Frontier Center Scholar Sumit Saha, from IIT Bombay and advised by Ohio State PI Nima Ghalichechian, works in Ohio State’s ElectroScience Laboratory on the project Integration of Zero-Leakage NEMS Switch With a Flexible Antenna for RF Energy Harvesting.
Four international research teams have been awarded funding by the IIT Bombay-Ohio State Frontier Center in its fourth round of grants. The new projects will enable unique collaborations that will push the frontier of science and engineering research beyond what could be accomplished by a single institution.
The IIT Bombay-Ohio State Frontier Science and Engineering Research Center is a joint research center operated by the Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research (IMR) at The Ohio State University and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It builds on both institutions’ research strengths in renewable energy, electronics, photonics, materials, and quantum information technology.
Projects set to be funded through the Frontier Center Scholars Program bring together investigators with complementary expertise from India and the U.S. Each project is carried out by a team that includes a pair of principal investigators, one from Ohio State and one from IIT Bombay, and a student who will be supported for a semester of research at their partner university. Funding costs are shared by Ohio State and IIT Bombay.
Previously, six collaborative research teams received funding through the third round of Frontier Center Scholar Grants. Those teams are now conducting research across a wide range of areas from battery technology development for EV batteries to materials for biomedical applications.
New Frontier Center Scholar Projects:
Additively manufactured advanced high strength steels: linking chemistry, structure, and mechanical response
Principal investigators (PIs):
Peter M. Anderson, Ohio State professor in Materials Science & Engineering
- Jaya Balila, IIT Bombay associate professor in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Prita Pant, IIT Bombay professor in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Exciton Franz-Keldysh E-field spectroscopy in ultra wide gap semiconductors
PIs:
Bhaskaran Muralidharan, IIT Bombay professor in Electrical Engineering
Roberto Myers, Ohio State professor in Materials Science and Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Study of impact ionization and valence band dynamics in quaternary multipliers on InP and GaSb substrate
PIs:
Sanjay Krishna, Ohio State professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bhaskaran Muralidharan IIT Bombay professor in Electrical Engineering
Topologies and control of energy efficient power electronic converters for microgrids involving energy storage system
PIs:
Mahesh Illindala, Ohio State associate professor in Electrical and Computing Engineering
Anshuman Shukla, IIT Bombay professor in Electrical Engineering
Story by IMR communications coordinator Mike Huson. Contact: huson.4@osu.edu. Follow IMR and the Frontier Center on LinkedIn.