EE102 Basic Electronics Laboratory

Circuit Analysis Techniques, Circuit elements, Simple RL and RC Circuits, Kirchoff's law, Nodal Analysis, Mesh Analysis, Linearity and Superposition, Source Transformations, Thevnin's and Norton's Theorems, Time Domain Response of RC, RL and RLC circuits, Sinusoidal Forcing Function, Phasor Relationship for R, L and C, Impedance and Admittance.

Semiconductor Diode, Zener Diode, Rectifier Circuits, Clipper, Clamper, Bipolar Junction Transistors, Transistor Biasing, Transistor Small Signal Analysis, Transistor Amplifier, Operational Amplifiers, Op-amp Equivalent Circuit, Practical Op-amp Circuits, DC Offset, Constant Gain Multiplier, Voltage Summing, Voltage Buffer, Controlled Sources, Instrumentation Circuits, Active Filters and Oscillators.

Number Systems, Logic Gates, Boolean Theorem, Algebraic Simplification, K-map, Combinatorial Circuits, Encoder, Decoder, Combinatorial Circuit Design, Introduction to Sequential Circuits.

Magnetic Circuits, Mutually Coupled Circuits, Transformers, Equivalent Circuit and Performance, Analysis of Three-Phase Circuits, Electromechanical Energy Conversion, Introduction to Rotating Machines.

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EE102 Basic Electronics Laboratory

Experiments using diodes and bipolar junction transistor (BJT): design and analysis of half -wave and full-wave rectifiers, clipping circuits and Zener regulators, BJT characteristics and BJT amplifiers; experiments using operational amplifiers (op-amps): summing amplifier, comparator, precision rectifier, astable and monostable multivibrators and oscillators; experiments using logic gates: combinational circuits such as staircase switch, majority detector, equality detector, multiplexer and demultiplexer; experiments using flip-flops: sequential circuits such as non-overlapping pulse generator, ripple counter, synchronous counter, pulse counter and numerical display.

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EE200 Semiconductor Devices and Circuits

EE200Semiconductor Devices and Circuits3 0 0 6Pre-requisites: Nil

Energy bands; semiconductors; charge carriers: electrons and holes, effective mass, doping. Carrier concentration: Fermi level, temperature dependence of carrier concentration. Drift and diffusion of carriers: excess carriers; recombination and life time, Five equations of carrier transport. p-n Junction: depletion region, forward and reverse-bias, depletion and diffusion capacitances, switching characteristics; breakdown mechanisms; SPICE model. BJT: carrier distribution; current gain, transit time, secondary effects; SPICE model. Metal-semiconductor junctions: rectifying and ohmic contacts. MOSFET: MOS capacitor; Cv-Iv characteristics; threshold voltage; SPICE model. Single stage amplifiers: CE-CB-CC and CG-CD-CS modes of operation, large signal transfer characteristics of BJT and MOSFET, Different types of biasing for BJT and MOSFET, Small signal parameters, Body effect in MOSFET, Parasitic elements, frequency response of CE and CS amplifiers. Analog ICs: DAC, ADC, VCO, PLL and 555-timer

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EE201 Digital Circuits and Microprocessor

Digital logic families: TTL, MOS, interfacing between logic families; Combinational circuits: multiplexer/ demultiplexer, encoder/ decoder, adder/ subtractor, comparator and parity generators; Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops (RS, JK, D, T, and Master Slave); Registers; Counters: ripple, ring, and shift register counters; Design and analysis of synchronous sequential finite state machine; Programmable logic devices; Introduction to HDL. Microprocessors: 8085 addressing modes, memory interfacing, interrupts, instructions, timing diagram; Introduction to 8086; Peripheral chips: I/Os, timer, interrupt controller, USART, DMA

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EE202 Digital Circuits Laboratory

Combinational Logic design using decoders and multiplexers; design of arithmetic circuits using adder ICs; Flip flop circuit (RS latch, JK & master slave) using basic gates; Asynchronous Counters, Johnson & Ring counters; Synchronous counters; Sequential Circuit designs (sequence detector circuit), DAC circuit; Assembly language programming of 8085: a) sorting and code conversion, b) matrix multiplication; 8085 interfacing: a) parallel port interface (square wave generation), b) counter and timer interface (polling and using interrupts); ADC/DAC interfacing with 8085.

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EE220 Signal, System and Networks

Signals: classification of signals; signal operations: scaling, shifting and inversion; signal properties: symmetry, periodicity and absolute integrability; elementary signals. Systems: classification of systems; system properties: linearity, time/shift-invariance, causality, stability; continuous-time linear time invariant (LTI) and discrete-time linear shift invariant (LSI) systems: impulse response and step response; response to an arbitrary input: convolution; system representation using differential and difference equations; Eigen functions of LTI/ LSI systems, frequency response and its relation to the impulse response. Signal representation: signal space and orthogonal bases; Fourier series representation of continuous-time and discrete-time signals; continuous-time Fourier transform and its properties; Parseval's relation, time-bandwidth product; discrete-time Fourier transform and its properties; relations among various Fourier representations. Sampling: sampling theorem; aliasing; signal reconstruction: ideal interpolator, zero-order hold, first-order hold; discrete Fourier transform and its properties. Laplace transform and Z-transform: definition, region of convergence, properties; transform-domain analysis of LTI/LSI systems, system function: poles and zeros; stability. Review of network theorems: superposition, Thevenin's, Norton's, reciprocity, maximum power transfer, Millman's and compensation theorems; Network topology: definition of basic terms, incidence matrix, tie-sets, cut-sets; Two port networks: characterization in terms of impedance, admittance, transmission, hybrid parameters and their relationships, interconnection of two port networks; Symmetrical two port network: T and π equivalents, image impedance, characteristic impedance and propagation constant.

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Introduction:Why Economics, The Central Economic Problem, Production Possibility Curve (PPC)

Overview of Markets:Demand and Supply, Elasticity, Efficiency and Equity, Markets in Action

Determinants of Demand and Supply:Utility and Demand, Production and Costs

Markets for Goods and Services:Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

Markets and Government:Externalities, Public Goods and Taxes, Factor markets, Income distribution

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HS221 FUNDAMENTALS OF LINGUISTICS SCIENCE

Introduction:Language; Linguistics; Language Learning

Phonetics (Sound Systems):Mechanism of Speech Production, Consonants, Vowels , Phonotactic Rules, Phonology: Phonemes

Morphology:Morphemes, Structure of Words

Syntax:Constituents of a Sentence, Structure of a Sentence; Grammar; Acceptability and Grammaticality; Principles and Parameters; Prescriptive, Descriptive, and Explanatory Adequacy, Syntactic Tools; Principles of modern linguistics with special reference to English and Hindi syntax

Use of language:Language in Literature, Media, Language in Advertisement

Sociolinguistics:Language is Social Context; Multilingualism

Language and Politics:Language in Constitution; Language and Dialect

Psycholinguistics:Language Acquisition; Universal Grammar

Semantics 2:Language Change and Language Variation, Language and Computers

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HS231 INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY

Introduction:Sociological Imagination; Subject matter of Sociology

Theoretical Practice:Durkheim (Foundations of the Science of Society), Weber (Economy and Society),Marx (Political Economy), Foucault (Practices and Knowledge), Butler (Gender Performativity), & Burawoy (Public Sociology).

Methodology and Methods:Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed

Indian Society::Eminent Indian Sociologists; Caste, Class, and Tribe; Women and Children; Health and Education; Science, Technology and Society; Media and Migration; Globalization and Social Change; Diaspora; Bihar- a case study.

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HS241 General Psychology

Aim of the Course

This course covers some of the biological, psychological, and individual factors which influence human thinking, beliefs, and behaviour. This knowledge will help students in understanding their own behaviours and behaviours of others. They can also apply psychological theories and principles in their workplace and practical life.

Course Contents

Introduction:Brief History of Psychology; Human Mind and Human Behaviour; Definition; Methods; Scope and Subject Matter.

Perception:Process; Determinants of Perception; Gestalt Theory; Extra-Sensory Perception; Intuitive Judgement.

Intelligence:Concept of Intelligence; Factors and Measurement of Intelligence; Successful Intelligence and Emotional Quotient (EQ).

Learning:Process of Learning, Retention and Recall; Theories of Learning; Effective Methods of Learning.

Information Processing Approach; Sensory Information Stage; Short-Term and Long-Term Memory; Process of Forgetting.

Thinking:Nature of Thinking; Concept Formation; Problem Solving; Creative Thinking; Day Dreaming.

Personality:Definition; Determinants of Personality; Theories of Personality; Assessment of Personality.

Abnormality:Normal and Abnormal; Cause and Significance of Symptoms and Mental Diseases; Mental Health; Spiritual Counselling.

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EE203 Analog Integrated Circuits

Frequency response of amplifiers: high frequency device models, frequency response, GBW, methods of short circuit and open circuit time constants, dominant pole approximation; Feedback amplifiers: basic feedback topologies and their properties, analysis of practical feedback amplifiers, stability; Power amplifiers: class A, B, AB, C, D, E stages, output stages, short circuit protection, power transistors and thermal design considerations; Differential amplifiers: DC and small signal analysis, CMRR, current mirrors, active load and cascode configurations, frequency response; case study: 741 op-amp - DC and small signal analysis, frequency response, frequency compensation, GBW, phase margin, slew rate, offsets; CMOS realizations: current source, sink and mirrors, differential amplifiers, multistage amplifiers; Signal generation and waveform shaping: sinusoidal oscillators- RC, LC, and crystal oscillators, Schmitt trigger; Analog subsystems: analog switches, voltage comparator, voltage regulator, switching regulator, bandgap reference voltage source, analog multiplier, filter approximations: Butterworth, Chebyshev and elliptic, first order and second order passive/active filter realizations.

