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Year:2012 - 201317th May 2013

A. Centre Information1. Name of the Institute BNM Institute of Technology (BNMIT)2. Postal Address BNM Institute of Technology

12th Main, 27th Cross, Banashankari 2nd Stage,

Bangalore 560 0703. Name, Department and

Contact Information of the Coordinator

Dr. S.B. Bhanu PrashanthProfessor and Head, Department of ECE

BNMIT.

E-mail : bnmbhanu@gmail.com

Mobile: 98457 151234. Names (and departments)

of other faculty members involved

Dr. M.S. Suresh (ECE)

Dr.S.B. Bhanu Prashanth (ECE)

Prof. Rajashree Narendra (TCE)

Veena S. Murthy (ECE)

Yasha Jyothi M. Shirur (ECE)

Subodh Kumar Panda (ECE)

Bindu S (TCE)

Rekha P (TCE)

Sumathi A (TCE)

Rajesh Sudi (TCE)

B. Facilities available 1. Software tools received from NPMASS Software No. of

licensesNumber of Users, since installation

Weekly average (hours/license) use

Coventor Turbo 1 8 16MEMS+ 1 ---- ----Architect -- ---- ----Fluidics -- ---- ----Intellisuite 5 4 4COMSOL 30 4 4L-Edit MEMS -- ---- ----Beam Prop -- ---- ----

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2. Hardware platforms (detailed specifications are not required) available at the Design Center1

Key system spec (Server/Desktop)

Funded by(NPMASS/Institute/ Other agency)

Number of systems

Server- Client

Desktop

Institute

Institute

1 – 8

4

3. Other facilities available at the Design Center location

Cadence tool (for CoventerWare MEMS+)

COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3

C. Summary of Academic Activities1. Research areas targeted by various groups in your institute23

Broad sub-area*

Names of Faculty No of Students (B.E/M.E./MSc/Research Scholar) working on this topic since June 2009

ESD Prof. Rajashree Narendra ---Energy Harvesting

Veena S. Murthy ---

Design for Testability

Yasha Jyothi M. Shirur 01

CNT &Smart Materials

Subodh Kumar Panda ---

Smart Materials

Bindu S 4

CNTs for Gas Sensing

Rekha P ---

Sensors Sumathi A 04RF-MEMS Rajesh Sudi 08* Examples include: Bio-MEMS, RF MEMS, Micromechanics, Microfluidics, MOEMS, Microactuators, Smart materials, etc.

2. Courses Offered 1,2 - NilCourse code

Title/subject UG/PG

Core/ Elective

Name of Instructors No. of students registered in 2012-13

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3. Training programs/workshops/awareness programs organized at the institute in the academic year 2012-131,2 - NilTitle/Date Target

audience Names of Instructors No. of internal

participants No. of external participants

4. Training programs/workshops/awareness programs ATTENDED by your team members in the academic year 2012-13 1,2

Title of Event Location Duration Names of participants

COMSOL Conference

The Lalit Ashok,

Bangalore2 days Rajesh Sudi

5. Other support Expected/ Generated on related topics since June 20091,2 - NilFunding Agency Total Cost Duration Project Title

6. External users of the Design Center during the academic year 2012-13 (if any) 1 - NilOrganization Names of users Duration Project Title Present status

D. Output Generated from the Design Center so far1. Project reports/theses by students in Academic year 2012-1312

Thesis Title (BE Project Reports) Completed/Ongoing

Names of students Names of guides

Design and simulation of RF MEMS capacitive shunt switch Completed

Chaitra

Sneha

Swathi K

Yashaswini

Rajesh Sudi

Simulation and study of MEMS strain gauge using INTELLISUITE software Completed

Aravind Kumar

Madhuri Sarode

Manohar T K

Sriraksha

Bindu S

2. Conference publications since 20101,2

Paper Title Conference Name, date, location Authors Design and Simulation of a Low Actuation Voltage RF MEMS Capacitive Switch

National conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering & Management, 1st March to 2nd March 2013, PES Institute of Technology & Management, Shivamogga.

