characterization of damage area w.r.t. projectile size & velocity

Area of plastic damage on composite materials based on their type

Stress field due to damage & its role in subsequent life of structure

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design and development of Bit Synchronizer

OBJECTIVES To design and develop a bit synchronizer which can input Manchester encoded serial data and output data in NRZ-L form with a synchronized clock

PROJECT OUTLINE Input data bit rate: 32K,64K,128K,192K,256K,512K,1M(selectable) Input data level: 0-2 Vp-p Input data code: Manchester encoded data Output data format: NRZ-L Output data level: 0-5 V (TTL) Output clock level: 0-5 V (TTL) Output clock phase: 0 and 90 (Selectable)


Logic state analyzer

DELIVERABLES A plug and play hardware system to fulfill the requirements mentioned in specification table

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING R&IW

of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design and development of pitch & yaw control of air/water pressure nozzle in closed loop

OBJECTIVES To gain command over mechanical design and control of Electro Mechanical system

PROJECT OUTLINE +/- 45 degrees angle of freedom in pitch and yaw, pot/encoder mounted on each pitch yaw axes for feed back Nozzle sizes can be chosen to ease manufacture and procurement Linkage sizes etc can be varied to fulfill conceptual and functional requirements Simultaneous pitch/yaw operation (desired but not necessary)


Matlab/ Simulink/ Controls Toolbox

DELIVERABLES Functional model of pitch yaw control in closed loop

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE S-Band Frequency Synthesizer

OBJECTIVES Design and development of S-Band Frequency Synthesizer

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Basic Microwaves, Control Theory. Study of Phase Locked Loop theory. Study of different types of filters especially active filters. Design and simulation Development of hardware


Network analyzer

DELIVERABLES Production of Local Oscillator on hardware with SMA connector at the o/p port , Comprehensive Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Implementation of AES Encryptor / Decryptor on FPGA

OBJECTIVES Development of AES Encryptor/ Decryptor on FPGA

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Information Security and Cryptography Study of FIPS PUB 197 standard Selection of AES parameters HDL Coding & Testing on FPGA Platform Analysis of memory management, decoding delay


Standard FPGA Kit

DELIVERABLES Timing Simulation, FPGA implementation and Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Remote transfer of large images

OBJECTIVES Secured and efficient transfer of large size imagery to a hand held devices

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of large imagery handling in a limited memory environment Remote streaming of large size imagery Develop a data security mechanism over the air Efficient handling of imagery using handheld devices Develop multi tier application for remote access


Appropriate standard software

DELIVERABLES Multi tier application along with algorithm, Comprehensive Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING Space Application Research

of 58

PROJECT TITLE Drought, Floods/ Environment related Studies

OBJECTIVES Environmental Protection and Damage Assessment / Adaptation

PROJECT OUTLINE Basic Studies about the Environment Study of impact of Hazards Like Floods on Environment Use of Satellite Remote Sensing(SRS) in Environmental Monitoring Report on the existing conditions/ Recommendations


Appropriate related imageries

DELIVERABLES Comprehensive report on the current state of the environment

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING SPAS/SAR Wing

of 58

PROJECT TITLE Pitch Control of Movable Nozzle Model

OBJECTIVES To learn the Design and Development of Thrust Control Nozzle Model

PROJECT OUTLINE

A picture speaks thousand words. The picture above describes the project outline


Nozzle, Electromechanical Actuator, Torsion Spring, Gas Cylinder, Piping, Fitting Components, Controller, PRO/E , AutoCAD

DELIVERABLES Mechanical Hardware and Design Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Smart-phone based GPS positioning

OBJECTIVES The aim of the project is to develop android based application which can transmit real-time position information from smart phone to personal computer (PC)

PROJECT OUTLINE In this project, android based application will be develop which will extract real-time position from the GPS-chip embedded in the smart-phone and transmit this extracted position to the PC for real time visualization


Smart-phone

Android application development suite

Internet connectivity

DELIVERABLES Android based smart-phone capable of transmitting real-time position information to the PC