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EE204 Analog Circuits Laboratory

Experiments using BJTs, FETs, op-amps and other integrated circuits: Multistage amplifiers, automatic gain controlled amplifiers, programmable gain amplifiers; frequency response of amplifiers; voltage regulator with short circuit protection; phase‑locked loop; waveform generators; filters.

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EE230 Principal of Communication

Basic blocks in a communication system: transmitter, channel and receiver; baseband and passband signals and their representations; concept of modulation and demodulation. Continuous wave (CW) modulation: amplitude modulation (AM) - double sideband (DSB), double sideband suppressed carrier (DSBSC), single sideband suppressed carrier (SSBSC) and vestigial sideband (VSB) modulation; angle modulation - phase modulation (PM) & frequency modulation (FM); narrow and wideband FM. Pulse Modulation: sampling process; pulse amplitude modulation (PAM); pulse width modulation (PWM); pulse position modulation (PPM) ; pulse code modulation (PCM); line coding; differential pulse code modulation; delta modulation; adaptive delta modulation. Noise in CW and pulse modulation systems: Receiver model; signal to noise ratio (SNR); noise figure; noise temperature; noise in DSB-SC, SSB, AM & FM receivers; pre-emphasis and de-emphasis, noise consideration in PAM and PCM systems. Basic digital modulation schemes: Phase shift keying (PSK), amplitude shift keying (ASK), frequency shift keying (FSK) and Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM); coherent demodulation and detection; probability of error in PSK, ASK, FSK & QAM schemes. Multiplexing schemes: frequency division multiplexing; time division multiplexing.

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EE280 Electrical Machines

Magnetic circuits and transformer including 3-phase transformers; modeling of D.C. machines; phasor diagram of cylindrical rotor and salient pole machines- electromagnetic and reluctance torque, response under short circuit conditions; modeling of induction machines- derivation of equivalent circuits, dynamics under load change, speed reversal and braking, unbalanced and asymmetrical operation; single phase induction motor and applications in domestic appliances; modeling of synchronous machines - equivalent circuit, d-q transformations, short circuit studies in synchronous machines; variable reluctance, permanent magnet, stepper motors and their applications.

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EE281 Electrical Machines Laboratory

Open circuit and short circuit tests of single phase transformer, three phase transformer connections, open circuit test and load characteristics of DC generator, speed control and output characteristics of DC motor, no load, blocked rotor and load tests on induction motor, open circuit and short circuit tests of an alternator.

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GREEN CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY

Principles and Concepts of Green Chemistry: Sustainable development, atom economy, reducing toxicity. Waste: production, problems and prevention, sources of waste, cost of waste, waste minimization technique, waste treatment and recycling. Catalysis and Green Chemistry: Classification of catalysts, heterogeneous catalysts heterogeneous catalysis, biocatalysis. Alternate Solvents: Safer solvents, green solvents, water as solvents, solvent free conditions, ionic liquids, super critical solvents, fluorous biphase solvents. Alternative Energy Source: Energy efficient design, photochemical reactions, microwave assisted reactions, sonochemistry and electrochemistry. Industrial Case Studies: Greening of acetic acid manufacture, Leather manufacture (tanning, fatliquoring), green dyeing, polyethylene, ecofriendly pesticides, paper and pulp industry, pharmaceutical industry. An integrated approach to green chemical industry.

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Algebra and Number Theory

Algebra: Semigroups, groups, subgroups, normal subgroups, homomorphisms, quotient groups, isomorphisms. Examples: group of integers modulo m, permutation groups, cyclic groups, dihedral groups, matrix groups. Sylow's theorems and applications. Basic properties of rings, units, ideals, homomorphisms, quotient rings, prime and maximal ideals, fields of fractions, Euclidean domains, principal ideal domains and unique factorization domains, polynomial rings. Finite field extensions and roots of polynomials, finite fields.

Number Theory:Divisibility, primes, fundamental theorem of arithmetic. Congruences, solution of congruences, Euler's Theorem, Fermat's Little Theorem, Wilson's Theorem, Chinese remainder theorem, primitive roots and power residues.

Quadratic residues, quadratic reciprocity. Diophantine equations, equations ax+by=c, x2+y2=z2, x4+y4=z2 Simple continued fractions: finite, infinite and periodic, approximation to irrational numbers, Hurwitz's theorem, Pell's equation. Partition functions: Formal power series, generating functions and Euler's identity, Euler's theorem, Jacobi's theorem, congruence properties of p(n). Arithmetical functions: Φ(n), μ(n), d(n), σ(n). A particular Dirichlet series for Riemann Zeta Function.

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INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL TOPOLOGY

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INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL METHODS

Number Representation and Errors: Numerical Errors; Floating Point Representation; Finite Single and Double Precision Differences; Machine Epsilon; Significant Digits.

Numerical Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations:Method of Bisection, Secant Method, False Position, Newton‐Raphson's Method, Multidimensional Newton's Method, Fixed Point Method and their convergence.

Numerical Methods for Solving System of Linear Equations:Norms; Condition Numbers, Forward Gaussian Elimination and Backward Substitution; Gauss‐Jordan Elimination; FGE with Partial Pivoting and Row Scaling; LU Decomposition; Iterative Methods: Jacobi, Gauss Siedal; Power method and QR method for Eigen Value and Eigen vector.

Interpolation and Curve Fitting:Introduction to Interpolation; Calculus of Finite Differences; Finite Difference and Divided Difference Tables; Newton‐Gregory Polynomial Form; Lagrange Polynomial Interpolation; Theoretical Errors in Interpolation; Spline Interpolation; Approximation by Least Square Method.

Numerical Differentiation and Integration:Discrete Approximation of Derivatives: Forward, Backward and Central Finite Difference Forms, Numerical Integration, Simple Newton‐Cotes Rules: Trapezoidal and Simpson's (1/3) Rules; Gaussian Quadrature Rules: Gauss‐Legendre, Gauss‐Laguerre, Gauss‐Hermite, Gauss‐Chebychev.

Numerical Solution of ODE & PDE:Euler's Method for Numerical Solution of ODE; Modified Euler's Method; Runge‐Kutta Method (RK2, RK4), Error estimate; Multistep Methods: Predictor‐Corrector method, Adams‐Moulton Method; Boundary Value Problems and Shooting Method; finite difference methods, numerical solutions of elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations.

Exposure to software package MATLAB.

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OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES

Introduction to linear and non-linear programming. Problem formulation. Geo- metrical aspects of LPP, graphical solution. Linear programming in standard form, simplex, Big M and Two Phase Methods. Revised simplex method, special cases of LP. Duality theory, dual simplex method. Sensitivity analysis of LP problem. Transportation, assignment and traveling salesman problem. Integer programming problems-Branch and bound method, Gomory cutting plane method for all integer and for mixed integer LP. Theory of games: Computational complexity of the Simplex algorithm, Karmarkar's algorithm for LP. Unconstrained Optimization, basic descent methods, conjugate direction and Newton's methods. Acquaintance to Optimization softwares like TORA.

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Optics & Lasers

Review of basic optics: Polarization, Reflection and refraction of plane waves. Diffraction: diffraction by circular aperture, Gaussian beams.

Interference: two beam interference-Mach-Zehnder interferometer and multiple beam interference-Fabry-Perot interferometer. Monochromatic aberrations. Fourier optics, Holography. The Einstein coefficients, Spontaneous and stimulated emission, Optical amplification and population inversion. Laser rate equations, three level and four level systems; Optical Resonators: resonator stability; modes of a spherical mirror resonator, mode selection; Q-switching and mode locking in lasers. Properties of laser radiation and some laser systems: Ruby, He-Ne, CO2, Semiconductor lasers. Some important applications of lasers, Fiber optics communication, Lasers in Industry, Lasers in medicine, Lidar.

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Vacuum Science and Techniques

Fundamentals of vacuum, units of pressure measurements, Gas Laws (Boyles, Charles), load-lock chamber pressures, Partial and Vapor Pressures, Gas flow, Mean free path, Conductance, Gauges, Capacitance Manometer, Thermal Gauges, Thermocouple, Pirani Gauge, Penning Gauge, High Vacuum Gauges, Leak Detection, Helium Leak Detection, Cold Cathode Gauge, Roughing (Mechanical) Pumps, Pressure ranges, High Vacuum Pumps: Oil Diffusion Pump, Tolerable fore line pressure System configuration, Oils, Traps Crossover pressure calculations, Pump usage and procedures, Turbomolecular pump, Cryopumps, Pump usages, Out gassing and Leak Testing.

Introduction to Deposition, Anti Reflection (AR) Coatings, Mono-dimensionally modulated (MDM) Filters, Vacuum Coatings, High reflectors, e-Beam deposition systems, Film Stoichiometry, Sputtering, Itching and Lithography, Chemical Vapour deposition and Pulse Laser deposition, Mass Flow control, Reactive sputtering, Film growth control.

