Analysis and Design of Piezoelectric Vibration Energy

Harvesters Overview: Vibrationenergyharvestingisanemergingtopicandthereareveryfewcoursesavailableintheworld.Overthe past decade there has been an explosive growth in research activities andmostworks are available asjournal / conference papers only. This course will bring together the latest research by the InternationalFaculty’s research group and works by other researchers in the field. The course will introduce thefundamentaltheoreticalconceptsofpiezoelectricenergyharvestingexploitinglinearandnonlinearvibration.Practicaldesignandoptimisationmethodswillbediscussedusingexperimentalcasestudies.

Participants will be trained on using Matlab to simulate multiphysical systems involving structuraldynamics,smartmaterialsandelectricalequationstogether.

Participants will also be given hands on experience to use smart materials for energy harvesting.Laboratorysessionswillinclude,sessiononpastingofpeizoelectriccompositeonbeams,connectingelectricalcircuit and use of NI (national instrument) software for voltage measurement. Support excitations will beprovidedusingashakeranditwillbeshowntopowerupelectronicsensors.

Dates for the course 30 October 2017 – 3 November 2017

Host Institute Indian Institute of Technology Madras

No. of Credits 01

Maximum no. of Participants 40

Registration Fees

Students:INR1000/-Participantsfromabroad:USD500/-AcademicInstitutions/ResearchOrganization:INR5,000/-Industryparticipants:INR10,000/-Theabovefeeistowardsparticipationinthecourse,thecoursematerial,computerusefortutorialsandassignments,andlaboratoryequipmentusagecharges.

Modeofpayment:Demanddraftinfavourof“Registrar,IITMadras”payableatChennaiThedemanddraftistobesenttotheCourseCoordinatorattheaddressgivenabove.

Accommodation:

The participants may be provided with hostel accommodation, depending on theavailability,onpaymentbasis.Request forhostel accommodationmaybe submittedthroughthelink:

http://hosteldine.iitm.ac.in/iitmhostel

Faculties and industry persons would be provided IITM Guest House rooms (twinsharing / single rooms depending on availability). Participantsmay avail food/mealsinsideoroutsidetheIITMcampus,wherevertheyprefer,ontheirownexpenses.

Objectives

The proposed course aims to introduce the concepts of piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting usinganalytical,numericalandexperimentalapproaches.Mainobjectivesare:

1. To develop and explain linear and nonlinear coupled electro mechanical equations governingpiezoelectricvibrationenergyharvesting

2. Toexplainsolutionmethodsofthegoverningequationswithharmonicandrandomforcing3. To develop parameter optimisation methods for maximising energy harvesting under different

forcing4. Numericalsolutionsofcoupledmechanicalandelectricalequationinamulti-physicsenvironment.5. Handsontrainingforenergyharvestingdesignandmeasurement.

WhoshouldAttendtheCourse?

Anyoneinterestedinaddressingfutureenergychallengesbymechanicalapproachesshouldattendthecourse.Thecourseisinherentlymultidisciplinaryinnatureandspecificallystrongbackgroundinanyparticulartopicisnotnecessary.Therefore,attendeeswiththefollowingbackgroundsareencouraged:

§ EngineeringGraduateandPost-graduatestudentsatalllevels(B.Tech/B.E./M.Tech/M.E./MS/Ph.D)withdisciplinessuchas,mechanical,civil,electrical,aerospace,mechatronics,electronics.

§ ScienceGraduateandPost-graduatestudentsatalllevels(B.Sc,M.Sc./Ph.D)withdisciplinessuch

as,physics,materialsscienceandmathematics.

§ Facultyand/orprojectstafffromacademicandtechnicalinstitutions,andresearchersinR&Dorganizations,interestedinand/orworkinginthefieldsofenergy,structuralvibrations,dynamics,autonomoussystems,control,smartmaterials.

RegistrationProcedure

Pleasefollowthefollowingstepsfortheregistration:1.GotoGIANwebsite(http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in/GREGN/index)Firsttimeusersneedtoregisterandpayaone-timefeeofINR500/-.2.Enrollforthecourse:AnalysisandDesignofPiezoelectricVibrationEnergyHarvesters.Onceyouenrollforthecourse,anEnrollment/Applicationnumberwillbegenerated,andthecoursecoordinatorswillbenotified.3.TheselectedcandidatesmustpaytheapplicablefeesusingDemandDraft(DD)drawninfavourof“Registrar,INDIANINSTITUTEOFTECHNOLOGYMADRAS”.PleasewriteyourNameandEnrollment/ApplicationnumberatthebackoftheDD,andpost/courierit,toreachby10thOctober2017.

