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Building Engineering & Disaster Mitigation
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M.Tech. Course structure

SEMESTER I SEMESTER II
Course Course Title L-T-P-C Course Course Title L-T-P-C
Code Code

ENG(CBRI) Numerical Methods 3-0-0-3 ENG(CBRI) Design of Building Structures 3-0-0-3

1-137 1-136

ENG(CBRI) Advanced Geotechnical and 3-0-0-3 ENG(CBRI) Disaster Resistant Building 3-0-0-3
1-139 Foundation Engineering 1-138 System-I

ENG(CBRI) Engineering Materials for 3-0-0-3 Elective I 3-0-0-3

1-141 Infrastructure

ENG(CBRI) Analysis of Building 3-0-0-3 Elective II 3-0-0-3

1-143 Structure

ENG(CBRI) Research Methodology for 1-0-0-1 Elective III 3-0-0-3

1-145 Engineers

ENG(CBRI) Laboratory – I (Geotechnical 0-0-4-2

1-147 Engineering, Materials and
Environmental Science & ENG(CBRI) Laboratory-II (Structural 0-0-4-2
Technology) 1-166 Engineering & Fire Engineering)

ENG(CBRI) Seminar-I 0-0-2-1 ENG(CBRI) Seminar-II 0-0-2-1

1-149 1-168

Total Credits 16 Total Credits 18

SEMESTER III SEMESTER IV

Course Course Title L-T-P-C Course Course Title L-T-P-C
Code Code

ENG(CBRI) Disaster Resistant Building 3-0-0-3 ENG(CBRI) Dissertation-II including 0-8-24-20

2-137 System–II 2-136 Viva Voce

ENG(CBRI) Dissertation-I 0-4-16-12

2-139

Total Credits 15 Total credits 20

Total Credit : 69

For details of the Ph.D programme refer to the Ph.D brochure.

 ELECTIVE COURSES

Course Code Course Title

ENG(CBRI) 1-140 Concrete Technology
ENG(CBRI) 1-142 Planning, Regulations & Management of Buildings
ENG(CBRI) 1-144 Industrialized Building Systems
ENG(CBRI) 1-146 Repair, Rehabilitation & Retrofitting of Building Structures
ENG(CBRI) 1-148 Environmental Impact Assessment
ENG(CBRI) 1-150 Sustainable Design & Energy Efficient Building Systems
ENG(CBRI) 1-152 Construction, Planning & Management
ENG(CBRI) 1-154 Fire Protection Engineering
ENG(CBRI) 1-156 Environmental Engineering & Management
ENG(CBRI) 1-158 Advanced Seismology
ENG(CBRI) 1-160 Engineering of Problematic Soil
ENG(CBRI) 1-162 Optimization Techniques
ENG(CBRI) 1-164 Deep Excavation
ENG(CBRI) 2-138 Health Monitoring of Building Structures
ENG(CBRI) 3-136 Tall Buildings & Structures
ENG(CBRI) 3-138 Behaviour of Metal Structures
ENG(CBRI) 3-140 Rock Mechanics
ENG(CBRI) 3-142 Landslide Disaster Mitigation

Note: The electives will be selected by the students depending on their broad areas
of research.
 Core Courses SEMESTER I

ENG(CBRI) 1-137 Numerical Methods L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Interpolation, Errors in interpolation. Divided differences, polynomial approximation,
Numerical Differentiation and Integration,
Matrices: Eigen values and corresponding Eigen vectors
Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations, Convergence
Numerical solution of Partial Differential Equations, Initial value problem, Boundary value
problem, Laplace and Poisson equations, completeness & stabiltity
Special fuctions: Lagendre’s function, Rodrigue’s formula, Bessel’s function and recurrence
formula, Introduction to Finite Element Method (FEM) and its applications
Introduction to fuzzy logic, Artificial Neural Network
Introduction to the softwares like MX-EXCELL, SPSS and MATLAB
Reference 1. Jain, Iyenger, Numerical Methods for Scientific and Engineering Computations, Wiley, 1987.
Books 2. Grewal, B.S. Numerical Methods in Engineering & Sciences,Khanna, New Delhi.
3. E. Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics.
4. S. Chakrabarti, Bhatt, R.B., Numerical Methods in Engineering, Narosa Publ. House, 2004.
5. S S Sastry, Introductory Methods of Numerical Analysis, Prantice Hall.
6. John Mathew & Kurtis Fink, Numerical Methods with MATLAB, Prantice Hall.
7. C.F. Gerald (5/e), Applied Numerical Analysis, Addison Wesley, 1994.
8. O.C. Zienkiewicz, The Finite Element Methods, Tata Mcgraw Hill publishing Co., New Delhi.
9. C.S. Desai & J.F. Abel, Introduction to Finite Element Method.
10. Rao, S.S., The Finite Element Methods in Engineering, Pergamon, New York.
11. Gupta & Goyel, Special functions
Faculty S.K. Bhattacharyya & Abha Mittal

ENG(CBRI) 1-139 Advanced Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction to Geotechnical engineering – Fundamentals of soil mechanics and
foundation engineering.
Deep foundation - Pile Groups – Axial capacity of pile groups-Consideration regarding
spacing – Efficiency of pile groups – Stresses on underlying soil strata – Approximate analysis
of pile groups – Settlement of pile groups – Under reamed piles.
Ground Improvement Techniques – Introduction-Need of Ground improvement –Different
methods of ground Improvement- preloading, prefabricated vertical drain, soil grouting, stone
column, sand column, lime column, cement column, dynamic compaction, blasting,
vibroflotation etc.- Applicability of different methods - Quality control in ground improvement
works.
Stability of Slope – Introduction - Different methods of analysis-Dynamic slope stability -
Long and short term stability - Factors affecting stability of a slope – Slope protection.
Reinforced Soil – Introduction-Mechanism of reinforced soil - Soil-reinforcement interaction-
different types of soil reinforcement –Application of reinforced soil – Design of Reinforced
earth wall (static and dynamic), reinforced soil for foundation.
Environmental Geotechnics: Contamination, contaminant transport and waste containment,
slurry wastes, Liners, Stability of landfills, landfill construction, Design aspects, Barriers.
Reference 1. Bowles J.E., “Foundation Analysis and Design” (4Ed.), Mc.Graw –Hill, NY, 1996
Books 2. Poulos H.G. and Davis E.H., “Pile foundation Analysis and Design”, John-Wiley & Sons, NY, 1980
3. M.J Tomlinson (1975) “Foundation Design and construction”, Pitman Publishing Limited, London
4. Bell, F.G., ‘Ground engineering Reference book’, Butterworth
5. Shashi K Gulhati and Manoj Datta., ‘Geotechnical Engineering’, Tata McGraw-Hill.
6. Hari.D.Sharma and Krishna R. Reddy., Geoenvironmental Engineering, John wiley & sons
7. Saran, S., Reinforced soil and its Engineering applications, I.K.International.
8. Brand, E.W, Brenner, R.P, Soft Clay Engineering.
9. Manfred R. Hausmann, ‘Engineering principles of ground modification, Mc-Graw Hill
Faculty A. Ghosh, S. Karthigeyan & Manojit Samanta
ENG(CBRI) 1-141 Engineering Materials for Infrastructure L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Building Materials: Introduction to building materials - Conventional building materials (ceramic,
glass, and gypsum) - Non-conventional building materials (fly ash bricks, sand lime bricks,
polymeric materials, reconstituted wood products, and geo-synthetic materials) - Advanced
building materials (composites, geo-polymers, corrosion protective coatings, polymer concrete) -
Methods of characterization of building materials (hygroscopicity, weathering, water permeability,
frost resistance, thermal conductivity, heat capacity, chemical resistance, and durability),
instrumental techniques, - Effect of UV, Humidity and thermal exposure on organic building
materials and preventive techniques (effect of UV, humidity and temperature on building material
properties, safe limits, physical & chemical factors, biological factors and remedial measures).
Types of cements, characterization techniques, Cement hydration and micro-structural
development, chemical admixtures, super plasticizers, air-entraining admixtures, retarders,
corrosion inhibitors, shrinkage reducing admixtures.
1. Duggal S. K., Building Materials, New Age International, 3rd Edition 2008.
Reference 2. Varghese P. C., Building Materials, PHI Publication, 3rd Edition, 2008.
Books 3. Jagadish K. S., Reddy B. V. V., Rao K. S. N., Alternative Building Materials and Technologies, New Age
International, 2006.
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4. Rixom R. and Mailvaganam N., “Chemical Admixtures for Concrete”, 3 Edition, E&FN Spon, 1999.
5. Aitcin P. C., “High Performance Concrete”, E&FN Spon, 1998.
6. Mehta P. K., and Monteiro P. J. M., “Concrete Microstructure, Properties and Materials”,
7. 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2006.
8. Taylor H. F. W., “Cement Chemistry”, Thomson Telford, 1997.
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9. Perkin P. H., “Repair, Protection and Waterproofing of Concrete Structures”, 3 Edition, E&FN Spon,
Faculty Rajni Lakhani & S.K.Singh

ENG(CBRI) 1-143 Analysis of Building Structure L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Static analysis - Fundamentals of elasticity, Static and kinematic indeterminacy, stiffness and
flexibility methods, Finite element formulation of 1D, 2D and 3D problems, Analysis of plane
stress, plane strain, axi-symmetric and plate bending problems, Application problems using
finite element technique, Introduction to non-linear analysis.

Dynamic analysis - Free vibration of damped and undamped Single Degree Freedom
systems, response of SDF to harmonic excitations, vibration isolation, force transmissibility
and base motion, Response of undamped SDF to short duration impulse, Duhamel integral,
time history analysis, integration schemes, Response Spectra, Multiple degree of freedom
systems, eigen values and eigen vectors, mode- superposition method, Response to harmonic
excitations of MDF systems, Introduction to computer programs for dynamic analysis,
Reference 1. Timoshenko and Goodier - Theory of Elasticity
Books 2. Weaver and Gere - Matrix analysis of framed structures
3. H. C. Martin - Matrix Method of Structural Analysis
4. Clough and Penzien - Dynamics of Structures
5. Mario Paz - Structural Dynamics
6. Bathe and Wilson - Numerical methods in finite element analysis by
7. R.D. Cook, Plesha & Malkus – Concepts in Finite Element Analysis.
8. C.S. Krishnamoorthy – Finite Element Analysis-Theory & Programming.
Faculty S.K. Bhattacharyya, A.K. Pandey & S.K. Panigrahi
ENG(CBRI) 1-145 Research Methodology for Engineers L-T-P-C
2-0-0-1
Syllabus Introduction to Research Methodology – Research terminology and the scientific methods;
Designing and implementing a research project, Types of research; Measurements in
research, Communicating research results, Case studies
Primary and secondary data, Analysis of data
Quantitative analysis: Bivariate and Multivariate Analysis, Least square method, Curve fitting,
Fitting of linear correlation and regression, Multivariate analysis, Principle component analysis,
Discriminant analysis, Factor analysis and their applications
Professional ethics, Ethics in Research, Plagiarism, Nuremberg code etc.
Communication Skills, presentation, Inter-personal communication.
Reference 1. Gupta, Hira, Operations Research, S. Chand & Company, 1987.
Books 2. Mohan C, K. Deep, Optimization Technique, New Age International, 2009.
3. Sharma J.K., Operation Research -Theory and Applications, Mcmillan Publishers India, 2008
4. Hamdy. A. Taha, Operations Research, PHI, New Delhi.
5. S.S.Rao, Optimization Techniques, New Age International, New Delhi.
6. Gillett, Introduction to operations Research, McGraw Hill, New Delhi
7. Morse Phillip Mccord, Methods of Operational Research, Dover Pub.
8. Sobel methew J., Stochastic Optimization, Dover Pub.

Faculty S.K. Bhattacharyya, A. Ghosh & Abha Mittal

ENG(CBRI) 1-147 Laboratory - I L-T-P-C

Geotechnical Engineering, Materials 0-0-4-2
and Environmental science and Technology
Syllabus Geotechnical Laboratory Work:
Laboratory Soil Investigation: Evaluation of physical properties of soils - Evaluation of
compressibility characteristics of soils - Evaluation of shear strength parameters of soils -
Evaluation of hydraulic properties of soils
Field Soil Investigation: The syllabus deals with evaluation of design parameters of soils
based on field testing.

Materials and Environmental Science and Technology Laboratory Work:

Physical and Chemical testing of cement, Physico – chemical testing of water for construction
purposes – Physical, chemical and engineering properties of building materials / components
– Instrumental methods for analysis of building materials (AAS, SEM etc), Air pollution test,
water quality test.
Faculty B. Singh, A.K. Sharma I, S.K. Jain & L.P. Singh
 Core Courses SEMESTER II

ENG(CBRI) 1-136 Design of Building Structures L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction – Design loads with special reference to earthquake and wind loads - load
combinations - Design requirements – materials of construction commonly used for buildings.

Wind effects on buildings – Codal provisions – Criteria for wind resistant design of buildings –
Concept of wind engineering with reference to aerodynamics of bluff bodies, vortex shedding.

Concept of earthquake resistant design of buildings – linear analysis – non-linear analysis –

Codal provisions and methods.

Introduction to plastic analysis in steel structures – Concepts of LRFD design – Codal provisions
– Design concepts of tall building system.

Computer applications in the design.

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Reference 1. Reinforced Concrete Design, 2 Edition, by S.Unnikrishna Pillai and Devdas Menon, Tata McGraw-Hill
Books Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2003.
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2. Reinforced Concrete Limit State Design, 6 Edition, by Ashok K. Jain, Nem Chand & Bros, Roorkee,
2002.
3. Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design, by P.C.Varghese, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,
2001
4. Design of Steel Structures, by A.S. Arya and Ajmani.
5. Plastic design of structures by Horne.
6. Plastic design of structures by B.G. Neal.
Faculty A.K. Mittal, R. Deolia & Ajay Chaurasia

ENG(CBRI) 1-138 Disaster Resistant Building System - I L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus
Earthquake Resistant System:
Introduction to geotechnical earthquake engineering - dynamic properties of soils and its
evaluation, liquefaction hazard evaluations and remedial measures, geotechnical failure of
foundations during earthquake, provision of IS 1893 and IS 13920
Seismic bearing capacity of shallow foundations – design requirements – ultimate bearing
capacity theory under earthquake loading – seismic settlement
Seismic analysis of pile foundation - normal/liquefiable soils – theories of pile failure in
areas of seismic liquefaction – methods of analysis – design concepts of piles under
earthquake loading
Introduction to earthquake resistant building system

Fire safety system in buildings:

Fundamentals of fire – Growth and spread of fire – Reaction to fire characteristics and fire
retardant materials and techniques – Fire resistance of building elements – Smoke movement
and control – Fire dynamics and modelling – Fire detection – Fire extinguishment.
Reference
Books 1. Bhattacharya S. (eds): (2007), ‘Design of foundation in seismic areas: Principles and some
applications’, Published by NICEE [National Centre for Earthquake Engineering (India)]. ISBN: 81-
904190-1-3.
2. Day R. W.(2002), ‘Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering’, handbook , McGraw – Hill, New York
3. Gopal Madabhushi, Jonathan Knappett, Stuart Haigh, (2010), Design of Pile Foundations in
Liquefiable Soils’, Imperial College Press, London WC2H 9HE.
4. Prakash, S., (1981), ‘Soil dynamics’, McGraw Hill, New York
5. Steven L. Kramer (1996), ‘Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering’, Prentice Hall, New Delhi

Faculty A. Ghosh, S. Karthigeyan & Suvir Singh

 Elective Courses

ENG(CBRI) 1-140 Concrete Technology L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Advances in Concrete - Characterization of ingredients, Philosophy of concrete mix
proportioning, Concrete mix proportioning with mineral & chemical admixtures, Science of
concrete including mixing, transporting, placing and curing, Properties of fresh and
hardened concrete, Micro structures, Non destructive & in-place evaluation of concrete,
New materials in concrete.
Durability of concrete - Porosity, Pore size distribution, Transition zone, w/c ratio and
permeability, Carbonation and chloride penetration, Corrosion, Sulphate attack, Alkali- silica
reaction, Other chemical attacks, Protection measures against corrosion.
Special Concrete - High performance concrete, High volume fly ash concrete, Fibre
reinforced concrete, Self compacting concrete, Ready mixed concrete, Geo-polymer
concrete, Polymer modified concrete, Recycled aggregate concrete etc.
Concrete Technology - Sustainable & durable construction with concrete
Quality Control - Quality control & quality assurance during construction.
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Reference Books 1. M. Neville, Properties of concrete, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 4 Edition, 1996.
2. P.K. Mehta and Paulo J. M. Monteiro, “Concrete: Microstructure, properties and Materials”,
McGraw- Hill, 2005.
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3. M. Neville & J. J. Brooks “Concrete Technology”, 4 Impression, Pearsons Education Ltd,2009.
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4. J.H. Bungey, S. G. Millard & M. G. Grantham, Testing of concrete in Structures, 4 edition,Taylor &
Francis, London & New York, 2006.
Faculty B.K. Rao, S.R. Karade & S.K. Singh

ENG(CBRI) 1-142 Planning, Regulations & Management L-T-P-C

of Buildings 3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction to Building Projects - Overview of various building projects in India vis – a vis
national programmes, modes of public – private participation and innovative approaches for fiscal
mibilisation and financing.
Project - formulation, appraisal and evaluation – Feasibility studies, preparation of Detailed
Project Reports (DPRs).
Project Management Issues - Planning, monitoring and scheduling of the project activities and
application of Information technology tools, project completion, compliance and closure.
Tender - Documents and selection process, contract correspondence, formulation of claims,
variations and extensions, dispute resolution, reconciliation and arbitration.
Legal Issues - Rules, Regulations and land acquisition acts, relevant contracts, rehabilitation and
resettlement issues.
Case studies - Urban housing and other building projects
Reference 1. Adedeji B. Badiru, STEP Project Management: Guide for science, technology and engineering projects,
Books CPC press, Taylor and Francis Group, USA, 2009.
2. World Bank, Procurement documents related infrastructure projects, www.worldbank.org
3. Related Documents – Planning Commission, MoEF, MoRT&H, MoUD, NHAI, NRRDA, etc.
Faculty Ashok Kumar
ENG(CBRI) 1-144 Industrialized Building Systems L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction – Generic classification of prefabricated and industrialized building systems,
advantages and disadvantages of IBS, industrialization for sustainable construction.
Standardization – Introduction to Modular Coordination, Standardization, rationalization and
systematization, codal provisions for modular coordination.
Building Systems - Criteria for Selection, Sub-structure structural systems, horizontal and
vertical Systems, open and closed Building Systems.
Strategies for Industrialization - User friendly building components, production strategies,
emerging concepts for future prefabrication.
Prefabricated Systems for Building Envelopes - Generic forms of construction, façade
technologies, building components and jointing details.
Case studies and design - Case studies of prefab technologies and design ideas for IBS.
Reference 1. Frederick S. Merritt, and James Ambrose; “Building Engineering and Systems Design” (Second Edition);
Books a Text Book Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York (1990).
2. ASG Bruggeling, GF Huyghe; “Prefabrication with Concrete”; A Text Book Published by AA Balkema, PO
Box 1675, 3000 BR Rotterdam, Netherlands.
3. F. (Eph.) BLJUGER; “Design of Precast Concrete Structures”; A Text Book Published by John Wiley &
Sons (1988).
4. Kim S. Elliott; “Multi Storey Precast Concrete Framed Structures” A Text Book Published by Blackwell
Science Ltd (1996).
5. Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), Chicago, Manual on Design and Typical Details of Connections for
Precast and Prestressed Concrete second edition (1988).
6. National Building Code - 2005.
7. IS Codes on Modular Coordination
Faculty Ashok Kumar & S.P. Agarwal

ENG(CBRI) 1-146 Repair, Rehabilitation & Retrofitting of Structures L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Condition Assessment:- Appraisal of structures, Types of distresses in structures,
Distress diagnosis, In-place assessment, Data collection, Evaluation of buildings based on
demand-capacity method, Irregularities & inconsistencies in construction, Residual life
assessment.
Innovative Repair Materials:- Criteria for repair, Rehabilitation & retrofitting of structures,
Types of repair materials, structural characteristics & its behaviour, Testing & evaluation of
repair materials & system.
Repair Techniques:- Types of rehabilitation & strengthening techniques & its applications,
Strategies for strengthening, Philosophy and design of strengthening, Grouting, Sprayed
concrete, Steel jacketing, Micro-concreting, FRP wrapping, Codal provisions, Introduction
to performance based strengthening strategies, Technical specifications, Quantifications of
repair materials.
Quality Assurance and Control:- Introduction, Check & balances during repair &
strengthening
Case Studies:- Buildings & Heritage structures
Reference 1. H.V.S. GangaRao, Navendra Taly & P.V. Vijay “Reinforced Concrete Design with FRP
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Books composites”, 1 edition, 2007, CRC Press, Tylor & Francis group, USA.
2. A. Chakrabarti, D. Menon & A Sengupta, “Hand book on Retrofitting of Structures-Principles &
Applications, 1st edition,2010, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi
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3. J.H. Bungey, S. G. Millard & M. G. Grantham, Testing of concrete in Structures, 4 edition, Taylor &
Francis, London & New York, 2006.
4. Gajanan M. Sabnis, Avanti C. Shroff & Lawrence F. Kahn “Seismic Rehabilitation of Concrete
Structure”, 1996, SP-160, American Concrete Institute, Michigan, USA.
5. “Repair and strengthening of concrete structure”, FIP ,Thomas Telford, London
6. R.Holland “Appraisal & Repair of Reinforced Concrete”, ,The Gromwell Press, Thomas Telford
Ltd., London
7. Nader Ghafoori “Innovation in Repair Techniques in Concrete Structures”, ASCE publication.
Faculty S.K. Bhattacharyya, S.K. Singh & Ajay Chaurasia
ENG(CBRI) 1-148 Environmental Impact Assessment L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction and Scope - EIA and Sustainable Development, Environmental Impacts of
Infrastructure Projects, Impacts of Development Activities, Planning and Management of
Impacts Studies.
Environmental Clearance Process in India - Salient Features of EIA Notification.
Impact assessment - Assessment of Impact of infrastructural development on air, surface &
sub-surface water, soil, noise, etc. - Environmental Assessment Methods and Techniques,
Prediction Technique for Quality of Environment Attributes, Evaluation Methods.
Environmental Quality Standards - Regulations and Legislations
Control measures - Air Pollution and Noise Pollution control, Preparation of Environmental
Management Plan - Carrying capacity and Assimilation Capacity Studies for Sustainable
Development
Case Studies – Green Buildings
Reference 1. David C.Wooten & J.G.Ran Environmental Impact Analysis Hand Books Pub. McGraw – Hill ISBN –
Books 100070512175 (1979).
2. Canter L.W., Environmental Impact Assessment, McGraw-Hill, 1997
3. Betty Bowers Marriott, Environmental Impact Assessment A Practical Guide McGraw-Hill
Professional, 1997
4. Peter Morris & Riki Therivel, Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment, Routtedge, 2001.
5. Denver Tolliver, Highway Impact Assessment, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1993
6. R.K.Jain, L.V.G.S. Stacey, H.E. Balbach, Environmental Assessment McGrew-Hill Professional,
2001.
7. Relevant IRC & CPCB Code of Practices / Guidelines
8. CPCB (2006) Pollution Control Acts, Rules and Notifications issued there under Pollution Control Law
Series’ PCLS/02/2006 Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi.
Faculty A.K. Minocha

ENG(CBRI) 1-150 Sustainable Design and L-T-P-C

Energy Efficient Building Systems 3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction - Overview of sustainable design and energy efficient building systems,
Comprehensive understanding of sustainable design principles.
Challenges driving the need for Sustainable Design - Low carbon building technologies,
Climate factors for buildings design, Thermal comfort and insulation.
Building Performance Assessment Tools - Green building rating systems, Energy
Conservation Building Code, Application of performance assessment tools.
Insulation and Heat Transfer - Low energy building materials, Heat repellent and insulating
materials, Heat transfer through building elements.
Case Studies - Integrated design process, Green / Sustainable design projects.
Reference 1. Godfrey Boyle, Renewable Energy, Oxford University Press, 2004, Reprint 2010.
Books 2. Sharma I C, The Climatic Data Handbook, Tata Mc Graw Hill Pub. Co. Ltd., 1993.
3. Givoni B, Man Climate & Architecture, Elsevier, 1969
4. Arvind Krishnan & et al., Climate Responsive Architecture – A Design Handbook for Energy Efficient
Buildings, Tata Mc Graw Hill Pub. Co. Ltd.
5. Gupta C P, Prakesh Rajendra, Engineering Heat Transfer, Nem Chand & Brothers-Roorkee, 1979
Faculty R.K. Garg & Ashok Kumar
ENG(CBRI) 1-152 Construction, Planning & Management L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction - RCC and masonry system, pre-engineered and industrialized building
system and its relevance, planning and design of modules, construction methodology,
construction techniques, large panel system etc., design of joints for transfer of loads in pre-
engineered structural system, transportation of materials and structural components in
vertical and horizontal direction, different types of construction equipment.
Planning - Fundamentals for construction planning, project life cycle, project proposal,
project selection.
Construction project management - Network scheduling, critical path method (CPM),
project evaluation and review technique (PERT), planning and scheduling of activity
network, cost – time trade off, linear programming, PERT / Cost accounting.
Scheduling with limited resources, resource planning, resource allocation, project schedule
compression, generalized activity network.
Estimation of project cost, earned value analysis, monitoring project progress, project
appraisal and selection, recent trends in project management.
Reference 1. The Construction of Buildings - Parts 1-4 - R. Barry.
Books 2. Construction Management – Himadri Roy & B. Sengupta.
Faculty S.K. Bhattacharyya

ENG(CBRI) 1-154 Fire Protection Engineering L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction to fire safety engineering – Heat transfer mechanisms in fire & build up of
untenability conditions – Combustion flammability and retardency, its application – Flames /
fire plumes – Burning behaviour of materials - Active and Passive fire protection
Reference 1. The Chemistry & Uses of Fire Retardants By J W Lyone - Wiely Interscience
Books 2. Fire Resistant Designs By T H Harmathy
3. Fire Suppression & Detection System By John L Bryan - Macmillan
4. Combustion Fundamentals of Fire By Geoffrey Cox - Academic Press
5. Introduction to Fire Dynamics By D D Drysdale
Faculty Sunil Sharma & Suvir Singh

ENG(CBRI) 1-156 Environmental Engineering & Management L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Water and Wastewater Engineering: Water and wastewater quality, water and
wastewater treatment plants and systems: physical, chemical and biological systems,
primary, secondary and tertiary treatment. Industrial wastewater treatment: characteristics
of industrial wastewater, treatment levels and available technologies.
Air Quality and Modelling: Sources and classification of atmospheric pollutants, indoor
and outdoor air pollutants, healthand ecological impacts, meteorology: influence of solar
radiation and wind fields, lapse rate andstability conditions, characteristics of stack plumes,
Dispersion and deposition modeling of atmospheric pollutants: Eddy and Gaussian
diffusion models, techniques. Characteristics ofvarious air pollutant particulates, health and
nuisance/aesthetic considerations (PM2.5 and PM10) and gaseous their behaviour in the
atmosphere, monitoring, Control of particulates: collection mechanisms and efficiencies.
Solid Waste Management: Solid waste generation rate, sources, characteristics,
management options of the solid waste- collection, recycling, treatment and disposal
techniques.
Emerging Technologies in Environmental Management
Current trends and emerging technologies, contemporary issues.
Reference 1. Environmental Engineering, Howard S. Peavy, Donald R. Rowe, McGraw Hill.
Books 2. Environmental Engineering, S. K. Garg, Khanna Publishers
3. Wastewater engineering, treatment, disposal and reuse, Metcalf and Eddy, McGraw Hill.
4. Air Pollution, A. C. Stern, Vol I to VIII, Academic Press
5. Air pollution, Rao M.N. & Rao H.V.N., Tata McGraw hill
6. Solid waste management in developing countries – A.D. Bhide, B.B.Sudresan, New Delhi: Indian
National Scientific Documentation Centre, 1983
Faculty Ibrahim Sohel & Soumitra Maiti
 ENG(CBRI) 1-158 Advanced Seismology L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction, Science of Earthquakes, Types and causes, Earthquake Parameters,
Seismic Waves, Magnitude & Intensity, Earthquake Source Mechanism, Seismic
Instrumentation, Seismicity & Seismic Zoning Map, Indian Earthquake Scenario, Strong
Motion Seismology, Site Response Studies, Seismic Attenuation, Source and Path
effect, Seismic Hazard Analysis, Seismic Risk and its estimation, Seismic Micro-
zonation, Earthquake Prediction Studies, Seismic Alert Systems
Reference 1. Engineering Seismology by P.N. Agrawal. Published by Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
Books New Delhi
2. Earthquakes by Bruce A. Bolt. Published by W.H. Freeman & Company. ISBN – 978-
0716722366. 39.63$
3. Quantitative Seismology; Theorey & Methods, by Aki, K. and Paul G. Richards. Published by
W.H. Freeman & Company, San Fransisco, Vol. 1 & 2.
4. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering by Ikuo Towhata. Published by Springer Berlin
Heidelberg. ISBN – 978-3-540-35782-7. 69.
Faculty P K S Chauhan & Abha Mittal

ENG(CBRI) 1-160 Engineering of Problematic Soil L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction: Various problematic soils, Problems, Need of improvement, Difference
between improvement and modification.
Soft Soil: Introduction, Problems, Various improvement techniques –Preloading, Vertical
drain, Stone column, Compaction ,Chemical stabilization ,Ground Freezing, Electro
Osmosis
Expansive Soil: Introduction, Clay mineralogy, Problems, determination of swell pressure,
Consequence, Improvement of expansive soils, Foundation techniques, IS codal provision.
Loose Cohesionless Soil- Introduction, Problems, Various improvement techniques,
Dynamic Compaction, Blasting, Vibrofloatation, Chemical stabilization, Grouting.
Organic Soil-Introduction, Problems, Strength, Secondary settlement, Improvement
techniques, Foundation techniques.
Contaminated Soil-Introduction, Effect of contamination, Contamination transportation,
Detection of Polluted zone, Remediation.
Reference
Books 1. Ground Improvement Techniques by Dr. P.Purushothama Raj, Laxmi publication (p) ltd. New Delhi.
2. Behavior of Saturated Expansive Soil & Control Methods by R. K. Katti, A.A. Balkema publishers
3. Ground Improvement by M.P. Moseley & K. Krisch, Spon Press, Taylor and Francis Group.
4. Soft Clay Engineering by E.W. Brand & R.P.Brener, Elesevier Scientific Publishing Company
5. Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practices by K.Terzaghi, R.B. Peck & Mesri, A wiley Interscience
Publication
6. Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics by G. Ranjan & A.S. Rao, New Age International Publication
Faculty A. Ghosh & Manojit Samanta
ENG(CBRI) 1-162 Optimization Techniques L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Different types of optimization problems, General form of linear programming problem
graphical solution - Cannonical form of LPP, Simplex method, basic feasible solution, Big
M method, degeneracy, revised Simplex Method - Duality in linear programming ,
application of duality theory, post optimality or sensitivity analysis - Lagrangian function
and saddle point, Kuhn Tucker conditions, primal and dual problem - Integer LPP, cutting
plane method, branch and bound method, integer non-linear programming - Pseudo-
random numbers, random variables, Multivariate distributions, Poisson process,
Gaussain process, point process, uses of simulations - Introduction to neural network
and genetic algorithm etc. - Stochastic Programming
Reference 1. Gupta, Hira, Operations Research, S. Chand & Company, 1987.
Books 2. Mohan C, K. Deep, Optimization Technique, New Age International, 2009.
3. Sharma J.K., Operation Research -Theory and Applications, Mcmillan Publishers India, 2008
4. Hamdy. A. Taha, Operations Research, PHI, New Delhi.
5. S.S.Rao, Optimization Techniques, New Age International, New Delhi.
6. Gillett, Introduction to operations Research, McGraw Hill, New Delhi
7. Morse Phillip Mccord, Methods of Operational Research, Dover Pub.
8. Sobel methew J., Stochastic Optimization, Dover Pub.
Faculty A. Ghosh & S.K. Bhattacharyya

ENG(CBRI) 1-164 Deep Excavation L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Introduction to the analysis and design of excavation
Syllabus
Excavation methods and lateral supporting systems – retaining walls – strutting systems
– factors influencing on the selection of the retaining strut system – case history.
Lateral earth pressure – Rankine’s and Coulomb’s earth pressure theory – earth
pressure for design of excavation
Stability analysis – introduction – free and fixed earth support method – shear failure of
strutted walls – push in – basal heave - upheaval – sand boiling
Stress and deformation analysis of excavation: simplified method – beam on elastic
foundation method – finite element method
Design of excavation supporting systems; Introduction – design methods and factor of
safety – retaining wall – structural components in braced excavations – strut systems –
anchor systems – tests of anchors
Reference 1. Deep Excavation Theory and Practice by Chang – Yu Ou, Taylor & Francis Group, London,
Books UK, 2006.
2. An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering by Holtz, R.D. and Kovaces, W.D., Prentice –
Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1981.
3. Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1967.
4. Foundation Engineering by Peck, R. B., Hanson, W.E., and Thornburn, T.H., John Wiley &
Sons, New York, 1977.
5. Engineering Principles of Ground Modification by Hausman, M. R., McGraw – Hill Publishing
Company, New York, 1990.
6. Foundation Analysis and Design by Bowles, J. E. , 4th Ed. McGraw – Hill Book Company, New
York, USA, 1988.
Faculty S.Karthigeyan
ENG(CBRI) 2-138 Health Monitoring of Building Structures L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction – Health monitoring systems of building structures - Numerical modelling– Use of
sensors – Data acquisition techniques – Data Processing – Diagnostic techniques – Wireless
sensor network – Rehabilitation techniques.
Reference 1. Victor Giurgiutiu – structural health monitoring with piezoelectric wafer active sensors.
Books 2. Douglas E Adams – Health monitoring of structural materials and components
3. Fu-kuochang – Structural health monitoring from system interpretation to autonomous systems.
Faculty S.K. Bhattacharyya & Ajay Chaurasia

ENG(CBRI) 3-136 Tall Buildings & Structures L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction – Tall building systems – Analysis Methodology of tall building frames –
Different types of loads – Lateral load analysis – multibay frames; Shear walls – types –
analysis – Coupled frames – Frame with shear wall; Principles of 3-D analysis of tall
buildings; Perforated cores – types – Analysis – Pure torsion, bending and warping of cores;
Floor systems – Analysis; Elastic and inelastic stability of frames and shear walls; Analysis
for Thermal Stresses; Other Tall structures.
Reference Books 1. Structures – E. Schodex
2. Tall Buildings – B.S. Taranath
3. Tall Chimneys – C.S. Manohar
4. Theory of Elastic Stability – Timoshangeo & Gere
Faculty S.K. Bhattacharyya & A.K. Mittal

ENG(CBRI) 3-138 Behaviour of Metal Structures L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction – Stability of frames, plates – Lateral buckling of beam – Combined bending
and axial-combined bending & torsion; Buckling of thin elements – Torsional buckling of thin
walled structures and open sections – Column – Strength curves – Buckling and post-
buckling strength of plate elements with special reference to Codal provisions – Behaviour
of light gauge steel structures; Prestressing in steel structures.
Reference Books 1. Behaviour of Steel Structures – Salmon & Johnson
2. Theory of Elastic Stability - Timoshangeo & Gere
3. Elastic Stability – Ashwini Kumar
4. Design of Light gauge Structures – Yu
5. Design of Metal Structures – K. Mukhanov
6. Design of Welded Structures – O.E. Blodgeth
Faculty S.K. Bhattacharyya, A.K. Mittal & A.K. Pandey
ENG(CBRI) 3-140 Rock Mechanics L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction to rock mechanics
Rocks, rock structures and their importance: Rocks (Igneous, sedimentary,
metamorphic) & rock masses; Joints & discontinuities; Folds & faults; Effect of
discontinuities on stability using stereographic approach
Surface and subsurface investigations: Geological and geophysical investigations
Engineering rock mass classifications & their application: Terzaghi’s rock load
concept; RMR; Q; GSI
Physico-mechanical properties of rocks: Important physico-mechanical properties;
Effect of temperature on rock strength; Dynamic properties
Stresses in elastic and plastic ground conditions: In situ stresses; Induced stresses
after excavation; Stress variation around horizontal circular opening in elastic & plastic
ground conditions
Excavation Methods: Drill & blast methods for surface and underground; Tunnel boring
machine (TBM)
Support design and instrumentation in tunnels and slopes: Analytical and empirical
approaches in brief; GRC & SRC; NATM; Support types; Design considerations under
dynamic conditions; Instrumentation
Problems and their remedies in rock engineering: Stress problems (Squeezing and
rock-burst); Swelling and water pressure
Application of rock mechanics: Traffic tunnels; Hydro-electric tunnels; Building/ dam
foundations on rock; Underground civic facilities; Underground defence shelters, storage
of petroleum and nuclear waste repository, etc.
Reference 1. Rock Mass Classification – A Practical Approach in Civil Engineering, B. Singh, R. K. Goel,
Books Elsevier Science Ltd., U.K.
2. Software for Engineering Control of Landslide and Tunnelling Hazards, B. Singh, R. K. Goel,
Balkema/ Swets & Zeitlinger, Netherlands
3. Tunnelling in Weak Rocks, B. Singh, R. K. Goel, Elsevier Ltd., U.K.
4. Rock Mechanics for Engineers, B.P. Verma, Khanna Publishers, Delhi
Faculty R.K. Goel & V.V.R. Prasad

ENG(CBRI) 3-142 Landslide Disaster Mitigation L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction - Landslide Types and processes - Landslide causes - Application of Remote
Sensing and GIS in Landslide studies: Spatial data acquisition and spatial operations,
Digital Elevation Modeling & Surface analysis, Thematic mapping, Spatial analysis and
model development - Landslide Hazard and Risk Assessment: Concept & Techniques,
Case Studies - Landslide Investigations: Geological, geophysical & geotechnical -
Landslide Instrumentation: Surface & sub-surface monitoring - Slope Stability Analysis:
Rock & soil slopes - SMR & Slope Stability Assessment - Landslide Control Measures:
Types of measures & design - Landslide case studies
Reference 1. Landslides – Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management by Sassa 2005; ISBN:978-3-
Books 540-28664-6; Springer Publishers
2. Landslides – Investigation and Mitigation, Ed: Turner and Schuster, 1996
3. Rock Slope Engineering by Hoek & Bray
4. Geotechnical Slope Analysis by Robin Chowdhury; Taylor & Fransis,
5. Burrough, P.A. and McDonnell, R.A., “Principles of Geographic Information System”, Oxford
University Press.
6. Lo, C.P. & Yeung A.K.W., Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems,
Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2002.
Faculty S. Sarkar & D.P. Kanungo
ENG(CBRI) 1-166 Laboratory - II L-T-P-C
Structural Engineering & Fire Engineering 0-0-4-2
Syllabus Structural Engineering: Experiments on concrete mix design, special concrete such as
fiber concrete/geopolymer concrete; building dynamics; Non destructive tests- Schmidt
hammer, UPV, corrosion analyzer, core cutting; Wind tunnel.

Fire Engineering: Fire propagation index, Ignitability at various irradiances levels, Specific
optical density of smoke, Toxicity index.
Faculty S.K. Singh & A.A. Ansari

Core Courses SEMESTER III

ENG(CBRI) 2-136 Disaster Resistant Building System II L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Landslide Disaster Mitigation: Introduction - Landslide Types and processes - Landslide causes
- Landslide Hazard and Risk Assessment - Landslide Investigation and failure mechanism -
Landslide Instrumentation - Landslide Control Measures.

Earthquake resistant building structure: Characteristics of earthquakes, analysis of structures

for earthquake loading, Linear Analysis — Codal Method, Demand Capacity Ratio Method; Non-
linear Pushover Analysis, Rapid visual screening and simplified evaluation of buildings,
Strengthening of existing components — RC, Steel and FRP Jacketing. Introduction to
Performance based Engineering Strategies. Introduction to Tsunami Disaster.

Reference 1. Landslides – Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management by Sassa 2005; ISBN:978-3-540-
Books 28664-6; Springer Publishers
2. Landslides – Investigation and Mitigation, Ed: Turner and Schuster, 1996
3. Rock Slope Engineering by Hoek & Bray
4. Geotechnical Slope Analysis by Robin Chowdhury; Taylor & Fransis,
5. Dynamics of Structures: Theory and application to Earthquake Engineering by Anil K. Chopra, Pearson
Education(Singapore) PTE.LTD
6. Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings by T Pauley and MJN Priestley, John
Wiley and Sons inc. New York, Australia.
7. Earthquake Risk Reduction, John Wiley & Sons Limited, by David J. Dowrick, 2003

Faculty S. Sarkar, D.P. Kanungo, A.K. Mittal & R. Deolia

 Details of Faculty
Faculty Name e-mail Address
Abha Mittal [email protected]
A.K. Mittal [email protected]
Ajay Chaurasia [email protected]
A. Ghosh [email protected]
A.K. Pandey [email protected]
A.K. Minocha [email protected]
Ashok Kumar [email protected]
A.K. Sharma [email protected]
A.A. Ansari [email protected]
B.K. Rao [email protected]
B. Singh [email protected]
D.P. Kanungo [email protected]
Ibrahim Sohel [email protected]
L.P. Singh [email protected]
Manojit Samanta [email protected]
P K S Chauhan [email protected]
R.K. Goel [email protected]
R.K. Garg [email protected]
R. Deolia [email protected]
Rajni Lakhani [email protected]
Soumitra Maiti [email protected]
Sunil Sharma [email protected]
Suvir Singh [email protected]
S. Karthigeyan [email protected]
S. Sarkar [email protected]
S.K. Bhattacharyya [email protected]
S.K. Panigrahi [email protected]
S.K.Singh [email protected]
S.R. Karade [email protected]
V.V.R. Prasad [email protected]
CSIR-CEERI
Advanced Electronic Systems
 MTech Programme : Semester-wise Scheme : Advanced Electronic Systems

Semester-I

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 2-208 System Design for Process Control Applications 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 2-209 System Modeling and Design Languages 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 2-210 Intelligent Sensor Systems 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 2-215 Lab: Process Control Applications 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 2-216 Lab: System Modeling 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 2-217 Lab: Intelligent Sensor Systems 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 1-206 Technical Communications 2-0-0-2

Semester-II

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 2-211 Real-time Embedded System Design 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 2-212 Advanced Signal and Image Processing 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 2-213 Power Electronics and AC/DC Drives 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 2-218 Lab: Real-time Embedded System Design 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 2-219 Lab: Advanced Signal and Image Processing 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 2-220 Lab: Power Electronics and AC/DC Drives 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 2-206 Project Management 2-0-0-2

Semester-III

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 3-002 Advanced Self-study on Special Topic 0-2-4-4
ENG(CEERI) : 2-098 MTech Dissertation-I 0-7-14-14

Semester-IV

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 2-099 MTech Dissertation-II 0-9-18-18

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ENG(CEERI) : 1-206 : Technical Communication : 2-0-0-2

Course Coordinator : Raj Singh

Role and importance of technical communication; Effective written and oral communication; Ethical issues;
Technical report writing; Technical / R&D proposals; Research paper writing; Letter writing and official
correspondence; Emails; Oral communication in meetings and group discussions; Oral presentations; Use of
modern aids.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-206 : Project Management : 2-0-0-2

Course Coordinator : Raj Singh

Introduction; Project formulation, evaluation and initiation; Project planning and scheduling; Risk management;
Project execution and implementation; Project monitoring and control; Project closure; Project documentation;
Leadership and teamwork issues; Complex projects; Advances and trends.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-208 : System Design for Process Control Applications : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : S. S. Sadistap and B. A. Botre

Virtual instrumentation and measurements, Virtual instrument design approach using LabView; Data
acquisition modules; Electronic system trends, design options, metrics and considerations; Electronic system
development cycle; PIC family of microcontrollers based system design and programming; Interfacing
techniques for memory and I/O devices; Process control and instrumentation; Process simulation and modeling;
Design case studies.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-209 : System Modeling and Design Languages : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : K. Solomon Raju and Rahul Varma

Overview of the system specification, modeling and design methodologies; Untimed model of computation;
Synchronous model of computation; Timed model of computation; Modeling of computation interfaces; Basic
concepts of system design specification, modeling and simulation using VHDL, SystemC, and UML;
Transaction level modeling (TLM) based methodologies; Fundamentals of system design using Saber.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-210 : Intelligent Sensor Systems : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : P. C. Panchariya and P. Bhanu Prasad

Primary sensing principles and measurement variables; Sensor performance characteristics and terminology;
Transducer measurement circuits; Signal conditioning circuits; Data conversion; Virtual instrumentation with
LabView; Introduction of soft-computing techniques; Foundations of fuzzy approaches; Fuzzy rule based
systems; Fundamentals of neural networks; Implementation of various learning algorithms; Competitive,
associative and other special neural networks; Practical aspects of neural networks; Neural methods in fuzzy
systems; Introduction to statistical pattern recognition; Dimensionality reduction; Classification; Validation;
Data analysis with MATLAB; Introduction to intelligent sensor system and their structures; Advanced
processing and control techniques; Smart sensors; Case study: the “electronic nose”; The future of intelligent
sensor systems.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-211 : Real-time Embedded System Design : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : K. Solomon Raju

Fundamentals of FPGA-based system design, Architecture of embedded processors, Advanced processor

architecture concepts, architectures for digital signal processing and applications; Designing soft processors
with FPGAs; Power/energy efficient embedded system design; Real-time programming and communication;
Concurrent Programming, Synchronization and communication; Scheduling of uni-processor and multi-
processors; Real-time operating systems (RTOS) organization, Concept of kernel design, RTOS scheduling,
Case studies of VxWorks, QNX, TinyOS, and others; Programming with QNX or VxWorks; Embedded
hardware building blocks, Embedded system level design, design space exploration and verification techniques.

