The Research Centre at the department of Electronics and Communication Engineering is recognized by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. The research centre emphasis is on research in MEMS Lab, Linux Lab, Envision Lab, Innovation and We Lab and e-Yantra Robotics Lab.
Research Centre Details
| University | Year of Recognition | Reference Number |
| VTU, Belagavi | May, 2018 | VTU/Aca-Res.-Cen./A4//2018-19/633/70 |
| VTU, Belagavi | October, 2017 | VTU/Aca-Res.-Cen./A4//2017-18/6954/224 |
Details of Candidates Registered Under VTU Research Center: 2018 -2019
| Sl.No | Name of the Student | College Names of the Student | Date of Registration of Ph.D | Guide | Topic of research | Email ID & Phone No. |
| 1. | Mr. Arjun Rao
|
AIET, Mijar | 21.04.2018
|
Dr. D.V Manjunatha | Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cells | Email ID: aietecee08@gmail.com
Phone: 9945349896 |
| 2. | Ajay Prinston Pinto | AIET, Mijar | 05.07.2018 | Dr. Dattathreya | Prediction of Epilepsy by the Application of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence using GPU | EmailID:
Phone:9449725987 |
| 3. | Aneesh Jain M V | AIET, Mijar | 05.07.2018 | Dr. Dattathreya | Design, Fabrication, Characterization and Development of Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator | EmailID:
Phone:9880638139 |
| 4. | Sachin K | AIET, Mijar | 05.07.2018 | Dr. Dattathreya | Novel Method for Data Security, Privacy and Authentication for IOT based systems | EmailID:
Phone:9611293033
|
| 5. | Niju Rajan | AIET, Mijar | 23.03.2019 | Dr. Praveen J | Design, Simulation and Development of Peizoelectric Low Frequency Vibration Sensors | Email ID: praveenj_vishruth@yahoo.in
Phone: 8884767555 |
Details of Candidates Registered Under VTU Research Center: 2017 -2018
| Sl.No | Name of the Student | College Names of the Student | Date of Registration of Ph.D | Guide | Topic of Research | Email ID & Phone No. |
| 1. | Mr. Sushanth Anil Lobo
|
AIET | 29.05.2017
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Dr. DV Manjunatha | MEMS Pressure Sensors | Email ID: aietecee08@gmail.com
Phone: 9945349896 |
| 2. | Mr. Prashanth N | VTU-RRC, Belagavi | 29.05.2017 | Dr. Dattathreya | Enhanced Image Reconstruction Algorithm Using Genetic Algorithm and Performance Evaluation in Compressed Sensing | EmailID:
Phone:9481582906 |
Details of Candidates Registered Under VTU Research Center: 2016-2017
| Sl.No | Name of the Student | College Name of the Student | Date of Registration of Ph.D | Guide | Topic of Research | Email ID & Phone No. |
| 1. | Veerbhadra Swamy K.M | Govt. Engineering College, Ramnagar | 27.01.2016 | Dr. DV Manjunatha | Implementation of Background Subtraction Algorithm for Detection of Colour Image | Email ID: aietecee08@gmail.com
Phone: 9945349896 |
- Faculty Members Registered for Ph.D in Other Research Centre/Universities if any
Details of Candidates Registered Under Research in other Research Centers
| Sl.No | Name of the Research Scholar | Registration Date | Name of the Other University | Guide | Topic of Research | Email ID & Phone No. |
| 1. | Mahendra H.N | 09.02.2018 | VTU | Dr. Mallikarjunaswamy S | Design of Low Power high speed multiplier using hybrid full adder and gated clock ring counter | Email ID: mahendrahn2007@gmail.com
Phone: 9740129884 |
| 2. | Jyothi Pramal | 11.07.2016 | VIT, Vellore | Dr. P Ponnambalam | Power Electronics – VLC Enabled LED Driver Circuit
|
Email ID: mjsuvarna@gmail.com
Phone: 9880910737 |
Details of Candidates Registered Under Research in other Research Centers: 2015 -2016
| Sl.No | Name of the Research Scholar | Registration Date | Name of the Other University | Guide | Topic of Research | Email ID & Phone No. |
| 1. | Parveez Shariff B.G | 18.12.2015 | VTU | Dr. Roshan Joy Martis | Computer Aided Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using ECG | Email ID: parveez1shariff@gmail.com
Phone: 7829200515 |
Details of Candidates Registered Under Research in other Research Centers: 2014 -2015
| Sl.No | Name of the Research Scholar | Registration Date | Name of the Other University | Guide | Topic of Research | Email ID & Phone No. |
| 1. | Shankar BB | 14.02.2014 | Jain University | Dr. D Jayadeppa | Biomedical Signal Processing | Email ID: shankarbb@aiet.org.in
Phone: 9916241310 |
Sponsored Research
Funded Research
Sponsored Research Projects for Past Three Years
