Research

1. Title: Speech therapy system for cleft lip/Palate patients

PI: Ms. Lani Rachel Mathew, Assistant Professor

Co-PI: Ms. Amritha B.J., Assistant Professor

Students:  Deepthi G.A., Aneeta Sabu, Sowmiya V.  and V. S. Devika

Type of funding: CERD KTU (Student Project)

Date of start: 01 June 2021

Duration: 1 year (Ongoing)

Project funding: 11,000 INR

2. Title: Voice actuated backrest for paralysis palliation

PI: Mr. Arun J.S., Assistant Professor

Students: Anjana Santhosh, Arun Y., Meenakshy Sunil

Type of funding: CERD KTU (Student Project) approved in 2021

Date of start: 01 November 2021

Duration: 9 months

Project funding: 9,000 INR

3. Title: Portable brain computer interface for medical applications

PI: Dr. Jayakumari J., Professor and HoD

Co-PI: Dr. M.J. Jayashree, Professor

Students: Daniel C., Rohit Satheeshan, Sandra Jeeva, Shamil Shamsudheen

Type of funding: CERD

Status: Completed

• Intel Unnati AI Lab Inauguration: Rajeev Chandrasekhar,  Hon’ble  Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development and Entrepreneur­ ship, Govt. of  India  inaugurated  the  Intel® Unnati AI IoT Lab on 13 June 2023 in the presence of H.B Moran Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos, the Major Archbishop  of Trivandrum and the Patron of the College. Fr.  John Varghese, Bursar gave the welcome address. H.B Moran Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos gave the presidential address. Shri. Rajeev Chandrasekhar as part of his ‘New India for Young India ‘ lecture series, spoke of how New India offers great opportunities for Youth. He emphasized the importance of skill development Technology and skills are the pillars to transform India. Mr. Sumeet Verma, Director, Strategy, Intel India Coorporation gave the felicitatory address. Dr. Abraham T Mathew, Principal, proposed the vote of thanks. Faculty Coordinators: Dr. Swapna P. S, Assoc. Professor and Mr. Jijo Jose, Asst. Professors, ECED.
• The prototype of the project titled “Accessible Plug for Visually impaired” was demonstrated at NISH on 1^st June 2023. Student members: Ms. Abhirami J. Pradeep, Ms. Shilpa S. P. and Mr. Sreedev P.S (S8EC2).

• A project team from S8 EC comprising Abhinav A. Pillai, Aravind U.R. and Varun George was selected to exhibit their project “Electric wheelchair using Sip and Puff Technology”, as part of the “ente Keralam” event organized by the Government of Kerala, at Kanakakunnu on 20th May 2023.  The project was guided by Amritha B J, Asst. Professor, Department of EC.

• I-YwD (Innovation by Youth with Disabilities) Cohort 3 Selection Camp venue at MBCET

MBCET hosted the I-YwD team for the online I-YwD (Innovation by Youth with Disabilities) Cohort 3 Selection Camp on 12th and 13th of May 2023. The sessions included orientation, online activities and discussions in breakout rooms for young entrepreneurs with disabilities. Indian Sign Language (ISL) interpreter, Ms. Bhavana U B, helped the team to communicate in real time with persons having hearing impairment. Project coordinators, Ms. Daisy Sebastian, Ms. Sari P Vishwanath, Ms. Anjali Gopan and Mr. Avaneesh M and interns, Ms. Archa Krishnan S and Ms.Jisha M, were involved in conducting the various sessions. Prof. Raju K. Gopal and Mr. Jith from the ITMS team ensured smooth conduct of the online sessions that were held in Faraday Hall. Faculty coordinator: Dr. Lani Rachel Mathew, Asst. Professor (ECE).

• MoU Signed

A MoU was signed between the Metro Scans and MBCET on 6^th April 2023, to provide medical radiological images for support study of graduates, post graduates and doctorate study of bio-medical engineering students.

• Lani Rachel Mathew, Asst. Professor, ECED, was part of the delegation from APJAKTU to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Trivandrum, on 15th February 2023, to discuss possibilities of promotion of assistive technology related activities in the engineering community.