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ENG(CEERI) : 2-212 : Advanced Signal and Image Processing : 3-0-0-3
Course Coordinator : J. L. Raheja and A. Karmakar

Discrete-Time Signals and systems in time domain; Time-domain characterization of Linear Time Invariant
(LTI) Discrete-Time Systems (DTS); Discrete Time Fourier Transform (DTFT), Discrete Fourier Transform
(DFT), z-transform; LTI DTS in the frequency domain : transfer function, frequency response; Simple digital
filters; 2-D filters; FIR and IIR filter design; DSP algorithm implementation issues and finite word length
effects; Image sensor models; Image representations and properties; Noise models, Image de-noising, Image
pre-processing; Segmentation, Histogram, Histogram equalization and its application; Edge detection algorithm;
Motion detection algorithm; Application of edge, face and motion detection; Hough transform and its
application.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-213 : Power Electronics and AC/DC Drives : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : Rahul Varma and A. K. Dhakar

Power Electronics : Need of Power conversion, Applications of power electronics; Power semiconductor
devices : Diode, Thyristor, MOSFET, IGBT; Line frequency diode rectifiers; Switch-Mode DC-DC Converters
: Introduction, Step-down (buck), Step-up (boost), Buck-boost, full-bridge DC-DC converter and comparison;
Introduction of high-frequency inductors and transformers; Switch-mode DC-AC inverters : Single-phase,
three-phase inverters, Effect of Blanking time; Switching DC power supplies : Overview of switching power
supplies, DC-DC converters with electrical isolation, Control of switch-mode DC power supplies, Electrical
isolation in the feed-back loop, designing feedback controllers in switch-mode DC power supplies; Power factor
correction (PFC) Circuits; Introduction of soft-switching in DC-DC Converters; Introduction to electric drive
systems. Understanding mechanical system requirements for electric drives; Basic principles of electro-
mechanical energy conversion; DC motor drives and electronically-commutated motor drives; Introduction to
AC machines and space vectors; Induction motors : balanced, sinusoidal steady-state operation and speed
control.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-215 : Process Control Applications Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : B. A. Botre and S. S. Sadistap

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; LabView usage and programming; Data acquisition module
programming; Using PIC family of microcontrollers for electronic systems design; Buses and Interfacing
memory and I/O devices; Process simulation and modeling.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-216 : System Modeling Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : K. Solomon Raju, Pramod Tanwar and Rahul Varma

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Understand Xilinx FPGA architecture; Introduction to designing
with Xilinx FPGAs using Xilinx EDK, Core Generator; Architecture wizard and pin assignment; ChipScope;
Design of DSP sub-blocks using SysGen; Designing system blocks using synthesis tools; System design using
Saber tools for various applications.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-217 : Intelligent Sensor Systems Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : P. C. Panchariya and Santosh Kumar

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Sensor interfacing; Signal conditioning of various sensors such
as temperature, gases, pressure, humidity etc.; sensor calibration and excitation; Data acquisition; Virtual
instrument and GUI design; Analog and digital I/O; File I/O; Integration of sensor, DAQ and GUI modules;
implementation of pattern analysis methods; Signal preprocessing; Dimensionality reduction; Classification;
Implementation of Fuzzy systems; Implementation of neural network algorithms; Time series forecasting;
Implementation of neuro-fuzzy algorithms on real-world data sets.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-218 : Real-time Embedded System Design Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : K. Solomon Raju and Pramod Tanwar

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Understanding of developing a PowerPC and MicroBlaze based
embedded system by using Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK); Basic hardware design steps; Adding a
processor system to a FPGA Design; Adding IP to a hardware design; Adding custom IP to the bus; writing

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software applications; System simulation with RTOS support; Multi-processor system design and
implementation.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-219 : Advanced Signal and Image Processing Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : J. L. Raheja and A. Karmakar

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; MATLAB experiments on LTI systems in time and frequency
domain, transfer function, frequency response; Design of digital FIR filters using windowing, frequency
sampling; Design of digital IIR filters using impulse invariant, bilinear transform method; Two-channel and
multi-channel orthogonal filter bank design; MATLAB experiments on color space conversion, basic image
processing operations; Implementing various edge detection techniques; Real-time implementation of edge
detection using DSP board; MATLAB experiments on histogram equalization, face detection and motion
detection.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-220 : Power Electronics and AC/DC Drives Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : A. K. Dhakar

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Familiarization with power electronic components, Line
frequency diode rectifiers, Different PWM techniques, Switch-mode DC-DC Converters, Single-phase and
three-phase inverter, DC-DC isolated converters, Speed control of DC motor, Brushless DC motor drive, AC
motor drives.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-002 : Advanced Self-study (Special Topic) : 0-2-4-4

Course Coordinator : Senior Scientists

This will involve readings from published literature or books about new frontiers on a specific topic related to
the field of electronics under guidance of senior scientist(s). A report needs to be submitted and a seminar on
the special topic needs to be presented.

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 List of Faculty Members : Advanced Electronic Systems

S. No. Name Designation Discipline

1. Dr. Chandra Shekhar Director Microelectronics/VLSI Design

2. Sh. Rahul Varma Chief Scientist Power Electronics and AC/DC Drives
3. Sh. Raj Singh Chief Scientist Microelectronics/VLSI Design
4. Dr. P. Bhanu Prasad Chief Scientist Electronic Instrumentation
5. Dr. J. L. Raheja Sr. Princ. Sc. Image Processing
6. Dr. S. S. Sadistap Sr. Princ. Sc. Electronic Instrumentation
7. Dr. P. C. Panchariya Princ. Sc. Electronic Instrumentation
8. Dr. A. Karmakar Princ. Sc. Signal Processing/VLSI Design
9. Dr. K. Solomon Raju Sr. Scientist Digital Systems Engineering
10. Sh. A. K. Dhakar Scientist Power Electronics and AC/DC Drives
11. Sh. H. D. Sharma Scientist Mechatronics/Embedded Systems
12. Sh. Pramod Tanwar Scientist Digital Systems/Embedded Systems
13. Dr. B. A. Botre Scientist Instrumentation/Embedded Systems
14. Sh. Santosh Kumar Scientist Electronic Instrumentation
15. Dr. A. S. V. Sarma Chief Scientist Electronic Instrumentation
16. Dr. A. Gopal Sr. Princ. Sc. Electronic Instrumentation
17. Dr. R. Govindraj Princ. Sc. Electronic Instrumentation

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CSIR-CEERI
Advanced Semiconductor Electronics
 MTech Programme : Semester-wise Scheme : Advanced Semiconductor Electronics
Semester-I

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 2-221 Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Devices 4-0-0-4
ENG(CEERI) : 2-222 Unit Processes in Semiconductor Technologies 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 2-223 CMOS Digital VLSI Design 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 2-225 Lab: Semiconductor Processing Technologies 0-0-4-2
ENG (CEERI) : 2-226 Lab: CMOS-based Physical Design 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 1-206 Technical Communications 2-0-0-2

Semester-II

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 2-224 Characterization Techniques for Semiconductor 3-0-0-3
Materials, Technologies and Devices
ENG(CEERI) : 2-227 Lab: Characterization and Measurement Techniques 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 3-211 / Elective-I 0-0-4-2
3-213 / 3-215 / 3-217
ENG(CEERI) : 3-212 / Elective-II 3-0-0-3
3-214 / 3-216 / 3-218
ENG(CEERI) : 3-221 / Lab/Seminar: Elective-I Related 0-0-4-2
3-223 / 3-225 / 3-227
ENG(CEERI) : 3-222 / Lab/Seminar: Elective-II Related 0-0-4-2
3-224 / 2-228 / 3-228
ENG(CEERI) : 2-206 Project Management 2-0-0-2

MEMS and Microsensors (Elective-I and Elective-II)

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 3-211 MEMS Technology, LTCC and Packaging 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 3-212 Physics and Design of MEMS and Microsensors 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 3-221 Lab: MEMS Technology, LTCC and Packaging 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 3-222 Lab: Design of MEMS and Microsensors 0-0-4-2

Nanoelectronics (Elective-I and Elective-II)

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 3-213 Nanoelectronic Devices and Technologies 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 3-214 Advanced VLSI Technologies and Devices 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 3-223 Lab: Nanoelectronic Technologies 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 3-224 Lab: Study and Seminar on Advanced VLSI Technologies 0-0-4-2

VLSI Design (Elective-I and Elective-II)

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 3-215 CMOS Analog Design 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 3-216 Advanced VLSI System Architectures 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 3-225 Lab: CMOS Analog Design 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 2-228 Lab: HDL-based Digital Design 0-0-4-2

Optoelectronics and Photonics (Elective-I and Elective-II)

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 3-217 Optoelectronic Materials, Devices and Technologies 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 3-218 Photonic Materials, Devices and Technologies 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 3-226 Lab: Optoelectronic Devices and Technologies 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 3-227 Lab: Photonic Devices and Technologies 0-0-4-2

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Semester-III

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 3-002 Advanced Self-study on Special Topic 0-2-4-4
ENG(CEERI) : 2-098 MTech Dissertation-I 0-7-14-14

Semester-IV

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 2-099 MTech Dissertation-II 0-9-18-18

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MTech Programme : Brief Course Descriptions : Advanced Semiconductor Electronics
ENG(CEERI) : 1-206 : Technical Communication : 2-0-0-2
Course Coordinator : Raj Singh

Role and importance of technical communication; Effective written and oral communication; Ethical issues;
Technical report writing; Technical / R&D proposals; Research paper writing; Letter writing and official
correspondence; Emails; Oral communication in meetings and group discussions; Oral presentations; Use of
modern aids.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-206 : Project Management : 2-0-0-2

Course Coordinator : Raj Singh

Introduction; Project formulation, evaluation and initiation; Project planning and scheduling; Risk
management; Project execution and implementation; Project monitoring and control; Project closure; Project
documentation; Leadership and teamwork issues; Complex projects; Advances and trends.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-221 : Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Devices : 4-0-0-4

Course Coordinators : J. Akhtar and S. C. Bose

Semiconductors; Inorganic and organic, single crystalline, polycrystalline, porous, amorphous crystal
structures, and material properties; Si, GaAs, GaN, SiC; Energy band diagrams; Dielectric constant,
permeability, permittivity, sheet resistance, resistivity, mobility, thermal conductivity and heat dissipation;
Piezo-resistive and piezo-electric effects; Defects, dislocations and micro-plasma, phonon dynamics, ion-solid
interactions; Electron transport in semiconductors, minority carrier life time, avalanche breakdown
phenomena, Hall effect; Theory of p-n junction, Schottky barrier, MOSFETs and MESFETs, IMPATTs and
BARRITTs; Hetro-structures, strained semiconductors; Photovoltaics and solar cell; Solid state sensors and
transducers; MOS analysis.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-222 : Unit Processes in Semiconductor Technologies : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : G. Eranna

Crystal growth techniques, wafer preparation and shaping, chemical cleaning, thermal oxidation, photo-
lithography, chemical etching (wet and dry), chemical vapor deposition techniques, thermal diffusion, ion
implantation, metalization, chemical mechanical polishing, rapid thermal processing.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-223 : CMOS Digital VLSI Design : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : A. Karmakar

Introduction to MOSFET from designer's viewpoint; MOS inverter : static and switching characteristics; MOS
capacitor; Layers in VLSI design; Design rules and technology interface; Stick diagrams and Layout design;
Propagation delay, Fan-out consideration; CMOS Latch-up; Scaling; Combinational MOS logic circuits :
pass-transistors/transmission gates, primitive logic gates, complex logic gates; Sequential MOS logic circuits :
latches and flip-flops; Dynamic logic circuits; Clocking issues; CMOS subsystem design.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-224 : Characterization Techniques for Semiconductor Materials, Technology and

Devices : 3-0-0-3
Course Coordinator : K. J. Rangra and G. Eranna

Resistivity, Contact resistance, barrier height, carrier and doping concentration, mobility and carrier life time
measurement techniques; Test structures for technology characterization; Analysis of surfaces, interfaces, thin
films and devices; E-beam based techniques, Scanning Electron Microscopy and allied techniques; Material
analysis techniques; Scanning probe Techniques; Ion-beam based techniques; Interferometry based
techniques for materials and device characterization; Optical characterization.

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ENG(CEERI) : 2-225 : Semiconductor Processing Technologies Laboratory : 0-0-4-2
Course Coordinator : G. Eranna

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Wafer preparation and shaping; Chemical cleaning; Thermal
oxidation, photo-lithography; Wet chemical etching; Dry etching; Chemical vapor deposition; Thermal
diffusion; Ion implantation; Metalization.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-226 : CMOS-based Physical Design Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : A. Karmakar

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; SPICE simulation; Schematic editor, Layout editor, DRC,
LVS; Transfer and output characteristics NMOS transistor, parameter variations; CMOS inverter design,
inverter threshold, noise margin, propagation delay; Layout of CMOS inverter, n-well design rules, LVS,
static and transient characteristics, DRC; 2-input NAND/NOR gate; D latch and flip-flop; Post-extract
simulation.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-227 : Semiconductors Related Characterization and Measurement Techniques

Laboratory : 0-0-4-2
Course Coordinator : K. J. Rangra and G. Eranna

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; IV and CV Measurements; Resistivity, thickness, thin-film
surface and bulk defects; grain size measurement; AFM/STM surface analysis; Stress and deformation
measurements; Measurement of sheet resistance, junction depth, carrier mobility, doping profile estimation,
minority carrier life-time measurement; Model parameter extraction experiments.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-228 : HDL-based Digital Design Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : A. S. Mandal

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Introduction to HDLs; Simulation of behavioral,

Architecture/RTL, data-flow and structural HDL code; Sub-system design using HDL : various adder
architectures, BCD arithmetic, various counters, traffic-light controller, etc.; Mini-project. (SystemC, VHDL
and/or SystemVerilog will be used as the HDL for the laboratory.)

ENG(CEERI) : 3-002 : Advanced Self-study (Special Topic) : 0-2-4-4

Course Coordinator : Senior Scientists

This will involve readings from published literature or books about new frontiers on a specific topic related to
the field of electronics under guidance of senior scientist(s). A report needs to be submitted and a seminar on
the special topic needs to be presented.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-211 : MEMS Technology, LTCC and Packaging : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : B. D. Pant and P. K. Khanna

Review of Silicon crystal and unit processes; Processing steps for MEMS device fabrication; photo-
lithography and backside mask alignment; Surface and bulk micro-machining techniques; Deep reactive ion
etching; LIGA process; Wafer-level bonding and packaging techniques; LTCC technology, materials, LTCC
process steps, bonding and packaging; Testing and characterization of technology; Reliability and residual
stress issues.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-212 : Physics and Design of MEMS and Microsensors : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : Ram Gopal and K. J. Rangra

Overview of Microsensors; Mechanical properties of materials and essentials of structural mechanics;

Electro-mechanical, magneto-mechanical and piezo-based sensing; Structural elements for MEMS and
microsensors (Beams, plates, cantilevers, bridges and diaphragms); Electrostatic sensing and actuation
(parallel plate and torsional structures, time domain analysis); Micro-fluidics; Scaling laws and
miniaturization; Micro-system design principles; MEMS simulation and design Tools; RF MEMS; Reliability
issues in microsensors; Examples and applications of MEMS microsensors.

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ENG(CEERI) : 3-213 : Nanoelectronic Devices and Technologies : 3-0-0-3
Course Coordinator : Anil Kumar

Low-dimensional structures (Quantum well, quantum wire, quantum dot, quantum confinement);
Confinement energy level, band-gap enhancement, absorption-emission spectra, blue shift, luminescence;
Nanoelectronic Devices (Single electron box, Coulomb blockade, single electron transistor, pump, turnstile,
trap, memory); Simulation, Modeling of single electron devices and applications; Technology for fabrication
of nanostructures and nanoelectronic devices; Next generation lithography techniques; Characterization of
nanoscale materials and nanodevices.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-214 : Advanced VLSI Technologies and Devices : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : G. Eranna and W. R. Taube

Overview of VLSI technology; Effect of scaling on MOS devices and interconnections; Hot electron
degradations and drain engineering structures; Process and material requirements for VLSI devices;
Advanced thin-film deposition and VLSI process techniques; High-k dielectric and low-k dielectric materials;
Process integration of high-k metal gate for nanoscale CMOS technology; Device characterization, failure
diagnosis and reliability measurements; Carrier transport mechanisms, velocity saturation, ballistic transport;
Nanoscale MOSFET, FinFET and Multi-gate FET; Emerging materials and future devices.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-215 : CMOS Analog Design : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : S. C. Bose

Basic concepts of transistors and diodes, their modeling, large-signal and small signal analysis, CMOS
technology, clock feed-through; Reference sources : bias circuits, band-gap reference circuit, cascode current
mirror; Single-stage amplifier, common source amplifier, drain and gate amplifier, differential amplifier;
Operational amplifier; Comparators; Switched-capacitor circuits; Introduction to data converters; Issues of
analog layout and device noise.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-216 : Advanced VLSI System Architectures : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : A. S. Mandal

Introduction and review of basic computer architectures, CISC and RISC processors; Pipelining, hazards,
exception handling, optimization techniques, synchronous and asynchronous pipelining; Memory
organization, caches, virtual memory, memory management; Arithmetic circuits, algorithms and architectures
for high-radix adders, multipliers, sine-cosine and exponential computation; Instruction-level parallelism,
super-scalar, super-pipelined and VLIW architectures, array and vector processors; Multiprocessor
architectures and parallel architectures, synchronization, memory consistency; DSP architectures;
Performance improvement techniques; ASIP; Low-power architectures; Fault-tolerant architectures; Case-
study on Algorithm-to-Architecture; Future trends.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-217: Optoelectronic Materials, Devices and Technologies : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : C. Dhanvantri

Optoelectronic Materials; Growth of Epitaxial materials; Characterization of Epitaxial Materials;

Optoelectronic Devices (Light Emitting Diodes, Semiconductor Lasers, UV, Visible and IR Photo-detectors
and Receivers, Solar Cells); Compound semiconductors and advanced electronic devices; Compound
Semiconductor Technologies; Packaging of compound semiconductor components; Applications and trends.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-218 : Photonic Materials, Devices and Technologies : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : S. Pal

Introduction to Photonics; Basic photonic components and their technologies; Propagation of Electromagnetic
waves; Optical waveguides and optical fibers; Principle of optical fiber communications, Transmission
capacity, Dispersion and losses in optical fiber; Coupled mode theory in guided wave systems; Materials and
fabrication technologies; Types of waveguides; Basic photonics devices and components; Optical sensors and
sensing techniques; Optical MEMS; Fiber gratings and waveguide gratings; Photonic crystal based
waveguides and devices; Packaging of photonic devices; Applications of photonic devices; Recent trends.

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ENG(CEERI) : 3-221 : MEMS Technology, LTCC and Packaging Laboratory : 0-0-4-2
Course Coordinator : B. D. Pant and P. K. Khanna

Laboratory practices and safety considerations;; Wafer cleaning; Lithography : front and backside alignment;
Bulk micro-machining; DRIE process; LPCVD; Metalization; Wafer bonding; Surface planarization; Wafer
dicing; LTCC process; Packaging.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-222 : Design of MEMS and Microsensors Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : Ram Gopal and K. J. Rangra

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; MEMS design tools; Design of pressure sensors of various
types; Design of gas sensors of various types; Acoustic, Ultrasonic, micro-resonator, ISFET; RF MEMS
design and simulation.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-223 : Nanoelectronic Technologies Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : Anil Kumar

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Fabrication of metal thin films by sputtering/e-beam/resistive-
heating and measurement of film thickness by making steps using wet etching; Experiments on growth of
Silicon nanoparticles and their optical characterization; Experiments with nanolithography and
nanopatterning; Simulation of single electron devices using SIMON; Simulation of inverter circuit using SET
in SIMON; Operation of AFM/STM; Analysis of AFM/STM images; Study of annealing effect on
roughness/grain size of metal films by AFM/STM imaging and analysis.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-224 : Study and Seminar on Advanced VLSI Technologies : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : G. Eranna and W. R. Taube

This will involve literature search, review and study of current research on materials, process methodologies
and simulations, and novel applications related to advanced VLSI technologies and nanoelectronics.
Simulation studies and experiments may also be carried out, where possible. A study report is to be submitted
and a seminar is to be given.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-225 : CMOS Analog Design Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : S. C. Bose

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; I-V characteristics of MOSFET, estimation of early voltage;
Clock feed-through and its minimization; Bias generation architecture simulation; Band-gap reference circuit
simulation; Design and simulation of various amplifiers; Design and simulation of 2-stage CMOS operational
amplifier; Layout of analog circuits.

ENG(CEERI):3-227 : Optoelectronic Devices and Technologies Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : C. Dhanvantri

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Lift-off process for Ohmic Contact on GaAs substrate; TLM
measurements for specific contact resistance; RIE process for GaAs etching; LI Characteristics of 980 nm
Laser Diode; Transistor characteristics of GaAs Power MESFET; LED Characteristics; Photoluminescence
characterization of GaN epitaxial material; Characterization of PIN-FET receiver module.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-228 : Photonic Devices and Technologies Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : S. Pal

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Measurement of refractive index and thickness of planar
waveguides; Propagation loss measurement of planar waveguides; Design of 1x2 and 1x4 optical power
splitter; Measurement of insertion loss, uniformity and polarization-dependent loss of a packaged 1x8 optical
splitter at C+L band region; Design and simulation of Bragg gratings; Waveguide patterning by photo-
lithography; Testing of MUX/DEMUX by DWDM test set-up; Chip-level testing: alignment of DUT (in a
diced chip) to the source and the detector with x-y-z alignment stages.

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MTech Programme : List of Faculty Members : Advanced Semiconductor Electronics

S. No. Name Designation Discipline

1. Dr. Chandra Shekhar Director Microelectronics/VLSI Design

2. Sh. Raj Singh Chief Scientist Microelectronics/VLSI Design
3. Dr. A. S. Mandal Sr. Princ. Sc. Microelectronics/VLSI Design
4. Dr. S. C. Bose Sr. Princ. Sc. Microelectronics/VLSI Design
5. Dr. A. Karmakar Princ. Sc. Microelectronics/VLSI Design
6. Sh. Ravi Saini Scientist Microelectronics/Digital Design
7. Sh. Anil Kumar Saini Scientist Microelectronics/Analog Design
8. Sh. Jai Gopal Pandey Scientist Microelectronics/Digital Design
9. Dr. V. K. Khanna Chief Scientist MEMS/IC Technology
10. Sh. B. D. Pant Chief Scientist MEMS Technology
11. Dr. Ram Gopal Sr. Princ. Sc. MEMS Technology/Devices
12. Dr. K. J. Rangra Sr. Princ. Sc. MEMS Devices/Design
13. Dr. Ajay Agarwal Princ. Sc. MEMS Technology/Devices
14. Dr. Rishi Sharma Scientist MEMS Technology/Devices
15. Dr. P. K. Khanna Sr. Princ. Sc. LTCC Technology/Packaging
16. Dr. Nikhil Suri Scientist LTCC Technology
17. Dr. J. Akhtar Chief Scientist Semiconductor Devices
18. Sh. Anil Kumar Chief Scientist Nanoelectronics Technology
19. Sh. William Taube Scientist Nanoelectronics/Nanodevices
20. Dr. G. Eranna Sr. Princ. Sc. IC Technology
21. Sh. Jitendra Singh Scientist IC Technology/Devices
22. Dr. C. Dhanvantri Sr. Princ. Sc. Optoelectronics/Photonics
23. Dr. Suchandan Pal Princ. Sc. Optoelectronics/Photonics
24. Dr. Bala Pesala Senior Scientist Optoelectronics/Photonics

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CSIR-CEERI
High Power Microwave Devices and System Engineering
 MTech Programme : Semester-wise Scheme :
High Power Microwave Devices and System Engineering
Semester-I

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 2-231 Electromagnetic Theory and Transmission Lines 4-0-0-4

ENG(CEERI) : 2-232 Microwave Communication 2-0-0-2

ENG(CEERI) : 2-233 Numerical Techniques and CAD of Microwave Tubes 4-0-0-4

ENG(CEERI) : 2-235 Lab: Microwave Components Characterization and Tube 0-0-6-3
Processing Techniques
ENG(CEERI) : 1-206 Technical Communications 2-0-0-2

Semester-II

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 3-231 Slow-wave Devices : Principles and Design 4-0-0-4
ENG(CEERI) : 3-232 Fast-wave Devices : Principles and Design 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 2-234 Microwave and Millimeter-wave Tube Technologies 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 2-236 Lab: Microwave Devices Characterization and Tube Sub- 0-0-6-3
assembly Fabrication
ENG(CEERI) : 3-233 Lab: CAD of Microwave Tubes 0-0-4-2
ENG(CEERI) : 1-206 Project Management 2-0-0-2

Semester-III

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 3-234 High Power Microwave Devices, Systems and Applications 3-0-0-3
ENG(CEERI) : 3-23x Elective-I 2-0-0-2
ENG(CEERI) : 2-098 MTech Dissertation-I 0-7-14-14

Elective-I

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 3-235 Electron Emitters and Surface Characterization 2-0-0-2
ENG(CEERI) : 3-236 Plasma-filled Microwave Sources 2-0-0-2
ENG(CEERI) : 3-237 Vacuum Microelectronic Devices 2-0-0-2

Semester-IV

Subject Code Subject L-T-P-C

ENG(CEERI) : 2-099 MTech Dissertation-II 0-9-18-18

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 MTech Programme : Brief Course Descriptions :
High Power Microwave Devices and Systems Engineering

ENG(CEERI) : 1-206 : Technical Communication : 2-0-0-2

Course Coordinator : Raj Singh

Role and importance of technical communication; Effective written and oral communication; Ethical issues;
Technical report writing; Technical / R&D proposals; Research paper writing; Letter writing and official
correspondence; Emails; Oral communication in meetings and group discussions; Oral presentations; Use of
modern aids.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-206 : Project Management : 2-0-0-2

Course Coordinator : Raj Singh

Introduction; Project formulation, evaluation and initiation; Project planning and scheduling; Risk management;
Project execution and implementation; Project monitoring and control; Project closure; Project documentation;
Leadership and teamwork issues; Complex projects; Advances and trends.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-231 : Electromagnetic Theory and Transmission Lines : 4-0-0-4

Course Coordinator : A. K. Sinha

Maxwell’s equations; Wave equations and their solutions; Boundary Conditions and their applications;
Electromagnetic energy and power flow; Poynting theorem. Transmission lines; Wave-guide and coaxial
components. Scattering matrix representation; Propagation of electromagnetic waves through homogeneous, in-
homogeneous, and anisotropic media. Surface resistance and RF resistance. Ferrite devices. Waveguides and
resonators. Characteristic and interaction impedances. Quality factors (loss and diffractive). Impedance
Matching. Measurement of “Q”, power, noise figure, S-parameters, dielectric constant and loss tangent,
dispersion and impedance characteristics, and loss parameters.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-232 : Microwave Communication : 2-0-0-2

Course Coordinator : V. V. P. Singh

Ground/surface wave, space-wave, and sky-wave modes of communication; Tropo-sphereic Communication;

Line of sight communication and system performance; Active and passive repeaters and their design; Analog
and digital communication; Mobile communication; Satellite communication system; Earth station design
criteria and direct reception system; Satellite transponders and their design criteria; PhPHY(CEERI)-noise,
intra-pulse and inter-pulse noises and their significance.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-233 : Numerical Techniques and CAD of Microwave Tubes : 4-0-0-4

Course Coordinator : V. Srivastava

Numerical solution of linear and non-linear differential equations of higher orders; Analytical and numerical
techniques to the solution of electromagnetic field problems; Numerical techniques for the electrical, thermal,
and structural design of slow-wave and fast-wave microwave tubes; Spent beam analysis for efficiency
enhancement; Special focusing techniques for multi-beam electron guns; PIC simulation techniques; Finite
difference and finite element techniques; Method of moments applied to microwave devices.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-234 : Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Tube Technology : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : R. S. Raju

Fundamentals of vacuum technology. Vacuum generation and measurement, and leak detection. Ultra-high
vacuum techniques. Surface physics and analysis in relation to electron Emitters. Electron-tube grade materials
and their characteristics. Chemical processing. Heat treatment and special techniques: brazing, sintering,
sputtering, TIG/electron beam/laser welding, glass-to-metal and ceramic-to-metal sealing, loss coating, and
helix fitting. Vacuum processing of integrated devices. Design of tools, jigs, and fixtures. Engineering /
mechanical design of components. Special machining techniques.

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ENG(CEERI) : 2-235 : Microwave Components Characterization and Tube Processing Techniques
Laboratory : 0-0-6-3
Course Coordinator : O. S. Lamba

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Scattering parameters; Measurement of impedance and
characterization of cavities; Dispersion and impedance characterization of RF structures; RF loss
measurements; UHV techniques; Heat treatment in protective atmosphere; Ceramic-to-metal sealing techniques;
Chemical processing of components.

ENG(CEERI) : 2-236 : Microwave Devices Characterization and Tube Sub-assembly Fabrication

Laboratory : 0-0-6-3
Course Coordinator : L. M. Joshi

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Device characterization using spectrum analyzer, scalar/vector
analyzer; Break-down tests; X-ray radiography; Cathode characterization using Auger and Thermal emission
microscope; Hot RF characterization of devices; Metal-to-metal brazing techniques; Leak detection; TIG/laser
welding; Vacuum processing of devices; Cathode fabrication.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-231 : Slow-wave Devices – Principles and Design : 4-0-0-4

Course Coordinator : V. Srivastava and L. M. Joshi

Classification and high frequency limitations of conventional electron tubes. Formation and confinement of an
electron beam. Slow-wave structures, couplers and RF windows. Beam-wave interaction mechanism. Spent
beam collection. Efficiency enhancement by phase-velocity tapering and multi-stage depressed collection.
Different types of devices, their operation, and characteristics, High power and wide bandwidth issues. Future
trends.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-232 : Fast-wave Devices – Principles and Design : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : A. K. Sinha

Merits of fast-wave devices over slow-wave devices. Operating principle of a gyrotron and design of its
components: magnetron injection gun, beam tunnel, RF interaction cavity, magnetic field, non-linear taper, RF
window, mode converter and collector. Beam-wave interaction and mode selection criteria. Other fast-wave
devices: gyro-TWT, gyro-klystron, peniotron and FEL. Applications of gyro-devices and future trends. High
Power Microwave (HPM) Devices.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-233 : CAD of Microwave Tubes Laboratory : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinator : R. K. Sharma and S. K. Ghosh

Laboratory practices and safety considerations; Components design : electron guns, slow-wave structures, fast-
wave structures, RF cavities, RF windows, collectors; Electron beam and RF wave interaction simulation;
Thermal and structural design and simulation; CAD of complete tube; Computer aided engineering drawing.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-234 : High Power Microwave Systems and Applications : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator : L. M. Joshi

Special EW (Radar, ECM, ECCM) systems and their requirements in respect of microwave and millimeter
wave devices; Types of jamming; Linear accelerators, Microtrons, Synchrotrons, Plasma heating systems,
Proton accelerators, and Thermonuclear reactors; Other applications like imaging, spectroscopy, biomedical,
industrial heating, electronic power conditioners, and modulators.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-235 : Electron Emitters and Surface Characterization : 2-0-0-2

Course Coordinator : R. S. Raju

Physics of electron emission, emission equation; Temperature limited and space-charge limited emission;
Methods of determining work function; Oxide coated cathodes, Dispenser cathodes, Field emitters, Explosive
emission cathodes, Secondary emitters; Fabrication and characterization of cathodes; Life testing and surface
analysis techniques; Nano-cathodes.

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ENG(CEERI) : 3-236 : Plasma-Filled Microwave Sources : 2-0-0-2
Course Coordinator : Ram Prakash and U. N. Pal

Plasma and its physical parameters; Saha equation and its relevance; Motion of charged particles in static and
slowly varying electric and magnetic fields; Motion of relativistic charged particles; Types of gaseous
discharge; Hollow-cathode discharge and other kinds of low-pressure discharges; General features of electrons
emission, control and extraction of electrons and ions from plasma in DC and pulsed mode conditions; Plasma
sources for axially symmetric electron beams; Plasma cathode electron gun (PCE-gun); Advantages of plasma
filling in high power microwave devices; Operating principles, characteristics, and applications of different
types of plasma-filled devices including the pasotron.

ENG(CEERI) : 3-237 : Vacuum Microelectronic Devices : 2-0-0-2

Course Coordinator : R. K. Sharma

Basic semiconductor technologies like reactive ion etching, photo-lithography, oxidation, CVD, sputtering,
LIGA; MEMS technologies; Design considerations in vacuum microelectronic devices; Photonic band-gap
structures, folded wave guide and ladder structures; Tera Hertz devices including reflex klystrons; Micro-
fabricated devices like TWT and klystrino; Combination of vacuum and semiconductor technologies in
microwave devices, including microwave power module and their applications.

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 MTech Programme : List of Faculty Members :
High Power Microwave Devices and System Engineering

S. No. Name Designation Discipline

1. Dr. S. N. Joshi Ex-Scientist G Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology

2. Dr. V. Srivastava Chief Scientist Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
3. Dr. R. S. Raju Chief Scientist Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
4. Dr. L. M. Joshi Chief Scientist Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
5. Sh. R. K. Gupta Chief Scientist Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
6. Dr. V. V. P. Singh Chief Scientist Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
7. Sh. O. S. Lamba Sr. Princ. Sc. Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
8. Dr. A. K. Sinha Sr. Princ. Sc. Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
9. Dr. R. Ranga Rao Sr. Princ. Sc. Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
10. Dr. R. K. Sharma Princ. Sc. Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
11. Dr. Sanjay Ghosh Princ. Sc. Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
12. Dr. Ram Prakash Princ. Sc. Plasma Devices
13. Sh. M. Alaria Scientist Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
14. Sh. U. N. Pal Scientist Plasma Devices
15. Sh. S. Maurya Scientist Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
16. Dr. A. Bandhopadhyay Scientist Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology
17. Sh. Vishant Scientist Microwave Engineering & Tube Technology

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CSIR-CGCRI
Glass and Ceramic Engineering
 Course Structure Electives

Glass specialization Ceramics specialization

Semester I Semester II
C. No. Course Name Credit C. No. Course Name Credit
C. No. Course Name Credit C. No. Course Name Credit
ENG- CGCRI Advanced glass science & 4 ENG - CGCRI Advanced structural 4
ENG - CGCRI - GC 601
ENG-CGCRI Introduction to Materials 4 Processing of glass and 4 -GE 601 technology. -CE 601 ceramics and
-GC 501 Engineering Ceramics refractories

ENG - CGCRI - GC 602

4 Materials 4
ENG-CGCRI Materials characterization– ENG-CGCRI Fibre optics and devices. 4 4
characterization- II GE 602 ENG - CGCRI Bioceramic prosthesis
-GC 502 I
-CE 602 and implants.
Elective
ENG-CGCRI Fundamentals of glass & 4 (ENG - CGCRI - GE 601 – -- 4
604) or
-GC 503 ceramics (ENG - CGCRI - CE 601 – ENG-CGCRI Structural and functional 4 4
604)
ENG - CGCRI Ceramic based energy
-GE 603 coatings. -CE 603 and separation
Technology.
Elective
4 (ENG-CGCRI - GE 601 – -- 4
ENG-CGCRI Research methodology and 604)
or ENG-CGCRI Nanostructured photonic 4 4
-GC 504 applied statistical (ENG-CGCRI - CE 601 – ENG - CGCRI Electronic ceramics.
techniques for materials 604) -Ge604 and optical materials. -CE 604

engineering
1 ENG - CGCRI - GC 506 Technical 1
ENG-CGCRI Laboratory safety practice
-GC 505 communication
[Total credits: 75 (Course: 39, Dissertation: 36)]

Total Credits 17 Total Credits 17

[* GE for Glass Specialization and *CE for ceramics specialization]

Semester III Semester IV

C. No. Course Name Credit C. No. Course Name Credit

ENG - CGCRI-
ENG-CGCRI Transport phenomena in 4 GCP 602
Project and Thesis II 16
-GC 507 materials processing

ENG-CGCRI Term paper

1 ENG - CGCRI- Seminar I & II 2
-GC 508 GCP 603

ENG-CGCRI Project and Thesis I

16 Comprehensive viva 2
-GCP 601

Total Credits 21 Total Credits 20

 Course Structure Electives

Glass specialization Ceramics specialization

Semester I Semester II
C. No. Course Name Credit C. No. Course Name Credit
C. No. Course Name Credit C. No. Course Name Credit
ENG- CGCRI Advanced glass science & 4 ENG - CGCRI Advanced structural 4
ENG - CGCRI - GC 601
ENG-CGCRI Introduction to Materials 4 Processing of glass and 4 -GE 601 technology. -CE 601 ceramics and
-GC 501 Engineering Ceramics refractories

ENG - CGCRI - GC 602

4 Materials 4
ENG-CGCRI Materials characterization– ENG-CGCRI Fibre optics and devices. 4 4
characterization- II GE 602 ENG - CGCRI Bioceramic prosthesis
-GC 502 I
-CE 602 and implants.
Elective
ENG-CGCRI Fundamentals of glass & 4 (ENG - CGCRI - GE 601 – -- 4
604) or
-GC 503 ceramics (ENG - CGCRI - CE 601 – ENG-CGCRI Structural and functional 4 4
604)
ENG - CGCRI Ceramic based energy
-GE 603 coatings. -CE 603 and separation
Technology.
Elective
4 (ENG-CGCRI - GE 601 – -- 4
ENG-CGCRI Research methodology and 604)
or ENG-CGCRI Nanostructured photonic 4 4
-GC 504 applied statistical (ENG-CGCRI - CE 601 – ENG - CGCRI Electronic ceramics.
techniques for materials 604) -Ge604 and optical materials. -CE 604

engineering
1 ENG - CGCRI - GC 506 Technical 1
ENG-CGCRI Laboratory safety practice
-GC 505 communication
[Total credits: 75 (Course: 39, Dissertation: 36)]

Total Credits 17 Total Credits 17

[* GE for Glass Specialization and *CE for ceramics specialization]

Semester III Semester IV

C. No. Course Name Credit C. No. Course Name Credit

ENG - CGCRI-
ENG-CGCRI Transport phenomena in 4 GCP 602
Project and Thesis II 16
-GC 507 materials processing

ENG-CGCRI Term paper

1 ENG - CGCRI- Seminar I & II 2
-GC 508 GCP 603

ENG-CGCRI Project and Thesis I

16 Comprehensive viva 2
-GCP 601

Total Credits 21 Total Credits 20

 ENG-CGCRI-GC 501: Introduction to Materials Engineering (3-1-0-4)*
Atomic structure and bonding, crystalline solids, space lattice, Bravais lattice, interstitial sites,
superlattice, polymorphism and allotropism, microstructures and metallography.
Crystalline defects, thermodynamics of defects, effect of defects on material properties,
amorphous / glassy state and metallic glasses.
Phase transformation, phase rule, thermodynamic and kinetic principles of nucleation and
growth in liquid-solid and solid-state phase transition in pure systems.

ENG-CGCRI-GC 502 : Materials characterization- I (3-0-2-4) ENG-CGCRI-GC 504: Research methodology and applied statistical techniques for
Common analytical techniques, physical characterization like particle size analysis, surface
materials engineering (3-1-0-4)
area and pore size distribution . Design and implementation of a research project, planning and performing, research modeling,
X-ray diffraction, small angle X-ray scattering, optical microscopy, transmission electron hypothesis, primary and secondary data, analyzing and reporting results.
microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), scanning probe microscopy (SPM). Professional ethics, ethics in research, IPR, copyright and plagiarism, technical writing and
Thermal characterization of materials (DTA, TGA & DSC) communicating research results.
Methods of classifying data, bar charts, stem and leaf plots, mean, median, mode etc.
Probability, normal and other distributions, uncertainty, accuracy, reproducibility &
repeatability
Statistical theories of failure, regression analysis, coefficient of determination, multiple
regression, Chi-square distributions .Statistical design of experiment, concept of standard
error .
Basics of computer programming, computer-based tools used in management, decision-
making

ENG-CGCRI-GC 505: Laboratory safety practice(1-0-0-1)

Safe lab practices, handling, storage, disposal, protective equipment, emergency response,
mechanical, electrical, physical, chemical and biological hazards.

ENG-CGCRI-GC 503 : Fundamentals of glass & ceramics (3-1-0-4) 2. “Hazardous Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Guide” M. A. Armour
Introduction to glass & ceramics, structure of glass and crystals, glass transition, structural
and kinetic theory of glass formation.
ENG-CGCRI-GC 506: Technical communication (1-0-0-1)
Optical properties of glass & ceramics, filter glass, photochromic and photosensitive glass, Introduction to writing, editing, and principles of technical and professional
laser glass, opal glass, dosimeter glass etc. communication.
Thermal and mechanical properties of glass and ceramic materials, traditional ceramics, high
temperature materials and engineering ceramics, transport properties of glass & ceramics,
thermal stress, tempering, creep, friction, fatigue, wear. Chemical durability of glass, surface ENG-CGCRI-GC 507 : Transport phenomena in materials processing (3-1-0-4)
tension, pH glass electrode, solder glass etc. Diffusion in solids, mass transfer in liquids, interphase mass transfer.
Electrical and magnetic properties of glass and ceramics, fast ion conducting glasses, Heat transport in solids, liquids and gases, thermal transport phenomena for glass and
semiconducting glass and ceramics. ceramic processing.
Bioglass and bioceramics, nuclear ceramics, 'nano' effects in ceramics and glass. Fluid dynamics of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian flows, rheology, concept of flow regimes,
applications of momentum transport to material processing with special emphasis on glass
and ceramics.
Fundamental concepts of numerical simulation.
*[ (L-T-P-C) -- Lecture – Tutorial – Practical/Lab – Credit (hour/week) ]

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 ENG-CGCRI-GC 501: Introduction to Materials Engineering (3-1-0-4)*
Atomic structure and bonding, crystalline solids, space lattice, Bravais lattice, interstitial sites,
superlattice, polymorphism and allotropism, microstructures and metallography.
Crystalline defects, thermodynamics of defects, effect of defects on material properties,
amorphous / glassy state and metallic glasses.
Phase transformation, phase rule, thermodynamic and kinetic principles of nucleation and
growth in liquid-solid and solid-state phase transition in pure systems.

ENG-CGCRI-GC 502 : Materials characterization- I (3-0-2-4) ENG-CGCRI-GC 504: Research methodology and applied statistical techniques for
Common analytical techniques, physical characterization like particle size analysis, surface
materials engineering (3-1-0-4)
area and pore size distribution . Design and implementation of a research project, planning and performing, research modeling,
X-ray diffraction, small angle X-ray scattering, optical microscopy, transmission electron hypothesis, primary and secondary data, analyzing and reporting results.
microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), scanning probe microscopy (SPM). Professional ethics, ethics in research, IPR, copyright and plagiarism, technical writing and
Thermal characterization of materials (DTA, TGA & DSC) communicating research results.
Methods of classifying data, bar charts, stem and leaf plots, mean, median, mode etc.
Probability, normal and other distributions, uncertainty, accuracy, reproducibility &
repeatability
Statistical theories of failure, regression analysis, coefficient of determination, multiple
regression, Chi-square distributions .Statistical design of experiment, concept of standard
error .
Basics of computer programming, computer-based tools used in management, decision-
making

ENG-CGCRI-GC 505: Laboratory safety practice(1-0-0-1)

Safe lab practices, handling, storage, disposal, protective equipment, emergency response,
mechanical, electrical, physical, chemical and biological hazards.

ENG-CGCRI-GC 503 : Fundamentals of glass & ceramics (3-1-0-4) 2. “Hazardous Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Guide” M. A. Armour
Introduction to glass & ceramics, structure of glass and crystals, glass transition, structural
and kinetic theory of glass formation.
ENG-CGCRI-GC 506: Technical communication (1-0-0-1)
Optical properties of glass & ceramics, filter glass, photochromic and photosensitive glass, Introduction to writing, editing, and principles of technical and professional
laser glass, opal glass, dosimeter glass etc. communication.
Thermal and mechanical properties of glass and ceramic materials, traditional ceramics, high
temperature materials and engineering ceramics, transport properties of glass & ceramics,
thermal stress, tempering, creep, friction, fatigue, wear. Chemical durability of glass, surface ENG-CGCRI-GC 507 : Transport phenomena in materials processing (3-1-0-4)
tension, pH glass electrode, solder glass etc. Diffusion in solids, mass transfer in liquids, interphase mass transfer.
Electrical and magnetic properties of glass and ceramics, fast ion conducting glasses, Heat transport in solids, liquids and gases, thermal transport phenomena for glass and
semiconducting glass and ceramics. ceramic processing.
Bioglass and bioceramics, nuclear ceramics, 'nano' effects in ceramics and glass. Fluid dynamics of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian flows, rheology, concept of flow regimes,
applications of momentum transport to material processing with special emphasis on glass
and ceramics.
Fundamental concepts of numerical simulation.
*[ (L-T-P-C) -- Lecture – Tutorial – Practical/Lab – Credit (hour/week) ]

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 ENG-CGCRI-GC 601: Processing of glass and ceramics (3- ENG-CGCRI-GE 602: Fiber optics and devices (3-0-
0-2-4) 2-4)
Concept of glassy state and viscosity, commercial glasses, glass Types of optical fibers, electromagnetic theory, nonlinear
forming materials, glass melting furnaces, refining processes of optical properties of fiber, fiber design and fabrication, fiber
glass melt. characterization, optical fiber amplifier, fiber laser and Raman
Annealing, tempering and toughening of glass, chemical laser, photosensitive fiber and fiber Bragg grating,
strengthening of glass, defects in glass; industrial glass microstructured fiber, polymer optical fiber, nonlinear fiber
processes, manufacture of glass fiber, ceramization of glass, optics and mathematical simulations.
machinable and bioactive glass-ceramics, optical and special Modulation techniques, analogue and digital theory,
glasses. multiplexing and demultiplexing of signal carrier, TDM and
Synthesis of ceramic precursors, packing of ceramic powders, rheological properties of ceramic WDM for electronic and optical network, photonic switching,
suspension, ceramic forming processes, forming defects. ITU-T recommendations and different telecom protocol.
Thermal processes in ceramics, polymorphic transformation in ceramics, sintering, hot Optical fiber components and devices, fiber coupler, attenuator, filters, fiber Bragg grating
pressing, cooling of ceramic wares, microwave, laser and plasma assisted processing of sensor, strain-stress-temperature sensing devices.
ceramics, rapid prototyping, processing machines and furnaces.

