This newsletter summarizes research and development activities at UPES for the past quarter. Key highlights include: - Two research projects receiving funding from DST, including ones on rural women's technology and biosensor fabrication. - Activities in various departments, including a software training in Primavera P6 for civil engineering students and an ASHRAE student membership drive. - A workshop on MATLAB fundamentals held by the Computing Research Institute and Journal Club seminar on big data analysis. - Over 20 research publications in the past 3 months across various journals.

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Vol.2, Issue 2, 12Pgs.
R&D NEWS
With the dawn of the year 2015, team R&D brings you the first issue of the
newsletter in the new year. It is very pleasing to know that the UPES
fraternity looks forward to receive the next issue of the newsletter with
much anticipation. Such in-depth reach would not have been possible
without the efficient and prompt support by all of you. Team R&D thank you
for all the encouragement rendered by the management and the involvement
by the faculty members.
This has been quite an active quarter for R&D @ UPES, with a couple of
distinguished visitors, funding of two projects from DST, submission of few
proposals and new collaborations. R&D team has been relocated to a new
home (B block, 1st floor, Energy House) and Mr. A Kartik [Research Interests -
Energy Policy, Smart Grid and Distributed Generation] has become a part of
the team.
It is exciting and heartening to note that we are working towards publishing
in quality journals with more than 20 such publications during last 3 months
with average impact factor of 1.5 (highest ~5.5).
The next quarter is again full of extravaganza with distinguished visitors,
meeting of the Research Advisory Committee (RAC), implementation of the
recently funded projects, etc.
I congratulate the Editorial Team for working hard to shape this newsletter.
Let’s continue to strive hard to develop our R&D competencies to be a real
research focussed University. Team R&D always remains at the forefront for
supporting you in the most prompt manner.
Wish you all the very best for the year 2015. Enjoy reading the newsletter!
Dr. Sanket Goel, VP-R&D and Editor in Chief (R&D Newsletter)
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Foreword from the Vice President-R&D
Inside this issue:
IMT Camp 2
DST Sponsored Projs. 2
Aerospace Dept. -
Activities 3
Mech. & Civil Dept.
Activities 4
CIT Workshop 5
Journal Club - CRI 5
Research Publications 6
Research Publications 7
3D Printing @ UPES 8
Seed Money Project 8
Distinct Achievements 8
New Research Calls 9
Submitted Proposals 9
Newly Filed Patents 9
Research News 10
Patent Filing Info. 11
Conference Funding 11
Research Heads 11
Open Research Pos. 11
Crossword 12
R&D Dept. Relocated 12

2. UCOST, SPECS and UPES Organized ‘Ignited Minds Training
Camp’ - 29th and 30th December 2014
The Uttarakhand Council for Science and Technology, SPECS and the Research &
Development Department of the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies jointly
organized a two day visit for 75 meritorious school students in the 9th and 12th Standard along
with their teachers from the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. This exposure visit was a part of
the CSR activity of UCOST and UPES. Dr. Kriti Joshi from UCOST, Dr. Prasoom Dwivedi, Dr. Alka
Dwivedi, Dr. Shyaam Pandey, Mr. Harsh Vardhan, Ms. Pooja Khanna, Mr. Deepak Kumar, Mr.
Mukund Jethva, Mr. Rakesh Sah, Mr. Niren Parasai, Mr. Arun Jeyaprakash and Mr. Kartik
Arunachalam from UPES helped in the organization of this visit. It consisted of various
sessions including campus rounds (Library, Rock Museum (outside), Fire HSE (Ground),
Chemistry Lab, Rigzone, Biofuel lab, Engines lab and Automotive Lab), Mechatronics/Robotics
Lab Visit and Learning, Communications Skill Training at the Centre for Professional
Communications, Visit of the School of Design, Quizzes on the various topics taught and
trained.
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DST Sponsored Research Projects
The Science for Equity Empowerment and Development (SEED) Division, Department of
Science and Technology-Government of India grants a research project titled “Rural
Women Technology Park of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies at Dehradun”
for the period of 3 years at an expense of Rs. 53 Lakhs to Dr. Neelu J. Ahuja [PI], Dr.
Kanchan D. Bahukhandi [Co-PI], Dr. Bhawna Lamba [Co-PI], Dr. Alka Dwivedi [Co-PI]
and Dr Mandira Agarwal [Co-PI].
The Department of Science and Technology-Government of India grants a research
project titled “Immobilization of Enzymes on various Nanostructures for the Fabrication
of Biosensors” for the period of 3 years to Dr. Jitendra K. Pandey, Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Dr.