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Modeling and autonomous control of wheeled robot with obstacle avoidance

OBJECTIVES Development of control algorithm

Development of optimal path selection algorithm to cater with obstacles

PROJECT OUTLINE In this project, the teams members will develop an autonomous 4 wheeled robot which accurately reaches target coordinates and follows the given profile by taking the starting point as initial position (0,0). In the presence of an obstacle, a search algorithm will be devised to avoid obstacles and efficiently attain the target point


4 wheeled vehicle

Digital signal processor

C-language

DELIVERABLES Demonstration of four wheeled robot to follow the required profile in presence of obstacles

Project report

Software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Precise position and speed control of Dc servo motor for variable load

OBJECTIVES Development of control algorithm for speed and position control

The designed system is capable to achieve desired position and rate with various loading conditions

PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop the precise control algorithm for DC motors under the presence of load (platform) to accurately achieved the required position or rotating with various rates given by the user, through an interface


DC Servo Motors

DC drives

Development of an interface to command desired position or rate

C-Language

DELIVERABLES Demonstration of precise position and speed control of DC motors

Project report

Electronic circuit design and software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE SPI TO SPORT CONVERTER

OBJECTIVES Develop a module that can facilitate interface between SPI device and SPORT device

PROJECT OUTLINE Since there is no standard protocol or device that can facilitate interface between two devices working on SPI protocol and SPORT protocol respectively. So the main purpose of this project is to build a module based on microcontroller or some integrated circuits that allows the two devices working on different protocol to communicate with each other in an efficient manner


SPI Device

Microcontroller

SPORT Device

DELIVERABLES Properly Working Converter module

Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Moving target detection and locking with moving camera

OBJECTIVES Development of image and video data acquisition and processing software

The system is capable to lock moving object with still as well as moving camera

PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop the image and video acquisition and processing algorithm implemented on DSP to identify and lock the moving object with still as well as with moving camera


DSP board

Camera

Data acquisition interface

DELIVERABLES Demonstration of detection of moving object

Project report

Image acquisition and processing algorithm

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Wireless Image and Video communication between DSP and PC

OBJECTIVES Development of wireless communication link between DSP and PC. The system is capable to transfer data for range of 200m

PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop wireless communication channel to transfer image and video stream to PC from a DSP over the range of around 200m. A GUI will be developed for the display of image and video on PC


DSP board

Camera

Wireless transmitter & receiver

Desktop PC

DELIVERABLES Demonstration of Video and image transmission over wireless link

Project report

Software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Development of Android based application for home automation

OBJECTIVES Development of Android based application for home automation system for security and surveillance. The system is capable to cover a range of 100m

PROJECT OUTLINE In this project the team members will develop Android based application for performing several applications from mobile set. The applications includes image acquisition from camera, capable to ON and OFF certain switches etc


Mobile set

Camera

Wireless transmitter and receiver

DELIVERABLES Demonstration of designed application either using blue tooth or through internet to perform several applications for home automation

Project report

Software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design and Fabrication of RC PWM compatible drive for a four wheel differential drive robotic platform

OBJECTIVES Design and software/breadboard testing of a RC PWM drive capable of driving a four wheel differential drive vehicle Fabrication and testing of RC PWM drive capable of driving a four wheel differential drive vehicle

PROJECT OUTLINE Design of drive electronic and thermal design

Capability to operate the differential drive vehicles via commercially available RC transmitter receiver

Capable of driving PMDC up to 60 Volts and 30 Amp per motor

Thermal design

Drive hardware box

Testing on real system


Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Function Generator, Power supply, Soldering Station, Bread board Proteus etc

DELIVERABLES Report on the design

Electronic hardware/box

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design of integrated wireless Video/Audio transmitter/receiver of minimum 300 m range

OBJECTIVES Design and simulation of wireless Video/Audio transmitter/receiver which can work in 300 m line-of-sight range

PROJECT OUTLINE Transmitter capability of accepting A/V input from camera/microphone

