Division of Interdisciplinary Research: Recent submissions
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Sensing, Analysing and Simulating Heterogeneous Unstructured Crowds in Mass Religious Gatherings
Mass gatherings have witnessed several incidents such as crowd crushes, stampedes, panic rush, etc. In the last 10 years, nearly 49 major incidents have led to more than 4000 casualties and similar number of injuries. In ... -
A Geochemical, Sr isotopic, and numerical study of river water, groundwater, and sea water interaction in the tidally dominated Hooghly (Ganga) estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed, coastal water body where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with saline water from the ocean. It is a dynamic system that is characterized by large changes in water chemistry (e.g., ... -
Engineering three-dimensional hydrogel culture systems to delineate host-pathogen interaction in tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), an obligate human pathogen, spreads through aerosols to the lung alveoli, where alveolar macrophages engulf it. These macrophages then migrate to the lung interstitium and trigger an ... -
Improving hp-Variational Physics-Informed Neural Networks: A Tensor-driven Framework for Complex Geometries, and Singularly Perturbed and Fluid Flow Problems
Scientific machine learning (SciML) combines traditional computational science and physical modeling with data-driven deep learning techniques to solve complex problems. It generally involves incorporating physical ... -
Electrochemical Continuous Glucose Monitoring Sensor for Effective Management of Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus, marked by elevated blood glucose levels, has been a leading contributor to global morbidity and mortality. The prolonged elevated blood glucose levels can lead to secondary complications such as renal ... -
Financing Strategies of Tech Startups in India: Determinants, Value, and Impact of VC Involvement
In recent years, the increased emphasis on digitalisation aided by advancements in technology has led to the growth of digital startups in India. Compared to non-digital startups, digital startups are those that focus on ... -
Dripping Dynamics of Suspensions
The study of droplet formation dynamics of Newtonian fluids and non-colloidal suspensions has significant industrial applications. Experimental studies on the influence of fluid properties such as Newtonian and non-colloidal ... -
Immune cell surveillance and death on silicone catheter surfaces drives bacterial biofilm formation
Silicone venous catheters are among the most used medical devices in the world with a prevalence of up to 80% in hospitalised patients. While they are used for several life-saving applications, they are also prone to ... -
Investigation of the oxyfuel fluidized bed combustion characteristics of high ash Indian coal
Coal continues to be an important source of energy in developing countries like India. However, Indian coal has high ash content, which causes it to have high burnout time and, hence, lower combustion efficiency in ... -
Semi-analytical solution for eigenvalue problems of lattice models with boundary conditions
Closed-form relations for limiting eigenvalues of an infinite k-periodic spatial lattice in any number of dimensions d, and its semi-analytical extensions for any given size n of the lattice with free-free boundary ... -
Predictive Motion Planning for Safe and Efficient Autonomous Driving
The advent of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) has the potential to revolutionize transportation systems, promising significant improvements in safety, efficiency, and passenger comforts. Safety, the cornerstone of AVs, demands ... -
Architectures for linewidth reduction in cascaded Raman fiber lasers and applications
Fiber lasers have been increasingly used as a high-power source due to several advantages, such as superior beam quality, better thermal management, high efficiency, and compact and reliable design. In fiber lasers, ... -
Conceptualization and Validation of Interoperability in Blockchain Enabled Interconnected Smart Microgrids
Power systems are undergoing rapid transitions to incorporate renewable sources of generation and to combat climate change. It is expected that the next stage of transitions will lead to a shift from large-scale, centralized ... -
Multi-agent Collaborative Framework for Automated Agriculture
The agriculture sector faces numerous challenges in meeting the demands of a growing global population while managing resource constraints, labour shortages and environmental sustainability. This thesis presents a multi-agent ... -
An Investigation on Development of Novel Switched Capacitor Converter Topologies with Reduced Ratings for DC-AC & DC-DC Power Conversion
Switched Mode Power Converters (SMPCs), which utilize switches and passive components, are the standard for energy conversion in medium and high-power applications. These converters can be classified as isolated or ... -
Development of Microsystem Platforms Towards Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics
This thesis explores the development and application of microsystems to advance our understanding of disease biology. The overarching goal is to enhance diagnostic and therapeutic strategies through precise and physiologically ... -
Improving Efficiency of Perovskite and Silicon Solar Cells by Reducing Surface Recombination, Bulk Recombination, and Thermalization Losses
Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology stands at the forefront of renewable energy solutions, driven by the urgent need to mitigate climate change and secure sustainable energy sources. As the demand for cleaner energy ... -
Design and diagnostics of gas turbine combustors: from high shear injector to full-scale sector of annular combustor
The aviation industry, like many others, has to meet stringent pollution and emission norms due to climate change and global warming. Aircraft engines burning fossil fuels emit pollutants such as NOx, CO, and soot, impacting ... -
Lesion Synthesis using Physics-Based Noise Models for Low-Data Medical Imaging Regime applications
Lesion segmentation and their progression prediction in medical imaging relies critically on the availability of manually annotated, heterogeneous large pathological datasets. Acquiring such diverse large datasets is also ... -
Engineering Quality Factor in Micro/Nano Resonating Devices
Micro/Nano resonating devices offer enormous potential and have distinctive features for building sensors and actuators. One of the key parameters that control the response of these devices is Quality Factor (Q). Q is ...