DEPARTMENT : ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1ST JULY 2019- 30th JUNE 2020
Research Project
Sr. No. Name of the faculty Research Projects Undertaken (2019-20) Sponsoring/ Guiding Organization Details Research Grant (Minor/Major)/ Investment/Income/ Worth Rs. Patents applied, if any (For the same work) Work Published/Commercialized at Outcome
Title of Project Brief / Abstract
1 Dr. Namrata Ansari Low Cost Smart Irrigation System Ensuring irrigation in orchards requires a regular supply of huge amounts of water to the trees. However, since monsoons are the only source of rainwater in India, the water collected must be stored to last for the rest of the year. Moreover, the amount of water required for irrigation is drastically high during the summers which is very often difficult to cater to. In order to sustain the demand of water for irrigation in such high amounts throughout the year, it is required to maintain a on-demand irrigation system which supplies water to the trees when the soil moisture content falls below a certain threshold which may vary over time depending on the external environment. University Mumbai 50,000/- No 3rd International Conference on Advanced in Science and Technology ICAST-2020 IoT based Cost-effective Centralised Smart Irrigation System using LoRa , April 8-9, 2020 Reduction in labor due to availability of remote access to irrigation system operations.
2 Ms. Vricha Chavan Implementation of RFID based client server system for student centric Applications Students spend a long time I queues to take Xerox, pay canteen bills and take printouts in lab. This RFID based System works on the RFID chip embedded in the identity card and a student database system helps to monitor the student wallet. The money is automatically deducted after getting the Xerox, printout etc by swapping this card. A warning mail will be sent if the amount goes below predefined threshold value. University Mumbai 15,000/- In Progress Conference paper in ICAST 2020 Prototype ready and working properly.
3 Ms. Vricha Chavan Real Time Currency Counter The project consists of Feature extraction of the image of the currency to use it to identify, segregate and collect the currency in predefined boxes using a belt and pulley system in donation box. It also counts the amount of currency and updates total amount to the concerned persons. It uses an IR sensor, a real time camera and conveyer belt to process the coins. University Mumbai 25,000/- In Progress Conference paper in ICAST 2020 on feature extraction Techniques Prototype ready and working properly.
4 Ms. Sandhya Deshpande Image processing on C# The project is to make a machine to auto-detect the position of the ball in a roulette wheel and a video magnifier is a reading aid for people with low vision photos again. A handheld video magnifier is a small, lightweight electronic magnifier that is easy to use. Due to its complex size it is easy to carry along anywhere you go.it can be magnified and increase contact on the spot. Nehru Science Center(NSC) Nil Nil Nil Students were able to detect the color of the ball by rotating it.
5 Ms. Vricha Chavan Development of methods for in-season monitoring of sugarcane crop in Peninsular India using Earth Observations for precision water and nitrogen management This is two year International Indo- Russian Joint Project. The objectives are to find the nitrogen content in the sugarcane crop varieties to monitor fertilizer applications in the fields by analysing multispectral satellite images. The classification of images to identify sugarcane varieties and monitor the health of the crop are also achieved. Department of Science and Technology – RFBR Rs. 2500000/- Not Yet 1.One Journal publication in International Russian Journal of International Remote Sensing in July 2019
2. Conference paper presentation in International Conference of Precision agriculture in Sept.2020		 A farmer friendly decision support system is designed
6 Dr. Suresh Ukarande
Dr. Namrata Ansari		 IoT based Remote Monitoring and Controlling System for Sugarcane Farm Field Irrigation Geoinformatic & geospatial (GIS) techniques suited to Indian farming conditions were assessed by many researchers in India. Machine Learning, Spatial Data Mining techniques were also used for the sustainable agricultural crop production, examining farm conditions, accurate and timely forecasts, estimations, soil amendment, erosion and remediation. It is used to reduce farm input costs, learning & expert policy decisions like import-export, pricing marketing distribution etc. Firefly (FF) optimization algorithm was also proposed for Feature Selection (FFFS)such as plant images, soil characteristics, and weather factors. Estimating mean and variance of cane weight, number of stalks, cane height, brix, and internode length, cane diameter in seven families of sugarcane seedlings. Optimum plant geometry of sugarcane was found through drip irrigation and to compare water use and water use efficiency. Study has been conducted to test the effects of soil test fertilizer recommendation (STFR) along with organic manure on growth, yield, quality and soil health under sugarcane cultivation. Architecture for integration of cloud computing for Internet of Things and its issues was also studied. They predicted ubiquitous sensing services and powerful processing of sensing data streams. However, there is very less work available on the use of IoT based Smart Remote Sensing Techniques for monitoring & management of Smart Sugarcane Irrigation, varieties and growth stages, real time crop health, water and nutritional status for sugarcane farming in India . However, this technology can provide new opportunities based on remotely sensed data available over the cloud for proper analysis ,management ,expert decision making, reducing farm input cost as fertilizer, fuel, seed, transportation, mapping ,presentations, and increasing sugarcane yield with less human efforts. National Agricultural Science Fund Applied(20000000/- ) Nil Nil 1. Remote Monitoring & management of soil moisture, humidity and thermal canopy for sugar cane crop.
