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IIT - KHARAGPUR

  1. Physics

  2. Chemistry

  3. Aerospace Engineering

  4. Agriculture

  5. Biotechnology

  6. Plant Biotechnology

  7. Chemical Engineering

  8. Civil

  9. Electrical

  10. Materials Science

  11. Mechanical

Physics

A C Susceptibility Measuring Bridge, Atomic layer deposition unit, Doppler SODAR

Guinier Camera, High frequency Impedance LCR meter, High Processing capacitance bridge Impedance mete, High temperature graphite furnace, Hot Press (1200 C), Induction Furnace, Irradiation Facilities for UV X-ray and Cathode ray Excitation, Laser Sources ,Meter FP 85 DBC System, Mettler FP 80 Liquid Crystal system, Optical fibre characterization, Photolumanues, Photoluminescence measuring set up, photon stimulated current spectroscopy, Scanning Tunnelling Microscope, Molecular Beam Epitaxy Unit (SIVA32 by RIBER,France) with two Effusion cells, two e-beam assisted evaporators, insitu RHEED and RGA systems. Vacuum made by combination of ion pump, Ti sublimation pump and Cryo pump with base pressure 10-10 Torr. Recently upgrading to Si/Ge system, RF magnetron Sputter System,( E306A by Edwards, UK) for high-K dielectrics. Thermal and e-beam evaporation system, (Leybold, Germany), DC magnetron Sputter System, (Hind High Vac, India) for Ti, Ta deposition, Metallization Unit ( by thermal evaporation) for Al, Au deposition, Microwave Plasma System for ultra-thin gate dielectrics (like SiO2, Si2N3, ZrO2 etc), Tube Furnace for thermal annealing, oxidation(dry) etc upto 1200 C with PID controller, Muffle Furnace ( Max 1200 C), Closed cycle He-gas cryostat(APD Cryogenics, USA), Fully automated system for measurement parameters like Resistance, Capacitance, Magnetic susceptibility, Hall mobility etc as a function of temperature from Room Temperature down to 12K.

 

Chemistry

Drug design, Bruker AC 200 MHz NMR Spectrometer, CYCL VOLTA, Cyclic Voltammeter Model P9001 Chromopac Gas Chromatograph, DSC, DTA/TG, Fluorescence, Fluorimeter, GC, GC for 3 standards, GC for 5 standards, IR, IR/UV-VIS, IR-Spectrophotophotometer, JASCO DIP 370 digital polarimeter, NMR, NMR COSY, NMR HETCORR, NMR NOESY, Shimadzu DT-40 model 883 IR Spectrophotometer, Single crystal X-Ray Diffractometer, Thermal Analyser, UV & Visible Spectrophotometer, UV-VIS, Varian Gas Chromatograph, X-Ray Diffractrometer PW-17291710.

 

Aerospace Engineering

Aerodynamic Testing, Aerodynamics Laboratory, Computer Laboratory, Materials Testing Using INSTRON 1342, Non - destructive Testing Facilities, Propulsion Laboratory, Structures laboratory, Vibration Characteristics, Vibration Testing, Wind Tunnels.

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Agriculture

Computer Simulation & Design Lab, A 100 hectare farm, Aquacultural tank, Agronomy Lab, Applied Botany Lab, Aquacultural Engineering Lab, Colour, texture and chemical constituents of food, Concentration and drying of solid and liquid foods, Containerized mobile pilot plant laboratory for enzyme production, Dairy & Food Engineering Lab, Drip Irrigation and emitters test set up, Environmental chamber, Ergonomics laboratory, Tractor operator workplace simulator; Data acquisition system, Farm Machinery and Power Lab, Measurement of physical and chemical Properties of Biomaterials, Microprocessor based engine testing, Milling and quality analysis of rice, Post Harvest Engineering Lab, Prototype milling of rice, Soil Sciences Lab, Soil Water and Conservation Engineering Lab, Stability measuring facility, Testing of aeration efficiency of different makes of surface aerators, Testing of agricultural machinery and implements, Testing of water pollution and plant photosynthetic efficiency, Universal testing machine for testing of biomaterials, Water quality measurement of aquaculture ponds

 