ENG-CGCRI-GC 602: Materials characterization- II (3-0-2-4)

ENG-CGCRI-GE 603: Structural and functional coatings
Separation Techniques, chromatography, titrimetric analysis,
chemometrics, atomic absorption spectroscopy, inductively coupled
(3-0-2-4)
plasma techniques (ICP-OES and ICP-MS), EPR and NMR Fabrication of coatings by physical and chemical vapour
spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), auger electron deposition, wet chemical/sol-gel techniques, thermal and
spectroscopy (AES), EPMA, EDS, WDS, electron energy loss plasma spraying and electroplating, surface modification by
spectroscopy (EELS), secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), ion, electron and laser beams.
Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS), X-ray photoelectron Coatings to improve hydrophobic and hydrophilic
spectroscopy, UV-VIS spectrophotometry, FTIR spectroscopy, Raman characteristics, wear resistance, corrosion resistance etc.
spectroscopy, ellipsometry . Functional coatings and films for electrical, optical, thermal,
mechanical, chemical, biochemical and energy saving
applications.

ENG-CGCRI-GE 601: Advanced glass science and

technology (3-0-2-4)
Glass structures and their elucidation by instrumental ENG-CGCRI-GE 604:Nanostructured Photonic and optical
techniques like nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Raman materials (3-0-2-4)
and infrared spectroscopy and transmission and scanning Electromagnetic theory of interaction of light with matter, polarization
electron microscopy. and diffraction of light, Raleigh scattering, Mie scattering, Brillouin and
Glass preparation by melt-quenching technique, chemical Raman scattering, optical absorption and emission spectroscopy,
vapour deposition , sol-gel process and other methods. optical coherence, stimulated emission, laser, basic properties of highly
Fabrication and characterization of optical fibres, optical transparent glasses.
and ophthalmic glass, photonic glass, laser glass, graded Nano-materials and nanostructure optics, basic concepts of
Index glass, photosensitive, photochromic glass etc. Glasses plasmonics , electromagnetics of metals and metal-nano composites,
for biomedical and nuclear applications. surface plasmon polariton, different coupling schemes, plasmon
Specialty materials like ultra-low expansion glass-ceramics, machinable glass-ceramics, waveguide and band gap structure.
semiconductor and nanometal doped glasses. metamaterials and negative index at optical frequencies, super lensing
and imaging.

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 ENG-CGCRI-GC 601: Processing of glass and ceramics (3- ENG-CGCRI-GE 602: Fiber optics and devices (3-0-
0-2-4) 2-4)
Concept of glassy state and viscosity, commercial glasses, glass Types of optical fibers, electromagnetic theory, nonlinear
forming materials, glass melting furnaces, refining processes of optical properties of fiber, fiber design and fabrication, fiber
glass melt. characterization, optical fiber amplifier, fiber laser and Raman
Annealing, tempering and toughening of glass, chemical laser, photosensitive fiber and fiber Bragg grating,
strengthening of glass, defects in glass; industrial glass microstructured fiber, polymer optical fiber, nonlinear fiber
processes, manufacture of glass fiber, ceramization of glass, optics and mathematical simulations.
machinable and bioactive glass-ceramics, optical and special Modulation techniques, analogue and digital theory,
glasses. multiplexing and demultiplexing of signal carrier, TDM and
Synthesis of ceramic precursors, packing of ceramic powders, rheological properties of ceramic WDM for electronic and optical network, photonic switching,
suspension, ceramic forming processes, forming defects. ITU-T recommendations and different telecom protocol.
Thermal processes in ceramics, polymorphic transformation in ceramics, sintering, hot Optical fiber components and devices, fiber coupler, attenuator, filters, fiber Bragg grating
pressing, cooling of ceramic wares, microwave, laser and plasma assisted processing of sensor, strain-stress-temperature sensing devices.
ceramics, rapid prototyping, processing machines and furnaces.

ENG-CGCRI-GC 602: Materials characterization- II (3-0-2-4)

ENG-CGCRI-GE 603: Structural and functional coatings
Separation Techniques, chromatography, titrimetric analysis,
chemometrics, atomic absorption spectroscopy, inductively coupled
(3-0-2-4)
plasma techniques (ICP-OES and ICP-MS), EPR and NMR Fabrication of coatings by physical and chemical vapour
spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), auger electron deposition, wet chemical/sol-gel techniques, thermal and
spectroscopy (AES), EPMA, EDS, WDS, electron energy loss plasma spraying and electroplating, surface modification by
spectroscopy (EELS), secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), ion, electron and laser beams.
Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS), X-ray photoelectron Coatings to improve hydrophobic and hydrophilic
spectroscopy, UV-VIS spectrophotometry, FTIR spectroscopy, Raman characteristics, wear resistance, corrosion resistance etc.
spectroscopy, ellipsometry . Functional coatings and films for electrical, optical, thermal,
mechanical, chemical, biochemical and energy saving
applications.

ENG-CGCRI-GE 601: Advanced glass science and

technology (3-0-2-4)
Glass structures and their elucidation by instrumental ENG-CGCRI-GE 604:Nanostructured Photonic and optical
techniques like nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Raman materials (3-0-2-4)
and infrared spectroscopy and transmission and scanning Electromagnetic theory of interaction of light with matter, polarization
electron microscopy. and diffraction of light, Raleigh scattering, Mie scattering, Brillouin and
Glass preparation by melt-quenching technique, chemical Raman scattering, optical absorption and emission spectroscopy,
vapour deposition , sol-gel process and other methods. optical coherence, stimulated emission, laser, basic properties of highly
Fabrication and characterization of optical fibres, optical transparent glasses.
and ophthalmic glass, photonic glass, laser glass, graded Nano-materials and nanostructure optics, basic concepts of
Index glass, photosensitive, photochromic glass etc. Glasses plasmonics , electromagnetics of metals and metal-nano composites,
for biomedical and nuclear applications. surface plasmon polariton, different coupling schemes, plasmon
Specialty materials like ultra-low expansion glass-ceramics, machinable glass-ceramics, waveguide and band gap structure.
semiconductor and nanometal doped glasses. metamaterials and negative index at optical frequencies, super lensing
and imaging.

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CSIR-CIMFR
Mine Safety Engineering
 Post Graduate Research Programme in Mine Safety Engineering

List of Courses to be offered to Post Graduate Students

SEMESTER I

SL. NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE L-T-P-C

1. ENG(CIMFR):1-002 MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS 3-0-0-3

2. ENG(CIMFR):1-311 ROCK MECHANICS AND GROUND CONTROL IN MINING 3-0-1-3
3. ENG(CIMFR):1-312 ENGINEERING GEOLOGY 3-0-1-3
4. ENG(CIMFR):1-313 MINE SAFETY LEGISLATIONS AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT 3-0-0-3
5. ENG(CIMFR):1-314 ROCK MECHANICS INSTRUMENTATION AND MONITORING 3-0-1-3
6. ENG(CIMFR):1- ---- ELECTIVE - I 3-0-1-3
TOTAL CREDITS 18

SEMESTER II

SL. NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE L-T-P-C

1. ENG(CIMFR):2-311 NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND STABILITY EVALUATION OF 3-0-1-3

MINING STRUCTURES
2. ENG(CIMFR):2-312 ADVANCED MINE VENTILATION AND ENVIRONMENT 3-0-1-3
3. ENG(CIMFR):2-313 ADVANCED MINE SURVEYING AND SUBSIDENCE ENGINEERING 3-0-1-3
4. ENG(CIMFR):2-314 MINE FIRE, ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS - ANALYSIS AND
3-0-1-3
PREVENTION
5. ENG(CIMFR):2-315 MINE SAFETY EQUIPMENT: DESIGN, TESTING AND 2-0-1-2
EVALUATION
6. ENG(CIMFR):2- ---- ELECTIVE – II 3-0-1-3
TOTAL CREDITS 17

SEMESTER III

SL. NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE L-T-P-C

1. ENG(CIMFR):2-098 M. TECH. DISSERTATION PART-I 0-8-16-16

TOTAL CREDITS 16

SEMESTER IV

SL. NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE L-T-P-C

1. ENG(CIMFR):2-099 M. TECH. DISSERTATION PART-II WITH VIVA VOCE 0-8-16-16

TOTAL CREDITS 16

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ELECTIVE - I

SL. NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE L-T-P-C

1. ENG(CIMFR):1-315 METHODS OF MINING 3-0-1-3

2. ENG(CIMFR):1-316 ROCK EXCAVATION ENGINEERING 3-0-1-3
3. ENG(CIMFR):1-317 RELIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE IN MINING SYSTEMS 3-0-1-3
4. ENG(CIMFR):1-318 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN MINING INDUSTRY 3-0-1-3

ELECTIVE - II

SL. NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE L-T-P-C

1. ENG(CIMFR):2-316 ADVANCED MINING METHODS 3-0-1-3

2. ENG(CIMFR):2-317 MECHANISATION AND AUTOMATION FOR MINE SAFETY 3-0-1-3
3. ENG(CIMFR):2-318 ROCK BLASTING AND FRAGMENTATION 3-0-1-3
4. ENG(CIMFR):2-319 INDUSTRIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ERGONOMICS 3-0-1-3

L = Lectures T = Tutorials P = Sessional/Lab C= Credits

Note:
1. Non-Mining students must opt ENG(CIMFR):1-315 as Elective – I. Mining students must opt any other elective
subject instead of ENG(CIMFR):1-315.
2. On-site training for 4 weeks in mines is mandatory.

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 Subject-wise Syllabus for Post Graduate Programme in Mine Safety Engineering
Laboratory Coordinator: Dr. B. Kumar
Programme Coordinators: Dr. P. K. Mandal and D. Kumbhakar

ENG(CIMFR):1-002 MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS L-T-P-C:3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh and Dr. M. Sundararajan
Linear Algebra: Linear independence; Orthogonality; Vector Spaces and their bases and dimensions; Gram-Schmidt
method for orthogonal basis set; Orthogonal projections; Matrices; Solution methods for linear simultaneous equations;
Eigenvalue problem.
Vector Analysis: Vector differentiation, Applications; Vector operators: Grad, Div and Curl. Vector integration and related
Integral Theorems, Applications; Cylindrical and Spherical Co-ordinate Systems.
Differential Equations: Linear ODEs of first and second orders; Linear second order equations, Applications; The
Laplace Transform, Applications; Fourier Series and Applications; Partial differential equations of first and second
orders; The Laplace and Wave Equations.
ENG(CIMFR):1-311 ROCK MECHANICS AND GROUND CONTROL IN MINING L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: Dr. Rajendra Singh and Dr. C. N. Ghosh
Rocks and rock structures; Rock mass classification; Rock mass properties; Rock failure criteria; Stresses in elastic and
plastic ground conditions; Effect of anisotropy and inhomogeneity on rock properties; In situ stresses and its
measurements; Different types of ground excavations and effects of their instability; Design of roadways and pillars;
Approaches of ground behaviour evaluation; Different types of rock reinforcement and support; Ground Control
measures during different methods of mining; Rock bursts and bumps; Slope stability evaluation: Discontinuities and
geomechanical properties of slope mass; Groundwater condition and its measurement; Mechanics of slope stability;
Slope stability in weathered slopes; Case studies.
ENG(CIMFR):1-312 ENGINEERING GEOLOGY L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: Dr. A. Sinha and Dr. R. K. Goel
Depositional textures and structures; Physics of deformation with surroundings, time and material; Planar and linear
structures; Faults, folds, cleavages, dip, strike, contour, stratification, lamination, bedding; Unconformity & joints - their
classification and Recognition in the field; Major structures and tectonics; Structures in igneous rocks and igneous
intrusions; Geomorphology and structure morphotectonics; Mineral Exploration: Geological, Geophysical and
Geochemical Prospecting; Study of geological structures; Management and utilisation of geological data; Coal geology;
Hydrogeology.
ENG(CIMFR):1-313 MINE SAFETY LEGISLATIONS AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT L-T-P-C:3-0-0-3
Course Coordinators: A. K. Ghosh and Dr. S. K. Singh
Mine Safety Legislations: Mines Act; Mine Rules; Coal Mines Regulations; Metalliferous Mines Regulations; Mines and
Minerals (Development and Regulations) Act; Mines Rescue Rules; Circulars; Other related industrial legislations,
circulars, documents related to mine safety.
Mine Safety Management: Requirements for effective safety management; Mine safety management system –
background, objectives and structure; Different levels of safety management; Processes of safety management; Hazard
identification and risk assessment; Risk management, case studies; Concept of mine safety monitoring. Purpose and

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classification of safety monitoring. Mine safety monitoring techniques; Preparation of safety monitoring plan;
Measurement of safety efficiency; safety audit; safety records.
ENG(CIMFR):1-314 ROCK MECHANICS INSTRUMENTATION AND MONITORING L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: Dr. P. K. Mandal and D. Kumbhakar
Ground behaviour and instability in ground excavations; Methods of studying ground behaviours; Monitoring of ground
behaviour in underground mines; Different types of field instruments used for rock mechanics instrumentation and
monitoring – sensors and transducers, readout units, data acquisition systems, etc.; Rock mechanics testing equipment;
Acoustic emission equipment; Monitoring of reinforcement and support system; Rock bolt pull tester; GPR based
monitoring of underground structures; Field instrumentation and monitoring of slopes; Conventional and GPS based
monitoring; Real-time monitoring; Communications/storage of data; Analysis of data and evaluation of ground stability.
ENG(CIMFR):1-315 METHODS OF MINING L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: Dr. Arun Kumar Singh and Amar Prakash
Methods of exploration; Evaluation of mineral deposits; Mine planning; Surface and underground mining; Opening of
mineral deposits; Shaft sinking; Methods of excavations; Explosive and Blasting; Conventional and special methods of
mining; Mining Machinery and its applications.
ENG(CIMFR):1-316 ROCK EXCAVATION ENGINEERING L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: Dr. C. Swamliana and N. Kumar
Rock Excavation by drilling and blasting; Study of the theories of rock penetration including percussion, rotary, and rotary
percussion drilling; Rock fragmentation including explosives and the theories of blasting rock; Application of theory to
drilling and blasting practice at mines, pits, and quarries; Mechanised Excavation of Rock; Classification and
construction of extraction machineries; Different types of machineries and their suitability; Selection of equipments and
machineries; Operational conditions; Safety measures; Performance monitoring; Condition monitoring and maintenance;
Study of excavation stability; Excavation support design.
ENG(CIMFR):1-317 RELIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING IN MINING SYSTEMS L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: Dr. D. Basak and Dr. Ranjan Kumar
Statistical methods in reliability: Basic statistics and probability theory; Reliability concepts: Reliability function, failure
rate, MTTF, MTTR, mortality curve, useful life, availability, maintainability, system effectiveness; Reliability analysis and
prediction: Time to failure distribution, exponential, normal, gamma, weibull distribution, system reliability evaluation,
standby systems; Design for reliability: Design theory, design for reliability, design for maintainability, reliability
improvement techniques; Maintenance engineering: Introduction, maintenance policies, failure, diagnosis, Markov
maintenance, process maintenance support and logistics, maintenance management; Reliability and maintenance in
mining: Failures in mining systems, reliability testing, machine maintenance management, human reliability, mine
systems reliability improvement, reliability optimization.
ENG(CIMFR):1-318 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN MINING INDUSTRY L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: Dr. (Mrs.) B. Prasad and Dr. R. Ebhin Masto
Concept of sustainable and eco-friendly mining; Impacts of mineral exploration, mining, processing and utilization on
environment; Air quality standards, air pollutant sources and health effects; Source and occurrence of waters in mines;
Mine water contaminants and their natural attenuation; Acid mine drainage and mine water treatment; Soil conservation
and erosion control, restoration of soils, Importance, threats, approaches for conservation and management of
biodiversity; Methods of collection and analyses of water, soil, gaseous and particulate pollutants; Bio-monitoring and
analytical techniques; EIA/EMP, Environmental clearance; Environmental Law, Legislation and Policies; Principles of
mine closure plan; Environmental Hazard and Risk Assessment.

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ENG(CIMFR):2-311 NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND STABILITY EVALUATION OF MINING L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
STRUCTURES
Course Coordinators: Dr. G. Banerjee and Dr. P. K. Mandal
Different numerical methods; Inputs of numerical methods; Model generation; Application of Finite difference method;
Finite element method; Distinct element method; Boundary elements method; Hybrid methods; Application of different
numerical modelling methods and software for ground stability evaluation of mining structures; Validation of models;
Design optimisation through numerical modelling; Case studies.
ENG(CIMFR):2-312 ADVANCED MINE VENTILATION AND ENVIRONMENT L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: Dr. N. Sahay and Dr. J. K. Pandey
Mine Ventilation systems; Mine thermodynamics and computation of psychometric properties; Modes of heat transfer;
Designing of climatic conditions in panels; Computation of volume flow; Application of Kirchoff’s second law to solve field
problems; Hardy Cross Iterative method and its application to solve ventilation network problems; Thermodynamic
principles applied to ventilation network analysis; Air Leakage; Recirculation and reversal of air flow; Pressure behavior
of sealed-off area; Dynamic balancing of pressure technique; Ventilation survey and planning; Air conditioning;
Environmental monitoring; Network analysis; Ventilation survey instruments; Simulations of mine ventilation network;
Design of coal dust control plan; Noise and Vibrations; Mine Illumination.
ENG(CIMFR):2-313 ADVANCED MINE SURVEYING AND SUBSIDENCE ENGINEERING L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: Dr. K. B. Singh and A. Prakash
Concepts of Surveying; Automatic Level; Digital Level & Optical Theodolites; Data collection procedures; GIS:GIS Data
Models; Data Acquisition; Maps and Map Projections; Surveying using EDM; Total Station and its application in Mine
Subsidence and Ground Movement Monitoring of Opencast Mine Slopes; 3D Scanning; 3D Ground/Mine Surface
Modelling using Total Station; Section extraction and excavation volume computation in civil and mining application;
Mapping.
Subsidence: Causes and types of subsidence; Subsidence measurement methodologies and prediction; Environmental
impacts of subsidence on land, buildings, ground water, forest cover, etc.; Safe limits of subsidence for different surface
features and structures; Subsidence control measures.
ENG(CIMFR):2-314 MINE FIRE, ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS - ANALYSIS AND L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
PREVENTION
Course Coordinators: Dr. R. V. K. Singh and Dr. I. Ahmad
Causes and types of mine fire; Fire risk assessment; Detection and Assessment of spontaneous heating/fire; Gas
hazards; Methods of sampling of gases from fire area; Mine gas Analysis; Thermo-compositional Investigation;
Environmental affects due to fire; Fire prevention and combating; Fire combat methods; Dealing with long standing fires;
Fire fighting equipment.
Types and Causes of mine accidents; Dangerous occurrences in mines; Study of mine accidents and its analysis; Mine
accidents and disasters; Analysis of mine accidents and preventive measures.
Types and causes of mine disaster; Mine inundation; Design of underground dams; Mine explosion; Mine rescue; Mine
disaster control and mitigation.
ENG(CIMFR):2-315 MINE SAFETY EQUIPMENT: DESIGN, TESTING AND EVALUATION L-T-P-C:2-0-1-2
Course Coordinators: Dr. P. K. Mishra and R. K. Vishwakarma
Types of mine safety equipment; Safety parameters in mine equipment; Legislations related to safety equipment;
Principles of design of safety equipment; Different types of testing procedures; Testing and evaluation of safety

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equipment, machines, electrical cables, wire ropes and other accessories; Electrical hazards; Flame proof and
intrinsically safe electrical equipment.
ENG(CIMFR):2-316 ADVANCED MINING METHODS L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: A. K. Ghosh and D. Kumbhakar
Design of mine layouts for underground and surface mining; Design of coal and hard rock pillars; Advanced and special
mining methods; Review of various experimental mining methods/procedures; Assessment of caving characteristics;
performance and application of backfill; Coal bump and rock burst and their alleviation. Thick, thin and complex seams
mining; Underground Coal Gasification and Coal Bed Methane; Choice of stoping method; Stope design; Production
planning; Special underground excavations in metal mines; Consolidated and unconsolidated hydraulic & dry filling,
paste filling stopes, preparation, transportation and filling operation; Solution Mining: in-situ leaching, chemical, bio-
chemical and thermal leaching; Novel mining methods.
ENG(CIMFR):2-317 MECHANISATION AND AUTOMATION FOR MINE SAFETY L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: Dr. G. Banerjee and Dr. C. N. Ghosh
Selection, procurement and replacement of mine equipment; State-of-the-art and future trends in mine mechanization
and mine automation systems for both surface and underground mining; infrastructure required to support mine auto-
mation; Application of robotics and intelligent systems for safer mining; Potential economic, health and safety benefits of
mine mechanisation and automation.
ENG(CIMFR):2-318 ROCK BLASTING AND FRAGMENTATION L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinator: Dr. P. Pal Roy
Advanced study of the theories of rock penetration; Explosives: Chemistry and physics of explosives; Properties of
explosives; Explosive and blasting accessories; Initiation and priming systems; Bulk explosives; Heavy ANFO, ANFO
with Sawdust & Rice-Husk; Criteria of explosive selection; Rock breakage by explosives: Theories, Rock breakage
mechanism, Methods for prediction and assessment of fragmentation; Design of blasting rounds for surface and
underground excavations; Special blasting techniques: Secondary breakage; Pre-split blasting; Smooth blasting; Cast
blasting; Segregation blasting; Demolition blasting; Trench blasting and Induced caving by blasting. Environmental
considerations: Control of Noise; Ground vibration; Air blast and Fly rock; Dust & Fumes.
ENG(CIMFR):2-319 INDUSTRIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ERGONOMICS L-T-P-C:3-0-1-3
Course Coordinators: A. K. Ghosh and Dr. Ranjan Kumar
Anthropometry for design and body composition; Design principles – work station and tool design. Human information
processing: man-machine-environment system. Environmental ergonomics and climatic factors: illumination, noise and
vibration; Occupational health; Physiological factors. Fatigue-shift works. Control and display. Work posture. Selection of
work force and training. Industrial and personal safety.

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 LIST OF FACULTY

SL. NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE FACULTY

Dr. P. Pal Roy, Dr. Ajay K. Singh, Dr. M.

1. ENG(CIMFR):1-002 MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS
Sundararajan
ROCK MECHANICS AND GROUND Dr. V. K. Singh, Dr. Rajendra Singh, Dr. C. N.
2. ENG(CIMFR):1-311
CONTROL IN MINING Ghosh
3. ENG(CIMFR):1-312 ENGINEERING GEOLOGY Dr. A. Sinha, Dr. R. K. Goel, Dr. D. Mahanty
MINE SAFETY LEGISLATIONS AND
4. ENG(CIMFR):1-313 A. K. Ghosh, Dr. S. K. Singh, Dr. Ranjan Kumar
SAFETY MANAGEMENT
ROCK MECHANICS Dr. P. K. Mandal, D. Kumbhakar, Dr. P. K. Mishra
5. ENG(CIMFR):2-314
INSTRUMENTATION AND MONITORING
Dr. S. K. Mandal, Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Amar
6. ENG(CIMFR):1-315 METHODS OF MINING Prakash
7. ENG(CIMFR):1-316 ROCK EXCAVATION ENGINEERING Rakesh Kumar, N. Kumar, Dr. C. Swamliana
RELIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE IN Dr. D. Basak, Dr. S. K. Roy, Dr. Ranjan Kumar
8. ENG(CIMFR):1-317
MINING SYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN Dr. (Mrs.) B. Prasad, Dr. Abhay Kr. Singh, Dr. R.
9. ENG(CIMFR):1-318
MINING INDUSTRY Ebhin Masto
NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND
Dr. G. Banerjee, Dr. A. Kushwaha, Dr. P. K.
10. ENG(CIMFR):2-311 STABILITY EVALUATION OF MINING
Mandal
STRUCTURES
ADVANCED MINE VENTILATION AND
11. ENG(CIMFR):2-312 Dr. N. Sahay, Dr. J. K. Pandey, Dr. N. K. Verma
ENVIRONMENT
ADVANCED MINE SURVEYING AND Dr. K. B. Singh, Dr. John Lui P., A. Prakash
12. ENG(CIMFR):2-313
SUBSIDENCE ENGINEERING
MINE FIRE, ACCIDENTS AND
13. ENG(CIMFR):2-314 DISASTERS - ANALYSIS AND Dr. R. V. K. Singh, Dr. I. Ahmed, Dr. D. D. Tripathi
PREVENTION
MINE SAFETY EQUIPMENT: DESIGN, Dr. M. K. Singh, Dr. P. K. Mishra, R. K.
14. ENG(CIMFR):2-315
TESTING AND EVALUATION Vishwakarma,
15. ENG(CIMFR):2-316 ADVANCED MINING METHODS A. K. Ghosh, Dr. John Lui P., D. Kumbhakar
MINE MECHANISATION, AUTOMATION Dr. C. N. Ghosh, Dr. G. Banerjee, Dr. P. K. Mishra
16. ENG(CIMFR):2-317
AND EQUIPMENT OPTIMISATION
ROCK BLASTING AND Dr. P. Pal Roy, Dr. P. K. Singh, Dr. A. K. Raina
17. ENG(CIMFR):2-318
FRAGMENTATION
INDUSTRIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND A. K. Ghosh, Dr. Ranjan Kumar
18. ENG(CIMFR):2-319
ERGONOMICS

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CSIR-CMERI
Applied & Computational Mechanics
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Description of the Programme

1. Faculty Engineering
2. Programme Name Applied & Computational Mechanics
3. Core Courses & Electives
Semester I
Sl. Course Code Course Name Hours/Week
L T P C
1 ENG(CMERI) 1-002 MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS 3 0 0 3
2 ENG(CMERI) 1-389 ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS 3 0 0 3
3 ENG(CMERI) 1-390 ADVANCED MECHANICS OF FLUIDS 3 0 0 3
4 ENG(CMERI) 1-391 MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS 3 0 0 3
5 ENG(CMERI) 1-392 COMPUTER LAB-I 1 1 2 3
Total Credits 15

Semester II
Sl. Course Code Course Name Hours/Week
L T P C
1 ENG(CMERI) 1-393 FINITE ELEMENT METHODS 3 0 0 3
2 ENG(CMERI) 1-394 ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF MECHANISMS 3 0 0 3
3 ENG(CMERI) 1-395 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID FLOW & HEAT TRANSFER 3 0 0 3
4 ENG(CMERI) 1-396 COMPUTER LAB - II 0 0 4 2
5 ENG(CMERI) 2----- Elective I* 3 0 0 3
6 ENG(CMERI) 2----- Elective II* 3 0 0 3
Total Credits 17
*
For Electives I & II any two subjects can be chosen from the following list
ENG(CMERI) 2-390 ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ENG(CMERI) 2-391 FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR
FLUID DYNAMICS
ENG(CMERI) 2-392 NONLINEAR DYNAMICS & CHAOS ENG(CMERI) 2-393 MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE
MATERIALS
N.B.
In addition to the dedicated courses listed above for this programme, the candidate may also select
any other course as elective on the recommendation of his/her thesis supervisor from the courses
enlisted in other Post Graduate program & PhD program in the laboratory.
Semester III
Sl. Course Code Course Name Hours/Week
L T P C
1 ENG(CMERI) 2-098 MTech DISSERTATION PART-I 0 8 16 16
Total Credits 16

Semester IV
L T P C
1 ENG(CMERI) 2-099 MTech DISSERTATION PART-II WITH VIVA VOCE 0 8 16 16
Total Credits 16

L = Lectures T = Tutorial P = Sessional / Lab C = Credits

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COURSE DETAIL

ENG(CMERI) 1-002 MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator: Dr. Pradipta Basu-Mandal

Linear Algebra: Linear independence, Orthogonality, Vector Spaces and their bases and dimensions, Gram-Schmidt
method for orthogonal basis set, Orthogonal projections. Matrices, solution methods for linear simultaneous equations,
Eigenvalue problem.
Vector Analysis : Vector differentiation, Applications, Vector operators: Grad, Div and Curl. Vector integration & related
Integral Theorems, Applications. Cylindrical and Spherical Co-ordinate Systems.
Differential Equations: Linear ODEs of first and second orders, Linear second order equations, Applications. The Laplace
Transform, Applications. Fourier Series and Applications. Partial differential equations of first and second orders. The
Laplace and Wave Equations.

ENG(CMERI) 1-389 ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Somenath Mukherjee & Dr. Pradipta Basu-Mandal

Stress; Stress tensor, stress transformation, principal stresses. Equilibrium.

Strain; Linear strain components, Compatibility.
Constitutive Relations; Isotropic and orthotropic materials, Failure Theories.
Two dimensional elasticity; Mohr’s Circle. Polar co-ordinates. Airy’s Stress Function for simple systems. Stress
concentration factors.
Stresses in pressure vessels and rotating discs.
Torsion of bars of various sections.
Beam bending; Deflections. Three Moment equation. Unsymmetric bending, bending stress and shear and shear center.
Variational principles; Equilibrium- Virtual work and the Principle of Stationary Potential Energy, Compatibility- Principle of
Stationary Complementary Energy, Castigliano’s Theorems, Applications.
Elastic Stability; Euler’s Bucking Load for columns. Energy methods, Stability of simple frames.

ENG(CMERI) 1-390 ADVANCED MECHANICS OF FLUIDS L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Satya Prakash Singh, Dr. Sudipta De & Dr. Dipankar Chatterjee

Equations of fluid mechanics, Derivation of Navier-Stokes equations, Exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equations, Boundary
layers, Exact solution of Boundary layer equations, Approximate methods for solving boundary layer equations, Boundary
layer control, Axi-symmetric and three-dimensional boundary layers, Unsteady boundary layers, Stability Analysis,
Transitional flows, Concepts of Turbulence, Introduction of Compressible Flows.

ENG(CMERI) 1-391 MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Pranab Samanta & Dr. Swarup Kumar Laha

Free vibrations and response of single-degree-of-freedom systems to harmonic, periodic and general excitations, Energy
dissipation and damping, Duhamel’s Convolution Integral for response to general time varying excitation.
Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems; Lagrange’s Equations. Free Vibration- The Eigenvalue Problem, Orthogonality of Modal
Vectors, Dynamic response by Modal Analysis. Rayleigh’s Quotient.
Distributed Systems; Exact solutions of free and forced vibrations of bars and beams (axial, torsional and bending). Modal
shapes and natural frequencies of continuous systems, Systems with lumped masses, Rayleigh’s Principle
Approximate Methods; Transfer Matrix Methods, Holzer’s Method for Torsional Vibration, Myklestad’s Method for bending
vibration, Dunkerley’s Method, Modal Superposition Methods.
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ENG(CMERI) 1-392 COMPUTER LAB-I L-T-P-C : 1-1-2-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Surendra Kumar & Dr. Swarup Kumar Laha

The Solution of Nonlinear Equations: Iterative Methods, Fixed-Point Iteration, Newton-Raphson and Secant Methods,
Polynomial Equations Having Real Roots. Matrices and System of Linear Equations: The Solution of Linear Systems by
Elimination, Pivoting, Triangular Factorization, Eigenvalue Problem.
Approximation: Uniform Approximation by Polynomials, Data Fitting, Orthogonal Polynomials, Least-Squares
Approximation by Polynomials. Differentiation and Integration: Numerical Differentiation, Numerical Integration and
Associated Basic Rules, Gaussian Rules. The Solution of Differential Equations: Simple Difference Equations, Numerical
Integration by Taylor Series, Runge-Kutta Methods, Multistep Formulae, Predictor-Corrector Methods. Computer
programming and code development of the algorithms taught in class.

ENG(CMERI) 1-393 FINITE ELEMENT METHODS L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Somenath Mukherjee & Dr. Pradipta Basu-Mandal

Matrix methods review; Stationary Principles, Rayleigh-Ritz and Hellinger-Reissner Methods. Virtual Work, Governing
Equations, Weighted Residual (Galerkin) Method and Weak Forms.
Formulations of one-dimensional elements (axial bar, the Euler beam) using Direct and Variational Methods. Solutions to
simple truss and frame problems.
Interpolation, C0 and C1 elements. Convergence requirements.
Isoparametric one and two-dimensional elements; Linear and Quadratic Timoshenko beam elements; shear locking. Linear
2D plane stress /plane strain element; parasitic shear. Reduced integration.
Elementary theory of plates and plate elements; Mindlin and Kirchhoff element formulations, Concepts of locking. Full,
reduced and selective integration techniques.
Axisymmetric elements. The Best-fit paradigm of FEA.

ENG(CMERI) 1-394 ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF MECHANISMS L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: P S Banerjee & S N Shome

Particle and Rigid Body Dynamics – Kinematics and Kinetics.

Rigid body rotation, Velocity and Acceleration analysis using Instantaneous Centre (IC) of velocity, Corioli’s component of
acceleration, Plane motion of a rigid body.
Kinematic Pairs, Kinematic Chains, Kinematic Diagrams, Four Link Planar Mechanisms and their Inversions
Kutzbach and Grubler’s criterion, Grashof’s criterion, Analysis of plane mechanisms – Graphical and Analytical methods
Dimensional synthesis of mechanism; Motion, Path and Function generation, precision point approach, Chebyshev
spacing, three position synthesis, graphical and analytical approaches for four link mechanisms.
Development of simple algorithms and computer programs for solving typical problems on analysis and synthesis of
mechanisms.

ENG(CMERI) 1-395 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID FLOW & HEAT TRANSFER L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: Prof. Gautam Biswas, Bittagopal Mondal & Dipankar Chatterjee

Discretisation procedure in Finite-difference and Finite-volume methods, Fundamentals of Fluid Flow Modelling, Staggered
and Collocated grids, Explicit methods: MAC, SMAC methods for solving Navier Stokes and Energy equations. Implicit
Methods: SIMPLE and SIMPLER. Pressure Solvers: conjugate gradient method, strongly Implicit procedure. Grid-
Generation: Algebraic, Transfinite, Poisson equation methods. Finite-volume based Navier-Stokes solution on arbitrary
geometry using non-orthogonal grids. Introduction to Turbulence modelling (two equation models).

ENG(CMERI) 1-396 COMPUTER LAB - II L-T-P-C : 0-0-4-2

Course Coordinators: Dr. Surendra Kumar, Avik Chatterjee and Dr. Satya Prakash Singh

Problem solving utilising application software like ANSYS, ADAMS, FLUENT etc.
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ENG(CMERI) 2-390 ANALYTICAL MECHANICS L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Somenath Mukherjee

Optimum Path: Fermat’s Principle, Brachistochrone Problem.

Calculus of Variation in Mechanics for Conservative Systems. Degrees of Freedom and the Configuration Space. The
Concept of Functionals and their Variations. Virtual work, the varied path. Hamilton’s Principle of Stationary Action,
Lagrange’s Equations of Motion.
Applications of Lagrange’s Equations: Equations of motion of multi-degree of freedom systems. Vibrations of discrete
systems (of lumped masses) and continuous elastic systems. Lagrange Multipliers for Constrained Systems. Applications.
Hamiltonian Mechanics: The Legendre Transformations, Hamilton’s Cannonical Equations of Motion, Applications.
Accelerating /rotating reference frames. Dynamics of rotation of rigid bodies.
Central force systems; Motion of satellites.

ENG(CMERI) 2-391 FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR FLUID DYNAMICS L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Satya Prakash Singh & Dr. Gautam Biswas

Fundamental concepts; strong form, weak form, Galerkin approximation; matrix equations, element and global point of view;
numerical integration – Gaussian quadrature; temporal discretization - generalized trapezoidal rule; compressible and
incompressible flows; implementation of the methods; issues related to high performance computing.

ENG(CMERI) 2-392 NONLINEAR DYNAMICS & CHAOS L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Pradipta Basu-Mandal

One-Dimensional Flows; Flows on the line & circle: Fixed Points and Stability, Linear Stability Analysis: Uniform-Nonuniform
Oscillator, Overdamped Pendulum.
Two-Dimensional Flows; Linear Systems with classifications, Phase plane; Phase Portraits, Fixed points and Linearization,
Conservative Systems, Reversible Systems. Limit Cycles, Poincare-Bendixson Theorem, Relaxation Oscillations, Weakly
Nonlinear Oscillations.
Bifurcations; Saddlenode, Transcritical, Pitchfork and Hopf Bifurcations.
One-Dimensional Maps; Stability of Fixed Points, Periodic Points, Poincare Map, Logistic Map, Dependence on Initial
Conditions.
Two-Dimensional Maps; Sinks, Sources and Saddles, Linear Maps, Coordinate Changes, Nonlinear Maps and the Jacobian
Matrix, Stable and Unstable Manifolds. Chaos in Two-Dimensional Maps; Lyapunov Exponents: Numerical Calculation.
Chaos in Differential Equations; Lorenz Attractor, Lyapunov Exponents for Flows.

ENG(CMERI) 2-393 MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Surendra Kumar

Introduction to Composite Materials, Classification of composites; Fibres and matrices; Manufacturing, mechanical
properties and applications of composites.
Stress-strain relationships for a unidirectional/bidirectional lamina; strengths, thermal and moisture expansion coefficients.
Determination of physical and engineering properties of a unidirectional lamina from the individual properties of the fiber and
the matrix, fiber volume fraction, and fiber packing.
Determination of the elastic stiffnesses and mechanical loads on laminate based on the values of individual laminae and the
stacking sequence.
Failure Criteria for a unidirectional composite lamina and a laminate; Design of laminated composite and other issues.

ENG(CMERI) 2-098 MTech DISSERTATION PART-I L-T-P-C : 0-8-16-16

ENG(CMERI) 2-099 MTech DISSERTATION PART-II WITH VIVA VOCE L-T-P-C : 0-8-16-16
CSIR-CMERI
Mechatronics
 Detail Description of Programme
SEMESTER I
Sl. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE HOURS/WEEK C
L T P
1. ENG(CMERI) 1-002 MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS 3 0 0 3
2. ENG(CMERI) 1-381 INTRODUCTION TO MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS 3 0 0 3
3. ENG(CMERI) 1-382 ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEM 3 0 0 3
4. ENG(CMERI) 1-383 CAD AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS 3 0 1 3
5. ENG(CMERI) 1-384 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS & DEVICES 3 0 0 3
6. ENG(CMERI) 1-385 MACHINES & MECHANISMS 3 0 0 3

TOTAL CREDITS 18

SEMESTER II
Sl. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE HOURS/WEEK C
L T P
1. ENG(CMERI) 1-386 ROBOTICS 3 0 1 3
2. ENG(CMERI) 1-387 MICRO CONTROLLERS & EMBEDDED SYSTEM 3 0 1 3
DESIGN
3. ENG(CMERI) 1-388 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING & APPLICATIONS 3 0 1 3
4. ENG(CMERI) 2----- Elective I 3 0 1 3

5. ENG(CMERI) 2----- Elective II 3 0 1 3

TOTAL CREDITS 15

SEMESTER III
Sl. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE HOURS/WEEK C
L T P
1. ENG(CMERI) 2-098 MTech DISSERTATION PART-I 0 8 16 16

TOTAL CREDITS 16

SEMESTER IV
Sl. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE HOURS/WEEK C
L T P
1. ENG(CMERI) 2-099 MTech DISSERTATION PART-II WITH VIVA VOCE 0 8 16 16

TOTAL CREDITS 16

L = Lectures T = Tutorial P = Sessional / Lab C = Credits

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ELECTIVES I & II: TWO SUBJECTS TO BE CHOSEN FROM THE FOLLOWING

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE HOURS/WEEK C

L T P
ENG(CMERI) 2-381 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER VISION 3 0 1 3

ENG(CMERI) 2-382 ROBOTICS & MACHINE INTELLIGENCE 3 0 1 3

ENG(CMERI) 2-383 INTRODUCTION TO NAVIGATION & DATA FUSION 3 0 1 3

ENG(CMERI) 2-384 MICROSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY 3 0 1 3

ENG(CMERI) 2-385 ADVANCED MATERIALS 3 0 1 3

ENG(CMERI) 2-386 OPTIMAL CONTROL 3 0 1 3

ENG(CMERI) 2-387 PRECISION MACHINE DESIGN 3 0 1 3

ENG(CMERI) 2-388 NUMERICAL METHODS & COMPUTER PROGRAMMING 3 0 1 3

ENG(CMERI) 2-389 ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN 3 0 1 3

N.B.

In addition to the dedicated courses listed above for this programme, the candidate may also select any other
course as elective on the recommendation of his/her thesis supervisor from the courses enlisted in other Post
Graduate program & PhD program in the laboratory.

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 COURSE DETAILS

ENG(CMERI) 1-002 MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinator: Dr. Pradipta Basu-Mandal

Linear Algebra: Linear independence, Orthogonality, Vector Spaces and their bases and dimensions, Gram-Schmidt
method for orthogonal basis set, Orthogonal projections. Matrices, solution methods for linear simultaneous equations,
Eigenvalue problem.
Vector Analysis : Vector differentiation, Applications, Vector operators: Grad, Div and Curl. Vector integration & related
Integral Theorems, Applications. Cylindrical and Spherical Co-ordinate Systems.
Differential Equations: Linear ODEs of first and second orders, Linear second order equations, Applications. The
Laplace Transform, Applications. Fourier Series and Applications. Partial differential equations of first and second orders.
The Laplace and Wave Equations.

ENG(CMERI) 1-381 INTRODUCTION TO MECHATRONICS SYSTEM L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Ranjit Ray & S.N. Shome

Overview: What is Mechatronics? Instrumentation and Control System.

Sensors & Transducers: Physical Principles & Basic mechanisms in sensor systems, performance characteristics,
Different type of Sensors and transducers based on principles – Position and Speed Measurement, Stress and Strain
Measurement, Temperature Measurement, Vibration and Acceleration Measurement;
Actuators: Electromagnetic Principles, Motors – Electric, Hydraulics & Pneumatics;
Mathematical Modeling: State space representation, Model Linearization, Sate model from linear graphs, Bond graphs,
Modeling Electromechanical Systems. Structures and Materials, Modeling of Mechanical Systems for Mechatronics
Applications, Fluid Power, Using MATLAB SIMULINK for modeling and simulation Mechatronics systems; Interfacing &
Virtual Instrumentation..

ENG(CMERI) 1-382 ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEM L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: S. Nandy

Overview: What is Mechatronics? Instrumentation and Control System.

Sensors & Transducers: Physical Principles & Basic mechanisms in sensor systems, performance characteristics,
Different type of Sensors and transducers based on principles – Position and Speed Measurement, Stress and Strain
Measurement, Temperature Measurement, Vibration and Acceleration Measurement;
Actuators: Electromagnetic Principles, Motors – Electric, Hydraulics & Pneumatics;
Mathematical Modeling: State space representation, Model Linearization, Sate model from linear graphs, Bond graphs,
Modeling Electromechanical Systems. Structures and Materials, Modeling of Mechanical Systems for Mechatronics
Applications, Fluid Power, Using MATLAB SIMULINK for modeling and simulation Mechatronics systems; Interfacing &
Virtual Instrumentation.

ENG(CMERI) 1-383 CAD & COMPUTER GRAPHICS L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinator: Avik Chatterjee

Genesis of CAD, Simulation and Visualization, Concepts of CAE and Virtual Prototyping;
Geometric Object Modeling – Analytical Representation of Curves & Surfaces, Various Curves and Surfaces (B-Spline,
Bezier, NURBS), Intersection calculations, Assembly Modeling Techniques;
Computer Graphics: Linear algebra, Screen coordinates, Window coordinates, Graphics library, Rendering pipeline
architecture, Homogeneous coordinates & Transformation Matrices, Quaternion, Projection matrices, Types of buffers,
Display
Interpolation techniques, Lightning, Wireframe, Shading models, Texture mapping, Ray casting, Ray tracing, Normal
vectors, Evaluators & NURBS, Modeling of sculpture surface, selection and feedback, Concepts of scenes and scene

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graphics, Hierarchical Modeling Concepts, Kinematic Simulation of an Hierarchical model, Stereo Visualization.

ENG(CMERI) 1-384 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS & DEVICES L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: Ms. Uma Datta & J. Roy Choudhury

Electric Circuits and Components

Network Theorems: Thevenin, Norton, Superposition, Maximum Power Transfer.
Circuit Analysis, Transformer, Impedance Matching, Grounding and Electrical Interference, Electrical Safety.
Semiconductor Electronics: Diodes and its’ application; Operation, characteristics : Three terminal devices –- BJT, JFET,
MOSFET; Four terminal devices- SCR, Diac, Triac;
Amplifiers using BJT, FET; Operational amplifiers
Modern devices: CMOS, MESFET, MODFET, HBT.
Computing: Number, system and code conversion, Logic gates, Boolean algebra,
Combinational / Sequential Logic circuits – Latch, RS-, JK-, T-, D-, Flip flops, Buffer Register,
Counters, Shift registers. Decoder, Encoder, MUX, DMUX, RAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM,
Programmable logic devices.

ENG(CMERI) 1-385 MACHINES & MECHANISMS L-T-P-C : 3-0-0-3

Course Coordinators: P.S. Banerjee & Dr. R. Sen

Rotation and Plane motion of a rigid body.

