Funding

Research Grants 

Ongoing Projects:

As Principal Investigator 

1. "Physics based modeling of seawater activated battery", Funded by HBL Power Systems Limited, (2024 - Ongoing).

2. "Development of a Design and analysis tools for Energy Bill Calculations", Funded by Energy Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd., (2024 - Ongoing).

3. "Thermal analysis for the insulation thickness effects on battery", Funded by HBL Power Systems Limited, (2024 - Ongoing).

4. "Full-Scale Thermal and Electrochemical Modeling of Thermal Batteries", Funded by HBL Power Systems Limited, (2024 - Ongoing). 

5. "Design of Electrolyte, Anode \& Cathode for Li-ion Solid State Batteries," NFS Grant, IIT Delhi, (2023-ongoing)

Ongoing Projects:

As Co-Principal Investigator

6. "Functionalized hybrid materials based on polymer and sulfur for lithium-sulfur batteries (SPARC Cell)", Funded by SPARC MHRD India, (2024 - Ongoing).

7. "Design and analysis of gandola for ropeway systems", Funded by USHA Breco Ltd, (2024 - Ongoing).

8. "Manufacturing Sustainable and Carbon Neutral Steel Structures for Construction Industry using Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM): Static, Dynamic and Fatigue characterization", Funded by Department of Science & Technology Indo-Canadian Grant, (2023 - Ongoing).

9. "Nanoconfinement of hydrides in hybrid heteroatom-doped carbon scaffolds enabling tunable hydrogen release", Funded by MFIRP IRD IITD, IITD-NYCU Grant, (2023 - Ongoing).

10. "Optimization of cooling pattern and microstructure of hot mold ductile iron pipes", Funded by Jindal SAW, (2023 - Ongoing).

Completed Projects:

As Principal Investigator

11. "Studies on Grain Size Optimization of Aluminum(Al) Electrodes for Al-Air Batteries", Funded by Chakr Innovation Pvt. Ltd., (2023 - 2024). 

12. "Design Analysis & Manufacturing of Time Capsule for AMRITPEX-2023", Funded by Indian Post Gov. India, (2023).

Past Industrial Projects:

1. “Effect of alloy chemistry and temperature on phase stability of alloys for USC application- A computational approach,” (Grant No. RYM-12-475- RD-71), BHEL Corporate R & D, P.I: A. H. V. Pavan, K. S. N. Vikrant, K. Singh, K. C. Harikumar (IIT Madras), Jul 2012 - Dec 2013.

2. “Creep fatigue life calculation procedure for powerplant components,” (Grant No. BYM-12-030-RD-71), BHEL Corporate R & D, P.I: K. S. N. Vikrant, A. H. V. Pavan, K. Singh, G. Jayaraman, Oct 2012 - Dec 2013. 

3. “Studies on corrosion and creep rupture behaviour of Super 304H steel and its weld joints for advanced ultra super critical power plant boiler tube applications”, (Grant No. BYM-12-474-RD-71), BHEL Corporate R & D, P.I:K. S. N. Vikrant, A. H. V. Pavan, K. Singh, A. S. Khanna (IIT Bombay), Dec 2012 - Aug 2014. 

4. “Studies on dissimilar metal welds of IN 617 & Super 304 H for advanced ultra super critical power plant applications”, (Grant No. BYM-11-366- RD-71), BHEL Corporate R & D, P.I: A. H. V. Pavan, K. S. N. Vikrant, K. Singh, A. S. Khanna (IIT Bombay), Jul 2011 - Aug 2014.