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Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS) was founded in the year 1999 to promote the Smart Technology in India. Dr. V.K Aatre, the former Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister (Raksha Mantri), Government of India, as its founder president. Please see the brochure. to know more about types of membership and benefits. For new membership, kindly fill the membership form . Please contact us in case of any difficulty.

ISSS Office Assistant: Part time

ISSS has expanded its activities and to enhance its outreach and future activities we are looking for an office assistant to work from home on a part time basis. More details are in the attached document. If you have the relevant experience, please apply.

 

TIH-IoT CHANAKYA UG/PG Internship/Fellowship Program 2022-2023

About the Program

Comprehensive and Holistic Advancement of National Knowledge Yield and Analytics (CHANAKYA) is an initiative under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) with a focus on human resources development. TIH-IoT CHANAKYA UG/PG Internships/Fellowships are primarily aimed at encouraging in-depth analysis and enriching knowledge in CPS, creating new scientific knowledge/ technology solutions, and solving problems of the industry using CPS.

This program provides an opportunity to Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) students to work on industrial problems in the technology domain of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its applications, under the guidance of a Faculty Mentor. Students will also be provided financial support through internships/fellowships.

For further details, kindly look into the following link

DESIGN & INNOVATION CLINIC-2022

On the occasion of 60th Year Diamond Jubilee Celebration,CMTI is organising ‘Design & Innovation Clinic 2022‘ on 6th-8th June 2022, with the objective of inspiring young engineers to nurture their scientific temperament towards engineering innovations. This event is challenging as it involves 3 rounds of competition. The final round is an all-nighter, straight 36 hours event to build a prototype or a working model at Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore. For more details the brochure has been attached . Event details can be found at Website: https://drishti.cmti.res.in/

Registrations are open!!!

The Programme has 2 Themes.

  1. Students can submit innovative ideas in the field of Science and Technology.
  2. Students have to give innovative solutions to Industrial Problems given by CMTI.

The Programme can help students in getting industrial exposure

Note:

  1. First the students need to send their details and upload their topic (or Ideas) in the above website.
  2. If the students are shortlisted then the student need to pay for Registration of Rs. 500/Team

 

Eligibility Criteria: Pre-final (3rd year) and Final year Engineering students, Masters 1st or Final year or 2022, 2023  pass out (2022, 2023 pass outs – both M.Tech and B.E/B.Tech;Note: Must not be employed).

Call for Application: Short-term Summer Programme on Design Thinking, Smart Manufacturing and Incubation at CPDM, IISc

The Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing (CPDM), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) initiated India’s first Smart Factory R&D Platform in 2014. It is now expanded into a Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC) for Industry 4.0 under the Samarth Udyog Bharat 4.0 Programme of the Department of Heavy Industries (DHI), Govt of India. It has a demonstration platform for smart factory showcasing the ‘state of the art’ technologies, to be used for R&D, and for supporting innovation, startups and training programmes.

 

For more details at: https://cpdm.iisc.ac.in/smartmanufacturing/short-term-summer-programme2022/

The Summer Programme Includes: 

  • Exposure to the Design Thinking Process, mentored, guided sessions for real-world open-ended problem-solving, and access to Design Thinking digital tools.
  • Exposure to Smart Factory platform and technologies: Industry 4.0, Digital Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Robotics, Digital Twins, IoT, AR/VR, etc.
  • Exposure to Incubation and Testing Facilities.
Eligibility: Pre-final and final year Engineering/ Architecture/ Design students.
Duration: 4 Weeks (Monday – Friday)
Mode of delivery: In-Person (Physical)
Programme dates:1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Batch: 6 June – 1 July 20225th, 6th, 7th and 8th Batch: 4 July – 29 July 2022
How to Apply: 
  • Each individual who wishes to attend the summer programme must register by paying the registration fee.
  • Apply by filling out the online form: https://forms.office.com/r/BgvigY6g4K
  • Last date of application: 31 May 2022
A Poster/flyer is available for download from http://cpdm.iisc.ac.in/smartmanufacturing/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DT-SM-Poster.pdf. Please feel free to download, print and display this poster in your department premises for broader visibility of the Programme.

Junior Research Fellow NIT Trichy

Applications are invited from Indian Nationals only for Project Positions research projects, under the principal investigator Dr. M.P. Selvan, Associate Professor/ EEE at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli-15, Tamil Nadu.