Rajesh Sudi

Dr. S.B. Bhanu Prashanth

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3. Journal publications (published/accepted only) since 2010 1,2 - NilPaper Title Journal Name, vol. no, issue no., year Authors Published/accepted

4. Design deliverables (completed designs with complete mask layouts, in the form of a report) from the Design Center 1 - NilAcademic year 2011-12Title and brief features Level of completion Names of students Names of guides

Academic year 2012-13Title and brief features Level of completion Names of students Names of guides

5. Devices Fabricated by your teams since June 2009 1 - NilUsing NPMASS supportTitle and brief features Level of completion Names of students Names of guides

Without using NPMASS support Title and brief features Level of completion Names of students Names of guides

6. Students/Research scholars/Project Assistants (other than those listed in item D.1 above) using software tools since June 2009 1

Title of research Level of completion

Names of students

Names of guides

Multiplexer using RF MEMS Switch

50% Rajesh Sudi Dr. S.B. Bhanu Prashanth

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E. Summary of Expected Future Output from the Design Center for 2013-20141. Number of Project reports/theses by students

BE/BTech : 2MSc (course) : 1ME/MTech : NilMS/MPhil/MSc (by research) : 1PhD : NilOther : Nil

2. Number of Conference publications : 2

3. Number of Journal publications : 1

4. Sub-areas in which design deliverables will be taken up: RF MEMS, Smart Materials

5. Sub-areas in which fabrication of devices will be taken up: RF MEMS, Sensors

6. What is approximate usage (in number of hours per week) of each software tool license located at your center? Is this satisfactory? (pl. limit to 100 words)

The approximate usage is not satisfactory since very few batches are working on BE project works. The MSc (Engg) candidate is exhaustively using the COMSOL tool for his work and hence the usage of this particular tool alone is good.

7. NPMASS has taken a policy decision not to support centres for renewing licenses of software tools. It also does not support workshops/seminars/conferences any more. However the program may be willing to support other activities of centres. Please list activities for which NPMASS support would be useful? (pl. limit to 100 words)

Provisions to interact with Scholars at IISc, on a regular basis

Supply of Design Case studies to center coordinators

F. Brief Technical Description of work carried out since October 2010 (Please limit to 200 words. (pl. do not repeat details provided elsewhere in this report)

1) UG Project-1: This project dealt with the design of an electrostatic wide band shunt

capacitive coupling RF MEMS switch with low actuation voltage. The key factors of the RF

MEMS switch design are the appropriate scattering parameters, low actuation voltage of

about 21V, and the cost of the fabrication process. The other challenges are related to the

complexity of process, lack of reliability, limitation of frequency band etc. RF characteristics

of a shunt RF MEMS switches are specified mostly by coupling capacitor in upstate position

of the membrane Cu.

2) UG Project-2: This project aimed to design a high sensitivity pressure transducer, to detect

very low pressures and for applications in the field of biomedical instrumentation. To realize the

sensor, thin rectangular films of conducting polymers (piezoresistors) are placed in circular wheel

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Annual Report from Resource/Design Center

A. Local Information

1. Name of the Institute S.D.M. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, UJIRE

2. Postal Address Near Siddavana, Dharmasthala Road, Ujire-574240, Dakshina Kannada , Karnataka

3. Name, Department and Contact Information of the Coordinator

Manjunatha S H, Asst.Prof Dept of CSE

Mobile: 9986418934,

Email: manjunatha.msh@gmail.com

4. Names (and departments) of other faculty members involved

Prof. R. Manjunatha, Madhusudhan K (ECE), Dharmanna (CSE), Mahesh (ECE), Asha C S (ECE), Manoj Gadiyar (ISE), Satyanarayana (EEE), Subramanya Bhat (EEE), Subramanya S. B.(ECE)

B. Facilities available

1. Software tools received from NPMASS

Software No. of licenses Installed on (mm/yr)

Number of Users, since installation

Coventor Turbo

Architect

Fluidics

Intellisuite

COMSOL Got multiphysics 4.0 September/2011 2

L-Edit MEMS

Beam Prop

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2. Hardware platforms available at the Design Center1

Key system spec Funded by

(NPMASS/Institute/ Other agency)

Number of systems

Installed on (mm/yr)

Core2Duo,500GB HDD, 2GB RAM

Institute 10 2009

3. Other facilities available at the Design Center location

16 Mbps leased linePrinters, scannersWiFi Campus

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C. Summary of Academic Activities

1. Research areas targeted by various groups in your institute23

Broad sub-area* Names of Faculty

Names of Students (B.E/M.E./MSc/Research Scholar)

Micro Electronics

Subramanya S. B.