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INTRODUCTORY MACROECONOMICS

Introduction: Alternative Economic Systems, Government and the Markets, Supply and Demand in Macroeconomics, Aggregate Demand and Supply, Macroeconomic Issues: Measuring the Economy, Economic Growth, Macroeconomics and Income, Aggregate Expenditures, Fiscal Policy, Inflation, Unemployment and Employment, Money and Banking: Money Creation, Monetary Policy, Role of Money in Macroeconomics, Commercial and Central Bank ,International Trade: International Trade, Trade and International Currency, Balance of payments and exchange rate, Exchange Rates and Their Effects

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LITERATURE: VOICES AND CULTURES

Identity and diversity of culture, Concepts - ideology, power, hegemony. The voice of suppressed women in Charlotte Bronte’s ‘Jane Eyre’, the appearance of the independent woman in ‘Jane Eyre’, woman-woman relationship in ‘Kamala’, challenging patriarchy in ‘Kamala’, Violence and Racism in Alice Walker’s ‘The Colour Purple’, Disruption of traditional roles in ‘The Colour Purple’, The voice of the underdogs in ‘Untouchable’, the female voice in ‘Untouchable’, laws and human behaviour in ‘The God of Small Things’, hierarchies in ‘Indian Society’ in ‘the God of Small Things’, the voice of the Black women in Phillis Wheatley’s ‘On Being Brought from Africa to America’ and A. Ruth’s ‘A Black Woman, Nothing Else’, the voice of the powerless in Langston Hughes ‘Ballad of the Landlord’.

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LANGUAGE, HUMAN MIND, AND INDIAN SOCIETY

Language: Form and function (Competence vs. Performance), Language as a rule-governed system, Language constitutive of being human; Languages of India: Language families (Genealogical classification of languages), India as a linguistic Area; Human mind: Cognitive language faculty, Biological foundations of language, Language acquisition, Human and non-human systems of communication, Construction of knowledge, Language processing, comprehension and production, Bilingualism and cognitive growth; Indian Society: Multilingualism vs. Bilingualism, India as a multilingual nation, Identities and language, Implications for pedagogy (Multilingual approaches to education), Language and dialect, Politics of language in India

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COGNITION: LANGUAGE AND COMPUTATION

Language: Study of language as a rule governed system (Structure of Language), Acquisition of language, Universal Grammar, Knowledge of Language; Cognitive Science: Introduction, Study of Human Mind, Language and Human Mind, Language as a Cognitive Behavior; Cognitive Computation: Formal Models of Computation, Church-Turing Thesis, Chomsky/Machine Hierarchy; Human Cognition as Computation: Cognitive Architecture, Production System Architecture, Problem Spaces, Protocol Analyses; Artificial Intelligence and the Design of Intelligent Systems: Physical Symbol System Hypothesis, Representation and Semantics, General Models of Search, Knowledge & Search, Computational Limits and Rationality.

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EE310 Introduction to VLSI Design

Issues and Challenges in Digital IC Design: general overview of design hierarchy, layers of abstraction, integration density and Moore's law, VLSI design styles; MOSFET fabrication: basic steps of fabrication, CMOS p-well and n-well processes, layout design rules, Bi-CMOS fabrication process; Latch-up immune designs; CMOS Inverter: MOS Device Model with Sub-micron Effects, VTC Parameters (DC Characteristics), CMOS Propagation Delay, Parasitic Capacitance Estimation, Layout of an Inverter, Switching, Short-Circuit and Leakage Components of Energy and Power; Interconnects: Resistance, Capacitance Estimation, delays, Buffer Chains, Low Swing Drivers, Power Distribution, and Performance Optimization of Digital Circuits by Logical Effort Sizing; Combinational Logic Design: Static CMOS Construction, Ratioed Logic, Pass Transistor, Transmission Gate Logic, DCVSL, Dynamic Logic Design Considerations, noise considerations in dynamic design Power Dissipation in CMOS Logic, Domino and NORA designs; Sequential Circuits Design: Classification, Parameters, Static Latches and Register, Race Condition, Dynamic Latches and Registers, Two Phase vs. Single Phase clock designs, Pulse Based Registers; Design of arithmetic building blocks like adders (static, dynamic, Manchester carry-chain, look-ahead, linear and square-root carry-select, carry bypass and pipelined adders) and multipliers (serial - parallel, Booth's and systolic array multipliers); Semiconductor memories: non-volatile and volatile memory devices, flash memories, SRAM Cell Design, Differential Sense Amplifiers, DRAM Design, Single Ended Sense Amplifier; Testing in VLSI: Defects, Fault Models, Path Sensitization, Scan, Built-in-self Test (BIST), IDDQ.

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EE311 VLSI Laboratory

Model Parameter extraction for a diode and MOSFET; NMOS and PMOS characteristics; Inverter characteristics; Characterization of CMOS Ring Oscillator; Layout of discrete components; Basic gates using different design styles; Design of a 1-bit Shift Register, 4-bit sign magnitude adder, 4-bit Multiplier cells; Basic memory cells; FPGA implementation and testing; Differential amplifier design and characteristics; Current and voltage references, comparator.

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EE320 Digital Signal Processing

Review of discrete time signals, systems and transforms: Discrete time signals, systems and their classification, analysis of discrete time LTI systems: impulse response, difference equation, frequency response, transfer function, DTFT, DTFS and Z-transform. Frequency selective filters: Ideal filter characteristics, lowpass, highpass, bandpass and bandstop filters, Paley-Wiener criterion, digital resonators, notch filters, comb filters, all-pass filters, inverse systems, minimum phase, maximum phase and mixed phase systems. Structures for discrete-time systems: Signal flow graph representation, basic structures for FIR and IIR systems (direct, parallel, cascade and polyphase forms), transposition theorem, ladder and lattice structures. Design of FIR and IIR filters: Design of FIR filters using windows, frequency sampling, Remez algorithm and least mean square error methods; Design of IIR filters using impulse invariance, bilinear transformation and frequency transformations. Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT): Computational problem, DFT relations, DFT properties, fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithms (radix-2, decimation-in-time, decimation-in-frequency), Goertzel algorithm, linear convolution using DFT. Finite wordlength effects in digital filters: Fixed and floating point representation of numbers, quantization noise in signal representations, finite wordlength effects in coefficient representation, roundoff noise, SQNR computation and limit cycle. Introduction to multirate signal processing: Decimation, interpolation, polyphase decomposition; digital filter banks: Nyquist filters, two channel quadrature mirror filter bank and perfect reconstruction filter banks, subband coding.

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EE380 Electrical Power Systems

Generation of electrical energy: Basic structure of power system; demand of electrical system - base load, peak load; controlling power balance between generator and load, advantages of interconnected system; Thermal power plant - general layout, turbines, alternators, excitation system, governing system, efficiency; Hydel power plant - typical layout, turbines, alternators; Nuclear power plant - principle of energy conversion, types of nuclear reactors; brief overview of renewable energy sources. Transmission of electrical energy: Evaluation of Transmission line parameters- types of conductors, representation of transmission line, inductance calculation of single/three phase lines, concept of GMD and GMR, transposition of lines, bundled conductors, skin effect, proximity effect, capacitance calculation of single/three phase lines, effect of earth on calculation of capacitance, line resistance, line conductance; Analysis of transmission lines - representation, short/medium/long transmission lines, nominal T/π network, ABCD parameters, surge impedance, Ferranti effect, power flow through a transmission line, reactive power compensation of transmission line; corona loss; Insulators for overhead transmission lines - types of insulators, string efficiency, methods to improve string efficiency; Insulated cables - insulating material, grading of cables, capacitance of single/three core cable, dielectric loss; methods of grounding; Transient analysis - travelling waves, reflection and refraction, lattice diagram; mechanical design of transmission line. Distribution of Electrical Energy: D.C and A.C. distribution, radial and ring main distribution, medium voltage distribution network, low voltage distribution network, single line diagram, substation layout, substation equipments.

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EE331 Communication Laboratory

Amplitude modulation and demodulation (AM with carrier & DSBSC AM); frequency modulation and demodulation (using VCO & PLL); automatic gain control (AGC); pulse width modulation (PWM); pulse code modulation (PCM); pseudo-random (PN) sequence generation; binary phase shift keying (BPSK); binary frequency shift keying (BFSK).

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EE350 Control Systems

Modeling of physical systems: time-domain, frequency-domain and state-variable models; block diagram, signal flow graph and Mason's gain formula; time and frequency response of first and second order systems; control system characteristics: stability, sensitivity, disturbance rejection and steady-state accuracy; stability analysis: Routh-Hurwitz test, relative stability, root locus, Bode and Nyquist plots; controller types: lag, lead, lag-lead, PID and variants of PID; controller design based on root-locus and frequency response plots; modern design techniques: canonical state-variable models, equivalence between frequency and time-domain representations, diagonalisation, controllability and observability, pole placement by state feedback, state feedback with integral control, observer and observer based state feedback control.

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EE370 Electronic Instrumentation

Definition of instrumentation. Static characteristics of measuring devices. Error analysis, standards and calibration. Dynamic characteristics of instrumentation systems. Electromechanical indicating instruments: ac/dc current and voltage meters, ohmmeter; loading effect. Measurement of power and energy; Instrument transformers. Measurement of resistance, inductance, capacitance. ac/dc bridges. Measurement of non electrical quantities: transducers classification; measurement of displacement, strain, pressure, flow, temperature, force, level and humidity. Signal conditioning; Instrumentation amplifier, isolation amplifier, and other special purpose amplifiers. Electromagnetic compatibility; shielding and grounding. Signal recovery, data transmission and telemetry. Data acquisition and conversion. Modern electronic test equipment: oscilloscope, DMM, frequency counter, wave/ network/ harmonic distortion/ spectrum analyzers, logic probe and logic analyzer. Data acquisition system; PC based instrumentation. Programmable logic controller: ladder diagram. Computer controlled test systems, serial and parallel interfaces, Field buses. Smart sensors.

