Summer Internship at IIST Thiruvananthapuram - Over 100 projects available!

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The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology is inviting applications from reputed institutions like IITs and IISERs for short term summer projects. The duration of this internship is from May 20 to July 18, 2024.

The internship doesn’t offer a stipend but accommodation and meals are available at nominal charges. Interns will be issued ID cards to be able to access the facilities at IIST.

Summer Projects at IIST

Below are the various departments and the projects offered this summer.

Aerospace

AE1 Gaseous mixture filling automation
AE2 Stress analysis using finite element method (2 students)
AE3 Crack-induced oscillations in rotating disc
AE4 Design and implementation of combustion test rig control using Labview
AE5 Optical diagnostics in two-phase flows
AE6 Spatial resolution enhancement using optical diagnostic methods
AE7 Digital Two-Color Ratio Pyrometry
AE8 Interferometric Mie Scattering
AE9 Design and development of Gas dynamics probe
AE10 unsteady pressure analysis of spherical flames
AE11 Modelling and simulation of MEMS & NEMS devices

Avionics

AV1 Satellite mission design
AV2 Operating Systems for satellite onboard computer
AV3 Satellite Onboard communication
AV4 Satellite Attitude Determination and Control Systems – Hardware Development
AV5 Satellite Attitude Determination and Control Systems – Software Development
AV6 Deep space navigation using pulsars
AV7 Beamed energy propulsion using microwave
AV8 Thermoelectric generation
AV9 Docking and Berthing mechanisms for small satellite
AV10 Satellite systems hardware and software
AV11 Controller Design for an aerospace vehicle
AV12 Robust Controller Design for UAV
AV13 Integrated design and testing of a RF phased array system for wireless power transfer
AV14 Doherty PA Design and implementation on PCB using PA modules (Built in-house)
AV15 Antenna Design for small satellite applications
AV16 Antenna Design for Radar Application
AV17 On-chip antenna design
AV18 Microwave Wireless Power Transfer
AV19 Design of passive components for THz Technology
AV20 Safe reinforcement learning
AV21 AI/ML for healthcare applications
AV22 Modeling of Physiological Systems
AV23 Modeling of Physiological Systems
AV24 Machine Learning
AV25 AR/VR
AV26 Intelligent Robotics
AV27 Computer vision
AV28 Computational Neuroscience
AV29 Biometrics /information security
AV30 Approximate circuits
AV31 LIght Weight DNN
AV32 IRNSS/GPS receiver architecture
AV33 Hardware architecture for cryptography
AV34 Hardware/software architecture for onboard compression
AV35 Semiconductor Optoelectronics/Photonics – Electroabsorption studies in semiconductor quantum wells
AV36 Semiconductor Optoelectronics/Photonics – Study on light reflection and transmission through multilayer gratings
AV37 Mathematical and Agent-Based Models of Social Dynamics
AV38 Mathematical and Agent-Based Models of Cultural Evolution
AV39 Spectrum Sensing and Cognitive radio
AV40 Biomedical Electronics Design – Design, Analysis and Peformance Evaluation of biomedical electronic systems based on magnetism principles
AV41 Biomedical Electronics Design – Design, Analysis and Peformance Evaluation of biomedical electronic systems based on capacitive principles
AV42 Linearizing electronic for Sensors – Design and Optimization
AV43 Smart phone based sensor interfacing
AV44 Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Cyber Physical Systems using Hybrid Deep Learning Approach
AV45 On the Road to 6G : Developing a 6G Testbed
AV46 Android and web app development for space applications
AV47 Electronic systems for astro-biology payloads
AV48 Wireless Mesh Networks
AV49 Software Defined Wireless Networks
AV50 6G Satellite Development
AV51 Human space research – development of communication and networking systems for Human space crew module and associated systems.
AV52 6G communication – Developing deep learning based channel estimation algorithm
AV53 Human space research – Developing SDR based communication system
AV54 6G Communication – Developing Hybrid beamforming Algorithm
AV55 6G Communication – Developing deep learning based channel estimation algorithm
AV56 Spectrum Sharing
AV57 Power Electronics & Drives
AV64 Reinforcement Learning for communication networks

Chemistry

CH1 Polymernanocomposites for EMI shielding
CH2 Nanomaterials/composites
CH3 Nanomaterials for environmental applications
CH4 Gravitational biology/ Drug discovery
CH5 Inorganic functional materials

Earth and Space Sciences

ES1 Searching for transients in VLASS data
ES2 Nowcasting Thunderstorms over Indian Region
ES3 Characterisation of aerosol layers from LiDAR data
ES4 Particle transfer simulations through aerosol sampling lines
ES5 Significance of Terrestrial Analogues for Planetary Exploration
ES6 Spectral modelling of select metals for mineral mapping applications
ES7 Deep learning methods for largescale crop disease surveillance
ES8 Soil contaminants detection using hyperspectral imaging
ES9 Machine leaning models for prediction of algal blooms
ES10 Hybrid ensemble methods for the mapping of crops using drone-based multispectral imagery
ES11 Understanding Martian Atmosphere using EMARS reanalysis
ES12 Estimating the uncertainty in the intensity forecast of Tropical Cyclone using AI approach
ES13 Machine learning Agricultural crop classification using open source satellite images
ES14 Machine learning approaches for individual tree detection from terrestrial laser scanning dataset
ES15 Application of LiDAR for geological studies
ES16 UAV/ Drone based multispectral data classification for object extraction
ES17 Software development for 3D lidar point cloud classification

Humanities and Social Sciences

HS1 Space Economics
HS2 Food and Cultural Studies
HS3 Creative Writing and Everyday Lives

Mathematics

MA1
1. Applications of Differential Equations to Control Theory
2. Machine Learning Algorithms
MA2 Algebra/Analysis/Geometry/Topology
MA3 Nonlinear Dynamics & chaos
MA4 2. Machine Learning Algorithms

Physics

PH1 Atomic Layer Deposition
PH2 Nonlinear Dynamics
PH3 Memory devices
PH4 Adaptive Optics
PH5 Diffractive Optics
PH6 Optical surface profilometry
PH7 Ellipsometry
PH8 Quantum Information

Students need to visit the topics list page, and contact the faculty mentioned against the selected project for any questions about the project.

How to apply for summer internship at IIST?

Apply online at the IIST Summer internship portal.

Read the application instructions carefully before applying.

The last date to apply is April 15, 2024.

The list of shortlisted candidates will be published on April 22, 2024.

For any clarifications, contact

Dr Sakthivel K (Internship Coordinator), Phone: +91-471-2568470, Email: [email protected]
Dr. Raju K George (Dean, (Student Activities, Student Welfare & Outreach)), Phone: 04712568633, Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]

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