MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all

to Open Day at the Indian Institute of Science
(IISc). The Institute was established in 1909
due to the far-sighted vision of philanthropist
and industrialist Jamsetji N Tata, whose birth
anniversary falls on 3 March, and is celebrated
as Founder’s Day. Around the same time, 28
Prof. Govindan Rangarajan February is celebrated as National Science Day
Director, IISc to commemorate the discovery of the Raman
effect by Sir CV Raman, a former Director of IISc.

It is in conjunction with these dates that the Institute organises Open

Day every year, and throws its doors open to the public, inviting them
to experience its activities and facilities first-hand. We welcome you all
to visit the campus, to explore, experience and enjoy the wonders of
scientific and technological research and innovation at IISc.
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (AE) • Laboratory for shockwave and
hypersonic research (LSHR) (Live
Department of Aerospace
demo of Reddy tube, Schlieren
Engineering will have the following
visualization, supersonic jets, wake
labs open for visits. The visitors
flow around stream lined bodies)
will be able to see the facilities
• Health Monitoring of Aerospace
and witness some of the planned
Structures using Acoustic Wave
experiments. The details of the
Propagation.
experiments like timing and
• Unmanned aerial vehicle lab
significance will be displayed just
• Intelligent flight control systems
outside the respective labs.
(Drones, Drone simulator)
The faculty will be available for • Low Speed Aerodynamics Lab 1
interaction and discussions. Besides, • Low Speed Aerodynamics Lab 2
we will also showcase some of the
Participation from the following
department-industry interactions and
Government agencies and industries
major upcoming projects from ISRO
who are jointly working with the
and DRDO .
department
Labs/Experiments/Stalls open for • ISRO
visiting: • DRDO
• Spacefield
• Integrative Multiscale Engineering • Bellatrix Aerospace
of Materials and Systems Group • Algo Botix
(iMEMS) (materials with memory,
composite fabrication) CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS SCIENCE
• Aeroelasticity lab AND ENGINEERING (BSSE)
• Computational Mechanics of
Advanced Composites 1. AFM and Traction microscopy
(Introduction to Composite exhibition using Lego sets

structures, FEM simulations of AFM: A cantilever beam will be
damage modelling of composites, made with a reflecting mirror
micromechanical analysis of placed on the beam. A laser
composite) beam will be adjusted to get
• Mobile Robotics Laboratory reflected from the mirror onto a
• Guidance and Control graph placed behind the cantilever
(Autonomous Vehicle Lab) beam and the setup. The whole
• Combustion Research and setup will be mounted onto
Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory a microscope stage which will
(CRADL) (Live demo of cause movement in the cantilever
multi color flame, Sucrose- and sample setup. This causes
potassium nitrate combustion, displacement of the laser pointer
thermo-acoustic instability) on the graph. It will demonstrate
• Turbulent Shear Flow Physics and the working principle of the AFM.
Engineering Laboratory (TSFPEL)
 Traction microscopy: Micropillar bacteria cells is planned to be
traction microscopy model will be shown under the microscopes.
made with cantilever beams out of
rubber and a model of cell applying CENTRE FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND
forces onto these rubber pillars. OCEANIC SCIENCES (CAOS)
2. Tipping points and hysteresis in
biological networks Experiment/
Description
demo name
A GUI that allows the user to
The butterfly
change certain network parameters
effect (sensitive
and see their effect on the stability
dependence to
(expression) of the nodes of the Double
initial condition)
network in real time. pendulum
is demonstrated
through a pair of
3. Teams in biological networks
double pendulums
provide resilience to perturbations
Simulation of
For a given biological network the Tornado tornado is a glass
user will be asked to delete certain box
edges or overwrite certain nodes
Generation of
to flip the expression states of all Smoke Rings
vortices.
the other nodes of the network.
Very slow and
Mixing and
4. Display of orthopaedic implants viscous flows are
unmixing
and hydrogel scaffolds reversible.
Orthopaedic implants like bone Flow of water from
and pelvis implants of various higher potential
Heron’s
sizes, ball and socket joint energy to lower
fountain
implants, and hydrogel scaffolds potential energy
will be exhibited. creates fountain.
Simulating large
Circulating
5. Fold scope / Tabletop microscopic scale ocean
flows
images of cells under stress, circulation
effect of various disinfectants on Waves generated
bacteria cells at interface two
Ocean waves
HL60 (Neutrophil like cells) under different density
different irradiation intensity look layers.
very different under the Device that
microscope. With higher intensity, Sonic
measures wind
cells tend to die faster. Anemometer
speed.