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EE371 Instrumentation and Control Lab

Development of circuits for signal conditioning, signal recovery, telemetry; PC based instrumentation; Computer controlled test systems; Experiments using modern electronic test equipment, Programmable logic controller. Modeling of physical systems, open-loop and closed-loop control of systems, design of classical controllers, closed loop control of servo systems and regulatory systems, state-feedback based design of modern controllers.

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Topic: Introduction

Understanding Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship & Economic Growth. The Entrepreneurial Method –Effectual & Casual, Myths of Entrepreneurship Idea, Generation Exercise

Topic: Accounting and Finance

Form of Business Organization
Generally accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Rules of Double-Entry Accounting
Type of Financial Statement & Relationship of Financial Statements
Preparation of Accounting Statements
Preparing Final Plan
Valuation of New Ventures
Venture Capital Financing

Topic: Sales and Marketing

What is Marketing? Marketing Concepts, Framework of Marketing? 4Ps of Marketing, Socio-cultural, Legal and Regulatory, Economics, Ethical, Political and Social Responsibility Dimension to Marketing Understanding target markets, segmentation
Marketing Research
Consumer Behaviour: includes consumer behaviour, models, motivation, perception, attitudes and the influences of family, society and cultural Product Understanding Innovation
Sales Forecasting
Pricing Strategies
Promotion and Advertising
Marketing Strategies and Marketing Plans

Topic: Business Plan Project

Starting-up: Who do you start with (Apple), When to start (Lemon Tree), Talking the Plunge (Affordable loss Principle), Bootstrapping (Bird in Hand), Partnership (R & R), Start-up Problems

The Business Plan: Need for a Business Plan, What stake-holders look for, Making a Business Plan. Presenting Business Plan Early Growth: Scaling-up, Legal Issues, Financial Issues, Human Issues, Adoption Model – Crossing the Chasm, Marketing or Entrepreneurs

The High Growth Venture: From effectuation to causation, Problems of Growth, Ownership & Control, Harvesting Entrepreneurship and related Issues: E-commerce, Franchising, Family Business, Entrepreneurship within corporate

Industrial Waste Treatment and Management

Introduction to Industrial Waste: Types of industries and industrial pollution, Types of industrial wastes - solid, liquid and gaseous wastes, Hazardous waste - definition and concept, Characteristics of industrial wastes, Effects of industrial wastes on environment and human health, Environmental standards and legislations;

Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production: Waste minimization, Source reduction, Use of alternate raw materials, Process modifications, Recycle, reuse and byproduct recovery, Opportunities and barriers to cleaner production;

Waste Treatment Techniques: Physico-chemical and biological treatment of wastewater, Concept of common effluent treatment plant (CETP), Concept of zero discharge, Industrial sludge management, Industrial air pollution, Control of gaseous emissions.

Environmental Performance: Environmental audit and performance, Environmental management plan, Introduction to ISO and ISO 14000.

Pollution Control in Major Industries – Case Studies: Manufacturing processes and flow sheets, Sources and characteristics of wastes, Waste treatment and disposal methods – Computer & IT industry and electronic waste (e-waste), Thermal power plants, Iron and steel, Metal plating, Fertilizer, Refinery, Tannery, Food industry, etc.

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Introduction to Infotainment

Introduction to Infotainment Systems – Overview, Components Information based Services – Localization and Context based Advertisements, Online Social Networking, Crowdsourcing. Information retrieval, Context awareness, Information dissemination and Information diffusion in these systems. Entertainment based Services – Audio and video conferencing, Video-on-Demand, Video Streaming etc, Mobile multimedia applications, Online Games.

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EE304 Design Laboratory

A student has to do an electronic hardware mini-project in broad areas like communication, electronic systems design, control and instrumentation, computer, power systems and signal processing. The project involves laying down the specifications, design, prototyping and testing. The project must have major hardware modules involving active discrete components and integrated circuits.

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EE321 DSP Laboratory

Familiarization of DSP development environments, basic experiments on signal addition, multiplication, vector operations; sampling and quantization; periodic waveform generation; pseudo-random sequence and white noise generation; correlation and convolution; design and implementation of finite impulse response (FIR) and infinite impulse response (IIR) filters. Real-time filtering of signals like speech/audio/biomedical, implementation of basic digital modulation schemes.

The experiments are to be done on ADSP 21XX/TMS320C6XXX DSP Trainer Kit.

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EE340 Electromagnetic Theory

Static fields: Coulomb's and Gauss' laws for electrostatics, Poisson's and Laplace's equations, Method of images and boundary value problems; Equation of continuity, Kirchoff's voltage and current laws, Boundary conditions for current density; Biot-Savart's law, Gauss's and Ampere's laws for magnetostatics, Magnetic vector potential; Magnetic dipoles, Magnetization and behavior of magnetic materials. Maxwell's equations: Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, Maxwell's discovery, Maxwell's equations and boundary conditions, Time-harmonic fields. Wave equation and plane waves: Helmholtz wave equation, Solution to wave equations and plane waves, Wave polarization, Poynting vector and power flow in em fields. Plane waves at a media interface: Plane wave in different media, Plane wave reflection from a media interface, Plane wave reflection from a complex media interface. Finite-difference time-domain method: 1-, 2- and 3-dimensional simulations, Absorbing boundary conditions and perfectly matched layer, Applications. Antennas & radiating systems: Radiation fundamentals, Antenna patterns and parameters, Hertz dipole, Wire antennas, Loop antennas, Antenna arrays. Method of moments: Introductory example from electrostatics, Basic steps of the method of moments, Linear operator equation, Applications.

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EE351 Advanced Control Systems

Frequency response design: Design of lag, lead, lag-lead and PID controllers, the Nyquist criterion, analysis and design, relative stability and the Bode diagram, closed-loop response, sensitivity, time delays; Root locus design: construction of root loci, phase-lead and phase-lag design, PID controller design; Modern design: controllability and observability, state feedback with integral control, reduced order observer; Optimal control design: Solution-time criterion, Control-area criterion, Performance indices, Zero steady state step error systems; Modern control performance index: Quadratic performance index, Ricatti equation; Digital controllers: Use of z-transform for closed loop transient response, stability analysis using bilinear transform and Jury method, deadbeat control, Digital control design using state feedback; On-line identification and control: On-line estimation of model and controller parameters.

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EE322 Mathematical Methods in EE

Topics in matrix theory: Elementary canonical forms: digitalisation, triangulation, primary and secondary decompositions, Jordan canonical forms and applications. Introduction to optimization theory: The optimization problem and illustrative examples; necessary and sufficient conditions for optima; convex sets, convex functions, optima of convex functions; constrained minimization- linear and non-linear constraints, equality and inequality constraints, optimality conditions, Karush Kuhn Tucker optimality conditions; unconstrained optimization- steepest descent, Newton and quasi Newton methods, conjugate direction methods. Calculus of variation- The method of variations in problems with fixed boundaries, Variation of a functional, Euler's equation, functionals involving derivatives of higher order, optimal control as a problem of variational calculus.

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EE360 Embedded Systems

Introduction: Introduction to embedded systems with examples, embedded system design & modeling with unified markup language (UML). ARM processor fundamentals: Introduction to microprocessors and microcontrollers, 8-bit and 16- bit, von Neumann and Harvard architectures, CISC and RISC architectures, open source core (LEOX), ARM versions, ARM instruction set: programming model, assembly language, Thumb instruction set, memory organization, data operations and flow control. CPUs: Input/output mechanisms, isolated and memory mapped IO; interrupts and real time operations, ARM interrupts vectors, priorities and latency; supervisor modes, exceptions, traps, co-processors; cache memory and memory management. Embedded Platforms: CPUs: bus protocols, system bus configuration, USB and SPI buses, DMA, ARM bus; memory devices: memory device configuration, ROM, RAM, DRAM; I/O devices: timers, counters, ADC & DAC, keyboards, displays and touch screens. Processes and Operating Systems: multiple tasks and multiple processes; process abstraction; context switching: cooperative multitasking, preemptive multitasking, process and object-oriented design; operating systems and RTOS; scheduling polices; inter-process communication. Networks: distributed embedded architectures: networks abstractions, hardware and software architectures; networks for embedded systems:I2C bus, CAN bus; examples. Case studies: Inkjet printer, telephone exchange, etc

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EE361 Embedded Systems Laboratory

Familiarization with ARM microcontroller development environment, assembler, compiler, simulator, debugger and JTAG; Experiments on simple I/O, registers and memory usage; Experiments on waveform generation, switch based I/O, polled and interrupt I/O, finite state machine for embedded systems (switch debounce filter, elevator, sequence detector etc.). Experiments are to be performed on ARM microcontroller kit.

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Diasporic Literature

This course will deal with one of the most popular tools of contemporary theory- the notion of diaspora and its presence in literature:

Diaspora, exile, migration, old and new diaspora, identity formation, cultural assimilation, notion of home and homelessness, ideology of home and nation, homesickness, memory, nostalgia, politics of multiculturalism, the heterogeneity of diasporic groups, especially by gender, class, sexuality, caste, religion, the role of language and other cultural practices in migratory experiences; the significance of memory for the production of "imaginary homelands", Films and Indian diaspora.

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Sociology of Development

Introduction:Scientific Study of Social Life, Concept and Context of Development, Comparative Perspectives, Systems of Governance, Role of the State, Public- Rights and Responsibilities, Indian Society- Structure and Change

Theories of Development: Classical, Modernization, World System, Dependency, Structure-Agency Integration, Colonial, and Third-World Perspectives

Themes and Perspectives:Rural Development, Gender and Development, Public Health, Sustainable Development, Action Research, (Mal)development- Anomie, Alienation, and Fragmented Identities, Urban Migration, Social Movements, Humanizing Development through Right-Based Approach (Right to Education, Information, Food, etc.)

