Centre for e-Automation Technologies (CeAT)
Preamble
Centre for e-Automation Technologies (CeAT) is set up in the year 2020 to accelerate the research and product development efforts in the specific fields related to automation providing the thrust to the local and national industrial growth. Further, CeAT provides a platform for the faculty and students from multiple disciplines to come together to achieve common and greater goals by conducting collaborative research, developing new products, and providing automation solutions to the industry. CeAT pursues excellence in research and industry interaction and leads the successful amalgamation of research in the areas of robotics (assistive rehabilitation and smart robots), smart grid automation, additive manufacturing (3D printing), flexible industrial processes automation, smart factory automation, autonomous systems, and intelligent manufacturing. The Centre for e-Automation Technologies aims to become a hub for intellectual solutions for automation needs through interactions with academicians, researchers, and industrialists across the globe.
VISION
To conduct world-class innovative research with a dedicated team in order to develop smart and innovative automation solutions
MISSION
- Establishing strategic and long-term collaborations with industries and institutions of mutual interest
- To transform into global centre for interdisciplinary research in automation.
- Stimulating industrial interdisciplinary expectations to provide better solutions
The primary area of research at the centre is as follows:
- Industrial Automation
- Smart and Digital Manufacturing
- Assistive Technologies
- Robotics
- ADAS and autonomous vehicles
Research
- Pradeep Kumar. H., Sakthivel. G., Shankar. S. ‘Prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders among occupational bus drivers of Karnataka, South India’, Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation, Vol. 66, No.1, 1-12, 2020. (IF: 1.132)
- Senthil kumar, M., Vanmathi, M., Sakthivel.G., ‘SiC Reinforcement in the synthesis and characterization of A356/AL2O3/Sic/Gr reinforced composite-Paving a way for the next generation of aircraft applications’, Silicon, pp.1-12, 2020 (IF:1.5)
- G., Senthil Kumar. S., Ilangkumaran. M. ‘A genetic algorithm-based artificial neural network model with TOPSIS approach to optimize the engine performance’, Biofuels, Vol.10, No. 6, pp. 693-717, 2019. (IF:1.5)
- K., Jegadeeshwaran. R., Sakthivel. G. ‘Vibration Based tool insert health monitoring using decision tree and fuzzy logic’, Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol. 13, No.3, pp.303-316, 2019. (IF:0.5)
- Raghukiran, Sakthivel, MuhammedNabeel, Prashanth,“Smart guidance and emergencyalert walking stick for disabled” on 2018, Application no. 201841030320,
- Sakthivel, Mothish Raj, Prem, Rajkamal, “Smart ergonomic motorcycle handlebar toreduce musclo skeletal disorder”, on 2019, Application no. 201941036304
- Sumathi, Vishal Gundavarapu, Shrnjay Krishnan, Srivatsan, “Temperature Detection in hazardous location using soft sensors” on 2019. Application no. 201941017144A
- Sumathi, Shantanusoni, Viswatej “Smart Switching Systems For Multiresidential Building” on 2019, Application no. 201941029437
Insights
The details of the Ph.D. research scholar working under the supervision of the faculty members of the research centre are provided hereunder
Innovation on Product development
Dr. N. Raghukiran developed First ‘Made in India’ 3-D printed heart valve in association with Dr. Sanjay Cherian, the Vice President and COO at Frontier Lifeline Hospital
This new 3D printed heart valve could be the future of cardiac surgery, since it overcomes most of the disadvantages/complications associated with the currently available artificial heart valves that are in use today.
Another added advantage of this 3D printed heart valve is that its design was developed using specialized computer-aided design software and a modeling techniques, based on the MRI scan images of the human heart, as a result of which, we are now able to customize and 3D print heart valves that will fit exactly to the dimensions of the patient’s heart
