Research Areas

Our group's present research interests are [based on the on-going research projects]:

• MEMS devices and micro-systems.

• Powering IoT - Energy harvesting , Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) - piezoelectric, magnetic, magnetoelectric transducers. Click here for an overview of energy harvesting techniques (my webinar at NIT Silchar).

• Functional materials: growth and characterization.

• Micro-power management for energy harvesting devices.

• Interdisciplinary M/NEMS devices for novel applications such as Neuromorphic Computing, Brain Computer Interface (BCI) etc.

Research Projects:

• Development of Micro-Energy Harvesting Devices, Source – IRD, IIT Delhi, Amount – INR 20 lakhs, Duration – 2019-2022.

• Integrated Magnetoelectric Heterostructure based Devices for Wireless Power Transfer to Implantable Electronics, Source – SERB, DST, Amount – INR 30 lakhs, Duration – 2020-2022.

• High Efficiency Micro/Nano Energy Harvesting System for Self-powered Smart Environment, Source – DST-RCN (India-Norway Joint Project), Amount – INR 40 lakhs (India Side), Duration – 2020-23.

• Energy Harvesting using Droplet-based Microfluidics (As Co-PI), Source – FIRP, IIT Delhi, Amount – INR 10 lakhs, Duration – 2020-2022.

• Hardware Realization for Neuromorphic Computing using MEMS Oscillator Networks, Source - MFIRP IIT Delhi with NCTU Taiwan, Amount - INR 10 lakhs, Duration - 2020-2022.

• Self-powered Sensor System for Soft Robotics and Human-Machine Interaction (HMI), Source - I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics, Technology Innovation Hub, IIT Delhi, Amount – INR 100 lakhs, Duration – 2021-2024.