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EE400 Summer Training

Training for a minimum period of 8 weeks in a reputed industry / R&D lab / academic institution except IIT Patna. The student is expected to submit a report and present a seminar after the training.

EE480 Electrical Power System Operation and Control

Power system analysis: modeling of power system components - integrated operation of power systems, load flow studies, economic load dispatch, load frequency control, automatic generation control (AGC), power system stability; Power system protection: Symmetrical components, fault analysis, switchgear, fuses, circuit breakers and relays. Economics of power supply systems: Economic choice of conductor size and voltage level, maximum demand and diversity factor, tariffs, power factor correction; Introduction to high voltage DC transmission (HVDC), flexible AC transmission system (FACTS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA).

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EE481 Power Electronics and Drives

Power Semiconductor Devices: Diode, BJT, MOSFET, SCR, Triac, GTO, IGBT, MCT and their V-I characteristics, ratings, driver circuits, protection and cooling; AC-DC Converters (Rectifiers): Diode rectifier, thyristor based rectifier, effect of source inductance, single/three phase rectifiers, semi/full rectifiers, power factor, harmonics; DC-AC Converters (Inverters): Concept of switched mode inverters, PWM switching, voltage and frequency control of single/ three phase inverters, harmonics reduction, other switching schemes - square wave pulse switching, programmed harmonic elimination switching, current regulated modulation switching - tolerance band control, fixed frequency control; voltage source inverter (VSI), current source inverter (CSI); DC-DC Converters (Chopper): Principle; buck, boost and buck-boost converters; AC Voltage Controllers: Principle of ON-OFF control and phase control, single/three phase controllers, PWM AC voltage controller, cycloconverters; Electric drives: introduction and classification. DC motor drives: speed-torque characteristics of shunt, series, PMDC motors; dynamic models; speed and position control methods; AC motor drives: d-q model of induction motor; constant flux speed control structure; vector control model; vector control structure.

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EE482 Advanced Electrical Engineering Laboratory

Reactive power compensation, synchronization of alternators, load angle characteristics of transmission line, ABCD parameters of transmission lines, fault analysis based on over-current and differential relays, design of simple inverters and voltage controllers, speed control of electric drives.

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EE498 Project

Introduction to VLSI CAD

Objective:

Modeling and optimization has always been a matter of great theoretical and practical interest. These techniques have found application in a variety of areas like Physics, Engineering Design, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Bioinformatics, Operations Research, Economics and Social Sciences. The present course aims at exposing our students to some of these techniques focusing on some aspects of EDA. An important segment of EDA is Computer Aided Design (CAD) of Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) circuits and systems. The present course aims at introducing the students to algorithms and optimization techniques employed by CAD tools for design of VLSI circuits and systems.

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Introduction: Motivation behind CAD tools, Components on a single chip, Brief illustration of the design flow employed by VLSI CAD tools, Algorithmic background for VLSI CAD; High Level Synthesis: Operator DAG Formation, Scheduling, ASAP and ALAP Scheduling, Resource Constrained Scheduling, Time Constrained Scheduling,Register Minimization and Functional Unit Allocation, Binding; Combinational Logic Synthesis: Karnaugh Map, Quine-McClausky, Espresso; Sequential Logic Synthesis: State Encoding, State Assignment; Physical Design: Partitioning using K-L,F-M method, Placement and Floor-planning using ILP and Constraint solving methods, Horizontal and vertical constraint graphs for routing, 2-layer and 3-layer routing algorithms.

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EE430 Fiber Optic Transmission Systems and Networks

Introduction to optical fiber communications. Optical Fibers: Ray and Mode theories, Multimode and Single-mode fibers, Fiber Loss, Dispersions, and Fiber manufacturing. Power coupling: splices, connectors, coupler. Optical transmitters: Light Emitting diode and Laser diodes, Laser modes. Optical Receivers: PIN and APD. Optical Amplifier. Noises and Sensitivity. System Performance: Link analyses. Multiplexing schemes: WDM systems. Introduction to optical network. Circuit switched paradigm, Packet switched paradigm. Client layer: IP, MPLS. WDM network constructions: Broadcast-and-Select WDM network, Wavelength-Routed Optical Network. Formulation of network optimization problem, Heuristic solution. WDM network elements: Optical line terminals, Optical add/drop multiplexers, Optical crossconnects. Survivability in WDM networks, 1+1, 1:1, 1: N protection, Dynamic Restoration. Overview of optical Packet Switching. Overview of Optical Access Networks, Passive Optical Network standards.

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EE440 Microwave Engineering

Transmission lines and waveguides: Distributed elements concept, Telegrapher’s equations, Lossless and lossy lines, Line impedance and junction, Smith chart, TEM, TE and TM Waves, Coaxial cable, Rectangular and circular waveguides. Narrowband and broadband impedance matching: L-section impedance matching, single and double stub matching, Quarter wave transformer, Theory of small reflections, Multi section matching transformer, Tapered lines. Microwave networks: N-port microwave networks, Impedance, admittance, transmission and scattering matrix representations, Reciprocal and lossless networks, Network matrices transformations, Equivalent circuit extraction. Microwave passive circuits: RLC, microstrip and waveguide cavity resonators; Periodic structures and microwave filters; Hybrid junctions, directional couplers and power dividers; Ferrite devices and circulators. Microwave integrated circuits: Planar transmission lines, characteristics of microwave integrated circuits; design of single stage amplifier and oscillator using transistor; PIN diode based control circuits. Microwave tubes: Limitations of conventional tubes in the microwave frequency ranges, Klystron amplifier, Reflex klystron oscillator, Magnetrons, Traveling wave tubes. Microwave solid-state devices: Characteristics of microwave bipolar transistors and FET, Transferred electron devices, avalanche diode oscillators. Printed microstrip antennas: Basic characteristics, types and feeding methods of microstrip antennas, analysis of rectangular microstrip antennas using simplified models.

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EE490 Image Processing

Human visual system and image perception; monochrome and colour vision models; image acquisition and display: video I/O devices; standard video formats; image digitization, display and storage; 2-D signals and systems; image transforms- 2D DFT, DCT, KLT, Harr transform and discrete wavelet transform; image enhancement: histogram processing, spatial-filtering, frequency-domain filtering; image restoration: linear degradation model, inverse filtering, Wiener filtering; image compression: lossy and lossless compression, entropy coding, transform coding, subband coding, image compression standards, video compression- motion compensation, video compression standards; image analysis: edge and line detection, segmentation, feature extraction, classification; image texture analysis; morphological image processing: binary morphology- erosion, dilation, opening and closing operations, applications; basic gray-scale morphology operations; colour image processing: colour models and colour image processing Experiments are based on MATLAB implementation of algorithms covered in the course.

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EE534 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

Random Signal Theory: Joint Probability, Statistical independence, Cumulative Distribution function and Probability Density function, Error function, Rayleigh and Gaussian Probability Density, Stationary and Ergodic Process, Power Spectral Density of digital data.

Base band Data Transmission: Base band Signal receiver, Probability of error, Optimum filter, Matched filter, Coherent reception, ISI and Turbo Equalization. Digital Modulation Techniques: Performance Analysis of BPSK, DPSK, QPSK, Mary PSK, BFSK, M-ary FSK, MSK, QAM,OFDM for wireless transmission.

Propagation & Fading: Propagation path loss, Free-space propagation model, Outdoor propagation models (Okumura model & Hata model), Indoor propagation models (Partition Losses in the same floor and between floors), Multipath fading, time dispersive and frequency dispersive channels, delay spread and coherence bandwidth, LCR and ADF. Mobile Radio Interferences & System Capacity: Co-channel Interference and System Capacity, Channel planning for Wireless Systems, Adjacent channel interferences, Power control for reducing interference, Inter-symbol Interference; The Cellular Concept: Frequency Assignment and Channel Assignment, Frequency Reuse, Handoff, Sectoring, Microcell zone, Spectral efficiency,

Multiple Access techniques: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDMA, OFDM-CDMA, MIMO-OFDM and QOS issues. Multiuser Detection: Linear and Non-Linear Multiuser Detectors, BER Analysis, Turbo Multiuser Receiver, Iterative Interference Cancellation, Capacity Analysis, BER Analysis, Multiuser Detection for 4G wireless Systems.

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EE535 COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Introduction; Protocol hierarchies: OSI and TCP/IP reference models; Physical layer: Transmission media and topology, circuit switching and packet switching, Telephone network; Data link layer: Framing, error control, simplex stop and wait, sliding window protocol, SONET/SDH, ISDN switches, Medium access protocols: Aloha, slotted aloha, CSMA, CSMA CD, and collision - free protocols, FDDI, token ring, wireless LAN protocol, IEEE standard 802 for LANs and MANs, Bridges, Network layer: Routing algorithms, IP protocol, ICMP, ARP, RARP, Mobile IP; Transport layer: Establishing and releasing connection, TCP and UDP, Sockets interface, sockets programming; Application Layer: SNMP, Authentication, Encryption, electronic mail, WWW; Admission control in Internet, Concept of Effective bandwidth, Measurement based admission control, Differentiated Services in Internet; MPLS switching, MPLS architecture and framework. MPLS Protocols. Traffic engineering issues in MPLS, Lamda Switching, DWDM Networks.

