The Department of ECE has a Research and Development center recognized by VTU and offers Ph.D. and M.Sc (Engg) by research programs. It is empowered with 9 research guides under VTU with rich industrial and academic experience. Presently 13 research scholars are pursuing their Ph.D. at the research center, Dept of ECE. The thrust areas are Sensors, MEMS, VLSI Design, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Real-Time Embedded Applications, Wireless Sensor Networks & Biomedical Applications.
The outcome of the research is visible in the form of a large number of publications in National & International Journals & Conferences and Patents filled. Facilities available in the research center are Experimental setups to research on sensors, MATLAB Full Suite, Network Simulator VLSI Design tool-Cadence, Advanced FPGA boards, Antenna Design hardware & software tools, Fiber Optic communication setup.
The facilities available in the R&D center are
| Sl. No. | Name of Important Equipment | Descriptions |
| 1. | Computer systems | DELL, OptiPlex |
| 2. | Fluke Digital Multimeter | 3 3/4 digit, Model no: 179 |
| 3. | Fluke Digital Multimeter with electronic logging facility | 5 1/2 digit, Model no: 287 |
| 4. | Digital Storage Oscilloscope | Rigol Make, 4 channel, 50 MHz |
| 5. | FPGA boards | SPARTAN Vertex – 6 |
| 6. | Fiber Optic communication setup | Research on Fiber Optics |
| 7. | Experimental setups to research on sensors | Strain Gauges, Ammonia Sensors and Pepper Sensor Array |
| 8. | MATLAB 2020 Full Suite | Tool boxes required for major area of research |
| 9. | COMSOL | Multi-physics with MEMS & RF module |
| 10. | VLSI Design tool | Research Bundles from Cadence |
| 11. | Mentor graphics – EDA tool for VLSI Design and Testing | EDA Tool for research under HEP |
| 12. | Antenna/PCB Prototyping Machine | MITS-11 Lab Antenna/PCB Prototyping Machine with design pro software |
| 13. | ANSYS Academic HF Package | HFSS teaching bundle- 25 licences |
Ph.D Guides in Department:
| Sl No. | Name of the Faculty | Area of Research |
| 1 | Dr. S.Y Kulkarni | VLSI & Embedded Systems |
| 2 | Dr. P.A. Vijaya | Pattern Classification, Image Processing, Embedded & Real Time Systems, Network Security |
| 3 | Dr. Veena S Chakravarthi | VLSI Design & Testing |
| 5 | Dr. Yasha Jyothi M Shirur | VLSI Design & Design for Testability |
| 6 | Dr Bindu S | Smart Sensors & its characterisation |
| 7 | Dr. Jyoti R Munavalli | Real time scheduling & tracking systems, , Operations research & management, AI, Data analytics, Health informatics & Biomedical applications |
| 8 | Dr. Subodh Kumar Panda | VLSI Design, Embedded Systems & IoT |
| 9 | Dr. Rekha P | Aromatic Sensors, Characterization and instrumentation |
| 10 | Dr. Bhuvana Suganthi D | Internet of Things, Wearable Technology, Distributed Systems |
Faculty who received Ph.D degree from the Research center
| Sl No. | Name of Faculty | Guide Name | Research Topic |
| 1 | Mrs. Yasha Jyothi M Shirur | Dr. M. S. Suresh & Dr. Veena S Chakravarthi | DFT techniques for Asynchronous dominate SoC |
| 2 | Mrs. Bindu S | Dr. M. S. Suresh | Characterization of PEDOT-PSS for its usability as flexible strain gauge material |
| 3 | Mr. Subodh Kumar Panda | Dr. M. S. Suresh | Evaluation of quality of peppers(chillies) using electronic sensors |
| 4 | Mrs. Rekha P | Dr. M. S. Suresh | Study of PEDOT:PSS sensors for evation of quality of Jasmine aroma |
| 5 | Mrs. Shubha Rao K | Dr. Veena S Chakravarthi | Design and Implementation of load aware high performance switching mode power supply for system on chip(SoC) |
| 6 | Mrs. Chaitra N | Dr. P. A Vijaya | Recognition of Autistic Individuals using Pattern Analysis Techniques on Brain Imaging Data |
| 7 | Ashwini Savanth | Dr. P. A Vijaya | Pattern Classification and image processing techniques on brain fMRI data for the analysis of meditation effects |
| 8 | Priya Sankpal | Dr. P. A Vijaya | Encryption Based Nested Watermarking Techniques for secure transmission of images |
| 9 | Keerti Kulkarni | Dr. P. A Vijaya | Analysis of the land use and land cover change using remotely sensed images |
| 10 | Vrunda Kusanur | Dr. Veena S Chakravarthi | Design of an EnVnet – Wireless Sensor Network to evaluate plant nutrients for Urban + arming |
| 11 | Rashmi S Bhaskar | Dr. Veena S Chakravarthi | Design of 4S for UEM – A Smart Sensor Surveillance System for Urban Environment Monitoring |
| 12 | Ms. Priyadarshini K Desai | Dr. Bindu S | Multiple Antenna System for Small Cell Base station at mm-Wave Frequency. |
Research Scholars Pursuing Ph.D in ECE Research Centre
| Sl No | Guide Name | Research Scholar | Year of Registration | Research Topic | Current Status |
| 1 | Dr. P. A. Vijaya Dept. of ECE, BNMIT | M Sreenath | Feb-17 | Amalgamate scheduling algorithm for real time taks and effective utilization of multiprocessors using MBATS | Thesis Submitted |
| 2 | Dr. Veena S Chakravarthi, Dept. of ECE, BNMIT | Prabhavathi P | Feb-20 | Design Methodology for adaptive power high performance platform SOCs | Re-registered for Ph.D |
| 3 | Dr.Yasha Jyothi M Shirur Dept. of ECE, BNMIT | M Bharathi | Jul-19 | Design, Verification and implementation of efficient DSP processor using distributed arithmetic | Colloquium completed |
| Poornima M R | Dec-21 | Development and Implementation of High Speed Standard Cell Library. | Registered | ||
| 4 | Dr. Jyoti R Munavalli Dept. of ECE, BNMIT | Sankalp Shyam Bailur | Dec-21 | Audio signal processing to estimate precision of vedic chanting using artificial intelligence techniques. | Registered |
| Sudharshan | January-23 | Detection and prediction of different stages of Glaucoma and DR using deep learning techniques. | Registered | ||
| 5 | Dr. Subodh Kumar Panda | Chandrashekar C. | Dec-17 | Memory BIST for System-on-Chip (SoC) | Course work completed |
| Karnam Vasudha | May-23 | Design and Implementation of Intelligent Battery Management System for the protection of Energy Storage Systems by On site and Off site computation using Machine Learning Algorithms | Registered | ||
| 6 | Dr. Bhuvana Suganthi D | Nikitha V P | May-23 | Fertility Tracker using Wearable Sensor Skin | Registered |