Effect of different concentration

of ethanol on survival of the
 Device that
Psychrometer
measures humidity.

Brainstorming and
fascinating facts
CAOS quiz
about Ocean and
Atmosphere

Cloud in a Neuroimages produced by the

Simulating cloud in Functional MRI machine
bottle (Kids
a bottle
Zone)
The CBR Showcases the following:
CENTRE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH (CBR) • Display of human brain and
The Centre for Brain Research is explanation of its functional elements
an autonomous centre of IISc. CBR • Audio-visual presentations on
has dedicated itself to the deep aging brain research
intellectual pursuit of reducing • Quiz on human brain and
the burden of neurodegenerative neuroscience for college students
disorders (such as Alzheimer’s, • Popular lecture on large scale
Parkinson’s and Vascular Dementia) longitudinal studies being
among a key population – the elderly conducted by CBR
and their families. • Poster presentations on the
exciting research and innovation
CBR is a lively hub of talented activities in CBR
and dedicated molecular and
cellular biologists, neuroscientists, CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL
clinician-researchers, computational SCIENCES (CES)
geneticists, data scientists, and • An exhibition focused on
bright PhD students who are engaged identifying different animals and
in interdisciplinary translational matching their adaptive traits.
research seeking breakthrough • The exhibition will allow the
discoveries for early diagnosis, participants to understand the
prevention, and postponement of function of various adaptations and
neurodegenerative diseases. how an animal’s environment
drives evolution.
• For example, an image of a
sunbird or a hummingbird’s beak
will be shown to the participants.
The participants will then have to
guess what function such a beak
might serve.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (CE) varies from person to person,
i.e., it is very subjective. But is
EXHIBITS there something more fundamental
behind the subjectivity of this
1. Air Cannon feeling? It is fascinating that
Can you destroy a stack of paper something as vague and subjective
cups with air? Join us and learn as ‘feel’ can be explained through
how air vortex is generated! a force all around us. It is the force
of friction between our fingertips
2. Generate 10000 Volts with water and the surface we are touching
Simple set up with household items that influences our perception of
to generate 10000s of volts. Learn that very surface. Let us
how random event can be amplified understand the world around us
to have a large charge separation. through the sense of touch, and let
Do you dare to touch 10000 volts? us experiment a little to understand
more about how we ‘feel’.
3. Seeing the invisible!
Want to know more about light 7. CHEM-E-CAR
polarization? And to paint a cello Designing and constructing a
tape with white light? Join us to car powered by a chemical energy
paint the transparent objects with source, that will safely run a
your favourite colour. specific given distance and stop
4. Punctured bottles still work!
Is it always the case that small 8. Rayleigh-Plateau Instability
punctures in a bottle will leak out The instability of a thin liquid
all the water? Sometimes that’s stream will be demonstrated by
not the case. Find out about means of an electric circuit. An
surface tension and its amazing explanation about fluid instabilities
effects and the requirement for their
enhancement or suppression will
5. Super resolution microscopy be given
How do you see beyond the light
resolution? Learn how you can see CENTRE FOR HIGH ENERGY
single molecules! PHYSICS (CHEP)

