6.1 Adequate and well-equipped laboratories and technical manpower (40)

6.2 Laboratories maintenance and overall ambience (10)

Maintenance of Laboratory Equipment:

• The School maintains all the laboratory equipment and software for the entire semester in a top condition which helps students carry out the defined experiments without hindrance. Some of the measures taken to ensure this is as follows.
• Regular checkup of equipment is-
  • carried out at the beginning of every semester,
  • taken up by lab instructors and faculty for minor repairs.
• Maintenance of equipment: Weekly maintenance as per the schedule given in the timetable by in-house human resources
• Calibration of instruments is carried out by an external agency (NABL Certified) – As required
• Maintenance of the equipment’s under the warranty period are taken up as per the purchase policy.
• Authorized service vendors carry out servicing of breakdown instruments
• Software updation and renewal of proprietary software’s is done as per the requirement and purchase policy.
• Training of students to handle the equipment correctly regularly.

Overall Ambience:

• All laboratories are equipped with state of the art equipment to meet the requirements of the curriculum.
• Laboratory manuals are prepared and are available in soft and hard copy in the labs. In addition, digital media support is utilized to disseminate softcopy of manuals to students.
• Fire extinguishers are installed in easily accessible locations in the laboratories and corridors.   
• Necessary physical infrastructure & floor area is available in all the laboratories as per the requirements.
• Provision of a well equipped first aid box in all the laboratories.
• All laboratories have sufficient natural light, good ventilation, illumination and air circulation.
• There is a separate space for giving instructions to students and conduction of experiments.
• Cup-boards are available in each Lab to store instruments and accessories.
• Chart assisted learning to demonstrate the process.
• Lab notice boards are displayed with the following information: timetable, guidelines, faculty & Lab in-charges, lab layout, student batch list, list of equipment/software, and Do’s & Don’ts.
• Laboratories are kept open beyond office hours as per the need/requirement of students/faculty.
• There are desktop systems for simulation in Hardware Labs with supporting software and internet connectivity.

Lab conduction Guidelines for Faculty

1. All laboratory outcomes are mapped with the Programme outcomes. The experiment list is designed as per the approved course content (Syllabus). Submission of all requirements for Laboratory tasks is made to the Director/Head within three days of course allotment.

2. All the experiments are performed, and the faculty records the results for students to compare with their results.

3. Laboratory manuals are prepared and revised regularly as per the inputs from BoS and student feedback to incorporate new experiments

4. Manuals are printed before the commencement of the semester. In addition, the staff ensures that the softcopies of Manuals are distributed among the students.

5. Lab manuals include advanced level experimentation known as challenge experiments that allow bright students to explore further. In addition, these students provide awareness of such learning to other students.

6. Objectives of the laboratory, relevance of the experiments in the industry/field context, methods of conducting the experiments, necessary calculations/computations/flowcharts/algorithms, and the evaluation methods are explained in the first few laboratory sessions by the in-charge faculty.

7. The faculty explains the fundamental concepts of the experiment before the commencement of the practical classes. The staff provide special attention to weak students in theory and equips them with the necessary theoretical background. Then these students are cleared to use the devices to carry out the procedure.

8. The faculty and Lab instructors visit every station during the class. Advice is given to the students on the procedures, handling of equipment, safety guidelines and any other relevant information about the experiment.

9. A student’s experiment is assessed for ten marks, and total internal components were evaluated as per regulation.

10. The faculty member carries out the final evaluation and ascertains that the desired outcomes are achieved and documented.

6.3 Safety measures in laboratories (10)

6.4 Project laboratory (20)

Project laboratories are set up to carryout Major Project/ Mini project work. The labs are equipped with high speed systems and Internet facility. Licensed software’s, Measuring Instruments, workstations, microcontroller evaluation boards, sensors, etc. are used for carrying out the Projects.