Research Scholar

Smart materials Basava T Research Scholar

VLSI Mahesh M Research Scholar

* Examples include: Bio-MEMS, RF MEMS, Micromechanics, Microfluidics, MOEMS, Microactuators, Smart materials, etc.

2. Courses Offered 1,2

Course code

Title UG/PG Core/Elective Name of Instructors No. of students

ECE VLSI Design UG CORE MAHESH 120

ECE ANALOG Mixed Mode VLSI Design

UG CORE MAHESH 120

3. Training programs/workshops/awareness programs organized at the institute1,2

Title Target audience

Names of Instructors No. of internal participants

No. of external participants

Micro Controller 8051

Students Robo Sapien, New Delhi

60 6

PLC Students, Faculty

ISA Pune 100 -

FDP in MEMS and Mechatronics

Faculty M.M.Nayak 20 -

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4. Training programs/workshops/awareness programs ATTENED by your team members 1,2

Title of Event Location Duration Names of participants

Workshops IIT Kharagpur One week Madhusudhana K.

Workshop IIT Bombay One Week Manjunatha S. H

Workshop Bangalore 2-days Subramanya S. B

Seminar Bangalore(COMSOL) 2-days Subramanya S. B

5. Other support Expected1,2

Funding Agency

Total Cost Duration Project Title

VTU 2 lakhs 2 Years Design of Controller chip for VRM applications

6. External users of the Design Center (if any) 1

Organization Names of users Duration Project Title Present status

NO

D. Output Generated from the Design Center so far

1. Project reports/theses by students45

Thesis Title Completed/Ongoing Names of students Names of guides

Low power VLSI Chip design

Ongoing Akash, Mallikha Mahesh

2. Conference publications 1,2

Paper Title Conference Name, date, location

Authors

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Effect of processing on Mechanical & tribological bahaviour of alloys

Emerging trends in Engg,

March 2013

Shimoga

Dr. Girish Kumar

Prof. R Manjunath

Investigation of Effect of textures

Recent trends in Material

Feb 2010

Suratkal

Dr. Girish kumar

K.N. Prabhu

Development of Al (Art.880) particulate inserted eglass epoxy composite material and study of their Physico-Mechanical properties

International Conference on Solid Thin Films, July 2010, Wangton University, Harbin, China.

Basava T & Dr. A.N. Harirao

Development of Silicon filled composite material and their performance

National Conference on Advanced Materials, JNNCE, Shimoga

Basava T, Dr. A.N. Harirao & P A Raghu

3. Journal publications (published/accepted only) 1,2

Paper Title Journal Name, vol. no, issue no., year

Authors Published/accepted

Wetting behaviour of solids

ournal of ASTM International

May 2010

Dr. Girish kumar

K.N. Prabhu

Published

4. Design deliverables from the Design Center 1

Title and brief features Level of completion

Names of students

Names of guides

Development of Hybrid Composite materials

On Going Basava T Dr. A N Harirao

5. Devices Fabricated by your teams 1

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Title and brief features

Level of completion Names of students

Names of guides

Nil

E. Expected Future Output from the Design Center for 2010-2012

1. Number of Project reports/theses by students

BE/BTech 12

MSc

ME/MTech 00

PhD 06

Other

2. Number of Conference publications 15

3. Number of Journal publications (published/accepted only) 08

4. Sub-areas in which design deliverables will be taken up: 06

5. Sub-areas in which fabrication of devices will be taken up: 02

F. Brief Technical Description of work carried out (Please limit to 200 words. Please provide a separate annexure with details, again limited to 5 pages)

Composite materials of seven different compositions are prepared for this study. 900 orientation woven E-glass

fiber of 400gsm is used as the common reinforcement in all seven composite materials. Low temperature

General purpose epoxy resign LY556 in combination with hardener is used as a matrix material. Two different

powders Silicon & Carbon are used as a filler materials. Silicon is the most cost effective and widely used

material . With an excellent combination of properties and a reasonable price the fine grain technical grade

silicon powder has a wide range of applications. Similarly, carbon has a very wide range of applications which

has the potential to be used as a filler material in various polymer matrices. Today, these materials has been

developed into a high quality with very good mechanical properties. It is used in refractories and in numerous

high-performance applications. Moreover, they has low density, low thermal expansion, high elastic modulus,

high strength, high hardness and superior chemical inertness.