6. How do we ‘feel’? † POSTERS

Smooth, rough, slippery, sticky, • Dark Matter
soft, hard, etc., these are words • Very high-energy Neutrinos
that we regularly use in our and Photons as new probes of
everyday life to describe the the Universe
feeling we get when we ‘touch’ a • Event Horizon Telescope
surface. Also, the ‘feel’ of a surface • Black Holes, Worm Holes and
Parallel Universes
 • Large Hadron Collider models exemplifying the underlying
• Quantum Computing principles of structural engineering.
• Introduction to Special and Furthermore, the department would
General Relativity be organising fun science games
• Quantum Chromodynamics and interactive events for the general
public. The department will also be
† VIDEOS hosting a poster exhibition portraying
the ongoing research activities. Lab
The first video session includes
demonstrations in the department
the following topics:
consist of:
• Evolution of the Universe
† Structural dynamics lab
• Curvature of spacetime
experiments, including shake
• Gravitational Waves
table and RTS
† Fatigue lab experiments
The second video session includes
including AE monitoring system
the following topics:
† Biaxial testing
† UTM working demonstration
• Large Hadron Collider
• Neutrino WATER RESOURCES and
• Dark Matter Detection ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
• Quantum Theory of Gravity
The Water Resources and
Environmental Engineering division
(WREE) will organize activities for
CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Open Day to raise awareness about
RESEARCH (CIDR)
water resources engineering. The
• Posters, 3D models, videos
event will feature posters that display
related to work on Viruses and
various challenges and solutions
Bacteria causing infectious
related to water resources; working
diseases
models to demonstrate the real-life
applications of water resources
CIVIL ENGINEERING (CiE)
engineering concepts; and fun
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING games and activities to educate
children about water conservation.
Research and academic activities
Overall, the event aims to educate
in the Structural Engineering
and engage attendees of all ages
division focus on the broad areas
on the importance of managing and
of computational and experimental
protecting our water resources.
mechanics, material and structural
failures, and uncertainty modelling GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
in structural systems.
Open Day 2023 will showcase a lot
Open day events in the division of activities from the Geotechnical
consist of a wide variety of lab Engineering Division. There will be
experiment demonstrations and small poster presentations summarizing
the latest advancements in highest railway bridge across river
geotechnical engineering, fun Chenab” in Jammu.
activities, and events to explain some
of the interesting phenomena like CENTRE FOR NANOSCIENCE AND
quick-sand and particle packing. ENGINEERING (CeNSE)
The event will also comprise a
In an attempt to provide a glimpse
demonstration of some advanced
into the fascinating world of nano
lab and field testing equipment like
science and engineering, the
shake table, cyclic simple shear,
researchers and students at CeNSE
ground penetrating radar and a few
have put together some fascinating
non-destructive seismic methods.
and thought-provoking demos. These
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING demos are aimed at impressing upon
some of the latest technologies that
The IISc Sustainable Transportation employ ideas of the nano-tech and
Lab (IST Lab) aims to promote also to help improve a fundamental
vibrant sustainable communities understanding of how things work.
by redefining the approach to urban
transportation planning and policy, The following are the presently
emerging intelligent transportation, planned demos:
and improving the quality of life. • Rythmic Sand: Visualize resonance
On this Open Day, the IST lab & mass
will demonstrate how scientific • Newtonian vs Non-newtonian fluid
approaches like simulation, modelling • Punching Bag
etc can be used to address societally • Piezoelectric tiles
connected transportation problems • Diffraction grating on materials
(for example climate-mitigation, • Antireflective coating
sustainable mobility, road safety • Printing and cloth heaters with
improvements, disaster resilience coolants
and improvements in quality of • Liquid marbles on nanostructured
life through transportation) and surfaces
associated activities reflecting the • Organ-on-a-chip
lab’s overall aim. • Acoustic levitator
• Crystal growth
There will be displays, simulation • Solar Car Racing
and technology demonstrations, and • Experiment on adaptations and
real-life applications of transport and learning
traffic planning concepts. We also • Flexible solar cells and flexible
plan to conduct quizzes and many screens
fun activities centred to the children • Real time disease detection
along with exciting prizes. • Self-balancing stage
† MODEL DISPLAY There will be a few more demos.
Display of the model of “The world’s
