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Basic Engineering Lab

Study of general purpose hand tools in workshop
Assembly and disassembly practices of the following models
–  Gear box assembly

–  Centrifugal pump assembly along with shaft alignment practice

–  Cam and follower mechanisms assembly

–  Transducer (sensor) trainer

Experiments on different basic machines
– Turning exercise – straight turning, taper turning, thread cutting practice

–  Welding practice – arc welding

–  Fitting practice – models with marking and drilling exercises

Wiring and Soldering practices

Physics Lab

Damped driven oscillator
Waves and oscillation
Modulus of elasticity
Surface tension
Moment of inertia and angular acceleration
Faraday’s law of induction
Biot-Savarts law
Ratio of electronic charge to mass
Brewster’s angle and Malu’s law
Earth’s magnetic field
Charge of an electron

Communication Skills

Functional English: conversation skills – asking questions, requests, doubts, engage in conversation – different types of communication-verbal and non-verbal, body language.

Teaching Grammar: grammar games, exercise. Teaching Vocabulary: Language games, exercise.

Reading and appreciating stories, poems, essays – listening and appreciating video lectures – comprehensive questions and answers.

Introduction to Aerospace Engineering

History of aviation – standard atmosphere – aerodynamic forces – lift generation – airfoils and wings – drag polar – concept of static stability – anatomy of an aircraft – mechanism of thrust production – propellers – jet engines and their operation – helicopters – aircraft performance – simple manoeuvres – aerospace materials and structural elements – aircraft instruments. Elements of rocket propulsion – launch vehicle dynamics – basic orbital mechanics – satellite applications and orbits – future challenges in aerospace engineering.

Introduction to Remote Sensing

Definition and overview of remote sensing, electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter, Spectral signatures of surface materials, physical basis of signatures, radiometric and geometric distortions and corrections, remote sensors and platforms – optical, infrared and microwave sensors, active remote sensing techniques: LIDAR and Microwave remote sensing, and radars, data formats, remote sensing data interpretation – visual and digital interpretation techniques, remote sensing applications.

 

Introduction to Earth, Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences

Atmospheric Science:
General introduction – Structure of the Atmosphere, Composition of Atmosphere.

Radiative processes – Black body radiation – Scattering & Absorption – Greenhouse effect.

Hydrostatic equation – First Law of Thermodynamics – Adiabatic processes – Dry & Moist air – Virtual temperature – Convection.

Clouds – Growth of clouds droplets to rain.

Frames of references – Fundamental forces – Equations governing conservation of mass, momentum, energy – Coriolis force.

Probability, Statistics, and Numerical Methods

Probability Theory: Elementary concepts on probability – axiomatic definition of probability – conditional probability – Bayes’ theorem – random variables – standard discrete and continuous distributions – moments of random variables – moment generating functions – multivariate random variables – joint distributions of random variables – conditional and marginal distributions – conditional expectation – distributions of functions of random variables – t and χ2 distributions – Schwartz and Chebyshev inequalities – weak law of large numbers for finite variance case – central limit theorem for

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