RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT :
ECE department of DSCE initiated R&D works in relevant areas of electronics, communication and nanotechnology in 2005. The department has identified emerging research areas focusing on nano materials, alternative energy sources, signal processing and neural network technologies. The department has already proposed projects in thrust areas to make fundamental contributions in the field of science and technology. A separate lab for R&D has been set up by installing advanced instruments.

ECE department has identified thin film technology as one of the fields of research areas, which has wide applications in the field of displays, solar cells, sensors, and non-luminescent devices. The development of organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) for EL display continues for attaining flexibility and lightness unavailable in Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) designs. Basically organic TFTs are classified as optical, non-luminescent and chemical sensing devices. Optical devices are organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and light sensing devices. Applications include displays, flexible electronics and optical switches. Potential applications for non-luminescent devices include price tags and smart cards where their low cost and/or high flexibility make them an alternative to the existing solid-state semiconductors. Chemical sensors take advantage from interaction between odorant molecules and pi-conjugated molecules of organic semiconductors. Organic transistors on flexible substrates with operating frequencies of several Hertz can be used as electronic paper.

Interdisciplinary research is receiving focus, combining electronics and bioengineering research on neuro computation in complex systems by doing studies on seizure types and electroencephalographic features is being initiated to construct biologically plausible neural network model that exhibits spontaneous, stochastic transitions between low activity state and high activity state by combining in vivo electrophysiology, data analysis using neural network modelling.

The department has received internal sanction to enable research in these topics. Some major proposals on specialised areas to various scientific agencies are also in progress. A few postgraduates are being inducted to pursue research in these fields leading to a doctoral degree. Besides, some theoretical studies on simulation of different semiconductor devices are also underway. To attain innovation and leadership in research, ECE department has already formulated strategic plans such as interdisciplinary research, collaborative research with eminent labs and setting up specialised labs in thrust areas of research.