ARDB Materials and Manufacturing

Panel
Workshop and the First Call for Proposals
January 10, 2023, 5 pm
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Approaches to ARDB Projects GATET,ACE-COST

SIGMA
(Micro-air Vehicles)

Topdown Program driven GTMAP (HT materials for Gas

turbine applications)

Integrated vehicle health

monitoring (largest program
approved in 2022)

Smart materials based

manufacturing

Several research publications

Approaches (openly accessible)
Research
Bottom up
driven
Develop a specific product based
on the publications

Helpful in case of technology

denials

Strategy No new technology but this gives

Indigenization
driven a diplomatic leverage to the govt.

Products/process developed using

reverse engineering 2
 Materials Domains

Development of Mechanical
Feedstock powder making Material characterization
Ceramics and composites Smart materials Materials & Design properties database for
for Additive Manufacturing and mechanical properties
metals and alloys

Self healing AI/ML based design

Ultra high SiC based ceramics materials
Nb/C103 powders
temperatures and composites
Computational materials
Self reporting design
materials
Cryogenic TiB2 based
Ti alloy powders Process modelling and
temperature composites
Self repairing simulation
materials
Ceramic cores for Integrated computational
Al 7XXX and 2XXX High strain rate materials design
aerospace
alloy powders loading Meta materials
components
Materials for quantum
computing
Ceramic shell
Inconel superalloy Static and dynamic making Technical Textiles
powders loading conditions
Cellular materials

Damping materials
Protective Materials for
Multiaxial loading CBRN threats
Thermoelectric
materials
Radome materials

Self cleaning materials

High density materials

Sensors and actuator 3

materials for SHM
 Manufacturing Domains

Systems and Smart and Developing a data

Surface Smart Additive Advanced Micro and nano Metrology and
design Intelligent base for
Engineering manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing manufacturing Inspection
manufacturing structures manufacturing

Hybrid Optical
Corrosion AM of component Small drones Large volume
Industry 4.0 manufacturing Soft robotics
Composites manufacturing and Swarms metrology

Ti-Ni based
Nitriding or laser brazing Strain wave Polymer
nitriding Digitial twin AM of SMAs gears Manufacturing based soft
technology of UAV robotics
Laser or shot Insitu
peening of characterization of Precision and
surfaces defecets during bulk preform Reliability and
Shop floor AM of Al alloys manufacturing Reverse
welding Life
automation engineering
Catalytic assessment
degradation of
AM of high Hybrid casting
surfaces
AI/ML for energy Aging Adaptive
manufacturing materials structures morphing
Anti-icing paint Forming of
complex shapes

Machining of Stealth
Surface super alloys, hard
Coatings ceramics, and
extreme materials
Structural
Oxidation of health
Sustaible monitoring
refractive alloys manufacturing

Processing of high
temperature
ceramics

Noise/Vibration
free
manufacturing of 4
gear boxes
 Proposal Submission Guidelines
• Establishing Connect with DRDO
• Establishing connect is must for every proposal. But is the most difficult task.
• Complete Proposal: If you have already established connect within DRDO, then you may submit the complete proposal
• Conceptual Proposal: If you do not have specific connect within DRDO, we will help you to establish connect.
• Upon review and acceptance of the conceptual proposal, you can submit the Full Proposal.
• Nature of the Proposal
• Program Driven (Top-down)
• Research Driven (Bottom-up)
• Strategy Driven (Indigenization)
• Aimed at solving a problem or an issue
• Clear definition of the problem you are trying to solve
• How your solution will help resolve or alleviate the issue
• Scientific Merit
• Detailed review of the issues (literature) relevant to the problem
• Appropriate solution to the problem – clear definition of the methodology: experimental, numerical, mathematical or combinations
• Results and analysis leading to the solution
• Deliverables
• Clear definition of the deliverables
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 Proposal Submission Guidelines
• Two-stage Review of the Proposals and Feedback
• Preliminary Review: Experts from DRDO and Academia
• Final Review: Experts from DRDO and Academia
• Presentation to the Experts Committee
• Upon acceptance of the proposal in the review process, the PIs will be called to make a presentation.
• Final Acceptance of the proposal and recommendation for the release of grants
• Funding Available by AR&DB – M&M
• AR&DB – M&M Panel can recommend the proposals up to INR 1 Cr.
• Proposals with Higher Funding Requirements
• Proposals with more than INR 1 Cr funding will be reviewed but recommended to the council for further review and
approval.
• Ideally, proposals with larger funding requirements (more than INR 1 Cr) may be submitted as a Conceptual
Proposal at first.

• Last date for submission of proposals under the first call is February
10, 2023
Please Refer to the website
http://ardbmmpanel.iiti.ac.in/
Thank you for your attention and Q&A in the 6