Division of Interdisciplinary Research: Recent submissions
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Deeply Scaled InAlN/GaN-on-Silicon High Electron Mobility Transistors for RF Applications
Wide bandgap gallium nitride (GaN) based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are promising candidates for next-generation radio frequency (RF) power amplifier applications owing to high electron saturation velocity ... -
Experimental and computational approaches to understand collective behaviors of bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen, estimated to account for 15-20% of hospital-acquired infection-related deaths around the globe in a year. This bacterium exhibits two distinct collective ... -
A Study of Factors Influencing Need for, Mode of and Sustainability of New Urban Mobility
Globally, we are observing a paradigm shift in urban mobility enabled by the exponential growth in information and communication technologies (ICTs) leading to profound transformation from traditional mobility to other ... -
Micro-carriers mediated bacteriophage delivery for targeting intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and TB prevention
Tuberculosis (TB) is a debilitating infectious disease that afflicts 10 million people every year. Treatment is particularly challenging due to prolonged treatment duration (4-6 months) consisting of an oral regimen of 4 ... -
On the Optimality of Generative Adversarial Networks — A Variational Perspective
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are a popular learning framework to model the underlying distribution of images. GANs comprise a min-max game between the generator and the discriminator. While the generator transforms ... -
Hydrodynamic stability of shear flows : Jet in crossflow, particle laden planar and swirling jets
Jet in crossflow is a flow scenario that involves momentum exchange of a round jet injected into a crossflow. This flow configuration has industrial importance because of its application in gas turbine combustors which ... -
Towards the development of open-chip digital microfluidics platform
Manipulating and utilizing fluid flows at microscale provides several opportunities towards technological advancement in different domains such as (but not limited to) lab-on-chip devices for mimicking biological laboratory ... -
Dynamical systems biology approach to identify mediators of the Epithelial-Hybrid-Mesenchymal spectrum
Cancer metastasis – the spread of cancer cells from one organ to another – remains the major cause of cancer-related deaths. A hallmark of metastasizing cells is their ability to adapt quickly and reversibly to their dynamic ... -
Design Principles of Phenotypic Robustness and Plasticity in Gene Regulatory Networks underlying Cancer Metastasis
Metastasis – the process of cancer cells leaving the primary tumor and colonizing multiple organs – remains a major cause of cancer mortality. However, it is a highly inefficient process with only 0.01% of disseminated ... -
Growth of hole-conducting Cu2O & CuO semiconductors using CVD for next-generation electronic devices: Thin Films Transistors, Memristors, and Gas Sensors
Semiconducting oxides with visible-range transparency and high electrical conductivity have tremendous potential for transparent CMOS devices. Oxide semiconducting materials are a good choice for emerging transparent ... -
2D Piezotronics: Performance to Functionality
In the pursuit of interactive electronic devices, there is a need for smart materials which can serve multiple functionalities. 2D (two-dimensional) layered materials have gained attention in semiconductor technology because ... -
Abstractions and Optimizations for Data-driven Applications Across Edge and Cloud
Modern data driven applications have a novel set of requirements. Advances in deep neural networks (DNN) and computer vision (CV) algorithms have made it feasible to extract meaningful insights from large-scale deployments ... -
Development of Solution Methodologies for Multi-Product, Multi-Component, Production-Inventory Planning Problem in a Component Remanufacturing Environment considering Backorders and Quantity Discounts
Closed loop supply chain has been an area of research which has evolved over the years. This thesis aims to address a problem in this domain, specifically from the perspective of an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) ... -
Raman Spectroscopy on Few layer graphene
Graphene is a two-dimensional allotrope of carbon exhibiting planer honeycomb lattice structure.1 A carbon atom in graphene makes three σ-bonds with the neighbouring atoms in the plane and one π-bond perpendicular to the ... -
Empirical Study on a Class of Problems for Omnichannel Retailing in India with Special Reference to Apparel Industry
Omnichannel retailing is an integrated experience that melds the advantages of physical stores with information-rich online shopping. To offer a seamless omnichannel shopping experience, retailers need to understand what ... -
Constrained Stochastic Differential Equations on Smooth Manifolds.
Dynamical systems with uncertain fluctuations are usually modelled using Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs). Due to operation and performance related conditions, these equations may also need to satisfy the constraint ... -
Strain engineering of 2D NEMS for resonant sensing
2D material-based nanoelectromechanical systems have emerged as excellent tools for force measurement with extreme sensitivity levels. Most sensing methods with 2D nanoelectromechanical (2D NEMS) systems utilize frequency ... -
Development and Performance Evaluation of the Flapping Wing with In-situ Piezoceramic Actuator
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are essentially automatic flight vehicles having dimensions, wingspan and airspeed, smaller than the conventional aerial vehicles. UAVs are employed widely in applications such as surveillance ... -
Delineating the dynamics of neutrophil response in multiple inflammatory stimuli and its consequences
In this thesis, we investigate the regulation of neutrophils, an important component of the immune system, and its implications on inflammation and pathological conditions. We use biomaterial implants to induce chronic ... -
Investigation of Au-free AlGaN/GaN HEMT on Silicon with substrate transfer process: From Ohmic contacts to RF performance
The technological importance of III-nitride based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) for power switching and RF applications is growing rapidly, owing to two advantageous electrical properties. While high sheet ...