Sanket Goel and Dr. Željko Knez (University of Maribor).
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3. Dr V K Saraswat’s Endowment Lecture & Executive Council Meet on 1st
November 2014
This was Organized for the upcoming National Conference on IC Engines and Combustion
to held on campus in 2015. Guest Lectures was followed by Executive Council Meeting
held to finalize proceedings for the up coming conference to held on campus in UPES.
Dr VK Saraswat, Dr S. Venugopal, Mr PK Pandey, Dr V Raghavan, Dr CP Ramanarayanan,
Prof P Mohanan, Prof DP Mishra, Prof. Satya Chakravarthy, Prof RV Ravi Krishna, Dr V
Ramanujachari from IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IISc Bengaluru, DRDO and NITs were the
notable delegates at this event.
Guest Lecture I was on ‘Real-time Measurement of Ultrafine Particles From Automotive
Vehicles’ by Dr. S.K. Singhal, the Chief scientist, Head Automotive Fuel and Lubricant
Application Division, IIP. Followed by a lecture on Compartment Fire and Its Control by Dr.
D.P. Mishra, Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Recent Activities in the Aerospace Department
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Lockheed Martin - Roll On/Roll Off Competition
Team Tesseract from UPES participated in the Indian University Roll On / Roll Off Systems
Design Challenge for the C-130 J Super Hercules Military Aircraft organized by the
renowned U. S. based Defense and Aerospace Company, Lockheed Martin.
A total of five teams from prestigious Universities
all over India were short-listed and invited to take
compete in this Challenge with the team from
UPES among the five. The entire duration of the
Competition at large spans nearly two years from
September, 2014 to July, 2016 and is therefore
divided into three phases. UPES Team for
Lockheed Martin - Roll on Roll off Design
Challenge has successfully moved to Phase II of
the Competition.
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Civil Engineering Department of the College of Engineering Studies had organized a software
training on ‘PRIMAVERA P6, version 8.2’ for the B. Tech. final year Civil Engineering
Students, A batch of 30 students participated in it. Primavera software deals with application
of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to projects in order to meet needs and expectations
of numerous stakeholders. The software Training program was held on the 1st, 2nd, 8th and 9th
of November 2014 and was coordinated by Mr. Ravindra Shrivastava and other faculty
members. Trainer Mr. Satendra Chopra from the Mile Stone Global solutions, Chandigarh
helped students aspiring to make a career in Project Management and get a competitive
advantage over their peers.
Civil Engineering Department – Current Happenings
Contemporaneous Activities – Mechanical Department
ASHRAE Student Membership Programme was held on 13th of September 2014 at the
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Presentation of basic
of Air-conditioning was given by Mr. U.S. Jadon and Mr.Dinesh Rawat. They also
informed about the benefits of ASHRAE student membership. 100 participants including
students and faculty members participated in this event. Students and faculty members
submitted their membership forms and faculty advising forms as a part of the process. The
office bearers of the student branches were also nominated.
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5. R&D Newsletter Volume 2 Issue 2 January 2014 Edition
Journal Club Seminar on ‘Big Data Analysis’- Computational
Research Institute
Computing Research Institute (CRI) in association with R&D Department and CIT, under its
journal club activity successfully conducted “Workshop on MATLAB - I” on 19th Nov, 2014.
This workshop was the first part of the planned workshop series on “MATLAB”, proposed
to be delivered in due course of time. Instructors for the session were Dr. Amit Agarwal
and Mr. Pankaj Badoni, from CIT. About 30 faculty and 12 M.Tech (1st Year) student
participants attended the workshop.
This workshop being first in series, covered MATLAB Basics comprising arrays, matrices,
matrix operations, array indexing, array operations, workspace variables, 2D and 3D plots,
character strings, scripting, loops, conditional statements, functions and applications of
discussed functions in diverse engineering problems. The session delivery was theoretical
explanation, clubbed with practical demonstration of the concepts, and hands-on by the
participants. E-book and scripts typed during workshop, were also passed on for their
reference.
Four day workshop (16th Dec-19th Dec), 2014 on “Social Analytics & Business Analytics” was
organized at the UPES, Bidholi campus in association with the IBM Center of Excellence.
Around 17 faculties from CIT and College of Management Studies participated in the
workshop.
The training was conducted with the help of live demos and practice sessions using the ‘IBM
Content Analytics Software’. Various aspects of content analytics were covered which could
be used in enterprise search and social media. Dr. Manas Ranjan Pradhan from CIT and Mrs.
