Crucible of Research and Innovation (CORI) is a research wing of PES University, established in 2010 to carry out multidisciplinary research. CORI has received and successfully completed funded projects and consultancy projects from several government organizations such as ISRO, DRDO, DST, NRB, LRDE, AICTE, etc. and private firms such as Intel, Siemens, Mann Hummel, Stryker, etc. to a tune of more than Rs. 30 crore till date and there are several ongoing projects too.
The funded and consultancy projects focused on latest cutting edge technologies during that era including projects like underwater wireless power transfer, reconfigurable computing architectures, Electronic Nose, Digital Twin, Dialysis Machine prototype, Blood pump prototypes, etc. Several UG and PG students, Research Associates and Ph.D scholars have benefitted from the same by working on the industry funded projects to hone their research skills and industry readiness.
Crucible of Research and Innovation (CORI) was established in 2010 to carry out multidisciplinary research. The engineers at this unique entity hail from some of the most prestigious government organizations in the area of space technology and defence among others. Industry experts and scientists from around the world strengthen CORI’s range of expertise and skills. The goal is to help students evolve their expertise with multi-disciplinary approach to meet the challenges faced by the industry in innovative ways.
CORI, the research wing of PES University is headed by Dr. J. Manikandan, a Professor of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department. He received his B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of Technology (TPGIT), Madras University. He received his M.E. degree in Communication Systems and Ph.D. in Pattern Recognition, both from National Institute of Technology, Trichy (NIT-T) India. Prior to his Ph.D, he served as Project Trainee at ISRO and as Scientist ‘B’ and ‘C’ at Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), DRDO Labs, Bangalore for nearly 6 years.
He has worked on several funded projects and consultancy projects to the tune of 1 Crore on multifarious research including Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, Electronic Nose, Digital Twin, Autonomous Vehicle Technology, Embedded system design, reconfigurable computing, underwater wireless power, wireless sensor networks and many more.
He has been honored with several prestigious awards for his research work carried out till date which includes Young Engineers Award from the Institution of Engineers, Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Board for IT Education Standards, IETE Biman Behari Sen Memorial Award and Best M.Tech Project Supervisor (Second prize) from Indian Society for Technical Education. He is also a recipient of three best paper awards with three of his research papers listed in Top 25 Hottest and Most accessed articles. He has received five Indian patent grants, with five more patents filed and under examination, has published 125+ research papers with 1000+ citations for his research work.