Biotechnology

Air-lift bioreactor (B. Braun / Eyela), Atomic absorption spectrophotometer (Perkin-Elmer), Biochemistry and Downstream Processing, Bioinformatics, Blotting apparatus, Cell and Molecular Biology, Centrifugal evaporator (Eyela), Incubators (Heraeus), Darkroom/Cold room / Radio-isotope facilities, DNA finger printing, ELISA reader (BioRad / Flow lab); Hybridizer (Techne), Atomic absorption spectro photometer, Fermentation Technology, Fermenters with controller (B. Braun / BioEngineeringAG), Fluorescence and inverted microscopes (Leitz / Olympus), FPLC, Gas Chromatograph (Perkin-Elmer), Gel documentation system (BioRad), Gel dryer (BioRad), Gene gun (Endeavour), High speed refrigerated cooling centrifuge (Heraeus / Sorvall), HPLC, Incubator shaker (New Brunswick / B. Braun), Linear and Orbital shakers (Grant / Eyela), Liquid chromatography of biomolecules, Liquid nitrogen storage facility, Lyophilizer (LSL Secfrold), Mass cloning in bioreactor, Microbalance (Metter / Sartorius) Millipore ultra filtration unit, Milli-Q water purifier, PCR machine (Perkin-Elmer), Photo simulation racks (Saveer).

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Plant Biotechnology

Plant growth chamber (NK System), Plant metabolites characterization, Production of bioproducts in a control fermenter, Protein and nucleic acid estimation by spectrophotometer, Protein electrophoresis apparatus with power supply (BioRad), Protein purification by FPLC, Rotary evaporator (Eyela), Rotating locular counter current chromatograph, Scintillation counter (Beckman), Sequencing gel apparatus and power supply (BioRad), Silicon graphics workstation-02, Sonicator, Specific ion meter (Orion), Stereo and inverted tissue culture microscopes (Leica / Olympus), Therapeutic recombinant protein production, Turbidometer, Ultra low freezers, Ultra centrifuges (Sorvall / Hitachi), UV cross linker (Stratagene), UV-VIS spectrophotometers (Beckman/ Pharmacia), Vertical, horizontal and tube gel electrophoresis systems (BioRad / Pharmacia), Waste water characterization.

Chemical Engineering

Computer aided process engineering, Fuels and combustion engineering, GC, HPLC,

Interfacial phenomena, Membrane processes, Mineral beneficiation, Multiphase flow, Particle Size Analyser, Petroleum refinery engineering and petrochemicals, Pollution control, Process dynamics and control, Reaction engineering, Rheometer, Solid Characterization Equipment, Spectrophotometer

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Civil

210 - T capacity portable weigh bridge for measuring wheel loads of commercial vehicles, Accelerated pavement test facility (installation in progress), Acoustic emission device for nm. Destructive evaluation of concrete structure, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS), Benkelman's beam for structural evaluation of pavements, Centrifuge portable gas sampler, DISTOMAT, Dynamic testing facilities, Tests on water, waste water, soil and solid wastes, Evaluation of binders and paving mixes, Impact and dynamic testing, Model testing of hydraulic with rigid and mobile beds for open channel flow, Fluid-structure interaction experimental set-up, Foundation models under static and dynamic environments, Fifth wheel bump integrator and MERLIN for measurement of road roughness, Automated GDS tri-axial test setup, Fully automated in-vehicle falling weight deflectometer for structural evaluation of pavements, Gas Chromatograph (GC), Hydraulic flumer of different sizes, INSTRON machine of 100 - T dynamic loading capacity, Ion Analyser, Fatigue testing machines for evaluating the fatigue characteristics of bituminous mixes and stability, OMATT - 2022 topographical survey with computerised data processing facilities, Remote controlled Dutch - Cone Penetrometer, Repeated tri axial setup, Servo controlled repeated load test set-up for testing pavement materials, Software for geometric design of highways, analysis and design of pavements and traffic analysis, Stack and ambient air quality monitoring devices, TOC Analyser, Ultrasonic wave height logger, Ultraviolet visible Spectrophotometer, Cryogenics, Air Compressors ,Applied Superconductivity Laboratory, Calibration of temperature sensors between 300 & 10K, Characterization Facility for Superconducting Materials, Chromatographic analysis of gas / liquid samples, Closed-cycle Helium Refrigerators, Compression and Expansion Machinery Laboratory, Computerized Gas Chromatograph, Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory, Cryorefrigerator Laboratory, DC susceptibility measurement at low temperatures, Determination of oxygen content in nitrogen and inert gases, Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow Laboratory, High Temperature Superconductivity Laboratory, High Vacuum Systems, Liquid Nitrogen Plants, Low temperature properties of rubbers and polymers, Microwave characterization of electric materials, Performance of closed-cycle cryofrigerators, Postgraduate Superconductivity Laboratory, Process Equipment Design Laboratory, Separation Science Laboratory, Super - conducting Magnets, Thermal properties of low temperature insulation, Vacuum Coating Unit for Thin Films, Vacuum Techniques Laboratory, Wetted - wall Absorber with Accessories.