Kinematic Pairs, Chains, Diagrams. Four Link Planar Mechanisms and their Inversions.
Grubler’s criterion and Grashof’s criterion.
Analysis of planar mechanisms – Graphical and Analytical methods
Synthesis of planar mechanisms – Motion, Path and Function generation problems - Graphical and Analytical
approaches
Introduction to Machine Elements – Cams, Gears, Brakes, Clutches etc
Cams – classification of cams and followers, nomenclature, description and analysis of follower motion, pressure angle.
Determination of basic dimensions, Synthesis of cam profiles – Graphical and Analytical methods.
Gears – terminology, fundamental law of gearing, involute profile. Interference and undercutting, Simple, Compound and
Epicyclic gear trains.

ENG(CMERI) 1-386 ROBOTICS L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Soumen Sen & S.N. Shome

Robotics introduction; Classification and Components;

Rigid body transformation in R3; Homogeneous representation; Denavit-Hertenberg representation;
Forward and Inverse kinematics; Redundant and Non-redundant robots; Differential kinematics, velocities, and their
transformations; Geometric and analytical Jacobians; Manipulability, Isotropy and Workspace analysis;
Manipulator statics; Velocity-force duality; Recursive computation of velocities and accelerations; Manipulator dynamics -
Newton-Euler and Euler-Lagrange; Equation of motion;
Path planning in joint and task space; Obstacle avoidance and optimal planning; Review of robot control methods;
Optimization in robotics; Human-robot interaction; joint and link flexibilities; Walking machines and Exoskeletons; Robot
hand and multifingered grasp, manipulation and control; Tendon driven manipulator.

ENG(CMERI) 1-387 MICROCONTROLLERS & EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: J. Roy Chaudhuri & Shikha

Introduction to embedded systems and architecture, System design using specification and modeling tools
Overview of embedded computing platforms; Microprocessors, Microcontrollers, DSP’s and SoC’s, Hardware – Software
design and partitioning

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Design issues, consideration and trade–offs: Performance memory, power, timing, cost, and development time. Memory
hierarchy, System Interfaces and Communication with peripheral units, timers counters, Introduction to Real-time system
and Real-time Scheduling
Real – time software development: High level languages and Programming issues, Systems performance: Networked
embedded systems
Future Trends, Applications, Tutorial & Laboratory .

ENG(CMERI) 1-388 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING & APPLICATIONS L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: J. Roy Choudhury & SRK Vadali

Elements of Analog and Digital Signal Processing, Advantages of Digital over Analog, Sampling Theorem.
Discrete Time Signals & Systems – Classification, Analysis of LT Systems, of LTI system Response to Arbitrary Inputs,
Causality & Stability; Correlation, Convolution, Finite & Infinite Impulse Response, Recursive & Non-Recursive Systems,
Difference Equations.
Z-Transform – Definition, Properties; Inverse-Z and Analysis in Z-domain.
Fourier Analysis – Continuous & Discrete-Time Fourier Series, Power Density Spectrum, Fourier Transform, Frequency-
Domain Characteristics of LTI Systems, DFT & Properties, Linear Filtering Using DFT, Frequency Analysis Using DFT,
Understanding FFT.
Digital Filter Design – Characteristics & Design of Filters.
Future Trends, Applications, Tutorial & Hands-on

ENG(CMERI) 2-381 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER VISION L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. S. Majumdar

Fundamentals of Computer Vision: Role of vision to achieve simple goals i.e. high level capabilities of vision using
cognitive processes, geometric models and low level capability for object perception, representation of images.
Computer Vision Research and Application on image formation, camera model and camera calibration, properties of
projection, interaction of light and its modeling, perspective modeling, homogeneous coordinate, lens equation, types of
image digitizers and image digitizing components.
Feature Extraction, filtering and edge detection, fourier transform, texture primitives and texture as a pattern recognition
problem, wavelets and multiresolution processing including image pyramids, subband coding, Harr Transform;
multiresolution expansions and colour processing.
Tutorial on Matlab platform & Project

ENG(CMERI) 2-382 ROBOTICS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: J. Roy Choudhury

Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Various Machine Learning Algorithms ,Pattern Reorganization,
Computer Vision, Fuzzy Expert System, Fuzzy Automata.
Fundamentals Of Robotics & Automation., Intelligent Robots, Control Systems and Components .
Robot Motion Analysis and Control,Robot End Effectors,tactile and vision sensors in robotics
Cognitive system for Human machine interaction.
Future Trends, Applications, Tutorial & Laboratory.

ENG(CMERI) 2-383 INTRODUCTION TO NAVIGATION & DATA FUSION L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. S. Majumdar

Sensors, Sensing, Model of Sensors & Process uncertainties

Introduction to estimation, estimation methods & relation between different estimators
State space modeling, LTI Systems & Kalman Filter & Extended Kalman Filter
Other Navigation Filters including Bayesian Filters, Information Filters, Particle Filter etc.

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Various Sensors used in Robotics: Accelerometer, Gyro, Compass, Encoder, Laser, Ultrasonic Sensor, Camera, Sonar,
InfraRed Sensor, Tactile Sensor etc.
Multisensor Data Fusion Fundamentals; INS, GPS Aided Navigation & Data Fusion
Future Trends, Applications, Tutorial & Laboratory

ENG(CMERI) 2-384 MICRO SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Nagahanumaiah

Introduction: precision engineering; multi-scale product manufacturing paradigms. Micro- Nano Manufacturing: MEMS
foundry processes; micro-mechanical processes; regenerative techniques. Process Modelling: material removal
mechanisms; FEA and molecular dynamics based simulations. Design of Micro Machines: sources of error; error
mapping; precision drives and controls. Sensors for Precision Manufacturing: sensor systems for process monitoring,
multi sensor approaches, signal processing and machine vision systems. Precision Metrology: definitions; laser
interferometer; AFM; SEM; TEM. Micro Factory Concepts: micro assembly, composite molding, micro robotics,
geometric analysis, decision systems, process planning and micro factory layout designs. Micro-nano systems
engineering: module applications; micro-nano scale product design; case studies for biomedical, sensors, and nano
technology applications. Tutorial and Laboratory practices.

ENG(CMERI) 2-385 ADVANCED MATERIALS L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: A. Chaudhuri

Basics: Mechanics of materials, mechanical properties, dislocation theory, mechanical testing methods, creep and
relaxation behaviour of common engineering materials
Advanced materials: Polymers, conductive polymers, ceramics, composites, nano-composites, smart materials, high
temperature materials, bearing materials, materials for sensors and actuators
Material characterization: Optical and X-ray spectroscopy, diffraction methods (X-ray diffraction, Crystallographic texture
measurements, electron microscopy (SEM, TEM, EBSD, etc.), Atomic probe micro analysis (AFM), Thermo gravity
analysis
Future Trends, Applications, Tutorial & Laboratory

ENG(CMERI) 2-386 OPTIMAL CONTROL L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: S. Nandy

Introduction: Problem formulation, Mathematical model, Physical constraints, Form of optimal control, Performance
measures, Static optimization techniques.
Dynamic Programming and related topics: Introduction, Principle of optimality, Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation,
Continuous linear regulator problems, Pontryagin’s maximum principle, Control with constraints, Time optimal control,
Optimal tracking control problem.
Variational Approaches: Calculus of variations, Fundamental concepts, Functionals, Euler’s equation, Lagrangian,
Variational approach, Optimal control law, Necessary conditions, Linear regulator & tracking problems, Multi-variable
optimization problem, Linear Quadratic Regulator.
Optimization Methods: Minimum time problems, Minimum control-effort problems, Kalman Filter, Non-linear system
optimization, Gradient optimization techniques, Steepest ascent and decent method, Rosenbrock’s conjugate gradient
method, David-Fletcher-Power method.

ENG(CMERI) 2-387 PRECISION MACHINE DESIGN L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. N.C. Murmu

Economics, project management and design philosophy, principles of accuracy, repeatability and resolution; error
budgeting.
Flexure design - linear and non-linear deflection, stiffness and strength, displacement vs force loads, material
considerations, fatigue failure and its prevention.
Bearings: rolling contact bearings, flexural bearings, gas bearings and magnetic bearings and design engineering
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surfaces.
System design - manufacturing considerations, materials, structural design, joint design, support system and kinematic
coupling design, sensors, actuators and transmissions and system integration driven by functional requirements and
operating physics.
Mini Project – application of theory and heuristics to the design of precision mechanical systems.
Tutorial & Mini Project.

ENG(CMERI) 2-388 NUMERICAL METHODS & COMPUTER PROGRAMMING L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Partha Bhattacharya

Introduction, finite floating point arithmetic, catastrophic cancellation, chopping and rounding errors; Solution of nonlinear
equations; bisection, , Newton's & Muller's method, fixed point iteration;
Numerical optimization, Golden section search, Newton's method optimization; linear algebraic equations; forward
Gaussian elimination, pivoting, scaling, back substitution, LU-decomposition, norms and errors, condition numbers,
iterations, Newton's method for systems, computer implementation; Interpolation- Lagrange, Newton & inverse ;
Numerical Integration; finite differences, Newton cotes, trapezoidal, Simpson's rule, extrapolation, Gaussian quadrature;
Numerical solution of ODE; Euler's method, Runge-Kutta method, multi-step methods, predictor-corrector methods, rates
of convergence, global errors, algebraic and shooting methods, boundary value problems, computer implementation.

ENG(CMERI) 2-389 ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN L-T-P-C : 3-0-1-3

Course Coordinators: Dr. Nagahanumaiah

Introduction: Electro-Mechanical systems and applications: design and analysis of micro-nano positioning systems; ultra
precision screw drives; Dual drive positioning systems; flexural joints; design and kinematics analysis of parallel
kinematics platforms. High Speed Power Sstems: Distributed loads in electro-mechanical motion drives; Design and
dynamic analysis of high speed spindle. Analysis and Synthesis of Fluid Mechanical Systems: hydraulic actuators, micro
fluidic flow problems, solving micro pump system design. Instrumentation: sensors, actuators, encoders, servo
mechanisms, laser interferometery and other position calibration techniques. Future Trends: Tutorial & Laboratory
practices.

ENG(CMERI) 2-098 MTech DISSERTATION PART-I L-T-P-C : 0-8-16-16

ENG(CMERI) 2-099 MTech DISSERTATION PART-II WITH VIVA VOCE L-T-P-C : 0-8-16-16

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CSIR-CRRI
Transportation Engineering
 ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC & INNOVATIVE RESEARCH (AcSIR)
M.Tech Programme (2012-2013)
M. Tech in Transportation Engineering
CSIR- CRRI, New Delhi-110 025
Course Structure
SEMESTER I SEMESTER II

C. No. Course Name L-T-P-C C. No. Course Name L-T-P-C

ENG(CRRI) Statistical Methods in 3-0-0-3 ENG(CRRI) Design and Construction of 3-0-0-3

1- 451 Engineering 1-452 Pavements

ENG(CRRI) Traffic Engineering & 3-0-0-3 ENG(CRRI) Transportation Planning 3-0-0-3

1- 453 Road Safety 1-454

ENG(CRRI) Advanced Highway Elective I 3-0-0-3

1- 455 Engineering Materials 3-0-0-3

ENG(CRRI) Advanced Geotechnical 3-0-0-3 Elective II

1- 457 Engineering

3-0-0-3

ENG(CRRI) Research Methodology 1-1-0-2 Elective III 3-0-0-3

1-459

ENG(CRRI) Laboratory -I 0-0-4-2 ENG(CRRI) Laboratory – II 0-0-4-2

1-461 (Traffic, Geotechnical 1-456 (Pavement & Transportation
Engineering & Laboratory)
Highway Materials)

ENG(CRRI ) Seminar-I 0-0-2-1 ENG(CRRI) Seminar-II 0-0-2-1

1-463 1- 458

Total Credits 17 Total Credits 18

SEMESTER III SEMESTER IV

C. No. Course Name L-T-P-C C. No. Course Name L-T-P-C

ENG(CRRI) Pavement Evaluation 3-0-0-3 ENG(CRRI) Dissertation-II 0-0-34-17

2- 451 Techniques and 2-452
Management System

ENG(CRRI) Dissertation-I Viva Voce

2-453 0-0-24-12 0-0-0-3

Total Credits 15 Total credits 20

Total Course Credits: 70

 ELECTIVE COURSES
Course No. Course Name
ELECTIVE I
ENG(CRRI) 2- 454 Bridge and Tunnel Engineering
ENG(CRRI)1-460 Transport and Environment
ENG(CRRI)2-456 Public Transportation System
ENG(CRRI)2- 458 Health Monitoring of Road Infrastructure
ELECTIVE II
ENG(CRRI)1- 462 Geospatial Techniques for Infrastructure
ENG(CRRI)1- 464 Economic Evaluation of Highway Projects
ENG(CRRI )1-466 Advanced Concrete Technology
ENG(CRRI)2-460 Transport Logistics and Operations
ELECTIVE III
ENG(CRRI)2- 462 Environmental Impact Assessment of Infrastructure
Projects
ENG(CRRI) 1-468 Soft Computing Techniques in Transportation
Engineering
ENG(CRRI)2- 464 Airport Planning & Design
ENG(CRRI)2- 466 Disaster Resistant Road Systems
 SEMESTER I

ENG(CRRI) 1-451 Statistical Methods in Engineering L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Representation and Summarisation of data: Introduction to statistical methods - attribute,
types sources and collection of data; Frequency distribution; Measures of central tendency;
Dispersion; Skewness and kurtosis.
Probability and distribution: Concepts of probability; Conditional probability, Independence
of events; Baye's theorem, Random variable, Probability distributions; Binomial poisson,
uniform, exponential, normal and lognormal distributions and applications to Infrastructure
Engineering Problems.
Sampling technique, Distributions and Test of Significance: Sampling techniques;
Sampling distribution; Statistical decisions; Tests of significance. Chi-square tests of goodness
of fit and for independence of attributes in contingency tables.
Bi-Variate and Multivariate Analysis: Bivariate Models- Related variables, Scatter diagram.
Least square curve fitting, Fitting of linear correlation and regression, product moment
correlation coefficient. Multivariate Analysis, Principle Component Analysis, Factor Analysis,
MANOVA Calculations.
Time series modelling: Components of Time Series; Stationery and Non-Stationery
Processes; Smoothing and Decomposition Methods; Correlation and Line Spectral Diagrams;
Auto Correlations and Moving Averages; ARIMA.
Advanced Statistical Methods: Operation Research - Network models, Assignment
problems, Shortest path methods, Queuing theory, Simulation techniques; Artificial Neural
Networks; Genetic Algorithms and Neuro-Genetic models.
Use of computer software’s in statistical analysis: Descriptive statistics, correlation,
regression, analysis of variance, decision making using statistical software like MS-EXCEL,
SPSS and MATLAB.
Faculty Dr. C. Ravisekhar

ENG(CRRI)1-453 Traffic Engineering and Road Safety L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Traffic Engineering - Definition, concepts, scope and utility; Traffic Flow Theory –
Fundamentals, Scope, relationship between the variables of traffic flow, relationship between
speed and traffic elements; Design of Streets and Highways Infrastructure - Design
Control Criteria for highway alignment, geometry of highway elements; Highway Capacity -
Review, definition, factors affecting capacity and level of service, capacity of basic freeway
segment and two lane bi directional rural carriageways, capacity of signalized intersection,
design and operation, evaluation of weaving section; Design of Intersection and Inter
Changes - Intersection conflict, type of intersections, design of inter-section design elements,
ramp gradient, acceleration and deceleration lanes; Traffic Signal Control and Regulation -
Introduction, warrant for signal phasing, signal aspect and inter green period. Vehicle
actuated signal facilities, effect of traffic and environmental factors, optimization of signal
approach, Coordination of traffic signals, Area Traffic Control (ATC) system. Regulation of
speed, Parking regulation and enforcement; Street Infrastructure - Street lighting, vehicle
lighting, Lighting of carriageways, Guard rails, traffic signs, highway landscapes and drainage;
Traffic Management - Traffic management measures, Transport System Management (TSM)
techniques and its application, Impact of TSM techniques; Road Safety - Characteristics of
Road accidents. Planning & Road Design for Safety. Safety Audits (RSA) including RSA
Principles and Issues, RSA Procedures and RSA Checklists.
Faculty Dr. S. Velumurugan, Dr. Nishi Mittal, Subash Chand, Dr.J.Nataraju
 ENG (CRRI) 1-455 Advanced Highway Engineering Materials L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Soils and Aggregates : Production of Quality Aggregates,
Requirements of Aggregates for High Speed Road Corridors and Airfield Pavements,
Factors affecting Adhesion of Bitumen with different
Aggregate, Durability, Beneficiation of Marginal Materials, New Materials for Sub base and
Base Courses.
Materials for construction of concrete pavement.
Paving Bitumen: Composition, Structure and Rheology, Durability, Physical Constants,
Performance Based (SHRP) Specifications, Additives viz. Warm Mix Additives and Anti-
stripping Agent.
Value Added Bitumen Products: Specification of Multigrade Bitumen, Rubber and Polymer
Modified Bitumen, Bitumen Emulsion, Modified Bitumen Emulsions, Foam Bitumen,
Rejuvenating Agents, Pigmentable Bitumen, Fuels Resistant Bitumen, Cut-back Bitumen, Hard
Bitumen, Oxidized Bitumen, Sulphur Extended Bitumen. Stone matrix asphalt, cold mixes,
micro surfacing, mastic asphalt, porous asphalt, waste plastics.
Faculty Dr. P.K. Jain, Dr. Rakesh Kumar

ENG(CRRI) 1-457 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction to basic Geotechnical engineering: Sub soil investigation using
SPT, SCPT, DCPT and Plate load tests, analysis of data, shear strength,
consolidation characteristics, and settlement analysis.
Ground improvement Techniques: Soil improvement, dynamic compaction, Lime
stabilization, Cement stabilization, organic and inorganic stabilizers, , Blasting,
drains, Lime columns, Soil grouting, soft soils, embankments on soft soils, stage
construction Vertical sand drains, Prefabricated vertical drains (PVD), Fiber drains,
Instrumentation techniques, peizo-meters, settlement gauges, inclinometers, Field
tests on soft soils, Stone columns, wet and dry methods, soil nailing, pull out tests,
construction process, design methods, case studies.
Stability of slopes and earth retaining structures: Earthen embankments,
specifications, case histories, Finite and infinite slopes, Method of slices, Bishop’s
method, Factor of safety, submerged case, sudden draw-down case, steady
seepage case, long term and short term stability, gravity walls, cantilever walls.
Geosynthetic materials for highway applications: Geotextiles, woven, non-
woven, Geo ties, Geogrids, Properties, applications, Reinforced earth walls,
Mechanism, Reinforcement-soil interaction, Analysis and design checks, Internal
and external stability, Tests for soil reinforcement, Field applications, software
applications.
Environmental Geo-techniques: Utilization of Waste materials, Reduction of
carbon footprint, Hazardous waste containment, slurry wastes, Liners, Stability of
landfills, landfill construction, Design aspects, Barriers.
Faculty Dr. Vasant Havanagi, U.K.Guruvittal, A.K.Sinha
ENG (CRRI)1- 459 Research Methodology L-T-P-C
1-1-0-2
Syllabus Introduction to Research Methodology - Research terminology and the Scientific methods;
Designing and Implementing a research project - Types of Research; Measurements in
Research - Primary and Secondary data; Analysis of primary and secondary data
(quantitative
analysis); Communicating Research results; Case studies.
Professional Ethics - Ethics in Research – Plagiarism – Nuremberg code etc.
Communication skills – presentation – inter personal communication.
Faculty Dr. B. Kanagdurai

ENG (CRRI) 1-461 Laboratory - I

Traffic, Geotechnical Engineering and L-T-P-C
Highway Materials 0-0-4-2
Syllabus Traffic Engineering
Driver Diagnostics: Driver’s Performance Testing and Assessment for evaluating sensory-
motor behaviour of driver’s safe behaviour and practices.
Geotechnical Laboratory
Laboratory Tests - Consolidation Test, Direct shear tests, Relative density tests, CBR
test, Unconfined compression test, Durability tests
Field Tests - Boring, Standard Penetration Test, Dynamic Cone Penetration Test, Static
Cone Penetration Test, Plate Load Test.
Highway Materials
Tests on Aggregate, Bitumen, Modified bitumen, Cement and emulsions
Faculty Dr. Vasant Havanagi, Dr.Neelima Chakraborty, Satish Pandey,
 SEMESTER II

ENG(CRRI)1-452 Design and Construction of Pavements L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction: Types, components and comparison of pavements, Factors affecting
design/performance of pavements, Road and airport pavements; Stresses and deflections
in flexible pavements: Stresses and deflections in homogenous masses; layer theories;
wheel load stresses, ESWL computation, Repeated loads and EWL factors; sustained loads.
Transient traffic loads. Flexible pavement design methods; Stresses in rigid pavements:
Types of stresses and causes, general considerations in rigid pavement analysis, EWL; Rigid
pavement design: Design of CC pavements, Types of joints in cement concrete pavements
and their functions, joint spacing ; design of joint details; Equipment/Machinery in highway
construction: Equipments for excavation, grading and compaction. Equipments for
bituminous, cement concrete, stabilised and composite pavements. Earthwork construction,
problems, quality control aspects. Design factors; Flexible pavements: Specifications of
materials, choice, construction method and field control checks for various specifications of
sub-base, base, binder and surface course layers and mix design methods; Cement
concrete pavement layers: Specifications and method of cement concrete pavement
construction, quality control aspects; Drainage: Design and construction of drainage systems
for road pavements, drainage materials, procedures and guidelines. Maintenance of
pavements, shoulders and drainage; Hill Roads: Special problems in construction and
maintenance of hill roads; landslides, causes, investigations and remedial measures.
Faculty M.N. Naghabushana, Dr. Vasant Havanagi , Binod kumar

ENG(CRRI)1-454 Transportation Planning L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction to Transportation Planning: Introduction to transport planning practices,
transportation problem and problem domain in Indian context, objectives and constrains, flow
chart for transportation planning process.
Transportation Planning Process: Zoning & travel demand surveys, transportation planning
process-inventory, model building, forecasting and evaluation stages.
Trip Generation Models: Regression models, Category analysis, House hold models, Trip
attractions, Quick Response Techniques.
Trip Distribution Models: Trip distributions Models-Growth factor models, Gravity models,
Opportunity models.
Mode Choice Models: Utility maximisation theory, functional form, elasticity of demand,
modelling mode choice - probabilistic models such as probit, logit model etc.
Network Assignment Models: Elements of transport networks, shortest paths, All-or-Nothing
(AON) Assignment, equilibrium, user equilibrium (UE), stochastic user equilibrium (SUE), and
Frank Wolfe (FW) Algorithm and MSA algorithm.
Land Use Transportation Models: Location Models-Opportunity models, accessibility
models, lower based land use transportation models in practice, Lowry models.
Urban and Regional Mass Transport Planning: Introduction to Urban and Regional mass
transportation planning, planning for intermediate public transport (IPT)
Planning for non motorised transport: Issues of non motorised transport, planning for
bicycles, pedestrians and other slow moving vehicles.
Faculty Dr. Purnima Parida, Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Dr. E. Madhu
ENG(CRRI)1- 456 Laboratory - II
Pavement Engineering and Transportation Engineering L-T-P-C
0-0-4-2
Syllabus Pavement Evaluation
Benkelman beam deflection, Roughness measurement by Bump integrator, Dipstic, Modulus
measurements by Falling Weight Deflect meter, Collection of Road inventory data with
Network survey vehicle.
Bituminous mix design, Concrete mix design, Compression and flexural strength tests, Non
destructive tests for concrete.
Transportation Engineering
Testing and Evaluation of Retro-Reflective control Devices and High Security Registration
Plate for registration system for improving night time road safety.
Road Safety monitoring with Automatics Vehicle Counters cum Classifiers, Radar Gun and
Speed Gun devices.
Air pollution measurement, Noise measurement
Faculty Dr. Vasant Havanagi, Dr. Neeraj Sharma, Dr. J. Natraju
 Elective Courses
Elective I

ENG(CRRI) 2-454 Bridge and Tunnel Engineering L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Bridge engineering - Classification and components, Site investigation and planning of
bridge and tunnel. Design considerations- geometric, hydrological, scour, soil, loading.
Introduction to bridge codes. Analysis of bridges. Design of RC superstructure: Slab, T-
girder, box girders. Considerations for Integral bridges. Pre-stress concrete bridges-design
considerations, I-girder, box-girder bridges. Design of steel superstructure: truss, plate
girder, composite bridge decks.
Introduction to long span bridges - Cantilever, arch, cable stayed, suspension bridges.
Design of substructure and foundation: pier and abutments, wing walls and approaches.
Design of open, pile, well foundations. Design of appurtenances: bearing, expansion joints,
parapet/ crash barrier etc. Construction methods and quality control.
Tunnel engineering - Introduction to rock mechanics: engineering classification and
strength criteria, rock slope stability.
Tunneling - Feasibility, environmental impact, construction method, problems associated
with tunneling, construction subsidence. Design parameters, loading, ground condition in
tunneling, application stereographic projection, rock mass support interaction analysis,
stress distribution around opening, design of support system.
Faculty Dr. Lakshmy Parameswaran, Dr. R.K. Garg, Dr. Rajeev Goel
.

ENG(CRRI)1- 460 Transportation and Environment L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Sources of air pollution; road transport related air pollution; air pollution
meteorology; control of vehicular emissions in urban areas; role of public
transportation & non-motorized transport in improving urban air quality; traffic noise
and vibration and its mitigating measures; introduction to vehicular air & noise
pollution modeling; vehicular emissions loads estimation; measurement & analysis
of vehicular emissions; vehicular emission standards and norms; alternate fuels;
road transport and GHG emissions, environmental clearance for road & highway
projects in India; EIA requirements for highway projects.
Course-
Coordinator Dr. Anil Singh, Dr.Niraj Sharma
ENG(CRRI) 2-456 Public Transportation System L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Development of Public Transit System: Historical Growth, Modes of public
transport and comparison, public transport travel characteristics, technology of
bus, rail, rapid transit systems, basic operating elements.
Transit Network Planning: Objectives, principles, Intercity and Regional transit
system, considerations, transit lines – types, geometry and characteristics, transit
routes and their characteristics, timed transfer networks, prediction of transit
usage, network evaluation, accessibility considerations.
Transit Scheduling: Components, determination of service requirements,
scheduling procedure, marginal ridership, crew scheduling.
Transit Infrastructure Facilities: Design of bus stops, design of terminals –
principles of good layout, types of layout, depot location, twin depot concept, crew
facilities and amenities.
Transit Agency and Economics: Organisational structure of transit agency,
management and personnel, transit system statistics, performance and economic
measures, operations, fare structure.

Faculty Dr. Mukthi Advani

ENG(CRRI)2- 458 Health Monitoring of Road Infrastructure L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3

Syllabus Introduction : Measurement & Instrumentation Principles & Technologies,

Data Acquisition systems, Signal processing, Intelligent & Virtual
Instrumentation
Health Monitoring of Bridges:- Measurement of Parameters,
Sensors/Transducers technologies, Measurement & Health monitoring
Techniques: Vibration signal analysis, Strain gage based Instrumentation,
Destructive & Non destructive testing, Load Test, etc
Health Monitoring of Pavements: Structural and Functional Evaluation of
Pavement: Pavement Surface Defects, Skid Resistance, Pavement Deflection
using FWD, Benkelman Beam and condition survey using Modern
Instrumental Methods.
Faculty D.C .Sharma
 Elective II

ENG(CRRI)1-462 Geospatial Techniques for Infrastructure L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Definition and scope of geospatial technology, Techniques in geospatial
technology, Historical development of geospatial technologies. Introduction of
geographic information system (GIS) and Remote sensing techniques. Essential
components of GIS data acquition, Geo-referencing and Geo-reference
systems. GIS data: spatial and non-spatial, raster, metadata, Topology and
topological models; Spatial data acquisition; Data storage, RDBMS, database
operations; Spatial and non-spatial data editing functions;
Data acquisition and conversion techniques, data interpretation, query
development, spatial querying, spatial analysis, advanced analysis tools, model
design & development, customization issues, case studies in GIS applications in
infrastructure projects. Implementing GIS based Management Information; GPS
surveys applications to various projects. Digital Elevation Model (DEM).
Introduction to various GIS software.
Faculty A.Mohan Rao, Dr. Neelam Jain

ENG(CRRI)1-464 Economic Evaluation of Highway Projects L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Introduction to Highway Projects: National planning and project choice; Project definition
and formulation; Project appraisal and evaluation; Economic analysis.
Concepts of Economic Analysis: Cost-benefit, Cost-effectiveness analysis; Financial and
economic analysis; Salvage value; Environmental economics.
Project Evaluation: Stages involved in economic evaluation; Feasibility studies,
Techniques of economic evaluation; Project evaluation practices.
Determination of Costs: Total transportation costs – Construction cost; Road user costs;
Road maintenance cost; Evaluation of environment and congestion costs.
Valuation of benefits: Direct benefits - Savings in user cost, etc.; Indirect benefits -socio-
economic benefits, distributional benefits, etc.; Estimation of benefits from construction of
turnkey projects, rail/road over bridges, low volume rural roads and urban transportation
projects; Economic function of transportation projects; Economic evaluation using the
various benefits incidence Tables.
Comparing Costs and Benefits: Method of comparison – NPV, IRR, B/C ratio and other
methods; comparison of project alternatives; Risk and uncertainties; Application of HDM
and RED software.
Financial Analysis: Estimation of financial costs and returns; Financial aspects of BOT,
SPV projects; Determination of toll rates, annuity, etc.
Case Studies - Expressways, two/four lane highways, rural roads, urban roads, bridge
projects, bye-pass roads, urban transport projects.
Faculty .Dr. K. Ravinder, Dr. B.Kanagadurai, Dr. S. Velumurugan
ENG(CRRI)1-466 Advanced Concrete Technology L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3

Syllabus Concrete - Characterisation of ingredients. Concrete mix design. Concrete science (mixing,
transportation, placing and curing of concrete). Properties of fresh and hardened concrete.
New materials for concrete,
Quality control - Quality assurance of concrete. Durability of concrete.
Concrete technology- Sustainable construction.
Faculty Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Dr. VVLK Rao

ENG(CRRI)2-460 Transportation Logistics and operation L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Logistics, movement of good, inventory , procurement, ware housing, transportation
planning including urban and interregional goods transport, dedicated freight
corridors, integrated transport managements , operation, network, Management,
Transport Models, Transport Control and Telemetric, Public Transport, Project and
ITP, Transport Appraisal.
Faculty Dr. Ravindra Kumar
 Elective III

ENG(CRRI)2-462 Environmental Impact Assessment of L-T-P-C

infrastructure Projects 3-0-0-3

Syllabus Introduction and Scope- EIA, EIA and Sustainable Development, Environmental
Impacts of Infrastructure Projects. Introduction of applicability of Various
Environmental laws to EIA of Infrastructure Projects.
Salient Features of EIA Notification (Sep. 14th , 2006); Impact assessment -
Assessment of Impact on Air, Water, Soil and Ground Water, Noise, Biological
Environment and Socio-economic Environmental including Resettlement and
Rehabilitation (R&R) issues.
Environmental Assessment Methods and Techniques, Matrices, Network and
Checklist Methods. Prediction Technique for Quality of Environment
Attributes.Noise & Vehicular Pollution Modelling: Evaluation Methods.
Environmental Quality Standards - Regulations and Legislations; Control
measures - Management, Air & Noise Pollution Control & Preparation of
Environmental Management Plan (EMP) including Resettlement & Rehabilitation
(R&R) Aspects. Case Studies- EIA of Road, Buildings, Metro Rail & other
infrastructure Projects
Laboratory Experiments/ Field Studies Related to EIA Studies viz. Air Quality and
Noise Pollution Measurements, Water Quality Analysis& Traffic.
Faculty Dr.Niraj Sharma, Dr. Anil Singh, Dr. Anuradha Shukla

ENG(CRRI)1- 468 Soft Computing Techniques in L-T-P-C

Transportation Engineering 3-0-0-3

Syllabus Introduction to Neural Networks: Artificial Neuron and its models, activation
functions, Neural Network architecture, single layer and multilayer feed forward
networks, various learning techniques, convergence rules.
Neural Network Models: Architecture, perception models, Single ANN model,
Multi layer ANN model, back propagation learning models, effect of learning rules,
back-propagation algorithm, factors effecting back-propagation algorithm, Radial
basis function. Bayesian networks, Application of ANN models to traffic engineering
and transportation planning.
Introduction to Fuzzy Logic: Basic concepts of fuzzy logic, fuzzy sets, fuzzy set
theory and operations, Properties of fuzzy sets, Fuzzy and crisp relations.
Fuzzy logic Models: Membership functions, interference in fuzzy logic, fuzzy if
then rules, fuzzy implications and fuzzy algorithm, fuzzyfications and de-
fuzzyfications, fuzzy controllers. Applications of fuzzy logic in Traffic and
Transportation Planning.
Genetic Algorithm: Basic concepts, Procedure of GA, Genetic representations,
Initialization, genetic operators, mutation, generation, cycle. Applications related to
transportation engineering.
Hybrid Modeling Techniques: Integration of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and
Genetic Algorithms, Genetic Algorithm Based Back propagation Networks, Fuzzy
Back Propagation Networks.
Faculty Dr. E. Madhu, Dr. Ch. Ravisekhar
ENG(CRRI)2-464 Airport Planning, Design and Construction L-T-P-C
3-0-0-3
Syllabus Airport Planning and Design Aircraft characteristics related to airport design; Airport
configuration - runway configurations, relation of terminal area to runways, runway
orientation; Geometric design of the airfield - ICAO and FAA design standards,
runways, taxiways, holding aprons and aprons; Planning and design of the terminal
area - apron-gate system, size and number of gates, aircraft parking configurations,
the passenger terminal system; airport lighting and marking; air traffic control;
airport planning and air travel demand forecasting; Structural design of airfield
pavements.
Faculty R.K. Srivatsava, Dr. Devesh Tiwari, M.N. Nagabushana

ENG(CRRI)2-466 Disaster Resistant Road System L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3

Syllabus Introduction to various hazards/disasters, Basic concept and principles, Global &
Indian scenario on various disasters, Seismic evaluation of road infrastructures,
Concept of wind, cyclone and flood engineering for design of roads and bridges.
Mass movement hazard classification, hazard assessment, vulnerability & risk
analysis, instrumentation &monitoring, Risk reduction and mitigation strategies and
methods. Use of remote sensing and GIS techniques in mass movement studies.
Choice of construction methodology and sequence in disaster prone areas,
maintenance practices and their implementation.
Faculty Dr. Kishore Kumar, P.S.Prasad, Guruvittal, Dr. Lakshmy
 Core Courses
SEMESTER III

CRRI- 2-451 Pavement Evaluation Techniques and Management System L-T-P-C

3-0-0-3
Syllabus Pavement Evaluation
Evaluation of functional performance and serviceability of pavements, evaluation of
pavement structural capacity, distress types and causes, safety- skid resistance
etc., combined measures of pavement quality, data management.
Introduction to PMS - Prediction models for pavement deterioration, rehabilitation
and maintenance strategies, Framework for pavement design, characterization of
physical design inputs, basic structural response models, Intervention criteria for
maintenance planning, economic evaluation of alternate pavement design
strategies – selection of optimal design strategy, HDM – 4 & other tools, Pavement
life cycle assessment. Implementation of PMS, Asset Management.
Faculty K.Sitaramanjaneylu, Dr. Devesh Tiwari
CSIR-IICT
Process Engineering Science
Integrated M.Tech-PhD Program in Process Engineering Science

Semester-wise details of Course Work

SEMESTER I

Course No. Title L-T-P-C Credits

PES 611 Numerical methods and Process Modeling 3-1-0-3 3

PES 612 Advanced Separation Processes 4-0-0-3 3
PES 613 Reaction Technology 4-0-0-3 3
PES 711 Process Engineering 4-0-0-4 4
PES 614 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3-0-1-3 3
Total 16

SEMESTER II

Course No. Title L-T-P-C Credits

PES 621 Advanced Process Design 3-1-0-3 3

PES 622 Advanced Process Optimization 3-1-0-3 3
PES 721 Process Integration and Intensification 4-0-0-4 4
PES 623 Membrane Technology 3-0-1-3 3
PES 624 Advanced Process Monitoring and Control 4-0-0-3 3
Total 16

SEMESTER III

Course No. Title L-T-P-C Credits

PES 631 Research Methodology & Technical 4-0-0-3 3

Communication Skills
PES 63x Elective 4-0-0-3 3
PES 635 Project Proposal & Seminar 12
Total 18
 Electives in SEMESTER III

Course No. Title Credits

PES 632 Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Engineering 3

PES 633 Biochemical Engineering 3

SEMESTER IV

Course No. Title Credits

PES 641 Dissertation Seminar Final Presentation & viva voce 6

PES 642 Dissertation Report 14

Total 20
Brief Course Description: Process Engineering Science

PES 611: Numerical methods and Process Modeling : 3 Credits

Fundamentals of mathematical modeling
Chemical Process Modeling
Numerical methods
Process optimization
Process simulation using Software Packages

PES 612: Advanced Separation Processes : 3 Credits

Fundamentals of Separation Processes
Binary Separation Processes
Multi-component Separation Processes
Rate Based Separations
Hybrid Separations
Reactive Separations

PES 613 : Reaction Technology : 3 Credits

Homogeneous reactor design and analysis: Non-ideal reactors
Heterogeneous reactors for fluid-fluid systems: Kinetic evaluation and design
Heterogeneous reactors for fluid-solid systems: Kinetic evaluation and design
Novel Reactor Configurations

PES 711 : Process Engineering : 4 Credits

Process Route Selection
Process Flow sheeting
Process optimization
Process Equipment Design
Advanced Process Engineering Concepts

PES 614 : Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics : 3 Credits

Basic concepts of thermodynamics
Solution thermodynamics: Properties of mixtures
Phase equilibria: VLE, LLE, VLLE, SLE
Chemical reaction equilibria: Multi-reaction equilibria
Introduction to molecular and statistical thermodynamics

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PES 621 : Advanced Process Design : 3 Credits

Heat transfer equipment design

Mass transfer Equipment design
Reactor design
Process Instrumentation
Process Safety and Hazard analysis
Computer Aided Process Design

PES 622 : Advanced Process Optimization : 3 Credits

Unconstrained Optimization – single variable and multivariable

Linear programming
Nonlinear programming with constraints
Mixed Integer Programming
Global optimization
Optimization of heat transfer applications
Optimization of separation processes
Optimization for Chemical Reactor Design and Operation

PES 721 : Process Integration and Intensification : 4 Credits

Introduction to process integration and intensification

Heat Exchange Network Synthesis
Mass Exchange Network Synthesis
Reactor Network Synthesis
Equipment based Process Intensification
Method based Process Intensification

PES 623 : Membrane Technology : 3 Credits

Introduction to membrane separation processes

Membrane transport theories
Membrane preparation techniques
Design and analysis and industrial applications of membrane processes
Membrane reactors and membrane contactors

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PES 624 : Advanced Process Monitoring and Control : 3 Credits

Introduction to Advanced control systems

Controllability, Observability and Stability Analysis
State estimation and inferential control
Adaptive Control
Nonlinear Model based Control
Model predictive control with linear, nonlinear and data-driven models
Plant wide control
Fault detection and diagnosis

PES 631: Research Methodology & Technical Communication Skills

: 3 Credits
Literature review
Effective scientific writing & presentation
Intellectual property management
Research planning
Effective written and oral communication
Ethical issues

PES 632: Artificial Intelligence in Process Engineering : 3 Credits

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Data reduction and classification methods
Expert systems
Evolutionary optimization methods
Neural Networks - Concepts and Applications

PES 633: Biochemical Engineering : 3 Credits

Introduction to Biochemical Engineering

Fermentation processes – microbial & enzymatic
Bioprocess Modeling
Bioreactor design
Downstream processing operations

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List of Faculty Members : Process Engineering Science
Core Chemical Engineering Faculty
S. No. Name Designation

1 Dr. K Yamuna Rani Scientist-F

2 Dr. B Satyavathi Scientist-EI
3 Dr. S Sridhar Scientist-EI
4 (Dr.) Usha Virendra Scientist-F
5 (Dr.) T Prathap Kumar Scientist-EII
6 (Dr.) C Sumana Scientist-EI
7 Mr. K H V Prasad Scientist-F
8 Mr. P Anand Scientist-C

Additional Faculty Members enrolled in

Engineering Science from various divisions: 8

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CSIR-IIP
Advanced Automotive Technology
 Advanced Automotive Technology

Semester-wise Programme Outline

I SEMESTER II SEMESTER

C. No. Course Name Credits C. No. Course Name Credits

ENG(IIP): Advanced 3 ENG(IIP): Automotive Lubricants 3

3-610 3- 614
Thermodynamics

ENG(IIP): Internal Combustion Engines 3 ENG(IIP): Automotive Emissions & 3

2-611 3- 615 Fuel Quality

ENG(IIP): Analytical Methods 4 ENG(IIP): Automotive Test Equipments 3

2- 593 3- 616 & Procedure
used in Petroleum
Industry

ENG(IIP): Tribology & Tribo- 3 ENG(IIP): Alternative Fuels 3

2- 612 component Design 2- 617

ENG(IIP): Chemistry of Lubricants 3 ENG(IIP): Renewable Energy 4

2- 613 2- 594

Total Credits 16 Total Credits 16

III SEMESTER IV SEMESTER

C. No. Course Name Credits C. No. Course Name Credits

ENG(IIP): Elective Courses 2 Thesis Report 10

3- 6xx

ENG(IIP): Research Methodology 1

1- 623

ENG(IIP): Seminar on Special Topic 2 Thesis Viva Voce 10

3- 624 (Opted by Student)

ENG(IIP): Thesis Proposal Seminar & 12

3- 625 Report

Total Credits 17 Total Credits 20

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 Course Description

Course No: ENG(IIP): 3-610

L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Advanced Thermodynamics for Mechanical Engineers – 3 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Dr. Jasvinder Singh
List of Faculty: Dr. Jasvinder Singh, Dr. S K Singhal, Sh. A K Jain, Dr. M. O. Garg

Course Description
Basic concepts
P-V-T behavior of pure liquids; Application of thermodynamic Laws to real processes.
Applications of equations of state; thermodynamic property calculations for fluid mixtures,
Gibb’s & Helmholtz functions. Available & non-available energy, Irreversability

Thermodynamics of flow systems

Fundamental flow equation, Flow meters, thermodynamic analysis of flows in pipes, nozzles,
and compressors, fluid temperature change and its measurement at high velocities.

Heat Engines & Chemical Kinetics

Thermodynamic Relationships, Clausius-Clapeyron Equation; Liquefaction of Gases, The
Joule-Thomson Effect, Inversion Point on p-v-T Surface for Water; Rankine Cycle,
Efficiency of an Internally Reversible Heat Engine; Chemical Kinetics: Reaction Rates, Rate
Constant for Reaction, k, Chemical Kinetics of NO, The Effect of Pollutants formed through
Chemical Kinetics
Thermodynamics of Combustion
Combustion of Hydrocarbon Fuels, Energy Equations, Chemistry of Combustion, Bond
Energies and Heats of Formation, Enthalpy of Reaction, Chemical Equilibrium and
Dissociation, Gibbs Energy, Stoichiometry, Van't Hoff Relationship, Dissociation
Calculations, Effect of Dissociation & Fuel on Composition of Products, Combustion and
Flames: Explosion Limits, Flames, Flammability Limits, Ignition, Diffusion Flames, Engine
Combustion Systems
Irreversible Thermodynamics & Fuel Cells
Introduction, Definition of Irreversible or Steady State Thermodynamics, Entropy Flow and
Entropy Production, Thermodynamic Forces and Thermodynamic Velocities, Onsager's
Reciprocal Relation, The Calculation of Entropy Production or Entropy Flow,
Thermoelectricity, Electric Cells, Fuel Cells, Efficiency of a Fuel Cell, Thermodynamics of
Cells Working in Steady State, Diffusion and Heat Transfer

• Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Lectures

Dr. Jasvinder Singh Sr. Technical officer (3) 20
Dr S K Singhal/ Sh A K Jain Chief Scientist 16
Dr. M. O. Garg Director 4

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 Course No: ENG(IIP): 2-611
L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Internal Combustion Engines – 3 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Dr. S. K. Singal
List of Faculty: Dr. S. K. Singal, Sh. A. K. Jain, Sh. Sunil Kumar Pathak, Sh. Devendra
Singh, Dr. B. P. Pundir (External).

Course Description
Classification of Engines; Four and Two Stroke Engines, Auto and Diesel Cycles. SI
Engines: Basic layout, Combustion characteristics, Ignition limits, P-Ɵ diagram. CI Engines:
Ignition delay, Combustion characteristics, Pre-mixed and diffusion combustion, P- Ɵ
diagram.
Injection Systems: In-line injection system, Rotary and unit injector.
Induction and Exhaust Systems: Induction and Exhaust Manifold configuration.
Valves and Camshaft: Valve timing diagrams, operating conditions, valve overlap, cam
design.
Super charging and turbo charging: Super charging cycle, gas exhaust process.
Simulation and modelling of IC engines.

• Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Lectures

Dr. S. K. Singal Chief Scientist 10
Sh. A. K. Jain Chief Scientist 10
Sh. Sunil Kumar Pathak Sr. Scientist 5
Sh. Devendra Singh Scientist 5
Dr. B. P. Pundir Ex. Prof. IIT Kanpur 10
(External)

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 Course No: ENG(IIP): 2- 593
L-T-P-C: 2-0-4-4
Course Title: Analytical Methods used in Petroleum Industry – 4 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Dr. Y. K. Sharma
List of Faculty: Dr. S. S. Ray, Sh. A. Majhi, Sh. Pankaj Kumar Kanojia, Dr. R. C. Chauhan,
Sh. Sarabhjeet Singh.

