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Executive summary.....................................................................................Page 1 About KIT, IIT Kanpur...............................................................................Page 2 List of Institutes under KIT.........................................................................Page 6 Activities so far...........................................................................................Page 7 Future Activities..........................................................................................Page 12 Report on Pravartana 2013.........................................................................Page 14 Report on System Engineering...................................................................Page 27 Report on International Workshop on Novel Combustion concepts for sustainable energy development..................................................................................................Page 42 Report on Teaching Methodologies in Chemical and Material Sciences....Page 52 Report on Mechanics in Physics..................................................................Page 66 Report on Dynamics and Vibration..............................................................Page 81 Report on Summer Internship and Visiting Researcher Program……………....Page 90 Report on Workshop for Computer Science Teachers.................................Page 100 Report on Pravartana 2014...........................................................................Page 110 Links for contents of workshops and conferences.......................................Page 127 About MOOKY............................................................................................Page128 Planned Activities.........................................................................................Page130
Executive Summary
Primary goal of TEQIP is dissemination of knowledge and know-how to teachers, researchers and
students through short-courses, workshops, seminars and thematic conferences. To achieve this goal
KIT, IIT Kanpur organized several academic activities in the year 2013-2014 which included several
workshops, a Summer Internship Program, a Visiting Researcher Program and some e-learning
courses. This report provides an analysis of the activities conducted so far by KIT, IIT Kanpur and
gives a brief description of activities planned for the future.
Through all the initiatives conducted so far KIT, IITK has successfully established strong links
with its Quality Circle institutions. As a result of conducting all these activities and interacting with
participants of these events; KIT, IIT Kanpur has a better understanding of specific areas of general
weakness in these institutes. It has a better understanding of what is missing in the curriculum – both
at undergraduate and graduate levels. Inputs from faculty and students on various models of
interactions has helped us in organizing these events in more effective manner and plan for future
events in a way to help them with pedagogy, research and overall development.
All efforts from KIT, IIT Kanpur in the direction to help QC institutes improve their technical
education system experienced mixed success due to several reasons which are explained in this
report. In future we hope to see more enthusiasm in all QC institutes as we see in some of them.
Hopefully, through more interactions, a better foundation can be laid down for an improved system
where these gaps can be filled up.
To build a strong platform for interaction, sharing of resources, intellectual discussion, continued
learning, and knowledge improvement KIT, IIT Kanpur has planned several academic activities for
future which includes workshops, online courses, winter school for students, visiting researcher
program for faculty members, post-doctoral fellowships, internship programs on a bigger scale and
collaborative research initiatives.
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Knowledge Incubation for TEQIP
(An IIT Kanpur and MHRD initiative)
Preamble
Technical education is the fastest growing academic discipline in India. A growing Indian economy demands more technical manpower and technology creators. This requires an environment of innovation inspired by intellectual curiosity and driven by sound knowledge. The challenge of imparting high quality technical education to the increasing numbers of aspiring engineers requires creation of a formidable pantheon of enabled teachers – with intellectual capability, rigorous training and an exploratory frame of mind. Good teachers ensure the right ambience of enquiry, rigor and excitement in the class-rooms. A healthy academic environment is the prime-mover for creation of capable graduates, who can act as drivers of the growth story. The KIT aspires to help create a vibrant environment of academics in its Quality Circle. The primary goal is to provide all the teachers (and aspiring ones) the right support to grow intellectually. It also desires to create proper teaching tools and aids for effective teaching. This requires creation of a good platform for interaction, sharing of resources, intellectual discussion, continued learning, and knowledge improvement. Such a platform should provide access to the teachers and students (potential teachers of the future) to a window of interaction with the best brains in the country and outside. Forums for dialogue on content, new developments, new teaching paradigms, new thought processes, idea incubation and academic review can act as a catalyst for overall improvement of quality of technical education. Learning should become a continuous process. How do we create such a platform?