Receiver output in PAL/NTSC (colour)

Working range required to be 300 m line-of-sight

Testing of designed system on software and available hardware


Oscilloscope, Multi meter, Function Generator, Power supply, Soldering Station, Bread board Proteus etc

DELIVERABLES Design report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Learning techniques of Analog DSP (21065L)

OBJECTIVES To learn techniques for programming of Digital Signal Processor(21065L)

PROJECT OUTLINE Introduction to VDSP++ and ADSP (21065L)

How to create a new project

What are bios functions

Comparison to C language (loops/conditions/data types etc)

Memory architecture

SPORT architecture

IO flags architecture

UART architecture

etc. Practical Programming of DSP


DSP Development Board ADSP-21065L, Visual DSP++ 5.0, A PC with serial port. , Power Supply and Required Cables

DELIVERABLES Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE DSP based high speed data Acquisition System

OBJECTIVES Design and development of a data acquisition system by using DSP (21065L) and 16 bit ADC (AD73360)

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of DSP and ADC Hardware Design Hardware and software Development Testing


Matlab, Labview

DELIVERABLES DAQ System circuit and software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Development of calibration scheme for Strapdown Inertial Navigation system

OBJECTIVES Development of calibration scheme for INS having DTGs and Pendulous accelerometers in orthogonal configuration with reference surfaces

PROJECT OUTLINE Error Model of Inertial sensors Rate Calibration Position Calibration Computation Software Development


Matlab, Labview

DELIVERABLES Calibration Scheme Software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE A portable system for acquiring Analog and Digital data during field testing

OBJECTIVES A portable system for acquiring Analog and Digital data during field testing

PROJECT OUTLINE Programming of u-controller Software development for PC interfacing Development of hardware for data acquisition Data Processing & representation Field Testing


Matlab, Labview, C

DELIVERABLES Hardware + Software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design of a Universal DC motor torque vs Speed Measurement Scheme

OBJECTIVES Familiarization of different motors and to gain command over mechanical design and control of Electro Mechanical system

PROJECT OUTLINE Project involves design of DC motor torque and speed measurement rig

Design will be based on testing of low profile DC motors

Motors will be tested around an angle of 40 Degrees

Torque and speed sensors should be utilized for measurement feedback

Torque testing range is around 150 Nm

Completion time will depend on number of students working and time available to them (tentative is about 4-6 months)


Matlab

DELIVERABLES Functional model

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Flight Simulator Software

OBJECTIVES Software development of 6 DOF flight simulator

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of 6 Degree of freedom motion

Study of Flight simulator

Study of different programming environment

Software development


Matlab, Labview

DELIVERABLES Design report and software

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Inertial Navigation System for low speed vehicles

OBJECTIVES Develop an inertial navigation system algorithm in embedded system using inertial sensor data

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of inertial sensors

Study of navigation principles

Study of embedded systems


Matlab

DELIVERABLES Navigation algorithm

Embedded system code for navigation algorithm

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Remote sensing of physical parameters

OBJECTIVES To acquire data with time from different sensors from remote location and transmit them through serial link and plot them on GUI in real time

PROJECT OUTLINE Number of sensors: Minimum 20

Sampling rate: 100 Hz

Resolution: 12-bit

Distance b/w sensor and monitoring station: 500 meter on wire and 100 meter on RF


Appropriate software

DELIVERABLES A GUI based system with real time data acquisition from different sensors in some remote locations

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Stabilized Platform Controller

OBJECTIVES To design and develop Electro-Mechanical/Hydraulic System to stabilize the platform

PROJECT OUTLINE A mechanical system may be designed to realize the balance platform and mechanism to control it

Operating conditions like pressure, temperature, and humidity must be defined

Define operating ranges like maximum tilt angle, accuracy, resolution, precision, refresh rate, settling time

User friendly interface and control (GUI)

Load limits (Maximum mass and its mounting precautions like CG, center of mass, dimensions of payload to be fixed/ mounted on platform)

Operating voltage is 24~36 Volt DC


Appropriate software

DELIVERABLES A stabilized platform capable of stabilizing itself for with in defined range of tilt angle

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Implementation of JPEG2000 Image Compression Software Using KAKADU_V2.2.3

OBJECTIVES Software development for JPEG2000 Image Compression and Decompression

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Image Compression Techniques and MATLAB Image Compression Toolbox

Perform lossless image compression on image (Gray Scale/ Single Channel) and save the file into .jp2 standard.

