IIT Delhi's I2Tech Open House 2013 to showcase more than 500 innovations
18 April 2013 8:16 AM IST
The premier Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, is all set to showcase their 500 research based projects during the ninth edition of the I2Tech Open House on Saturday.
R K Shevgaonkar, director of the insitute said, 'It is that time of the year when IIT Delhi throw open the event to all those who want to showcase their innovations'.
The projects will be displayed at the I2Tech 2013 Open House. They include innovative projects like sensor-chips to detect pesticide residue in milk, earthquake safety of precious and delicate household items, and drainage master plan of NCT in Geographic Information System (GIS), among others.
Vasant Matsagar, IIT-D professor said, 'Earthquake safety of household items is the project on which we are working for the last two years. The objective of this project is to find innnovative ways that might protect the electronic gadgets in our households.' At the institute's laboratory, scale models of the buildings and household items are subjected to real earthquakes and their behavior is investigated.
A K Gosain, department of civil engineering of IIT-D said, 'We are working on the Drainage Master plan of Government of NCT, under which a team of civil engineering students is preparing a software, with the help of which Delhiites would be able to complain about the drainage affected areas in the city. The chances of it making it to the market is very high and most probably it might be available this year.'
Sudhir Chandra, Centre for Applied Research in Electronics (CARE) IIT-D said, 'Another project which IIT-D will be showcasing in Open House is the biosensor chip for analysis of pesticide residue, heavy metal and bacterial contamination in milk.' This project is fully funded by the National Agriculture Innovation Project (NAIP), and the aim of the project is to develop technlogy for detection of trace amount of pesticides, heavy metals (Lead, Mercury, Cadium), aflatoxin and bacteria contamination in milk. The technology is based on simple microfluidic chip made on silicon substrate and the testing is through optical signal detection, added Chandra.
A live display of ground-breaking research projects, developed by students, staff and faculty and a guided tour of on-campus laboratories will be some of the highlights of the exhibition.
R K Shevgaonkar, director of the insitute said, 'It is that time of the year when IIT Delhi throw open the event to all those who want to showcase their innovations'.
The projects will be displayed at the I2Tech 2013 Open House. They include innovative projects like sensor-chips to detect pesticide residue in milk, earthquake safety of precious and delicate household items, and drainage master plan of NCT in Geographic Information System (GIS), among others.
Vasant Matsagar, IIT-D professor said, 'Earthquake safety of household items is the project on which we are working for the last two years. The objective of this project is to find innnovative ways that might protect the electronic gadgets in our households.' At the institute's laboratory, scale models of the buildings and household items are subjected to real earthquakes and their behavior is investigated.
A K Gosain, department of civil engineering of IIT-D said, 'We are working on the Drainage Master plan of Government of NCT, under which a team of civil engineering students is preparing a software, with the help of which Delhiites would be able to complain about the drainage affected areas in the city. The chances of it making it to the market is very high and most probably it might be available this year.'
Sudhir Chandra, Centre for Applied Research in Electronics (CARE) IIT-D said, 'Another project which IIT-D will be showcasing in Open House is the biosensor chip for analysis of pesticide residue, heavy metal and bacterial contamination in milk.' This project is fully funded by the National Agriculture Innovation Project (NAIP), and the aim of the project is to develop technlogy for detection of trace amount of pesticides, heavy metals (Lead, Mercury, Cadium), aflatoxin and bacteria contamination in milk. The technology is based on simple microfluidic chip made on silicon substrate and the testing is through optical signal detection, added Chandra.
A live display of ground-breaking research projects, developed by students, staff and faculty and a guided tour of on-campus laboratories will be some of the highlights of the exhibition.
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