Rajeshwari Deb from College of Management Studies coordinated the workshop.
Social Analytics & Business Analytics - CIT
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6. AUTHORS TITLE SOURCE TITLE
Awasthi M.K.
Study on capillary instability with heat and mass
transfer through porous media: Effect of irrotational
viscous pressure
Journal of Fluids
Engineering,
Transactions of
the ASME
Agarwala P., Makkar P.,
Sharma S., Garg R.
The effect of heat treatment of TiO2nanoparticles on
photovoltaic performance of fabricated DSSCs
Journal of
Materials
Engineering and
Performance
Vijayaraghavan R.K.,
McCoy A.P., Chauhan L.,
Cowley A., Morris
R.J.H., Daniels S.,
McNally P.J.
Influence of oxygen plasma on the growth, structure,
morphology, and electro-optical properties of p-type
transparent conducting CuBr thin films
Journal of
Physical
Chemistry C
Dhyani A., Kumar R.,
Tewari B.S., Ajay
Tunable Josephson supercurrent through a two level
quantum dot superconductor tunnel junction
Journal of
Computational
Electronics
Mohapatra J.K., Yadav
M.
Returns to acquirers in Indian aviation mergers: A
study
Indian Journal of
Finance
Desouza A., Dharmala
K.M., Gondu S., Gupta
S.K., Adhikari J.
Fluid phase behavior of ethylene glycol + water
mixtures (at operating conditions of the first-stage
esterification reactors for PET synthesis) by molecular
simulations and activity coefficient (γ-φ) method
Journal of
Molecular
Liquids
Awasthi M.K., Asthana
R., Agrawal G.S.
Viscous correction for the viscous potential flow
analysis of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of cylindrical
flow with heat and mass transfer
International
Journal of Heat
and Mass
Transfer
Varshney P., Kunzru D.,
Gupta S.K.
Modelling of the Riser Reactor in a Resid Fluidised-
bed Catalytic Cracking Unit Using a Multigrain Model
for an Active Matrix-zeolite Catalyst
Indian Chemical
Engineer
Mandal P.
H-Shape Plasmonic Metasurface as Refractive Index
Sensor
Plasmonics
Kashyap D., Dwivedi
P.K., Pandey J.K., Kim
Y.H., Kim G.M., Sharma
A., Goel S.
Application of electrochemical impedance
spectroscopy in bio-fuel cell characterization: A
review
International
Journal of
Hydrogen Energy
Kapoor K., Pandey K.K.,
Jain A.K., Nandan A.
Evolution of solar energy in India: A review
Renewable and
Sustainable
Energy Reviews
Awasthi M.K.
Study on kelvin-helmholtz instability with heat and
mass transfer
Journal of Fluids
Engineering,
Transactions of
the ASME
Research Publications (From COES, COMES & COLS) – Oct.’14 to Dec.’14*
*Only Scopus-Indexed publications are considered here. Abstract and Full Article (subscription bases) can be downloaded from hyperlinks.
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AUTHORS TITLE SOURCE TITLE
Rai J., Singh A., Gulati
D.
Bartonian age calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy
of tanot well-1, Jaisalmer Basin and its implications
Journal of the
Palaeontological
Society of India
Sharma R.
Element free Galerkin modeling of radiative
hydromagnetic micropolar flow saturated Darcy
medium with heat transfer over a stretching sheet
with Joule heating
Asia-Pacific
Journal of
Chemical
Engineering
M. K. Awasthi
Study on Kelvin-Helmholtz instability with heat and
mass transfer
ASME Journal of
Fluid Engineering
Rathore V,Newalkar B&
Badoni RP
Glycerol Management: Challenges and opportunities
for Biodiesel Producers and Refiners
International
Journal of Green
Chemistry
Piyush Kuchhal, Gagan
Anand, Manoj Bansal
Pressure-dependent viscosity and free volume of
activation
International
Journal of
ChemTech
Research
Shefali Arora, Shilpi
Agarwal, Shailey
Singhal
Anticancer Activities of
Thiosemicarbazides/Thiosemicarbazones: A Review
International
Journal of
Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical
Sciences
Pankaj Kumar, Sanjeev
Kumar, Sapna Jain,
Bhawna Y. Lamba,
Girdhar Joshi and
Shefali Arora
All Solid State Chromium(III) Selective Potentiometric
Sensor Based on 2-(1-(2-((3-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)-1H-
pyrozol-1-yl)methyl)benzyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)phenol
Electroanalysis
Shefali Arora, Vandana
Yadav, Pankaj Kumar
and Deepak Kumar
Antimicrobial studies of leaf extracts from
Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC
Medicinal Plants
- International
Journal of
Phytomedicines
and Related
Industries
Yashvir Singh, Amneesh
Singla, Ajay Kumar
Statistical Analysis of Process Parameters in Drilling
of Al/Al2O3p Metal Matrix Composites
Journal for
Manufacturing
Science and
Production
Peters M.S.