• MoU Signed with SCTIMST

          MBCET signed an MoU with TIMed of Sree Chithra Institute of Medical Science and Technology on 9th January 2023, in the presence of Mr. Balram S., Scientist G, Founder CEO of SCTIMST-TIMed and HoD of Department of Technology and Quality Management, and  Mr. Sarath S. Nair, Scientist/Engineer F, Department of Medical Devices Engineering, SCTIMST. The MoU will pave the way for enabling students interested in biomedical-based engineering startups and medical device development.

• KELTRON Visit

         A team of six people from Keltron visited the IEDC and 3D printing facilities provided by the college on 25th November 2022. The team members are Mr. Hemachandran, Executive Director, Mr. Vijeesh V, Deputy Manager and Division Head, Traffic Signals Division, Mr. Srijith C S, Senior Executive and Head QA, Mr. Anoop G S, Engineer, Head Production Mr. Bijoy S, Engineer, Head Testing, Ms.Revathy Sivanandan, Engineer, Engineering and Student Projects. Dr. Abraham T Mathew, Principal, Dr. S Viswanatha Rao, Vice principal, Head of various department and faculty coordinators were present during the visit.

• MBCET Team Visited Intel Unnati lab, Crescent University, Chennai

       A team of faculty members and technical staff from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering visited the Intel Unnati Lab at the B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai as part of the establishment of the Intel Unnati AI IoT Lab on our campus. The team included Mr. Anoop K Johnson, Assistant Professor, ECED, Mr. Jijo Jose, Assistant Professor, ECED, Mr. Ajith Kumar SM, Lab Instructor, ECED.  The Crescent Innovation and Incubation Council (CIIC) team along with Mr. Ramaiah Chidambaram, Head of Industry 4.0 & IT, interacted with the team and offered all support in establishing an Intel Unnati AI IoT Lab on our campus.

• Lab Visit

Ms. Teena Rajan and Dr. Lani Rachel Mathew, Asst. Professors, Dept. of ECED visited the SCTIMST Biomedical Technology Wing at Poojapura, Trivandrum on 16th November 2022, in order to discuss product development related to biomedical devices.

• MoU signed with INTEL and AUK Computing

      The Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology has signed a MoU with Intel and AUK Computing to set up the Intel Unnati AI IoT Lab on November 1st, 2022. Mr. Ashok R and Mr. Arun Shankar, directors of AUK Computing, Fr. John Varghese, Bursar, Dr. Abraham T. Mathew, Principal, Dr. Viswanatha Rao, Vice Principal, Mr. Sanju Mathew, CEO, Code of Duty Innovation s, Heads of various departments, Deans and faculty members were present during the MoU signing ceremony.

The Department has been striving continuously to establish linkages with industry. Experts from industry are invited for giving talks on recent advances in technology. Students are allowed to undertake project works out sourced from industry and seek guidance from well established R&D departments for in-house project developments. Industry experts are also actively involved during various technical activities related to organizing conferences, workshops etc.

• MoU Signed with CDAC

An MoU has been signed by Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Trivandrum,  to associate in the studies and research in the subject areas of Cyber Security and Forensics, Cyber Law, Software Technologies, Cloud Computing, GIS Technology, 5G Networks, Power Electronics, Control Systems and Instrumentation, VEGA Processor based Microcontrollers and System-on-Chips and in the efforts of Collaborative Teaching, Research and Development. The cooperation will be in the form of expert lectures,collaborating in R & D projects, joint programs, students projects, industrial training, pre-placement training, faculty exchange etc.  A team from CDAC consisting of Mr. Krishnakumar Rao S., Mr. Libin T T, Mr. Deepu Krishnan and Ms. Neeta Maria Celin from Hardware Design Group, visited MBCET .  Fr. John Varghese, Bursar, Dr. Abraham T. Mathew, Principal, Dr. Viswanatha Rao, Vice Principal, Heads of various departments, Deans and faculty members were present during the MoU signing.