Fabrication

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The hybrid laminates used for the study are processed by open mould hand lay-up with Compression

process. 900 and 450 orientation woven E-glass fibers are reinforced in GP resign to prepare the composite. No

particulate filler is used in this composite and they are termed as 900 plain. The castings are put under a load for

about 24 hours for proper curing at room temperature. Specimens of suitable dimensions are cut for physical

characterization and erosion test. The other composite samples with particulate fillers of varying weigh

percentage are fabricated by the same technique. The fillers are mixed thoroughly in the GP resign before the

woven glass fiber mats are reinforced in the matrix body. Composites 900-Al10 (900 woven mat Silicon), 900 –

Al20 and 900–Al30, contain Silicon particles in 10wt%, 20wt% and 30wt% proportions, respectively.

Similarly, composites 900-C10 (900 woven mat Carbon), 900 -C20 and 900 –C30 contain Carbon particles in

10wt%, 20wt% and 30wt% proportions, respectively. The entire composite contain 50wt% of woven E-glass

fibers in them. Some of the testing of these materials are to be conducted.

Submitted by:

Name of the Coordinator(s) Manjunatha S H

Designation/Dept: Asst. Professor ,Department of CS&E

Tel. 9986418934

Email Manjunatha.msh@gmail.com

Date: : 22.05.2013

Name of the Institution S.D.M. Institute of Technology, Ujire – 574 240

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A. Centre Information1. Name of the Institute PSG College of Technology2. Postal Address 1611, Peelamedu, Coimbatore – 641004.3. Name, Department and

Contact Information of the Coordinator

Dr A Kandaswamy, Professor and Head ,Biomedical Engineering DeptDr S Jayakumar, Professor and Head ,Physics DeptDr M D Kannan, Associate Professor, Physics Dept

4. Names (and departments) of other faculty members involved

Dr.Jovitha Jerome, Professor and Head, Inst & Control Eng.DeptDr. S. Subharani, Professor and Head, ECE DeptDr.C.K.Shashidharan Nair, Associate Professor, Physics DeptDr.M.Ananthasubramanian, Associate Professor, Biotechnology DeptDr.V.K. Manoharan, Associate Professor, ECE DeptMr. R. Radhakrishnan, Associate Professor, Production Eng.DeptDr. L.Ashok Kumar, Associate. Professor, EEE DeptMr.M.Alagappan, Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr), Biomedical Eng. DeptMr. M.Udhayakumar, Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr), Mechanical Eng. DeptMr. M. Vasanthakumar, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Eng. DeptMs.Anju Gupta, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Eng.Dept

B. Facilities available 1. Software tools received from NPMASS Software No. of

licensesNumber of Users, since installation

Weekly average (hours/license) use

Coventor Turbo 1 2 12MEMS+ 1 2 12ArchitectFluidicsIntellisuite 2 8 20COMSOL 30+1 45 30L-Edit MEMS 1 1 12Beam Prop

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2. Hardware platforms (detailed specifications are not required) available at the Design Center1

Key system spec (Server/Desktop) Funded by(NPMASS/Institute/ Other agency)

Number of systems

Computers with LAN connection and the centre is fully air conditioned

Institute 32

3. Other facilities available at the Design Center location

PSG-Cypress Centre of ExcellenceProduct Development CentreTIFAC-CORE in Product DesignGRD Memorial LibraryCAD/CAM CentreCentre for RoboticsThin film CentrePSG Agilent Centre for Advanced RF Design PSG Nanotech Research Facility with a Class 1000 Clean Room of 500 sq. ft. and a Class 10000 Clean Room of 2000 sq.ft. etc...

. Summary of Academic Activities1. Research areas targeted by various groups in your institute23

Broad sub-area* Names of Faculty No of Students (B.E/M.E./MSc/Research Scholar) working on this topic since June 2009

Bio-MEMS Dr.Biji and Ms.Bindu Salim 1 Research ScholarNanosensors Dr.A.Kandaswamy and

Mr.M.Alagappan1 M.Tech. Student

NEMS Mr.M.Alagappan 1 M.Tech. StudentBio-MEMS Dr.M.Ananthasubramanian 1M.Tech Student & 1 Research

ScholarMicrofluidics Bindu Salim 1 Research ScholarNanosensors Dr.N.Meenakshi Sundaram

and Mr.M.Alagappan1 Research Scholar

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2. Courses Offered 1,2

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Course code Title/subject UG/PG Core/ Elective