Improving India's installed wind capacity through
accelerated depreciation mechanism
European Energy
and
Environmental
Law Review
*Only Scopus-Indexed publications are considered here. Abstract and Full Article (subscription bases) can be downloaded from hyperlinks.
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8. R&D Newsletter Volume 2 Issue 2 January 2014 Edition
Distinct Achievements
• Dr. Rajesh Tripathi from the College of Management Studies delivered a talk on
“Envionment Protection: Our Duites” at the ‘All India Radio (Akashwani)- Prasar Bharti’,
Nazibabad on November 5, 2014. The talk covered the initiatives taken by UPES in the
environment protection domain.
• Dr. Vishal Kaushik from the College of Management Studies has been nominated as a
member of the national committee constituted by AICTE and CBSE for the designing of
curriculum on Cyber Security.
• Ms. Tanushree Sharma and Dr. Priya Grover from the College of Management Studies
jointly presented a case study entitled, ‘New Entrepreneur’s Dilemma: Dealer vs. Retail’
at Global Summit of Management Cases organized by IIM Raipur on December 12-13,
2014
• Dr. Jitendra Pandey from the Research and Development Department is on the Board of
Editors for a book series titled ‘Handbook of Polymer Nanocomposites. Processing,
Performance and Application’. He also delivered a Key Note talk in the 3rd International
Conference, NANOCON014 at Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune India during Oct 14-15
2014.
• Dr. Shailey Singhal from the College of Engineering Studies delivered an an invited talk
on ‘Biogas’ in the National conference on ‘Recent Developments in Non-Conventional
Energy Systems’-22-23 Dec.’2014 at the DIT University, Dehradun.
• Dr. Om Prakash from the College of Engineering Studies delivered a talk on "Advances in
Modeling and Simulation of Aircraft Dynamics and Control” in a two day conference on
26-27th September, 2014 on the Emerging Trends in Aircraft Design and Manufacturing
(NCETADM) organized by Gurukul Vidyapeeth Institute of Engineering and Technology,
Mohali with the association of Institute of Engineers, Aeronautical Society of India and
SASE(DRDO) LAB Chandigarh.
On a funded internal SEED project, R&D@UPES has recently procured a 3D printer from MiiCraft,
Taiwan. This is based on Stereolithography (SL) technology using Pico DLP projectors — providing
high resolution parts at a fraction of the cost of comparable machines. This project was supported by
UPES-Seed money programme to Dr. Jitendra Pandey (PI) and Venkateswaran PS (Co-PI) Please feel
free to knock Team R&D for any idea of 3D printing.
3D Stereo-lithography Printing Available at UPES
Newly Sanctioned R&D Seed Project
Project Name Project Investigators Duration
Pyrolysis Of Biomass (Pine, Sawdust And
Bagasse) In A Twin Screw Reactor To
Produce Bio Fuel
Ms. Leena Kapoor and
Dr. Santosh Gupta
1 Year
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PROPOSAL TITLE
AGENCY/
GRANT CALL
INVESTIGATORS
A Straightforward, Scalable Production of
Biomass-derived 5-(Chloromethyl)furfural
(CMF) and Upgrading it into Fuels and Specialty
Chemicals
Ministry of New &
Renewable Energy
Dr. Saikat Dutta, Dr. Girdhar Joshi
and Dr. Pankaj Kumar
Enriching or Eroding? Investigating the
Dynamics of Engagement at Work Place
Indian Council of
Social Science
Research
Ms. Tanushree Sharma and
Dr. Pankaj Singh
Enhancing Drinking water quality through
dissemination of low cost water purification
technology and enhancing Sanitation and
Hygiene Practices through Community
Participation in Dehradun district of
Uttarakhand
NCST- WASH
Department of
Science and
Technology
Dr. Kanchan Deoli Bahukhandi,
Dr. N A Siddiqui and
Dr. Jitendra Pandey
Freshly Submitted Research Proposals
Research Patents Filed
Title Investigators Patent Number
WPAN based Smart Remote
Control for Heater
Rajesh Singh, Piyush Kuchhal, Anita
Nov 2014
(1405/DEL/2014 )
Wireless Data Acquisition for
Agriculture Field through a
Wearable Device
Piyush Kuchhal, Sushabhan Choudhury, Rajesh
