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Design and Development of Fiber Bragg Grating Tactile Sensing Devices for Novel Applications in Engineering and Biomedical Fields
Among the five human basic senses, touch is thought to be the sense that makes the world 'real' to us. Tactile sensors are a category of artificial sensors that acquire information through physical touch. Tactile sensors ... -
Design And Development of Linear Moving Magnet Synchronous Motor Based Twin PTC And HTS Level Sensor for LOX Recondenser
(2017-09-23)Cryocoolers are closed cycle devices which produce cooling below 120 K. Usually, one or two linear motors are used to drive one pulse tube cryocooler. Cryocoolers are used for various applications like, cooling of infra ... -
Design and Development of Non-intrusive Optical Probes for Quantitative Analysis of Flow Fields in Hypersonic Shock Tunnels
This thesis describes the development of light-based, non-interfering interrogation tools for quantitative assessment of density variations in hypersonic flows over the test models of interest in aerodynamics. Since flow ... -
Design and Development of Novel Fiber Bragg Grating based devices for various Biomedical applications
Sensors have always been an integral part of human life. Apart from the numerous inherent sensors which the human body possesses, there are various man-made sensors which has been studied and implemented widely to fulfill ... -
Design of a Vortex Tube based Refrigeration System
(2018-03-15)Vortex tube (VT) is a mechanical device with no moving parts. The fundamental principle of Vortex Tube is that it can split an incoming fluid flow of a constant pressure and constant temperature gas stream into two separate ... -
Design, Development and Characterisation of piezoelectric microvalve for electric propulsion system
The advanced geostationary communication satellites have shown trends in terms of increased power, life and payload mass. For these platforms, Electric Propulsion Systems (EPS) offer an attractive option for overall mass ... -
Design, Development and Performance Analysis of Micromachined Sensors for Pressure and Flow Measurement
(2018-02-18)Now-a-days sensors are not limited only to industry or research laboratories but have come to common man’s usage. From kids toys to house hold equipment like washing machine, microwave oven as well as in automobiles, a ... -
Design, Development and Performance Study of Microneedle & Micropump-based Transdermal Drug Delivery System
Transdermal drug delivery is the most preferred drug delivery method, due to its high efficiency and less side effects. In conventional transdermal drug delivery, the delivery of macromolecular drugs (ex: Insulin, vaccines ... -
Design, Development and Validation of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Based Devices for Detecting Certain Healthcare Parameters
(2018-01-30)Several sensor technologies have been developed and experimented over the last few decades to cater various needs of medical diagnostics. Among these, fiber optic sensors, in particular, Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) based ... -
Design, Development and Validation of High Performance Fiber Bragg Grating Accelerometers
Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) accelerometers have attracted the attention of researchers as an efficient and attractive alternative to conventional electrical accelerometers. They exploit the remarkable sensing capabilities ... -
Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Metal Oxide Semiconductor Based MEMS Gas Sensors for Carbon Monoxide Detection
In recent years, intense efforts have been made towards the development of miniaturized gas-sensing devices for hazardous gas detection. Carbon monoxide, which is a result of incomplete combustion, is a colourless, odourless, ... -
Design, Fabrication and Development of Polymer Microcantilever for Flow Rate Measurement and Thermal Actuation
Design, fabrication and development of polymer microcantilever for flow rate measurement and thermal actuation Research Supervisors: Prof. K. Rajanna and Dr. G. R. Jayanth Microcantilevers are sensitive micromechanical ... -
Design, Fabrication And Testing Of A Versatile And Low-Cost Diffuse Optical Tomographic Imaging System
(2009-06-16)This thesis reports the work done towards design and fabrication of a versatile and low cost, frequency domain DOT (Diffuse Optical Tomography) Imager. A design which uses only a single fiber for the source and a single ... -
Detection of charge-neutral modes to spin-wave excitations in graphene quantum Hall, and periodic magnetic field effect on Dirac electrons
In the quantum Hall (QH) regime, the electrical transport happens along the downstream chiral edge modes (dictated by the external magnetic field) while the bulk remains a vanilla insulator. However, it has been theoretically ... -
Deterministic Two Stage Clonal Expansion Model of Breast Cancer Epidemiology and its Utility for Optimal Screening Policies in India
Breast cancer (BC) has emerged as public health issue in India in last two decades sur-passing cervix cancer. Mortality from breast cancer is 30-40% higher than maternal causes. Breast cancer 5 year survival rates are ... -
Development and Application of Fiber Optic Sensors for Structural and Flight Testing of Aircraft
Structural testing deals with sensing of health parameters such as strain, temperature, vibration, etc. of different structures like aircrafts, ships, bridges, dams, buildings, etc. and it is important from the viewpoint ... -
Development and Characterization of Mercury Cadmium Telluride Colloidal Quantum Dot Based Infrared Optical Sensor
Motivation of this thesis is to synthesize HgCdTe quantum dots responsive in MWIR spectral range using chemical synthesis method and develop room temperature operated MWIR focal plane array using commercial silicon ROIC ... -
Development And Optimization Of A Microchip PCR System Using Fluorescence Detection
(2011-02-21)Microfabricated thermal cyclers for nucleic acid amplification by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have been demonstrated by several groups over the last decade, with improved cycling speed and smaller volumes when ...