Alva's Institute of Engineering & Technology (AIET) > Research & Development

Research & Development

Research and Development at AIET are rooted by visionary management policies like sending faculties to pursue their research studies under Quality Improvement Programs(QIP) to IITs/NITs and deputing faculties for various Research related Conferences and Workshops, Conducting various research related conferences/workshops. Interaction and collaboration with various Indian and Foreign universities such as Europe, Japan and USA are the part of AIET research culture. Providing facility of various research related projects to the students and faculties through MoU organizations like ISRO, IIIT, IISc, HAL, SCL etc. Apart from this, the institute has established the unique labs to research aspirants to carry out research in different domains.

Highlights of R&D

We have set up a common research center known as Alva’s Center for Advanced Research to support the
theme of Project-based learning through UG/PG/PhD Research Projects leading to enhancement of
knowledge and institutional status with the following Mission.
- Identification of research projects in the field of Health, Energy, Environment, Water, Communication
  etc.
- Common research facility;
- Implementation of projects by involving Faculty and students from UG/PG/Ph.D.
- Involvement of Resource persons from premier institutes;
- Enhancement of Faculty/student knowledge through UG/PG/PhD Research Projects;
- Enhancement of student placement through UG/PG/PhD Research Projects;
- Publications and Patents of research results;
- Reduction of industry-academia gap through Industry-Relevant Research Projects with involvement of
  industry partners;
- Enhancement of institutional outreach through Conferences and Seminars;
- Overall contribution to societal needs.
The faculty and students of AIET have received funds from various funding agencies, mainly Vision Group
of Science and Technology, Karnataka Council for Technological Upgradation, Karnataka State Council for
Science and Technology, Indian Space Research Organization and some industries like Laser Science
Services Pvt. Ltd and others.
AIET has SIX university recognized Research Centers and has vast pool of UG/PG/Ph.D students in many
disciplines guided by teams of talented faculty members;
AIET has active collaborations with reputed national institutes like TIFR, Mumbai, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
and IIT Madras, Chennai. These active collaborations have been very fruitful during the last three years in the
domains of Fuel cells specifically hydrogen fuel cells and vibration sensors leading to applications for
patents and many publications in high impact Scopus indexed journals. AIET has applied for 6 patents in the
domain of fuel cells including hydrogen fuel cells, low frequency vibration sensors, shock wave detection and
cancer detection. AIET won first prize in January 2018 in the All- India Nano- Hackathon contest held at IIT
Bombay.
As an outreach activity, AIET has conducted many conferences, seminars and workshops during last 5 year and organized many conferences including an international conference iCOLD 2019 during November 27-29,
2019, in association with IIT Madras.
AIET has 25 MoUs, mainly with Kumomoto University, Japan, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology
Pune, Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), Chandigarh, IIIT, Allahabad, ISRO Head Quarters and other associated laboratories, Bangalore, National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Gadanki, Chittoor, AP., HAL, Bangalore, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bangalore, Mangalore University and others. Students of AIET have done many internship projects at various types of industries across India: Internship Projects, 123 in 2016-17, 127 during 2017-18 and 144 during 2018-19. Recently One MBA student has secured SECOND rank in the state at Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi.

Research Publications

Govt. Funds Received for Research Projects

Sl.No	Project Title	Funding Agency	Amount	Duration	Year of Sanction
1	Development of Prototype Chemicals Sensors for environmental/ Industrial/ Agricultural Applications	KCTU	Rs. 1 Crore	2 Years	2018-19
2	Detection of Artificially Ripened Fruits using Spectrometric Techniques	VGST	Rs 5 Lakhs	2 Years	2018-19
3	Ni-Mo Composite Coatings with Ni-ONano-Particles as Electrocatalytic Material	VGST	Rs. 5 Lakhs	2 Years	2018-19
4	Medical Image analysis using Riemann & Finsler Geometry	VGST	Rs 4 Lakhs	2 Years	2016-17
4	Physicochemical and mechanical characterization of natural areca fibre reinforced polymer composite materials	VGST	Rs. 30 Lakhs	3 Years	2016-17

