Research Areas
The Institute is engaged in cutting-edge research in diverse areas.
Department of Basic Sciences :
Chemistry-Heterogeneous Catalysis, Material Chemistry, Nano-materials, Coordination Chemistry, Molecular Magnetism, Supramolecular Self-Assembly.
Mathematics-Algebraic Number Theory, Representation Theory, Dynamical Systems, Lie Groups, Number Theory, Fuzzy Set Theory, Banach Algebras & Harmonic Analysis on Weighted Groups and Semi Groups, Operator Theory, Partial Differential Equations, Finite Element Methods, WEB-Spline Method.
Physics-Magnetic Materials, Computational Material Science, Multi-ferroics, Super-conductivity, Spectroscopy, Ionic Liquids, Functionalized Nanomaterials, High Energy Physics, Astrophysics & Cosmology, Condensed Matter Physics, Magnetic Materials, Ferrite Thin Films and Bilayers Films
Department of Civil Engineering :
Environment Engineering-Urban Heat Island, Thermal Comfort.
Geo-Informatics and Geo-Technical Engineering-Remote Sensing, Sustainable Materials, Geo-technics, Soil-structure Interaction, High Performance Concrete, Reutilization of Waste, Development of Alternate Geo-materials, Ground Improvement and Geo-Synthetics Applications, Transportation Geo-technics, Characterization and Reutilization of Waste.
Structural Engineering-Rehabilitation of Structures, High Strength and Ultra High Strength Concrete, Micro-structure Assessment, Sustainable Concrete, Fracture Mechanics, Dynamics and Stability of Cracked Concrete Structures, Soil Nailing, Fiber-reinforced Soil, Electro-kinetics, Ground Improvement Techniques.
Transportation Engineering-Traffic Flow Modelling, Non-motorised Transportation, Road Safety, Pavement Design and Materials, Pavement Management System,
Water Resources Engineering-Computational Hydraulics, Sediment Transport, Pollutant Transport, Computational Hydraulics, Sediment Transport, Remote Sensing in Water Resources.
Department of Electrical and Computer Science Engineering :
Computer Networks-Design for Communication Networks, Intelligent Transportation System, ICT Applications, Opportunistic Spectrum Access, Design and Analysis of Distributed Algorithms.
Control Systems- Aircraft Flight Controls, Adaptive Control Systems, Cognitive Robotics, Networked Control System, Machine Learning, Multi-Agent Dynamical Systems, Sliding Mode Control, Synthetic Jet Actuator Control.
Electrical Machines- Condition Monitoring of Electrical Machines & Drives, Electrical Vehicles. Power Systems, Power Electronics and Renewable Energy-Stability and Control of Power Systems, Energy Management, Optimal Operation, Renewable Energy: Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Microbial Fuel Cells, Renewable Energy Integration, Microgrid, Distributed Energy Resources, Battery Energy Storage, Thin Film Photovoltaics and Transistors, VLSI Design.
Satellite and Wireless Communication-Satellite and Antenna design, Navigation System, Efficient Digital Modulation Schemes, Characterization of Fading and Shadowing Channels, Error performance analysis of digital modulation techniques over Fading Channels, Channels Capacity, peripheral security, Navigation using Drones, Indoor Navigation, VLSI Design.
Signal Processing & Image processing-Biomedical Signal Processing, Wavelet & Filter Banks Hearth care analytics and big data, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Photogrammetry, Computer Vision.
Electrical Machines-Condition Monitoring of Electrical Machines & Drives, Electrical Vehicles. Power Systems, Power Electronics and Renewable Energy-Stability and Control of Power Systems, Energy Management, Optimal Operation, Renewable Energy Integration, Microgrid, Distributed Energy Resources, Battery Energy Storage, Thin Film Photovoltaics and Transistors, VLSI Design.
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences :
English Literature-Cultural Studies, Eco-Criticism, Indigenous Literature, Diaspora Literature, Contemporary Northeast India literature.
Economics- FDI, Trade, Infrastructure Management.
Sociology of Health and Illness, Social Development- Health and Illness, Development and Social Change, Profession and Ethics, Neighborhood and Infrastructure, Law and Justice.
Department of Mechanical and Aero Space Engineering :
Machine Design-Fracture, Lubrication and Vibration.
Manufacturing Science and Engineering- Metal Cutting, Non-conventional Machining, Molecular Dynamics, Nanocomposite, Non-conventional Machining, Anti Corrosion Coatings, Thermal Modelling, Microstructural Analysis, Cryogenic Machining, Sustainable Machining, Additive Manufacturing, Welding, Life cycle Assessment of Manufacturing Processes.
Material Science- Computational Materials Science, Phase Field Modelling, Defects in Crystals, Thin Films and Devices, Porous and Lightweight Alloys, Wear and Friction of Materials, Biomaterials, Polymer and Composites, Material Processing and Characterization.
Production Engineering- Modeling and Optimization of Production Processes, Composite Machining, Non-Conventional Machining, Supply Chain Management, Advance Welding Techniques.
Thermal & Fluids Engineering- IC Engines, Heat and Mass Transfer, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Scramjet Combustion, Supersonic Combustion, Turbulence Modeling in High speed Flows, Shock boundary Layer Interaction, Computational Simulation of Blood Flow, Complex Fluids, Rheology, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Interface Science.