In the next step the software would take .jp2 file as input and perform image decompression and display in the GUI


Appropriate software, C++

DELIVERABLES GUI based comprehensive design software with proper display, image size, compression ratio, PSNR of image after compression/decompression, number of tiles, number of code blocks, type of filter used

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design and development of CPLD board for generation of timing signals for CCD sensors

OBJECTIVES It is required to design and Develop a CPLD board for clock signal generation up-to 10 MHz

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of CPLD

Familiarization with High speed PCB Design Software like Orcad, DXP Protel

Programming of CPLD

Design of PCB for Clock signal Generation


Orcad, DXP Protel

DELIVERABLES The board should be capable of generating 10 different signals at 10 MHz output

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design and development of speed and position controlled platform for Linear Image Sensor

OBJECTIVES It is required to design and develop a speed and position controlled stable platform for mounting of Imaging sensor

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Linear CCD Sensor

Study of Servo Motors

Development of Control Circuitry for Servo Motor

Design and Development of the Platform for Imaging Sensor


Labview

DELIVERABLES The platform should be capable to move smoothly at a speed of 2 mm/s to 20 mm/s and scan an area of 600mm.

Bi-directional control is required

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design and development of high speed ADC module

OBJECTIVES To design and develop a high speed ADC module for image acquisition

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Linear CCD Sensor

Study of High speed A/D techniques

Familiarization with Orcad or Protel DXP

Design of PCB for ADC


Orcad, Protel DXP

DELIVERABLES The ADC should be able to convert analog output of sensor module to digital data @ 10 M Sample/s

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope

OBJECTIVES Design of a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope by selecting and applying most efficient ray tracing technique and validation of the design using OSLO

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of various telescope designs and their application, mainly focusing on space telescopes

Selection of efficient ray tracing technique and design of optical layout accordingly

Familiarization with Optical design Software OSLO

Design of Optical telescope on software


OSLO

DELIVERABLES Optical layout of telescope (OSLO or ZEMAX file)

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design of a Ritchey Chretien telescope

OBJECTIVES Design of a Ritchey Cretin telescope by selecting and applying most efficient ray tracing technique using OSLO. (Specifications will be provided)

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of various telescope designs and their application, mainly focusing on space telescopes.

Selection of efficient ray tracing technique and design of optical layout accordingly.

Familiarization with Optical design Software ZEMAX/ OSLO

Design of Optical telescope on software


ZEMAX, OSLO

DELIVERABLES Optical layout of telescope (OSLO or ZEMAX file)

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Power Management and Control System Microcontroller/ FPGA based

OBJECTIVES Design & Development of Microcontroller/FPGA based Power Management and Control System

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Satellite Power System

Design of power management scheme

Simulation of management in Matlab

Development of code

Development of Hardware

Testing of developed system


Matlab

DELIVERABLES Simulations, coding and Hardware

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Variable Switching Power supply of 5-30volt output @ 6ampere

OBJECTIVES Design & Development of Variable Switching Power supply of 5-30volt output @ 6ampere

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of switching regulators.

Simulation of switching supply

Development of Hardware and Software

Testing of developed system


Matlab, Labview

DELIVERABLES Simulations , coding and Hardware

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE DSP/FPGA implementation of Kalman filter based sensor fusion algorithm for attitude sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer/sun-sensor and magnetometer)

OBJECTIVES The task incorporates the implementation of the attitude estimation algorithm (already developed) on a DSP/FPGA platform and optimizing its performance

PROJECT OUTLINE The students will be provided with the already developed MATLAB code and preliminary instructions on the hardware design.