CENTRE FOR NEUROSCIENCES (CNS) CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE
TECHNOLOGIES (CST)
Demonstrations and Posters on
Diverse Neuroscience topics such as: • Low carbon eco-friendly buildings
• Learning and memory (Full-scale prototypes)
experiments in humans • Irrigation without electricity (Demo)
• Optical recording of brain activity • Plasma for energy, wastewater and
• Emotional and non-emotional medicine (Demo)
conflict • Biomass gasification (Demo)
• How reward and emotion • Solar Energy and Building
influence each other Integrated Photo Voltaics (Full-
• Motor learning scale prototypes)
• Brain-machine interface • Air quality and ventilation (Demo)
• Experiments with your senses • Waste to wealth (Demo, Quiz and
• Psychophysics Game)
• MRI • 3D printing of concrete (Demo)
• Mapping neural circuits • Wastewater treatment (Demo)
• Reflex arc • Membrane separation technologies
• Neurotransmitters etc. (Demo)
• Plastic re/upcycling (Posters and
CENTRE FOR PRODUCT DESIGN AND Videos)
MANUFACTURING (CPDM) • Learn sustainability through a
game (Game)
• Design Projects and product • Legacy of sustainable technologies
prototypes by M.Des (Product at IISc (Video)
Design) Students • Sustainability goals and our
• Makers Projects and prototypes contributions (Video)
by M.Tech (Smart Manufacturing) • pH indicator (Demo in Kids Zone)
students • Adsorption (Demo in Kids Zone)
• Research projects and demonstrations
by Doctoral and other Research COMBUSTION, GASIFICATION AND
Students PROPULSION LABORATORY (CGPL)
• Projects and demos ranging from
Green Hydrogen Demonstration
products, devices, AR/ VR, Robotics,
† Demonstration of gasification
Additive Manufacturing and more
technology for Syngas generation
• Hands-on workshops for school
A pilot scale gasifier will be
children and enthusiasts on
operated and thermochemical
making, thinking and exploring
conversion of biomass to Syngas
• Tour of more than a dozen
will be demonstrated, using oxygen
different Labs including research
and steam as a gasifying media.
labs, smart factory and other
† Demonstration of Vacuum
facilities
Pressure Swing Adsorption (VPSA)
• Fun Design Challenge and Awards
technology for Hydrogen generation
• CPDM Silver Jubilee Booth
A VPSA system will be operated and † Tech talks and quizzes
separation of Hydrogen from Syngas
† Gate2ECE (information session)
to generate PEMFC (Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cell) quality
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Hydrogen will be demonstrated.
ENGINEERING (ESE)
† Demonstration of Fuel cell
operation with a miniature electric DEMONSTRATION MEMBERS
vehicle Sanket Raghunath
Drawing tool
PEMFC quality Hydrogen will be Tekawade, Pratik
using CNC
used to operate a fuel cell, and the Shinde
electricity generated therein will be Tejas Joshi,
Urban Air
used to demonstrate the operation Yashashav DK,
Mobility
of a miniature car or train. Manogna Yadav
Music
† Demonstration of engine operation Himanshu Verma
Visualiser
with Producer gas
Predictive
A pilot scale gasifier will be maintenance of Harsha Yelchuri
operated to generate producer gas solenoid valve
using air as the gasifying media.
Travelling
The generated producer gas will be Ankita Koley
Salesman
used to demonstrate the operation
of an internal combustion engine. Hybrid Traffic Shrutkirthi G,
signal Deeksha P Rao
† Posters and videos will be put on Smart House/ Lakshmi Poola,
display to showcase the Science Toilet Vishal Jadhav
behind the above demonstrations. Joydeep Pal,
Tactile Cyber-
Nithish K
ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION Physical
Gnani, Deepak
ENGINEERING (ECE) System
Choudhary L
† Exciting demos on: Tower of Hanoi,
• 5G Technology Matchstick Devyani Gupta
• Wireless power transfer Puzzle
• Microwave sensing Quality
• Self-balancing Robots assessment of Divya Hungund
† Thought-provoking experiments on: fruits
• Optics Musical tesla Shubhabrata
• Phased Array Antenna coil Basak
• Drone detection/ communication Electricity
† Games on coding theory and and Electro- Nair Syam Sundar
photonics magnetism
Development of INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE FOR
normally OFF WATER RESEARCH (ICWaR)
Harsh Raj
beta-Ga2O3
transistors Poornima Ocean–atmospheric
oscillations
Video game
Vibhore Jain
gun controller
Power transfer
from different Vaidika pardhi
sources
Intruder Narahari N
Detection Moudhgalya
We can use red for high Sea
Static Charge
Surface Temperatures, and for low
detection,
temperatures, we can use blue. For
working
red and blue colors, we can use food
demonstration Raju Kumar
dyes.
of different
electronic
To show convection, we take water
components
at room temperature, half filled
Demonstration in a transparent plastic container
of various lab (plastic). To show how warm air rises
components Tutan Debnath and cold air sinks, we can pour red
and mixed hot water on one end, with
equipments vapours going up, and drop ice cubes
Sarang Kadam by mixing blue color dye on the other
Krishnrao, Teja side. I still have to figure out how to
Haptic gloves show the walker circulation in the
Hima Priya,
Dasari Sai Nikitha atmosphere.