Singh, Anita
Nov 2014
(#2605/DEL/2014 )
An Electronic System for Fan
cum Exhaust Fan
Sushabhan Choudhury, Rajesh Singh, Anita, Amit
Lamba
Dec 2014
(3199/DEL/2014 )
Method and Apparatus to
adjust Dish Positioning System
with RF Remote
Manish Prateek, Sushabhan Choudhury, Rajesh
Singh, Anita Vivek Kaundal, Shival Dubey, Nikhil
Gupta, Jaideep Saharan
Dec 2014
(33169/DEL/2014)
Wireless controlled Power
Extension Board
Kamal Bansal, Sushabhan Choudhury, Rajesh
Singh, Anita, Adesh Kumar, Siddharth Sarma,
Ayush Bansal
Dec 2014
(33812/DEL/2014)
Method and Device for Smart
Projector Screen
Sushabhan Choudhury, Rajesh Singh, Anita, Arpit
Jain, Meera C S, P Swami Sairam Sunil Sunny
Dec 2014
(62629/DEL/2014)
Grant Call Research Area Deadline
India- Canada Research Call
Safe and Sustainable Infrastructure, Integrated
Water Management, Wastewater Treatment and
Recovery Systems for Water Reuse
27 January
2015
India and Austrian Science Fund
Technical Sciences, Applied Mathematics, Pure
Mathematics, Computer Sciences, Theoretical
Physics, Astrophysics, Experimental Physics,
Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Earth Sciences
(including climate research)
31 March
2015
DRDO Grant-in-aid Scheme
Aerodynamics, Aerospace, Materials and
Manufacturing, Propulsion, Structures and Systems
Engineering
Open Ended
Call
Start-Up Research Grant (Young
Scientists)
Any area in Engineering/Sciences
Open Ended
Call
For more information kindly click on the hyperlinks .
Key Open Research Calls
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Research News Bulletin from
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Patent Filing Information
Patent Filing
The Patent Information Center (PIC) at the Uttarakhand State Council for
Science & Technology (UCOST) helps with the upstream work leading to
file a patent. For filing any patent, please contact the R&D team@UPES.
For more details, please visit http://ucost.in/pic.html
Don’t publish your Invention before filing Patent Application
 SERB/DST- http://www.serb.gov.in/apbs.php
 MNRE- http://tiny.cc/mnre
 CSIR- http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/sy_form.htm
 UGC- ttp://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/xplanpdf/researchworkshop.pdf
 UCOST- http://www.ucost.in/download.html
Conference and Workshop Funding Opportunities
Research/ Institute Head Contact
Email
(@ddn.upes.ac.in)
Institute of Alternate
Energy Research
Dr. P K Sahoo +91-9997110710 pradeepta
Centre for Energy
Economics Research
Dr. Prasoom
Dwivedi
+91-9720277508 pdwivedi
Centre of Infrastructure
and Project Finance
Dr. Sumeet Gupta +91-7895617071 sumeetgupta
Centre for Earth Sciences Dr. K S Misra +91-7895731699 ksmisra
Centre for Energy Law Dr. S G Sreejith +91-8909732275 sgsreejith
Computational Research
Institute
Dr. Neelu Ahuja +91-9557999208 neelu
Institute of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology
Dr. Amit Chawla +91-9719242461 akchawla
Institute of Robotics
Technology
Mr. Rajesh Singh +91-9837043685 rsingh
Automotive Research
Institute
We are looking for experienced candidates to head these
centres. If you are interested, please contact the VP-R&D
along with your profile in lieu to the vision and mission of
the centre.
Environment Research
Institute
Centre for Aerospace
Research
Centre for Supply Chain
Management
Research Heads
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12. R&D Department has a New Housing…!!!
• The Research and Development Department has been shifted to the Block B, First Floor
of the Energy House Building at the Bidholi Campus of UPES. For any help related to
research and developmental activities please feel free to contact us at our new
extension numbers.
R&D @ UPES, Block B, First Floor, Energy House, UPES Campus,
Energy Acres, Bidholi, Dehradun, 248007, India
Phone: +91-135-2776061 | Ext: 1301/1225/1221/1222
Mobile: +91-7579151182/9927160317/7895734999/8126821620
Email: research@ddn.upes.ac.in | Web: http://research.upes.ac.in/
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