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EE536 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

Introduction to RF and Wireless technology; Basic concepts in RF & Wireless Integrated Circuits Design; Receiver and Transmitter Architectures.

Low Noise RF Amplifiers – LNA basic topologies, Linearity and Noise in amplifiers, Stability, Matching Considerations, Differential and Broadband Amplifier;

Mixers – Mixer Operation, Passive and Active Mixers, Single & Double-Balanced Mixers, Noise in Mixers, Image Reject and Single Sideband Mixers;

Oscillators – Voltage Controlled-Oscillator, Negative Resistance Oscillator, Oscillator as a Feedback System, Oscillator Analysis, Colpitts, Hartley, Clapp, Pierce crystal Oscillators, Noise in Oscillators, Quadrature Oscillators, Tunable Oscillator; Frequency Synthesizers – Phase Locked Loop (PLL), Analysis of PLL Synthesizers, Phase Noise in PLL Synthesis, PLL Frequency Synthesizers, Integer-N and Fractional-N PLL Synthesizers, PLL System Frequency Response and Bandwidth; RF Power Amplifiers – Efficiency, Matching Considerations, Analysis of Basic Classes – A, AB, B, C, Class B Push-Pull Arrangements, Switch mode Classes – D, E, F Amplifiers, Doherty Power Amplifier.

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Foundations of Computer Science

Probabilitic arguments: Expectation, 2nd moment, large deviation bounds, balls and bins. Hashing: Isolation Lemma and Universal hashing. Linear programming and duality theorem as a proof technique, rounding, semi-definite programming, Interior point method, Simplex for solving linear programs. Yao's Min-max theorem and applications. Algebraic methods: The dimension argument, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. Coding and information theory: Introduction. Fourier analysis, discrete fourier transform and its uses. Basic algorithmic tricks. Introduction to high-dimensional geometry, volume estimation, metric embedding and Johnson Lindenstrauss. Sampling techniques and random walks.

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Sanjeev Arora and Boaz Barak,Computational Complexity: A Modern Approach, Cambridge University Press.

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Graphs, Groups and Network

Preliminaries in graphs, Mappings of Graphs, Matrices associated with graphs, Degree Sequence, Walks, Cut-Edges and Cut vertices, Weighted graphs, Directed Graphs, Shortest paths. Tree, Spanning Trees, Equivalent definitions, Prims & Kruskal Algorthim, Tree, Distance between spanning tree of a connected graph, eccentricity, Centre(s) of trees and connected graph, diameter of tree and connected graph. Cut-sets, Fundamental cut set, Edge and vertex Connectivity, Separability, Mengers theorem. Paths, circuits, Eulerian and Hamiltonian Graphs, Fleury algorithm, operation on graphs, Travelling salesman Problem, k-Connected graphs. Cliques and Minors in a Graph. Detection of planarity, Dual of a planar graph and map coloring Maximal independent sets, Vertex coloring and Chromatic Number, Vizing theorem, Chromatic Partitioning, Minimal dominating set, knights tour, Chromatic Polynomial, coverings, Number of a connected graph, matching in Bipartite graphs Flows in networks, Max-Flow-Min-Cut Theorem and its applications. Groups as Groups of Symmetries of a graph, Normal Subgroups, Isomorphism Theorems, Cyclic groups, Dihedral Groups. Permutation groups, finitely presented groups.

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Introduction to Biomechanics

Introduction to Biological System; Cell, Tissues and Connective Tissues and their Phenomenological Models: Bone, Tendon, Cartilage, Smooth Muscle cells: Musculo-Skeletal system as a tensigrity structure, Gait Analysis: Locomotion and Control, Modeling of Humanoid Robots, Physiology and mechanical properties of muscles- Viscoelastic model of muscle,Tentanization pulse in muscle fibers, Physiology and mechanical properties of bones- Bones as bidirectional fibers-nets and its stress response; Circulation system: Composition and rheological properties of blood, Construction of RBC, Composition of Artery and Venus walls, Operation of heart as a pump and electrical potential;

Neural system and control: Central nervous system, Auxiliary nervous system; Experiment on Biological system:experiment on RBC like system, viscocity measurement Blood-like liquid, ECG, Blood pressure, Pressure distribution of Human walk on the foot; Growth, Remodeling and Residual Stresses: Mathematical model of growth,Mathematical model of tumor, Remodeling of biological tissues like skin, artery- Wrinkle of skin, ageing of artery , Modeling of Residual stress,Experiment on Biological system- Determination of residual stress in artery-like tissue, Determination of ageing affect on arterial tissue; Instrumentation Technique in Biomechanics: Measurement of Biopotential – ECG, EMG, ENG, Test on Respiratory Mechanism, Ultrasonic measurement of Blood flow, Drug Delivery Systems; Application of Biomechanics: Sports Biomechanics, Artificial Limbs and organs, Occupational Biomechanics- consideration in Machine Control and Workplace Design, Injury Biomechanics – Analysis and optimal design; Biomaterial.

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Introduction to Nanomaterials

Introduction: Overview of Nanotechnology, Quantum effect, Naotechnology in nature.

Properties: Physical, Chemical and biological properties of nanomaterials, Effects on structure, ionization potential, melting point, and heat capacity Electronic structure at nanoscale, Magnetism at Nanoscale.

Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles: Surface Plasmon Resonance, Theory, Stability of metal particles, metamaterials, Nanowires and Nanotubes.

Synthesis of Nanomaterials: Chemical, Physical, Biological and hybrid Methods of synthesis, Assembly. Carbon Nanotubes, Lithographic methods, Scanning Probe Microscopic Methods, Physical and Chemical Vapor Deposition Methods. MEMS fabrication technique.

Nanotribology and Nanomechanics: Micro/Nanotribology and Materials Characterization Studies using Scanning Probe Microscopy, Surface Forces and Nanorheology of Molecularly Thin Films, Scanning Probe Studies of Nanoscale Adhesion Between Solids in the Presence of Liquids and Monolayer Films, Friction and Wear on the Atomic Scale, Nanoscale Mechanical Properties, Nanomechanical Properties of Solid Surfaces and Thin Films, Mechanics of Biological Nanotechnology, Mechanical Properties of Nanostructures, Micro/Nanotribology of MEMS/NEMS Materials and Devices.

Applications of Nanomaterials: Materials, Sensors and Actuators, Catalysis Medical Applications, Advanced Electronic Materials and Novel Devices. MEMS/NEMS Devices and Applications, Current Challenges and Future Trends.

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Solid State Devices

Semiconductor Devices: Basic introduction, principles of device fabrication and operation–heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs), heterostructure field effect transistors (HFETs),modulation doped field effect transistors (MODFETs), high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs), single electron transistors (SETs), negative conductance in semiconductors, transit time devices, IMPATT, TRAPATT, THz devices, micro and mm wave devices;

Optical Devices: Optical absorption in a semiconductor, photoconductors, photovoltaic effect, semiconductor lasers, quantum well lasers, longwavelength detectors, Optical waveguides, waveguide fabrication techniques, losses in optical waveguides, Optical sensors, integrated optical devices,

Ferroic Phenomena & Devices: Electrical & optical properties of linear and non-linear dielectrics, Ferroelectrics, Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric and electro-optic devices, non-volatile memory; Magnetic memory and superconducting devices, shape memory effect, Spintronic devices,

Energy Storage/Conversion Devices: Portable power sources, Solar cell, Fuel cells, Secondary batteries, Supercapacitors,

Sensors & Actuators: Elementary concepts of sensors, actuators and transducers, an introduction to Microsensors and MEMS, Evolution of Microsensors & MEMS, Microsensors & MEMS applications, Biosensors.

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Large Scale Scientific Computation

Introduction to sparse matrices, Storage Schemes, Permutations and Reorderings, , Sparse Direct Solution Methods. Iterative methos and Preconditioning Convergence Krylov Subspaces, Arnoldi’s Method, GMRES, Symmetric Lanczos Algorithm, Conjugate Gradient Algorithm, Convergence Analysis, Block Krylov Methods, Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient, Preconditioned GMRES, Jacobi, SOR, and SSOR Preconditioners, ILU Factorization Preconditioners, Block Preconditioners, Types of Partitionings,

Techniques, Direct Solution and the Schur Complement, Schur Complement Approaches, Full Matrix Methods, Graph Partitioning: Geometric Approach, Spectral Techniques.

Newton’s method and some of its variations, Newton method in several dimension, continuation methods, conjugate direction method and Davidon-Fletcher-Powell Algorithms, Introduction to Non-linear Multigrid with applications.

HPC kernels (BLAS, multicore and GPU computing)

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ME581 Biomechanics and Biomechatronics

Course Objective: After completion of this course the student should be able to

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Project-II

Each student will undertake a sizeable project involving survey of literature, development of new techniques and/or implementation of systems, writing of reports etc. under the guidance of one or more faculty members.

Distributed Energy Resources

General Overview of electricity demand and supply, and industry structure: Vertically integrated electricity supply industry, Restructuring, Electric energy management in restructured environment, Electricity markets.

Distributed generation technologies for increased efficiency: Distributed generation technologies, Integration issues, Future network architectures with DGs, Microgrids, Economics of distributed resources.

Wind turbine generation systems: Types, Power in the wind, Impact of tower height, Rotor efficiency, Wind turbine generators, Speed control, Performance of grid connected WTG, Economics, Environmental impacts.

Solar resources and photovoltaic (PV) systems: Solar spectrum, Insolation measurement, Photovoltaic systems and its engineering aspects, Standalone and grid connected PV systems.

Other renewable energy sources: Elementary concepts of fuel cell, Biomass, Tidal energy, Microturbines and their analysis for engineering application.

