MECHANISMS, DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION

MECHANISMS, DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION

G.K. Ananthasuresh B. Gurumoorthy G.R. Jayanth R. Rangarajan Dibakar Sen Research in mechanisms and design has been pursued in the Department for a few decades and is still active. It is worth noting that the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM) in IISc...
MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

G.K. Ananthasuresh M.S. Bobji Namrata Gundiah C.S. Jog R. Narasimhan R. Rangarajan K.R.Y. Simha K. Viswanathan Mechanics of solids caters to a longstanding interest of the Department, spanning multiple scales (macro to micro) and multiple domains (fracture, MEMS,...
MICRO- AND NANOSCALE  PROCESSES AND DEVICES

MICRO- AND NANOSCALE PROCESSES AND DEVICES

  Susmita Dash Aloke Kumar Saptarshi Basu M.S. Bobji C.S. Jog G.K. Ananthasuresh Rudra Pratap A number of groups in the Department are engaged in research on micro- and nanoscale phenomena. Beginning with microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), one of the first...
ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

G.K. Ananthasuresh Ashitava Ghosal R. Rangarajan Jishnu Keshavan Research in the area of robotics began with Prof. Ashitava Ghosal’s group in the late 1980s and continues to flourish today. The focus is on both foundational and applied aspects of kinematics, dynamics,...
VIBRATION, ACOUSTICS AND CONTROL

VIBRATION, ACOUSTICS AND CONTROL

Ashitava Ghosal R. Rangarajan Jishnu Keshavan Research in vibrations and acoustics was started by Prof. M.L. Munjal almost fifty years ago in the Department. The objective was to design industrial products for quietness, with a strong focus on automotive mufflers....