Course Description
Standard procedures: Principles, procedures and significance of ASTM/IP/UOP/IS test
methods for evaluation and analysis of crude oil and its products; Atmospheric distillation
(ASTM D 86); Vacuum distillation; Simulated distillation; True Boiling Point (TBP)
distillation; Separation Methods: Chromatography; Gas Chromatography; Liquid
Chromatography and Super Fluid Critical Chromatography (SFC); Spectroscopic techniques:
Applications of ultra violet spectroscopy (UV); flourier transform infrared (FTIR); Nuclear
Magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and Mass spectroscopy to petroleum products
analysis; Elemental analysis: C, H, O, N and S; Metal analysis: Microanalysis; Xray
fluorescence; plasma spectroscopy and atomic absorption spectroscopy; All the methods will
be complemented with practical work in Laboratories.

• Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Lectures

Dr. Y. K. Sharma Senior Principal Scientist 10
Dr. S. S. Ray Senior Principal Scientist 10
Sh. Pankaj Kumar Kanojia Scientist 9
Dr. R. K. Chauhan Sr. Technical officer (3) 5
Sh. Sarabhjeet Singh Sr. Technical officer (3) 3
Dr. A. Majhi Scientist 3

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 Course No: ENG(IIP): 2- 612
L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Tribology and Tribo – Component Design – 3 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Sh. G. D. Thakre
List of Faculty: Sh. G. D. Thakre, Sh. B. M. Shukla.

Course Description
Introduction to Tribology: Friction and Wear; Surface phenomena, nature of surface and
contact, surface interaction and friction. Effect of lubricants and surface films. Theory of
friction. Mechanism of wear, types of wear – adhesive, abrasive, fatigue, corrosive etc. with
reference to machine elements and subcomponents like bearings, clutches, brakes etc.
Minimization of wear. Wear tests and testing machines. Basic principles of lubrication,
lubrication theories; Hydrostatic, boundary, hydrodynamic and elasto-hydrodynamic
lubrication. Generalized Reynolds equation, flow and shear stress. Lubricants: types and
properties. Effective machinery lubrication, Machine fault detection through lubricant
analysis. Laboratory practical on Tribology.
Tribo-component design: Tribologically relevant properties of materials, friction materials
and their application in clutch and brake linings. Antifriction/plain bearing materials, wear
resistant materials. Surface modification techniques. Materials for specific applications eg.
Gears, Seals, hydraulic components etc. Design, application and selection of various types of
bearings – sliding and rolling element bearings. Mechanism of hydrodynamic instability.
Dynamic characteristics of hydrodynamic journal bearings. Concept of air and magnetic
bearings. Design and performance evaluation of Engine components, clutches, brakes seals
etc. Application of soft computing techniques. Mini project/seminar on design and
simulation.

• Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Lectures

Sh. G. D. Thakre Scientist 30
Sh. B. M. Shukla Chief Scientist 10

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 Course No: ENG(IIP): 2- 613
L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Chemistry of Lubricants – 3 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Dr. O. P, Khatri
List of Faculty: Dr. O. P. Khatri, Dr. R. K. Singh.

Course Description
Introduction to Lubrication: Fundamentals, Boundary Lubrication phenomena, Lubricants,
Types of Lubricants, Base Oils from Petroleum, Bio-lubricants, Synthetic Oils, Ionic Liquids,
Solid Lubricants, Lubricant Additives, Antioxidants, Dispersants, Detergents, Rust and
Corrosion Inhibitors, Foam Inhibitors, Pour Point Depressants, Anti-Wear Agents and
Extreme Pressure Additives, Multi-functional Additives, Formulation of Automotive
Lubricants, Automotive Lubricant Specifications, Standard Tests for Lubricants, Lubricant
and Environment.

• Distribution of Lectures
Name Designation No. of Lectures
Dr. O. P. Khatri Senior Scientist 20
Dr. A. K. Chatterjee Chief Scientist 5
Dr. S. L. Jain Senior Scientist 3
Dr. R.K. Singh Junior Scientist 8
Sh. O.P. Sharma (Lab.) Technical Assistant 5

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 Course No: ENG(IIP): 3- 614
L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Automotive Lubricants – 3 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Sh. Devendra Singh
List of Faculty: Sh. Nishan Singh, Dr. A. K. Chaterjee, Dr. Manoj Srivastava,
Sh. G. D. Thakre, Sh. S. K. Chibber (External)

Course Description
Introduction and Fundamentals of Automotive lubricants; Crude oil Scenario; Vacuum
Distillation; Modern refining process; Base oils classifications; characterization of Base oils;
Additive types and Significance; Lubricant formulations; Additives for bio-lubricants; Novel
additives
Introduction to fluid dynamics; Lubrication fundamentals; Characteristics of principal
lubrication system; Basics of engine friction; Stribeck curve; Engine friction measurement
methods; Application of Reynolds equation for Piston ring assembly friction (PRA);
Significance of engine oil consumption; Mechanism of oil consumption; Influence of engine
lubricant composition on Oil consumption; Influence of engines on Oil consumption; Types
of engine deposits based on temperature; Significance and methodology of Deposit Rating;
Rating of engine deposits as per CRC methods
Tribological concepts of engine wear; Adhesive, Corrosive and Abrasive wear of
Ring/cylinder/Piston; Running-in; Significance of wear metal analysis; Engine lubricant
additives requirement
Physico-chemical characteristics of engine lubricants; Engine lubricant qualification
methodology; Engine Oil Specification (API/ ILSAC/ ACEA/ BIS) and Current performance
levels; Engine lubricant’s composition effect on emissions & fuel economy;
Introduction to Gears lubricants and greases; Additives requirements for Gear lubricants;
Gear Lubricants and Greases additive chemistry, formulations & significance; Gear lubricant
specifications and Gear lubricant testing (Standard tests); Grease specifications and current
trends; Wear mechanism in gear; Gear distress rating as per CRC

• Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Lectures

Sh. Devendra Singh Scientist 15
Sh. Nishan Singh Chief Scientist 6
Sh. S. K. Chibber External 5
Dr. A. K. Chaterjee Chief Scientist 4
Dr. Manoj Srivastava Principal Scientist 5
Sh. G. D. Thakre Scientist 5

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 Course No: ENG(IIP): 3- 615
L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Automotive Emissions & Fuel Quality – 3 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Sh. A. K. Jain
List of Faculty: Sh. A. K. Jain, Dr. S. K. Singal, Sh. Sunil Kumar Pathak, Dr. B. P. Pundir
(External).

Course Description
Automotive Emissions:
Automotive engine types, combustion processes and exhaust emissions from S.I. and C.I.
engines, sources of engine/vehicle emissions, emissions and pollutants, photochemical smog,
emission formation in SI and CI engines, mechanisms of NOx formation, mechanisms of CO
and HC formation, mechanisms of formation of soot and PM, effect of engine design and
operating variables on emissions, emission control by engine design variables, crankcase
emission control, evaporative emission control, exhaust gas recirculation and water injection
for control of engine-out emissions, SI engine exhaust after treatment by oxidation and three-
way catalytic converters, advanced catalysts for HC control, lean de-NOx catalysts, NOx
storage catalyst, SCR catalysts, catalyst deactivation and poisoning, emission control in CI
engines including electronic fuel injection systems, turbo charging, control of oil
consumption, diesel oxidation catalysts, NSR and SCR catalyst systems, diesel particulate
filters, CRT system, emission norms for various categories of vehicles, summary of trends in
emission control technology, air pollution due to automotive exhaust, consequences of
greenhouse effect and ozone problem, health impacts of air pollution
Automotive Fuel Quality:
Motor Gasoline- antiknock quality, distillation, density, RVP, oxidation and storage stability,
hydrocarbon composition, sulphur content, oxygenates, reformulated gasoline, trends in
gasoline specifications, emission related properties and their effect on exhaust emissions,
multi-functional additives and their benefits. Diesel- ignition quality, distillation range,
density, viscosity, chemical composition, sulphur content, lubricity, trends in diesel
specifications, emission related properties and their effect on exhaust emissions

• Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Lectures

Sh. A. K. Jain Chief Scientist 15
Dr. S. K. Singal Chief Scientist 10
Dr. B. P. Pundir Ex. Prof. IIT Kanpur 10
(External)
Sh. Sunil Kumar Pathak Sr. Scientist 5

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 Course No: ENG(IIP): 3- 616
L-T-P-C: 2-0-2-3
Course Title: Automotive Test Equipments and Procedures – 3 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Sh. Robindro L
List of Faculty: Sh. Robindro L, Sh. Wittison Kamei.

Course Description
Introduction: Engine testing and Vehicle Testing, Regulated, Un-regulated exhaust
emissions, Emission Legislations, Indian Emission regulations, Test parameters i.e. Fuel,
Emission Limits.
Engine dynamometer: working principles and types, Chassis dynamometers: Control
strategy, types and application, Measurement devices and conditioning systems: Fuel
balancer, Fuel mass flowmeter, Oil consumption meter, Air consumption meter, Temperature
control systems, Smokemeter, Opacimeter.
Exhaust emission measurement systems: Raw & Diluted emissions, Classification of
analysers (FID,CLD,NDIR,PMD) & their working principles, Portable emission analysers.
Dilution systems: Full flow & Partial flow system, Particulate matters (PM) measurement,
Engine test procedure: Test cycles, Steady State (13 mode), Transient Cycle (ETC), Load
Response (ELR), Particulate Sampling, Vehicle test procedure: Test cycles, Coast down,
constant speed test.
Calibration of emission measurement systems: analysers, constant volume sampler (CVS),
Particulate system, calibration checks for engine dynamometer load cells, chassis
dynamometer load cells.
Test start and operation: Test flow diagrams, Auxiliary equipments, Test conditions &
preparations, Equipment operation, handling and maintenance.
PRACTICAL:
Engine dynamometer, Smokemeter, Fuel Balancer, Portable emission analyser, emission
analysers (FID, CLD, NDIR of old AMA-2000 bench).

• Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Lectures

Sh. Robindro.L Scientist 20
Sh. Wittison Kamei Scientist 10

Course No: ENG(IIP): 2- 617

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 L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Alternative Fuels – 3 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Sh. S. K. Pathak
List of Faculty: Dr. S. K. Singal, Sh. S. K. Pathak, Sh. Vijayanad, Dr. Neeraj Atrey, Dr. Anil
Sinha.

Course Description
Overview of Energy, Global and Indian energy scene, fuel resources and environmental
policies; Conventional Fuels: Introduction, liquid and gaseous fuels and desirable properties
of good IC engine fuels; Alternative fuels- General aspects, type of fuels and technical and
policy challenges.

Alcohols: Methanol and Ethanol - Production, properties and application in engines, Ethanol
and Gasoline blends and its application in vehicles, Ethanol and diesel blends and its
application in C I engines; Butanol - Production, its application in SI and CI engines;
Vegetable oils: Production and its application as I C engine fuel; Bio-diesel- Production and
its properties; Bio-diesel- Application in engines/vehicles, F T diesel.

LPG: Conventional and new techniques of Production, Domestic and automotive fuel
Properties, conversion system and technological advances, engine modifications, Regulatory
codes, Performance and emissions, safety issues. Natural gas: Conventional and new
techniques of Production, Automotive fuel properties, gas conversion system, First
generation to third generation, engine modification, Regulatory codes, Performance and
emissions, safety issues. Hydrogen: Conventional and new techniques of Production,
properties, Induction Techniques for Hydrogen application in SI engines and CI engines;
H2+Natural gas(HCNG), HCNG Properties; HCNG- conversion system; Regulatory codes;
HCNG: Performance and emissions. Bio gas: Production and Properties, Bio gas-
Application in engines/vehicles, NH3- Production and properties; NH3- Application in
engines/vehicles, Producer gas- potential as I C engine application. DME: Production and
properties, DME application in engine and technical issues and review of the work research
and development carried out in the world

Alternative energy application for propulsion: Electrical vehicles, Hybrid vehicles,

solar energy and solar powered vehicles, Fuel cell basics and type of fuel cells, Fuel cell
vehicles. Miscellaneous: Alternative fuel powered vehicle evaluation as per Tap document,
CMVR: Laboratory methods, Field Tests, Future Policy frame work for Alternative fuelled
vehicles, Comparison of different alternative fuels based on vehicle usage and economics

• Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Lectures

Dr. S K Singal Chief Scientist 5
Sh S K Pathak Senior Scientist 14
Sh Vijyanand Principal Scientist 7
Dr. Neeraj Atray Senior Scientist 7
Dr Anil Sinha Principal Scientist 2
Sh S K Pathak(Lab.) Senior Scientist 5

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 Course No: ENG(IIP): 2- 594
L-T-P-C: 3-0-2-4
Course Title: Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies – 4 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Dr S Kaul
List of Faculty: Dr. S. Kaul, Dr. T. Bhaskar, Dr. D. K. Adhikari, Dr. A Sinha, Dr. Ajay
Kumar, Dr. Neeraj Atrey, Sh. D. V. Naik, Sh. Dinesh Bangwal.

Course Description
Introduction to renewable energy technologies; Energy scenarios and perspectives - past,
present and future Non-renewable and renewable energy sources; description of renewable
sources and their importance, current status, potential and future trends, renewable energy
options for immediate and future directions. Technologies for biomass energy conversion i.e.,
pyrolysis, gasification, combustion, trans-esterification; fermentations, thermo-chemical
conversions, value-added products from pyrolysis, thermal and catalytic methods for the
upgrading of biomass; bio-refining products and applications. Solar energy sources,
measurements, interconversions; Passive solar - architectural design, solar collectors; Solar
energy conversion - photosynthesis and artificial photosynthesis; Photo-voltaic-
semiconductor properties, performance criteria, manufacturing, economics; PV systems -
installation, data collection and analysis. Historical background of wind resources - wind
speeds and wind energy principles; Wind Turbines - system components, Environment
Impact on applications. Ocean energy potential against wind and solar; Wave characteristics
and statistics; Wave energy devices; Tide characteristics and statistics; Tide energy
technologies; Ocean thermal energy; Osmotic power; Ocean bio-mass Geothermal
Resources; Geothermal Technologies; Applications; Sustainable sources of hydrogen; Fuel
cell technologies; Hydrogen storage and distribution; Applications and feasibility assessment;
Science, technology and policy of energy conservation; Strategies for enhancing role of
renewable energy.

• Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Lectures

Dr. Savita Kaul Principal Scientist 12
Dr. T. Bhaskar Senior Scientist 7
Dr. D. K. Adhikari Chief Scientist 5
Dr. Anil Sinha Principal Scientist 3
Dr. Ajay Kumar Scientist 3
Dr. Neeraj Atray Senior Scientist 3
Mr. D. V. Naik (Lab.) Scientist 3
Sh. Dinesh Bangwal (Lab.) Senior Technical Officer 3 4

Course No: ENG(IIP): 3- 6xx

L-T-P-C: 1-0-0-1

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 Course Title: Research Methodology – 1 Credits

Course Description
Introduction; Research terminology and the scientific methods; Laboratory practices,
discipline and safety practices; Types of Research; Research process and steps; Identifying a
research problem; Literature survey and appreciation of existing literature; Conception of
novel approach to solve the problem; Role of modelling and simulation; Design of
experiment; Quantitative methods of data analysis; Qualitative analysis; Communicating
Research results; Ethics in research. Case studies

Electives:

Faculty Course No Title Credits

Dr. S. K. Singal ENG(IIP): 3- Modelling and Simulation 2
618
Sh. G. D. Thakre ENG(IIP): 3- Maintenance Engineering 2
619
Sh. Pankaj Arya ENG(IIP): 3- Industrial and Domestic Combustion 2
620
Dr. S. K. Singal ENG(IIP): 3- Homogeneous Charged Compression 2
621 Ignition (HCCI) Engines
External Faculty ENG(IIP): 3- Engine and Vehicle Design 2
622

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CSIR-IIP
Advanced Petroleum Science and Technology
Semester-wise Programme Outline

I SEMESTER II SEMESTER

C. No. Course Name Credits C. No. Course Name Credits

APST601 Petroleum Refining 3 APST703 Catalysis in Petroleum 4
and Petrochemicals Refining

APST602 Hydrocarbon 3 APST704 Advanced Separation 3

Chemistry Processes

APST 701 Advanced APST705 Advanced Conversion 3

Thermodynamics 3 Processes

APST 702 Chemical Reaction 3 APST 603 Renewable Energy

Engineering Conversion Technologies 4

APST 603 Analytical Methods 4 APST 610 Seminar on Special Topic 2

used in Petroleum (Offered by Mentors)
Industry

Total Credits 16 Total Credits 16

III SEMESTER IV SEMESTER

C. No. Course Name Credits C. No. Course Name Credits

APST 7xx Elective Courses 3 APST731 Thesis Report 10

APST 501 Research Methodology 1

APST 720 Seminar on Special Topic APST732 Thesis Viva Voce

(Opted by Student) 2 10

APST 730 Thesis Proposal Seminar

and Report 12

Total Credits 18 Total credits 20

 Course Description

Course No: APST-601

L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Introduction to Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals-
3 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Dr A K Chatterjee
List of Faculty : Dr A K Chatterjee, Dr R C Saxena, Dr D Tandon (Ex IIP), Dr
T Bhaskar, Dr S M Nanoti, Dr H B Goyal (Ex IIP), Dr A K Gupta (Ex IIP)

Petroleum Refining:
 Primary operations: Gas and liquid separations; Treatment of crude oil
before transportation; Transportation of crude oil; Pretreatment of Crude;
Crude distillation: atmospheric operations ; vacuum operations;
Secondary Operations: Catalytic cracking; hydro cracking; Visbreaking;
Coking; Reforming; Hydro treating; Solvent treating

Petrochemicals:
 Basic Building blocks; Gases; Liquids; C1-Chemistry; Petrochemicals
from n-paraffins; Olefins production; Petrochemicals from olefins;
Petrochemicals from aromatics; Polymer chemistry; Polymer products;
Synthetic fibers; Synthetic rubber; Refinery - Petrochemical Integration,
Future Prospects

 Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of

Lectures
Dr A K Chatterjee Chief Scientist 20
Dr. R C Saxena Senior Technical Officer (3) 6
Dr. D Tandon Ex IIP 5
Dr. T Bhaskar Senior Scientist 4
Dr.S M Nanoti Chief Scientist 2
Dr. A K Gupta Ex IIP 4
Dr H B Goyal Ex IIP 5
Course No: APST 602
L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Hydrocarbon Chemistry- 3 credits
Coordinating Faculty: Dr Suman Lata Jain
List of Faculty: Dr Bir Sain, Dr Suman L Jain

General Introduction: Localized Chemical Bonding, Delocalized Chemical

Bonding, Bonding Weaker than Covalent, Carbonium ion, Carbanions and Free
Radicals, Acid and Bases.

Chemistry of Petroleum Refining Processes: Chemistry of Crude Oil, Chemistry

of Thermal Cracking Processes (Chemistry of Thermal Cracking, Visbreaking,
Coking and Steam Cracking Processes), Chemistry of Catalytic Cracking
Processes (Chemistry of Catalytic Cracking, Fluid Catalytic Cracking , Hydro
cracking and Steam Hydrocarbon Reforming Processes), Chemistry of Reforming
Process (Chemistry of Thermal Reforming and Catalytic Reforming Processes),,
Chemistry of Alkylation process, Chemistry of Isomerization Process, Chemistry
of Desulfurization Processes (Chemistry of LPG Sweetening and Related
Processes, Chemistry of Hydrodesulphurization Process).

Chemistry of Petrochemical Processes: Introduction to Petrochemicals

(Feedstock for Petrochemicals, Integration of Refining with Petrochemicals,
Structure of Petrochemical Complex), Chemistry of Alkylation Reactions and their
Applications in Petrochemical Industry, Chemistry of Oxidation and Oxygenation
Reactions and their Applications in Petrochemical Industry, Chemistry of
Carbonylation Reactions and their Applications in Petrochemical Industry,
Chemistry of Halogenation, Sulphonation, Nitration reactions and their
Applications in Petrochemical Industry, Chemistry of Olefin Metathesis Reaction
and its Applications in Petrochemicals, Utilization of CO2 for Production of Value
Added Chemicals, Challenges and Management of CO2 in Petroleum Refining

 Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Lectures

Dr. Bir Sain Emeritus Scientist 36
Dr. Suman L Jain Senior Scientist 4
Course No: APST 701
L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Advanced Thermodynamics – 3 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Dr. Jasvinder Singh
List of Faculty: Dr. Jasvinder Singh, Dr M O Garg

Course Description

Basic concepts
P-V-T behavior of pure liquids; Application of thermodynamic Laws to real
processes. Applications of equations of state; thermodynamic property calculations
for fluid mixtures using the generalized correlation’s based on the viral equation of
state; properties of fluid mixtures using Redlich-Kwong equation of state and
Pitzer’s correlation’s; VLE and flash calculations using the Redilich – Kwong
equation of state.

Multicomponent and multiphase systems

Criterion of phase equilibrium; Ideal solutions and use of Roult’s Law to generate
P-X-Y and t-x-y diagrams for ideal solutions; flash calculations for ideal solutions;
non ideal behavior, partial properties; Gibb’s – Duhem equation; fugacity and
fugacity coefficient for pure components and for species in solution; calculations
of fugacity coefficient using generalized correlation; the excess Gibbs energy;
Lewis – Randall rule – activity coefficients from vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE )
data. Analysis of Azeotrops; Miscible, partially miscible and immiscible systems;

Solution thermodynamics
Fundamental residual – property relation and fundamental excess – property
relation; evaluation of partial properties and property changes of mixing;
equilibrium and stability; stability requirement for binary vapor-liquid equilibrium;
VLE of systems of limited liquid phase miscibility. The nature of Phase
equilibrium; the phase rule, Duhem’s theorem; description of phase diagrams; low-
pressure VLE from correlation of data – equations of Margules, van Laar, Wilson,
UNIQUAC, UNIFAC; dew-point and bubble – point calculations; flash
vaporization calculations; ideal solute behaviour based on Henry’s law.

Chemical reaction equilibrium

Reaction co-ordinate; equilibrium criteria for chemical reactions; equilibrium
constant and the effect of temperature; temperature and pressure effects on
conversion; Duhem’s theorem for reacting systems; simple examples of multi-
reaction equilibrium.

Thermodynamics of flow systems

Fundamental flow equation, Flow meters, thermodynamic analysis of flows in
pipes, nozzles, and compressors, fluid temperature change and its measurement at
high velocities.

 Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Lectures

Dr. Jasvinder Singh Senior Technical Officer (3) 36
Dr. M O Garg Director 4
Course No: APST 702
L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Chemical Reaction Engineering - 3 Credits
Coordinating Faculty: Sudip K Ganguly
List of Faculty: Sudip K Ganguly

Course Description
An overview of Chemical Reaction Engineering; Reaction Kinetics; Interpretation
of Batch Reactor Data; Introduction to Reactor Design: Batch, CSTR, PFR, and
Semi-Batch Reactors; Design of Reactors: Single Reactions, Parallel Reactions and
Multiple Reactions; Choice of Right Reactor Type: Heuristics Rules; Langmuir
Hinshelwood treatment for obtaining Rate Law: Basics of Mechanistic Kinetics;
Case studies of Mechanistic Kinetics; Heterogeneous Systems; Residence Time
Distribution Studies: RTD Theory; Axial Dispersion Model and N Tank Series
Models. Case studies on reaction kinetics based on petroleum refining operations
like Hydrodesulphurization; Isomerisation; Reforming; Concepts of DOE and
parameter estimation.

 Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of Units

Sudip K Ganguly Principal Scientist 40
Course No: APST 603
L-T-P-C: 2-0-4-4
Course Title: Analytical Techniques in Refineries – 4 Credits
Course Coordinator: Dr Y K Sharma
List of faculty members: Dr S S Ray, Dr R C Chauhan, Shri Pankaj K Kanaujia,
Shri A Majhi, Shri Sarabhjeet Singh

Course Description
Standard procedures: Principles, procedures and significance of ASTM/IP/UOP/IS
test methods for evaluation and analysis of crude oil and its products; Atmospheric
distillation (ASTM D 86); Vacuum distillation; Simulated distillation; True Boiling
Point (TBP) distillation; Separation Methods: Chromatography; Gas
Chromatography; Liquid Chromatography and Super Fluid Critical
Chromatography (SFC); Spectroscopic techniques: Applications of ultra violet
spectroscopy (UV); flourier transform infrared (FTIR); Nuclear Magnetic
resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and Mass spectroscopy to petroleum products
analysis; Elemental analysis: C, H, O, N and S; Metal analysis: Microanalysis; X-
ray fluorescence; plasma spectroscopy and atomic absorption spectroscopy; All the
methods will be complemented with practical work in Laboratories.

Distribution of Lectures

Name Designation No. of

Units
Dr. Y K Sharma Senior Principal Scientist 10
Dr. S S Ray Senior Principal Scientist 13
Dr Pankaj K Kanaujia Scientist 9
Dr R K Chauhan Senior Technical Officer (3) 5
Shri Sarabhjeet Singh Senior Technical Officer (3) 3
(Practicals)
Dr.A Majhi Scientist 2
Course No: APST 703
L-T-P-C: 2-1-2-4
Course Title: Catalysis in Petroleum Refining – 4 Credits
Course Coordinator: Dr S Tripathi
List of Faculty: Prof D K Chakraborty (External Faculty); Dr N Viswanadham; Dr
R Bal; Shri P Vijayanand; Dr A Sinha; Dr N Atheya; Dr S Tripathi; Dr VVDN
Prasad; Dr T V Rao
Total Units: 45

Course Description
Introduction to Catalysis and Basic Definitions, Principles of Adsorption and
Desorption, Physical Adsorption – Types of Isotherms, Thermodynamics of
Adsorption, Chemisorption, Geometrical, Electronic and Energetic Factors in
Catalysis, Chemical Nature of Catalysts, Fundamentals of Catalytic Kinetics and
Kinetic Models, Diffusion in Catalysis, Gaseous, Liquid and Surface Diffusion,
Catalysis by Metals and Semiconducting Solids, Clean Metal Surface,
Fundamentals of Catalyst Preparation, Poisoning and Regeneration of Catalysts.

Catalysis by Metals; Bulk vs. Supported Catalysts; Catalytic Materials – Molecular

Sieves and Zeolites; Catalytic Materials - Mesoporous Materials; Catalytic
Materials - Pillared Clays; Catalyst Preparation Techniques; Catalyst
Characterization Techniques; Role of Surface Science in Catalysis; Catalytic
Processes – Hydro cracking; Catalytic Processes – Hydro treating; Practical
(Hydro treating Lab); Catalytic Processes - FCC/DCC; Catalysis for Clean Fuels –
Photo catalysis; Catalysis for Clean Fuels – Electro catalysis; Catalysis for Clean
Fuels – Fischer-Tropsch Catalysis; Catalysis for Clean Fuels – Methane to
Hydrogen; Catalyst Deactivation, Poisoning, Sintering, Coke Formation and
Regeneration; Catalytic Processes - Reforming, Isomerization and Alkylation

Practicals: Catalyst Characterization; Catalyst preparation; Hydro treating Lab;

FCC Pilot plant; Reforming; GTL; Oxidation Catalysis.
Distribution of Lectures

Faculty Designation Number of

Units
Prof D K Chakrabarty ( Ext) Ex IITB 10
Dr N Viswanadham Principal Scientist 5
Dr R R Bal Scientist 5
P Vijayanand Principal Scientist 4
Dr A K Sinha Principal Scientist 4
Dr S Tripathi Scientist 4
Dr N Atheya Senior Principal Scientist 3
Dr V V D N Prasad Senior Scientist 2
Dr T V Rao Senior Scientist 1
Course No: APST 704
L-T-P-C: 2-0-2-3
Course Title: Advanced Separation Processes-3 Credits
Course Coordinator: Dr A. Nanoti
List of Faculty: Dr A. Nanoti, Dr S. M. Nanoti, Dr M. O. Garg, Dr B. R. Nautiyal,
Dr Soumen Dasgupta, Dr U C Aggarwal, Shri S. Divekar, Dr Asha Masohan (Ex-
IIP), Dr Manoj Srivastava, Shri Sunil Kumar, Dr Sandip Biswas, Shri Manoj
Thapliyal

Course Description :
Fundamentals of Separation Processes; Phase Equilibrium; Binary and multi-
component separation; Multi stage separation processes; Equilibrium based
separation processes; Rate based separation processes; Simulation of Separation
processes; Capacity and efficiency of contacting devices; Energy requirements of
separation processes; Selection of separation processes with case studies;
Designing of Separation Processes; Special Topics in Adsorption: Adsorbents;
Equilibrium Isotherms; PSA / TSA applications in Industry; Concepts of Simulated
Moving Bed in Industrial applications; New developments in adsorbents; Adsorber
simulations; Experiments in Adsorption: Hands on measurement of breakthrough
curve of gas mixtures; adsorption equilbria in liquid systems: evaluation of
equilibrium and kinetics data; characterization of adsorbents. Overview of
Membrane Separation Processes; Gas separation membranes and Industrial
applications.

Distribution of Lectures:
Faculty Designation No. of Units
Dr. Anshu Nanoti Senior Principal Scientist 8
Dr. S. M. Nanoti Chief Scientist 6
Dr. M.O.Garg Director 5
Dr. B.R.Nautiyal Senior Technical Officer (3) 5
Dr. Soumen Dasgupta Scientist 4
Dr U. C. Aggarwal Chief Scientist 2
Dr. Asha Masohan Ex IIP 2
Dr. Manoj Srivastava Senior Scientist 2
Shri Swapnil Divekar Scientist 2
Shri Sunil Kumar Scientist 2
Shri Sandip Biswas Junior Scientist 1
Shri Manoj Thapliyal Senior Techical Officer (1) 1
Course No: APST 705
L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Title: Advanced Conversion Processes-3 credits
Course Coordinator: Dr G Das
List of Faculty: Dr G Das, Shri V K Kapoor (Ex IIP); Shri G. S. Dang (Ex IIP), Dr
D. Tandon (Ex IIP), Dr S. M. Nanoti

Course Description
Isomerization; Catalytic Reforming; Hydro treating; FCC, DCC, RFCC; Hydro
cracking; Thermal Conversion Processes; Visbreaking, Delayed Coking;
Sweetening/Treating processes; Reactor design aspects – application to conversion
processes; Residue up gradation; Residue gasification; Hydrogen production –
Steam reforming.

Distribution of Lectures:

Faculty Designation Number of Units

Dr G Das Senior Principal Scientist 14
Shri V K Kapoor Ex IIP 16
Dr D Tandon Ex IIP 4
Shri G S Dang Ex IIP 5
Dr S M Nanoti Chief Scientist 2
Course No: APST 604
L-T-P-C: 3-0-2-4
Course Title: Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies- 4 Credits
Course Coordinator: Dr S Kaul
List of Faculty: Dr S Kaul, Dr T Bhaskar, Dr D K Adhikari, Dr A Sinha, Dr
Ajay Kumar, Dr Neeraj Atrey, Mr D V Naik, Mr Dinesh Bangwal

Course Description
Introduction to renewable energy technologies; Energy scenarios and perspectives - past, present
and future Non-renewable and renewable energy sources; description of renewable sources and
their importance, current status, potential and future trends, renewable energy options for
immediate and future directions. Technologies for biomass energy conversion i.e., pyrolysis,
gasification, combustion, trans-esterification; fermentations, thermo-chemical conversions,
value-added products from pyrolysis, thermal and catalytic methods for the upgrading of
biomass; bio-refining products and applications. Solar energy sources, measurements, inter-
conversions; Passive solar - architectural design, solar collectors; Solar energy conversion -
photosynthesis and artificial photosynthesis; Photo-voltaic- semiconductor properties,
performance criteria, manufacturing, economics; PV systems - installation, data collection and
analysis. Historical background of wind resources - wind speeds and wind energy principles;
Wind Turbines - system components, Environment Impact on applications. Ocean energy
potential against wind and solar; Wave characteristics and statistics; Wave energy devices; Tide
characteristics and statistics; Tide energy technologies; Ocean thermal energy; Osmotic power;
Ocean bio-mass Geothermal Resources; Geothermal Technologies; Applications; Sustainable
sources of hydrogen; Fuel cell technologies; Hydrogen storage and distribution; Applications and
feasibility assessment; Science, technology and policy of energy conservation; Strategies for
enhancing role of renewable energy.

Distribution of Lectures:

Name Designation No. of

Units
Dr. Savita Kaul Principal Scientist 12
Dr. T Bhaskar Senior Scientist 7
Dr. D K Adhikari Chief Scientist 5
Dr. Anil Sinha Senior Scientist 3
DrAjay Kumar Scientist 3
Dr.Neeraj Atray Senior Scientist 3
Mr.D.V.Naik (Practical) Scientist 3
Mr.Dinesh Bangwal Senior Technical Officer (3) 4
(Practical)
Course No: APST 501
Course Name: Research Methodology
L-T-P-C: 1-1-0-1

Introduction; Research terminology and the scientific methods; Laboratory

practices, discipline and safety practices; Types of Research; Research process and
steps; Identifying a research problem; Literature survey and appreciation of
existing literature; Conception of novel approach to solve the problem; Role of
modeling and simulation; Design of experiment; Quantitative methods of data
analysis; Qualitative analysis; Communicating Research results; Ethics in research.
Case studies

Electives:

Faculty Course No Title Credits

Dr T Bhaskar APST 710 Hydro pyrolysis of Biomass 3
Dr Anil K Sinha APST 711 Hydro processing 3
Dr N Viswanadham APST 712 Gasoline Reformulation 3
Techniques
Dr Bir Sain APST 713 Value addition of Coker 3
Streams
Dr J Singh APST 714 Modeling Techniques in CFD 3
Dr S K Singhal APST 715 Alternate Fuels 3
S K Ganguly APST 716 Multiphase Reaction Kinetics 3
CSIR-IMMT
Materials Resource Engineering
 Programme Description
The programme consists of two semesters of course work, one summer term of
basic training on various research related skills, and two semesters of project-
cum-thesis work.
Semester-wise Course Scheme
1st SEMESTER
S.N. Course Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Credits
Tutorial
1. Technologies for mineral resource 5 3 5
utilization
2. Materials characterization technique 3 6 4
3. Science for engineers 3 0 3
4. Process control & instrumentation 3 3 3
Total 15

2nd SEMESTER
S.N. Course Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Credits
Tutorial
1. Advanced extraction methods 3 3 4
2. Process design & simulation 3 3 4
3. Fundamentals of engineering 3 0 3
analysis
4. Recycling of material resources 3 3 3
5. Energy & environment 3 3 3
Total 17

SUMMER TERM
1. Research Methodology (Compulsory)
2. Technical Writing and Communication (Compulsory)

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3rd SEMESTER Credits
1. Industrial interaction and research project planning 4
2. Seminar participation and presentation 4
4. Thesis work 8

4th SEMESTER
1. Thesis work 16
Report preparation
Seminar participation and presentation
TOTAL CREDIT 64

Brief Course Outline

1. Technologies for Mineral Resource Utilization
Particulate technology, particle size distribution, sizing methodology, size-
reduction and classification processes; Particulates in suspension, stability,
rheology and settling; Solid-liquid separation methods; Physics, chemistry, and
engineering design applied to gravity, magnetic, electrostatic, and froth flotation
processes

2. Process Design & Simulation

Preliminary resource evaluation methods; Identification and development of
process flow sheet; Elementary evaluation of plant performance; Spread-sheet
development for plant data analysis; Introduction to simulation environment
using MODSIM, simulator structure, numerical analysis of simulation,
sequential method of simulation, practical application of plant simulation;
Materials and energy balance, mass balance smoothing, data reconciliation in
terms of grade and recovery, analysis of complex flowsheet for mass balancing,
examples of material balance smoothing; Application of modeling and residence
time distribution concepts for plant data interpretation; Parameter estimation:
linear regression, one, two, and multi-linear regression; models nonlinear in
parameters; Case studies of typical process plant design and operation.

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3. Materials Characterization Technique
Size and surface area analysis; Interaction of X-rays with matter, diffraction
techniques and applications; Optical principles of microscopy; electron
diffraction, imaging (various contrasts), determination of crystal structure,
burgers vector, electron beam-specimen interactions and other applications of
Transmission Electron Microscopy; Applications of Scanning Electron
Microscopy and, Electron Probe Micro-Analyser; Principles of Quantitative
Microscopy: Overview of other characterization techniques such as Auger
electron spectroscopy, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Atomic Force
Microscopy.

4. Science for Engineers

Concepts of atomic and molecular energy levels leading to description of plasma
state, plasma physics—thermal and non-equilibrium plasma, plasma diagnostics,
methods of plasma processing of materials and minerals; Industrial plasmas,
new concepts of resource utilization using plasma.

Structure and Bonding; Stereochemistry; Molecular basis of chemical reactions,

reaction kinetics, structural effect on reactivity; Micelles and surfactants and
their application for bulk processing of mineral resources; Complexation
concepts, Molecular engineering; Chemical theories involved in solution,
concentration, and purification.

Cell types structure and function; Bio-molecules: composition and bonding;

Overview of amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, lipids, enzymes,
vitamins and minerals; DNA replication; Introduction to bio-mineral
processing.

5. Recycling of Material Resources

Mining and metallurgical wastes classification, investigation and evaluation of
waste deposits, waste and circulatory management during recycling.

Unit operations involving materials recycling processes such as pre-treatment

(physical and chemical), roasting, calcination, sintering, leaching, solid-liquid
separation; Solution, concentration and purification techniques—precipitation,

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cementation, solvent-extraction, evaporation, crystallization, electrowinning,
electroremediation; Resources and recycling technologies across the major
materials sectors, and case studies including wastes in steel and aluminium
production; Recycling of E-wastes and secondaries; Economic evaluation and
project implementation: Flow-sheet development, mass and energy balance,
costing, techno-economic feasibility report (TEFR) preparation, financial
investment in waste recycling, project planning and implementation, work
safety.

6. Fundamentals of Engineering Analysis

Formulation and solution of ordinary and partial differential equations that
describe physical systems of importance in engineering; Numerical methods:
finite difference, numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential
equations.

Fundamental concepts of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer; Shell balance
approach for molecular and convective transport processes; Formulation and
application of general transfer equations.

7. Energy & Environment

Energy resources and conservation in different metallurgical processes;
Renewable energy technologies; Energy audit with case studies.

Important Indian minerals and related environmental issues; Pollutant

generation and management; Environmental issues related to mining,
processing, and products; Environment impact analysis and management plan;
Environmental laws—appraisal and approval; Vulnerability and adaptation
technologies for sustainable development; Case studies related to environmental
management of minerals and materials industries.

8. Advanced Extraction Methods

Fundamentals of commercially important nonferrous pyrometallurgical
extraction processes; Thermodynamics of high-temperature processes and solid-
gas reaction kinetics; Heterogeneous kinetics, multi-phase systems, Electrodics,
Semiconductor electrochemistry; Application: roasting, sulphide-oxide-sulphate
systems, oxide-chloride systems, smelting, kinetic analysis, bath smelting,

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dynamic contact angle-free energy correlation; Electro-smelting—present
practice and future trends; Direct electrowinning, possible electrode systems,
conduction types, future trends.

9. Process Control & Instrumentation

Introduction to instrumentation in process industry, Different types of sensors
and actuators, Computerized data acquisition, Monitoring and analysis of data
(Time series and spectral analysis), Process control, PI Diagram, Introduction to
PLC, SCADA & DCS, Networking and communication in industry, Artificial
neural network & Fuzzy logic based control, Laboratory work.

SUMMER TERM COURSES (COMPULSORY)

10. Research Methodology
Definition and nature of research, Motivation for research, different types and
styles of research in sciences, role of serendipity, scientific temperament,
Working of some of the great minds from all walks of life--scientists, artists,
writers, etc. Tools for thinking, critical and positive thinking, creativity and
innovation, mind mapping; Development of problem solving skills, scaling and
orders of magnitude analysis, role of simple models in thinking and in
developing an understanding. Scientific and critical reasoning skills, art of
reading and understanding scientific papers and critical evaluation of the
underlying premises and assumptions, literature reviews. Professional attitudes
and goals, concept of excellence, ethics in science and engineering, some famous
frauds in science.

11. Technical Writing & Communication Skills

Technical vis-a-vis literary writing, Ethical and legal considerations, Writing
process, Collaborative writing, Analyzing audience and purpose,
Communicating persuasively, Researching the subject and reference, Organizing
information, Drafting definitions and descriptions, coherent text, effective
sentences, front and back matter, Designing of documents and familiarization
with standard styles, Creating graphics, Writing journal paper, thesis, project
proposal, report, technical note, letter, memo, resume, manual, Website design
and using software based publishing, Seminar and oral presentations.

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CSIR-NCL
Chemical Engineering- Advanced modeling and simulation
Advanced Materials and Processes
 Program Description
The academic program comprises of 10 subject courses, lab courses, research proposal course,
seminar and symposium participation, and the research project, for a total of 80 credits. One credit
approximately corresponds to 15 faculty-student contact hours. In addition, students are expected to
spend approximately twice that time in self-study, assignments, and course projects. Evaluations
are biased towards a continuous mode, with at least half the total marks assigned for performance
in classroom tests, and homework assignments. There will be a mid-semester and end-semester
exam at defined times, which may also be in the open-book or take-home format. Emphasis will be
on understanding and implementation rather than accumulation of facts.
Semester I
The first semester comprises of five courses that form the core courses in the program.
Summary
Credits
S. No. Subject Code
(L-T-P-C)
1 Mathematical fundamentals ChE601 3-1-0-4
2 Reaction and reactor engineering ChE602 3-1-0-4
3 Transport phenomena ChE603 3-1-0-4
4 Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics ChE604 3-1-0-4
5 Numerical methods and programming ChE605 3-1-0-4
6 Seminar Participation ChE651 3-1-0-4

Semester II
The second semester comprises of specialized courses that introduce the student to specific areas.
Students will have the option of choosing courses worth 16 credits to fulfill their course credit
requirements. In addition, the student is supposed to present a research seminar.
Summary
S. No. Subject Code Credits
1 Multiscale simulations in materials ChE611 3-1-0-4
2 Industrial flow modeling ChE612 3-1-0-4
3 Data driven modeling ChE613 2-0-0-2
4 Non-linear system dynamics ChE614 2-0-0-2
5 Modeling of biological systems ChE615 3-1-0-4
6 Advanced Separations ChE616 2-0-0-2
7 Advanced topics in materials and processes ChE701 2-0-0-2
8 Advanced topics in chemical engineering science ChE702 2-0-0-2
9 Critical Survey ChE641 0-4-0-2
10 Seminar Participation ChE652 0-1-0-1

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Semesters III and IV
The third and fourth semesters will involve research with a scientist-mentor. Co-advised projects,
or projects with both experimental and modeling/simulation components may be offered. The
student is expected to work in the scientist’s lab and interact with him/her daily. There will be
periodic evaluations, with detailed reports on the progress of the project and plans for future work
to be presented to either the instructor or a committee, who will evaluate the candidate based on the
report and an oral presentation. In addition, students are expected to register for three lab courses,
the NCL Research Methodology course and seminars.

Semester III
S. No. Subject Code Credits
1 Lab- Reactors ChE631 0-0-4-2
2 Lab- Biochemical ChE632 0-0-4-2
3 Lab- Materials ChE633 0-0-4-2
4 Lab- Advanced Analytics ChE634 0-0-4-2
5 Seminar Participation ChE653 0-1-0-1
6 Project evaluation I ChE691 0-12-0-12

Semester IV
S. No. Subject Code Duration
1 Research Methodology NCL501 2-0-0-2
2 Project evaluation II ChE693 0-8-0-8
3 Final Project evaluation ChE694 0-12-0-12
4 Seminar Participation ChE654 0-1-0-1

Total credits for NCL’s PGRPE program = 80 (44 classroom/lab teaching, 32 thesis, 4 others)

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 Coursework details
NCL501: Research Methodology 2 credits
Course Objective
To review data analysis fundamentals, teach common research techniques from literature survey
and organization to effective communication, ethics, lab safety practices.
Modules
 Scientific literature survey and reference management
 Scientific writing and presentation
 Intellectual Property Management
 Ethics in Science
 Maintenance of lab records
 Lab safety and first-aid
 Quantitative methods and data analysis
ChE601: Mathematical fundamentals 4 credits
Course Objective
To review mathematical fundamentals, teach common mathematics prerequisites of other courses,
and to impart perspective on modeling and simulation.
Modules
 Analysis basics
 Linear Algebra
 Ordinary and partial differential equations
 Optimisation
CHE610: Numerical Methods and Programming 4 credits
Course Objective
To understand the algorithms involved in the numerical methods used for computer simulation,
have the ability to choose an appropriate algorithm and be aware of the advantages and pitfalls
expected in a particular algorithm. Computer implementation of algorithms and use of Matlab or
other subroutines.
Modules
 Introduction to Programming, linux, introduction to Matlab/Scilab/Octave
 Matrix operations
 Function approximations, solutions of system of nonlinear equations
 Numerical methods for ODEs
 Finite-difference/volume methods for PDE
 Optimization approaches
CHE603: Transport phenomena 4 credits
Course Objective
To develop a good physical understanding of the processes of momentum, heat and mass transfer at
the continuum level; to develop the mathematical tools to solve problems in transport phenomena
Modules
 Linear algebra and calculus relevant to transport phenomena
 Conservation equations
 Examples in transport phenomena

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CHE604: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 4 credits
Course Objective
To develop the understanding of thermodynamics principles as applicable to chemical systems.
Modules
 Classical Thermodynamics, ideal gases
 Solution thermodynamics
 Equilibrium thermodynamics
 Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
 Ensemble methods

CHE602: Reaction and Reactor Engineering 4 credits

Course Objective
To develop the understanding of the reactions from molecular scale to the reactor scale, and to
equip the student to model different reactor configurations and non-idealities in reactor systems.
Modules
 Chemical kinetics
 Homogeneous reactor analysis and design
 Heterogeneous reactor analysis and design
 Special reactors

CHE611: Multiscale simulations in materials 4 credits

Course Objective
To be familiar with simulations at the molecular and sub-molecular scale, including quantum
chemistry based and classical mechanics based methods.
Modules
 Introduction to molecular modeling
 Quantum-chemistry driven modeling
 Classical mechanics based modeling
 Example problems at multiple scales

CHE612: Industrial flow modeling 4 credits

Course Objective
To teach students the basic equations of fluid dynamics and computational methods to solve these
equations as applied to flows in industrial processes. At the conclusion of the course students will be
able to analyze complex flow situations, develop a simple model for complex flow and solve it
numerically, and simulate the actual complex flow using available CFD software.
Modules
 Introduction to CFD
 Solution techniques for solving CFD equations
 Introduction to CFD Software
 Turbulence modeling
 Multiphase flows

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CHE613: Data driven modeling 2 credits
Course Objective
The course will emphasize the conceptual understanding of methods along with their implementation
in real world scenarios. At the end of the course, the student is expected to be able to identify and
implement appropriate conventional, machine learning or AI based methods for linear/non linear
data fitting, data reduction, and classification.
Modules
 Statistics basics
 Supervised learning
 Unsupervised learning
 Artificial intelligence based methods
 Model validation
 Practical applications in data reduction, feature selection, classification.