Electrical

Electrical Machines, Electrical Measurements, Control Systems, Power Systems, Power Electronics, Instrumentation, High Voltage, Computer Control, Microprocessors, Energy Systems, Machine Drives, Process Instrumentation ,Opto-Electronic Instrumentation, High Voltage Testing (up to 600 KV), Detection of Partial Discharge in Transformers, Frequency Response Measurement, Vibration Analysis, Gas Chromatography, High Voltage Testing of Power apparatus and Systems, Test benches for Electrical measuring instruments, Power system analysis studies.

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Materials Science

Alfatometer, Brabender Plasticorder, Capillary Rheometer, C-Matic Thermoconductometer, Crystal Growth System, C-V Analyser, De Mattia Flex Tester, Dynamic Modulus Tester, E-306 Vacuum Coating Unit with E-beam and D.C. Sputtering Systems, Emissometer, Extrusiograph, Furnaces for Sintering of Ceramics, Humidity Controlled Oven, Hydraulic Hot Press for Polymeric Materials, Impact Tester, Liquid and Metallo-Organic Vapour Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE), Mixing Mill, Monsanto Rheometer, Photoluminescence Set-up, Planetary Ball Mills, Plasma Enhanced CVD, R.F. Sputtering Unit, Rheotest II, Rubber Abrasion Tester, Single screw extruder, Spray CVD Reactor, Surfometer, Thermal Vacuum Coating Unit, Ultrasonic Interferometer for Liquid and Solids, Universal Optical Microscope Vapour Pressure Osmometer.

Mechanical

4-axis CNC Wire EDM (ELEKTRA), CAD: Parametric Technologies "Pro Engineer", ADAMS, Cast Iron and non ferrous melting furnaces, Computational Fluid Dynamics :Phoenix, Coordinate Measuring Machine (Zeiss ,USA) 40T ,UTM (INSTRON), COSMOS Software for system modelling and stimulation, Cupola Model & Production Units, Desktop Denford CNC Milling and Turning machines, Desktop material handling systems: Mitsubishi Movemaster Robot, Conveyors, Education Steam Bench System ,BOILER (CUSSONS, UK), Electro Discharge Machine (ELEKTRA), Equipment for Testing of Bearings.

Finite Element Methods : ANSYS, NASTRAN, NISA, Grinding Dynamometer (KISTLER), Heat- Flux Transducers, Heavy Duty Lathe (HMT), Heavy Duty Milling Machine(Batliboi), High Speed Motion Capture Camera System, High Spindle Speed (66000 rpm) Surface Grinder, Hot Wire Anemometer, HP 712/715 Mini-computers, Computer Graphics,Real time Computer Controlled Systems, HP RISC 8200/8500 based work stations, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Transportation Lines, IBM R56000 workstations, Image Processing System (Zeiss and Vigilog), KGP-50 Research Industrial Robot Test bed, Laser Processing System (BAASEL Lasertech), MATLAB, Mathematica, Matrox Industrial vision processing system, Measurement Techniques for Whirl Instability of High-Speed Rotors, Milling Dynamometer (KISTLER), Nd- YAG Laser, Pentium III based fully equipped CAI(Computer Aided Instructions and Simulations) Laboratory, Photoclastic Bench and Instruments for Measurement of Strain, Pilot Plant for Fluidised-Bed Combustion, Plasma Spray System(METCO), PUMA 560 Industrial Robot, Real-Time Analyser for Signals and Process Parameters, Sand Testing Apparatus including High-Temperature Testing, Schlieren Apparatus, Several Pentium II and Pentium III based workstations and servers, Silicon Graphics workstation(R10000 based), Slip-ring Remote sensing thermometers, Spray system, State of the art Laser Doppler Anemometer, SUN Spark workstations, SYMBOLS 2000 software, Talysurf (Taylor Hobson), Transducers and Software based identification methods in vibration testing, Turning Dynamometer (KISTLER), Various Types of Conveyors and Elevators, Vertical Machining Centre (LMW), Vibration Level Measurement and Diagnostics

 

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