HAL-SDC Dr. Brahma

Build a 3D model of the GRACE-
Demonstration of Flight Simulator
satellite system revolving around the
Earth Geoid.
1. https://sdc.iisc.ac.in/
2. https://cambum.net/I3DLab/
1. 12-inch diameter 3D model of
projects.htm
Geoid is needed – quantity – 1
2. 2-inch length 3D grace satellite
INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE FOR
model – quantity – 2
ENERGY RESEARCH (ICER)
3. 4-inch length 3D grace satellite
model – quantity - 2
† Display of the Green Hydrogen
facility at the CGPL lab of ICER
Sai Vikas Kona Balaram Shaw

Drought to flash floods – response

of rivers to rainfall - comparison of
before and after Urbanization

Diljit Dutta
The idea is to demonstrate the
working of a Pelton turbine using a I want to explain the effect of waves
simple but sophisticated model. in coastal areas with two slope types
We all know that the Pelton turbine is (30 degrees and 45 degrees) and
a hydraulic turbine that can generate also keep some sediment at the
power with the help of energy bottom to see sediment transport
generated from the water impulse on along the coast. The model can
the rotatory blades. It will be fun to be demonstrated by preparing a
showcase a clear demonstration of rectangular channel using glass slabs
the working of the Pelton Wheel. The with open on top and filled with half
model-making can be split into the water.
following two parts.

Radhika Varsheney and Vishaka

On one side, we can put a wooden/

thermocol piece cut at proper angle
to represent the coastal slope. Some
sand and pebbles will kept at the end
of the slope to represent sediment.
On the other end a flapper can be
put that will be used to simulate the
waves in the channel. The flapper
will be run by a DC electric motor
We will demonstrate detection of various connected via a shaft. The speed
metal ions using the colorimetric of the motor can be monitored to
technique. Metal ions depicts colour simulate weak and strong surface
change when it interacts with the waves in the channel.
sensing molecule.
Shairik Sengupta - Concepts of swath, path, and
row and Instantaneous field of
1. Reflectivity of ICE
view will be demonstrated based
2. Contribution of ICE and SNOW
on how it covers the earth.
to the water cycle – by displaying
colored ice and snow
Vivek - Kumar - Yadav
3. Effect of Debris on Glaciers
Need to be tried first.
1. Simple filters and water quality –
simple filtration techniques such as
coagulation, oxidation-precipitation,
and charcoal/biochar filtration.

