Research Activities
Sl. No |
Project title |
Research Team |
Funding Agency |
Total
Project Cost (RO) |
Start of the Project |
Status |
1 |
An investigation of Total Composition of Seawater in
Oman |
Prof S Feroz (PI) |
MEDRC |
29,000 |
Jun/08 |
Completed |
2 |
Application of Solar Energy RO Pre-treatment Process (Phase-I) |
Prof S Feroz (PI) |
MEDRC |
18,800 |
Jan/08 |
Completed |
3 |
Extraction and Separation of Niobium and Tantalum
from Iron Ore |
Prof. S. Feroz (PI), Dr.
R. Senthil Kumar, Ms. Shah Jahan |
Zoom Steel
Industries |
2,400 |
Jan/09 |
Completed |
4 |
Reliability and Availability Analysis of PLC Systems and Inspections Models for Maintenance at Salalah
Port |
Prof K P Ramachandran (PI), Prof. Rizwan, Dr. A.G.Mathew |
Port of Salalah |
5,000 |
Oct/10 |
Completed |
5 |
Value Creation from Oil Production water: Pilot Production of Microalgae for the Commercial Production of High-Value
Products |
Prof S Feroz (PI) |
IIC |
10,417 |
Jul/10 |
Completed |
6 |
Water from Air |
Dr. K. M. Abubacker (PI), Dr. R. Senthil Kumar, Mr. Ragavesh |
IIC |
85,510 |
Nov/11 |
Completed |
7 |
Design and Development of a Portable Crusher Grinding Machine for
Marble and Granite Waste. |
Dr. Amuthakkannan (PI), Ms.Bushra Salim Nasser Al Rahbi, Mr. Suresh Babu |
IIC |
29,850 |
Jun/12 |
Completed |
8 |
Development of a National Standardization Policy for Omani Manufactured Water Coolers & Air Conditioners (Split Units) |
Prof. S. Feroz (PI), Prof.
K. P. Ramachandran (Co- Investigator); Mr. J. Varghese (Research
Assistant); Dr.A.G Mathew (Consultant) |
IIC |
11,800 |
Nov/12 |
Completed |
9 |
Standalone Solar Photovoltaic water cooler |
Prof K P Ramachandran (PI), Prof. Feroz S (Co- Investigator); Mr. J. Varghese (Research Assistant); Dr.A.G
Mathew (Consultant) |
IIC |
21,260 |
Nov/12 |
Completed |
10 |
Characterization and Treatment of Textile Industry Effluents using Nanotechnology |
Prof. S. Feroz & Ms. Geetha Devi (PI), Dr.Syed Murtuza Ali, |
IIC |
308,975 |
Dec/12 |
Completed |
11 |
Critical study and analysis of existing production lines for enhancement of
productivity and efficiency in NCPI- LLC |
Dr R.V Murali (PI), Dr K Jaballi, Mr. Suresh Babu |
IIC |
12,825 |
Mar/13 |
Completed |
12 |
Application of Solar Nano- Photo Catalysis in Reverse Osmosis Pre-treatment
Process |
Prof. S. Feroz (PI) |
TRC |
108,100 |
Oct/12 |
Completed |
13 |
Design and Development of Desalination Flash Chamber for Integrating IT with Concentrated Type Solar Collectors |
Dr. V. Sudhir (PI), Dr. Ravinder Kumar, Prof.S Feroz |
TRC |
146,900 |
Dec/13 |
On-going |
Internal Funded Project (CRSP – Staff) ‐ 2015/2016
Sl no |
Title Project |
Faculty mentor |
Grant |
Budget (OMR) |
Department |
1 |
Experimental investigations on Aerobic Treatment of Industrial Effluents and Models representing the Kinetics of Aerobic Digestion |
Dr A M Saravanan |
CRSP (STAFF) |
3,400 |
M&IE |
Internal Funded Project (CRSP – Staff) ‐ 2016/2017
Sl no |
Title Project |
Faculty mentor |
Grant |
Budget (OMR) |
Department |
1 |
Automatic Fault Detection of Centrifugal Pump using Wavelet Analysis and ANN |
Mr. Moammer Al-Tubi |
CRSP (STAFF) |
3000 |
M&IE |
Internal Funded Project (CRSP – Student) ‐ 2015/2016
Sl no |