Following significant facilities are available for students to carry out their project work:

1. Dedicated Project lab for carrying project work

2. Subscriptions to e-Journals through central Library

3. High-Speed computers with necessary software

4. 24 X 7 uninterrupted power supply and 24 x 7 Wi-Fi connections

5. All state-of-the-art equipment are available in the Lab.

6. Students are free to utilize the lab 24x7 under the supervision of faculty and technical staff.

7. Seed money to support projects, patents and publications

8. Guidance and counselling from mentors from the Industry and Alumni

9. Allocation of dedicated slots for the project in the timetable and direction by the mentors.

10. Exposure for project exhibitions: Aavishkar, project Expo and Open day and other similar events.

11. Support and guidance for project completions such as Vishwakarma awards, CMTI, hackathons and such.

Equipment’s/Instruments/Software’s available:

The Utilization of Project Laboratories

Following specialized labs are available for students to carry out research activities

1. CoE for Microelectronics and IoT Systems (MIS) in Collaboration with NXP Semiconductor

2. CoE for Robotics and Automation (R & A) Supported by IIT Bombay

3. Underwater Communication Lab

4. Skill development center (SDC Lab)

1. Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Microelectronics and IoT Systems (MIS) in collaboration with NXP Semiconductors

Principal Investigators:

1. Dr Prashant V. Joshi, Mob: 8147857039, E-mail: prashanthvjoshi[at]reva.edu.in

2. Prof K. M. Sudharshan, Mob: 9886676136, E-mail: sudharshankm[at]reva.edu.in

About the Centre

The Center of Excellence in Microelectronics and IoT Systems (MIS) was established in collaboration with NXP semiconductors, focusing on designing and developing efficient VLSI and IoT subsystems. The mission of this facility is to encourage REVA University’s research/educational objectives to provide relevant research on state-of-art Microelectronics and IoT technologies. Some of the multidisciplinary research activities at MIS are power management circuits, IoT for smart cities, smart systems. Full attention is focused on networking with other research centres to enhance our service scope. The CoE regularly contributes high-quality research publications in collaboration with NXP Semiconductors. The centre of excellence set up in our school is presently handling the projects/problem statements given by the design team of Engineers from NXP Semiconductors. It helps bring the blend of current edge technology research culture into academics, further benefiting the students and society.

Thrust Areas of Research

1. IoT systems to improve quality and productivity of society/life

2. Power management systems

3. Data converters

4. Next-Generation VLSI systems

5. Advanced FPGA architectures for VLSI applications

Completed Industry Projects:

1. FPGA Architecture for Next-generation VLSI Systems

2. Design and Development of Open Core RISC V based system for DSP applications

3. Design and Development of Virtual Open Multi-Core SoC platform using IMPERUS Professional Tool

Ongoing Industry Projects:

1. Wearable smart health monitoring electronic gadget (Sponsored by MHRD, Govt. of India)

2. Open Core SoC development for complex DSP applications

3. Customization of RISC V based processor architecture for complex VLSI Systems and DSP applications

4. Keyless entry smart system for next-generation automobiles

Facilities available:

1. CADENCE (20 Licenses)

2. Xilinx IDE – System Level (20 Licenses)

3. Matlab

4. RED HAT, Ubuntu Linux

5. COMSOL Multiphysics

6. ANSYS HFSS

7. NXP Rapid IoT kit

8. Virtex -6, Spartan- 6 and Zed board FPGA

9. ARM M4/M7 Design kit

10. Aurdino/Raspberry pi Design kit.

Papers Published:

1. Hithaishi, Prashant V. Joshi, Sudharshan K. M., “2048-Point FFT Core Generator for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)”, International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, Volume. 29, No. 5., 2020.

2. Vasudheva Reddy Nandigama, Prashant V Joshi, R Karthik, A Review on Image integrity for IP TV services using VLSI approach, Solid State Technology, Vol. 63, No. 2S, (2020).