CHE614: Non-linear dynamics 2 credits

Course Objective
Introduce methodologies for analyzing complex nonlinear behavior with examples from reaction
engineering, chemical, and physical systems. Students will learn (1) how nonlinear systems differ
from linear systems regarding their dynamical properties; (2) how to analyze the stability of complex
systems ; (3) how sensitivity of system dynamics is related to predictability and control; (4) to
explore dynamical systems analytically and with computer simulations
Modules
 Introduction to the dynamics of nonlinear systems
 Preliminary analysis of time-series data:
 Toy “Nonlinear models” and the role of parameters
 Stability of solutions to ODEs
 Properties of chaos:
 Self organizing properties of nonlinear systems
 Phase space analysis

CHE615: Modeling of biological systems 4 credits

Course Objective
Provide a brief background of biological systems for model development. Bioreactor design and
analysis. Metabolic network modeling using constraint based approaches and signaling pathway
modeling using deterministic and stochastic modeling techniques.
Modules
 Biological fundamentals
 Bioreactor models
 Metabolic pathways
 Signaling pathways
 Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

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CHE616: Advanced separation processes 2 credits
Course Objective
Provide understanding of the principles underlying various separation processes.
Modules
 Mass transfer and thermodynamics applications to separations
 Unit operations in separation: adsorption, distillation etc
 Fundamentals of separation equipment design

CHE701: Advanced topics in materials and processes 2 credits

Course Objective
An in-depth study of specific topics well beyond material available in textbooks. As appropriate, it
may include specialized training on high-end equipment that is not normally part of a MTech level
lab course.

CHE702: Advanced topics in chemical engineering science 2 credits

Course Objective
An in-depth study of specific topics well beyond material available in textbooks. Envisaged as a
discussion of recent papers and projects on areas extending the currently published work.

CHE631-634: Lab courses 2 credits

Course Objective
Training in planning, executing, analyzing and reporting results from an experimental study in
several disciplines, ranging from introductory experiments to advanced training in use of
sophisticated equipment.

CHE651-ChE658: Seminar Participation 1 credit each

Course Objective
Provide exposure to current research and societal activities through talks by eminent scientists and
other speakers. Students will be required to attend approximately 10 talks every semester.

CHE641 and ChE642: Research Proposal I and Research Proposal II 02 x 2 =4 credits

Course Objective
State-of-the art review, methodologies, recommendations etc. for two topics of high relevance and
novelty

CHE661: Symposium participation 01 credit

Course Objective
Provide exposure to current topics through scientific talks and poster session, and an opportunity to
showcase research ability and results to potential employers. Students are expected to present
posters and interact with participants from industry and academia.

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 Faculty Profiles
Name/Contact details Education and Experience Research Interests

Dr. Amol A. Kulkarni  IUSSTF Research fellow, MIT,  Microreaction technology: micro-
Scientist NCL Cambridge, USA fluidics, design of miniaturized
Phone: 020-25902153  Postdoctoral fellow, MPI for devices, modelling and
E-mail: Dynamics of Complex experimentation.
[email protected] Systems, Magdeburg, Germany  Continuous flow synthesis of API,
 Ph.D., (Chemical Engineering), nanoparticles and azo colorants
M. Chem. Eng., B. Chem.  Experimental and computational
Engg. fluid dynamics
Inst. of Chem. Technology  Nonlinear dynamics
(ICT, formerly UDCT).  Development of data analysis
techniques for nonlinear and non-
stationary data
Dr. Anu Raghunathan  Faculty (Research), Mount  Metabolic network reconstruction
Scientist, NCL Sinai (Medicine), NY and constraints based analysis of
Phone: 020-25903067  Post doctoral Fellow, biological systems
Email: anu.raghunathan Bioengineering, University of  Microbial strain design for use of
@ ncl.res.in California San Diego renewable resources, systems biology
 Post Doctoral Fellow, and molecular adaptation to produce
Microbiology and Cell and improve yields.
Science, Univ of Florida  Drug Target Discovery: Systemic
 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, approaches (computational and
IIT Bombay experimental) to study metabolism in
 M.S., Analytical and Medicinal pathogenesis to discover novel drug
Chemistry, SNDT, Mumbai targets.

Dr Ashish Lele  Research Associate, University  Rheology of complex fluids such as

Scientist, NCL of Cambridge polymer melts, associating polymer
Phone:020-25902199  Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, solutions and soft solids.
Email: University of Delaware, USA  Developing coarse-grained models
[email protected]  B.Chem.Eng., University of for polymer dynamics and using them
Mumbai, Department of to quantify the processing behavior of
Chemical Technology (UDCT) melts in complex flows by a
combination of CFD simulations and
experimental validation.
 Structure-property relations in
physical gels

Dr. Ashish Orpe  Postdoctoral Research  Micro-rheology of dense, sheared

Scientist, NCL Associate, (2004 – 2007), granular media, study of mixing
Tel: 020-25902749 Department of Physics, Clark behaviour, pattern formations in
Email: University, MA, USA flowing dry/cohesive powders
[email protected]  Ph.D., Chemical Engineering,  Flow dynamics, instability and
(2004), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, finger formations in a spreading
India non-Newtonian liquid, suspensions
 M.Tech., Chemical under the influence of gravity or
Engineering, (1998), IIT centrifugal forcing
Bombay, Mumbai, India  Transport of slurries, flow through
 B. E., Petro-Chemical porous media
Engineering, Univ. of Pune,

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Name/Contact details Education and Experience Research Interests

Dr B. D. Kulkarni  PhD, Chemical Engineering,  Chemical reaction engineering

Scientist, NCL University of Pune  Mathematical modeling
Phone:020-25902150  M. Tech, Chemical  Optimisation and control
Email: Engineering, LIT, Nagpur  Process design
[email protected]  B Tech Chemical Engineering,  Fluidization
LIT Nagpur  Microemulsions/ micelles

Dr Chetan Gadgil  Investigator, GlaxoSmithKline,  Mechanistic models of biological

Scientist, NCL USA systems: regulatory networks, other
Phone: 020-25902163  Postdoctoral research associate, cellular processes
Email: School of Mathematics, U.  Modeling/Simulation of patterning in
[email protected] Minnesota biology
 Ph.D., Chemical Eng, Univ. of  Stochastic models for (bio) chemical
Minnesota, USA reactions
 M Tech, Chemical  Modeling drug delivery and
Engineering, IIT Bombay distribution kinetics
 B. Chem. Eng. ICT (formerly
UDCT), Mumbai.

Dr. K. Guruswamy  Postdoctoral fellow, Max  Synthesis and assembly in

Scientist, NCL Planck Institute for Colloids anisotropic liquid crystal matrices
Phone: 020-25902182 and Interfaces, Germany  Plate-like anisotropic nanoparticles –
Email:  Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, self-assembly & nanocomposites
g.kumaraswamy@ California Institute of  Rheology and structure of two-phase
ncl.res.in Technology, USA. (crystallizing) polymer melts
 M.S., Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of
Technology.
 B.Tech., Chemical
Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay.

Dr Kumar Vanka  Postdoctoral fellow, (CEBC),  Determining catalytic routes to

Scientist, NCL Kansas University hydrogen storage
Phone: 020-25902083  Ph.D., Chemistry, University  Finding better catalysts for
Email: of Calgary, Canada. asymmetric hydroformylation
[email protected]  M.Sc., Chemistry, University  Stochastic methods to study changes
of Calgary. in reactant-product concentrations
 BSc. Chemistry, Indian  Determining the principles behind
Institute of Technology, polymer formation using Ziegler-
Khargapur. Natta heterogeneous catalysts

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Name/Contact details Education and Experience Research Interests

Dr Leelavati Narlikar  Research Associate, Centre for  Machine learning: Supervised and
Ramanujan Fellow, NCL Modeling and Simulation, unsupervised learning from large
Phone:020-25903076 Pune University scale data; Bayesian modeling;
Email:  Postdoctoral Fellow, National Statistical optimization algorithms
[email protected] Insititutes of Health, MD,  Computational biology: Identifying
USA gene regulatory elements; Mapping
 PhD, Computer Science, Duke networks of transcriptional
University, 2008 regulation; Understanding the role of
 BE, Computer Engineering, epigenetics in regulation
Pune University, 2002

Dr Mugdha Gadgil  Scientist, Invitrogen  Bioinformatics: developing methods

Scientist, NCL Corporation, MD, USA for analysis of DNA microarray data
Phone:020-25902433  Postdoctoral research associate,  Bioprocess engineering for cell
Email: University of Minnesota, MN, culture processes
[email protected] USA
 Ph.D., Chemical Eng,
University of Minnesota, MN,
USA, 2004.
 B. Chem. Eng. ICT (formerly
UDCT), Mumbai, 1999.

Dr Neelanjana Sengupta  PhD, Physical Chemistry,  Understanding amyloid formation

Scientist, NCL Univ. of California, Irvine, and protein aggregation diseases
Phone: 2008  Protein translocation through
91-20-25902087  M.S, Chemical & Materials membranes
Email: Physics, Univ. of California,  Solvent dynamical coupling in
[email protected] Irvine, 2007 biomolecules
 M.Sc., Physics, Univ. of  Transport and signaling phenomena
Burdwan, 2000 in biomolecular confinement
 B.Sc., Physics, Univ. of
Burdwan, 1998

Dr. Pankaj Doshi  Principal Scientist, Pfizer Inc.,  Numerical Simulation of free surface
Scientist, NCL USA flow of Newtonian and non-
Tel: 91 20 25903074  Investigator, GlaxoSmithKline, Newtonian fluids: Finite element
Email: USA method, Steady and Time dependent
[email protected]  Postdoctoral researcher, MIT, simulation, Parallel Computing;
Cambridge, MA, USA Interfacial flows; Study of inkjet
 PhD, Chemical Engineering printing, liquid drops and jets
Purdue University  Computational models, design and
 M.Tech., Chemical optimization of Dry Powder Inhaler,
Engineering IIT Bombay design of novel drug formulations
 B.Tech., Chemical Engineering  Mathematical models for design,
IIT Bombay control and optimization of
pharmaceutical unit operations
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Name/Contact details Education and Experience Research Interests

Dr. Rajnish Kumar  Postdoctoral fellow,  Gas Hydrates (Formation, Inhibition

Scientist, NCL National Research Council & Recovery)
Tel: 91 20 25902734 Canada, Canada  Carbon Dioxide capture, storage and
Email:  Research Engineer, Sterlite utilization
[email protected] Industries (I) Ltd., India  Hydrogen Storage materials
 Ph.D., Chemical  Chemical Reactions and Extractions
Engineering, University of in Supercritical Fluids
British Columbia, Canada.  Process Scale-up
 M.S., Chemical
Engineering, Indian
Institute of Science, India
 B. E., Chemical
Engineering, Pt.
Ravishankar Shukla
University, Raipur, India

Dr. V. Ravi Kumar  Postdoctoral Research  Nonlinear dynamics, chaos and

Scientist, NCL Associate, (1984 -1986), turbulence
Tel: 91 20 25902161 Department of Chemical  Chemical reaction engineering
Email: Engineering, Texas A&M  Analysis of complex systems and
[email protected] University, TX, USA networks
 Ph.D., Chemical Engg.  Parameter estimation, optimization
Division, National Chemical and control
Laboratory & University of  Noise reduction in nonstationary data
Pune, India by multiresolution techniques
 M.Sc., Chemistry Dept.,  Studying data classification, pattern
Bangalore University , (1978) formation and feature extraction from
space-time data obtained from
experimental systems

Dr. Sanjeev Tambe  Visiting Scientist, Department  Design, development and application
Scientist, NCL of Chemical Engineering, of Artificial Intelligence and machine
Tel: 91 20 25902156 University of Louisville, KY, learning formalisms to chemical and
Email: USA. biological systems.
[email protected]  Research Associate at  Modeling and optimization of
Department of Geology, reactions/reactors; control and
University of Louisville, analysis of nonlinear systems
Louisville, KY, USA.  Chemical reactor/reaction modeling
 Ph.D., (Physical Chemistry) via phenomenological, stochastic,
NCL & Univ. of Bombay cellular automata, and Monte Carlo
 M. Sc. (Analytical Chemistry) approaches
Department of Chemistry,  Applications of fractal theory and
University of Bombay multi-variate statistics.

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Name/Contact details Education and Experience Research Interests

Dr. Sourav Pal,  Post-doctoral research  Electronic Structure theory for

Scientist, NCL associate at University of properties on spectra
Phone: 9120 2590 2001 Florida 1986-87  Development of linear response
Email: s. [email protected]  Alexander von Humboldt formalism for effective Hamiltonian
Fellow, University of based theories.
Heidelberg, Germany 1987-88  Conceptual DFT for description of
and several short periods reactivity in molecules
subsequently  Computational material science for
 Ph D, IACS, Kolkata, 1983 catalytic properties of zeolites
 M Sc (5 years’ Integrated) in  Theoretical study of hydrogen storage
Chemistry, IIT, Kanpur, 1977 properties of metal hydrides/ MOFs

Dr Sudip Roy  Postdoctoral Fellow; Technical  Prediction of macroscopic properties

Scientist, NCL University Darmstadt, from molecular and mesoscopic scale
Phone: Germany simulations
91-20-25902735  Ph.D., Chemistry, Saarland  Multiscale method development
Email: [email protected] University, Germany  Force field development and
 M.Sc., Visva Bharati Central optimization for new systems for
University, West Bengal molecular dynamics simulations
 BSc. Visva Bharati Central  Coarse graining of polymers and bio-
University, West Bengal molecules to simulate long time and
larger length scale phenomena

Dr Vivek V Ranade  Research Associate, ETH  Multiphase reactor engineering.

Scientist, NCL Zurich, 1988-90  Developing multi-scale models to
Phone:91-20-25902170  Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, simulate large industrial flow
Email: University of Mumbai, processes/ Industrial flow modeling.
[email protected] Department of Chemical  Developing methodology for
Technology (UDCT), 1988. bridging the gap between capabilities
 B. Chem. Eng., University of of state of the art mathematical
Mumbai, Department of models and industry requirements
Chemical Technology  Turbulent, multiphase flows/ phase
(UDCT), 1984 change

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CSIR-NEERI
Environmental System Engineering & Modelling
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NAGPUR

M.Tech (Environmental System Engineering & Modelling)

Subjects Marked 1 to 6 in I and II semester are compulsory. Students are required to
choose from electives one or two subjects from electives in IIIrd Semester
Sl. Code No. Course Title L T P C Faculty
No.
Semester I
1 ENG(NEERI)-1-001 Research Methodology, Ethics, 1 1 - 2 Mr. P.S. Dutt
Communication skills, lab safety
2 ENG(NEERI)-2-731 Advanced Engineering 2 1 - 3 Dr. Mrs. A.
Mathematics and Numerical Sargaonkar
techniques
3 ENG(NEERI)-2-732 Optimisation Techniques 3 - - 3 Dr. Rajesh
Binniwale
4 ENG(NEERI)-2-733 GIS & Remote Sensing Techniques 2 - 2 3 Mr. Ritesh Vijay
(+Lab)
5 ENG(NEERI)-2-734 Basic principles of Environmental 2 - 2 3 Mr. P.S.Dutt &
Systems (+ Lab) Dr. R.A.Sohony
6 ENG(NEERI)-2-735 Environmental Chemistry & 2 - 2 3 Dr.R.J.
Microbiology(+Lab) Krupadam&Dr.
Prince Williams
Semester II
1 ENG(NEERI)-2-736 Ecosystems Dynamics 3 - - 3 Dr. Mrs. A. Juwarkar
2 ENG(NEERI)-2-737 Air and Noise Quality Control 2 - 2 3 Dr. S.K. Goyal
Management
3 ENG(NEERI)-2-738 Design of Water and Wastewater 2 1 - 3 Dr. N.S.Raman
System
4 ENG(NEERI)-2-739 Solid and Hazardous Waste 2 - 2 3 Dr. S.Y.Bodhke
Management
5 ENG(NEERI)-2-740 Environmental Impact and Risk 2 1 - 3 Dr.TVBPS
Assessment (Field visit) Ramakrishna
6 ENG(NEERI)-2-741 Environmental Systems Modelling 2 - 2 3 Dr. R.A.Sohony
& Optimization (+Lab)
Semester III
1 ENG(NEERI)-2-742 One Elective Course from the list 2 - 2 3
2 ENG(NEERI)-2-743 Seminar on Research Theme
Semester IV
1 ENG(NEERI)-2-744 Thesis work, Seminar and Report
writing
ELECTIVES
1 ENG(NEERI)-2-745 Environmental Genomics (+Lab) 2 - 2 3 Dr. H.J.Purohit
2 ENG(NEERI)-2-746 Data Analysis and Parameter 2 1 - 3 Dr. Mrs. A. Lalwani
Estimation
3 ENG(NEERI)-2-747 Design of Environmental Monitoring 2 - 2 3 Dr. Mrs.
System & Instrumentation (+ Lab) N.P.Thacker
4 ENG(NEERI)-2-748 Water Resource Management 2 - 2 3 ---
(+Lab)
5 ENG(NEERI)-2-749 Climate Change 3 - - 3 Mr. P.S.Dutt
6 ENG(NEERI)-2-750 Environmental Economics, Policy 2 - 2 3 Mr. P.S.Dutt
and Law (Seminar)
7 ENG(NEERI)-2-751 Materials and Environmental 2 - 2 3 Dr. Mrs. S. Rayalu
Applications (+Lab)
8 ENG(NEERI)-2-752 Bioremediation (+Lab) 2 - 2 3 Dr. Mrs. A. Juwarkar
9 ENG(NEERI)-2-753 Advanced Treatment Systems 3 - - 3 Dr. S.Y.Bodhke
10 ENG(NEERI)-2-754 Energy & Environment 3 - - 3 Dr. N.Labhasetwar
M.Tech. (Environmental Engineering & Modelling) Course Details

ENG(NEERI)-2-735 Environmental Chemistry & 2 - 2 3

Microbiology
Stoichiometry and mass balance-Chemical equilibria, acid base, solubility product(Ksp)
,heavy metal precipitation, amphoteric hydroxides,CO2 solubility in water and species
distribution – Chemical kinetics , First order, Colloids, electrical properties, double layer
theory, environmental significance of colloids,coagulation.
Fate of chemicals in aquatic environment, volatilization, partitioning, hydrolysis,
photochemical transformation– Degradation of synthetic chemicals-Metals, complex
formation, oxidation and reduction , Eh – pH diagrams, redox zones, Fe – sorption-
Chemical speciation-
Atmospheric structure –-chemical and photochemical reactions – photochemical smog.
Ozone layer depletion – greenhouse gases and global warming, CO2 capture – Acid rain-
origin and composition of particulates. Air quality parameters-effects and determination
Nature and composition of soil-Clays- cation exchange capacity-acid base and ion-exchange
reactions in soil – Reclamation of contaminated land.
Classification of microorganisms – prokaryotic, eukaryotic, cell structure, characteristics,
Preservation of microorganisms, DNA, RNA, replication, Recombinant DNA technology.
Distribution of microorganisms – Distribution / diversity of Microorganisms – fresh and
marine, terrestrial – microbes in surface soil, Air – outdoor and Indoor, aerosols, biosafety in
Laboratory – Extreme Environment – archaebacteria – Significance in water supplies –
problems and control. Concentration and detection of virus, Transmissible diseases.
Nutrition and metabolism in microorganisms, growth phases, carbohydrate, protein, lipid
metabolism – respiration, aerobic and anaerobic-fermentation, glycolysis, Kreb’s cycle,
hexose monophosphate pathway, electron transport system, oxidative phosphorylation,
environmental factors, enzymes, Bioenergetics.
Transmission of pathogens – Bacterial, Viral, Protozoan, Indicator organisms of water –
Coliforms - total coliforms, E-coli, Streptococcus, Clostridium, Control of microorganisms;
Microbiology of biological treatment processes – aerobic and anaerobic,  -oxidation, β-
oxidation, nitrification and denitrification, eutrophication.
Factors influencing toxicity. Effects – acute, chronic, concentration response relationships.
Test organisms – toxicity testing, Bioconcentration – Bioaccumulation, biomagnification,
bioassay, biomonitoring, bioleaching.

ENG(NEERI)-2-736 Ecosystems Dynamics 3 - - 3

A brief history; Concept, and major branches Concept of Speciation: Types and process
Extinction: A brief history and reasons
Community Ecology: Concept, Characteristics and dynamics; Interactions; Developmentof
community (Plant Succession); Parasitism; Prey-Predator relationship
Population Ecology: Characteristics of population; Dynamics and Interactions;Regulation;
Population genetics
Aquatic Ecosystem: Fresh water and Marine system, their types, characteristics and
components; Wetlands, their Significance and conservation, Eutrophication and remedial
measures
Terrestrial ecosystems: Major terrestrial biomes - Forest, Desert, and Grassland (a brief
account); Relationship between Precipitation and temperature in determining the
vegetation; Forest Types of India (a concise account)
Biological Invasion: Concept; Pathways of Invasion; Process of Invasion; Mechanism of
Invasions; Impact of Invasive Species - Ecological, Environmental, Economical; Some
examples of major invasive plants and animals in India
Sustainable Development: The Concept and strategies of sustainable development
Biodiversity: Definition; levels of diversity; alpha, beta and gamma diversity, and their
measurement; ‘Biodiversity Hotspots’ – concept and a brief account; Biodiversity hotspots of
India: a short account; Concept of endangered and threatened species: IUCN Categories of
Extinction; Names of a few endangered and threatened animals and plants (of India);
Strategies for biodiversity conservation: Concept of Protected Area Networks -National
Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserves (A brief account)

ENG(NEERI)-1-001 Research Methodology, Ethics, 1 1 - 2

Communication skills, lab safety

Quantitative methodology
Application of statistical concepts/procedures. Graphs, numerical summaries. Normal
distribution, correlation/regression analyses, probability, statistical inferences for one or
two samples. Hypothesis tests, Chi-square tests. Conceptual understanding/application
of statistics. Application of statistical concepts/procedures. Analysis of variance,
covariance, multiple regression. Experimental design: completely randomized, block,
split plot/repeated measures.
Advanced theory, derivations of quantitative statistics. Descriptive statistics, probability,
normal distribution. One-/two-sample hypothesis tests, confidence intervals. Chi square
tests. One-way analysis of variance, follow up tests.
Analysis of variance designs (two-/three-way), repeated measures, correlation,
simple/multiple regression methods, non-parametric procedures, multivariate analyses.

Qualitative methodology
Application of Critical Discourse Analysis methods to analysis of written, visual, and
spoken texts in social settings such as schools, families, and communities.
Introduction to use of qualitative research methods. Ethnography, sociolinguistics,
symbolic interactionism. Emphasizes observation.
How to code/analyze field notes. Individual/group interviews, Students interpret analyzed
material and complete an article length document that includes a review of related
research/methodology.
Applications containing designing studies that employ open-ended interviewing as
primary data collection technique.
Practice in aspects of field methodology below the level of full field study; detailed
reading; analysis.
Application of interpretive research. Practice in conducting interpretive research in work.
Origins, influences, characteristics, and central concepts; distinction between critical
science and other action research; requisite skills and knowledge for conducting critical
science research and using that knowledge in a project.

Combined methods
Introductory course in program evaluation; planning an evaluation study, collecting and
analyzing information, reporting results; overview of the field of program evaluation.
Survey methods, Principles of measurement, constructing questions/forms, pilot testing,
sampling, data analysis, reporting. Students develop a survey proposal and a draft
survey, pilot the survey, and develop sampling/data analysis plans.

Discourse processes in dyadic and multiparty conversation. Application of concepts through

analysis of conversations.
Transcribing and analyzing verbal communication and movement related to it. Applying
concepts to recorded conversations.
Logic of communication theory development and modification from a social scientific
perspective. Types of communication theories.

Alternately Simplified Topics are as follows;

 o Creativity and out of box thinking
o Science and technology system and planning in India, planning for science
and technology (5 yr plan)
o Basics of statistics (why statistics, laws, uncertainties, inferences).
o Planning of experiments, principles of design, and requirements for a good
experiment.
o Quality of measurement, factorial experiments.
o Intellectual property fundamentals.
o Response surface methodology.
o Searching scientific information, popular science writing (language and style).
o Introduction to writing scientific papers.
o Research methodology, Method of science
o Project management (PERT, CPM)

ENG(NEERI)-2-734 Basic principles of Environmental 2 - 2 3

Systems (+ Lab)

Structure and basic properties of water - their significance in environment engineering,

sources of water impurities, abiotic reactions, biological metabolism. Solid-liquid-gas
interactions, mass transfer and transport of impurities in water and air, diffusion, dispersion.
Physical and Chemical interactions due to various forces, suspensions and dispersions.
Chemical reactions, chemical equilibrium and chemical thermodynamics, acid-base
equilibria, solubility equilibria, oxidation-reduction equilibria. Process kinetics, reaction rates
and catalysis, surface and colloidal chemistry, adsorption. Settling of particles in water,
coagulation and flocculation, filtration - mechanisms and interpretations, ion exchange and
adsorption, water stabilization, aeration and gas transfer, Membrane processes; reverse
osmosis, electrodialysis, desalination.

Ecosystems; biotic and abiotic components, production and consumption, trophic levels,
productivity and energy flow, food webs, cycling of elements. Ecology of population;
ecological niche, mortality and survivorship, community interactions. Changes in
ecosystems; succession. Long range changes, long range stability. The organization and
dynamics of ecological communities. Description and study of typical natural and artificial
ecosystems. Biochemistry; photosynthesis and respiration, important biological compounds,
enzymes. Microbiological concepts; cells, classification and characteristics of living
organisms, characterization techniques, reproduction, metabolism, microbial growth kinetics.
Applications to environmental engineering; assimilation of wastes, engineered systems,
concepts and principles of carbon oxidation , nitrification, denitrification, methanogenesis,
etc., concepts of quantification of degradable pollutants.

ENG(NEERI)-2-731 Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 1 - 3

and Numerical techniques

Applications of differentiation:– Definition of Hyperbolic functions and their derivatives-

Successive differentiation- Leibnitz’ Theorem(without proof)- Curvature- Radius of
curvature- centre of curvature- Evolute ( Cartesian ,polar and parametric forms) Partial
differentiation and applications:- Partial derivatives- Euler’s theorem on homogeneous
functions- Total derivatives- Jacobians- Errors and approximations- Taylor’s series (one and
two variables) - Maxima and minima of functions of two variables - Lagrange’s method-
Leibnitz rule on differentiation under integral sign. Vector differentiation and applications :-
Scalar and vector functions- differentiation of vector functions-Velocity and acceleration-
Scalar and vector fields- Operator ∇ - Gradient- Physical interpretation of gradient-
Directional derivative- Divergence- Curl- Identities involving (no proof) - Irrotational and
solenoidal fields – Scalar potential.
Laplace transforms:- Transforms of elementary functions - shifting property- Inverse
transforms- Transforms of derivatives and integrals- Transform functions multiplied by t and
divided by t - Convolution theorem(without proof)-Transforms of unit step function, unit
impulse function and periodic functions-second shifiting theorem- Solution of ordinary
differential equations with constant coefficients using Laplace transforms.
Differential Equations and Applications:- Linear differential eqations with constant
coefficients- Method of variation of parameters - Cauchy and Legendre equations –
Simultaneous linear equations with constant coefficients- Application to orthogonal
trajectories (cartisian form only).
Matrices:-Rank of a matrix- Elementary transformations- Equivalent matrices- Inverse of a
matrix by gauss-Jordan method- Echelon form and normal form- Linear dependence and
independence of vectors- Consistency- Solution of a system linear equations-Non
homogeneous and homogeneous equations- Eigen values and eigen vectors – Properties of
eigen values and eigen vectors- Cayley Hamilton theorem(no proof)- Diagonalisation-
Quadratic forms-Reduction to canonical forms-Nature of quadratic forms-
Definiteness,rank,signature and index.

ENG(NEERI)-2- Air and Noise Quality Control 2 - 2 3

737 Management

Structure and composition of Atmosphere – Definition, Scope and Scales of Air Pollution –
Sources and classification of air pollutants and their effect on human health, vegetation,
animals, property, aesthetic value and visibility- Ambient Air Quality and Emission standards
– Air Pollution Indices – Emission Inventories – Ambient and stack sampling and Analysis of
Particulate and Gaseous Pollutants.
Effects of meteorology on Air Pollution - Fundamentals, Atmospheric stability, Inversion,
Wind profiles and stack plume patterns- Atmospheric Diffusion Theories – Dispersion
models, Software application, Plume rise, Effective stack height .
Factors affecting Selection of Control Equipment – Gas Particle Interaction, – Working
principle, Design and performance equations of Gravity Separators (cyclone) , Centrifugal
separators Fabric filters, Particulate Scrubbers, Electrostatic Precipitators – Operational
Considerations - Process Control and Monitoring – Costing of APC equipment – Case
studies for stationary and mobile sources.
Factors affecting Selection of Control Equipment – Working principle, Design and
performance equations of absorption, Adsorption, condensation, Incineration, Bio scrubbers,
Bio filters – Process control and Monitoring - Operational Considerations - Costing of APC
Equipment – Case studies for stationary and mobile sources.

Sources and Effects of Noise Pollution – Measurement – Standards –Control and Preventive
measures

ENG(NEERI)-2-738 Design of Water and Wastewater 2 1 - 3

System

Water treatment concepts; pretreatment, primary treatment, secondary treatment, tertiary

treatment. Water quality standards; characteristics. Theory and design of physicochemical
unit operations; screening, grit, removal equalisation, sedimentation, floatation, caogulation-
flocculation, filtration, disinfection, membrane processes, desalination, ion-exchange,
aeration/gas transfer, precipitation, adsorption. Hydraulics of treatment plant; flow
measurement and hydraulic control points, hydraulic analysis of unit operations, hydraulic
profile through the treatment plant.
Wasterwater treatment concepts; pretreatment, primary treatment, secondary treatment,
tertiary treatment. Water quality standards; characteristics. Theory and design of
physicochemical unit operations; screening, grit, removal equalisation, sedimentation.
Theory and design of biological unit operations; aerobic and anaerobic processes; Aerobic
unit operations for organic carbon removal such as activated sludge, tricling filter, oxidation
ditch, oxidations ponds, aerated lagoons, root zone treatment, vermifilter etc. Anaerobic
operations for organic carbon removal such as UASB, filters, fluidised/expanded bed
systems etc. Biological unit operations for nitrogen and phosphorus removal. Theory and
design of Sludge treatment, sludge thickening, sludge drying, incineration, aerobic and
anaerobic digestion of sludges. Theory and design of wastewater disposal and
systems;disposal to inland water bodies, sea/ocean disposal; land/underground disposal.

ENG(NEERI)-2-739 Solid and Hazardous Waste 2 - 2 3

Management

Types and Sources of solid and hazardous wastes - Need for solid and hazardous waste
management Elements of integrated waste management and roles of stakeholders - Salient
features of Indian legislations on management and handling of municipal solid wastes,
hazardous wastes, biomedical wastes, lead acid batteries, electronic wastes , plastics and
fly ash – Financing waste management.
Waste generation rates and variation - Composition, physical, chemical and biological
properties of solid wastes – Hazardous Characteristics – TCLP tests – waste sampling and
characterization plan - Source reduction of wastes –Waste exchange - Extended
producer responsibility - Recycling and reuse
Handling and segregation of wastes at source – storage and collection of municipal solid
wastes – Analysis of Collection systems - Need for transfer and transport – Transfer stations
Optimizing waste allocation– compatibility, storage, labeling and handling of hazardous
wastes – hazardous waste manifests and transport
Objectives of waste processing – material separation and processing technologies –
biological and chemical conversion technologies – methods and controls of Composting -
thermal conversion technologies and energy recovery – incineration – solidification and
stabilization of hazardous wastes - treatment of biomedical wastes

Waste disposal options – Disposal in landfills - Landfill Classification, types and methods –
site selection - design and operation of sanitary landfills, secure landfills and landfill
bioreactors – leachate and landfill gas management – landfill closure and environmental
monitoring – Rehabilitation of open dumps – landfill remediation

ENG(NEERI)-2-740 Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment 2 1 - 3

To expose the students to the need, methodology, documentation and usefulness of

environmental impact and risk assessment and to develop the skill to prepare environmental
management plan. Also it will students understand and discuss the basics of risk
assessment, risk management

Historical development of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). EIA in Project Cycle.

Legal and Regulatory aspects in India. – Types and limitations of EIA – Cross sectoral
issues and terms of reference in EIA – Public Participation in EIA. EIA process- screening –
scoping - setting – analysis – mitigation
Matrices – Networks – Checklists – Connections and combinations of processes - Cost
benefit analysis – Analysis of alternatives – Software packages for EIA – Expert systems in
EIA. Prediction tools for EIA – Mathematical modeling for impact prediction – Assessment of
impacts – air – water – soil – noise – biological –– Cumulative Impact Assessment –
Documentation of EIA findings – planning – organization of information and visual display
materials – Report preparation. EIA methods in other countries.

Definition of social impact assessment. Social impact assessment model and the planning
process. Rationale and measurement for SIA variables. Relationship between social impacts
and change in community and institutional arrangements. Individual and family level impacts.
Communities in transition - neighborhood and community impacts. Selecting, testing and
understanding significant social impacts. Mitigation and enhancement in social assessment.
Environmental costing of projects.
Environmental Management Plan - preparation, implementation and review – Mitigation and
Rehabilitation Plans – Policy and guidelines for planning and monitoring programmes – Post
project audit – Ethical and Quality aspects of Environmental Impact Assessment.
EIA related to the following sectors - Infrastructure –construction and housing Mining –
Industrial - Thermal Power - River valley and Hydroelectric – coastal projects-Nuclear
Power. EIA for coastal projects.
Concept of risk, objective and scope of risk assessment, probabilistic risk, risk perception
and acceptability. Quantitative aspects of risk. Three levels of risk quantification, PRA
management, preliminary hazard analysis, HAZOP and HAZAN, FMEA and FMECA
analysis, Fault tree Analysis. Digraph and other approaches. Computation of Hazard
probability, unavailability and other parameters using fault tree methodology. Monte Carlo
Simulation technique, Event tree analysis, identification of initiating events, sequence and
scenario development, system analysis, external events and dependent failure analysis and
quantification, Accident-consequence Analysis, uncertainty analysis, sensitivity analysis and
importance measures. Bayesian approaches. Human reliability Analysis.

ENG(NEERI)-2- Design of Environmental Monitoring System & 2 - 2 3

747 Instrumentation

Wet Chemistry methods and their limitations-Instrumental Methods, Selection of method-

Precision and Accuracy, Error in measuring signals- Quality control & assurance- Sample
preservation, Sample preparation and analyte isolation.
Principles, techniques and applications of spectrophotometry, fluorimetry, nephelometry and
turbidimetry, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (Flame, graphite furnace and hydride
generation), Atomic Emission Spectrometry (AES) , flame and Inducted Coupled Plasma
(ICP) – TOC Analyzer
Column, Paper and thin layer chromatography (TLC)- Principles, techniques and
applications of GC, GC-MS, High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and Ion
chromatograph (IC)-Hyphenated techniques for Environmental contaminant(trace organics)
analysis.
Principles, techniques and applications of Conductometry, potentiometry, coulometry, AOX
analyzer Amperometry, polarography, New Activation Analysis (NAA), X-ray Fluorescence
(XRF) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) methods.
Principles, techniques and applications of NDIR analyzer for CO, chemiluminescent analyzer
for NOx Fluorescent analyzer for SO2- Particulates analysis- Auto analyzer for water quality
using flow injection analysis.

ENG(NEERI)-2-732 Optimisation Techniques 3 - - 3

Historical Development, Engineering application of Optimization, Formulation of design
problems as mathematical programming problems, classification of optimization problems.
Linear Programming: Graphical method, Simplex method, Revised simplex method,
Duality in linear programming (LP), Sensitivity analysis, other algorithms for solving LP
problems, Transportation, assignment and other applications.
Non Linear Programming: Unconstrained optimization techniques, Direct search methods,
Descent methods, Constrained optimization, Direct and indirect methods, Optimization with
calculus, Khun-Tucker conditions.
Dynamic Programming: Introduction, Sequential optimization, computational procedure,
curse of dimensionality,
Advanced Techniques of Optimization: Introduction, Genetic algorithms for optimization
and search.

ENG(NEERI)-2-750 Environmental Economics, Policy and Law (Seminar) 2 - 2 3

Broad aspects of environmental economics; society and environment, sustainable

development, management of environment, regional and global environmental strategies,
environmental movements. Environmental legislation; role of U.N. and its associate bodies,
role of world bank, administering global environmental funds, environmental programmes
and policies in developed and developing countries, environmental programmes and policies
of the government of India, structural changes for environmental managements, sectoral
policies regarding land, water, forestry, energy, industrial pollution, and human resources
development. Environmental impact assessment (EIA); rationale and historical development
of EIA, methodologies and socio-economic aspects of EIA, status of EIAs in india, case
studies stressing socio-economic aspects of EIA. Planning Levels, physical planning and
development Cost-Benefit analysis, methods of economic evaluation of intangible
environmental resources; contingent method, travel cost, opportunity cost concept of
consumer behaviour, environmental consumerism

ENG(NEERI)-2-741 Environmental Systems Modelling & Optimization 2 - 2 3

Water and air quality management - Role of mathematical models; systems approach -
systems and models - kinds of mathematical models - model development and validation
effluent and stream standards; ambient air quality standards. Historical development of
water quality models ; rivers and streams water quality modelling - river hydrology and flow -
low flow analysis - dispersion and mixing - flow, depth, and velocity - estuaries - estuarine
transport, net estuarian flow, estuary dispersion coefficient; Lakes and impoundments -
water quality response to inputs; water quality modeling process - model sensitivity -
assessing model performance ; Models for dissolved oxygen, pathogens; Streeter - Phelps
models.
Transport and dispersion of air pollutants - wind velocity, wind speed and turbulence;
estimating concentrations from point sources - the Gaussian Equation - detemination of
dispersion parameters, atmospheric stability; dispersion instrumentation - Atmospheric
traces; concentration variation with averaging time; Air pollution modelling and prediction -
Plume rise, modelling techniques, modelling for nonreactive pollutants, single source - short
term impact; multiple sources and area sources; model performance, accuracy and
utilisation; computer models.

Mass transport of solutes, degradation of organic compounds, application of concepts to

predict groundwater contaminant movement. Exposure to computer models for surface
water quality, groundwater quality and air quality.

ENG(NEERI)-2-733 GIS & Remote Sensing Techniques 2 - 2 3

To educate the students on the principles and applications of Remote sensing and GIS in
environmental management.
Historical Perspective, Principles of remote sensing, components of Remote Sensing,
Energy source and electromagnetic radiation, Energy interaction, Spectral response pattern
of earth surface features
Classification of Remote Sensing Systems, Energy recording technology, Aerial
photographs, Photographic systems – Across track and along track scanning, Multispectral
remote sensing, Thermal remote sensing, Microwave remote sensing – Active and passive
sensors, RADAR, LIDAR, Satellites and their sensors, Indian space programme - Research
and development
Characteristics of Remote Sensing data, Photogrammetry – Satellite data analysis – Visual
image interpretation, Digital image processing – Image rectification, enhancement,
transformation, Classification, Data merging, RS – GIS Integration, Image processing
software.
GIS Concepts – Spatial and non spatial data, Vector and raster data structures, Data
analysis, Database management – GIS software
Monitoring and management of environment, Conservation of resources, Sustainable land
use,

ENG(NEERI)-2-748 Water Resource Management (+Lab) 2 - 2 3

Water quality monitoring techniques for physico-chemical and microbiological parameters,

water quality surveillance, rapid assessment of drinking water quality, statistical methods for
determining sampling locations, health based targets, dose-response and exposure
assessment, risk assessment, assessment of health impacts due to water pollution, water
treatment for geogenic chemical contaminants, types, design considerations, selection/
suitability criteria, performance evaluation, operation and management options, specific
considerations and their evaluation, indoor air pollution, quality assurance and quality control
requirements for data collection/analysis of water quality, water safety plan for urban and
rural water supplies, (grey) water reuse
Field based experiments: Soil moisture tension measurement, Capillary pressure, Soil
moisture, Infiltration capacity, Soil salinity, Soil nutrients, Water quality; Map reading, impact
of changes in land use through map preparation, Use of GIS and remote sensing, Computer
based simulation/design, Database design, Water hammer analysis, Design of water
distribution network, Applications of Kriging and Neural networks in water resources

Management of both the quality and the quantity of water in both underground (aquifers) and
above ground (lakes, rivers, and streams) resources. Analysis and model very small to very
large areas of the earth to predict the amount and content of water as it flows into, through,
or out of a facility.. Flow and conveyance of water. design of pipelines, water supply network,
drainage facilities (including bridges, dams, channels,culverts, levees, storm sewers), and
canals.

ENG(NEERI)-2-751 Materials and Environmental Applications (+Lab) 2 - 2 3

Molecular environmental science ,Re-engineered materials and environmental processes,
Surface Science and Catalysis including, biomaterials, biomimetic materials, Catalyst
synthesis, Supported Catalysts, Biocatalysis ,Photocatalysis, Biophotocatalysis and
Environmental catalysis for solar fuels, GHG Emissions and Control , carbon capture and
valorisation, biomass gasification , bioenergy and biochar, Adsorption and Water treatment,
Catalysts for Renewable energy;
Surface Science and Catalysis including Heterogeneous Catalysis, Catalyst synthesis,
Supported Catalysts, Photocatalysis, Environmental catalysis including air pollution control.
Ion-exchange, Adsorption and Water treatment, Catalysts for Renewable energy; GHG
Emissions and Control
Zeolites and zeolite-like materials (e.g., crystalline microporous aluminophosphates and their
derivatives), mesoporous oxides like silica, silica-alumina etc., metal organic frameworks,
pillared clays, porous carbons and related materials, Nanoporous materials their
synthesis/preparation and structure, post-synthetic modification, characterization and use in
various applications like adsorption/separation, catalysis etc.

ENG(NEERI)-2-752 Bioremediation (+Lab) 2 - 2 3

Concept and dynamics of ecosystem, biogeochemical cycles; Types of ecosystems,

Community structure and organisation; Environmental pollution and importance of microbes,
Bioremediation: Microcosms, Mesocosms, Bioaugmentation, Biostimulation
Biodiversity, Climate change research, Microbe-Plant interactions, Eco-restoration and
Remediation technologies, Environmental Management, Waste management through Eco-
friendly approaches, Constructed wetlands for treatment of Wastewaters, Biomolecules in
remediation, Microbial diversity in different Ecosystem, Bioremediation/Phytoremediation,
Carbon sequestration and Clean Development Mechanisms, Resource recovery from waste,
Bio-energy, Bioproduct, Environmental Biotchnology, Green chemistry.

ENG(NEERI)-2-753 Advanced Treatment Systems 3 - - 3

Gas phase transfer: Aeration systems, Design of aeration systems.
Membrane filtration: Introduction , Process classification, Membrane configurations,
Membrane operation for micro filtration, Ultra filtration and Reverse osmosis, Design of
membrane systems
Microbial growth kinetics, Modelling suspended and attached growth treatment processes.
Suspended growth processes for biological nitrification and denitrification, Biological nitrogen
and phosphorous removal.
Advanced oxidation processes, aeration/stripping, adsorption, nanoparticles, low pressure
membrane processes, and sea water desalination. Principles of mass and momentum
transport, aquatic chemistry and chemical reaction engineering are applied to these unit
processes
Anaerobic sludge blanket processes, Design considerations for Up flow Anaerobic Sludge
Blanket process. Theory and design of Sludge treatment, sludge thickening, sludge drying,
incineration, aerobic and anaerobic digestion of sludge.
Wetland and aquatic treatment systems; Types, application, Treatment kinetics and effluent
variability in constructed wetlands and aquatic systems, Free water surface and subsurface
constructed wetlands, Floating plants (water hyacinths and duckweed), Combination
systems, Design procedures for constructed wetlands, Management of constructed wetlands
and aquatic systems.
Physical separation for hazardous solid wastes , gravity flotation, dissolved air flotation, air
stripping. Steam stripping, Solvent extraction. Sorption processes and chemical treatment
including hydroxide, sulfide, carbonate precipitation, Solidification and stabilization,
Oxidation ad reduction of solid wastes. Thermal treatment and incinerator design. Biological
treatment introduction and configuration. Safe disposal methodologies. Quantitative Risk
analysis and site remediation.