AddressoftheCourseCoordinator:Dr.ShaikhFaruqueALIDepartmentofAppliedMechanicsIndianInstituteofTechnology-Madras(IIT-M)Chennai600036,IndiaEmail:sfali@iitm.ac.inTelephone:+91-9940473031;+91-44-2257-4054Fax:+91-44-2257-40524.FillthecourseregistrationforminGIANportal.EmailthecourseregistrationformtotheCourseCoordinatorsandVolunteersby15thOctober2017.

Volunteers

Queriesaboutthecoursemaybesendto:Mr.M.Rajarathinam-rathinam_kmr@yahoo.co.in,+91-8072340031

Mr.M.Aravindan-aravindradhu@yahoo.co.in,+91-9944347942

TheTeachingFaculty

Prof Adhikari (MS, IISc Bangalore; PhD, Cambridge) is the ChairProfessorofAerospaceEngineeringattheCollegeofEngineeringofSwanseaUniversity.HeReceivedtheWolfsonResearchMeritAwardfrom the Royal Society (UK academy of sciences). He was anEngineeringandPhysicalScienceResearchCouncil(EPSRC)AdvancedResearch Fellow and winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize inEngineering(giventoanoutstandingscholarundertheageof35).Heobtained his Ph.D. in Engineering at the Trinity College of theUniversityofCambridge.Hewasa lecturerat theBristolUniversityandaJuniorResearchFellowinFitzwilliamCollege,Cambridge.From2015hehasbeenaDistinguishedVisitingProfessorattheUniversityof Johannesburg (South Africa). He was a visiting Professor at theUniversityofParisEast (France),CarletonUniversity (Canada)andavisitingscientistattheLosAlamosNationalLaboratory(USA).ProfessorAdhikari'sresearchstandsonthreefundamentalfootings-structural dynamics, probabilistic methods and computationalmechanics. His research works use these basic principles tounderstandcuttingedgemultiscaleandmultidisciplinaryproblemsinapplied science and engineering. He has published 4 books, 265peer-reviewedjournalpapers,and170conferencepapers.Heisoneofthemostcitedresearchersinhisfield(over8500citationswithh-index=50).Hehas supervisedover15Ph.D. students andpostdocs.ProfessorAdhikari isaFellowofRoyalAeronauticalSociety(FRAeS)and the member of the AIAA Non-Deterministic ApproachesTechnicalCommittee(NDA-TC).Heisamemberoftheeditorialboardofseveral journalssuchas:ComputersandStructures, ProbabilisticEngineeringMechanicsandJournalofSoundandVibration.

Dr. Ali is currently with the faculty of Department of AppliedMechanics,IndianInstituteofTechnologyMadras.Heisanassociatefellow of INAE and a Newton international alumnus from RoyalAcademy of Engineering, UK. He is recipient of DAAD researchexchange fellowship from DAAD in 2015; Young Engineer Awardfrom INAE in 2014; Newton Fellowship from Royal Society, UK in2009. Dr. Ali has received his doctorate from Indian Institute ofScience-Bangalore and BE from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Hisresearch interests are in structural dynamics, vehicular vibrations,autonomousvehicles,controlsystemsandenergyharvesting.Hehaspublished 23-research paper and has more than 40 internationalconferences.Hehasalsopublished1bookand4bookchapters

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Nationality Indian

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Date of birth(Age)

1980-01-29 (37 years 2 months)

Degree Date of Completion University Specialization Marks

PhD 2008-12-12 Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore Structural dynamics and controls

BE 2003-06-18 Jadavpur University Civil Engineering 77.8 / 100 / First Class

Post-doctoral Specialization Structural control, energy harvesting

Present Position Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras Pay details: PB 4

Total Experience (Years) 8.83

Teaching Experience (Years) UG 5.33 PG 5.33

Research Experience (Years) Before PhD 0.00 After PhD 8.83

Industrial Experience (Years) Before PhD 0.00 After PhD 0.00

Research Guidance PhD MS M.Tech

Completed 1 2 9

Ongoing 9 1 3

Journal Publications 22

Conference Publications 40

Total Number of Publications 62

Books Published 1

Patents Filed 0