3. Pavan, Prashant V. Joshi, K.M.Sudharshan, "Digital Wattmeter", International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, 2021(March, Accepted)

4. Pavan, Kiran V.R, Prashant V. Joshi, K.M. Sudharshan, “Internet of Trees”, International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, 2021(Feb, Accepted)

5. Sudharshan K M , Prashant V Joshi, Sumanth Kashyap ,"Mathematical Modeling Of Closed Loop Boost Converter." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 12 (2021): 2321-2329.

6. Ashok T, Dr. Prashant V.Joshi, Dr. Sudarshan K.M., “Design of an efficient FFT algorithm for processing ECG in cardiac pacemakers and evaluating the performance using open core soc”. International journal of scientific research in engineering and management (IJSREM), E-ISSN: 2582-3930, Volume: 05, Issue: 07 July 2021.

7. Sudarshan K.M1, Prashant V.Joshi2, Tresa Febina Francis3,“ Design of a Sobel Edge Detection Algorithm on FPGA”. Paper is published in Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, E-ISSN 2458-2462, V ol.12 No.12 (2021).

8. Tresa Febina Francis1,Prashant V.Joshi2,Sudarshan K.M3, “Design of FIR Filter Agorithm for noise removal in ECG Signal using Open Core SoC”. Paper is published in International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering (JATCSE) ISSN: 2278-3091, March - April 2021 Volume 10, No.2, Indexing: Q4(scopes)

9. Sudharshan K.M.1, PrashantV.Joshi2, Sivapritha S3, “Design of peak current mode-controlled Buck converter with high side current sensing technique for overcurrent protection”. Paper is published in Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, Vol.12 No.12 (2021), ISSN: 2417-2425, e-ISSN 1309-4653, Scopus.

10. Shivanand Chidri1, Prashant V. Joshi2, Sudharshan KM3, “Automatic vehicle detection and counting Using MATLAB Generate VHDL code in Simulink”. Paper is published in International Journal of Scientific Research in Engineering and Management (IJSREM), ISSN: 2582-3930, Volume: 05 Issue: 07 | July – 2021.

11. Prachi Shah1, Suresh D2, Prashant V Joshi3, Sudarshan KM4, “Blue-tooth Low Energy Based Vehicle Access Solutions: Insights, Challenges and Trends”. Paper is published in International Journal of Scientific Research in Engineering and Management (IJSREM), ISSN: 2582-3930, Volume: 05 Issue: 05 | May – 2021.

12. Basavaraj Y Murgod1, Suresh D2, Prashant V Joshi3, Sudarshan KM4, “Vision Based Advance Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) in future vehicles”. Paper is published in International Journal of Scientific Research in Engineering and Management (IJSREM), ISSN: 2582-3930, Volume: 05 Issue: 07 | July – 2021, Indexing: Q3 (scopes).

13. Sudharshan, K.M., 2021. IoT Based Smart Agriculture with Automatic Irrigation System with ESP8266. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT), 12(12), pp.2426-2436.

14. Joshi, P., 2021. Planning and analysis of Dadda DQ4: 2. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT), 12(11), pp.6974-6981.

15. Joshi, P.V., 2021. Stochastic Computing: Systems of its solutions in circuits. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT), 12(11), pp.6982-6988.

16. Ramu H S , Sudarshan K M, Prashant V Joshi, “FPGA Platform for Image Processing using Xilinx Zynq series of FPGA ,in International Conference on Electronics, Communication, Information Technology & Management (ICECIM 2021), Organized by REVA University published in journal of “The Design Engineering” ISSN: 0011-9342 Issue: 5, Pages: 1132-1142.

17. Veena Hallur, Sudarshan K M, Prashant V Joshi, “Design of Power Amplifier for a Unlicensed 2.4GHz Zigbee Transceiver” in International Conference on Electronics, Communication, Information Technology and Management (ICECIM 2021), Organized by REVA University to be published in journal of “Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education” Vol.12 No.12 (2021), 2408-2416.

18. Basanti, K. (2021). Fast and Efficient VLSI Implementation of DWT for Image Compression. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT), 12(13), 3509-3514.

2. Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Robotics and Automation (R&A) e-Yantra Supported by IIT Bombay

Principal Investigator: Dr. Veena K. N.

About: School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, REVA University established the Centre of Excellence for Robotics and Automation in 2016. It is supported by the IIT Bombay e-Yantra project and Industries. The COE aims to provide research, innovation, and training facilities to all the students, faculty members, and industry persons in Robotics and Automation. Thrust Areas of study include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Swarm Robotics, Robot structural design, kinematics, and Nano Technology for Robots. It has University/Industry collaboration, such as the IIT Bombay e-Yantra project, Nex Robotics (Mumbai), Robo Lab (Pune), Easy robot Technologies (Delhi), and Rays Technologies (Bengaluru).

Objectives: The objectives of CoE for Robotics and Automation (R & A) are:

1. To offer an Interdisciplinary learning environment in Robotics and Automation to solve real-world problems, which is a need of the hour today.

2. To conduct internships, seminars, workshops, and competitions in Robotics and Automation to impart knowledge among the stakeholders such as students, faculty, and industry persons.

3. To provide excellent Industry and University collaborations to support research activities among stakeholders.

4. To disseminate advanced knowledge in Artificial Intelligence/Machine learning for robots, forecast and face real-world challenges.

5. To design and develop new generation robotics for solving civic issues, thereby leading to a better ecosystem.

Outcomes:

The outcomes of the CoE for Robotics and Automation(R&A) as students, faculty, and research scholars will be able to:

1. Publishing papers in National and International conferences and Journals

2. Implemented Industry-level Sewage Robot

3. Contributed to “Jeeva Sethu” Ventilator product of REVA University

4. Publishing of patents in the field of Robotics

5. Design and developed several robotics projects

6. Develop projects with Artificial Intelligence/Fuzzy logic

7. Begin startup in Robotics and Automation

Robotics and Automation (R&A) have developed the following Sewage Cleaning Robot equipment

Papers Published:

1. Shruti B Rajentan, Veena K.N, “Analysis of robot failure and Computation of MTTF using Markov model” International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering, (IJARSE) Vol No7, Special Issue No7. April 2018. ISSN 2319-8354.

2. Veena K.N, Shruti B Rajentan “Power estimation of a robot using Markov Model”, 10th Annual conference of KSTA 2018, 18-19 January 2018.

3. Harsha B M and Veena K N, “Agrobot”, International Conference on Computing, Telecommunication and Control, JNN College of Engineering, 16th and 17th October 2020.

3. Underwater Communication Lab (Naval Research Lab- ISRO SAC Respond)

Papers Published:

1. Ravi Kumar M. G., Mrinal Sarvagya, Navya B. R., Adaptive Modulation based MIMO-OFDM Receiver design for Underwater Acoustic Communication, Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education Vol.12 No.12 (2021), 751-757

2. Ravi Kumar M. G. and Mrinal Sarvagya, “Review on Enhanced Data Rate Receiver Design using Efficient Modulation Techniques for Underwater Acoustic Communication”, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Communication, Control and Computing Applications, 2016, Ramanathapuram-623502, Tamilnadu

3. Ravi Kumar M. G. and Mrinal Sarvagya, “OFDM-Receiver Design Based on Adaptive Modulation and Channel Estimation for Underwater Acoustic Communication”, XIII Control Instrumentation System Conference, CISCON-2016, October 17th – 18th, 2016, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India.

4. Skill Development Centre (SDC Lab)

The product development team developed the following products

a. Touchless Faucet - Developed by Product Development Team in SDC Lab

Key Features:

• Simple in operation.
• High sensitivity
• Strong in adaptability to the environment.
• Small in size
• Operates on 12 V DC Supply

b. IoT Board - Developed by Product Development Team in SDC Lab

Features of the product:

• Wi-Fi module ESP8266
• Bluetooth sensor
• Sound sensor
• Humidity sensor
• Single pole relay
• Servo motor module
• Temperature sensor
• Ultrasonic sensor
• LDR sensor