• MoU SignedMoU was signed between Vinvish Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Technopark and Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous) on 30 September 2021. The company is a DSIR (Govt. of India) approved R&D centre with a solid R&D foundation in niche areas of Optoelectronics. A full-fledged design and engineering team with expertise in optics, electronics, embedded firmware, and mechanical is in place.

• AT Projects discussion with NISH 

An online discussion with experts from National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH), on the ongoing Assistive Technology (AT) projects in the college, was held on 30 April 2021. Prof (Dr.) K. G. Satheesh Kumar, Director, Centre for Assistive Technology and Innovation (CATI), NISH and Dr. Akila S., Senior Engineer (CATI) gave suggestions for improvement and appreciated the progress in the projects. Ten projects from across the college were presented before a virtual audience of more than 60 participants.

Staff Coordinator: Ms. Jisha Jose (Asst. Professor, Dept. of Computer Science Engineering)

• Project at NISH 

A team of 8 students  (Aparna Sreekumar and Vaishnavy Menon (S6 CS2) , Vaibhav K. and Vishnu P. Kumar (S6 EC2) , Arya P.K. and Devika M.M. (S6 EE2), Pratyush Moni S. and Sidharth Nair (S6 ME2) ) from MBCET under the mentorship of  Mr. Amith G. Nair, Hardware Engineer at NISH, started off with the project work on implementing an alert device for the hearing impaired, to be used inside the library and that can be controlled using a phone.

• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPEECH AND HEARING (NISH)

• • Connected Announcement System for Hearing Impaired (CASHI) developed for deaf students in National Institute of Speech & Hearing (NISH) has been installed successfully in one of their classrooms on 25 January 2019.

Students members: Pranav Peter (S6 EC1), Joel Raju (S6 EC1)

Guided by: Ms. P. P. Hema, Ms. Lani Rachel Mathew and Mr. Anil Kumar

• • The project titled “Vocal Tract Resonance Measurement” was sanctioned by NISH. The project was demonstrated at NISH on 12 May 2017.

Student members: Nilu Anna George, Rohit S., SelvaGanama, Vamsee Krishnan S.

Guided by: Ms. Lani Rachel Mathew

• • The project titled “Fundamental Frequency Estimation using Praat” was sanctioned by NISH. The project was demonstrated at NISH on 18 September 2017.

Student members: Krishnendu Lalaji, Pooja G. S., Rahul Krishnan K. S.

Guided by: Ms. Lani Rachel Mathew

• HLL LIFECARE LIMITED (A GOVT. OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)

• • The project “Wireless System for Water Level Monitoring in Overhead Tank” was sanctioned by HLL Lifecare, Trivandrum.

Student members: Abhinand S., Naveen S., Joji John Varghese

Guided by: Ms. Lani Rachel Mathew, Ms. Teena Rajan

• CENTRE FOR DISABILITY STUDIES (CeDS)

• • Centre for Disability Studies, Poojapura, Trivandrum sanctioned the project titled “Interface for Hearing Impaired and Talking Disability with Normal People”.

Student members: Abhishek V., Don Jose, Aiswarya S., Aneeta Regi

Guided by: Ms. Deepa P. L.

• • Centre for Disability Studies, Poojapura, Trivandrum, sanctioned an amount of Rs. 44,000/- for the research project titled “Visual Interface System for the Disabled (VSID)”.

Student members: Vineeth G. K., Geethu S., Nagma Rani, Zabin P. C.

Guided by: Ms. Remya Annie Eapen

• • Centre for Disability Studies, Poojapura, Trivandrum sanctioned the project titled “Kazcha: Text to Speech Convertor”.

Student members: Darrel Daniel, Libya Thomas, Anjumol Antony, Aparna K. S.

Guided by: Mr. Shiras S. N.

• INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ISRO)

A research project titled ‘Study and Implementation of Advanced Low bit rate Audio Encoding and Decoding algorithms’ was approved by ISRO under the RESPOND project scheme during the period 1st Feb 2013 to Oct 31st 2015. The total funding for the project was Rs 13.02 lakhs.

PI: Dr. Sakuntala S. Pillai, Co-PI: Ms. Ancy S. Anselam