Simple models
1. Hydrologic cycle
2. DEM generator using proximity
sensor, converts low-resolution
raster image.
- Needed laptop to show values from
the proximity sensor.
Prachi and Toshik
Maya –project associate
Demonstrating Altimeter principle
- Will make an undulating surface and
send signals from the sensor, and the
signal returns.
The time taken by the signal to come
back is measured. Thereby, we can
calculate the altitude of undulating
surfaces.
Needed proximity sensor and Arduino We will make a model to show how
board drought prone soil becomes hard
and impervious and therefore does
Retinder – Post Doc
not absorb water readily which leads
Spatiotemporal coverage of to flash floods. For comparison we
Geostationary and sun-synchronous will have one tray of moderate to wet
satellites soil and another with hard dry lumps
- Will show the rotation of the earth. places at an angle. (This will also be
- Will fix the geostationary satellite contradictory to the popular belief
at one spot, and the sun- that people have that dry soil absorbs
synchronous satellite will rotate water fast)
around the earth.
MANAGEMENT STUDIES (MS) This year the department will
• Business Quiz have specific displays, such as
• Just a minute materials, performing devices, and
• Business simulation games systems, as well as visits to some
laboratories for high-end equipment
MATERIALS ENGINEERING (MAT. ENG.) (such as SEM, at most, where
you can reveal the anatomy of an
Material science has shaped the
insect’s eyes). Experiments such
development of civilizations since the
as shape memory effect, ductile-
dawn of mankind. Better materials
brittle transition in metals, high
for tools and weapons have allowed
Tc superconductivity (Meissner
mankind to spread and conquer, and
effect), thermoelectric effect, laser
advancements in material processing
interferometry, live demonstration of
like steel and aluminum production
thermal expansion, color transition
continue to impact society today.
with nano-crystallization, walking vs
In the Materials engineers
running on corn starch (concept of
department, we develop, process,
non-Newtonian fluids), nitrogen ice
and test materials used to create a
creams, and exhibits such as metals,
range of products, from computer
minerals, archaeometallurgical
chips and aircraft wings to golf clubs
artifacts, aeronautical and biomedical
and biomedical devices. Materials
devices.
scientists work with diverse types
of materials (e.g., metals, polymers,
ceramics, liquid crystals, composites)
for a broad range of applications (e.g.,
energy, construction, electronics,
biotechnology, nanotechnology) Ice cream with Magnetic
employing modern processing and liquid nitrogen levitation
discovery principles (e.g., casting,
additive manufacturing, coating,
evaporation, plasma and radiation
processing, artificial intelligence, and
computer simulations).
Many visitors have been drawn Microscopy, Walk on fluid
to our department in the past SEM images
by outstanding exhibitions and
experiments. Our department has To ignite the sparks among the young
been highly active in this regard, generation toward science we will
and we would like to continue this organize some sci-fi games, quizzes,
tradition this year as well. movies, and much more.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (ME)
Department-Level Events:
• Vortex Rings
• Cibycle
Who said cycling
was easy? - the
reverse bicycle, an
interactive event
where people learn to It’s Smoking! - a smoke ring
ride a bicycle with a generator to knock down cans and cups.
reversed steering system.
• Water Rocket
• Mech-ology Behold, the power of
Take a quiz on all water! - A water-
things Mechanical! propelled projectile.
- A quiz where the
topics are primarily
mechanical • Jansen Walker
engineering based. When machines
come to life. - A
• Mech-Arium Jansen mechanism
Watch fish and robots interact! - An based 4 limb
aquarium with robotic and live fish. walkers.

