New Delhi: Delhi Technological University (DTU), formerly known as Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) collaborates with Tokyo Institute of Technology to develop ‘new materials’. The ‘new materials’ developed is anticipated to be beneficial in the advancement of engineering of tomorrow.
DTU’s research group under the leadership of Dr D Kumar has taken up the major research project in the area of 'Helical Conducting Polymers' under Indo-Japan Collaborative Research Project. As per sources, on September 23, 2010, Professor Mitsumasa Iwamoto from Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, visited DTU and delivered a lecture on Probing and Modeling of Visualized Carrier Motion in Organic Films by Optical Second Harmonic Generation. The lecture discovered the possibility of helical conducting materials for solar cell applications.
Professor P B Sharma, Vice Chancellor, DTU said that the focus of DTU is on undertaking industrially relevant research to empower Indian industries with next-generation technologies. He said that the research on new material, being carried out at DTU, forms an important thrust area identified in line with national priorities. Mr Shrama also added that the collaboration with Institute of Technology, Tokyo, under Indo-Japan Collaborative Research Project, has been highly useful in bringing an international perspective to the ongoing research work and ensuring that the research carried out is of globally accredited quality.
In addition, another seminar on Atomistic Modeling of Nano Fluids was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at DTU. Professor Sudipto Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, presented new models to explain how with the addition of small quantity of nano-particles, the thermal conductivity of fluids enormously increases.