Vision of KIT
The centre’s primary goal will be dissemination of knowledge (and know-how) to teachers, researchers and students through short-courses, workshops, seminars and thematic conferences. The centre will also engage in creating knowledge repositories through lectures for advanced courses by leading experts, compendium of projects, question bank, laboratory manuals and demonstrative experiments (for proof of concept), incorporation of new knowledge in the curriculum; open-source
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initiatives to create proper computational aids as national student initiatives/challenges; national student technological challenges and competitions – derive, draw, drive paradigm based. The centre will bring together the best minds in science and technology in India. It will yearn to increase interaction and partnership between the Indian intellectual pool and the international pool of experts in the area. The centre will also serve to incubate new teaching and learning paradigms, and promote research in emerging areas of importance. The areas of interest that will be catered to are:
1) Mechanical sciences, 2) Chemical sciences and materials 3) Electrical engineering and computer science 4) Physical sciences.
Desired activities:
The centre will act as a nodal repository of emerging academic content, while initiating several activities for teacher training and knowledge enhancement of scholars. The following levels of activities are envisaged: Sabbatical/long-leave stay to teachers and researchers from TEQIP institutions: The
centre will also provide for a limited number of visiting scholars/researchers/teachers to spend time at IIT Kanpur, either engaging in collaborative research or pursuing individual research or content development initiative. The faculty can come for short-term (few days) or long-term visits (for a semester or more) to IIT Kanpur. The support to the students/researchers will be provided by NPIU/local TEQIP centres (through post-doctoral fellowship/assistantship/scholarship/travel grants), based on the recommendations of KIT.
Short-term visit of graduate students from TEQIP institutions: for use of research facilities and conduct of specific research activity. The students can spend time at IIT Kanpur in collaborative research, research discussions with experts, use available research facilities and interact with peers. The students can also, based on recommendations of KIT, register for specialized courses at IIT Kanpur. Students can also attend regular (specialized) courses at IIT Kanpur.
Innovative content development: The curriculum of all technical education institutions is extensive. However, the difference lies in the coverage of the stipulated material – both in terms of depth of coverage and quantity of material covered. Wide-variations exist in the delivery of the content. Uniform content of a given level of rigour, will be developed in the centre based on inputs from leading experts in the area from within and outside. Faculty from the Quality Circle can also propose desired content that should be developed and lead initiatives.
Text-books (electronic and paper format) development: The centre will encourage and
support writing of quality text-books, keeping in mind the Indian student, with possible
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translations into other Indian languages (to aid the English-challenged students). Faculty from the Quality Circle can independently, or jointly with faculty at IITK, can also propose to write text-books/reference books/monographs. Proposals can be made to professor in-charge KIT.
Design of experiments and set-ups: Experimentation, and fear of hardware, is a bane for technical education in India. Not all experiments require costly equipment. Innovative, simple experimental set-ups will be developed with the help of leading experimentalists in IIT Kanpur. Small kits to set up simple experiments will also be developed, for the student to assemble, and conduct the experiment. The basic idea is to ensure certain minimum standardized experiments to be mandatorily introduced in all the institutions in the local circle. These experiments will be geared to the learning needs of different levels of undergraduate classes and graduate students. Faculty/students and technical staff from the Quality Circle will be encouraged to participate in this effort.
Teaching work-shops in specific cluster of courses: There are several conferences to which teachers go to, to present their research. However, there is no platform where teachers can interact with faculty at IITs, and other leading institutions in India, and work out effective methods of teaching a subject. Such workshops will expose the teachers of this specific cluster of courses to fine-tune their teaching skills, clear fundamental doubts, develop new ways of looking at the subject, and possibly develop innovative new solutions to classical questions. Here, some leading authors in the specific areas will be called to share their understanding of the courses, participate in discussions and lead to enhancement of the teacher’s knowledge of the subject. All this will percolate down to the class-room through more determined, informed and innovative delivery of the defined content. This will also make the courses more interesting for the students.
