Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Nuclear Engineering and Technology is an interdisciplinary postgraduate program offering M. Tech. and PhD degrees. The interdisciplinary nature of the program is reflected in the eligibility of students for admission to M. Tech./PhD program. Graduates in engineering, primarily Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation, Chemical, and M.Sc. in Physics are usually admitted. Some of the ongoing research are nonlinear reactivity interactions in low order fission reactor dynamical systems, simulations of Fukushima type accident, development of gamma-ray mobile CT system, X-ray micro-focal CT in material applications.

 

Faculty:


Prabhat Munshi, PhD (IIT/K): Radiation imaging and tomography, safety analysis.

Shikha Prasad, PhD (Univ. of Michigan): Radiation measurements, shielding, reactor physics.

S Qureshi, PhD (U.C. Berkeley): Radiation detectors, VLSI.


Associated Faculty Members:


Jaleel Akhtar, PhD (University of Magdeburg): Microwave imaging, characterization and non-destructive testing

S. N. Tripathi, PhD (Reading University, UK): Atmospheric science

P. Wahi, PhD (IISc Bangalore): Nonlinear dynamics


Emeritus Faculty:


M. S. Kalra, Sc.D. (MIT): Nonlinear dynamics, fusion plasmas, boundary element & meshless boundary methods.

A. Khanna, PhD (IITK): Nuclear chemical engineering.


Visiting Faculty:


Om Pal Singh, PhD (IIT Delhi): Reactor physics, risk analysis


Research Laboratories:

DivyaDrishti X-ray micro-CT

 

Radiation Measurements Laboratory

  


Key Research Areas:


  • Radiation Detection and Measurements, Transport Theory

  • Image Reconstruction in Tomography

  • Fusion and Plasma Physics

  • Reactor Safety Analysis

  • Nuclear Reactor Dynamics

  • Multi-phase Flow Measurements

  • Nondestructive Testing

 

MHD equilibria calculations in Tokamaks using a meshless boundary alone method

Reactivity surface for the gyrotropic velocity distributions

Gamma-ray mobile CT system

X-ray micro-focal CT (7 microns)
 

Solid Mechanics and Design

Research covers all aspects of dynamics and vibration, nonlinear dynamics, rotor dynamics, continuum and granular mechanics, plastic instability, robotics, intelligent control systems, microsensors and actuators, CAD, machine dynamics, smart structures, active and passive vibration control, composite materials, non-destructive testing, finite element method, multiscale modelling of solids, acoustics and noise control, mechanics of fracture, functionally graded composites, mechanics of biological membranes, mechanics of nanomaterials, mechanical behaviour of polymers.

The entire research in Solid Mechanics and Design stream is divided into the following four tracks.

 

Acoustics, Dynamics and Vibration

 

Mechanics of Solids

 


CAD and Optimization

  

 

Participating Faculty:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Anindya Chatterjee

Prof. Shakti S. Gupta

Prof. Nachiketa Tiwari

Prof. Nalinaksh S. Vyas

Prof. Pankaj Wahi

Prof. Sumit Basu

Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya

Prof. Anurag Gupta

Prof. Kamal K. Kar

Prof. Basant Lal Sharma

Prof. Ishan Sharma

Prof. P. Venkitanarayanan

Prof. Bhaskar Dasgupta

Prof. Anupam Saxena

Prof. C. Chandraprakash

Prof. Akhilesh Mimani

Prof. Manjesh Kumar Singh


Research facilities:


Applied Solid Mechanics

Computing facility

 

Compliant and Robotics Systems (CARS) Lab

Compliant Mechanisms and Robotic Systems

 

Computational Mechanics Group

3 large clusters

 

NDT Lab

USIP-12 Omniscan Phased Array, Power Laser Nd-Yag, Heterodyne He-Ne Detector

 

Nonlinear Mechanics Lab

Shaker, Accelerometers, Force Transducers

 

Smart Materials, Structures & Systems Laboratory

3D Laser Doppler Vibrometer, dSpace ACE 1103, 1104, Multi channel SMA amplifiers, d33 meter, Magnetic Levitation Control

 

 
 

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