Title Project |
Faculty mentor |
Grant |
Budget (OMR) |
Student Details |
1 |
Preparation and Characterization of Polyeletrolyte Nanoparticles |
Dr. Geetha Devi |
CRSP [STUDENT] |
900 |
Ibrahim Alsarhani (#11357)
Sanjana (# 120284) |
2 |
Extraction and Analysis of D-
limonene from waste Orange Peels |
Dr Saravanan
A.M. |
CRSP
[STUDENT] |
1,100 |
Siam Hussain Mohammed Ghouse |
Internal Funded Project (CRSP – Student) ‐ 2016/2017
Sl no |
Title Project |
Faculty mentor |
Grant |
Budget (OMR) |
Student Details |
1 |
Study on Preparation of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the removal of heavy metals from industrial waste water |
Dr. Geetha Devi |
CRSP [STUDENT] |
1,050 |
Ms. Mulook Thani Khamis Al Jabri, Ms. Jawahir . |
Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Research Award Program (FURAP)
Sl. No |
Project title |
Staff Mentor |
Students team |
Project Amount (RO) |
Area of the project |
2013-14 |
1 |
Development of Solar Cooking System and Its performance and suitability analysis for Oman
domestic application |
Dr. Amuthakkannan |
- Ms. Fatema Al Ajmi (10098)
- Ms. Nuzhaa Al Kindi (10121)
- Ms. Thoraya Al Salti (10262)
|
2,310 |
Solar Energy |
2 |
Development of a wastewater treatment system for household
cleaning water |
Ms. Anna Jesil Cheriyan |
- Ms Zeinab Salman (10496)
- Ms. Kulthoom Al Balusi (08722)
- Enaam Al Rahbi (11570)
|
2,400 |
Wastewater |
2014-15 |
3 |
Treatment and Reuse of Domestic grey water using Adsorption method |
Mr. Varghese Manappallil Joy |
- Alaa Al Hudaifi (11118)
- Sumaiya Al Zadjali (11363)
|
2,200 |
Biological & Environmenta l Resources |
4 |
Design and Fabrication of Solar Cabinet Dryer and Kinetic modelling studies for drying
Performance enhancement |
Ms. Josephine Selvi |
- Ahlam Al Zadjali (10417)
- Muzna Al Ruqaishi (11238)
- Manal Al Busaidi (120362)
|
2,400 |
Energy and Industry |
5 |
Development of solar basin desalination for domestic utilization |
Ms. Shamsa AlSadi / Mr Shabib Sulaiman Ali Al Rashdi |
- Noor Al Kharusi (11276)
- Noor Al Jahwari (120282)
|
2,300 |
Biological & Environmenta l Resources |
2015-16 |
6 |
Design and development of physical damage prevention system with self-cleaning coatings for membrane filters used in waste water treatment plant |
Asst.Prof. Elansezhian Rasu |
- Khadija Al Balushi (08353)
- Bushra Al Rahbi (120339)
- Sharifa Ali Al Jilani (10519)
- Ahlam Al Zadjali (10417)
|
2,400 |
Energy & Industry |
7 |
Design and Development of ecofriendly Solar Dryer for Cottage Industries in Oman |
Asst.Prof. M. Achuthan |
- Khaloud Al Ajmi (11067)
- Muzna Al Harthi (11063)
- Abdul Al-Subhi (11027)
- Buthaina Al Sabahi (11020)
- Fatma Al hamdani (11309)
- Kawthar Al Shamsi (11057)
|
2,380 |
Energy & Industry |
2016-17 |
8 |
Synthesis and Characterization of Unsaturated Polyester based composites using Algae. |
Asst.Prof. Syed Murtuza Ali S.K |
- Ms. Zahra Al Shukaili,
- Ms. Iman Said Al-Sinaidi
|
2,300 |
Energy & Industry |
2017-18 |
9 |
Development of anti-corrosive polyurethane coating |
Dr. Priy Brat Dwivedi. |
- Ms. Amal Al Rashdi,
- Ms. Razan Al Julandani,
- Ms. Sabika Al Duraibi ntor,
- Ms. Faiha Al Hinai
|
2,400 |
Biological & Environmental Resources |
|