| SI.No. | Project Title | Funding
Agency |
Amount | Principal
Investigator |
Duration
|
Year of
sanction |
| 1. | Development of Prototype Chemicals Sensors for environmental/ Industrial/ Agricultural Applications | KCTU | Rs. 1 Crore | Dr. Richard Pinto, Emeritus Professor, Dept. Of ECE | 2 years | 2018-2019 |
PATENTS
| Sl no | Faculty Name | Patent No | Patent Details |
| 1 | Dr. Richard Pinto
Dr. DV Manjunatha Dr. Richard Pinto |
201941009746 | Enhancement of direct Methanol fuel cell performance with nafion proton exchange membrane optimally exposed to ultraviolet rays. |
| 2 | Dr. Richard Pinto
Dr. DV Manjunatha |
201841040380 | Enhancement of Micro direct Methanol fuel cell performance using micro channels fabricated from 100 silicon wafer orientation and P(VDF-TrFE) coated nafion membrane as proton exchange membrane |
| 3 | Dr. Richard Pinto | 201841030070 | A process for fabrication of P(VDF-TrFE) Piezoelectric Beams and Cantilevers as Vibration Sensors and Energy Harvesters |
Institutional Patent Applications from students and faculties of AIET
| Sl. No | Title | Patent Application number | Published date | Inventors |
| 1 | A process for fabrication of P(VDF-TrFE) piezoelectric beams and cantilevers as vibration sensors and energy harvesters | 201841030070 | 14/12/2018 | Rashmi K. R, Jayarama A, Richard Pinto, Siddhartha P. Duttagupta And Shriganesh Prabhu |
| 2 | Enhancement of micro direct methanol fuel cell (μ-DMFC) performance using micro channels fabricated from <100> silicon wafer orientation and P(VDF-TrFE) coated nafion membrane as proton exchange membrane | 201841040380 | 14/12/2018 | Arjun Sunil Rao, Jayarama Arasalike, Manjunatha Doddaballapura Veerabhadraiah, Richard Pinto, Siddhartha Prakash Duttagupta And Achanta Venugopal |
| 3 | Enhancement of direct methanol fuel cell performance with nafion proton exchange membrane optimally exposed to ultraviolet rays | 201941009746 | 10/5/2019 | Arjun Sunil Rao, Jayarama Arasalike, Manjunatha Doddaballapura Veerabhadraiah, Praveen Jayappa, Richard Pinto And Peter Fernandes |
| 4 | Smart shockwave velocity measurement system based on P(VDF-TrFE) piezosensors and arduino | 201941024087 | AWAITED | Ramaprasad A T, Arjun Sunil Rao, Anoop Radha Balan, Jyothish Kumar Kunhipurayil, Arjun Ashok Ambattuparambil, Jayarama Arasalike, Richard Pinto And Peter Fernandes |
Publications
| SL. No. | Author(s) | Title | Journal | Year Publication |
| 1 | C. Mathai, Ravikumar Jain, V. G. Achanta, S.P.Duttagupta, D. Ghindani, N. R. Joshi, R. Pinto, And S. S. Prabhu | Sensing at terahertz frequency domain using 2 sapphire whispering gallery mode resonator | Optics Letters Vol. 43, Issue 21, pp. 5383-5386 (2018) | 2018 |
| 2 | Rashmi K R, Arjun Rao, Jayarama A, Richard Pinto | “Low frequency piezoelectric P(VDF-TrFE) micro-cantilever with a novel MEMS process for vibration sensor and energy harvester applications” | Smart Materials and Structures | 2019 |
| 3 | Rashmi K R, Arjun Rao, Jayarama A, Richard Pinto | “Piezoelectric P(VDF-TrFE) micro cantilevers and beams for low frequency vibration sensors and energy harvesters” | Sensors and Actuators: A Physical | 2019 |
| 4 | Rashmi K R, Jayarama A, Shriganesh Prabhu, Siddhartha Duttagupta, Richard Pinto | “A novel bulk micromachining process for piezoelectric P(VDF-TrFE) micro-cantilever beam vibration sensors and energy harvesters” | IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems | 2019 |
| 5 | Arjun Sunil Rao, K R Rashmi, D V Manjunatha, A Jayarama, Richard Pinto | Enhancement of power output in passive micro-direct methanol fuel cells with optimized methanol concentration and trapezoidal flow channels | Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering | 2019 |
| 6 | Arjun Sunil Rao, Rashmi K. R., D. V. Manjunatha, Jayarama A, Shriganesh Prabhu and Richard Pinto | Pore size tuning of nafion membranes by UV irradiation for enhanced proton conductivity for fuel cell applications | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2019 |
| 7 | Arjun Sunil Rao, D. V. Manjunatha, Jayarama A., Venu Gopal Achanta, Siddhartha P. Duttagupta and Richard Pinto | P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer Laminated Nafion Membranes for Power Enhancement of Passive Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cells | Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering | 2019 |