The R&D centre came into being on 1 st March 2010 under Dr. Babu Joseph(Dean, Research & Development) Former Vice Chancellor, Cochin University of Science & Technology,. The main objective is to highlight the importance of R&D activities in boosting the image of the institution to the Faculty, Staff  and Students of the college and for their own professional improvement. 

R&D center has taken initiative in forming research groups in each department where interested faculty, student memebrs are motivated to conduct research works in respective areas.  Innovator’s Club is another hallmark of the Viswajothi R & D center where students with creative ideas are motivated and encouraged to carry out various advanced research activities.

The Innovator’s club of Research and Development center is recruiting innovators in each year. The idea behind theses club is to bring together a select group of student with different skills such as 

• Original ideas in Science and Technology

• Problem solving capacity

• Design and fabrication of devices

• Software development

The R&D Center is organizing various training programme, workshops, seminars, invited lectures etc. All the members are issued merit certificates at the end of their course.

1. Prof. T.S Chacko, Director

2. Dr. K. T Mathew, Principal

3. Prof. M. A Jacob, Vice-Principal

4. Rev. Fr. Rev. Fr. Kuriakose Kodakallil, Trust Secretary

5. Dr. K. Babu Joseph. Dean(R&D) – Convener

6. Prof. Jose P Varghese, Professor & HOD (ECE)

5. Dr. K.N Ramachandran Nair, Professor & HOD(CSE)

The Committee meetings is scheduled once in two months.

 Faculty/Staff of R & D 

• Dr. K  Babu  Joseph

• Sivadas T Nair

Achievements 

• Semi Automatic Rubber Tapping Machine

• Pineapple Peeling Machine

• Accident Avoidance System

 Seminars/Lectures

• Conducted a one day seminar on Marketing Problems of Pineapple Products

• Lecture on Sensor Applications by Dr. T K Sivadas, Senior Scientist(Retd.) CIFT , Kochi

Short Term Projects

• Reengineering of Linux kernel- This involves code development and evolution based on automata theory

• Development of Computing Cluster – The proposed work targets configuration of small cluster using free software tools. Upon completion, the set up will impart muscle for solution of serious compute intensive applications include: Numerical modeling of complex mathematical problems, computational biology etc. Additionally, the development of stable clusters paves the way for advanced work in grid /cloud computing.

• Protocol Stack: TCP/IP, OSI as well as Bluetooth use protocol stacks. The proposed work targets development of protocol stacks for OSI as well as Bluetooth applications; using existing free software as well as new code. The protocol stack will serve as a platform for further research in data communications

• Software Router: Targets development of a software defined router for data communications. This will also serve as a platform for further research and study in related area.

• Portable coconut oil extracting machine : Targets the development of alow cost/low energy home appliance

• Scaled mode dams: This work targets construction of instrumented scaled model dams of various types like: gravity dams, embankment dams, arch dams, buttress dams, arch-buttress dams etc. This model will help conduct of experimental studies on various aspects of dam engineering.

• Modeling and simulation of road traffic network for adaptive driving: The work involves modeling of a selected segment of road network in terms of distances and traffic conditions. Dynamic data updates coupled with driver interfaces of such a model can help traffic streamlining.

• Adaptive transportation and inventory management system for profit optimization in pineapple marketing. The project targets development of mathematical models of transportation networks as well as dynamic scheduling of produce movement across the network for profit maximization. The first phase of this project may involve extensive human interface and scheduling control by making use of distributed IT infrastructure. 

Long term Projects 

• Numerical modeling and analysis of dams for identifying optimal design, reliability and failure. Incorporation of seismic models and perturbation studies will yield insight into dam failure mechanisms under earth quakes, cloud bursts, catastrophic floods etc.

• Numerical model involves development and validation of deterministic models , stochastic models, nonlinear non stationary models etc. Validation necessitates extensive computer simulations and solution of complex mathematical models. The targeted cluster/grid platforms will serve as virtual lab for this research.