They will use suitable DSP/ FPGA commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) based technologies for system implementation.

MEMS based and COTS sensors will be used for the purpose


Matlab

DELIVERABLES Properly formatted code generation and optimization of the code for platform specific requirements.

Complete working hardware implementation for validating the implemented algorithm

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE DSP/FPGA implementation of high fidelity orbit propagator

OBJECTIVES The task incorporates the implementation of the mentioned algorithm (already developed) on a DSP/FPGA platform and optimizing its performance according to the platform

PROJECT OUTLINE The students will be provided with the already developed MATLAB code and preliminary instructions on the hardware design.

They will use suitable DSP/ FPGA commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) based technologies for system implementation


Matlab

DELIVERABLES Properly formatted code generation and optimization of the code for platform specific requirements

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Analysis of space and time (memory and processing) complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for star identification

OBJECTIVES The task is to analyze the spatial and temporal complexities of pattern matching algorithms and to extend or modify them for optimization of star identification algorithm (already implemented) for star tracker

PROJECT OUTLINE The students will be provided with the already developed star identification algorithm and the star catalogue as well as with the precise details of working mechanism of star tracker for attitude determination

They will explore and analyze the different available algorithms for their temporal and spatial complexities and will optimize the best amongst them


Appropriate Software

DELIVERABLES Comparison of results achieved through different algorithms. Optimal star identification algorithm

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE PCB Analysis of Vertex-V FPGA Board using HYPERLYNX 7.7

OBJECTIVES PCB ANALYSIS OF VERTEX-V FPGA BOARD using HYPERLYNX 7.7

PROJECT OUTLINE EMI EMC Analysis using Hyper lynx Software Pre-Layout Analysis DDR2 to FPGA Route estimation with optimized S-Parameters PCIE to FPGA Route estimation with optimized S-Parameters and

route length High Speed I/O connector to FPGA Route estimation with

optimized S-Parameter and route Length Identification of Stackup Layers and arrangement of power layers


Matlab, Labview

DELIVERABLES A report of S-parameters and SI analysis of FPGA Based board

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE JTAG TAP Controller for Satellite On-board Configuration Monitoring and Control for Reliable System Implementation

OBJECTIVES To design and develop JTAG Test Access Point (TAP) Control System that detects the devices attached to the JTAG chain and reads the device identification through a Microcontroller

PROJECT OUTLINE Study IEEE1149.1 JTAG Protocol Study of JTAG Tool Chaining for Multiple device access Implementation of Design in Microcontroller Interfacing the Microcontroller to the target board through JTAG Interfacing the Microcontroller to PC through serial port for

display of device ID and status


Labview

DELIVERABLES Source Code, Design Files, Hardware Demonstration, Implementation and Design Documents

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE CCSDS based Packet Data extraction software of Remote Sensing Satellite Image Data

OBJECTIVES To Design & Develop GUI based Software that will extract data from incoming packets of Imaging Satellite

PROJECT OUTLINE To extract data from data fields of incoming packets Packets will be consist of pre-define format Pre-define format include sizes of headers and its sub-fields, data

field length and their complete specification will be provided by SUPARCO

Packets will be consist of either valid data or idle data identified through its header field

Data from valid packets will be extracted and discarded if idle packet

Generate and save text Files of extracted information Keep Record of number of packets arrived, lost packets, missing

data, number of valid and idle packets GUI Development Text file contains raw data of specified packet format will be given

by SUPARCO. Also, detailed specification of Packet format will be provided


Matlab , Visual C or other

DELIVERABLES GUI Software developed on above mentioned software Complete Source Code Project Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design and Development of CCSDS based Concatenated Reed Solomon Decoder & Viterbi Decoder along with de-Interleaver Software

OBJECTIVES To design and develop concatenated de-coding scheme based on Reed-Solomon Decoder(255,223) & Viterbi Decoder software along with de-Interleaver of depth I=5

