List of Open Electives

1. Introduction to Nano-technology, MED, AMD

2. Introduction to Bio-informatics, CH

3. Introduction to Bio-Engineering

4. Powder Metallurgy, MED. AMD

5. Optimisation Techniques, MED, EED

6. Engineering Materials and their Applications, AMD

7. Reliability Engineering, MED, CE, AMD

8. Digital Electronics and Microprocessors, EC

9. Electrical and Electronic Measurements , EE, EC

10. Data Communication and Networking, EC

11. Optical & Mobile Communication, EC

12. Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network, MED, EE

13. Modern Architectural Practices, CE

14. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, CSE

15. Web Technology, CSE

16. Introduction to Robotics, MED, CS, AMD

17. Non-conventional Energy Sources ME, EE

18. Statistical Methods in Engineering, MA

19. Differential Geometry, MA

20. Graph Theory , MA

21. Industrial Psychology, HS,

22. Power Plant Engineering, ME

23. Knowledge Management, ME, CS

24. Technology Management, ME, CS,

25. Total Quality Management, ME

26. Safety Engineering, ME, EE

27. Value Engineering, ME

28. Solid State Physics, PH, EC, AM

29. Condensed Matter Physics, PH

30. X-ray Spectroscopy, PH, AM

31. Spectroscopy for Engineers , PH, AM

32. Introduction to Biotechnology, CH

33. Biomaterials Science & Technology, AM

34. Bio-medical Instrumentation , EE, EC

35. Introduction to GIS, CE

36. Micro-electronics and VLSI Technology, EC

37. Power Plant Engineering, ME, EE

38. Product Development and design, ME

39. Ethics in Engineering Education, ME

40. Entrepreneurship , ME, EE, HS

41. Accounting & Financial Management, ME, SM

42. Industrial Organisation, HS, SM

43. Waste Material Management , CE

44. Advanced System Engineering, EE

45. Accoustics & Noise Engg. , AM, ME

46. Systems Engg.

47. Engg. Systems Design, AM, ME

48. Linear & Non Linear Vibration, AM, ME

49. Environmental Impact Assessment , CE

50. Human Resource Management., HS, SM

51. Elements of Remote Sensing, CE

52. Fundamentals of GIS and GPS, CE

53. Research Methodology, HS

54. Communication Skills and Personality Development HS

55. Workshop in Creative Thinking HS

56. Modern English Drama HS

57. Modern Poetry HS

58. Modern Fiction HS

59. Science and Humanism HS

60. Water Resources Management CE

61. Operations Research CE

62. Regional and Urban Planning CE

63.   Energy Management                      MED

ENERGY  MANAGEMENT

L-T-P

3-1-0

1. Introduction: the energy-economy link, patterns of energy use in developing countries, the electricity-economy link for developing economies, options to overcome the energy crisis, characteristics of conventional and non-conventional energy resources.

2. Conventional energy resources and their utilization; thermal, nuclear and hydro-electric power plants, use of diesel engines and gas turbines for power generation, combined cycles for efficient power generation.

3. Non-conventional energy resources and their utilization: solar, geothermal, wind, wave, biomass and ocean-thermal energy conversion and their limitations. Energy storage techniques.

4. Energy conservation: energy auditing, process energy and gross energy requirements, energy recovery: insulation, heat recovery heat exchangers, heat-pumps, combined heat and power plants (cogeneration), efficient lighting and energy conservation in buildings.

5. Environmental aspects of energy resource utilization: combustion generated air pollution, global warming, acid rain, fly ash disposal, radioactive pollution and nuclear waste disposal.

REFERENCES

(A) ‘Energy for a sustainable world’ by Goldemberg et al, Wiley Eastern Limited, 1988.

(B) ‘Power Plant Technology’ by M.M.El-Wakil, McGraw-Hill, 1984.

(C) ‘Managing energy in commerce and industry’ by Gordon A Payne, Butterworths, 1984.

NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY RESOURCES

L-T-P

3-1-0

1. Introduction: the energy crisis – causes and options, renewable and non-renewable forms of energy and their characteristics, availability of renewable energy and land area requirements.

2. Biomass energy: thermo-chemical and biological conversion to solid, liquid and gaseous fuels; production of bioethanol, biogas and producer gas.

3. Ocean, wave and tidal energy: Ocean thermal energy conversion – closed and open cycles and their limitations, Wave energy and its conversion through oscillating water column, Tidal energy – nature of the tides and tidal barrages for power generation.

4. Wind energy: power in the wind, site selection, maximum power coefficient, wind turbine types – horizontal axis and vertical axis machines, performance of wind machines.

5. Geothermal energy: hot aquifers and hot dry rock systems.

6. Solar energy: (i) solar radiation at the earth’s surface, flat-plate and concentrating collectors, solar ponds and energy storage, solar thermal power generation.(ii) Solar photovoltaic power generation: monocrystalline, polycrystalline and amorphous silicon modules and their production technology.

REFERENCES

(A) ‘Renewable energy sources and conversion technology’ by Bansal, Kleemann and Meliss, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1990

(B) ‘Solar energy – principles of thermal collection and storage’ by Sukhatme, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1996

Waste Material Management

1. Introduction - global material and energy consumption patterns. comparision between the United States, Europe and India. Quantity and composition of wastes. Relevance of waste recycling in the modern world.

2. Energy conservation and fuel production by reprocessing organic/inorganic wastes.

3. Recovery of materials from municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes e.g. Iron & steel, aluminium. Other non-ferrous metals. glass paper, plastics, rubber, leather, textiles, biomass and flyash etc.

