Radiation Monitoring
Radiation Monitoring project, officially known as 'Design and development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Radiation Monitoring' is one of the projects that I worked on during my tenure as a Research Intern at Indian Institute of Science (IISc). This project was a joint collaboration between IISc and Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.
The main aim of this project was to develop a UAV platform capable of measuring radiation levels in the atmosphere autonomously. This project has an enormous social impact because solutions of this kind can be deployed in cases of nuclear catastrophes. Currently, in such scenarios, radiation monitoring is done manually. So deployment of drones minimizes the risk of human life and also speeds up the process since it can map out a larger area in a shorter span of time.
Few glimpses from the project
The team behind this project comprised largely of aeronautical and mechanical engineers. My role as an Electronics engineer mainly involved designing and developing the onboard radiation monitoring sensors capable of detecting and measuring beta and gamma rays. Along with that, I was responsible for the firmware for the radiation monitoring system. I went a step ahead and also implemented a wireless data transmission system to get live updates about the radiation level.