PROJECT OUTLINE Study of Reed Solomon Encoder & Decoder Study of Convolution Coding & Viterbi Decoder Study of Interleaving and De-Interleaving Algorithm Design of Reed Solomon Decoder Algorithm Design of Viterbi Decoder Algorithm Design De-Interleaver Design implementation on VB, C or any high level language


VB, C

DELIVERABLES Source Code Design Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Study of Reliable System Design Techniques like ( Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR)) for increasing the reliability of Embedded System in Space

OBJECTIVES Case Study for the Triple Modular Scheme for Commercial grade Processor (PowerPC, intel) to increase the system reliability/Availability for Space applications

PROJECT OUTLINE Study different Reliability techniques Study of Space Environment and Reliability Hazards like (out-gasing, Radiation effects) Study of Single Event Latch Up and Single Event Failure Proposed Design for Space application using TMR scheme


N/A

DELIVERABLES Study Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Design of Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) based scheme for PowerPC based Payload System incorporating DDR2 memory and FPGA based Endpoint Devices for LEO satellite

OBJECTIVES To design an efficient and reliable Payload System for LEO Satellite based on a high speed processor, memory and bus interface

PROJECT OUTLINE Study different Reliability techniques used in embedded systems particularly those related to Space applications Study of Space Environment and Reliability Hazards like (out-gasing, Radiation effects, SEU, SEL) Proposed Design for Space application using TMR scheme


Appropriate Software

DELIVERABLES Implementable TMR scheme including any source code(s), design files and simulation files

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Study of EDAC(Error Detection and correction) Scheme for DDR memory for space application

OBJECTIVES Case Study for the Error detection and correction schemes for memory device with special focus on DDR memory

PROJECT OUTLINE Study different Error Detection and Error Controlling techniques Study of Errors occur in memory read/write transactions Proposed Design for Robust EDAC controller for DDR memory


Matlab

DELIVERABLES Study Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Analysis of space and time (memory and processing) complexities of different pattern matching algorithms for star identification

OBJECTIVES The task is to analyze the spatial and temporal complexities of pattern matching algorithms and to extend or modify them for optimization of star identification algorithm (already implemented) for star tracker

PROJECT OUTLINE The students will be provided with the already developed star identification algorithm and the star catalogue as well as with the precise details of working mechanism of star tracker for attitude determination. They will explore and analyze the different available algorithms for their temporal and spatial complexities and will optimize the best amongst them


Appropriate Software, any high-level language

DELIVERABLES Comparison of results achieved through different algorithms. Optimal star identification algorithm

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE Wind Resistant Stability of Tubular Wind Turbine Towers

OBJECTIVES To study the stability criteria for Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine under wind loading

PROJECT OUTLINE Literature review Optimization of basic material properties Structural configuration (base diameter, top diameter, taper ratio, thickness of material etc.) of tubular tower and their dependence on height of the tower Finite Element Analysis (Static, dynamic and buckling) of different configurations Report writing & presentation


Ansys

DELIVERABLES Optimized material properties Parametric study of structural configuration Report writing & presentation

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year

SPONSORING WING Space Technology

of 58

PROJECT TITLE Manufacturing and Assembling of Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine

OBJECTIVES To study the different scenarios of manufacturing and assembling Tubular Towers of Wind Turbine

PROJECT OUTLINE Literature review Rolling of sheets Flanges Welding Assembling


Ansys

DELIVERABLES Tapered rolling procedures Welding procedure and characterization of weld properties Design of welding jigs to control weld distortions Flanges and their joints with tower Procedure for assembling of tubular tower

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year


of 58

PROJECT TITLE To Study Flow Characteristics around Straight and Curved Fin Projectiles

OBJECTIVES To study flow anomalies in curved fin projectiles

PROJECT OUTLINE Literature Review CFD analysis of straight and curved fin projectile Grid independence study Validation of CFD results with available experimental data Detail study of anomalies in curved fin projectile


Standard CFD software

DELIVERABLES Solid model, grid, and solution files of all configurations Report

ESTIMATED DURATION

One Year
