Research

Funded Projects

2020- 2022               Stubble Burning: Health impacts and social perception - an explorative study for prevention

Funding source         Swedish Research Council (SRC)

Level of support       7,46 000 SEK ( ≈ 63,00 000 INR)

Organizations involved IIT Ropar and Mid Sweden University

Role                         Co-PI (IIT Ropar: Dr. Samaresh Bardha (HSS), Dr. Parwinder Singh (HSS), and Dr. Prabir Sarkar (ME). Foreign PI: Prof. Koustuv Dalal, Professor in Public Health Economics, Mid Sweden University, Sweden.)

2019- 2022               Micro Green Roofing

Funding source         IMPRINT- 2, MHRD, GOI and ELT India

Level of support       About 75 lakhs (58 lakhs from MHRD+ 17 lakhs from ELT India)

Organizations involved IIT Ropar, IIT Kharagpur, ELT India, industry

Role                         Principal Investigator (Co PI- Dr. Putul Haldar, IIT Ropar and Dr. Chirodeep Bakli, IIT Kharagpur)

2017-2020               Big Data Analysis: A key to understand the Dynamics of Collaborative Knowledge Building

Funding source         Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI), Department of Science and Technology (DST), India

Level of support       INR 14,40,600 / USD 22142  

Role                         Co-Principal Investigator (PI, Dr. Sudarsan Iyenger)

2016-2019               Study of aesthetics in product design using eye-tracking equipment from a cognitive view

Funding source         Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI), Department of Science and Technology (DST), India

Level of support       INR 16.26 lakhs/ USD 24,440

Role                         Principal Investigator

2014-2017               Engineering Driven Sustainable Supply Network Design

Funding source         Department of Science and Technology (DST), India and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK

Institute involved      IIT Ropar, IIM Lucknow, and University of Cambridge

Level of support       £ 1 million / USD 1,517,300, IIT Ropar’s share: INR 48,00,000/ USD 70,021

Role                         Co-Investigator (Prof. Jag Sarai, U Cambridge, PI, Prof. Harpreet Singh, IIT Ropar, Co-PI, Dr. Ekta Singla)

Some PhD work details

Eco- Design

People: Prashant Kumar Singh (Ph.D. completed)

Producing eco-friendly products has become the need of the present due to the alarming conditions of global warming issues and depletion of natural resources. Global Footprint Network estimated the ecological footprints for over 200 nations in 2013 and found that the rate at which natural resources are being utilized is 1.6 times more than the rate at which they are renewed. These issues have forced the industries to adopt the eco-design strategies in their production processes. Eco-design approaches are used by the designers to deal with these issues in the development of eco-friendly products. Eco-design is understood to be the systematic integration of environmental considerations into the design process across the product life cycle, from the cradle to the grave. The Biofore Company defines eco-design as “design and produce products responsibly to be safe and sustainable, and ensure that, whenever possible, the end of products’ life cycle is the birth of something new.” Companies are still struggling to implement ecodesign practices, and it is not advancing at the rate necessary to achieve a more sustainable society. 

In our research, we intend to develop an approach that can assist in the effective implementation of ecodesign practices in the development of environmentally friendly products.

Engineering aesthetics

People: Jitendra (Ph.D. completed)

Abstract: Aesthetics is commonly defined as the study of beauty. Some philosophers link aesthetics solely to the arts and artistic experience. Beginning in the 1960s, the field of cognitive science became increasingly influential. While much of this influence relates to the nature of thought, reasoning, and consciousness, the impact of cognitive science has expanded to other areas of philosophy, including aesthetics. In today’s time specifically in transportation industry aesthetics play a significant role. In our study, we are trying to find out various factors which affect consumer cognitive appeal at the time of purchase of a new car. At the same time, we are also enhancing these factor so we can make better cars. 

Biomimicry

People: Sunil Sharma (Ph.D. completed)

Abstract: Natural designs are always considered very well both in terms of design and reliability. Researches have worked on device level to mimic biological devices and create engineering prototypes resembling the biological system (such as lizard robot, humanoid robot etc.). Later researches have also created a methodology to help designers create engineering solutions to the various problems that they face. In this work, we try to develop a methodology to create engineering solutions using biomimicry.