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Research Associate- Grade III position at MMNS lab, CeNSE

IISc CeNSE is looking for a Ph.D. graduate with a minimum of two years of work experience to work on inertial sensor development for space applications. The applicant must have hands-on experience in semiconductor fabrication and device packaging. The selected candidate will work on the design, fabrication, characterization, and packaging of Silicon- Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based High-performance Accelerometer (SiMHA). The main focus of the project is the fabrication of the wafer-level hermetically encapsulated sensor structure using a multi-wafer stack silicon fusion bonding process.

 

More details can be found in the link

Senior Research Fellow position at MMNS lab, CeNSE

IISc CeNSE is looking for an M. Tech graduate with a minimum of two years of work experience to work on inertial sensor development for space applications. The applicant must know semiconductor fabrication and device packaging technology. The selected candidate will work on the design, fabrication, characterization, and packaging of Silicon- Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based High-performance Accelerometer (SiMHA). The main focus of the project is the fabrication of the wafer-level hermetically encapsulated sensor structure using a multi-wafer stack silicon fusion bonding process.

 

More details can be found in the link

Researcher/Scientist in Microwave/mm-Wave active circuits

The Advanced RF Technologies (ART) Group at Tyndall National Institute (TNI) and University College Cork is advertising for the position of the Post-doctoral Researcher/Scientist in Microwave/mm-Wave active circuits for 5G RF front-ends. Our team aims to recruit well-qualified and highly-motivated researchers with strong background in RF/mm-Wave circuit design, power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, RF front-end components and integrated circuits. The post holder will be the lead researcher of an interdisciplinary and ambitions project that will research and develop highly-integrated and performance-enhanced RF front-ends for highly-versatile 5G RF transceivers. The postholder will require competences in RF circuit design, electromagnetic design, linear and non-linear RF characterization. Furthermore, the postholder is expected to manage the project and co-supervise MS and PhD students.

The candidate will be given an initial 18-month contract with potential of extension to a multi-year contract subject to performance and availability of funds.

 

More details can be found in the link

Researcher: Highly-reconfigurable Microwave RF Filters

Contract: Full Time/Fixed Term

The Advanced RF Technologies (ART) Group at Tyndall National Institute (TNI) and University College Cork is advertising for the position of the Postdoctoral Researcher in Highly-Reconfigurable Microwave RF Filters for well-qualified and highly-motivated researchers with extensive experience in one of more of the following: filter synthesis techniques, tunable filters (planar, 3D waveguide and acoustic SAW/BAW/FBAR), low loss RF tuning methods and low-cost integration methods for high-frequency RF filters. The post holder will be employed as the lead researcher of an ambitious research project that aims to develop highly-reconfigurable RF filters for the next generation of 5G communication systems.

 

More details can be found in the link

Post-doctoral Researcher/Scientist in Microwave, Position

The Advanced RF Technologies (ART) Group at Tyndall National Institute (TNI) and University College Cork is advertising for the position of the Post-doctoral Researcher/Scientist in Microwave/mm-Wave active circuits for 5G RF front-ends.
Our team aims to recruit well-qualified and highly-motivated researchers with strong background in RF/mm-Wave circuit design, power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, RF front-end components and integrated circuits. The post holder will be the lead researcher of an interdisciplinary and ambitions project that will research and develop highly-integrated and performance-enhanced RF front-ends for highly-versatile 5G RF transceivers. The postholder will require competences in RF circuit design, electromagnetic design, linear and non-linear RF characterization. Furthermore, the postholder is expected to manage the project and co-supervise MS and PhD students.

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Last date to file nominations is June 30th, 2025.

ISSS Awards

ISSS Young Scientist Award

ISSS presents a Young Scientist Award for outstanding researchers (aged below 40 years as on the nomination/submission deadline) for their work done in India in the area of micro and smart systems. From 2015, this award carries an ISSS Medal, a Citation, and a Cash prize of Rs 50,000. This award is for someone who has carried out extensive research beyond their academic programs, on a topic relevant to this area.
Nomination in the prescribed form should include the list of publications and a short description of the nominee’s contributions. Nomination by “self” should be supported by reference letters by two experts familiar with the nominee’s work. Nomination by an ISSS member should be seconded by another ISSS member or a subject expert and should contain a brief justification for the nomination. Nomination by Head of Institution should contain details of the nominee’s work at the institute and a recommendation from an expert such as thesis supervisor or a senior member of faculty.
The winner is required to make a brief overview of his/her recent research work and receive the award at a special session organized by ISSS, online or in person.
Nomination format is available to download. Nominations will be carried forward for subsequent years, provided the nominee meets other requirements of this award. Nominations may be sent to admin@isssonline.in .