Patent Applications

Sl. No	Title	Applicant	Patent Application number	Published date	Inventors	Inventors Institutions
1	A process for fabrication of P(VDF-TrFE) piezoelectric beams and cantilevers as vibration sensors and energy harvesters	Alva’s Education Foundation	201841030070	14/12/2018	Rashmi K. R,	AIET, Moodbidri
					Jayarama A,	AIET, Moodbidri
					Richard Pinto,	AIET, Moodbidri
					Siddhartha P. Duttagupta	IIT BOMBAY
					ShriganeshPrabhu	TIFR, Mumbai
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	Alva’s Education Foundation	201841040380	14/12/2018	Arjun Sunil Rao,	AIET, Moodbidri
					Jayarama Arasalike,	AIET, Moodbidri
					Manjunatha Doddaballapura Veerabhadraiah	AIET, Moodbidri
					Richard Pinto,	AIET, Moodbidri
					Siddhartha Prakash Duttagupta	IIT BOMBAY
					AchantaVenugopal	TIFR, Mumbai
3	Enhancement of direct methanol fuel cell performance with nafion proton exchange membrane optimally exposed to ultraviolet rays	Alva’s Education Foundation	201941009746	10/5/2019	Arjun Sunil Rao	AIET, Moodbidri
					Jayarama Arasalike	AIET, Moodbidri
					Manjunatha Doddaballapura Veerabhadraiah	AIET, Moodbidri
					Praveen Jayappa	AIET, Moodbidri
					Richard Pinto	IIT BOMBAY
					Peter Fernandes	TIFR, Mumbai
4	Smart shockwave velocity measurement system based on P(VDF-TrFE) piezosensors and arduino	Alva’s Education Foundation	201941024087	AWAITED	Ramaprasad A T	AIET, Moodbidri
					Arjun Sunil Rao	AIET, Moodbidri
					Anoop Radha Balan	AIET, Moodbidri
					Jyothish Kumar Kunhipurayil	AIET, Moodbidri
					Arjun Ashok Ambattuparambil	AIET, Moodbidri
					Jayarama Arasalike	AIET, Moodbidri
					Richard Pinto	AIET, Moodbidri
					Peter Fernandes	AIET, Moodbidri
5	A process for enhancing hydrogen fuel cells performance with nafion proton exchange membrane optimally exposed to ultraviolet rays	Alva’s Education Foundation	201941035383	13/09/2019	Preetham Castelino	AIET, Moodbidri
					Sohan Poojari	AIET, Moodbidri
					Sunny Ramniwas Sharma,	AIET, Moodbidri
					Poojari Prashant Shekar	AIET, Moodbidri
					Chirag Satish Poojari	AIET, Moodbidri
					Jayarama Arasalike	AIET, Moodbidri
					Satyanarayan	AIET, Moodbidri
					Richard Pinto	AIET, Moodbidri
					Shriganesh Prabhu	TIFR, Mumbai
					Siddhartha Prakash Duttagupta	IIT BOMBAY
6	‘A Process of Synthesizing Novel Methyl Substituted Chalcone Molecules-The Potential Cancer Inhibitors’	Alva’s Education Foundation	201941046359	14-11-2019	Sarveshwara Heggadde Palachandra	Alva’s College
					Namratha Wooluvarana Naveen Kumar	Alva’s College
					Jayarama Arasalike	AIET, Moodbidri
					Richard Pinto	AIET, Moodbidri
					Shashidhara Bhat	Alva’s College
					Shashi Kumar Kumaraswamy	AIET, Moodbidri
					Shruthi	Kuvempu University
					Shriganesh Prabhu	TIFR, Mumbai
7	TOP SLIDING DRIVING HELMET FOR BETTER AIR VENTILATION WITH IOT FEATURES	INDIVIDUALS	202141005226	19/02/2021	Mr.M.Manikandan	KPRIET, Coimbatore
					Dr.Roshan Femandes	NMAMIT, Nitte
					Dr.V. Ebenezer	KITS, Coimbatore,
					Dr. KarthikPai B H	NMAMIT, Nitte
					Dr. Anisha P Rodrigues	NMAMIT, Nitte
					Dr. S.V.Viraktamath	SDMEC, Dharwad
					Dr. ManjunathKotari	AIET, Moodbidri
					Dr. DesaiKaranam	NMAIMT,Nitte
					Dr. Sreekantha	NMAMIT,Nitte
					Mr.V.Chandran	KPR IET, Coimbatore
8	SYSTEM FOR HARDWARE ACCELERATION FOR EMBEDDED FLASH MEMORY BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING	INDIVIDUALS	202141020170	07/05/2021	Dr.Nagesh H R	AJIET, Mangalore
					Mr.Kiran Kumar V.G	AJIET, Mangalore
					Mr.Ravinarayana B	MITE, Moodbidri
					Dr.Guruprasad M S	SDMIT, Ujire
					Dr.Manjunath Kotari	AIET, Moodbidri
					Mrs.Asmita Poojari	NMAMIT, Nitte
					Dr.Dayanand G K	CEC, Mangalore
					Mr.Prabhakara B K	VCET, Puttur
9	Populated place monitoring and Medical alert using Wireless Service Network and analyse and respond using Cloud Computing	INDIVIDUALS	Yet to get	Communicated	Dr.BalajiPrabhu B V	MCE, Hasan
					Dr.Anandababu J	MCE, Hasan
					Dr.Naresh E	Raichur, Karnataka
					Mr. Suresh Kumar K R	Doddaballapura, Bangalore
					Mr.SRIKANTH M S	NCET, Bengaluru
					Mr.VIVEK SHARMA S	NCET, Bengaluru
					Mr.HEMANTH KUMAR N P	AIET, Moodbidri
					Dr. Praveen Kumar K V	SCE, Bengaluru
					Mr.Keerthan Kumar T G	SIT, Tumkur
					Mr. RAVIKUMAR M	CIT, Bengaluru