2. Sensors based data on cloud server will provide the requirement of water by the crops, humidity levels, enquired temperature.


1ST JULY 2018- 30th JUNE 2019
Research Project
Sr. No. Name of the faculty Research Projects Undertaken (2018-19) Sponsoring/ Guiding Organization Details Research Grant (Minor/Major)/ Investment/Income/ Worth Rs. Patents applied, if any (For the same work) Work Published/Commercialized at Outcome
Title of Project Brief/Abstract
1 Dr. Anamika Singh IA silicon photonics integrated circuit for wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network A silicon photonics integrated circuit for wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network SERB/DST Major Grant Rs 15,00, 000/- -- -- Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit designing
2 Dr. Jayashree Khanapuri Classification of Thorax using Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence(AI) has been termed as the new electricity as it is disrupting all the industries in today's era. The algorithms which run behind Artificial Intelligence products are the Deep Learning Algorithms. The word Deep states that the algorithm is made up of many layers. University of Mumbai, Maharashtra Minor Grant Rs. 45,000/- -- -- Development of application software
3 Ms. Swati Shinde Alzheimer’s Disease Detection Alzheimer’s (AHLZ-high-merz) is a disease of the brain that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. It is not a normal part of aging. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time. Although symptoms can vary widely, the first problem many people notice is forgetfulness severe enough to affect their ability to function at home or at work, or to enjoy hobbies. The disease may cause a person to become confused, University of Mumbai, Maharashtra Minor Grant Rs. 25,000/- -- -- Development of application software


ACADEMIC YEAR 1ST JULY 2017- 30th JUNE 2018
Research Project
Sr. No. Name of the faculty Research Projects Undertaken (2017-18) Sponsoring/ Guiding Organization Details Research Grant (Minor/Major)/ Investment/Income/ Worth Rs. Patents applied, if any (For the same work) Work Published/Commercialized at Outcome
Title of Project Brief/Abstract
1 Dr. Suresh Ukarande
Dr. Namrata Ansari
Ms. Tilottama Dhake
Dr. Sunita Patil		 IoT based Remote Monitoring and Controlling System for Sugarcane Farm Field Irrigation Measurement of the required parameters depending on the field requirement, durability, efficiency and compatibility with embedded system.Use of wireless sensors for soil moisture, humidity and thermal canopy. This will communicate with relay nodes-electromechanical switches. National Agricultural Science Fund Major Grant applied for Rs. 2 Crore -- -- IoT Based Remote Monitoring and Controlling System for the Sugarcane farm field Irrigation.