ISSS Technology Award

ISSS has initiated a Technology Award for scientists/engineers who undertake major initiatives to commercialize a product in the area of micro and smart systems.  The award will carry a Citation and a Cash prize of Rs 50,000.

This award is intended to promote technology development, innovation and entrepreneurship in India in the area of micro and smart systems. This award is intended to recognize contributions made by (i) an entrepreneur who has set up, or is at an advanced stage of setting up start-ups pertinent to the general area devices or systems using micro and nano technologies and applications or (ii) someone who have championed the cause of commercialization with appropriate technology innovation, leading to a product or application.

Please note that the nominee is expected to have demonstrated maturity towards commercialization of the product or has made sustained progress towards commercialization during the recent years. Documentary proofs for claims may be included with the nomination form. Nominations for this award in the prescribed format may be sent to admin@isssonline.in by the deadline and may be made by self, head of organization or ISSS members.

Nomination by “self” should be supported by reference letters by two experts familiar with the nominee’s work. Nomination by an ISSS member or the Head of Institution should be seconded by another ISSS member or a subject expert. Nominations will be valid for up to three years.

Nomination format is available online.  Nominations may be sent to admin@isssonline.in.

The winner is required to make  a short presentation summarising his/her activities and receive the award at a special session at the ISSS conference.  In order to keep the standards high, the judging panel may choose not to offer this award in a given year.

ISSS presents distinguished service awards to deserving individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the research and development of the Micro and Smart Systems areas in India through their academic or professional work, service to ISSS or service to national initiatives/programs.  Nominees are selected solely by the Governing Council and no nominations or representations are solicited for this special honor.  In the past, society have recognized the following individuals

Distinguished Service Awards

ISSS presents distinguished service awards to deserving individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the research and development of the Micro and Smart Systems areas in India through their academic or professional work, service to ISSS or service to national initiatives/programs. Nominees are selected solely by the Governing Council and no nominations or representations are solicited for this special honor. In the past, society have recognized the following individuals

ISSS Student Awards

ISSS has instituted special student awards for full time regular students in India to recognize their outstanding contributions in the area of micro and smart systems. There are separate categories for undergraduate (BSc, BE, BTech, etc) and postgraduate (MSc, MS, ME, MTech, MPhil, etc). To qualify for these awards, the student(s) should have completed the reported work during the respective academic programs.

A summary/synopsis of the research work during the tenure of the respective degree program may be sent for consideration for these awards.   In the case of UG award, an individual or a team of up to four members can submit their contributions. For the UG award, a three-minute video describing the project outcome and for PG and PhD award a five-minute video describing the project outcome should be submitted.

Supervisor/guide of the student(s) is required to give an undertaking that the work was carried out during the respective academic course program for which the submission is considered. The Academic supervisor(s) of award winning students will be given a Commendation Certificate.  Students of integrated degree programs may be considered for the award category based on their year of enrollment. Please note that one person will be considered only once for one category of award.

  • ISSS UG Student Project Awards: Rs. 15,000   Eligibility: Student of BSc, BE, B.Tech, or equivalent undergradualte degree programs.  Submissions are limited to 4 pages and should highlight the project work reported.
  • ISSS Post Graduate Student Award:  Rs. 20,000 Eligibility: MSc, ME, MTech, MS, or MPhil .or equivalent postgraduate degree programs.  Submissions are limited to 4 pages and should highlight the thesis/ research/ project work reported.
  • ISSS PhD Thesis Award:  Rs. 25,000  Submissions may include a synopsis of the research towards the PhD degree and a list of all publications and/or patents during the course of research.  The Award jury may select a winner who will be informed.

Submissions for these awards should be sent directly to admin@isssonline.in.

Award winners will be given a Memento, Cash prize as above, and an Award Certificate.  The Academic supervisor(s) of award winning students will be given a Commendation Certificate.

  • Student projects executed at NPMASS supported National MEMS Design Centres are specially welcome for this competition.
  • Decision of the awards committee appointed by the governing council of ISSS will be final in all respects.
  • The committee may not offer an award if it does not find a suitable candidate in a given category.
  • A second prize for up to one of the student award categories may be included in a given year.