Research Supervisors

Computer Science & Engineering

Electronics & Communication Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Master of Business Administration

Physics

Chemistry

Mathematics

The following departments have been recognized research centres of VTU in the institute and students were pursuing their Ph.D programs.

Mechanical Engineering
Electronics & Communications Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Master’s In Business Administrations

Research Facilities

Lab Name	Facilities available	Amount Spent
Alva’s Centre for Advanced Research(ACAR) Lab	Excimer laser with gases RF Sputter System with turbopump and RF power supply Wet-bench with DI Water and nitrogen guns General purpose Spinner Oven for drying Ball milling setup for preparation of fine powders Box furnace for sample sintering; TUBE furnace for sample annealing; Thickness Profilometer PECVD setup with Chemical series pump Evaporator for metallic contacts with thickness monitor Magnetic Stirrer with temperature controller Microscope with CCD Camera Weighing balance with 1 microgram resolution Ultrasonicator	100 Lakhs
MEMS Lab	Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems(MEMS) Lab 20 Computer Systems with brand DELL, Intel ® core ™ i5-6500 CPU 3.2GHz. RAM 16GB, HDD-1TB Operating systems : Windows 10 pro Application Software : Comsol 5.2 / 5.0/ 4.3 &Coventorware	50 Lakhs
NOEL EFNMR Lab	Nano-Organic Electronics Lab (NOEL) integrated with Earth’s Field NMR (EFNMR) facility Keithley source meter Magritek earth’s field NMR/MRI set up Two probe electrical measurement setup	20 Lakhs
ENS Lab	CHI-Electrochemical workstation KeySight N6705C APLAB Make 0-32V/0-5A dual channel	20 Lakhs
Composite Lab	Compression moulding unit Universal testing machine Wear & friction monitor Moisture analyzer	50 Lakhs
Apple iOS Lab	Apple Server-1 Apple Client- 29 Dual Core i5, MAC iOS, 4GB RAM, 500HDD	45 Lakhs
Envision Lab	3d Printers High End Systems Bosh Power Drill Arduino Boards Raspberry Pi Solder gun Glue Gun Sensors DC motors	10 Lakhs
Linux Lab	30 High End Systems with Puppy Linux Server Aurdino Boards, Sensors	25 Lakhs
IC Engine Lab	CRDI Engine	18 Lakhs
CNC Machinery Lab	CNC Machine Equipment	10 Lakhs
Advanced Materials Lab	Optical Microscope Thermal Interface (TIM) Rapid Quenching Resistance Furnace Diamond Cutter Disc Polishing Machine	20 Lakhs
Innovation & We Lab	High End Systems Media Lab for Audio/Video Editing purpose Sensors	35 Lakhs
TOTAL Amount Spent		4.03 Crore

Alva's Institute of Engineering & Technology

A Unit of Alva's Education Foundation(R), Moodubidire