Interdisciplinary - Better Education

The projects aims to develop the Augmented and Virtual Reality based learning system for undergraduate students of Electronics Engineering. The primary objective of learning system is to enable students or learners to operate Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (CRO) and function generator in Electronics Engineering laboratories. Augmented and Virtual Reality based learning system can provide better user interface which increases interactivity, understanding, knowledge retention and makes it easier for student to operate the instruments. The learning system may also improve the skills and knowledge of students.

INTERNSHIPS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS PROJECT.

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Archana Mantri

Funding- Internal        Project Start Date - 23/09/2016

OCULUS Project aims at mapping and standardising the Optometry Curriculum between Europe and India mentored by ECOO-European Council Of Optometry. The Pilot Project is taken up with 3 Indian Universities and 3 Israel Universities by Europe University partners who are engaged in Optometry education. Among Indian Universities, there are Chitkara University from Chandigarh, the University of Hyderabad from Hyderabad, Manipal University from Manipal Karnataka.

INTERNSHIPS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS PROJECT.

Principal Investigator:

Prof Preethi John

Funding- External        Project Start Date - 15/09/2015

Software requirements play the key role during the software development processes, hence are important and have the tendency to reflect the success of the final product. The requirements elicitation process is crucial and requirements engineers need to focus on the types of requirements given by users and the way to express them. The requirements elicited have potential to mar the entire development process so we are working to facilitate requirements engineers through automation of the requirements in standard user story formats.

INTERNSHIPS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS PROJECT.

Principal Investigator:

Ms. Cheshta Sharma M.E. Scholar
CURIN, Chitkara University

Funding- Internal        Project Start Date - 10/02/2015

The project aims to develop a learning system for classroom based on Augmented and virtual reality technology. The system uses 3D models to show real time objects and help the student to interact and learn operational features and functions of that object. The system will be more user – friendly and interactive and improves the learning capability of a student. It also helps in retaining the contents for more time as compared to reading the content.

INTERNSHIPS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS PROJECT.

Principal Investigator:

Mr. Amit Pandey PhD Scholar
CURIN, Chitkara University

Funding- Internal        Project Start Date - 20/07/2016

3D modelling is the process of digitally representing the 3D surface of an object. However, the model is usually rendered to be displayed as a 2D image on a computer screen. There are different methods of 3D model construction and of accessing them. For augmented and virtual applications, we are designing 3D models using 3D Max, 3D Maya, Catia and blender. Models developed till now are bread board, IC, Register, capacitor, CRO, Function generator which is to be used in Augmented Digital/Analog Electronics laboratory to improve the aids used for teaching as AR has a wide range of applications in the field of entertainment, medical, military, training and education. In the education sector, AR provides great learning and interactive experience to the student by providing additional virtual information along with the real environment.

INTERNSHIPS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS PROJECT.

Principal Investigator:

Ms. Bhanu Sharma Research Scholar
CURIN, Chitkara University

Funding- Internal        Project Start Date - 20/07/2016

The approach aims at promoting learning and encouraging the students to reflect not only on the subject but also to become autonomous learners. The students are encouraged to develop the capacity for independent learning and to solve the problems in a creative way.The purpose is to promote self-discovery amongst the students. The intention is to attract a large number of students and to improve the quality of teaching and learning using new resources. With the development of 3D virtual environments, new opportunities are presented, which may also solve some problems of lack of resources in some Institutions.

INTERNSHIPS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS PROJECT.

Principal Investigator:

Ms. Amanpreet Kaur Research Scholar
CURIN, Chitkara University

Funding- Internal        Project Start Date - 23/04/2016

Tangible AR interfaces are those in which each virtual object is registered to a physical object. In the Tangible AR approach, the physical objects and interactions are equally as important as the virtual imagery and provide a very intuitive way to interact with the AR interface. Our objective is to enhance the level of learning and importance to the real object. We are designing a TUI based game for K-8/10 to enhance learning outputs and increase knowledge gain.

INTERNSHIPS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS PROJECT.

