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RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN MULTI -DISCIPLINARY AREA
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND TEACHING
PROVIDINGSTATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES
CATER TO THE TRAINING AND RESEARCH NEEDS OF THE INDIAN ENERGY SECTOR WITH PRIMARY FOCUS TO NORTH
EAST
RURAL EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
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IDENTIFY AREAS OF INTEREST FOR THE RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE AS WELL AS POST GRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE AREA OF
ENERGY
TO CONDUCT SHORT-TERM COURSES/TRAINING/ WORKSHOPS TO PEOPLE OF ENERGY SECTORS, UNEMPLOYED
YOUTHS
IDENTIFY AREAS OF INTEREST FOR TEACHINGPROGRAMMES
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS WITH INDUSTRY IN THE AREAS OF ENERGY
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAMME IN THE AREAS OF ENERGY ENGINEERING THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE CENTRE

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Staff, hD students (1S on ro||) and pro[ect staff
8esearch ro[ecLs = 24
ConsulLancy = 14
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Solar Energy
2008-2020
8u
3
nydrogen product|on]storage
nybr|d veh|c|e
Lnergy storage
Carbon d|ox|de sequestrat|on
C|ean coa| techno|ogy
1echno|ogy koadmap
CC
2
convers|on to fue|
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Fuel cell
Hydrogen storage
8|oenergy
hD
2005
Lnergy Lff|c|ency
Solar Energy
2005-10
Laboratory Development
Biogas Technology (Production, storage, value addition, lignocellulose waste utilization)
Fluidized Bed Gasification (pressurized gasification)
Fuel cell (Chemical and Biological)
Savonius wind turbine for power generation
Carbon capture by using pressure swing technique
Biofuel (Biodiesel, biobutanol, bioethanol)
Fischer Tropsch Technology
Utilization of bio-waste for generating power in diesel engine
Tissue culture technology for bioenergy crops
Porous medium for energy storage
kesearch n|gh||ghts
Porous medium for energy storage
CO
2
capture and storage
CO
2
conversion to fuel
Latent heat storage
RU-BUS
Improvement of IC engines
Clean coal technology
Waste heat recovery
Improved cooking stove
Small wind mills
Development of organic/inorganic and thin film solar cells
Solar Energy Lab
kesearch act|v|t|es
a-Sl:P and uc-Sl:P based Lhln fllm solar cells on flexlble and
rlgld subsLraLes llke SS and glass
a-Sl:P/C-Sl heLero[uncLlon solar cells
Slllcon carblde fllms for radlaLlon deLecLor appllcaLlons
Slngle and mulLllayer graphene fllms for sensor
appllcaLlons
ulamond llke carbon fllms for vacuum opLo- elecLronlc
devlce appllcaLlons
An u|trah|gh vacuum based mu|t|-chamber system
for Lhe deposlLlon of Lhln fllm solar cells uslng lasma
enhanced Chemlcal vapour deposlLlon Lechnlque and PoL
lllamenL chemlcal vapour deposlLlon Lechnlque
devlce appllcaLlons
Iac|||t|es ava||ab|e
uPv based mulLl-chamber LCvu/PlCvu sysLem for
fabrlcaLlon of Lhln fllms and oLher opLo elecLronlc devlces
rf spuLLerlng sysLem
1hermal and e-beam evaporaLlon faclllLles
varlous measuremenL and characLerlzaLlon faclllLles
ro[ecLs on Lhe above Loplcs are golng on (lundlng agencles: uS1, u8uC, CSl8, l8)
Fuel Cell Lab (Chemical)
Craphene developmenL
SynLhesls and characLerlzaLlon of graphene
supporLed L caLalysL and blpolar plaLe for
LM fuel cell
reparaLlon of elecLrolyLes and L caLalysL for
CC
2
reducLlon Lo fuel
kesearch act|v|t|es and fac|||t|es
Iue| ce|| test stat|on Iue| ce|| test|ng
CC
2
reducLlon Lo fuel
SynLhesls and characLerlzaLlon of elecLrolyLe
(modlfled naflon) for dlrecL meLhanol fuel
cell appllcaLlon
laclllLy for developmenL of fuel cell (boLh
slngle and sLack)
laclllLy for compleLe characLerlzaLlon of fuel
cell componenLs
S|ng|e fue| ce|| Deve|oped b|po|ar p|ate
o|ar|zat|on curve
Fuel Cell Lab (Biological)
BIO8EN8OR & BIOF0ELCELL RE8EARCH
SLudles on sLrucLure of enzymes and Lhelr lnLeracLlon wlLh
nanosLrucLured maLerlals for bloelecLronlcs devlces and oLher
appllcaLlons
SLudles and appllcaLlon of redox enzymes for bloelecLronlcs devlces
uevelopmenL of Lnzyme LlecLrode for Lhe ConsLrucLlon of
CholesLerol 8losensor
SynLhesls of 8lodegradable nano-carrler for 1argeLed urug dellvery
kesearch act|v|t|es
Lnzymat|c fue| ce||
Alcohol oxidase (AOX;
oxidoreductase, EC
1.1.3.13)
Iac|||t|es
oLenLlosLaL/CalvanosLaL
lLC
Cel uoc
uv-SpecLrophoLomeLer
SynLhesls of 8lodegradable nano-carrler for 1argeLed urug dellvery
LlecLrospun nanoflber scaffolds for hepaLlc Llssue englneerlng
LnzymaLlc 8lofuel Cell for 8lomedlcal appllcaLlons
otent|ostat]Ga|vanostat
Electronics & Electrical Engineering
kesearch Areas:
LlecLronlc lnsLrumenLaLlon, SysLems deslgn, ulLrasonlc lnsLrumenLaLlon, non-desLrucLlve
LesLlng, LlecLronlc producL deslgn, LMl/LMC lssues, AcousLlc sensors, underwaLer
acousLlcs, Surface acousLlc wave devlces, MLMS
CpLlmlzaLlon of elecLrlcal moLors and drlves, AlgorlLhm developmenL for MulLl-ob[ecLlve
opLlmlzaLlon and mulLlcrlLerla declslon maklng ln englneerlng sysLems, SlmulaLlon and
deslgn of elecLrlcal moLors and acLuaLors uslng llnlLe LlemenL MeLhods (lLM),
AnalyLlcal modellng of elecLrlcal moLors for rapld slmulaLlon, SlmulaLlon and Analysls of
ClrculL SlmulaLlon (Analog & ulglLal) and vLSl CAu, Plgh erformance CompuLlng,
CompuLaLlonal 8lology and Solar hoLovolLalcs
AnalyLlcal modellng of elecLrlcal moLors for rapld slmulaLlon, SlmulaLlon and Analysls of
Pybrld and LlecLrlc vehlcles
lluld and 1hermal Lnglneerlng, Aerodynamlcs, Cas uynamlcs, lnsLrumenLaLlon,
MeasuremenLs and LxperlmenLs ln lluld
Mechanical Engineering
kesearch Areas
Pydrogen Lnergy (SLorage and AppllcaLlons), MeLal hydrlde based Lhermal machlnes,
orous medlum combusLlon, PeaL and mass Lransfer ln porous medlum, SorpLlon
heaLlng and coollng sysLems, WasLe heaL recovery, 1hermal energy sLorage sysLems,eLc.
Glimpse of the other research activities
Glimpse of the other research activities
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IIT Campus as viewed from Kamakhya