2 Ms. Vricha Chavan Development of methods for in-season monitoring sugarcane crop in Peninsular India using Earth Observations for precision water Time series Landsat 8 / Sentinel 2 / Hyperion images (need based) will be evaluated for discrimination of varieties and growth stages of sugarcane and for assessing nitrogen and water status of sugarcane crop. The study area covers Bagalkot and Belgaum districts of Karnataka. Time series satellite data will be evaluated for the discrimination of ruling sugarcane varieties cultivated in the study area such as Co 86032, CoC 671 Department of Science and Technology – RFBR Major Grant applied for Rs. 25, 00, 000/- None Paper to be published titled “ Classification of sugarcane crop based on time series data ” Differentiating between two different types of crop of sugarcane and other crops


ACADEMIC YEAR 1ST JULY 2016- 30th JUNE 2017
Research Project
Sr. No. Name of the faculty Research Projects Undertaken (2016-17) Sponsoring/ Guiding Organization Details Research Grant (Minor/Major)/ Investment/Income/ Worth Rs. Patents applied, if any (For the same work) Work Published/Commercialized at Outcome
Title of Project Brief/Abstract
1 Ms. Pradnya Kamble Wireless Health Monitoring System using personal area network Healthcare monitoring system has drawn considerable attentions for the last decade. As the population is increasing and at the same time the health care cost is skyrocketing there has been a need to monitor a patient from each nook and corner of the world. The main job is to accurately measure, record and analyze patients’ data. read the heart rate of the patients and send the real time data over the Internet by using file system allocation protocols. University of Mumbai, Maharashtra Minor Grant Rs. 25,000/- -- -- Development of Prototype
2 Dr. Vaishali Wadhe Tree Climbing coconut plucker This presents an electronic machine that serves the purpose of plucking the coconuts from the high canopies of the coconut trees with a safer-than-traditional approach. The project is developed using various chassis, gears, motors, microcontrollers, etc. that are interfaced together according to our self-designed blueprints of the machine. Some issues, regarding the economic benefits of the tree-owners and risk to the lives of the tree-climbing men, are the problems of major concern that are solved by this electronic coconut plucker. University of Mumbai, Maharashtra Minor Grant Rs. 35,000/- -- -- Development of Prototype
3 Ms. Priya Hankare Processing of infrared Thermal Images for early breast cancer disease detection using color image analysis Breast cancer is one of the most leading and common cause of cancer. It can be detected by infrared thermal imaging Technique by observing the temperature distribution on the breast. Proposed system using asymmetry analysis of breast thermograms. The heat patterns are segmented and the asymmetry analysis is performed by using histogram generation and feature extraction. Extracted statical features clearly indicate the abnormality of a breast thermogram. University of Mumbai, Maharashtra Minor Grant Rs. 30,000/- -- Paper published titled “Breast abnormality based early diagnosis of breast cancer using non-invasive digital infrared thermal imaging” in International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics Volume 10 Issue 4 Print ISSN: 1755-0653 Online ISSN: 1755-0661 Development of Algorithm using Matlab platform
4 Ms. Rupali Satpute Developing a computer based information system to improve the diagnosis of blood anaemia Design and implementation of a computer based information system by utilizing a developed methodology. This methodology includes a set of procedures and processes to analyse blood smear images (image reading, pre-processing, feature extraction, RBCs classification, results and diagnosis). Essentially an efficient method using the image processing technique (image enhancement, segmentation and feature extraction) has been constructed which can be used to analyse blood smear images taken University of Mumbai, Maharashtra Minor Grant Rs. 20,000/- -- Paper Published titled “Developing a Computer based Information System to Improve the Diagnosis of Blood Anemia - Part I” in IJSRD - International Journal for Scientific Research & Development| Vol. 4, Issue 12, 2017 | ISSN (online): 2321-0613 Development of simulation Software on real time data
5 Mr. Kiran Rathod Design and development of Rectangular slot and angular ring slot wearable broad band circularly polarized textile antenna for medical application In future due to a highly developed technology, a person is predictable to put up with a variety of electronics devices and sensors collectively with medical sensors, which regularly creates bridge between each other and outside world. Wireless applications are endlessly ever-increasing, while the size of the corresponding devices is decreasing. However, the inclination towards such antenna is integrated with human body which is disruptive to human body University of Mumbai, Maharashtra Minor Grant Rs. 25,000/- -- -- Antenna is designed and developed and used in RF harvesting application
6 Dr. Jayashree Khanapuri
Ms. Rashmi Adatkar		 A Computer Vision based Automatic Gate Control for Vehicle recognition Automatic gate control system is based on vehicle license plate recognition. The aim of this research is to develop and implement an automatic gate control system that will increase convenience and security at entrance of all the important places that require protection and Security. The auto gate control will be able to works automatically without need human beings and also the system will be able to recognizes license plates from cars at entrance gate and take an action to let cars enter or not. University of Mumbai, Maharashtra Minor Grant Rs. 31,000/- -- -- Development of Prototype
7 Mr. Sagar Mhatre Development of FPGA based controller area network sniffer for prosthetic limbs The main objective of this research work is to design a system based on FPGA that can read packets received over CAN bus and translate it to USB data packets that can be used to control Prosthetic Limbs. This uses programmable hardware logic present on the FPGA. The design uses Intellectual Property cores (IP core) modules offered by Xilinx and other vendors. Xilinx tools Vivado and ISE 14.7 are used in the designing of the system. University of Mumbai, Maharashtra Minor Grant Rs. 25,000/- -- -- Development of simulation Software