List of Faculty members and Research Areas

NIST- SUMMER RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS 2016

Department Mentor’s Name Research Areas
/Center
Prof. Geetika Mudali Database Systems, Cloud Computing

Dr. Diptendu Sinha Roy Modeling and analysis of Cloud applications and Internet of
things, Big Data Analytics(Application in smart grid and
Energy, Software Reliability)
Mr. Shom Prasad Das Machine Learning, Data Science

Mr. Anisur Rahman High Performance Computing, Algorithmic Graph Theory,

Computer Science Cryptology & data mining algorithms
Engineering Mr. Bhawani S Pattnaik Robotics, Embedded System, Internet of Things
(CSE)
Dr. Jatindra K Dash Image processing, Medical Image analysis, Texture analysis,
Content-based Image Retrieval, Information fusion
Mr. Debananda Kanhar Image processing, Machine Learning,

Mr. R. K. Shial Wireless Adhoc Network, Software Engineering

Dr. Hemant K Reddy Cloud Computing: VM Provisioning, Big Data analytic on cloud
environment

Renewable Energy, Clean Technologies, Social

Prof. Sangram Mudali entrepreneurship
Clean Technologies, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid and Green
Prof. Ashok Das Buildings, Solar PV and Thermal (CSP) Applications,
Semiconductor Equipment Development
Dr. P S Rama Sreekanth Nanocomposite Materials, Carbon nanotube composites
Civil Engineering
random and aligned and Vibrations
and Mechanical
Engineering and
Active and Passive Cooling of Electronic Devices, Optimization
(CE ,ME)
Dr. Tapano Kumar Hotta of Thermal Systems, Human Thermal Comfort, Solar Cooling

Dr. Pandaba Patro Renewable energy, Heat transfer enhancement, Two-phase

flow
Dr. Siba Venkata Metal matrix composites, Machinability studies, Tribological
studies, casting, Studies on EDM.

Mr. Aswini Kumar Khuntia Fluid structure Interaction

 Prof. Ajit K. Panda VLSI Design & Heterostructure Semiconductor Devices

Prof. S. N. Sahu Solar cells, Semiconductor nanostructures, nanoelectronic

devices, Clusters & nano-biosystems related applications

Prof. Trinath Sahu Quantum Semiconductor devices and materials ;

Nanomaterials, ( Low dimensional devices and materials,
Electron transport in quantum well structures, Inter subband
optical transition in quantum well structures)
Prof. Niranjan Das Wireless Communication, Electromagnetic Theory,
Microwave
Prof. P. K. Satpathy Power System, FACTS Devices, Application of Soft Computing
Technique
Electronics and
Dr. Sukanta K Tripathy Nano photonics( Quantum dot sensitized solar cell),Fiber optic
Communication sensor based on quantum dots
Engineering
(ECE)
Solar cells, , Silicon Hetero structure devices like Strained-
Dr. SatyaSopan Mahato silicon MOSFET, SiGe MOSFETs

Dr. Arunanshu Mahapatra WSN, Fault Diagnosis in WSN

Dr. Pradyumna K Patra Antenna ,Microwave Systems , Metamaterial , Micro Electro

Mechanical Systems
Mr. Swadhin Mishra Wireless Communication(MIMO-OFDM
communication) and Information theory and coding
Mr. Durga P Das Solar Cell

Mr. M. Suresh Reversible Logic Circuits, Null Conventional Logic,

Glitch Analysis in Digital Circuits
Mr. Sudhakar Das Semiconductor Devices, VLSI

Mr. R. K. Dash RF Circuit and System design, Micro strip antenna and Fractal
Antenna Design for Ultra Wide Band Applications
Dr. Palash Das GaN HEMT, AlGaN/GaN heterostructure modelling, III-V
compound semiconductor (GaN, GaAs) epitaxial growth in
Molecular Beam Epitaxy, X-Ray diffraction characterizations
of AlGaN/GaN thin films

Dr. Sandipan Mallik High-k gate dielectrics, Semiconductor Device and physics,
Photovoltaic

Dr. Santosh K Patnaik Analog VLSI Integrated Circuit Design

Dr. Satya Ranjan Patnaik Graphene for electron devices, Prospects of wide band gap
material, Content based image retrieval
 Mr. Bhawani S Pattnaik Robotics, Embedded System, Internet of Things

Dr. Abhro Mukherjee Controller design of various dynamical systems

Mr. Satyabrata Das Controller design of various dynamical systems

Dr. Ch. Murthy Phasor Measurement Unit: Its Applications, Optimal

Placement and Reliability
Dr. Santanu Pradhan Reinforcement Learning based Intelligent Control of
Autonomous Robots
Dr. Basanta Sahu Control System, Robotics, Underwater Robotics, Intelligent
Control
Dr. Pradeep K Sahu Distributed generation system, power quality, grid connected
PV system, Modeling & control of power electronics converter
Mr. Bhagabati P Pattnaik Power System Engineering, Electrical Machines & Drives,
Hybrid Non-Conventional Energy Production and Smart Grid

PLC, SCADA, Industrial Automation & Control, Distributed

Mr. S. M. A. K. Azad Control Systems

Dr. Prabhat K Sahu Computational Chemistry, Molecular Modelling, Molecular

Electronics

Dr. Manabendra Patra Chemical Kinetics, Colloidal Chemistry and nanotechnology

Dr. Duryodhan Sahu Synthesis and Characterization of organic materials and its
nano-composites for electro-optical applications

Applied Dr. Mihir Hota Fiber Optics, Holographic Coupler & Optical bistability, Optical
Engineering switching, Application of Nanotechnology (Opto Electronics)
Sciences Dr. Debasish Panda Nano-material and nano-device, Emerging memory
technology, nonvolatile memory, photo-voltaic devices,
electronic material.
Dr. Snehasish Kundu Open Channel Hydraulics' and 'Sediment transport

Dr. Ajay Kumar Bhurjee Nonlinear Optimization problem with interval uncertainty

Dr. Motahar Reza Fluid Dynamics, Heat and Mass transfer, MHD, Stability of
Fluid Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics

NOTE: Students are allowed to choose the mentor/research guide from any discipline/branch
depending on their interest in the project. But area of proposed project should be matched
with research area of Mentor.