IIEST, Shibpur

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

(Formerly Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur)

Empowering the nation since 1856

आई आई ई एस टि, शिवपुर

भारतीय अभियांत्रिकी विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, शिवपुर

(पूर्व में बंगाल इंजीनियरिंग एंड साइंस यूनिवर्सिटी)

१८५६ से देश को सशक्त बनाना

A. List of funded R&D projects under Prof. M. Sengupta

 

   

As Principal Investigator: 7 nos. (All except Sl. No. 1 to 3 are completed)

1.

Project Name :     Development of motor eccentricity and vibration monitoring systems and control strategies for switched reluctance motor-based drives

Sanctioning Authority: SPARC, MHRD

PI:  Mainak Sengupta      Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur  Prof. Steven B Leeb           

Foreign PI: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)              

United States of America, 97.24 Lakhs                                 STARTED

 

2.

Project Name : Design, Analysis and Fabrication of 0.25 hp Double Sided Axial Flux Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) Drives for manual assist electric bicycle

Sanctioning Authority: Murata Business Engineering (India) Private Limited

Year of Sanction & duration: 2017, 30 months ( Oct. 2017 – April 2020)

 Amount: Rs. 59.87 Lakhs

  • CONTINUING
  • PI: M. Sengupta
  1.  

Project Name : Design, development and testing of 3-phase permanent magnet machines and their converters

Sanctioning Authority: DIT, GoI (NaMPET Phase II)

Year of Sanction & duration: 2012, 43 months (01.06.2012 – 31.12.2015)

 Amount: Rs. 102.94 Lakhs

PI: M. Sengupta

4.

Project Name : Design, fabrications and implementation of Cascaded CSI-fed Induction Heating Units

Sanctioning Authority: DST, GoI

Year of Sanction & duration: 2014, 36 months (28.08.2014 -27.08.2017 extended )

 Amount: Rs. 39.0 Lakhs

PI: M. Sengupta                                                                  

5.

Project Name :

Sanctioning Authority: DIT, GoI (NaMPET Phase-I)

Year of Sanction & duration: 2005, 54 months

 Amount: Rs. 89.74 Lakhs

PI: M. Sengupta

6.

Project Name : Development and validation of SEQUEL and Real time model of various electric drives for a "Full Spectrum Simulator"

Sanctioning Authority: DIT, GoI (NaMPET Phase-I)

Year of Sanction & duration: 2005, 36 months

 Amount: Rs. 15.25 Lakhs

  • PI: M. Sengupta

7.

Project Name : Design and development of a 500W, 36 V, 300 RPM Hub Switched Reluctance Motor, and 650 watts, 48 volts, 750 RPM  conventional SRM for application in a scooter and auto-rickshaw drive

Sanctioning Authority: Electrotherm (India) Ltd.

Year of Sanction & duration: 2004, 12 months

 Amount: Rs. 1.21 lakhs

  • PI: M. Sengupta

8.

Project Name : Sensorless Switched Reluctance Motor Drive

Sanctioning Authority: AICTE, GoI

Year of Sanction & duration: 2000, 48 months

 Amount: Rs. 16.32 lakhs

  • PI: M. Sengupta

As Co-Principal Investigator: 5 nos. ( all except Sl. No. 9 below  are completed)

9.

Project Name :  Development of high efficiency power electronic converter technology using next generation Si/SiC-based switching devices with integrated gate drivers for high frequency operation at reduced losses

Sanctioning Authority: SPARC, MHRD

PI/CO-PI :    Prof. Hafizur Rahaman     Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur       

Foreign PI: Prof. Hans Juergen Mattausch       HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, Japan

Amount: Rs. 90.5 lakhs

                                                                                                       STARTED

 

10.

Project Name : Centre of Excellence for Development of Micro-structurally designed materials.

Sanctioning Authority: TEQIP-II, GoI

Year of Sanction & duration: 2013, extended till 2016 October

 Amount: Rs. 500.0 lakhs

  • PI: P.P. Chattopadhyay/ A.B. Mallik

11.

Project Name : Fuel Cell Development

Sanctioning Authority: DST, GoI

Year of Sanction & duration: 2012, 36 months

 Amount: Rs. 37.0 Lakhs

  • PI: J. Datta

12.

Project Name : A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) controller based real-time   implementation of a commutatorless motor drive with selectable hard or soft characteristics

Sanctioning Authority: AICTE, GoI

Year of Sanction & duration: 2008, 24 months

 Amount: Rs. 4.2 lakhs

  • PI: K. Mukherjee

13.

Project Name : Implementation of Robust Control Techniques through a DSP Platform on a Lab-scale real time system

Sanctioning Authority: AICTE, GoI

Year of Sanction & duration: 2004, 48 months

 Amount: Rs. 8.85 lakhs

  • PI: Aparajita Sengupta

 

 

C. B. List of Consultancy Projects (as Chief Consultant)

 

Sl. No.

Sponsoring Agency

Title of the Project(s)/ Patent(s)

Period

Amount

Status

1

Webel Mediatronics, Kolkata

Design of 240kW, IGBT based buck – chopper

48 months

Rs. 1.00 lakhs

Completed

2

Webel ToolsInd, Kolkata

Design of BLDC drive for ball-screw application

12 months

Rs. 0.65 lakhs

Completed

3

IIT Kharagpur & Tata Motors Ltd.,Pune  ( under UAY, GoI)

Design and development of P2 motor for hybrid EVs

24 months

Rs. 15.87 lakhs

Started

4

Shakti Pumps, Indore

Design and analysis of IMs for submersible applications-Phase I

5 months

Rs. 4.26 lakhs

To commence from February 2018