• Drones tracking
Watch drones track a predefined
path and take your pictures.
• Surprise Event - Be there!

• Flex-A-Pult Additional Interactive Events:

• Puzzles & Chess

• Fold-A-Plane
Create paper planes
and fly them the
furthest to win!
The catapult that bends. Fire away! - A workshop
- A compliant mechanism-based
catapult that fires small, light
objects.
• Stick Bridge a third generation walking platform
in the Stoch series developed by
the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber
Physical Systems. The actuators,
legs, torso and controllers of the
robot are completely built in-house.
It is capable of making basic walking
Think you’ve got what it takes to motions like forward-backward
make a bridge out of popsicle stepping, turning and stepping
sticks? - A workshop sideways, which are remotely
operable by a joystick input.
• Rube Goldberg machine Dr. Jishnu Keshavan’s Lab -
DACAS Lab will give the following
demonstrations:

Demonstration I:
Plan to demonstrate voice/text-
Create the best chain reaction in controlled target tracking using a
10 minutes! camera as perception medium on
UGV. Hardware used will be Botsync
MICROBIOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY Volta and Intel Realsense D435i
(MCB) Stereo Camera.
Exhibits on various topics like:
Brief Description:
• Bacteriology, Virology, Cell biology,
Immunology, Cancer Biology, Plant The idea is to identify targets visible
Biology and Genetics. on the camera and the perspective
target to be tracked will be provided
Use of equipments like: by the user using voice/text
• Microscopes, transilluminators, command in real time.
Petri dishes, and other specimens Demonstration II:
like plants and laboratory animals.
UAV trajectory tracking in a simulated
ROBERT BOSCH CENTRE FOR CYBER environment using Gazebo simulator.
PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (CPS)
Topic: Gesture Controlled Robot- Dr.
Project: Walking Robot – Faculty – Pushpak Jagtap, RBCCPS
Dr. Shishir N. Y - RBCCPS
Description:
Description:
A Gesture Controlled robot is a
Demonstrating the four-legged
robot that can be controlled by hand
walking robot Stoch 3. The robot is
gestures. You just need to have a
small transmitting device in your beginner and advanced tiers.
hand, which includes an acceleration • Hourly quiz contest.
meter to transmit an appropriate
command to the robot so that it Competitions
can do whatever you want. The • Coding challenge with beginner
transmitting device included an ADC and advanced tiers.
for analog to digital conversion and • Online Treasure hunt.
an encoder IC(HT12E) which is used
to encode the four-bit data and then Events
will transmit by an RF Transmitter
module. At the receiving end, an • Speed typing competition.
RF Receiver receives the encoded • Counselling Corner.
data, and decoder IC decodes it. • Fun games and activities.
A microcontroller processes this
data, and the motor driver is used to Keynotes
control the motors. • Talks from prominent speakers
from Academia and Industry
SUPERCOMPUTER EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH CENTRE (SERC) Demos

• Param Pravega supercomputer • Students from different labs

- the largest supercomputer in an demonstrate the fascinating
academic Institution in India. Have projects they are working on.
a look at our Nation’s and IISc’s
pride and also listen to scheduled CENTRE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE,
talks on the supercomputer! SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
AND URBAN PLANNING (CiSTUP)
• Skeleton of a supercomputer - Look
“inside” a supercomputer to see Heavy Vehicle Driving Simulator
what it is made of!
Demo/Experiment
• SERC Museum - A display
of archaic (super) computer Demonstration of the Bus Simulator.
components The simulator includes:
• a large projection screen meant to
• Posters on our HPC facility
cover drivers’ full field-of-view;
evolution and research done on
supercomputers. • a motion platform (containing the
driving controls, dashboard, and
• Quizzes and more!
instrument cluster), with 3 degrees-
of-freedom providing drivers close-
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
to-real haptic feedback; and
AUTOMATION (CSA)
• a simulation control system that
Quiz allows instructors to monitor
• Computer Science quiz with drivers driving behaviour.
 Combined these components Keynotes
provide drivers (and instructors)
• How climate change affects the
with a close-to-realistic and safe
Health - from our visiting Professor
driver environment for conducting
driver behaviour-related
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (EE)
experiments and for training
purposes.Participants with driving
DEMONSTRATIONS AND POSTERS
licences would be allowed to drive
the simulator, while others will have
Language Engineering and
the opportunity to observe.
Processing Lab
Info Desk
• COSWARA: Covid detection using voice
The info desk would provide
• Know your emotions
information regarding the simulator,
• Who spoke when and what ?
previous/ongoing/future experiments,
• Brain and AI
and demo videos of previous and
• Can machine recognize your voice?
current driving simulator experiments.
• You can see, we can explain
DIVECHA CENTRE FOR CLIMATE
Signal Processing Interpretation and
CHANGE (DCCC)
Representation (SPIRE) Lab
Quiz:
• Watch Me Speak
• QUIZ - “Whether you know weather” • Make computer speak in Indian
Glaciology Quiz, Future Earth Quiz. Languages
• Wanna be a sound engineer?
Demos and Events:
• Can your breath sound reveal your
• Laser beam propagation through gender?
the atmosphere: effects of • Speed up to launch up!
scattering and turbulence • Mimic your favorite actor
experiments • Do you hear what they say?
• Visualize your vocals
• Live demonstration of absorbing
• Can you recognize correct
and scattering airborne particles
pronunciation of an English word?
measurements
• Demo of Water quality parameters Spectrum Lab
• Life under the Microscope • Generative Models
experiments • XAI for Optical Coherence
Tomography
• Poster presentation from different
• AI Assisted Wireless-Capsule
labs/groups of their research
Endoscopy Analysis
activities
• Neuromorphic Cameras
• Foreign Object Debris (FOD) • Thermoelectric Generator (Seebeck
Detection effect)
• Real Time Human Pose Detection • Demonstration of the perovskite
• AI-assisted echocardiography solar modules
• Anderson localization using
Digital Signal Processing water wave
• Many-body systems
• Indian Sign Language
• Poisson's spot
• AI vs Human
• Change in Bandgap of LED with
• RPS Game
temperature
• Non-Contact Measurement
• Demonstration of Charles law and
Control System Lenz law.
• Liquid nitrogen engine
• Reinforcement Learning Aided
• Phase Transition of Liquid SF6
Efficient and Distributed Planning
• Spontaneous synchronisation from
for Multi-Agent Systems
chaos - Kuramoto model
Power System • Maxwell’s wheel
• Optical tweezer analogy (with a
• Power System Operation and
vacuum pump in reverse mode and
Control
trapping ping pong balls)
• Hologram
Computer Vision
• Bernoulli principle
• Image Analysis and Computer
• Demonstration of ferrofluid
Vision Laboratory
experiment and mixing-unmixing of
solutions
High Voltage
• Several posters, public talks, and
• Local air breakdown along the Quizzes
surface
• Principle of Ion thrusters and arc CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCES
inception-quenching (CEaS)
• Lightning Simulation
Exhibitions:
PHYSICS
• Fossil Show
• Mineral Show
EXHIBITS:
• Rock Show
• Matter from Outer Space
• Helium balloon
• Demonstration of Earth’s magnetic
• Sun Observations [Telescope]
field
• Demonstration of angular
• Microfauna from Ocean
momentum using a rotatable chair
• Earthquake Machine
on a wooden plank
• Movement of Lithosphere- Plate
• Computer simulation of physical
tectonics
problems
Documentaries:
• Geoheritage Sites (9:30 AM)
• Geothermal Hotsprings (12:30 PM)
• International Ocean Discovery
Program (3:30 PM)

Quiz 4 pm onwards (Entries to be

made by 3 pm)