Energy Storage: Lead acid batteries, Ultra capacitors, Fly wheels, Superconducting magnetic storage, Pumped hydro electric storage, Compressed air energy storage.

Demand side management: Application of smart devices, Distribution automation, Demand Optimization.

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Visual Surveillance Systems

Basics of Image and Video Processing: Introduction to Image Processing methods, Image Transforms, Color spaces, An overview of Video Compression Standards: H. 261, H. 263, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7, and MPEG-21, Video shot boundary detection, motion modeling and segmentation techniques.

Object Detection and Classification- Shape based object classification, motion based object classification, Silhouette-Based Method for Object Classification, Haar like feature based object detection, Viola Jones object detection framework, Multiclass classifier boosting.

Multi-Object Tracking- Classification of multiple interacting objects from video, Region-based Tracking, Contour-based Tracking, Feature-based Tracking, Model-based Tracking, Hybrid Tracking, Particle filter based object tracking, Mean Shift based tracking, Tracking of multiple interacting objects.

Human Activity Recognition- Template based activity recognition, Sequential recognition approaches using state models (Hidden Markov Models), Human Recognition Using Gait, HMM Framework for Gait Recognition, View Invariant Gait Recognition, Syntactic and Statistical approaches, Description based approaches, Human interactions, group activities, Applications and challenges.

Camera Network Calibration - Types of CCTV (closed circuit television) camera- PTZ (pan-tilt zoom) camera, IR (Infrared) camera, IP (Internet Protocal) camera, wireless security camera, Multiple view geometry, camera network calibration, PTZ camera calibration, camera placement, smart imagers and smart cameras

Security and Privacy of visual surveillance- Reliable visual data protection technique without sacrificing perceptual utility, secure authentication and privacy of visual surveillance. Implementation of algorithms based on OpenCV (or Matlab) is covered in the course.

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Visual Surveillance Systems

Basics of Image and Video Processing: Introduction to Image Processing methods, Image Transforms, Color spaces, An overview of Video Compression Standards: H. 261, H. 263, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7, and MPEG-21, Video shot boundary detection.

Motion Analysis: Real versus apparent motion, Optical Flow Methods, Block Based Methods, Pel Recursive Methods, Mesh-based methods, Region-based (parametric), motion modeling, Categorization of motion segmentation technique. Object Classification and Tracking- Shape based object classification, motion based object classification, Haar like feature based object detection, Viola Jones object detection framework, Multiclass classifier boosting.

Multi-Object Tracking- Video monitoring for detection and tracking of multiple interacting objects, Classification of multiple interacting objects from video, Region-based Tracking, Contour-based Tracking, Feature-based Tracking, Model-based Tracking, Hybrid Tracking, Particle filter based object tracking, Mean Shift based tracking.

Multi-Object Tracking- Video monitoring for detection and tracking of multiple interacting objects, Classification of multiple interacting objects from video, Region-based Tracking, Contour-based Tracking, Feature-based Tracking, Model-based Tracking, Hybrid Tracking, Particle filter based object tracking, Mean Shift based tracking.

Human Activity Recognition Techniques- Template based activity recognition, Hidden Markov Models (HMMs), Dynamic Time Warping (DTM), Finite-State Machine (FSM), Nondeterministic-Finite-State Automaton (NFA), Time-Delay Neural Network (TDNN), and Syntactic/Grammatical Techniques.

Camera Network Calibration - Types of CCTV (closed circuit television) camera- PTZ (pan-tilt zoom) camera, IR (Infrared) camera, IP (Internet Protocal) camera, wireless security camera, Multiple view geometry, camera network calibration, PTZ camera calibration, camera placement, smart imagers and smart cameras.

Security and Privacy of visual surveillance- Reliable visual data protection technique without sacrificing perceptual utility, secure authentication and privacy of visual surveillance.

Implementation of algorithms based on OpenCV (or Matlab) is covered in the course.

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Matrix Computation

Introduction to Direct Methods: Diagonalization, Jordan Canonical Forms, SVD and POD, Direct Method for solving linear systems and Application to BVP, Discritization of PDE’s, Sparse Matrices.

Basic iterative methods: Iterative method for solving linear systems: Jacobi, Gauss-Seidel and SOR and their convergence, projection method: general projection method, steepest descent, MR Iteration, RNSD method.

Krylov subspace methods: Introduction to Krylov subspace, Arnoldi’s method, GMRES method, Conjugate gradient algorithm, Lanczos Algorithm.

Convergence & Preconditioners: Convergence check for Krylov subspace methods, Preconditioned CG, ILU preconditioner, Approximate inverse preconditioners, Multigrid methods.

Parallel implementation: Architecture of parallel computers, introduction to MPI & openMP, parallel preconditioners, domain decomposition method.

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Photovoltaics & Fuel Cell Technology

Photovoltaics: Global energy scenario and impending energy crisis, Basic introduction of energy storage/conversion devices, State-of-the art status of portable power sources, Solar/photovoltaic (PV) cells, PV energy generation and consumption, fundamentals of solar cell materials, Elementary concept of solar cell and its design, solar cell technologies (Si-wafer based, Thin film and concentrator solar cells), Emerging solar cell technologies (GaAs solar cell, dye-sensitized solar cell, organic solar cell, Thermo-photovoltaics), Photovoltaic system design and applications, Analysis of the cost performance ratio for the photovoltaic energy and problems in wide-spread commercialization of the technology.

Fuel Cells: Fuel cells and its classification; Transport mechanism in fuel cells and concept of energy conversion; Fuels and fuel processing, Fuel cell design and its characterization; Technological issues in Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC); PEM fuel cells; Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC), Molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC), Power conditioning and control of fuel cell systems.

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Applied FEM for Industries

Introduction: Continuum Mechanics, Conservation laws, Riemannian Geometry and stress- strain tensors, Constitutive equation, Potential-, Strain-, and Kinetic energies, Functionals and variational formulation, mathematical programming and weak solutions; Displacement method of FEM analyses.

Field equations: Elasticity, Structural Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, electromagnetic fields

Alternative approaches: Hybrid FEM, Mixed FEM, Boundary Element Method, Boundary Error Element, Mesh-less methods, Galerkin’s approach of error orthogonalization.

Error analyses: Algebraic and Integral inequalities; estimate of error; error bounds; Convergence, super-convergence,

Computer Packaging: Pre-, Post-processing and Turbo C, Analysis Programs in FRORTAN;

Applications (as per request): Rigid-flexible assembly (ME and Bio-Mechanics); Two-phase flow (ME & CE); Electro-magnetic application to wave-guides, MOSFET analyses (ECE); magnetic levitation (electrical), Vibration and control of quartz substrate using smart material; Stochastic FEM, etc.

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Lecture Notes.

Introduction to Industrial Waste: Types of industries and industrial pollution, Types of industrial wastes - solid, liquid and gaseous wastes, Hazardous waste - definition and concept, Characteristics of industrial wastes, Effects of industrial wastes on environment and human health, Environmental standards and legislations;

Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production: Waste minimization, Source reduction, Use of alternate raw materials, Process modifications, Recycle, reuse and byproduct recovery, Opportunities and barriers to cleaner production;

Waste Treatment Techniques: Physico-chemical and biological treatment of wastewater, Concept of common effluent treatment plant (CETP), Concept of zero discharge, Industrial sludge management, Industrial air pollution, Control of gaseous emissions;

Environmental Performance: Environmental audit and performance, Environmental management plan, Introduction to ISO and ISO 14000;

Pollution Control in Major Industries – Case Studies: Manufacturing processes and flow sheets, Sources and characteristics of wastes, Waste treatment and disposal methods – Computer & IT industry and electronic waste (e-waste), Thermal power plants, Iron and steel, Metal plating, Fertilizer, Refinery, Tannery, Food industry, etc.

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Mobile Robotics

Objectives:

Mobile robots are now enabling human beings to physically reach and explore unchartered territories in the Universe. Be a place as distant as Mars, in abysmal depths of ocean, or shrouded by thick glaciers of Antarctic, mobile robots help exploring everything; yet this is just the beginning. Even in day to day life autonomous cars hold a potential to revolutionize transportation and domestic mobile robots help humans in cleaning, elderly help, etc. National defense is an area replete with the use of mobile robots. This course will present various aspects of design, fabrication, motion planning, and control of intelligent mobile robotic systems. The focus of the course is distributed equally on the computational aspects and practical implementation issues and thereby leads to a well rounded training. The course will give students an opportunity to design and fabricate a mobile robotic platform and program it to apply learned theoretical concepts in practice as a semester long class project.

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Robot locomotion:Types of locomotion, hopping robots, legged robots, wheeled robots, stability, maneuverability, controllability;

Mobile robot kinematics and dynamics: Forward and inverse kinematics, holonomic and nonholonomic constraints, kinematic models of simple car and legged robots, dynamics simulation of mobile robots.

Perception: Proprioceptive/Exteroceptive and passive/active sensors, performance measures of sensors, sensors for mobile robots like global positioning system (GPS), Doppler effect-based sensors, vision based sensors, uncertainty in sensing, filtering;

Localization: Odometric position estimation, belief representation, probabilistic mapping, Markov localization, Bayesian localization, Kalman localization, positioning beacon systems.

Introduction to planning and navigation: path planning algorithms based on A-star, Dijkstra, Voronoi diagrams, probabilistic roadmaps (PRM), rapidly exploring random trees (RRT), Markov Decision Processes (MDP), stochastic dynamic programming (SDP).

Robotics Project: Students will work on a semester long project consisting of design, fabrication, and programming a mobile robotic platform.

