Technical Papers and Presentations

Microstructured optical fiber (MOF) has carved out a niche in the field of photonics in the last decade. On the other hand, the field of plasmonics is also rapidly emerging as a fascinating research area. Combining the advantages of both these fields therefore seems imperative for newer ... Read More

Hydrophones are acoustic receivers, which can be used to listen to the sound propagating underwater for the purposes of monitoring marine life, or other sound producing activities in the sea. Commonly used hydrophones are based on piezoelectric transducers. With the introduction of fiber ... Read More

Metal hydride based thermal energy storage systems belong to the category of heat storage systems which rely on reversible thermo-chemical reactions to store and release heat. Specifically, these systems utilize metal/alloy hydride decomposition (endothermic) and formation (exothermic) ... Read More

For automotive applications, simulations are used to optimize the position and orientation of a subwoofer (loudspeaker) in a very constrained space to get the best acoustic performances. One solution is to use particular part of the BIW volume as the subwoofer enclosure. The acoustical ... Read More

Electromagnetic (EM) flowmeters are important flow sensing devices across industries like oil and gas and power generation. The EM flowmeter works on the principle of Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction. In short, when an ionic fluid like water flows through a pipe, in the ... Read More

Automotive industry needs smart technologies to enhance their torque capacity or clutching actions. MR fluid is one of the material whose properties can solve the issue of improvement in torque capacity of automobiles. In this paper MR clutch is designed and developed. The theoretical ... Read More

Terahertz (THz) technology has been receiving expanding interest in the recent years due to its rich scientific and potential application. For instance, a variety of semiconductor phonons resonate in the THz range; macro-biomolecules have unique fingerprint lines in the THz range; less ... Read More

Harvesting of renewable energy requires efficient energy storage systems. Rechargeable flow batteries offer certain advantages over other energy storage techniques in use, such as the lifting of water, compression of air, flywheel, etc. In a flow battery, electrolyte flowing through ... Read More

Laser welding is often considered to be a superior technique over different conventional welding methods and has been gradually evolved as an efficient manufacturing process. It is a high energy density fabrication process and generally employed for fabricating intricate shapes/contours ... Read More

In a diagnostic system small magnetic beads of about 1µm diameter will be moved along a path in a viscose medium due to magnetic field actuators. Specific ligands on the beads will bound to specific samples. If bound, the diameter and mass of the beads rise and the bead movement is ... Read More