Research clusters are established to achieve focused and impactful short-term to long-term research outcomes in the following three areas:
Each research cluster has well defined vision and research objectives to generate specific outcomes. These clusters are multidisciplinary in nature, and faculty members collectively contribute towards the goals of these, based on their individual expertise and interests. Undergraduate and postgraduate students also contribute through internships and projects/theses and gain exposure and experience of working in multidisciplinary research areas. Each research cluster has an industry advisory committee, to provide domain-specific and realistic suggestions. Interactions among students, faculty members and industry experts, provide dynamic momentum to identify, define, design, develop, and deploy innovative solutions, frameworks and services that address current and futuristic challenges.
Transportation is growing faster than ever before. It is of utmost importance to develop futuristic solutions to provide safe, efficient, reliable, and sustainable transportation. The driverless cars, aerial-ground based delivery robots, on-demand public transport are already a reality. The intelligent transport system (ITS) uses ICT within infrastructure and vehicles to provide greener and safer transportation. The future will need intelligent techniques with high-speed communication networks to support the data-driven mobility market. It is also essential to look for novel material and renewable energy resources to metamorphose the way people and goods move around the world.
Vision
Develop innovative solutions for safe, sustainable, and efficient transport systems for local cities, India, and the world.
Objectives
Chair and Co-Chair
Chair - Professor Mehul Raval
Cochair - Professor Mazad Zaveri
Members
Faculty:
Mehul Raval, Mazad Zaveri , Sanjay Chaudhary, Sanket Patel, Sham Gurav, Srikrishnan Divakaran, Shashi Prabh, Dhaval Patel, Maryam Kaveshgar, Kuntal Patel, Shefali Naik, Minal Pathak, Anurag Lakhlani, Pratik Trivedi
Industry Experts:
Sanjiv Kumar Jha, Manohar Patil, Ravi Darji, Sudhir Naik
The pharmaceutical sector mainly focuses on the development of drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in India. The sector has many limitations in improving the productivity of existing plants since the employees are not well aware of the developments in science and engineering. Considering the rapid growth of the pharmaceutical sector at regional and national level, this cluster has been planned.
The research focus of this cluster will include process intensification using micro-reactors, conversion of batch to continuous processes, catalysis, rheology of emulsions, effluent treatment using advanced oxidation and membrane processes, solvent recovery, use of renewable energy, application of computational fluid dynamics to various unit operations and use of computational chemistry in various applications.
Vision
To develop novel solutions for increasing the productivity of pharmaceutical industries
Chair and Co-Chair
Chair - Professor Deepak Kunzru
Cochair - TBD
Members
Faculty:
Deepak Kunzru, Dharmesh Varade, Arijit Ganguli, Aditi Singhal, Sridhar Dalai, Snigdha Khuntia, Dharamashi Rabari, Harshad Shah, Nitin Banker, Deepak Verma, Mitaxi Mehta.
List of Research Projects
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Ahmedabad is well known for its textile and foundry industry. However, the businesses here are run in conventional way for many years. In order to stay competitive in the current world, it is very important to keep up with the advancements in the technology around the world. This industry is facing heavy competition from several countries in Asia like China. On the other hand academics are becoming more and more theoretical and disconnected from the industry. Manufacturing and Automation Cluster (MAC) is initiated with the aim of helping academics and industry for the growth of technology in India.
We would like to focus on automations related to manufacturing in foundry and textile industry. We are initiating research projects those can help industry to improve their quality and reduce downtime. Such collaboration between industry and university would help both in many ways, such as relevant research, improved technology, placement for students, increased production and availability of required skills for industry. With this, our goal is to bring the Ahmadabad University at the forefront of advancements in the manufacturing industry.
Vision
Become number one university in India in manufacturing automation required for foundry and textile industry.
Objectives
Chair and Co-Chair
Chair - Professor Sham Gurav
Cochair - TBD
Members
Faculty:
Akhand Rai, Jaina Mehta, Keyur Joshi, Maryam Kaveshgar, Mitaxi Mehta
Industry Experts:
Dr. Aravind Chinchure, Mr. Maruti Pawar
List of Research Projects: