STUDENT PROJECTS

(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

S.N
O.

PROJEC
T ID

1.

B03STW001

Design and analysis of integrally and

riveted stiffened metallic panel

2.

B03STW002

Design of a fuel tank for space vehicle

3.

B03STW003

Study & analysis of resin infusion process

for thick curved panel

4.

B03STW004

Compounding of EPDM with aramid fibers

5.

B03STW005

Studying the low temperature thermo

mechanical properties of an epoxy resin
blend

6.

B03STW006

Design of a test bench for a MEMS-based

micro-thruster

7.

B03STW007

Aero-thermal modeling and analysis of

satellite fairings in continuum region

8.

B03STW008

9.

B03STW009

PROJECT TITLE

Design and development of electronic

control system for hydraulic lifting
mechanism of wind turbine mould.
Design and development of remote
power monitoring of Wind turbines/ solar
systems using GSM module.
Measurement capability Study to
evaluate repeatability & reproducibility
Errors

Project AVL
Details

10.

B03STW010

11.

B03STW011

Synthesis of substituted hexagonal nano

ferrites

12.

B03STW012

Satellite orbit computation using GPS

observables (code or pseudo ranges)

13.

B03STW013

Development of low shear modulus

rubber

14.

B03RIW001

RC PWM electronic drive with variable

frequency

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15)

15.

B03RIW002

Wireless data transmission (multi

channel)

16.

B03RIW003

Designing of clinostat

17.

B03RIW004

DnD of miniature Quadrotor

18.

B03RIW005

19.

B03RIW006

20.

B03SEW001

21.

B03SEW002

Multi-body flexible analysis of solar panel

and hinge

22.

B03SEW003

Study of single event Upset (SEU)

mitigation techniques for any FPGA

B0323.
SEW004

Path planning with obstacle avoidance

using simultaneous mapping and
localization (SLAM)
Simulator development of free floating
space manipulators and its animation in
MATLAB environment
Design and development of a reliable
solar array drive assembly electronics
(SADA-E)

Design and analysis of a reliable power

conditioning unit (PCU) based on
maximum power point tracking (MPPT)
scheme for space applications
Development of platform independent
mobile GIS application for offline
navigation and location based services
GIS analysis & modeling of Urban sprawl
to model the future requirements of
socio-economic parameters through
decision support system (DSS) and multi
criteria analysis (MCA)

24.

B03SARW001

25.

B03SARW002

26.

B03SARW003

Mapping of glaciers for Indus river basin

27.

B03SARW004

Satellite based water quality assessment

28.

B03SARW005

Status of banned pesticides in Pakistan

STUDENT PROJECTS

(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW001)

OBJECTIVES

PROJECT OUTLINE

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF INTEGRALLY AND

RIVETED STIFFENED METALLIC PANEL.

Determine the Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) for integrally

and riveted stiffened metallic panel using Finite Element
Method.

3-D finite element modeling of both types of stiffened

panel would be carried in ANSYS and then detailed FEA
would be performed. SIF would be calculated for both
types of panels using ANSYS. Crack growth characteristic
of both types of stiffened panel would be compared and
finally load bearing capability of both types of stiffened
panel would be calculated.

ANSYS Mechanical

Comprehensive report including literature survey, Finite

Element Analysis and Simulation Results, Pictures,
Movie/Clip of project and Presentation

01 year

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15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW001)

OBJECTIVES

PROJECT OUTLINE

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

DELIVERABLES

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF INTEGRALLY AND

RIVETED STIFFENED METALLIC PANEL.

Determine the Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) for integrally

and riveted stiffened metallic panel using Finite Element
Method.

3-D finite element modeling of both types of stiffened

panel would be carried in ANSYS and then detailed FEA
would be performed. SIF would be calculated for both
types of panels using ANSYS. Crack growth characteristic
of both types of stiffened panel would be compared and
finally load bearing capability of both types of stiffened
panel would be calculated.

ANSYS Mechanical

Comprehensive report including literature survey, Finite

Element Analysis and Simulation Results, Pictures,
Movie/Clip of project and Presentation

PROJECT TITLE
STW002)

(B03-

DESIGN OF A FUEL TANK FOR

SPACE VEHICLE

STUDENT PROJECTS

(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

OBJECTIVES

To design a Spherical Flange-type fuel tank for Space

vehicle

PROJECT OUTLINE

Space vehicles need a thrust generation element for its

attitude control and maneuvering. This thrust is normally
generated by expanding a pressurized fuel, gas or it
combustion/decomposed products through thruster
nozzles. The pressurized fuel or gas is stored in a fuel
tank.
In this project, i) a spherical flange-type fuel tank is to be
designed for 10litre capacity with MEOP of 35bars and ii)
Detailed FEA of designed fuel tank is to be carried out on
any available FEA solver.

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Any FEA and CAD software

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW003)

Fuel tank design

FEA simulations data
Report/thesis,
Pictures,
Presentation

Movie/Clip

of

project

and

01 Year

STUDY & ANALYSIS OF RESIN INFUSION PROCESS

P
FOR THICK CURVED PANEL.

STUDENT PROJECTS

(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

OBJECTIVES

To determine the infusion process potential for

manufacturing of thick composite laminate through
VARTM technique.

PROJECT OUTLINE

Defect free manufacturing of thick composite parts

through VARTM method is difficult task in terms of
infusion process strategy and composite strength. VARTM
process is dictated by Darcys law which includes
pressure difference, permeability as key process
parameters. In this study, permeability in the direction of
thickness will be focused and determined with suitable
combination of fiber orientation and process strategy.
Fiber orientation would have value of 0, 90 & 45
while process strategy would include the use of interlaminar flow media, resin injection points etc. Effect of
inter-laminar flow media, ply-drop and wrinkles on
structural strength would also be addressed.
Study would include process simulation using software
and part manufacturing via VARTM technique, part
inspection and structural testing.

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

VARTM setup
Infusion simulation software

Report
defining
the
suitable
condition
for
the
manufacturing of thick composite section using best
infusion strategy,
Pictures, Movie/Clip of project and
Presentation

12 months

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(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW004 )

OBJECTIVES

COMPOUNDING OF EPDM WITH ARAMID FIBERS

Development of EPDM based rubber formulation with

following properties;
a Tensile Strength > 3Mpa,
b Tensile Strain > 200% Mpa and
c Specific gravity < 1.1
In the research project, reinforcement of EPDM with
aramid fibers to get the required mechanical properties is
required.

PROJECT OUTLINE

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

EPDM is amorphous elastomer and exhibits weak

mechanical properties. Reinforced fillers such as silica,
carbon black, aramid fibers etc and other additives are
generally added to enhance the mechanical properties of
EPDM. One of the most important characteristics of EPDM
is their ability to accommodate large quantities of fillers
and other additives without affecting process ability and
without
creating
unnecessary
instability
in
the
composites. Therefore, EPDM can easily be compounded
with various concentration of aramid fiber to get the
desired properties.

Rubber Mixing Mill, Rubber curing facility, Tensile Testing

Machine, MDR,

Report Thesis, paper, Pictures, Movie/Clip of project and

Presentation

12 months

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PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW005)

OBJECTIVES

PROJECT
OUTLINE

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

STUDYING THE LOW TEMPERATURE THERMO

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF AN EPOXY RESIN
BLEND
The objective of this project is to study the low
temperature thermo mechanical properties of an
epoxy resin blend.

In this investigation the dynamic mechanical

properties
of commercial epoxy based on
TGDDM(Tetraglycidyl diaminodiphenylmethane) or
Araldite MY721 and TGAP(Triglycidyl p-aminophenol)
or Araldite MY0510 which are cured with an amine
curative,
4,4-Diaminodiphenylsulphone(DDS)
hardener are studied. These resin system are chosen
because of their commercial importance in aerospace
industry. Samples were prepared for each individual
epoxy resin MY721 and MY0510 and three different
blends of the two(75:25,50:50,25:75).with the help of
DMA equipment, the analysis of T g(glass transition)
which is a key process in many material .

DMA(Dynamic mechanical analysis equipment)

Detailed Report
Analysis Results / Properties,
project and Presentation

Pictures, Movie/Clip of

12 months

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15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW006)

OBJECTIVES

PROJECT OUTLINE

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

DESIGN OF A TEST BENCH FOR A MEMS-BASED

MICRO-THRUSTER
To design a test bench capable of testing and measuring
MEMS-based micro-thrusters thrust between 0.1 to
1.0mN and impulse bits between 0.01 to 1mNs

The advent of MEMS and MEOMS has miniaturized the

satellites in form of micro, nano- and pico or cubesatellites. Owing to their low manufacturing and launch
cost these satellites are gaining popularity in space
applications and research.
MEMS-based micropropulsion systems are also employed in these smaller
satellites mainly for its attitude control. This project
involves the design and analysis of a thrust test bench.
The project will start with a detailed literature review of
available test benches for small scale thrust
measurements, their design concepts and working
principles. Next step will involve designing of thrust test
bench capable of testing and measuring thrust levels of
0.1 to 1.0mN and impulse bits between 0.01 to 1.0mNs
(Further design details will be provided later). The final
stage will include the analysis of designed test bench on
any multi-physics solver for validating the test bench
design and working.
ANSYS Multi-Physics of any other multi-physics solver

Comprehensive report
Design and analysis data, Pictures, Movie/Clip of project
and Presentation

06 months to 01 year

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(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW007)

AERO-THERMAL MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF

SATELLITE FAIRINGS IN CONTINUUM REGION

OBJECTIVES

Modeling and analysis

provided payload fairing

PROJECT
OUTLINE

Payload fairings protect the satellite from the external

aerodynamic loads, vibration, noise, temperature
extremes, dirt, dust, rain, snow, and micrometeorites
that may be encountered as the satellite is launched
and accelerated through the atmosphere into space.
During acceleration of launch vehicle, fairings
experience thermal loads. For proper designing of
fairings, it is extremely important that these loads
must be appropriately quantified and analyzed for
aero-thermal heating.
Based on the available literature on aero-thermal
heating,
an
empirical
code
would
be
developed/modified and validated through available
experimental results. The same model will then be
used for aero-thermal analysis of the provided fairing
design.

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Matlab software / Fortran

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

of Aero-thermal loads on

A computer code for aero heating analysis report,

Pictures, Movie/Clip of project and Presentation

06 months to 1 year

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(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW008)

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC

CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC LIFTING
MECHANISM OF WIND TURBINE MOULD.

OBJECTIVES

To Develop a control system to Actuate hydraulic lifting

Mechanism for mould of large wind Turbines Blade.

PROJECT
OUTLINE

Design a complete control system for two arms of

lifting mechanism
Implement Synchronization between two arms of
mould lifting mechanism.
Implementation of safeties
Implementation of soft limits
Control system must be controllable by PC.
Proper data acquisition for control parameters

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Solenoid controls Valves, Lab view, Mat lab.

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

Control System for actuating lifting Mechanism. Control

Software,
Pictures, Movie/Clip of project and
Presentation
10 Months

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(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW009)

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF REMOTE POWER

MONITORING OF WIND TURBINES/ SOLAR SYSTEMS
USING GSM MODULE.
P

OBJECTIVES

To achieve remote power monitoring of installed wind

turbines or solar modules along with health monitoring

PROJECT OUTLINE

Remote power monitoring using GSM link.

Remote health monitoring
Data collection and storage on a single data base for
multiple sites
Storage and displaying software for data log.
Remote control access for emergency shutdowns of
systems

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Lab view, Mat lab, micro controllers, GSM Module

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

Power monitoring system hardware and software report,

Pictures, Movie/Clip of project and Presentation

10 months

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15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW010)

MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY STUDY TO EVALUATE

REPEATABILITY & REPRODUCIBILITY ERRORS

OBJECTIVES

To determine the capability of different

measuring instruments
To assess various Inspectors capabilities and
skills
To evaluate repeatability & reproducibility by
varying components, inspectors, setups etc.

PROJECT
OUTLINE

Literature review
Sample selection
Data collection
Experimentation
Data Analysis
Results & Conclusion

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Measuring instruments / gauges

Minitab Software

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

Thesis Report,
Presentation
1 year

Pictures, Movie/Clip of project and

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15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW011)

SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTITUTED HEXAGONAL

NANO FERRITES

1. Synthesis through energy efficient wet chemical

OBJECTIVES

route
2. Synthesis of Nano Particles
3. Characterization of synthesized ferrites

1. Literature review
2. Selection
of
suitable

PROJECT
OUTLINE

metal

cation

for

substitution
3. Synthesis of ferrite by wet chemical route
4. Characterization of synthesized ferrites
5. Study of electrical and magnetic properties

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

TG-DTA, FTIR, SEM, TEM, XRD, Pico Ammeter,

Impedance Analyzer, Equipment for measurement of
electrical & magnetic properties and related
softwares.

DELIVERABLES

Thesis Report, Research Paper, Pictures, Movie/Clip of

project and Presentation

ESTIMATED
DURATION

One year

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15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW012)

SATELLITE ORBIT COMPUTATION USING GPS

OBSERVABLES (CODE OR PSEUDORANGES)

OBJECTIVES

Objective of this project work is computation of satellite

orbit using GPS phase or pseudoranges observables.

PROJECT OUTLINE

The GPS observables (code and phase) can be used to

compute the orbits of low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites
employing kinematic approach of orbit determination,
which is based on GPS satellite to satellite tracking. In
this project, data from any available source (like CHAMP)
can be utilized to compute the satellite orbit in Earth
centered Earth fixed (ECEF) frame. ECEF coordinates
then can be transformed to compute geodetic
coordinates (latitude, longitude and altitude) of satellite.

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

The student opting this project work must have:

Strong skills in mathematics
Must have strong computational capabilities in any
computational languages (MATLAB or C++)

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

Computed orbit data of selected satellite under study,

Pictures, Movie/Clip of project and Presentation

One Year

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(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-STW013)

OBJECTIVES

DEVELOPMENT OF LOW SHEAR MODULUS RUBBER

Development of rubber formulation

properties
Shear modulus < 0.2,
Shear strength > 4 Mpa and
Tensile strength > 8Mpa.

with

following

In the research project, the development of low shear

modulus rubber with good mechanical properties is
required. The development of novel rubber materials on
a commercial scale to fulfill the requirements of low shear
modulus and good mechanical properties needs too many
efforts in terms of research and development. However,
properties of the available elastomers can easily be
tailored to desired requirement by;
PROJECT OUTLINE

Proper selection of rubber

Proper selecting of the reinforced filers

Proper selecting of the curing package.

Such type of rubber materials are widely used in space

applications.

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Rubber Mixing Mill, Rubber curing facility and Tensile

Testing Machine

DELIVERABLES
Reoport, Thesis,
Presentation

Pictures,

Movie/Clip

of

project

and

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15)

ESTIMATED
DURATION

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-RIW001)

12 months

RC
PWM
ELECTRONIC
FREQUENCY

DRIVE

WITH

VARIABLE

OBJECTIVES

Development of a RC PWM drive capable of driving motors up

to 50V, 20 A with output variable PWM frequency

PROJECT
OUTLINE

Design of drive electronic and thermal design

Capability to operate the differential drive vehicles via
commercially available RC transmitter receiver
Capable of driving PMDC up to 50 volts and 20 Amp
Output frequency must be variable

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Full electronic design laboratory setup

Field testing setup (vehicle/two-way radios)
Any PCB design, programming and electronic simulation
softwares

DELIVERABLES
ESTIMATED
DURATION

Motor Drive on PCB

Design report, Pictures, Movie/Clip of project and Presentation

60 working days

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15)

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15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-RIW002)

WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION (MULTI CHANNEL)

OBJECTIVES

To develop a wireless transmitter and receiver for long

rage data transmission like audio video and control
signals

PROJECT
OUTLINE

Transmission range: 1 km,

Data rate: 100 MHz to 1000 Mhz (any rate chose as per
convenience
Can operate in harsh environment
Proper thermal design consideration

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Full electronic design laboratory setup

Field testing setup (vehicle/two-way radios)
Any PCB design, programming and electronic simulation
softwares

DELIVERABLES

Project hardware
Design report,
Pictures, Movie/Clip of project and
Presentation

ESTIMATED
DURATION

60 working days

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(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-RIW003)

OBJECTIVES

PROJECT
OUTLINE

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

DESIGNING OF CLINOSTAT

The main objective of this project is to design and fabricate

the 2D/3D Clinostat
. A clinostat is a device which uses rotation to negate the
effects of gravitational pull on plant growth (gravitropism)
and development (gravimorphism). It has also been used to
study the effects of microgravity on cell cultures and
animal embryos.
A single-axis clinostat only produces the effect of
weightlessness along its axis of rotation. A 3D or two-axis
clinostat
(generally
called
a random positioning machine or
RPM), can average gravitational
pull over all directions. These
machines often consist of two
frames, one positioned inside the
other, each rotating independently
This Project involve the following
1. Design of 2D/3D clinostat.
2 Fabrication of Clinostat.

Electrical Motors, Bearings, Frames, Motor RPM Controller

Matlab, MS Office

Working model of Clinostat & Report, Pictures, Movie/Clip of

project and Presentation

6 Months

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(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-RIW004)

DESIGN AND
QUADROTOR

DEVELOPMENT

OF

MINIATURE

Design and development of the Miniature

Quadrotor that can be used for indoor surveillance
purposes.

Implementing a low cost live video feed system

on the system.

Maximum range within 500 meters.

OBJECTIVES

Student is required to have a good understanding

of multi-rotor systems.

Have some experience of using BLDC motors and

ESCs.

Have basic knowledge about IMU.

PROJECT OUTLINE

PROJECT LEVEL
MAJOR EQUIPMENT
& SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

Undergraduate (Electronics / Electrical)

Matlab / Simulink / Autocad / CCS C Compiler

Stable and fully assembled Miniature Quadrotor.

Working live video feed,
Pictures, and
Presentation

1 YEAR

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(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-RIW005)

PATH PLANNING WITH OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE USING

SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING
(SLAM)

OBJECTIVES

The objective of this project is to develop an algorithm for

localization, mapping, path planning and obstacle
avoidance using vision sensors for an unmanned ground
vehicle (UGV).

PROJECT
OUTLINE

In this project the students will develop an unmanned

ground vehicle (UGV) that is equipped with imaging
payloads so that it can construct a map of its
surroundings (mapping) and can identify its position
(localization). Furthermore, it should be capable of
planning its path as per the generated map to reach the
desired position by avoiding the obstacles (stationary/
dynamic) en route.

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Unmanned Ground Vehicle Platform, Cameras, Onboard

Embedded System/ Computer, C++/ C Sharp/ MATLAB

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

The deliverables of this project are

Successful demonstration of the project as
mentioned in the project outline, Detailed Project
Report, Design Algorithm, Pictures, Movie/Clip of
project and Presentation
1 Year

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15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-RIW006)

SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT OF FREE FLOATING

SPACE MANIPULATORS AND ITS ANIMATION IN
MATLAB

OBJECTIVES

The objective of this work is to develop a mathematical

model of two link space robotic manipulator with free
floating base in which the trajectory in Cartesian space
will be generated. In addition to that, complete
animation of this manipulator is required to be
developed in MATLAB

PROJECT
OUTLINE

Joint motion algorithms for space manipulators without

reaction to the base are highly preferred. In this project,
mathematical model of two-link free floating space
manipulator is required to be developed and its
trajectory planning with minimum disturbance on the
base. An animation will be required to develop in
MATLAB, which shows the trajectory of two-link planar
robotic arm moving from initial pose to targeted pose

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Robotic Toolbox/MATLAB

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

Demonstration of the project by generating a twolink free floating space manipulator trajectory in
Cartesian space and its animation in MATLAB,
Project Report,
Design Software,
Pictures,
Movie/Clip of project and Presentation

1 year

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15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-SEW001)
PROJECT TITLE
(B03-SEW002)
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A RELIABLE SOLAR

ARRAY DRIVE ASSEMBLY ELECTRONICS (SADA-E)
Multi-body flexible analysis of solar panel and
hinge
Design, analysis and development of a prototype model
of a objectives
Solar ArrayofDrive
Assembly
Electronics (SADA-E).
The
this project
are:
This model will be conceived for a large satellite

To establish analysis technique for design

including design, analysis and development of a
verification of panel and hinge
complete SADA-E capable of driving one or two SADA
mechanisms
To develop
skills of software for
at a analysis
time.
coupled load analysis

PROJECT LEVEL

SADA-E is the electronics part of the Solar Array Drive

Assembly mainly comprising of drive electronics and
control algorithm. A prototype model of SADA-E will be
Hinges are used for the deployment of solar panels
developed in this project for a satellite requiring a drive
which are essentially used for the collection of
circuitry for a stepper or servo-stepper motor. Different
energy. The deflections and flexible modes for the
modes will be implemented through its control algorithm
solar panels and hinges during deployment will be
such as cruise mode, sun acquisition mode, emergency
calculated using FEM + Dynamics software. The
mode etc. The design will be validated through
analysis results will be used for structural verification
simulations and bench testing. One of the prime foci
of the solar panel and hinge models designed by
throughout the design phase would be to study and
SUPARCO.
implement various techniques to improve circuit
reliability while using COTS components.
Undergraduate

PROJECT LEVEL

Undergraduate

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
MAJOR
SOFTWARE &
EQUIPMENT
REQUIRED
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Hardware
required:
Oscilloscope,
Multimeter,
DC
Power
Supply,
Programmable DC-Electronic Load for Testing, Motor (for
Computer
bench testing), Sun Simulator (or its equivalent), IDE
(Keil uVision/ MPLAB/ AVR Studio/CCS), Circuit Simulator
Software
Required:
(Cadence Orcad/Proteus),
PCB Design Software (Altium
Designer/Protel PCB), Matlab/Simulink, Saber.
Preferably
MSC.
NASTRAN/PATRAN
MSC.
ADAMS Project
A
complete
functional
prototype+ of
SADA-E,
FLEX
Report
(including reliability/performance analysis and
test results),
Pictures, Movie/Clip of project and
Detailed
Analysis
Report
Presentation

PROJECT
OUTLINE
PROJECT
OUTLINE

DELIVERABLES
DELIVERABLES
ESTIMATED
DURATION

6 months

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15)

ESTIMATED
DURATION

6-12 months

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-SEW003)

STUDY OF SINGLE EVENT UPSET (SEU)

MITIGATION TECHNIQUES FOR ANY FPGA

Implementation of single event upset mitigation

techniques in any commercial FPGA and studying
their effectiveness against space radiation.

OBJECTIVES

PROJECT OUTLINE

Implementation of various single event upset

mitigation techniques like TMR, majority voting
and temporal data sampling etc.
Configuring the device (FPGA) with different
memory circuits, combinational logic and
synchronous/asynchronous circuits.
Use fault injection circuits to introduce upsets
Study the propagation and mitigation of the
introduced errors.

MAJOR EQUIPMENT &

SOFTWARE REQUIRED

FPGA kit, fault injection circuits, logic analyzers,

Xilinx ISE, verilog,

DELIVERABLES

Complete study report for SEU mitigation

techniques for FPGA in space applications

Project Level

Undergraduate

STUDENT PROJECTS

(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

ESTIMATED DURATION

6 months

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(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-SEW004)

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A RELIABLE POWER

CONDITIONING UNIT (PCU) BASED ON MAXIMUM
POWER POINT TRACKING (MPPT) SCHEME FOR
SPACE APPLICATIONS

OBJECTIVES

Design and analysis of a highly reliable Power

Conditioning Unit (PCU) for a micro satellite of about
40-50W (24V) average power based on Maximum
Power Point Tracking (MPPT) architecture, using
commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components.

PROJECT OUTLINE

Power Conditioning Unit (PCU) is one of the most

critical units of a spacecraft power subsystem. This
unit is primarily responsible for regulation and
conditioning of the solar array/battery power and then
generating a main power bus which is then supplied
to the loads through distribution units. This project
involves design and analysis of a PCU in which MPPTbased regulation scheme is implemented for a
satellite having 40-50W average power with fully or
semi-regulated bus at 24V. One of the prime foci
throughout the design phase would be to study and
incorporate various techniques to improve unit
reliability considering COTS components. The
reliability of the unit will be demonstrated through
relevant analyses such as reliability analysis, Failure
Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Single Point
Failure Analysis (SPFA) and Worst Case Analysis
(WCA).

PROJECT LEVEL

Undergraduate

MAJOR EQUIPMENT
& SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Matlab/Simulink, Saber, Circuit Simulator (Cadence

Orcad/Proteus),

DELIVERABLES
ESTIMATED
DURATION

Project Report (including reliability analysis, FMEA and

WCA results),
Pictures, Movie/Clip of project and
Presentation
6-12 months approx.

STUDENT PROJECTS

(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-SARW001)

DEVELOPMENT OF PLATFORM INDEPENDENT

MOBILE GIS APPLICATION FOR OFFLINE
NAVIGATION AND LOCATION BASED SERVICES

OBJECTIVES

Development of platform independent mobile GIS

application with following features
a. Offline navigation,
b. LBS features depending on useful public and
personalized points of interest (POIs) and
c. Support on Android, iOS, Symbian and Windows

PROJECT OUTLINE

Various mobile GIS applications are available providing

navigation and other LBS features, but these applications
are designed for specific mobile platforms and require
good and stable internet connection to run and retrieve
information from servers. Since internet conditions are
very poor in most of the areas of Pakistan, therefore GIS
data is required to be stored in smart phones locally. In
the research project, platform independent mobile GIS
application is required to be developed for providing
navigation services along with other location based
services (LBS) features. LBS features mainly include
location based customized information sharing, optimal
path calculation and route planning etc. The application
must be capable to run on any mobile platform including
Android, iOS, Symbian and Windows. The data used in
this research include road network and public and
personalized POIs, which should be stored in the
smartphones.

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Smartphone including Android, iOS, Symbian

Windows and suitable IDE for programming

and

STUDENT PROJECTS

(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

DELIVERABLES
ESTIMATED
DURATION

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-SARW002)

OBJECTIVES

GIS application for smart phones , Pictures, Movie/Clip of

project and Presentation
12 months

GIS ANALYSIS & MODELING OF URBAN SPRAWL TO

MODEL THE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS OF SOCIOECONOMIC PARAMETERS THROUGH DECISION P
SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS) AND MULTI CRITERIA
ANALYSIS (MCA)
GIS modeling of Urban Sprawl for the need analysis of
following socio-economic parameters
Utility, Resource and Traffic Planning
Environmental Analysis in terms of pollution and
habitat protection
Risk Analysis

Urban sprawl has been a big problem for most of the

metropolitan cities. The utilities / resource management,
environmental impact assessment and the risk analysis
have always been the priorities of urban planning.
PROJECT OUTLINE
In the research, the project objectives would be divided
among the student that would aggregately able to
identify the risks and might be able to come up with a
solution

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

ArcGIS 10.1
Extension : CommunityViz
SPOT 5 Satellite Images (2.5 meter) or higher

STUDENT PROJECTS

(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-SARW003)

OBJECTIVES

PROJECT OUTLINE

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Analysis report discussing the future trends of utilities,

resources and risk on the basis of need analysis, decision
support system and multi criteria analysis,
Pictures,
Movie/Clip of project and Presentation
12 months

MAPPING OF GLACIERS FOR INDUS RIVER BASIN

Mapping of Glaciers in Indus River Basin using Optical

RS data

Literature review

Identification and acquisition of required satellite

data

Satellite data processing using different softwares

Mapping of glaciers and Glacial Lakes

Field Survey Verification

Final Report Submission

Satellite Data, Image Processing Softwares

STUDENT PROJECTS

(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

Updated Vector database of Glaciers,

Movie/Clip of project and Presentation

Pictures,

06 months

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-SARW004)

OBJECTIVES

SATELLITE BASED WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT

Satellite based Water Quality Assessment using MultiTemporal Optical Satellite Data

PROJECT OUTLINE

Literature review

Acquisition of Required Satellite Data

Preprocessing of satellite
processing software

Development of methodology

Spatio-temporal mapping of lakes for water quality

assessment

In-situ verification and validation

data

using

image

STUDENT PROJECTS

(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

Final Report Submission

Satellite Data, Image Processing Software

GIS Shape files

Ground verification of water quality assessment

parameters

Spatio-Temporal
assessment

Final analysis report ,

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

PROJECT TITLE
(B03-SARW005)

OBJECTIVES

maps

for

water

quality

Movie Clip, presentation

06 months

STATUS OF BANNED PESTICIDES IN PAKISTAN

Assessment of levels of
environmental compartments

different

pesticides

PROJECT OUTLINE

Literature review

Identification of areas of pesticides application

Samples collection and analysis

in

STUDENT PROJECTS

(Batch-3, 2014-

15)

MAJOR
EQUIPMENT &
SOFTWARE
REQUIRED

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED
DURATION

Data interpretation

Final Report Submission

GC-ECD, GC-FID

Banned pesticides in environmental compartments in

Pakistan
06 months