About Centre for Drone Technology
The centre for Drone Technology is an attempt to develop skilled human resources, improve community participation and create a knowledge centre through group research involving all stakeholders encompassing State Agencies, Armed Forces, Research Groups, Educational Institutes, Private Parties and Communities of this region.
The centre offers Ph.D. programme and Certification Courses in specific application areas involving drones and UAVs for nation building. These academic programs are supported by faculty members from various Disciplines/Departments/Centres/Schools of IIT Guwahati with relevant teaching and research expertise. Regular training and workshops aim to provide skilled human resource development.
The centre has state-of-the-art drone technologies and aims to assist government agencies in policy matters for the apt use of airborne data and drone technology. As a part of the goal, the centre will generate a pool of inter-disciplinary resource persons that can work with coordination to address the problems faced by local communities during various emergency situations and crises.
The centre extends innovative, technical & research-based support in different projects in the form of consultancy.
Vision
To develop a comprehensive state-of-the-art research, innovation, knowledge dissemination and support centre for analytics and research using UAVs and drones.
Mission
Appropriate and effective methods of knowledge and capacity building in public domain through research, innovation and training to ensure collation of airborne data of social and scientific interests for resolving, monitoring and mitigation of emergency situations as well as serving social, economic and political interests of the region and the country
Faculty
Head of the Centre
Prof. Pradip Kr. Das
Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
Phone: +91 361 258 2353
hocdt@iitg.ac.inFaculty Members
Research Scholars
Payel Sarmah
p.sarmah@iitg.ac.in
Jyoti Kulhari
k.jyoti@iitg.ac.in
Kondaka Shiva Sankar
s.kondaka@iitg.ac.in
Sudhakar Kanaujia
s.kanaujia@iitg.ac.in
Puyam Subhashchandra Singh
s.puyam@iitg.ac.inAcademics
PhD Programme
The Ph.D. programme consists of open-ended research work that is expected to make contributions to technologies related to Drones and their applications with a special emphasis on airborne data analysis.
Research areas for July 2024 Admissions
Autonomous Vehicles: Sensors, Embedded Systems, Control and Sensing, Design and development of Drones Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Signal Processing, Image Processing Underground Exploration, Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics (Geomatics), Geodesy, Atmospheric Science, Societal problems and mitigation.
Semester 1 Courses
| Course No | Course Name | L-T-P-C |
|---|---|---|
| DT601 | Drone Ecosystem | 3-0-0-6 |
| DT602 | Drone Systems Lab | 0-0-3-3 |
| DT603 | Scientific Exploration and Investigation by Drones | 3-1-0-8 |
| XXXXX | Elective 1 (Choose any one) | XXXXX |
Electives:
- CE652: Precision Remote Sensing (3-0-0-6)
- CS566: Speech Processing (3-0-0-6)
- CS666: Mobile Robotics (2-0-2-6)
- ME667: Introduction to Aerospace Engineering (3-0-0-6)
- ME503: Technical Writing (1-0-2-4)
- CE510: Quality and Safety Management in Construction (3-0-0-6)
- EE722: Video Analytics (3-0-0-6)
NOTE: All Open Electives of Institute are also included. Appropriate courses would be suggested to students by CPPC.
DT601: Drone Ecosystem
L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-6
Syllabus: Introduction: Drone Evolution; Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS); The Aircraft Act, The Aircraft Rules... Drone Design: Airfoil, Chord line, Relative wind... ATC Procedures and Radio Telephony... Fixed wing Drones... Multi-Rotor Drones... Weather and Meteorology... Drone Maintenance... Risk Assessment & Analysis - Safety Management...
DT602: Drone Systems Laboratory
L-T-P-C: 0-0-3-3
Syllabus: Manual drone operation; Aerial data acquisition and analytics; Drone controller programming; motor interfacing and speed control; Accelerometer, Gyroscope, GPS interfacing; Odometry data acquisition and analytics; signal and image communication; Drone assembly; Autonomous take-off and landing; Trajectory following.
DT603: Scientific Exploration & Investigation by Drones
L-T-P-C: 3-1-0-8
Syllabus: Introduction: Introduction to forensic sciences, forensic biology, environment forensics... Nature Forensics: Nature conservation and anti-poaching, census of wildlife population... Drone-based Investigation: Investigation of wind damage to residential structures, lightning damages... Drone-based Damage Assessment and Mitigation...