Research Area: Currently working on fabrication of microfluidic piezoelectric energy harvesting devices for applications like pressure and viscosity sensors. Also, working on droplet-based microfluidics to develop polymer droplets by tuning various microfluidic parameters in order to obtain different shapes and sizes. Apart from sensing and energy harvesting systems, Alisha is exploring the domain of piezo-photocatalytic microfluidic systems as well. Her future work aims at fabricating microfluidic triboelectric and hybrid piezo-tribo energy harvesting devices for diverse sensing and bio-medical applications.

Research Area: Kruthi is currently focused on the fabrication of electrochemical point-of-care testing (POCT) devices for the diagnosis and management of neurodegenerative diseases. Her research involves the design of sensitive, portable electrochemical sensors engineered using functional nanomaterials to ensure high specificity, stability, and reproducibility. She is also integrating these sensors with microfluidic platforms to facilitate real-time monitoring of cellular morphology changes and dynamic biochemical responses. By combining nanomaterial-based electrode engineering with advanced electrochemical techniques, Kruthi’s work aims to deliver clinically relevant, non-invasive diagnostic tools that bring laboratory-level precision to point-of-care settings, particularly for conditions such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.   

Research Area: Parminder has expertise in surface engineering, additive manufacturing, erosion-corrosion-deposition resistant coatings, biomedical coatings, and material characterization. His work also includes parametric optimization, CFD modeling, and structural analysis. Currently, he is involved in multi-physics analysis for developing a lab-on-a-chip platform for sorting cells in the "Semen Sexing in Cattle" project, aimed at improving livestock breeding.