ENG(NEERI)-2-745 Environmental Genomics (+Lab) 2 - 2 3

History of genetic engineering, restriction, modifying and polymerase enzymes used in
genetic engineering, vectors used in genetic engineering of microbes, Bacterial hosts used
in cloning and expression. MolecularTechniques: Isolation of nucleic acids (DNA, RNA, e-
DNA, Metagenome), PCR, optimization of PCR, gene specific and degenerate primer
design, automated DNA sequencing, pyrosequencing, Principles and techniques of nucleic
acid hybridization and Cot curves; Southern blotting techniques; Polymerase chain reaction;
RAPD, Real Time PCR, RT- PCR
Construction of cDNA library, PCR based cDNA library, subtractive cDNA library, normalized
cDNA library, genomic DNA library, BAC library, Cloning methods using restriction enzymes,
cloning in expression vector, cloning of PCR products.
Phylogenetics, cladistics and ontology; Phylogenetic representations – graphs, trees and
cladograms; Steps in phylogenetic analysis; Methods of phylogenetic analysis – similarity
and distance tables, distance matrix method; Method of calculation of distance matrix
(UPGMA, WPGMA); The Neighbour Joining Method;– maximum parsimony, maximum
likelihood; Phylogenetic softwares –PHYLIP
Genome maps and types; current sequencing technologies; partial sequencing; gene
identification; gene prediction rules and software’s; Genome databases; Annotation of
genome. Genome diversity: taxonomy and significance of genomes
Methods of sequence alignment: Sequence similarity searches and alignment tools –
dynamic programming algorithms; Needlman-Wunch and Smith Waterman, Optimal global
alignment and optimal local alignment; Concept ; Programmes (Dot matrix, Dot plot,
Dynamic programming) ;Similarity Searches ; Sequence repeats and inversion; Database
searching (BLAST and FASTA.Multiple Sequence alignment (MSA) – significance; softwares
(Clustal, , ClustalW, Meme)

ENG(NEERI)-2-754 Energy & Environment 3 - - 3

Energy Crisis: Historical events, energy requirement of society in past and present situation,
availability and need of conventional energy resources, major environmental problems
related to the conventional energy resources, future possibilities of energy need and
availability.
Non-conventional energy sources: Hydel power plant, tidal energy, biomass energy, wind
energy, Hydrogen as a source of energy, energy conversion technologies, their
principles,equipment and suitability in context of India. Environmental impacts of these
technologies.
Solar Energy option: Sun as source of energy, direct methods of solar energy
collection,process of photovoltaic energy conversion, solar energy conversion technologies
and devices, their principles, working and application, environmental impacts of solar
energy.
Biomass option: Concept of biomass energy utilization, types of biomass energy,
conversion processes, biogas production, biomass gasification process and
technologies, environmental impacts of biomass energy.
Energy Storage: Types of energy storage, devices for sensible and latent heat
storage,energy storage in dry batteries, nickel-cadmium batteries, secondary heat
storage,chemical storage, environmental consequences of energy storage systems.
Heat Energy recovery systems: Approaches to waste Energy Utilization,
Equipment,Utilization System, objective , principles of heat transfer, Gas to Gas heat
transfer, Gas to Liquid heat transfer, Recovery of waste heat in coil coating, Non-
conventional liquid fuels,Heat recovery by Cogeneration.

ENG(NEERI)-2-746 Data Analysis and Parameter Estimation 2 1 - 3

Scales of measurement, data description. Probability and probability distributions,

  Sampling techniques and sampling distributions, confidence interval for population
mean, Hypothesis testing, p-value, Analysis of Variance, t-distribution, f- distribution
 Discrete Fourier Transform, Estimation of spectra, Filtering, correlation and
deconvolution of time sequences, ARIMA models, time series prediction
 Contingency table and Chi-square test of independence ,Linear regression models,
least squares method, correlation, Spearman's rank order correlation, inferences
about the parameters in the linear regression model
 Multivariate Data Analysis, Factor Analysis, Principal component analysis,
Discriminant Analysis.
 Linear regression models, least squares method, inferences about the parameters in
the linear regression model, generalized matrix inverse, Bayesian estimation,
nonlinear parameter estimation

ENG(NEERI)-2-749 Climate Change 3 - - 3

Introduction-Climate in the spotlight - The Earth’s Climate Machine – Climate Classification -

Global Wind Systems – Trade Winds and the Hadley Cell – The Westerlies - Cloud
Formation and Monsoon Rains – Storms and Hurricanes - The Hydrological Cycle – Global
Ocean Circulation – El Nino and its Effect - Solar Radiation –The Earth's Natural Green
House Effect – Green House Gases and Global Warming – Carbon Cycle.
Observation of Climate Change – Changes in patterns of temperature, precipitation and sea
level rise – Observed effects of Climate Changes – Patterns of Large Scale Variability –
Drivers of Climate Change – Climate Sensitivity and Feedbacks – The Montreal Protocol –
UNFCCC – IPCC –Evidences of Changes in Climate and Environment – on a Global Scale
and in India – climate change modeling.
Impacts of Climate Change on various sectors – Agriculture, Forestry and Ecosystem –
Water Resources – Human Health – Industry, Settlement and Society – Methods and
Scenarios – Projected Impacts for Different Regions– Uncertainties in the Projected Impacts
of Climate Change – Risk of Irreversible Changes.
Adaptation Strategy/Options in various sectors – Water – Agriculture –- Infrastructure and
Settlement including coastal zones – Human Health – Tourism – Transport – Energy – Key
Mitigation Technologies and Practices – Energy Supply – Transport – Buildings – Industry –
Agriculture – Forestry - Carbon sequestration – Carbon capture and storage (CCS)- Waste
(MSW & Bio waste, Biomedical, Industrial waste – International and Regional cooperation.
Clean Development Mechanism –Carbon Trading- examples of future Clean Technology –
Biodiesel – Natural Compost – Eco- Friendly Plastic – Alternate Energy – Hydrogen – Bio-
fuels – Solar Energy – Wind – Hydroelectric Power – Mitigation Efforts in India and
Adaptation funding.
CSIR-NML
Mineral Processing, Metal Extraction and Resource &
Waste Management
 Materials & Metallurgical Engineering

“Mineral Processing, Metal Extraction and Resource & Waste Management

Semester-wise details of Course Work

FALL (SEMESTER-I): 2 compulsory and 2 Electives

Course No. Title L-T-P-C Credits

ENG(NML):1-836 Tools & techniques of materials characterization* 3-0-2-4 4

ENG(NML):1-837 Thermodynamics & Kinetics of materials & 3-1-0-4 4
Processes*
ENG(NML):2-840 Principles and Advances in Iron Making 3-1-0-4 4
ENG(NML):2-842 Principles and Advances in Non-ferrous Metallurgy 3-1-0- 4 4
ENG(NML):2-844 Transport Phenomena in Metallurgical Processes 3-1-0-4 4
ENG(NML):2-845 Ore enrichment by advanced processing 3-0-2-4 4
ENG(NML):2-847 Fine particle processing 3-0-2-4 4
ENG(NML): 2-848 Materials processing and manufacturing 3-0-2-4 4
ENG(NML):2-850 Materials Selection and Design 3-1-0-4 4
ENG(NML):2-854 Mechanical Behaviour of Materials 3-0-2-4 4
ENG(NML):2-863 Assessment of structural integrity 3-1-0-4 4
ENG(NML):2-861 Smart advanced materials for functional 3-1-0-4 4
applications
ENG(NML):2-853 Physical Metallurgy of Steels 3-0-2-4 4
ENG(NML):2-858 Corrosion and Control 3-0-2-4 4
Total 16

AUTUMN (SEMESTER-II): 4 Electives: One compulsory only for

non-metallurgists

Course No. Title L-T-P-C Credits

ENG(NML):1-838 Introduction to Materials# 3-1-0-4 4

ENG(NML):2-839 Advanced Mathematics and Numerical Analysis 2-2-0-4 4
ENG(NML):2-841 Principles and Advances in Steel Making 3-1-0-4 4
ENG(NML):2-843 Advances in Non-ferrous Metal Extraction 3-1-0-4 4
ENG(NML):2-846 Coal preparation technology 3-0-2-4 4
ENG(NML):2-849 Advanced metal working techniques 3-0-2-4 4
ENG(NML):2-851 Principles of Physical Metallurgy 3-1-0-4 4
ENG(NML):2-852 Microstructural Engineering 3-0-2-4 4
ENG(NML):2-855 Creep, Fatigue and Fracture mechanics 3-0-2-4 4

FINAL DRAFT
 ENG(NML):2-856 NDE techniques for materials evaluation 3-0-2-4 4
ENG(NML):2-857 Introduction to Magnetic Materials 3-1-0-4 4
ENG(NML):3-865 Advanced mechanical property characterization 3-0-2-4 4
ENG(NML):3-864 Thin Film Technology 3-0-2-4 4
ENG(NML):3-862 Thermodynamics and kinetics of metal extraction 3-1-0-4 4
processes
ENG(NML):2-860 Waste processing, recycling and environment 3-0-2-4 4
management
ENG(NML):4-866 Integrated Computational Materials Engineering 3-1-0-4 4
ENG(NML):4-867 Life Cycle Assessment 2-2-0-4 4
Total 16
Courses marked with * are compulsory courses for all
Course marked with # is compulsory only for the non-metallurgical engg background
students

FALL (SEMESTER III)

Course No. Title L-T-P-C Credits

Research Methodology & Technical 2-1-0-2 3

Communication Skills
Project Proposal & Seminar 14
Total 16

AUTUMN (SEMESTER IV)

Course No. Title Credits

Dissertation Seminar Final Presentation & viva voce 14

Dissertation Report 2
Total 16

FINAL DRAFT
 Coursework details

Eng(NML): 1-836: Tools and techniques of materials characterization: 3-0-2-4

Basics of Materials Characterization

Principles of optics & optical microscopy and stereology
Electron microscopy (SEM & TEM)
X-ray diffraction & crystallographic analysis, analytical electron microscopy
Advanced characterization techniques

Eng(NML): 1-837: Thermodynamics and kinetics of Materials & Processes: 3-1-0-4

Introduction to Thermodynamic laws and Kinetics;

Free Energy Equillibrium constant,
Phase equillibria,
Thermodynamics of solutions,
Absorption and adsorption,
Computational Thermodynamics.

Eng(NML): 2-838: Introduction to Materials: 3-1-0-4

Inter-atomic Interactions & Materials; Solid State of Material: Bonding in solids

Atoms in a Solid Material : Basic Concepts of Crystallography : Symmetry Operations, Unit cell,
Lattices, Planes, Directions, Bravais Lattices, Point Group Symmetry, Space Group Symmetry.
Concept of commensurate, incommensurate and quasiperiodic structures.
Structure of Solids: Packing of atoms in 3d-space, packing density. Defects in solids ( point, line
and planner defects)
Metallic Materials: Concept of phase, phase rule and phase diagram for single and binary
systems. Invariant reactions in phase diagram. Concept of CCT and TTT diagram.
Phase Transformation: Nucleation and Growth, Diffusion and Diffusion Equations. Diffusion Less
Transformations.
Mechanical Behaviour of Materials: Strength of a Material, Ductile Vs Brittle Material ( Concept
of stress, strain and related aspacts).
Basics of Polymers and Ceramics

Eng(NML): 1-839: Advanced Mathematics and Numerical Analysis: 2-2-0-4

Linear Algebra and matrix operations :

Algebra of matrices, inverse, rank, system of linear equations, symmetric, skew symmetric and
orthogonal matrices. Hermitian, skew-Hermitian and unitary matrices. eigenvalues and eigenvectors,
diagonalization of matrices, Cayley-Hamilton Theorem.

Vector Calculus:

FINAL DRAFT
Gradient, divergence and curl, vector identities, directional derivatives, line, surface and volume
integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Green's theorems (without proofs) applications.

Ordinary Differential Equations:

First order equation (linear and nonlinear), Second order linear differential equations with variable
coefficients, Variation of parameters method, higher order linear differential equations with constant
coefficients, Cauchy- Euler's equations, power series solutions,

Partial Differential Equations:

Separation of variables method, Laplace equation,solutions of one dimensional heat and wave equations.

Numerical Methods:
Solution of a system of linear equations by L-U decomposition, Gauss-Jordan and Gauss-Seidel Methods,
Newton's interpolation formulae, Solution of a polynomial and a transcendental equation by Newton-
Raphson method, numerical integration by trapezoidal rule, Simpson's rule and Gaussian quadrature,
numerical solutions of first order differential equation by Euler's method and 4th order Runge-Kutta
method. Introduction to finite difference (FDM) and finite element (FEM) methods

ENG(NML):2-840: Principles and Advances in Iron Making: 3-1-0- 4

Principles of Iron making,

Techniques of agglomeration (sintering and pelletization),
Raw materials characterization (RI, RDI, Swelling index, Tumbler, shatter),
BF iron making process and modeling,
Sponge iron making (coal base, gas base).
Alternative routes of iron making (COREX, HISMELT).

ENG(NML):2-841 : Principles and Advances in Steel Making: 3-1-0- 4

Principles of steel making,

Different processes of steel making,
Secondary steel making,
Ingot casting and continuous casting,
Electric processes (EAF and Induction furnace),
Alloy steel making.

ENG(NML): 2-842: Principles and Advances in Non-ferrous Metallurgy: 3-1-0- 4

Fundamental and applied aspects of pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy and electrometallurgy;

Principles of unit operations;
Process selection for select non-ferrous metals;
Environmental issues in non-ferrous metallurgy.

FINAL DRAFT
ENG(NML):2-843 : Advances in Non-ferrous Metal Extraction: 3-1-0-4
Advances in extraction of:
Base metals (Cu, Pb, Zn),
Light metals (Al, Mg Ti, Na),
Rare metals (Ga, Ge, Se, Te, W, Mo, Zr/Hf) and PGMs,
Rare earth metals;
Non-traditional resources of non-ferrous metals and metal extraction.

ENG(NML):2-844 : Transport Phenomena in Metallurgical Processes: 3-1-0-4

Fundamentals and applied aspects of transport phenomena with and without chemical reactions in
metallurgical processes,
Non-isothermal kinetics of heterogeneous chemical reactions accompanied by various transport
processes in metal extraction,
Principles of mathematical modeling and simulation and computational fluid dynamics and their
application in metallurgical processes.

ENG(NML):2-845: Ore enrichment by advanced processing:3-0-2-4

Mineral characterization, sampling, crushing and grinding, size classification, gravity

concentration, magnetic and electrostatic separation and their application in mineral industries,
surface chemistry and froth flotation principles, dewatering techniques, size enlargement
processes, material balance and data reconciliation.

ENG(NML):2-846: Coal preparation technology: 3-0-2-4

Coal characterization, impurities in coal, washability curve and release analysis, coarse coal
cleaning, processing of coal fines, dewatering and drying practices in coal preparation, current
advances in coal cleaning, coal flotation, typical flow sheets for coal preparation plants and
recent developments, dry beneficiation of coal.

ENG(NML):2-847: Fine particle processing: 3-0-2-4

Fines partitioning – size and density, advanced gravity techniques – recent developments and
applications in the processing of fines, selective flocculation, flotation – recent developments,
plant practices and case studies in flotation, thickening, filtration, drying, agglomeration of fines

FINAL DRAFT
- briquetting, pelletization and sintering, case studies and recent developments in
agglomeration.

ENG(NML):2-848: Materials processing and manufacturing: 3-0-2-4

Non-metallic engineering materials, Functional materials, Nano-structured materials. Hot metal

processing, Casting and solidification, Rapid quenching techniques, Thermomechanical processing
techniques, Welding and joining technology, Machining and surface processing, Material evaluation and
quality control

ENG(NML):3-849: Advanced metal working techniques: 3-0-2-4

Metal working processes: Forging, rolling, extrusion, wire drawing; Powder forging, rolling and
extrusion; Principles of advanced materials forming Introduction to deformation maps;
Workability of materials; Effect of process and alloy composition; Introduction to sheet metal
forming; Advanced sheet metal forming techniques; Forming limit criteria, Forming limit
diagram, flow localization

ENG(NML): 2-850: Materials Selection and Design: 3-1-0-4

Brief overview of bonding, crystal structure, defect structure; Light metal alloys, Cast irons and
steels, Nickel base alloys, Non-metallic engineering materials, Relationship between processing-
structure-properties of various engg materials
Principles of alloy design; Tools used in designing materials- an Introduction: Processing
constraints in design
Materials selection criterion type, microstructural factors, performance criteria: in service and
other strategic requirements of engineering components to be designed
Economic consideration
Technologically important material properties –physical, mechanical, thermal, optical, electrical
properties, materials used in important engineering sectors
Methodology for selection of materials for the component

ENG(NML): 2-851: Principles of Physical Metallurgy: 3-1-0-4

Crystal structures and defects in solid; Diffusion; Thermodynamics and kinetics of
transformations; Equilibrium phase diagram; Solidification; Solid state phase transformations;
Strengthening mechanism; Engineering Alloys

ENG(NML): 2-852: Microstructural Engineering: 3-0-2-4

Evolution of microstructures, microstructural instability; Recovery, recrystallisation and grain
growth, Thermo-mechanical treatment and evolution of textures

FINAL DRAFT
Grain boundary Characterization; Heat treatment methodology; Structure-property-processing
correlations.

ENG(NML): 2-853: Physical Metallurgy of Steels: 3-0-2-4

Effect of Alloying element in steel; Strengthening mechanism in steel; Hot rolling of structural
steel; HSLA steel and controlled rolling; Heat treatment processes in steel; Alloy steels: DP steels,
Stainless steels, Martensitic steels, Bainitic steels, TRIP/TWIP Steels; Tool steels, Hadfield steels,
Maraging steels; Welding: sensitization, schafler diagram, intermetallic embrittlement,
deformation induced phase transformation

ENG(NML): 2-854: Mechanical Behaviour of Materials: 3-0-2-4

Introduction to simple concepts of stress and strain tensor; Elastic stress-strain relationship;
Strain energy; Mohr’s circle; Plastic yielding of material; Yield point; Yield criteria; Yield locus;
Flow curve, Concept of crystal geometry; Lattice defects; Modes of deformation: slip and
twinning; Critical resolved shear stress for slip; Slip in a perfect lattice; Slip by dislocation
movement; Stacking faults; Fundamentals of indentation hardness; Brinell, Meyer, Vicker,
Rockwell hardness; Hardness conversion; Relationship between hardness and flow curve;
Hardness at high temperature; Engineering stress-strain curve; True stress-strain curve; Strength
and ductility measurement in a tension test; Effect of strain rate/temperature on tensile
behaviour; Necking criteria; Notched bar and drop weight impact tests; Transition temperature
curves; Instrumented impact testing; Introduction to fracture mechanics based design, creep
and fatigue behavior of materials.

ENG(NML): 2-855: Creep, Fatigue and Fracture mechanics: 3-0-2-4

High temperature material behaviour; Time dependent mechanical behaviour; The creep curve;
Stress rupture tests; Mechanism of creep deformation; Creep resistant materials/components;
Structural/microstructural changes during creep; Introduction to standard test practices;
Fracture mechanics as a design concept; Strain energy and stress intensity factor; Linear elastic
and elasto-plastic approach to fracture mechanics; Fracture toughness K, J-integral, CTOD; R-
curve; Introduction to standard test practices; Stress and strain cycles; Different approaches to
fatigue design: Total life approach and defect tolerant approach; High cycle fatigue; S-N curve
and FCGR; Low cycle fatigue: cyclic stress-strain curve; Coffin-Manson relationship; Strain life
equation; Fatigue deformation mechanisms: PSB, cell, lybrint; Introduction to standard test
practices.

ENG(NML): 2-856: NDE techniques for materials evaluation: 3-0-2-4

Basic Metallurgy for NDE: Metallurgical defects, Mechanical behaviour of materials, Fracture
Mechanics, Modes of failure like fatigue, creep, corrosion, residual stress

FINAL DRAFT
Surface NDE Techniques: Visual Testing, Liquid Penetrant Testing, Magnetic Particle Testing,
Eddy Current Testing
Acoustic Emission: Types of acoustic emissions - Basic concepts - instrumentation and signal
description, background noise, inspection of pressure vessels, flaw location, inspection of
composite materials.

Ultrasonic Testing: Principles of Acoustics, Generation of ultrasonic waves, Ultrasonic Inspection

Methods, Testing/Evaluation/interpretation, Recent advances in ultrasonic testing: Ultrasonic
imaging, Synthetic Aperture Focussing Techniques (SAFT), Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD),
Phased Array Ultrasonic, Non-linear ultrasonic, Signal Analysis
Magnetic NDE Techniques: Magnetic Barkhausen and magnetic hysteresis techniques,
applications of MBE and MHL for damage evaluation
Radiography & Thermography Techniques: Basic Principles of Radiography and Thermography,
Film Radiography Radiographic Image Quality and Radiographic Techniques Special Radiographic
Techniques, Applications of thermography for condition monitoring

ENG(NML):2-857: Introduction to Magnetic Materials: 3-1-0-4

Magnetic properties & Measurement: Causes of Magnetism in Materials, Basic properties like
permeability, remanance, coercivity, Hysteresis and core loss, Curie temperature, domain
structure, magnetostriction. Different types of exchange interactions, Effect of external physical
conditions like stress and temperature on Magnetic properties.
Characterisation of soft and hard magnetic materials, domain observation, magnetic transport
property, magnetic /atomic force microscopy (MFM), SQUID Magnetometer.
Advanced Magnetic Materials: Advanced materials such as rare earth alloys used in permanent
magnets, soft magnetic alloys used in flux density amplification. Nanostructured and amorphous
materials, magnetic wires used in sensors, multilayers magnetic materials for spintronics and in
data storage applications, Ferromagnetic shape memory alloy, giant magnetoimpedance &
magnetoresistance materials.
Magnetic Devices: Sensors and Actuators: Application of magnetic materials including the choice
of materials for devices such as transducers, sensors and actuators. Magnetic devices used in
medical, automotive, aerospace and power applications.

ENG(NML): 2-858: Corrosion and Control: 3-0-2-4

Interaction of metals' with environments, formation of electrical double layer at metals -

environments interface, mixed potential theory of corrosion, Stearn-Geary and Tafel equations,
stress assisted corrosion and cracking , principles involved in controlling corrosion, Development
of corrosion resistant alloys and materials, protective coatings, cathodic and anodic protection,
passivity, Pourbaix diagram for metals and alloys, Corrosion inhibitors.

ENG(NML):2-859: Surface degradation and engineering: 3-0-2-4

FINAL DRAFT
Surface structure: Atomic arrangements, kinks, ledges, surface energies, surface excess,
adsorption & absorption, surface transport, Tribological Processes, corrosion,oxidation, fretting
& contact fatigue, Principles and applications: metallurgical surface treatments, chemical &
electrochemical treatments CVD, PVD, laser and plasma treatments, SHS and hard coatings, TBC
and functionally graded coatings, Multi-layered structures, SPD & SMAT

ENG(NML): 2-860: Waste processing, recycling and environment management:

3-0-2-4

Waste generation & sources, Pollution & Mitigation in mineral & metallurgical sector,
Toxicological Analysis, Management of solid, liquid/effluent & gaseous Waste, Recycling of
secondary resources & waste by mineral processing/ metal extraction, Environmental standards,
Values from the wastes
Characterisation of solid wastes and effluents, monitoring, treatment processes

ENG(NML): 2-861: Smart advanced materials for functional applications: 3-1-0-4

Theoretical approach to materials design & synthesis; bulk, nanostructured and multifunctional
materials, materials for future technology, Advanced Magnetic materials for sensors,
nanostructured ceramic materials for structural applications, damping materials, fine processing
of advanced alloys, Foams, innovative processing of materials newer processes: biomimetic, SHS,
severe plastic deformation.

ENG(NML): 3-862: Thermodynamics and kinetics of metal extraction processes

3-1-0-4

Review of thermodynamic fundamentals [Gibbs energy, activity, and equilibrium constant;

effects of temperature and pressure on equilibrium constant/composition; Ellingham Diagram
and relative stability of oxides; Gibbs phase rule; construction of stability diagrams
(predominance area diagram, phase diagram, and E-pH diagram); Thermochemistry; Alternative
(Henrian) standard states; dilute solutions; interaction coefficients], Principles of
thermodynamics and kinetics of Pyrometallurgy, Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy
processes of Ferrous and non Ferrous metal extraction including, Isothermal and non-isothermal
kinetics of heterogeneous reactions.

ENG(NML):3-863 Assessment of structural integrity: 3-1-0-4

Analysis of failures, Damage tolerance and fail-safety, Life assessment methodologies, Stress
analysis of components, Software based life assessment

FINAL DRAFT
Rejuvenation and refurbishment of degraded components, Reliability analysis and risk
assessment of components, Fatigue performance of structures under variable amplitude
loading, Structural integrity analysis of pressure vessel and pipelines

ENG(NML)3:864: Thin Film Technology: 3-0-2-4

Thin films: definition, nucleation and growth of thin films, Application of thin films. Processing
of thin films: PVD, PECVD, electron beam evaporation, RF and DC sputtering, Magnetron
sputtering, laser ablation. Plasma diagnostics by Langmuir probe and OES. Influence of thickness,
power, pressure, substrate temperature, and substrate target distance on the growth and
microstructure of thin films. Mechanical, adhesion behavior and measurement of thin films,
magnetic, optical, texture properties of thin films method of evaluations of thin films. Surface
chemistry and evaluation of thin film; Advanced Patterning techniques of thin films for devices:
lithography, wet chemical, electron beam, laser; Problems and issues of thin films.

ENG(NML) 3: 865: Advanced mechanical property characterization: 3-0-2-4

Multiaxial fatigue; High strain rate material testing practices; Indentation creep; Dynamic
fracture toughness; Creep-fatigue interaction; Small specimen testing practices

ENG(NML)3: 866: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering: 3-1-0-4

Atomic Scale Simulations: Density Functional Theory, Monte Carlo Simulations, Molecular
Dynamics, Dislocation Statics and Dynamics, CALPHAD Modeling, Microstructural Simulation:
Phase Field Modeling, Cellular Automata, Kinetic Monte Carlo, Finite Element and Difference
Methods at Meso-Macro Scale, Polycrystal Elasticity and Plasticity Models, Integrated
Materials Modeling and Simulation

ENG(NML)3: 867: Life Cycle Assessment: 3-1-04

Life Cycle Inventory Analysis, Life Cycle Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analysis, Life Cycle
Environmental Analysis, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, Life Cycle Impact assessment, Interpretation,
Assessment Tools, Data Analysis, Application to some Materials, Application to Metallurgical
Processes

FINAL DRAFT
 Subject Co-ordinators
Tools and techniques of materials characterization Sapan K Das/ B Ravikumar
Thermodynamics and kinetics of Materials & J Pal/ M C Goswami
Processes
Introduction to Materials A Sinha
Advanced Mathematics and Numerical Analysis N Das/M Tarafder/SKDas
Principles and Advances in Iron Making J.Pal/ D. Bandopadhyay
Principles and Advances in Steel Making S. Ghorai
Principles and Advances in Non-ferrous Metallurgy R.K.Jana / S.K.Sahu
Advances in Non-ferrous Metal Extraction D.Mishra/ Jhumki Hait

FINAL DRAFT
 Transport Phenomena in Metallurgical Processes V.Kumar/ Gopi K. Mondal
Ore enrichment by advanced processing R. K. Rath, Ratnakar Singh
Coal preparation technology Shobhana Dey, B. Nayak
Fine particle processing A.Das, R P Bhagat
Materials processing and manufacturing V C Srivastava/ K L Sahoo
Advanced metal working techniques K.L.Sahu/ D. Mondal
Materials Selection and Design Ravi Kumar/SGC
Principles of Physical Metallurgy Sapan K Das/G Das
Microstructural Engineering Sapan K Das/ SGC
Physical Metallurgy of Steels SGC/Ravi Kumar/Sapan K Das
Mechanical Behaviour of Materials J K Sahu/ S Tarafder
Creep, Fatigue and Fracture mechanics J K Sahu, Swaminathan
NDE techniques for materials evaluation S Palit/ A Mitra

Introduction to Magnetic Materials A Mitra

Corrosion and Control T Mishra/DDNSingh

Surface degradation and engineering Raghuvir Singh/I Chattoraj
Waste processing, recycling and environment K K Sahu/B D Pandey
management
Smart advanced materials for functional applications L C Pathak/A Mitra
Thermodynamics and kinetics of metal extraction J Pal
processes
Assessment of structural integrity S Shivaprasad/N Parida
Thin Film Technology Suman K Mishra
Advanced mechanical property characterization J K Sahu/ Shiva
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering S Srikanth,

Whole Cycle Energy & Environment Analysis S Srikanth, K K Sahu, Rakesh

FINAL DRAFT
CSIR-NPL
Advanced Materials Physics & Engineering
 NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY (CSIR), NEW DELHI

(Advanced Materials Physics & Engineering)

Coursework for M.Tech programs

National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi

SEMESTER I SEMESTER II
Subject Code Credits Subject Code Credits
Fundamentals of Eng(NPL)- Research
Electronic Materials 2-871 Methodology,
2-1-2-4 Eng(NPL)-
& Semiconductor Technical Writing 1-1-0-2
1-001
Devices & Communication
Physics & Eng(NPL)- Skills
Technology of Thin 2-872 2-1-2-4 Superconducting & Eng(NPL)-
2-1-2-4
Films Magnetic Materials 3-871
Advanced Materials Eng(NPL)- Advanced Eng(NPL)-
Characterization 2-873 2-1-2-4 Measurement 3-872
2-1-2-4
Techniques Techniques &
Nanostructured Eng(NPL)- Metrology
2-1-2-4
materials 2-874 Advanced Eng(NPL)-
Computational 3-873 2-1-2-4
Physics
SEMESTER III SEMESTER IV
Subject Code Credits Subject Code Credits
Quantum Optics Eng(NPL)- Dissertation
& Advanced Solid 3-874 Seminar - Final Eng(NPL)-
2-1-2-4 0-0-16-8
State Optical Presentation & 4-872
Devices viva-voce
Engineering Eng(NPL)- Dissertation Eng(NPL)- 0-0-32-
2-1-2-4 Report 4-873 16
Materials 2-875
Dissertation Eng(NPL)-
Seminar - Initial 4-871 0-0-16-8
Presentation

Total required credits for M Tech program = 68 (38 classroom/lab teaching, 32 thesis)

Detailed Curriculum for each course

Eng (NPL)-1-001 : Research Methodology, Technical Writing and

Communication Skills : 2 Credits
Faculty : Senior Scientists
Introduction, Research terminology and scientific methods, different types and styles
of research, role of serendipity, creativity and innovation; Scientific and critical
reasoning skills, art of reading and understanding scientific papers, literature survey.
Measurements in Research - primary and secondary data. Quantitative methods and
data analysis, Qualitative analysis. Communicating Research results. Designing and
implementing a research project. Professional ethics, Ethics in research, Plagiarism,
Case studies. Laboratory safety issues – lab, workshop, electrical, health & fire
safety, safe disposal of hazardous materials.
Role and importance of communication, Effective oral and written communication;
Technical report writing, Technical/R&D proposals, Research paper writing,
Dissertation/Thesis writing; Letter writing and official correspondence; Oral
communication in meetings, seminars, group discussions; Use of modern aids;
Making technical presentations.

Eng (NPL)-2-871 : Fundamentals of Electronic Materials & Semiconductor

Devices : 4 Credits
Faculty : Dr. Shilesh Sharma, Dr.Sanjay K. Srivastava & Dr.Pankaj Kumar
Crystal structure and reciprocal lattice, crystal binding, phonons & thermal
conductivity, free electron Fermi gas, energy band diagrams and Fermi surfaces,
semiconductor crystals, plasmons-polaritons-polarons, optical properties and
excitons, nanocrystalline solids, phase change materials, ferroelectrics and
dielectrics, basic equations of semiconductor device operation, p-n junction diode,
metal-semiconductor contacts, MOSFETS, LEDs and semiconductor laser, solar cell.

Eng (NPL)-2-872 : Physics & Technology of Thin Films : 4 Credit

Faculty : Dr. K.M.K. Srivatsa, Dr. Sushil Kumar & Dr. Govind
Vacuum science & technology for thin film processing; thin films growth mechanisms,
kinetic models of nucleation; thin film deposition techniques: physical vapor
deposition (PVD): evaporation (resistive heating, flash, electron beam, ion beam and
pulsed laser), sputtering (mechanisms and yield, dc and rf sputtering, bias
sputtering, magnetron sputtering), hybrid and modified PVD, ion plating, ion beam
assisted deposition, and vacuum arc deposition; chemical vapor deposition (CVD):
reaction chemistry and thermodynamics of CVD, thermal CVD, atmospheric and low
pressure CVD, plasma enhanced CVD (PECVD), MOCVD etc.; Chemical techniques:
spray pyrolysis, electro deposition, sol-gel and Langmuir Blodgett techniques; types
of thin films: metallic, dielectric & semiconducting; optical coating, thin film
measurement & characterization, thickness measurements: Fizeau fringes, stylus
measurement, ellipsometer etc.; ultra-high vacuum techniques and processes;
electron-based techniques for examining surface and thin film processes. Surface
processes in adsorption, surface processes in epitaxial growth, electronic structure
and emission processes at metallic surfaces; semiconductor surfaces and interfaces;
surface processes in thin film devices; in-situ characterization of epitaxial films.
Defects in epitaxial films, epitaxial growth of nanostructures on silicon surfaces,
graphene, III-V nitride quantum well structures for LED & Solar cells applications.

N Eng (NPL)-2-873 : Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques : 4

Credits
Faculty : Dr. G.Bhagavannarayana, Dr. Sukhbir Singh & Dr.Renu Pasricha
Fundamentals of X-rays - Bremsstrahlung and characteristic X-rays, Moseley’s law,
X-ray production (conventional X-ray tubes and synchrotron), X-ray absorption/K-
absorption edge/filters ; X-ray crystallography, crystal systems and their
corresponding Bravais lattices, space groups, reciprocal lattice, lattice planes and
Miller indices, relation between lattice spacing and lattice constants, Bragg’s Law,
scattering of X-rays by an electron and an isolated atom and atomic structure factor,
structure factor for unit cell, calculation of structure factor, X-ray scattering and
systematic absences in a few crystal systems ; X-ray analysis for composition and
trace elements or impurities - X-ray florescence spectroscopy, energy dispersive
spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, CHN
analyzer ; determination of crystal structures - X-ray Laue, single crystal X-ray and
powder X-ray methods.
Characterization of crystalline perfection of single crystals & epitaxial films - crystal
defects and lattice mismatch, theoretical aspects of X-ray diffraction, reflection and
scattering, high resolution X-ray Diffraction for Bragg and Laue cases, semi-
kinematical theory for epitaxial layers for determination of thickness and
composition, X-ray reflectometry for determination of density, thickness and
interfacial roughness ; experimental aspects - monochromators, point and line focus
configurations of X-ray beam, parabolic graded multilayer mirror, flow proportional
and scintillation detectors, solid-state pixel detector ; high-resolution X-ray
diffractometers - high-resolution X-ray diffraction curves, X-ray topography, X-ray
reflectometry, grazing incidence X-ray diffractometry for in-plane diffraction,
reciprocal space mapping.
Microscopy Techniques - basics of electron microscopy, electron scattering, electron
atom interaction, electron emissions sources, vacuum conditions, scanning electron
microscopy, different imaging modes, conventional transmission electron microscopy,
high resolution transmission electron microscopy, reciprocal space, selected area
electron diffraction, convergent beam electron diffraction, bright field and dark field
imaging, scanning transmission electron microscopy, lattice scale imaging,
interpretation of high resolution images, scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force
microscopy.
Spectroscopy techniques - Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman
spectroscopy. secondary ion mass spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance
spectroscopy, cathodoluminescence, photoluminescence, defect structure analysis
using microscopy and spectroscopy results; particle size analyzer.

Eng (NPL)-2-874 : Nanostructured Materials : 4 Credits

Faculty : Dr. A.K. Srivastava, Dr.H.K.Singh & Dr. D. Haranath
Introduction to nanomaterials, nanoparticles employing ball milling, gas
condensation, laser ablation, thermal and ultrasonic decomposition, reduction
methods, self-assembly, low-temperature plasma, thermal high-speed spray, sol
gels, precipitation of quantum dots and other procedures; nanolayers by physical
vapor deposition methods, PLD, sputtering, e-beam evaporation, MBE; Chemical
Vapor Deposition (CVD); nanostructuring by nanopolishing, etching of
nanostructures, lithography procedures like optical lithography, electron beam
lithography, ion beam lithography, X-ray and synchrotron lithography, focused ion
beams, nanoimprinting, atomic force, near-field optics. Characterization of
nanomaterials for the structure, composition, defects, interfaces, grain boundaries.
Generation, interpretation & application of nano-scaled defects. Physics at low
dimensions, heterostructures, band engineering, quantum wires, quantum dots,
effective mass approximation, quantum wells in heterostructures, square well of
finite and infinite width, triangular and parabolic quantum wells, tunneling transport,
potential step, T-matrices, current and conductance, resonant tunneling, tunneling in
heterostructures, effects of electric and magnetic fields, density of states,
conductivity and resistivity tensors, uniform magnetic field, Landau levels, S-D effect,
quantum hall effect, Aharanov-Bohm effect, nanomagnetism, surface/interface
magnetism, nanophotonics. Electronic devices based on nanostructures, high electron
mobility transistors, resonant tunneling diode, quantum cascade laser, single electron
transistor, carbon nanotube and graphene devices and spintronic devices.

Eng (NPL)-3-871 : Superconductivity and Magnetic Materials : 4 Credit

Faculty : Dr. Pushpa L. Upadhyay, Dr. Anurag Gupta & Dr. V.P.S. Awana
Introduction to superconductivity; thermodynamics of superconducting transition,
two-fluid model London theory, flux-quantization, superconducting tunneling
phenomena and energy gap, introduction to microscopic theory (Bardeen-Cooper-
Schrieffer) of superconductivity. Type II superconductivity, mixed state and
Ginzburg-Landau theory, critical currents, flux-pinning and flux-flow. Magneto-
thermal instabilities in type II superconductors. Applications of Superconductivity :
materials requirement for superconducting devices, low current devices and
superconducting electronics, superconducting thin films, SQUIDs and Josephson
junction based devices, detectors and bolometers. High current applications,
synthesis methods for wires and tape-conductors, superconducting magnets, energy
storage, motors and generators. High Temperature superconductors : introduction &
their unusual fundamental properties, electronic and power applications of high-
temperature superconductors. Physical Properties of materials at low temperatures
(specific heat, thermal conductivity, thermal expansion, electrical conductivity,
magnetic and mechanical properties). Production of low temperatures, cryogenic
fluids : their properties and storage, transfer devices, temperature control &
measurement, production of very low temperatures, vacuum systems as applied to
cryogenics.
Magnetic moments of a body, alignment of atomic magnetic moments in a solid,
Ferromagnetism, Curie Point and the Exchange Integral, Magnetisation and
magnetic domains, Temperature dependence of magnetization, Coercive force &
hysteresis, coercivity in fine particles. Ferrimagnetism and Antiferromagnetic order,
Neutron magnetic scattering Magnetism of transition metals (elements, alloys and
compounds), Rare-earths and Special Oxides (Spinels, Garnets and Perovskites).
Magneto-resistance, tunnel magnetoresistance, Spintronics.

Eng (NPL)-3-872: Advanced Measurement Techniques & Metrology : 4 Credits

Faculty : Dr. A.K. Bandopadhyay, Dr. K.P.Chaudhary & Dr. S.S. Rajput
Introduction of the measurement science, measurement terminology and vocabulary,
basics of uncertainty in measurements, brief advance uncertainty analysis including
uncorrelated and correlated measurand, accurate measurement techniques in basic
and derived SI units like mass, temperature, length & dimension, pressure &
vacuum, force, DC (voltage, resistance & current), AC (high voltage & current, power
& energy), LF voltage & current, introduction to quantum SI, quantum definition of
mass, e-mass by superconducting magnetic levitation, watt balance, I2 stabilized He-
Ne Laser, Michelson interferometer – principle theory and application, different kinds
of interferometer and applications, primary laser and its importance in metrology as
a standard, basics of radiometry, radiometric quantities, radiant quantities,
realization of radiometry to SI, calibration for spectral irradiance responsivity, high
temperature by radiation pyrometry, measurement of Boltzmann constant ‘k’,
Josephson voltage standard, quantum hall effect, time and frequency standards,
laser cooled cesium fountain, metrology instruments - standards and artifacts for key
comparison, introduction to the international organizations BIPM, RMO (APMP, SIM,
EORAMET etc.), OIML, ILAC, international data base – key comparison data base
(KCDB), calibration measurement capabilities (CMCs), ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 quality
system and conformity assessment and their use in support of technical regulations.

Eng (NPL)-3-873: Advanced Computational Physics : 4 Credits

Faculty : Dr. Ravi Mehrotra, Dr. Sumit K. Mishra & Dr. J.Pulikkotil
Introduction to computer problem solving techniques, design and anatomy of a
computer program, programming in C.
Modeling of Data : least square methods, finite difference methods, numerical
differentiation and integration, interpolation and extrapolation, statistical analysis
Numerical Methods : root finding, eigen systems, FFT, ordinary differential equations
and boundary value problems, Runge-Kutta and predictor corrector methods, partial
differential equations
Simulations : molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo methods.

