ARDB Materials and Manufacturing Panel

Workshop and the Second Call for Proposals

May 17, 2024, 05 PM
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Prof. Suhas Joshi

Chairman, AR&DB, Materials and Manufacturing Panel
Director, Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Approaches to ARDB Projects GATET,ACE-COST

SIGMA
(Micro-air Vehicles)

Topdown Program driven GTMAP (HT materials for Gas turbine

applications)

Integrated vehicle health monitoring

(largest program approved in 2022)

Smart materials based manufacturing

Several research publications (openly

Approaches accessible)
Bottom up Research driven
Develop a specific product based on the
publications

Helpful in case of technology denials

No new technology but this gives a

Indigenization Strategy driven diplomatic leverage to the govt.

Products/process developed using reverse

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 Materials Domains

Development of Mechanical
Feedstock powder making Material characterization and
Ceramics and composites Smart materials Materials & Design properties database for
for Additive Manufacturing mechanical properties
metals and alloys

Self healing AI/ML based design

Ultra high SiC based ceramics materials
Nb/C103 powders
temperatures and composites
Computational materials
Self reporting design
materials
Cryogenic TiB2 based
Ti alloy powders Process modelling and
temperature composites
Self repairing simulation
materials
Ceramic cores for Integrated computational
Al 7XXX and 2XXX High strain rate materials design
aerospace
alloy powders loading
components Meta materials
Materials for quantum
computing
Ceramic shell
Inconel superalloy Static and dynamic making Technical Textiles
powders loading conditions
Cellular materials

Damping materials
Protective Materials for
Multiaxial loading CBRN threats
Thermoelectric
materials
Radome materials

Self cleaning materials

High density materials

Sensors and actuator 3

materials for SHM
 Manufacturing Domains

Systems and Smart and Developing a data

Surface Additive Advanced Micro and nano Metrology and
Smart manufacturing design Intelligent base for
Engineering Manufacturing Manufacturing manufacturing Inspection
manufacturing structures manufacturing

Hybrid Optical
Corrosion AM of manufacturing component Small drones Large volume
Industry 4.0 Composites Soft robotics and Swarms metrology
manufacturing

Ti-Ni based
Nitriding or laser brazing Strain wave Polymer
nitriding Digitial twin AM of SMAs gears Manufacturing based soft
technology of UAV robotics
Laser or shot Insitu
peening of characterization of Precision and
surfaces defects during bulk preform Reliability and
Shop floor AM of Al alloys welding manufacturing Reverse
Life engineering
automation
assessment
Catalytic
degradation of
surfaces AM of high Hybrid casting
AI/ML for energy Aging Adaptive
manufacturing materials structures morphing
Anti-icing paint Forming of
complex shapes

Machining of super Stealth

Surface Coatings alloys, hard
ceramics, and
extreme materials
Structural
Oxidation of health
Sustainable monitoring
refractive alloys manufacturing

Processing of high
temperature
ceramics

Noise/Vibration
free manufacturing
of gear boxes 4
 Proposal Submission Guidelines
• Establishing Connect with DRDO
• Establishing connect is must for every proposal. But is the most difficult task.
• Complete Proposal: If you have already established connect within DRDO, then you may submit the complete proposal
• Conceptual Proposal: If you do not have specific connect within DRDO, we will help you to establish connect.
• Upon review and acceptance of the conceptual proposal, you can submit the Full Proposal.
• Nature of the Proposal
• Program Driven (Top-down)
• Research Driven (Bottom-up)
• Strategy Driven (Indigenization)
• Aimed at solving a problem or an issue
• Clear definition of the problem you are trying to solve
• How your solution will help resolve or alleviate the issue
• Scientific Merit
• Detailed review of the issues (literature) relevant to the problem
• Appropriate solution to the problem – clear definition of the methodology: experimental, numerical, mathematical or combinations
• Results and analysis leading to the solution
• Deliverables
• Clear definition of the deliverables

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 Proposal Submission Guidelines
• Two-stage Review of the Proposals and Feedback
• Preliminary Review of short proposals: Experts from DRDO and Academia
• Final Review full proposals: Experts from DRDO and Academia
• Presentation to the Experts Committee
• Upon acceptance of the proposal in the review process, the PIs will be called to make a presentation.
• Final Acceptance of the proposal and recommendation for the release of grants
• Funding Available by AR&DB – M&M
• AR&DB – M&M Panel can recommend the proposals up to INR 1 Cr.
• Proposals with Higher Funding Requirements
• Proposals with more than INR 1 Cr funding will be reviewed but recommended to the council for further review and
approval.
• Ideally, proposals with larger funding requirements (more than INR 1 Cr) may be submitted as a Conceptual Proposal at
first.
• Last date for submission of proposals under the Second call is June 20th 2024
Please Refer to the website
http://ardbmmpanel.iiti.ac.in/

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