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Application of Probabilistic Methods in Engineering

Introduction:

Concept of risk, and uncertainty in engineering analysis and design; Fundamental of probability models. Analytical models of random phenomena: Baysian Analysis, Analysis of variance (ANOVA); Application of central limit theorem, confidence interval, expected value, and return period.

Application of Monte Carlo simulation (MCS): Determination of function of random variables using MCS methods; Application of MCS in various engineering problems.

Probabilistic analysis and determination: i) Forces induced by earthquakes, ii) Forces induced by wind, iii) Forces induced by sea waves, iv) Load on vehicles induced through surface roughness of roads.

Methods of risk Analysis: Composite risk analysis; Direct integration method; Method using safety margin, reliability index and safety factor.

Introduction to reliability analysis: Application of Bayes theorem in real life problem; Reliability analysis of simple systems: serial, parallel and combined systems; First order uncertainty and reliability analysis (FORM), First order second moment (FOSM) and Advanced FOSM methods; Applications of risk and reliability analysis in engineering systems.

Application of probabilistic methods:i) Fluid-structure interaction, ii) Soil-structure interaction iii) Railways iv) Automobile industry, v) Offshore structure, vi) Hydraulic structure

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Fundamentals of Cognitive Science

Cognitive Science: nature, history, and major findings and applications; Philosophy of language and mind; Psycholinguistic approach to the child language and cognitive development; Linguistics and the study of language in society: language, dialects, and varieties, native speakers and language acquisition, language as a mental phenomenon vs. language as behavior; multilingualism; Artificial Intelligence: Turing Test and Chinese-Room Argument, Natural language vs. artificial language; fuzzy logic; Culture as cognitive construction, culture and society, culture and language, cognition and human evolution.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Aim of the Course:

Today, many of the engineering students after passing out are joining some kind of organization. Therefore, they need to know how they will be successful as job applicants, trainees, employees, team players, and managers. This course will help them in knowing about all these and applying psychological principles in industries and organizations.

Course Contents:

Introduction:

Psychology as a science of Behaviour and Mental Processes: Nature, Scope and Subject Matter of Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Time and Motion Study, Classical Hawthorne Studies.

Employer Selection: Recruitment Process; Selection Process - Job and Worker Analyses, Matching Job with the Person; Selection Methods - Application Blank, Biographical Inventories, References and Recommendation Letters, Interviews.

Psychological Testing: Characteristics of Psychological Tests; Types of Psychological Tests; Tests of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Interest, Aptitude and Personality Tests; Limitations of Psychological Testing Programmes.

Training and Learning: Need Identification; Psychological Factors in Learning; Training Methods in the Workplace; Effective Training Programme; Career Planning and Development.

Motivation: Needs, Incentives and Motives; Financial and Non-financial Motives; Theories of Motivation; Management of Motivation; Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction.

Leadership: Changing Views of Leadership; Theories of Leadership; Leadership Styles; Pole of Power in Leadership; Charismatic and Effective Leaders.

Group Behaviour: Formal and Informal Organizations in Industry; Conflicts in Organization; Resolution of the Conflicts; Decision Making Process.

Characteristics of the Workplace: Working Conditions - Physical and Psychological; Accident, Safety and Health; Management of Stress; Spirituality at Work.

Organizational Communication: Process of Communications; Upward, Downward and Horizontal Communications; Barriers to Communication; Effective Communication.

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EE533Communication System Engineering Lab – II00336
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The concept of Amount of Information, Average Information, Entropy, Information rate, Shannon’s Theorem, Channel Capacity, Capacity of a Gaussian Channel, Bandwidth- S/N Trade-off. Channel Capacity & Coding: Introduction to Channel Capacity & Coding, Channel Models, Channel Capacity Theorem, Shannon Limit.

Error Control Coding: Introduction, Forward & Backward error Correction, Hamming Weight and Hamming Distance, Linear Block Codes, Encoding and decoding of Linear Block-codes, Parity Check Matrix, Syndrome Decoding, Hamming Codes.

Cyclic Codes: Introduction, Method for generating Cyclic Codes, Matrix description of Cyclic codes, Burst error correction, Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) codes, Circuit implementation of cyclic codes.

Convolutional and Turbo Codes: Introduction, Polynomial description of Convolutional Codes, Generating function, Matrix description of Convolutional Codes, Viterbi Decoding of Convolutional codes, Turbo Codes, Turbo Encoder and Decoder.

Introduction to Image Compression, The JPEG standard for lossless and Lossy Image Compression & Decompression, Video Compression and Transmission Standards for Wireless Channels.

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Random Signals and Filtering Theory

Probability and random variable: Fundamental concept of probability, conditional probability, Bayes’ theorem, concept of random variable, probability density function, central limit theorem, generation of random numbers, multiple random variables, point mass representation of probability density function. Random processes: Concept of random process, stationarity and ergodicity, auto correlation function, cross correlation function and their properties, Gaussian process, Markov process, white noise. Introduction to filtering theory: concept of system, noise, filtering, smoothing and prediction, Kalman filtering, convergence and stability, application of Kalman filtering, nonlinear filtering, brief introduction on post Kalman filtering.

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Wireless Communication

Random Signal Theory: Joint Probability, Statistical independence, Cumulative Distribution function and Probability Density function, Error function, Rayleigh and Gaussian Probability Density, Stationary and Ergodic Process, Power Spectral Density of digital data. Base band Data Transmission: Base band Signal receiver, Probability of error, Optimum filter, Matched filter, Coherent reception, ISI and Turbo Equalization. Digital Modulation Techniques: Performance Analysis of BPSK, DPSK, QPSK, Mary PSK, BFSK, M-ary FSK, MSK, QAM,OFDM for wireless transmission. Propagation & Fading: Propagation path loss, Free-space propagation model, Outdoor propagation models (Okumura model & Hata model), Indoor propagation models (Partition Losses in the same floor and between floors), Multipath fading, time dispersive and frequency dispersive channels, delay spread and coherence bandwidth, LCR and ADF. Mobile Radio Interferences & System Capacity: Co-channel Interference and System Capacity, Channel planning for Wireless Systems, Adjacent channel interferences, Power control for reducing interference, Inter-symbol Interference; The Cellular Concept: Frequency Assignment and Channel Assignment, Frequency Reuse, Handoff, Sectoring, Microcell zone, Spectral efficiency, Multiple Access techniques: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDMA, OFDM-CDMA, MIMO-OFDM and QOS issues. Multiuser Detection: Linear and Non-Linear Multiuser Detectors, BER Analysis, Turbo Multiuser Receiver, Iterative Interference Cancellation, Capacity Analysis, BER Analysis, Multiuser Detection for 4G wireless Systems.

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Modeling and Simulation of Modern Power Systems

Structure and Operation of Modern Power Systems: Introduction to generation, transmission and distribution systems, Technical and commercial aspects involved with ESI. Modeling of Power System Components: Generators, Transmission lines, Transformers, Different types of loads. Application of Graph Theory to Power Networks: Concepts of graph theory, Oriented graphs, Primitive impedance and admittance matrices, System graph for transmission network, Network representations, Network matrices, Network reduction. Load Flow Studies: Nonlinear numerical techniques, Gauss-Seidel method, Newton’s method, Convergence criteria, Classification of buses, Load flow studies, Fast decoupled method, DC load flow method, Power flow studies in system design and operation. Power System Security and Contingency Analysis: Factors affecting power system security, Contingency analysis. Power System Stability: Classification, Small signal and Transient stability, Voltage stability. Introduction to FACTS Controllers: Development and application, Shunt, Series and Shunt-Series controllers.

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Information and Coding Theory

The concept of Amount of Information, Average Information, Entropy, Information rate, Shannon’s Theorem, Channel Capacity, Capacity of a Gaussian Channel, Bandwidth- S/N Trade-off. Channel Capacity & Coding: Introduction to Channel Capacity & Coding, Channel Models, Channel Capacity Theorem, Shannon Limit. Error Control Coding: Introduction, Forward & Backward error Correction, Hamming Weight and Hamming Distance, Linear Block Codes, Encoding and decoding of Linear Block-codes, Parity Check Matrix, Syndrome Decoding, Hamming Codes. Cyclic Codes: Introduction, Method for generating Cyclic Codes, Matrix description of Cyclic codes, Burst error correction, Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) codes, Circuit implementation of cyclic codes. Convolutional and Turbo Codes: Introduction, Polynomial description of Convolutional Codes, Generating function, Matrix description of Convolutional Codes, Viterbi Decoding of Convolutional codes, Turbo Codes, Turbo Encoder and Decoder. Introduction to Image Compression, The JPEG standard for lossless and Lossy Image Compression & Decompression, Video Compression and Transmission Standards for Wireless Channels.

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Operation and Control of Restructured Power Systems

Restructuring of Electricity Supply Industry: Power systems operation - old vs new, Key issues associated with the restructuring of ESIs, International experiences. Economic Operation of Power Systems: Economic load dispatch (ELD), Unit commitment (UC), Optimal power flow (OPF), OPF in system design and operation. Electricity Markets: Models of competition, Bilateral trading, Electricity pools, Spot market, Settlement process. Power System Controls: Load frequency control, Generatorvoltage control. System Security and Ancillary Services (AS) Management: Balancing issues, Network issues, System restoration, AS provision, FACTS controllers in AS provision, Co-optimization of AS and energy. Transmission Pricing and Congestion Management: Electric power wheeling, Transmission open access, Pricing of electric power transmission, Congestion management techniques, FACTS in congestion management.

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