4. Methods of waste disposal - Land fill, Incineration. composing etc.

5. Technologies of waste-to-energy conversion - Pyrolysis to liquid and gaseous fuels, anaerobic digestion to CH4, Refuse derived solid fuels and their calorific values, heat recovery incineration etc.

6. Case studies of operating plants using waste-to-energy conversion technologies, economic analysis and implementation, techniques of waste processing plants.

Reference

“Solid Waste Conversion to Energy” By Alter harvey & Dunn J.J., Published by Marcel Dekker. 1980.

Environmental Impact Assessment

Environment and its components, Ecology and Ecosystems, Concept of Ecological imbalances, carrying capacity and sustainable development. Introduction to Environmental impact Analysis, Assessment and statement. A step-by-step procedure for developing EIA. Elements of Environmental Analysis. Brief Introduction of Air Quality Impact analysis. Water Quality Impact Analysis. Noise impact analysis and energy impact analysis. Impact Assessment Methodologies-Matrices, overlays, network analysis. Battle system. Case studies of Industrial EIA and Water resources projects. Brief introduction about Environment legislation and Environmental Audit.

Reference: Environmental Impact Assessment by C.W. Canter, Tata McGraw-Hill publication

ELEMENTS OF REMOTE SENSING

Remote sensing- introduction, Physics of remote sensing- electromagnetic radiations and their characteristics, Thermal emissions, Multi-concept in remote sensing, Remote sensing satellites and their data products, Sensors and orbital characteristics, Spectral reflectance curves for earth surface features, Methods of remotely sensed data interpretation- Visual interpretation, Concept of FCC

Digital image processing- Digital image and its characteristics, satellite data formats, Image rectification and restoration, Image Enhancement- Contrast Manipulation, Spatial Feature Manipulation, Multi-image manipulation, Image Classification- Unsupervised and Supervised Classification, Classification Accuracy, Details of digital image processing software packages

Applications of remote sensing in Natural resources management, Environmental impact assessment and water resources management

FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS & GPS

Geographic Information System (GIS)- Introduction, Essential components of a GIS, Data acquisition- Scanners and Digitizers, Raster and Vector formats, Data editing, Geo-referencing, Real world problem solving and spatial Analysis, Database Query, Overlay Operations, Buffer Analysis, Digital Terrain Modelling, Data output, Various GIS packages, Applications of GIS

Global Positioning System (GPS)- Introduction, Satellite navigation System, GPS satellite constellation, Space segment, Control segment, User segment, GPS signal, Receivers and their types, GPS errors, Position and time from GPS, Static, Kinematic and Differential GPS

Water Resources Management

1. Introduction of the subject.

2. Global and National scenario of water availability.

3. Projected water needs for drinking, agriculture and other uses.

4. River basins of India and Inter Basin transfer of water, Run off and rainfall data of basins.

5. National Water Policy.

6. Water power, its relation with irrigation and other needs.

7. Ground Water - Its hydrology, conjunctive uses etc. and ground water rules.

8. Storage of water - Current storage scenario in India. Sedimentation, evaporation and other related problems like location of storage sites and rehabilation problems, etc.

9. Inter state and Inter National level sharing of water.

10. Floods and draughts, drainage, water logging, soil salinity and soil conservation problems.

11. Broad Principles of Hydraulic structures and canal systems.

12. Water related environmental problems.

13. Water pollution, ground water and river pollutions etc.

14. Water conservation measures.

OperationS Research Technique

(Excluding Mechanical and Production Engineering)

Introduction : History of operations research. Nature & Scope of Operations Research.

Allocation, assignment and transportation models, construction and Solution of these models.

Linear Programming : Introduction, Mathematical formulation of the problem. Graphical solution methods.

Mathematical solution of linear programming problem, Slack, and surplus variables. Matrix formulation of General linear Programming Problem.

The Simplex Method : Fundamental properties of solution corroboration of extreme points. Simplex algorithm, computational procedures. Artificial variables. Two phase simplex method. Formulation of linear Programming Problems and its solution by simplex method. Unrestricted variables, problems of degeneracy.

Principle of duality in Simplex method. Formation of dual with mixed type of constraints. Solution of primal and dual (solution of dual contains solution of Primal also) Sensitivity analysis.

Integer Programming : Formulation and solution of Integer Programming problem.

Game Theory : Introduction. Two persons zero sum games. The Maxxmini and Minimax principles.

Graphical Solution : Reduction of Game problem to L.P.P. The transportation problem Matrix form of transportation prlblem, initial basic feasible solution. Selecting the entering variable. Selecting the leaving variable. Transportation algorithm. Degeneracy in transportation problem. Inventory Control.

Regional and Urban Planning

1. Introduction : Definition. Theories in urban and regional planning. Efficiency measures, Planners skills. Planning processes and continuity of planning process. Visual representation for planning purposes.

2. Regional Planning : Integrated Area planning in India. Distribution and sizes of settlements. Factors Affecting regional planning, regional surveys and preparation of regional plans.

3. Urban-Planning : Factors affecting urban growth, town plans and local surveys. Planning for utilities, services and civil amenities.

4. Standards and Design : Service design and networking, settlement and habitat, Open space land use planning, Integrated rural planning schemes.

5. Development : Control and Planning Organisation, Development Control legislation. Master Plans, Growth of urban complexes.

Text Books and References

1. Urban and Regional Planning in India - by K.V. Sundaram. Vikash Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

2. Town and Country Planning by Lewis Kuble.

3. The Urban Pattern - by A.B. Gallion.