Name of Instructors No. of students registered in 2012-13

09DN08 MEMS and NEMS

PG Core Mr.M.Alagappan 11

09DN52 NEMS Design Lab

PG Core Ms.K.Chandra Devi and Ms.Anju Gupta

13

09DN11 Nanosensors, Detectors andtheir Applications

PG Core Ms.K.Chandra Devi and Ms.Anju Gupta

11

08O016 Micromachining and Microsensors

UG Elective

Dr.S.JayakumarDr.M.D.KannanDr.A.KandaswamyDr.M.AnanthasubramanianDr.V.K.Manoharan

09AE26 MicroElectroMechanical Systems and Nanotechnology

PG Elective

09LV17 Microsensors and MEMS

PG Elective

09EE20 MicroElectroMechanical Systems

PG Elective

09MM17 MEMS and Nanomanufacturing

PG Elective

3. Training programs/workshops/awareness programs organized at the institute in the academic year 2012-131,2

Title/Date Target audience Names of Instructors No. of internal participants

No. of external participants

3rd National Conference on “Micro and Nano technologies”

Industrial &Educational Professionals,Students & Research scholars

Dr.N.Ponpandian 30 14

4. Training programs/workshops/awareness programs ATTENDED by your team members in the academic year 2012-13 1,2

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Title of Event Location Duration Names of participants Training on “COMSOL Multiphysics”

Chennai 2 days T.Yogalaxmi andR.Nithya

5. Other support Expected/ Generated on related topics since June 20091,2

Funding Agency Total Cost Duration Project TitleUGC 11.78 Lacs 3 yrs Fabrication of Nanoscale Biosensor for Cholesterol

detection NPMASS 24 Lacs 2 yrs Design and Development of PDMS platform based

Microfludics channel for miRNA for detection of Retino blastoma

DBT 40 Lacs 3 yrs BioMEMS Device for Bioparticle Separation(Collaboration with BITS, Pilani)

6. External users of the Design Center during the academic year 2012-13 (if any) 1

Organization Names of users

Duration Project Title Present status

PSG Institute of advanced studies

Dr.Biji 2 years Development of Portable Toxic Gas Sensors Based on Hybrid Metal Nanoparticles-SWCNT Composite Nanofibers for Environmental Monitoring

Ongoing

Kumaraguru College of Technology,Coimbatore

Ms.Savitha 1 yr Research Work for PhD Programme

Ongoing

D. Output Generated from the Design Center so far1. Project reports/theses by students in Academic year 2012-1312

Thesis Title Completed/Ongoing

Names of students Names of guides

MEMS based Blood ViscometerFor INR Measurement

Completed Jareefa G. Immanuel, B. Vigneshwar,Poojitha k

Anju Gupta

2. Conference publications since 20101,2

Paper Title Conference Name, date, location

Authors

Design and Simulation of MEMS based Gyroscope for Vestibular prosthesis

COMSOL Conference,2-3November 2012, Bangalore

Kavitha.K, Shahana R.K, Anju Gupta, Alagappan M

Design and simulation of MEMS based Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesting System

COMSOL Conference,2-3November 2012, Bangalore

M C B Kumar, D B Prabhu,R Akila, M Alagappan, Anju Gupta, N M Sundaram

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Design and Simulation of Cantilever Array for Fluid Flow Sensing Applications

COMSOL Conference,2-3November 2012, Bangalore

Kavitha.K, Manjuoosha Y R, SelvaSukanya C, Saranya K, Anju Gupta, Chnadra Devi K,Alagappan M

3. Journal publications (published/accepted only) since 2010 1,2

Paper Title Journal Name, vol. no, issue no., year Authors Published/accepted

4. Design deliverables (completed designs with complete mask layouts, in the form of a report) from the Design Center 1

Academic year 2011-12Title and brief features Level of completion Names of students Names of guides

Academic year 2012-13Title and brief features Level of completion Names of students Names of guides

5. Devices Fabricated by your teams since June 2009 1

Using NPMASS supportTitle and brief features Level of completion Names of students Names of guides

Without using NPMASS support Title and brief features Level of

completion Names of students

Names of guides

Fabrication of Dielectrophoretic Bioparticle Separator

Completed Ms.Nivishna Dr.M.Ananthasubramanian

6. Students/Research scholars/Project Assistants (other than those listed in item D.1 above) using software tools since June 2009 1