Principal Investigator:

Ms. Shubham Gargrish M.E. Scholar,
CURIN, Chitkara University

Ms. NehaTuli M.E. Scholar
CURIN, Chitkara University

Funding- Internal        Project Start Date - 02/04/2015

Development of computer games is a complex activity that involves disciplines such as: Human Computer Interaction, Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence and the skills of professionals from many fields including computer science, 3 – D modelling – design and business, as there are various aspects in game completion process – development/ production, commercialization, distribution and customer engagement. Serious games development has come up with certain challenges for computer science engineers, as the production phase in the game development process depends on them – which include writing codes, making prototypes, increments and creating assets for the game.  In general terms, serious games are associated with ‘games for a purpose other than entertainment’ and are different from entertainment games. The foremost target group of these games is students focusing on mathematics and science.

Games already developed:

• Stars and the Planets.
• Sources of Energy.

INTERNSHIPS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS PROJECT.

Principal Investigator:

Ms. NehaTuli M.E. Scholar
CURIN, Chitkara University

Ms. Shubham Gargrish M.E. Scholar
CURIN, Chitkara University

Funding- Internal        Project Start Date - 02/04/2015

Broad domain: Electronics and Computer Science Engineering

Focused domain: Arduino Board Programming, Raspberry Pi, FPGA

The present invention discloses electronic assistive device for classroom teaching. This device assists teacher to share content like audio, video, presentation slides, documents, exercise, demonstrations etc. to the particular recipient. The hardware device is able to connect with android/windows based smart phones or laptops of students using the intranet. The device is smart enough to identify the targeted audience, it is a simple device, the operational functionalities are simple enough to be understood by anyone and it also a secured device and most importantly a wireless device. The device shares the material in a single click and is able to log all entries. It freezes the student’s device to display the teaching materials in online and support all types of content deliveries like audio/ video/ multimedia/ text/ presentations. Moreover, it is a cost effective device. The advantage of the device is that it is a simple device having portable Wi-Fi and one point nodal communication.

Number of intern positions available in the project – 3

Principal Investigator:

Dr K.R Ramkumar

Funding- Internal        Project Start Date - 01/11/2017

Broad Domain: B.E. in Electronics & Communication and Computer Science Engineering

Focused Domain: Game Engines (3D Unity, Unreal) with knowledge of Arduino Board, Raspberry Pi, FPGA, Matlab, Pressure Sensor, Light Sensor, Reflex Sensor, Motion Sensor, Leap Motion, Kinect Sensor.

Augmented Reality is one of the most fundamental enabling technologies of this era which modifies our perception to such an extent that we are able to see, hear and
feel the ordinary everyday objects in a new and enriched way. A typical Augmented Reality (AR) system requires the integration of hardware and software with factors such as Tracking, Registration, Interaction and Display playing an important role in the system design.

List of publications already emerged out of the project:
1. Amanpreet Kaur, Bhanu Sharma, Amit Kumar, “Technical Aspects of Gesture Recognition Systems”, Interact 2017.
2. Bhanu Sharma, Amanpreet Kaur, Amit Kumar,“Distinct Techniques of Gesture Recognition”, Interact 2017.

No. of intern positions available in the project – 2

Principal Investigator:

Ms Amanpreet kuar

Funding- Internal        Project Start Date - 01/11/2017

Broad Domain– B.E. in Electronics & Communication and Computer Science Engineering

Focused domain– Unity Developer (C sharp), Modeling/Animations in Autodesk Maya.

Augmented reality (AR) is a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. We are working on developing teaching/learning aids for engineering education using Augmented /Virtual Reality.AR/VR learning/teaching aids are an important opportunity for enhancing education due to their ability to present realistic simulations of real-life situations and provide engaging user experience to students. It has been done to enhance the interactive learning skills in engineering education.

No. of intern positions available in the project – 2

List of Publications from this project:

•  N. Tuli and A. Mantri, “Augmented Reality Teaching Aid: Making Chemistry Interactive,” Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, pp. 188-191, 2015.
• N. Tuli and A. Mantri, “Interaction Techniques: helping user manipulate AR virtual content,” in Fourth International Conference on Wireless Networking and Embedded Systems (WECON), 2015.

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Archana Mantri

Funding- External        Project Start Date - 01/11/2017