Eng (NPL)-2-875 : Engineering Materials : 4 Credit

Faculty : Dr. Ajay Dhar, Dr. T.D. Senguttuvan & Mr. B. Sivaiah
Classification of engineering materials, material properties, selection of material,
advanced and futuristic materials, smart materials, nanomaterials; phase diagram,
equilibrium & kinetics, stable & metastable phases, nucleation and growth, metals,
alloys and solid-solutions; ceramics, polymers, composites; crystal imperfections,
defects, dislocations; elastic and plastic deformation, stress-strain curves, work
hardening & dynamic recovery, strengthening mechanisms; solidification and
crystallization, recovery, recrystallization and grain growth; creep, fatigue, fracture,
oxidation and corrosion; materials processing techniques : liquid metallurgy, powder
metallurgy, spray forming; secondary processing techniques : extrusion, forging,
rolling; mechanical and metallurgical characterization, structure-property
correlations; light weight materials, metal matrix composites, polymer matrix
composites, ceramic matrix composites, carbon-based composites, nanocomposites,
super-hard materials, dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, magnetic
materials

Eng (NPL)-2-874: Quantum Optics & Advanced Solid State Optical Devices
: 4 Credits
Faculty : Dr. A. Sengupta & Dr. H.C. Kandpal
Introduction to quantum mechanics - quantum theory and wave nature of matter,
complementarity, wave function and its interpretation, wave packets and free particle
motion, principle of superposition, wave packets and uncertainty relation, spreading
of wavepackets ; wave equations and solutions - linear harmonic oscillator, eigen
value and eigen functions, motion of wave packets, double oscillator ; different types
of potentials - normalization of free particle wave function, potential steps,
rectangular potential barrier, periodic potential, potential square well ; coherence
theory - classical coherence, quantum coherence ; semiconductor photon sources
and detectors - light emitting diodes, laser amplifiers and injection lasers,
photodetectors, photoconductors, photodiodes and avalanche photodiodes, single
photon detectors ; theory of photoelectric detection of light - differential
photodetection probability, joint probability of multiple photodetection, integral
detection probabilities, photoelectric detection in a fluctuating field – photoelectric
bunching, photoelectric counting statistics of a fluctuating field, photoelectric current
fluctuations, Hanburry Brown – Twiss effect – photon antibunching.
Introduction to time and frequency standards including historical perspectives. Basic
concepts of frequency standards, macroscopic frequency sources. Basics of laser
frequency standards. Characterization of noise processes – amplitude and phase
noise. Statistical characterization of the noise processes. Measurement techniques of
phase and frequency noise. Introduction to atomic frequency standards, primary and
secondary frequency standards. Microwave atomic frequency standards such as H-
maser, Rb cell standards, cesium beam standards. Sources of frequency biases and
their evaluation. Physics of cold atoms – laser cooling and trapping. Optical Molasses
and magneto optic traps. Polarization gradient cooling. Bose Einstein condensation.
Atomic Fountain frequency standards based on cold atoms. Cesium fountain
frequency standard. Evaluation of sources of frequency biases. Ion trap frequency
standards. Realization of different types of traps. Microwave & optical frequency
standards based on trapped ions. Synthesis and translation of optical frequencies
including femto-second comb, applications of precision frequency standards.
CSIR-SERC
Engineering of Structures
Semester-wise Course Scheme

Semester-I

Hours/Week
Sl. Subject Code Subject Credits
L T P
1. ENGG(SERC) 1-906 Instrumentation & Sensors for Structural 3 0 2 4
Response Measurement
2. ENGG(SERC) 1-907 Advanced Mechanics of Materials 3 0 0 3
3. ENGG(SERC) 1-908 Computational Methods 3 0 0 3
4. ENGG(SERC)1-909 Advanced Engineering Mathematics 3 0 0 3
5. ENGG(SERC) 2-906 Dynamics of Structures 3 0 0 3
TOTAL CREDITS 16

Semester-II
Hours/Week
Sl. Subject Code Subject Credits
L T P
1. ENGG(SERC) 1-920 Research Methodology and professional 2 0 0 2
practice
2. ENGG(SERC) 2-9xx Elective 1 3 0 0 3
3. ENGG(SERC) 3-9xx Elective 2 3 0 0 3
4. ENGG(SERC)2-9xx Elective 3 3 0 0 3
TOTAL CREDITS 11

Electives for 2nd semester

Hours/Week
Sl. Subject Code Subject Credits
L T P
Elective 1

1. ENGG(SERC) 2-907 Engineering for Natural hazards 3 0 0 3

2. ENGG(SERC) 2-908 RCC & Pre-stressed Concrete 3 0 1 3
Elective 2
3. ENGG(SERC) 3-906 Health Monitoring of Structures 2 0 2 3
4. ENGG(SERC) 3-907 Metal Structure Behaviour & Design 3 0 1 3
Elective 3
5. ENGG(SERC) 2-909 Finite Element Technology-I 3 1 0 3
Semester-III
Hours/Week
Sl. Subject Code Subject Credits
L T P
1. ENGG(SERC) 2-9xx Elective 4 3 0 0 3
2. ENGG(SERC)3-9xx Elective 5 3 0 1 3
2. ENGG(SERC)3-9xx Elective 6 3 1 0 3
3. ENGG(SERC) 2-928 Thesis Work and Seminar 12
TOTAL CREDITS 21

Electives for 3rd semester

Hours/Week
Sl. Subject Code Subject Credits
L T P
Elective 4

1. ENGG(SERC) 2-910 Plates & Shell Structures 3 0 1 3

2. ENGG(SERC) 2-911 Bridge Engineering 3 0 1 3
Elective 5
3. ENGG(SERC) 2-912 Earthquake Engineering 3 0 1 3
4. ENGG(SERC) 2-913 Repair & Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures 3 0 1 3
Elective 6
New Composite Materials in Civil Engineering
5. ENGG(SERC) 3-908 3 0 1 3
Applications
6. ENGG(SERC) 3-909 Soft Computing 3 0 1 3
Uncertainty Handling in Engineering Decision
7. ENGG(SERC) 3-910 3 0 1 3
Making
8. ENGG(SERC) 3-911 Finite Element Technology-II 3 0 1 3
9. ENGG(SERC) 3-912 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Structures 3 0 1 3

Semester-IV
Hours/Week
Sl. Subject Code Subject Credits
L T P
1.
ENGG(SERC) 2-929 Dissertation Seminars 6
2. ENGG(SERC) 2-930 Dissertation Report and Viva-Voce 14
TOTAL CREDITS 20

The course syllabus given in the brochure indicates L-T-P-C

nomenclature.
 L is the number of lecture hours per week.
 T is the number of tutorial hours per week.
 P is the number of laboratory hours per week.
 C is the number of credits for the course.
 ENGG(SERC) 1-906: Instrumentation & Sensors for Structural Response Measurement
(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-2-4
Faculty : Shri K. Srinivas ( CSIO), Dr. K. Ravisankar, Dr. S. Arunachalam

Introduction: Definition of Instrumentation, Why instrumentation of Structures/Structural components?

concepts and Methods - Potential areas of application; measurements: Data Acquisition - Data
Transmission - Data Processing - Storage of processed data - Knowledgeable information processing
- Remote Structural Health Monitoring; Sensors for measurements: Electrical Resistance Strain
Gages (ERSG), Vibrating Wire Strain Gages (VWSG), Fiber Optic Sensors (FOS), Temperature
Sensors, Accelerometers, Displacement Transducers, Load Cells, Humidity Sensors, Crack
Propagation Measuring Sensors, Corrosion Monitoring Sensors, Pressure Sensors

ENGG(SERC) 1-907 : Advanced Mechanics of Materials

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-0-3
Faculty : Dr. Nagesh R Iyer , Dr. G.S. Palani

Concept of Stresses and Strains - Basic Concepts, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Stress and
strain tensors, Thermal Stresses; Mechanical Properties of Engineering Materials - Stress-Strain
Curve of Engineering Materials, Constitutive relations ; Solid Mechanics Approach - Principal Stresses
and Strains, Axially Loaded Members, Plane stress, Plane Strain and Axisymmetric Problems, Closed
and Open Coiled Helical Springs, Strain energy, Introduction to concepts of plasticity ; Bending and
shear of beams - Shear Forces and Bending Moments, Bending and Shear Stresses, Elastic
Deflection of Beams ; Torsion – Open and closed sections, Shear centre, warping cross-section
properties, Shear flow in closed and open sections, Torsion of shafts, closed and open sections;
Advanced Topics - Buckling of Compressed Members and Slenderness Ratio, Elements of Structural
Vibrations, Fundamentals of Fatigue Analysis

ENGG(SERC) 1-908: Computational Methods

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-0-3
Faculty: Dr. A. Rama Mohan Rao ,Shri. J. Rajasankar

Introduction, finite floating point arithmetic, catastrophic cancellation, chopping and rounding errors;
Solution of nonlinear equations; bisection method, secant method, Newton's method, fixed point
iteration, Muller's method; Numerical optimization; Method of golden section search, Newton's
method optimization; Solutions of linear algebraic equations; forwarding Gaussian elimination,
pivoting, scaling, back substitution, LU-decomposition, norms and errors, condition numbers,
iterations, Newton's method for systems, computer implementation; Interpolation; Lagrange
interpolation, Newton interpolation, inverse interpolation; Numerical Integration; finite differences,
Newton cotes rules, trapezoidal rule, Simpson's rule, extrapolation, Gaussian quadrature; Numerical
solution of ordinary differential equations; Euler's method, Runge-Kutta method, multi-step methods,
predictor-corrector methods, rates of convergence, global errors, algebraic and shooting methods, for
boundary value problems, computer implementation

ENGG(SERC) 1-909 :Advanced Engineering Mathematics

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-0-3
Faculty:, Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan, Shri V. Venkataraman

Ordinary Differential Equations of the First Order , Ordinary Linear Differential Equation, Laplace
Transformation, Line and Surface Integrals. Integral Theorems, Matrices and Determinants (Systems
of Linear Equations), Fourier Series and Integrals, Partial Differential Equations, Sequences and
Series, Taylor and Laurent Series, Special Functions. Asymptotic Expansions
 ENGG(SERC) 1-920: Research Methodology &Technical Communications
(L-T-P-C) : 2-0-1-2
Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Nagesh R Iyer

Research Methodology : Literature review ; Searching the literature; Managing references; Effective
scientific writing; Effective scientific presentation; Intellectual property management ; Writing and
reading Patents ; Research planning; Ethics in Science

Introduction to organisational structure; Communication Skills; Engineering Ethics and Social

Responsibility; Introduction to Decision Making; Professionalism Using Standard; Social Intelligence;
Decision Making in Company; Professional Judgment; Entrepreneurship and Risk Management; inter-
relationships between professionalism and ethics; inter-relationships between Ethics and Social
Intelligence; inter-relationships between Professional Judgment and Social Intelligence; mentoring;
leadership exercises; group dynamics; conflict resolution

ENGG(SERC) 2-906: Dynamics of Structures

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Course Coordinator: Dr. K. Muthumani

Introduction: dynamic vs. static response; types of dynamic loading: seismic, impact, wind, blast;
Principles of dynamics - Formulation of equations of motion by different methods - single degree of
freedom systems - free and forced response - effect of damping; Multi-degree of freedom systems -
Formulation of equations of motion - Eigen values problems - Modes shapes and orthonormality of
modes -Approximate methods of extraction of eigen values and natural frequency; Seismic response
spectra Response spectra parameters; response spectra relationships; Dynamic response of MDOF
systems - Mode superposition techniques -Numerical integration procedures; Continuous systems -
Modeling - free and forced vibration of bars and beams; MDOFs : Response spectra analysis; SRSS
and CQC combination methods; Introduction to frequency domain analysis; Time domain vs.
frequency domain; Fourier series; the Fast Fourier transform (FFT);assessing frequency content;
frequency based filtering; Application of finite element method in structural dynamics

ENGG(SERC) 2-911: Bridge Engineering

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Course coordinator: Dr. K. Ramanjaneyulu

(4-0-0) jasankar
Introduction - historical development, Classification and components of bridges, choice of type of the
bridges, bridge aesthetics; Bridge codes – standard specifications for highway and railway bridges;
Analysis and design of RC and PSC bridge decks, load distribution in slab and girder bridges,
analysis and design of voided slab bridge decks, behaviour of skew bridge decks; Analysis and
design of RC and PSC box-girder bridge decks; Analysis and design of steel and composite bridges;
Design of bearings; Design of substructure and foundations - piers and abutments of different types,
shallow and deep foundations; Modern methods of construction - Incremental launching and its
impact on analysis and design, segmental construction ; Introduction to analysis and design of long
span bridges: suspension and cable stayed bridges

ENGG(SERC) 2-912: Earthquake Engineering

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Faculty: Dr. P. Kamatchi; Shri G.V. Rama Rao

(4-1-0) jasankar
Elements of Engineering Seismology - Causes of earthquakes - seismic waves – magnitude and
intensity -characteristics of strong earthquake ground motions - Seismic Susceptibility of Indian
Subcontinent; Performance of structures under past earthquakes - Lessons learnt - Behaviour of RC,
steel, Masonry and prestressed concrete structures under cyclic loading; Introduction to theory of
vibrations -Flexibility of long and short period structures - concept of response spectrum; Building
forms for earthquake resistance - Building Systems – Rigid Frames, Braced Frames, Shear Walls -
Structural Configuration; Seismic design philosophy - Concept of Earthquake Resistant Design -
Evaluation of earthquake load on structures based on IS: 1893 – response spectrum method - 3 D
computer analysis of building – Importance of detailing IS 13920
Seismic Design of Non Engineered construction; Seismic evaluation and retrofitting of structures; Soil
performance – Soil liquefaction – Soil structure interaction ; Seismic design provisions for bridges,
dams, tanks and Industrial structures; Modern Concepts: Introduction to Passive and Active Control of
Civil Engineering Structures, Base Isolation, energy dissipation devices, Adaptive systems – Case
studies

ENGG(SERC) 2-908: RCC & Prestressed Concrete Structures

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Faculty: Dr. K. Ramanjaneyulu, Dr. B. H. Bharath Kumar , Dr. A. Rama Chandra Murthy

Yield line method of Design of Slabs: Equilibrium and virtual work methods of analysis, Rectangular
slabs and triangular slabs with various edge conditions – yield line patterns, Circular slabs, Design for
limit state of strength and serviceability, Orthotropically reinforced slabs; Design of Grid Floors:
General features, Rigorous and approximate methods of analysis, Design of grid floors.; Design of
Shear walls; Design of Deep Beams and Corbels; Design of Flat Slabs; Design of bunkers silos and
chimneys; Analysis of stresses in concrete chimneys- uncracked and cracked sections- Codal
provisions- Design of chimney; Importance of Detailing in Reinforced Concrete Construction.

Introduction to prestressed concrete: materials, types of prestressing systems and devices; analysis
of prestressed concrete elements for flexure: concepts of stresses at transfer and service loads,
ultimate strength in flexure, losses in prestress, anchorage zone stresses; philosophy of design: limit
state design for flexure and shear, tendon profiles in post-tensioned and pre-tensioned members,
comparative analysis of provisions of international standards; statically indeterminate structures:
continuous beams and portals, secondary moments, concordancy of tendon profiles ; composite
construction: longitudinal shear transfer, transverse shear, stage prestressing, creep and shrinkage
effects; external prestressing; design of prestressed concrete pipes, tanks, slabs, and cylindrical
shells.;construction aspects – prestressing, precast-prestressed concrete, stressing sequence; safe
demolition of psc structures; methods for safe distressing of prestressed concrete structures

ENGG(SERC) 2-909: Finite Element Technology-I

(L-T-P-C) : 3-1-0-3
Faculty: Dr. Nagesh R Iyer , Dr. A. Rama Mohan Rao , Shri J. Rajasankar

(4-2-0) jasankar
Review of matrix methods of structural analysis ; Stationary Principles, Rayleigh-Ritz method
and Interpolation : Principle of stationary potential energy, Rayleigh-Ritz method, Stationary
principles and governing equations, Finite element form Rayleigh-Ritz method, FEM formulation from
a functional, Interpolation, C0 and C1 elements; Displacement based Element
formulations:Overview of element stiffness matrix, Load formulations, Equilibrium and compatibility,
convergence requirements , patch test, stress calculations, plane stress, plane strain, axisymmetric
and solid finite elements, triangular, quadrilateral, tetrahedral and hexahedral
elements.Isoparametric finite elements :1-D, 2-D and 3-D shape functions, Lagrangian and
Serendipity family of elements, numerical integration, validity of isoparametric elements, element and
mesh instabilities, coordinate transformations, handling of constraints; Plate bending elements
:Plate bending theory, Mindlin and Kirchhoff element formulations, Concepts of locking, Full, reduced
integration and selective reduced techniques,
 ENGG(SERC) 3-910 Uncertainty Handling in Engineering Decision Making
(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Coordinator: Dr. K. Balaji Rao

Introduction: Basic Definitions; Examples; Different types of uncertainties; Exposure to formal

frameworks for handling uncertainties; Theory & Application of Probability and Statistics: Nature and
Purpose of Mathematical Statistics; Tabular and Graphical Representation of Samples; Sample Mean
and Sample Variance; Random Experiments, Outcomes, Events; Probability; Permutations and
Combinations; Random Variables. Discrete and Continuous Distributions; Mean and Variance of a
Distribution; Binomial, Poisson, and Hypergeometric Distributions; Normal Distribution; Distributions of
Several Random Variables; Random Sampling. Random Numbers; Estimation of Parameters;
Confidence Intervals; Testing of Hypotheses, Decisions; Quality Control; Acceptance Sampling;
Goodness of Fit. Χ2-Test; Nonparametric Tests; Pairs of Measurements. Statistical Tables;
Application of stochastic processes for engineering decision making : Basic definition of stochastic
process; Some commonly used stochastic processes; Learning models for engineering decision
making – learning in both stationary and non-stationary environment; Application of fuzzy sets in
engineering decision making :Basic definition of fuzzy sets; Some commonly used fuzzy sets; Use of
fuzzy stochastic models for engineering decision making; Handling of uncertainties using possibility
and plausibility theories ; Introduction to application of game-theoretic approaches for engineering
designs

ENGG(SERC) 3-909: Soft Computing

(L-T-P-C) : 3-1-0-3
Coordinator: Dr. A. Rama Mohan Rao

Introduction: Introduction of Soft-computing tools, Fuzzy Logic, concepts meta-heuristics, Evolutionary

algorithms, Neural Networks and Probabilistic Reasoning; Artificial Neural Networks (ANN): Different
Architectures, Back-propagation Algorithm, Hybrid Learning Rule, Supervised Learning- Perceptrons,
Adaline, Back-propagation Multilayer Perceptrons, Radial Basis function Networks. Unsupervised
Learning – Competitive Learning Network, Kohonen Self-Organizing Networks, Hebbian Learning,
The Hopfield Network; Support Vector Machines: Support vector machines and other kernel based
learning algorithms, Implementation techniques for SVM, application of SVM for engineering
problems; Fuzzy Set Theory: Basic Definition and terminology, Basic Concepts of Fuzzy Logic, Set
Theoretic Operators, Membership functions- formulation and parameterization. Fuzzy Union,
Intersection, and Complement. Fuzzy Rules and Fuzzy Reasoning. Fuzzy Inference Systems-
Mamdani and Sugeno Fuzzy models. Fuzzy Associative Memories;Evolutionary Algorithms: Basics of
evolutionary Algorithms, Design issues in evolutionary Algorithm, evolutionary computing;
Applications with Soft Computing Tools: Case studies with ANN, fuzzy and Hybrid approaches. Multi-
objective optimization and decision making.

ENGG(SERC) 2-910:Plate and Shell Structures

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Faculty: Dr. K. Balji Rao; Dr. K. Ramanjaneyulu

Thin plates, Kirchhoff theory - strain displacement relations, stresses and stress resultants,
constitutive equations, equilibrium equations, boundary conditions, Analysis of rectangular and
circular plates with different boundary conditions and loadings ; thick plates-Reissner-Mindlin-Naghadi
type theories; orthotropic plates, plates on elastic foundation; Buckling of plates; Membrane and
bending theory for analysis of singly curved and doubly curved shells – long and short cylindrical
shells, single and multi barrel shells, Beam-arch approximation for long cylindrical shells; Analysis of
surfaces of revolution – domes, cylindrical, conical and hyperboloid of revolution subjected to different
types of loadings; Analysis and shells of translation - elliptic paraboloids, hyperbolic paraboloids;
Analysis of folded plates;
 ENGG(SERC) 3-907: Metal Structure Behaviour and Design
(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Faculty: Dr. S.J. Mohan, Dr. G.S. Palani , Dr. N. Prasada Rao

Frame design review -Second Order Effects and Moment Magnification; Stability and Leaning
Columns; Philosophies of design - ASD vs. LRFD and Structural Reliability; Failure Criteria; Brittle
Fracture/Ductile Yielding; Von Mises Yield Criteria; Fatigue - Stress Life, Strain Life, Fracture
Mechanics; Variable Amplitude Loading and Miner’s Rule; Fatigue Design Requirements; Bending
behavior - General Flexural Theory; Unsymmetrical Bending Biaxial Bending Tapered Members;
Torsion - Pure Torsion Shear Flow Shear; Center of Open Thin-Walled Sections Uniform Torsion;
Torsion of Structural Shapes; Non-uniform Torsion; Combined Torsion and Bending Torsion of Closed
Thin-Walled Sections, Single Cell and Multi-Cell; Lateral torsional buckling - Elastic and Inelastic;
Columns, plates, and compression members - Local Buckling of Plate Elements; Design Criteria;
Torsional Compression Buckling; Design of Aluminum Structures: Introduction, Stress-Strain
Relationship, Permissible Stresses, Tension and Compression Members, Laced and Battened
nd
Columns, Beams; Beam-column and frame behavior –Approximate 2 order effects; Elastic and
Inelastic Behavior; CONNECTIONS - Review of Bolt and Weld Strength; Riveted and Bolted
Connections Design Aids Example; Microwave Towers – Introduction, structural configuration,
function, analysis and design. Transmission Towers – Introduction, structural configuration, bracing
systems, analysis and design, codal provision for design of tower and foundation; Tubular Structures -
Tubular Trusses, joint details, tubular scaffoldings, codal provisions; Cold Form light gauge section-
Type of cross section, Stiffened, multiple stiffened and un-stiffened element, flat- width ratio, effective
design width, Design of light gauge compression, tension and flexural members

ENGG(SERC) 3-906: Health Monitoring of Structures

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Faculty: Dr. K. Ravisankar, Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan

Static Field Testing: Requirements for carrying out static field testing -Types of static tests -
Behavioural/ Diagnostic tests - Proof tests - Simulation and loading methods - Static response
measurement; Dynamic Field Testing: Stress history data - Dynamic load allowance tests - Ambient
vibration tests - Forced Vibration Method - Dynamic response methods; Periodic and Continuous
Monitoring; Long term performance monitoring using integrated sensing methods - Monitoring through
ambient vibration - Monitoring through testing under service load conditions - Assessment of crack
growth - Loss of prestress; Data Acquisition Systems; Static data acquisition systems - Dynamic data
acquisition systems - Hardware for Remote data acquisition systems; Remote Structural Health
Monitoring: Importance and Advantages - Methodology - RF/PSTN/GSM/Satellite Communications -
Networking of sensors - Data compression technique; Case Studies

ENGG(SERC) 2-913: Repair & Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Faculty: Dr. B.H. Bharthkumar, Shri T.S. Krishnamurthy

General: Introduction , cause of deterioration of concrete structures, Diagnostic methods & analysis,
preliminary investigations ,experimental investigations using NDT, load testing, corrosion mapping,
core drilling method; Serviceability and Durability: Effects due to climate, temperature, chemicals,
wear and erosion, Design and construction errors; Maintenance and Repair Strategies: Definitions:
Maintenance, repair and rehabilitation, Facets of Maintenance importance of Maintenance Preventive
measures on various aspects. Assessment procedure for evaluating a damaged structure; Causes of
deterioration – testing techniques; Techniques for Repair: Corrosion protection, corrosion inhibitors,
corrosion resistant steels, coatings, cathodic protection. Strengthening of structural elements with
various methods; Case Studies: Structures affected due to corrosion related failure
 ENGG(SERC) 3-908: New Composite Materials in Civil Engineering Applications
(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Faculty: Shri T.S. Krishnamurthy, Dr. (Mrs) J. Annie Peter

Concrete Composite: Fresh concrete and hardened concrete – Mix Design – Use of Admixtures
Mechanical and Durablity properties; Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC):Types of Fibres – Factors
affecting strength and stiffness of fibre concrete– Production of FRC – Tests on FRC – Applications of
FRC; ferrocement-production and application; High Performance Concrete (HPC): Definition –
Constituent materials – Production methods – Advantages of HPC – Applications of HPC; self
compacting concrete; definition – constituent material – mix proportion – production methods – various
tests on SCC – applications of SCC; Polymer Concrete Composite: Classification of Polymer concrete
– Methods of Production – Advantages of Polymer Concrete – Applications of Polymer Concrete; FRP
composites: Constituent materials – Method of Productions – Properties and Production method –
Applications

ENGG(SERC) 2-907: Engineering for Natural Hazards

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Faculty: Dr. S. Arunachalam, Dr. S. Selvirajan, Dr. K. Balaji Rao

Hazard Characteristics: Seismology and ground motion characteristics; Extreme wind Characteristics;
Hazard Estimation: Deterministic methods; Stochastic methods; Probabilistic and deterministic
seismic hazard analysis; Risk analysis of cyclonic wind speed; Post Disaster Damage Surveys:
Earthquake Disaster; Cyclone Disaster; Materials and Methodology of Constructions; Vulnerability
Analysis: Damage Probability Matrix approach; Fragility Analysis approach; Risk analysis life quality
index Approach; Guidelines for Disaster Resistant Structures: Earthquake Disaster; Cyclone Disaster

ENGG(SERC) 2-909: Finite Element Technology-II

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Introduction to nonlinear
Faculty: Dr. Nagesh RFEA Concept
Iyer,– Dr. of geometric
A. Rama and material
Mohan Rao, nonlinearity, Total
Shri J. Rajasankar, andPalani
Dr. G.S. updated

Lagrangian formulation, Constitutive relations, Solution techniques;

Formulations related to nonlinear dynamic analysis
Error estimation and adaptive refinement techniques – A posteriori error estimation for static, vibration
and dynamic problems; h-, p-, r- and mixed adaptive refinements.
Introduction to mesh free methods

ENGG(SERC) 3-912: Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Structures

(L-T-P-C) : 3-0-1-3
Faculty: Dr. G. Raghava, Dr. G.S. Palani, Shri P. Gandhi, Shri T.S. Krishnamurthy

Introduction to Fatigue: Loads – Cyclic loads – High cycle fatigue – Low cycle fatigue; Stress-life
Approach: S-N curve – Size effect – Loading effect – Surface … plating, thermal, and mechanical –
Temperature – Environment; Strain-life Approach: Introduction – Material behaviour – Monotonic
stress-strain behaviour, Basic definition – True and engineering stress-strain relationship, Cyclic
stress-strain behaviour, Cyclic strain hardening and softening, Cyclic stress-strain curve
determination, Stress-strain power law relation; Fatigue Life Calculation: – Prediction of fatigue life
using S-N and Miner’s approach – General,calculation of equivalent stress range, stresses to be
considered, S-N curves and joint classifications, – Prediction of crack propagation using da/dN vs ΔK
curves – General, Constant amplitude loading, variable amplitude loading, geometric functions and
crack growth integrals– General, load calculation, stress calculation, … probability of failure – Design
formats – General, allowable stresses, allowable cumulative damage ratio, comments on the design
formats; Fracture:…Stress distribution at discontinuities – Stress concentration factors – Cracks …
Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM):Stress intensity factor – monotonic and cyclic loads -
Fracture toughness – Energy theories – J-integral; Crack Growth Studies: Fatigue crack growth …
Constant amplitude loading – Variable amplitude loading – Crack growth models –Remaining life
prediction – Residual strength evaluation – Plastic collapse condition, Yield condition, Remaining life
approach … Fracture of Concrete Structures: Fracture mechanics approach for concrete – Limitations
– Nonlinear fracture models with tension softening – Fracture energy – size effect – Remaining life
prediction – Residual strength evaluation.
List of Faculty (CSIR-SERC)

S.
No Name Designation Field of Specialisation
Computational Mechanics, Fatigue, fracture
1 Dr. Nagesh R Iyer Director Expertise and damage mechanics,
Performance evaluation of Structures
Structural Dynamics and Earthquake
3 Dr. K. Muthumani Chief scientist
Engineering
4 Dr. K Ravisankar Chief scientist Experimental Mechanics and Health Monitoring.
5 Dr. S. Arunachalam Chief scientist Wind Engineering, cyclone disaster mitigation.
RCC Design, Repair & Rehabilitation of
6 Mr. T.S. Krishnamoorty Chief scientist
structures.
Sr. Principal Computational Methods, Combinatorial
7 Dr. A Rama Mohan Rao
Scientist optimization.
Sr. Principal Structural Dynamics and Earthquake
8 Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan
Scientist Engineering.
Sr. Principal
9 Dr. G. Raghava Fatigue and Fracture
Scientist
Dr.(Ms.) Jolly Annie
10 Chief scientist Concrete composites, special concrete
Peter
Sr. Principal
11 Dr. Kanchi Balaji Rao Risk and Reliability
Scientist
12 Dr. K. Ramanjaneyulu Scientist-F Bridge Engineering , RCC design
Sr. Principal
13 Dr. K. Rama Raju Vibration control of structures
Scientist
14 Dr. S.J. Mohan Chief scientist Steel Structures, tower testing
Sr. Principal
15 Dr. P. Sivakumar Steel structures, structural optimization
Scientist
16 Dr.(Ms.) Selvi Rajan Chief scientist Wind Engineering, cyclone disaster mitigation
Sr. Principal
17 Dr. P. K. Umesha Steel structures, structural optimization
Scientist
Sr. Principal
18 Mr. J.Rajasankar Computational Mechanics, Damage Mechanics
Scientist
Sr. Principal Computational Mechanics, Fatigue and
19 Dr. G. S Palani.
Scientist Fracture
Sr. Principal
20 Mr. Palla Gandhi Fatigue and Fracture.
Scientist
Sr. Principal
21 Mr. N.G. Bhagavan Structural Engineering
Scientist
Sr. Principal
23 Mr. C. Jayabal Mechanical Engineering
Scientist
Principal
24 Mr. P Srinivasan Non Destructive testing, Concrete structures
Scientist
Principal
25 Mr. J.Prabakar Non Destructive testing, Concrete structures
Scientist
Principal
26 Mr. S. Parivallal Structural testing and health monitoring
Scientist
Principal
27 Dr. B.H. Bharatkumar RCC design, fracture of concrete structures
Scientist
Principal
28 Dr. P.Harikrishna Wind Engineering, CFD
Scientist
 Sr. Principal Structural Dynamics and Earthquake
30 Mr. K. Sathish Kumar
Scientist Engineering.
31 Mrs. N. Anandavalli Sr. Scientist Blast &impact design of structures
Mr. A Rama Chandra
32 Sr. Scientist RCC design, Fracture mechanics
Murthy
33 Mr. K. Kesavan Sr. Scientist Structural testing and health monitoring
Principal
34 Mr. G. Ramesh Babu G Wind Engineering, CFD
Scientist
Mr. Rajendra Pitambar
35 Sr. Scientist Steel structures , tower testing
Rokade
Structural Dynamics and Earthquake
36 Ms. R. Sreekala Sr. Scientist
Engineering.
37 Mr. Sangoju Bhaskar Sr. Scientist Structural Mechanics
38 Mr. Voggu Srinivas Sr. Scientist Bridge Engineering , RCC design
39 Mr. Amar Prakash Scientist Blast &impact design of structures
40 Ms. Ambily P.S. Scientist Concrete composites, special concrete
41 Mr. R. Bala Gopal Scientist Steel Structures, tower testing
42 Mr.S.R.Balasubramanian Scientist Masonary structures
43 Ms. S. Chitra Ganapathi Scientist Wind Engineering, CFD
44 Mr. C. Kumarasekar Scientist Tower testing
Structural Dynamics and Earthquake
45 Mr. G V. Rama Rao Scientist
Engineering.
46 Ms. Prabha Prahalathan Scientist Steel structures
47 Ms. Smitha Gopinath Scientist Computational mechanics, RCC structures
48 Mr. Sivasubramanian K Scientist Non Destructive testing, Concrete structures
49 Mr. V. Marimuthu Scientist Steel structures
50 Dr. M B Anoop Sr. Scientist Risk and Reliability, fuzzy theory
51 Dr.(Ms.) P. Kamatchi Sr. Scientist Earthquake design of structures
52 Mr. Prasad Rao Napa Sr. Scientist Steel structures , tower testing
53 Dr. Saptarshi Sasmal Sr. Scientist Bridge Engineering , RCC design
54 Dr. Cinitha Appu Scientist Earthquake design of structures
55 Dr.N. Lakshmikandhan Scientist Retrofitting & rehabilitation of structures
56 Dr. R. Manisekar Scientist Retrofitting & rehabilitation of structures
57 Dr. S. Vishnuvardhan Scientist Fatigue and fracture

58 Mr. A. Abraham Sr. Scientist Wind Engineering

Sr. Scientist Fatigue and Fracture.

59 Mr. DM. Pukazhendhi

SIC (CSIR- Sensor technologies, Non-conventional energy

60 Shri K. Srinivas
CSIO)
Sr. Principal
61 Shri Venkataraman Scientist(CEERI)
CSIR-SERC
Renewable Energy
 Semester-wise Course Details

Semester - I

Course code Title Credits

RE 501 Renewable Energy Sources for a Sustainable Future 2
RE 502 Harnessing the Power of Sun: Science and Technology of 4
Solar Photovoltaics
RE 503 Energy Storage and Conversion: Science and Technology 4
RE 504 Mathematical Methods for Renewable Energy Engineering 2
RE 505 "View from the TOP" seminar series I 1

Semester - II

Course code Title Credits

RE 506 Design and Engineering for Sustainability 2
RE 507 "View from the TOP" seminar series II 1
Electives (Two electives)
RE 601 Solar Photovoltaics: Power Electronics, Power 4
Transmission and Energy Monitoring
RE 602 Advanced course on Lithium-Ion Batteries 4
RE 603 Design of Structures for Renewable Energy 4
RE 604 Bio-Energy: The Plants work & Let us Reap 4

Summer Internship Project

Course code Title Credits

RE 605 CSIR 800 Field work and Project proposals (3 Months) 4

Semester - III

Course code Title Credits

RE 606 Self-study course on Advanced topics in Renewable Energy 4
RE 607 3-4 weeks Industrial training (Report and Presentation) 1
RE 608 4 week Solar Energy Workshop for High-school students 2
(Organizing and Mentoring)
RE 609 Effective Presentation Skills and Dissertation Writing 1
RE 610 Dissertation (Seminars and report) 8

Semester - IV

Course code Title Credits

RE 611 Dissertation seminars 6
RE 612 Dissertation report and Viva-Voice 18
M.Tech Program Credits Summary:
Total credits: 64 (32 Course work (excluding CSIR 800 Project) + 32 (Dissertation seminars and report))

PhD Program Credits Summary:

Total course credits: 36 (32 M. Tech course work (excluding CSIR 800 Project) + Additional Elective 4
credits (Any one extra elective from RE 601-604)))

Participating Faculty: 20+

 RE 501: Renewable Energy Sources for a Sustainable Future (2-0-0-2)
Course coordinator: Dr. Bala Pesala 2 Credits
Faculty: Dr. Saptarshi Sasmal, Shri. K. Srinivas, Dr. Carmalin Sophia
The course provides a brief overview of the field of the renewable energy covering scientific,
technological and pricing aspects.

Course Content:

• Basic thermodynamics: Laws of thermodynamics, Energy and entropy, Carnot efficiency

• Non-renewable sources and climate change discussion
• Introduction to various renewable technologies (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal etc.)
• Decentralized hybrid power: Need and potential in Indian context
• Instrumentation and sensors for power monitoring
• Structural Design basics: Engineering mechanics
• Energy costing and comparison with non-renewables

RE 502: Harnessing the power of Sun: Science and Technology of Solar (3-0-2-4)
Photovoltaics 4 Credits
Course coordinator: Dr. Bala Pesala
Solar photovoltaics shows the biggest promise to solve the energy crisis. This course is designed to
provide a solid scientific base for understanding and designing various solar cells and hands-on
experience to test and evaluate the performance of solar cells.

Course Content:

• Solar cell introduction: Shockley-Queisser limit, efficiency

• Introduction to semiconductors: Direct/Indirect band gap semiconductors, Energy band
structure of solids and band diagrams
• Basic semiconductor electronics: p-n junctions, diodes, transistors, heterostructures
• Quantum mechanics: Schrodinger equations, Kronig-penny model, Quantum potential wells
• Detailed discussion of various solar PV technologies (Si, Thin film, GaAs, Dye-sensitized etc.)
• Design and simulation of solar cells

Lab:

• Solar cell design using TCAD/Matlab

• Testing and characterization of solar cells (Si, Multijunction, Thin film)
(Current-voltage characteristics, efficiency)

RE 503: Energy Storage and Conversion: Science & Technology (3-0-2-4)

Course Coordinator: Dr. A. S. Prakash 4 Credits
Faculty: Dr. S. D. Bhat, Dr. K. Ramesha, Dr. A. K. Sahu
This course will cover introduction, basic principles and science & technology of various energy
storage and conversion systems

Course Content:

FINAL DRAFT
 • Introduction to energy storage: thermal, mechanical, compressed air, pumped hydro &
chemical energy.
• Electrochemical energy storage: Batteries, super capacitors and fuel cells
• Battery basic concepts: Cell voltage, capacity, energy/power density, primary and secondary
batteries, thermodynamics, working principles, electrode process.
• Battery types: Lead acid, Ni-Cd, Nickel-metal hydride, lithium ion.
• Batteries for EV, solar applications and recent advances.
• Fuel cells: Types of fuel cells, materials & components, applications, thermodynamics,
kinetics, system design and engineering, hydrogen storage.
• Dye sensitized solar cells:
• Comparison of various energy storage systems, cost economics, market trends

Lab:

• Fuel cell stack fabrication, assembly & testing,

• General electrochemical characterization, cyclic voltametry, chronoamperometry, half-cell
studies.

Re 504: Mathematical Methods for Renewable Energy Engineering (1-1-0-2)

Course Coordinator: Dr. Madan Kumar Lakshmanan 2 Credits
This is a refresher program that provides an overview of mathematical fundamentals essential to grasp
the advanced concepts of renewable energy engineering. It is devised to impart key mathematical skills
to students from diverse disciplines and expose them to various numerical/computational tools.

Course Content:

• Linear algebra: Matrices, system of linear equations, linear transformations, vectors, vector
spaces, inner product spaces, Eigen vectors and eigen values, orthogonal projection.
• Transforms: Fourier series, Fourier transform (FFT, DFT, DTFT), Laplace transform, Z-
transform, Wavelet transform, Karhunen–Loève theorem.
• Differential equations: Introduction to differential equations, first/second order differential
equations, Partial differential equations, geometrical interpretation
• Integrals: Definite integrals, indefinite integrals, line and surface integrals, integrals of
differential forms.
• Sequences and series: convergence of series, finite and infinite series, Taylor and Laurent series
expansions.
• Mathematical and computational tools: Matlab, Mathematica

RE 505: "View from the TOP" Seminar Series I (1-0-0-1)

Course Coordinator: Dr. Bala Pesala 1 Credit
Seminar aims at giving exposure as to how the best quality science is pursued, what drives the
scientists and their experiences in overcoming various hurdles during their scientific pursuit

• Talks by leading scientists in CSIR

• Invited talks by various professors on specialized topics in energy

Invited speaker list*:

FINAL DRAFT
Dr. Samir Brahmachari , DG, CSIR
Dr. Nagesh Iyer, Director, CSIR-SERC
Dr. Chandra Shekhar, Director, CSIR-CEERI
Dr. Ehrich Desa, Director, CSIR 800

Prof. Connie Chang-Hasnain (Professor, UC Berkeley)

Prof. Eli Yablonovitch (Professor, UC Berkeley)
Prof. P.C. Ku (Professor, University of Michigan)
Prof. Tonio Buonassisi (Professor, MIT)
Dr. Arun Majumdar (Director, ARPA-E, U.S.A)
Prof. Ramesh Ramamoorthy (Director, Sunshot Initiative, DOE, U.S.A)
Prof. Anand Veeraraghavan, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

RE 506: Design and Engineering for Sustainability (1-0-2-2)

Course Coordinator: Dr. Saptarshi Sasmal 2 Credits
Faculty : Dr. Prabhu Rajagopal (IIT Madras)
This course provides a generic overview of the principles needed for the design and engineering of
various systems and products.

Course Content:

• Design approaches
• Multi-objective design
• Design optimization
• Metrics for design evaluation
• Design for ‘X’
• Manufacturing and assembly
• Ergonomics
• Inspectability and sustainability
• Practical aspects of design
• CAD
• Manual prototyping
• Automated prototyping (3D printing/Rapid prototyping)

Lab:
Solve a design problem with a given constraints
Ex: Solar lantern that can replace a kerosene lamp at a competitive cost

RE 507: "View from the TOP" Seminar Series II (1-0-0-1)

Course Coordinator: Dr. Bala Pesala 1 Credit
Seminar to expose students to the real problems in the energy sector and the need for innovative
technological solutions, unique business models to make renewable energy sustainable especially in a
decentralized setting and for people at the BOP

• Talks by various entrepreneurs and executives from industry working in renewable energy

Invited speaker list*:

FINAL DRAFT
Dr. Harish Hande, SELCO, India
Dr. Bunker Roy, Founder, Barefoot college, Tilonia
Mr. Anshuman Lath, CEO, Gram Oorja
Mr. Sai Baba, Lanco Solar
Mr. Carlos Treves, High-flex solar, U.S.A
Dr. Nasreen Chopra, Altadevices, U.S.A
Dr. Bernardo Costanova, LS13, U.S.A

RE 601: Solar Photovoltaics: Power Electronics, Power Transmission and Energy (3-0-2-4)
Monitoring 4 Credits
Course Coordinator: Dr. Bala Pesala
Faculty: Shri. K. Srinivas, Shri. Suriya Prakash, Shri. G. S. Aiyappan
Utilization of solar photovoltaic energy for various applications requires appropriate power conversion
devices/electronic systems and instrumentation for real time monitoring. This course provides an in-
depth understanding of these fields.

Course Content:

• Power electronics: Power devices (BJT's, MOSFETs, IGBT's)

 Microcontrollers/Embedded controllers, Charge controllers
 Inverters and rectifiers
 Control systems (active/passive controls), Maximum power point tracking
 Single/dual axis tracking systems: Design and implementation
 Sensors and instruments for monitoring: Power, Voltage, light intensity, Battery
charging/discharge cycles
 Remote monitoring: Wired/wireless/Power line, Wireless technologies (GSM/Wi-fi/Zig-bee)
and smart power meters
 Smart grid systems: Transmission (AC/DC), Grid connection topologies/super grids for
renewable energy, HVAC-HVDC cost analysis and utility

Lab:
 Solar module performance monitoring
 MPPT design and implementation
 Matlab toolbox for sensor and instrument progamming and monitoring
 Remote monitoring using Zig-bee communication

RE 602: Advanced course on Lithium-Ion Batteries (3-0-2-4)

Faculty: Dr. K. Ramesha , Dr. A. S. Prakash 4 Credits
This course gives concise understanding of electrochemistry and comprehensive knowledge on
Lithium-ion batteries with detailed understanding of components and materials chemistry. The course
also involves complete understanding of various characterization tools used in materials science such
as XRD, SEM, TEM and electrochemical analysis. Hands on experiments are formulated to cover all
aspects - from synthesis, characterization to complete assembly of Li-ion battery cells.

Course Content:

 Introduction to batteries: Historical perspective, Kinetics/thermodynamics/charge transfer

process, Faraday’s law of electrolysis, standard cells and electrode potentials

FINAL DRAFT
  Lithium battery active materials: Anode: intercalation, conversion, alloying; Cathode: Layered,
framework structures
 Electrolytes: organic, polymeric, ionic liquids. Aprotic organic electrolytes, Polymer
electrolytes-dry, gel and composites, polymer membranes.
 Separators: materials, properties, porosity, thermal, mechanical and electrochemical stability.
 Safety, assembly and recycling
 Synthesis approaches for battery materials and crystallography
 Instrumental methods in Li-ion battery research: XRD analysis, microscopy (SEM, TEM),
thermal analysis (TGA, DTA, DSC), IR, Raman analysis, GITT, impedance analysis etc.

Lab:
 Li-ion battery fabrication, material preparation (cathode, anode).
 Materials characterization (XRD, SEM, TEM, TGA, etc).
 Electrochemical tests on Li-ion batteries (CV, charge-discharge, capacity, life cycle studies,
GITT, EIS).

RE 603: Design of Structures For Renewable Energy (2-1-2-4)

Course Coordinator: Dr. Saptarshi Sasmal 4 Credits
Faculty : Dr. J. Rajasankar, Dr. P. Harikrishna, Shri. G. Ramesh Babu
The course is aimed at enabling the scholars to conceptualise, analyze and design structures for
renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, specifically, the solar PV modules and wind turbines.

Course Content:

 Fundamentals of Structural Mechanics: Introduction to structural mechanics, Kinetics,

Kinematics and Energy theorems
 FEM techniques for structural analysis: Stationary principles, Rayleigh-Ritz method and
interpolation, Iso-parametric finite element, shape function, modeling, numerical integration,
coordinate transformation
 Design Concepts: Limit states, LRFD, fatigue for concrete/steel/composite structures
 Support structures for solar photovoltaic modules: Loads and analysis, design
 Support structure for wind turbines - Loads and analysis, design of superstructure and
foundation
 Wind turbine blades: Stress analysis and design

Lab:
 Structural form effect
 FEM applications
 Wind tunnel-scaled modelling of structures

RE 604: Bio Energy: The Plants Work & Let Us Reap (3-0-2-4)
Course Coordinator: Dr. Carmalin Sophia 4 Credits
Faculty: Dr. Rima Biswas
Bioenergy module is developed keeping in mind the energy sectors imminent and future need for
personnel with green energy skills. The module provides an introduction to the Bio-energy,
sustainability, issues and framework required appreciate the significance of bio-energy related matters
with and industrial environment

FINAL DRAFT
Course Content:

 Introduction to bio-energy
 Bio-energy sustainability: Land use, bio-energy crops, feed stocks and crop harvesting,
Agronomy of bio-energy crops, Environmental implications
 Chemistry & biochemistry of Biomass
 Biochemical processes (conversion, deconstruction, bio-processing)
 Bio-fuels (ethanol, bio-butanol, biodiesel, cellulosic and other biofuels)
 Physical and chemical processes (combustion, gasification, pyrolysis)
 Direct biomass combustion & Co-firing technologies
 Power generation from bio-mass
 Economics of bio-energy (costs, prices, markets, financing and marketing
 Policies & Future R&D of Biofuels & Bioenergy

Lab:
 Microbial conversion of plant derived biomass into bio-fuels
 Pre-treatment technologies to make the lignocellulose more accessible to enzymes, hydrolysis
of polysaccharides to sugars, conversion to a fuel molecule, and extraction of the fuel
 Microbial fuel cell/ Microbial electrolysis cell, Microalgal biofuels
 Thermo-chemical, chemical and catalyst conversion of biomass/Gasification
 Bio-energy systems engineering

RE 609: Effective Presentation Skills and Dissertation Writing (1-0-0-1)

Course Coordinator: Dr. Bala Pesala 1 Credit
This course teaches effective presentation skills and valuable tips on dissertation preparation and
writing.

FINAL DRAFT
Renewable Energy Program Coordinators:
Dr. Bala Pesala (CSIR-CEERI Chennai), Dr. Saptarshi Sasmal (CSIR-SERC)

Faculty List and Details

Faculty Name Designation Area of Expertise

Dr. Bala Pesala Senior Scientist, CSIR-CEERI Solar energy, Photonics
Bridge engineering, Mechanics of
Dr. Saptarshi Sasmal Senior Scientist, CSIR-SERC materials and structures,
Strengthening of structures
Senior Principal Scientist, Computational Mechanics, Damage
Dr. J. Rajasankar
CSIR-SERC Mechanics
Dr. P. Harikrishna Principal Scientist, CSIR-SERC Wind engineering, CFD
Shri. G. Ramesh Babu Principal Scientist, CSIR-SERC Wind engineering
Dr. Carmalin Sophia Scientist, CSIR-NEERI Environmental chemistry
Dr. Rima Biswas Scientist, CSIR-NEERI Microbiology
Dr. Madan Kumar Signal processing techniques,
Scientist, CSIR-CEERI
Lakshmanan Chemometrics, NIR spectroscopy
Power electronics, Renewable
Shri. Rahul Verma Chief Scientist, CSIR-CEERI
energy
Shri. Suriya Prakash Scientist, CSIR-CEERI Embedded systems
Dr. A.S. Prakash Scientist, CSIR-CECRI Materials/electrochemistry
Dr. Santosh kumar Bhat Scientist, CSIR-CECRI Polymers/electrochemistry
Dr. K. Ramesha Senior Scientist, CSIR-CECRI Materials for energy storage
Senior Principal scientist, Electrochemistry & chemical
Dr. P. Sridhar
CSIR-CECRI engineering
Dr. A. Manokaran Scientist, CSIR-CECRI Chemical engineering
Dr. A.K. Sahu Scientist, CSIR-CECRI Electrochemistry/materials science
Dr. S. Pitchumani Chief Scientist, CSIR-CECRI Polymers/electrochemistry
Senior Principal Scientist, Electronic Instrumentation,
Shri. K. Srinivas
CSIR-CSIO Photonics
Shri. G. S. Aiyappan Scientist, CSIR-CSIO Electronic Instrumentation
Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal Assistant Professor, IIT Madras NDE, Computational Mechanics

FINAL DRAFT