Title of research Level of completion

Names of students

Names of guides

Design and Fabrication of Dielectrophoretic Bioparticle Separator

Completed NivishnaDr. M.Ananthasubramanian

Fabrication of a Dielectrophoretic Bioparticle Separator (Insilco analysis)

Completed Siva Subramanian RubaiyaSwetha

Dr. M.Ananthasubramanian

Fabrication, Characterization and Testing of circular

Completed Bhanuseshu T Dr. M.Ananthasubramanian

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dielectrophoresis deviceDesigning and Simulating the Performance Analysis of Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor in Nanoscale

Completed M.Alagappan Dr.A.KandaswamyDr.M.D.Kannan

Designing and Simulating the performance analysis ofNanoscale Inductor

Completed S.Vijay Kumar

Mr. M. Alagappan & Mr. M Vasanthakumar

Multiphysics modeling and simulation of Nanowire based Gas Sensor

Completed D. Parthiban Dr. A. Kandaswamy &Mr. M. Alagappan

Multiphysics Modeling and Simulation of Piezoelectric Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring

Completed K.Umapathi M.Alagappan

Design and modeling of Implantable Multichannel Microelectrode for application in Parkinsonism

Completed H. Wassim Ferose

Mr. M. Alagappan & Ms. Anju Gupta

Multiphysics modeling and simulation of Nanostructure based Ethanol Gas sensor

Completed D. Parthiban Dr. A. Kandaswamy &Mr.M. Alagappan

E. Summary of Expected Future Output from the Design Center for 2013-20141. Number of Project reports/theses by students

BE/BTech - 4MSc (course)ME/MTech - 2MS/M.Phil/MSc (by research)PhD - 1Other

2. Number of Conference publications: 53. Number of Journal publications: 24. Sub-areas in which design deliverables will be taken up: BioMEMS and NEMS5. Sub-areas in which fabrication of devices will be taken up: BioMEMS and NEMS6. What is approximate usage (in number of hours per week) of each software tool license

located at your center? Is this satisfactory? (pl. limit to 100 words)

Minimum 30 hours per week. Tools can be provided with complete package to concentrate on applications in various fields.

7. NPMASS has taken a policy decision not to support centres for renewing licenses ofsoftware tools. It also does not support workshops/seminars/conferences any more. However the program may be willing to support other activities of centres. Please listactivities for which NPMASS support would be useful? (pl. limit to 100 words)

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Technical support can be provided to solve some critical issues in the design.Fabrication facility can be provided.Training can be provided to the faculty members to get expertise in the software tools as well as to get exposure in the fabrication procedure.Can permit the students to visit the clean room facility to understand the device fabrication procedures.

F. Brief Technical Description of work carried out since October 2010 (Please limit to 200 words. (pl. do not repeat details provided elsewhere in this report)

NPMASS National MEMS Design Centre

The National MEMS Design Centre has been established with the support of NPMASS has

been formally inaugurated by Dr V K Aatre, Chairman, National Program on Micro And

Smart Systems and Former Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri on 5th March 2010 in the

presence of Dr V S Arunachalam, Chairman, Centre for Study Science, Technology &

Policy and Former Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri and Dr K Vijayaraju, Project

Director, National Programme on Micro And Smart Systems, Aeronautical Development

Agency, Bangalore.

PSG Nanotech Research Facility

In order to achieve the objective of focusing the R & D efforts towards the emerging field of

nanoscience and technology PSG Nanotech Research Facility has been established by the

management and the dedication ceremony by our Former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam

was held on 13th August 2009. The following areas have been identified as thrust areas to

concentrate: Nanoparticles and Nanoparticle assembled materials, Ceramic and Metal Matrix

Nanocomposites, Organic Printed Electronics, Nanomaterials and Nanotubes, Low

Temperature Co-fired Ceramics, Nano Medicine and Therapeutics and Energy. At present

Nanchemistry, Nanomaterials and Nanocharacterization Laborotories have been established.

Major equipments available are: Multimode NT-MDT SPM based on the Ntergra Platform,

Nanosurf Easyscan2STM/AFM, JEOL JEM-2100 LaB6 Equipped with Oxford EDS and

GATAN CCD Camera etc. A Class 1000 Clean Room of 500 sq. ft. and a Class 10000 Clean

Room of 2000 sq.ft. has been established as part of this facility.

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