Short-courses and workshops in niche areas: Periodically, short-courses in niche areas will be conducted to bring the latest in the field of engineering research to the teachers. The short-courses will be conducted by leading international and Indian experts in the area. The course will be aimed at the teachers and PhD scholars in various technical institutions in the local circle and beyond. This will give the potential researchers an opportunity to interact with the experts, learn about the subject, and get a jump-start in research in these areas, if interested. This can also serve as a good platform to bring people together, and should spawn new research collaborations. The courses can span four days to two-weeks.
Seminars: Invited researchers and teachers will be invited to deliver seminars which will be web-cast to participating institutions. We will announce these lectures, and will encourage the faculty and students from the Quality Circle to attend the lectures and interact with the visiting experts.
Focused conferences in niche areas: In order to promote a culture of research, and encourage aspiring researchers to take up specific emerging areas of importance, focused
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conferences in specific areas will be conducted. The idea is to keep the participation small and restricted to either persons working in the field or interested in taking up research in the area. Again, leading experts in the area will be invited to present talks at the conference. Usual talks and poster sessions will be organised to show-case the work of all the participants. The focused conferences will help bring established, renowned and aspiring researchers together. This will lead to new ideas, increased clarity of direction, effort to develop research activities in a focused way, and hence optimal usage of the resources. This will also lead to improvement of research quality.
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LIST OF INSTITUTIONS IN QUALITY CIRCLE OF IIT KANPUR
There are eight Quality Circles (QC), associated with eight of the IITs. Each QC has 20-30 colleges from geographically convenient regions. Our QC includes institutions are from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chattisgarh, West Bengal. There are 26 institutions. These are:
1. MNNIT Allahabad
2. MANIT Bhopal
3. NIT Raipur
4. NIT Kurukshetra
5. Aligarh Muslim University
6. HBTI Kanpur
7. GB Pant University (Pantnagar)
8. Jadavpur University
9. IIEST (Howrah)
10. Madan Mohan Malviya Engg. College Gorakhpur
11. IET Lucknow
12. BTKIT Dwarahat
13. GB Pant Engg. College (Pauri)
14. Deen Bandhu Chottu Ram University Murthal
15. Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology Hissar
16. MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly
17. IFTM University Moradabad
18. UIET (Kurukshetra University)
19. UIET (MD University) Rohtak
20. NC College of Engg. Panipat
21. University Institute of Engineering and Technology (Punjab University) Chandigarh
22. University Institute of Chemical Engineering and technology (Punjab University)
23. PEC Chandigarh
24. Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology Jhansi
25. Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur
26. Faculty of Science (Kurukshetra University)
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ACTIVITIES SO FAR
Several activities have been undertaken in the past one year (August 2013 – July 2014), based on the road-map outlined above. So far the following activities have been carried out:
Pravartana – a two-day workshop on Applied Mechanics (October 2013) The workshop featured detailed research-oriented talks by experts from a wide spectrum of topics in Mechanics. Some of the topics covered were – Fluid Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Helicopter Dynamics, Human Motion and Bio-Mechanics, Stability, plasticity, composites, damage and failure. There were also fundamental lectures on simple concepts like stress, strain, etc. The workshop was very well received and was attended by about fifty participants from our Quality Circle.
Five day workshop on Systems Engineering (December 2013) The workshop was conducted based on popular demand from the faculty and students of the institutions in our Quality Circle. The workshop was jointly attended by Faculty from our Quality Circle, and scientists from ISRO. The workshop had twenty participants.
International Workshop on Novel Combustion Concepts for Sustainable Energy Development (January 2014) The workshop had an illustrious list of international speakers. The first two days of the workshop focused on research in this area. The final day was dedicated to pedagogy. This was an excellent session, which provided a mix of industrial and academic perspectives to teaching of fluid mechanics, combustion and engine research at the undergraduate and graduate levels. There was a healthy interaction amongst the teachers from our Quality Circle and the experts. A decision was taken to pursue this activity further and even nucleate consortium research initiatives (e.g. on development of an indigenous multi-physics code). A fluidics forum will be created to closely network researchers from across institutes in our Quality Circle.
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TEQIP workshop on Teaching Methodologies in Chemical and Material Sciences (February 2014) In a world driven by engineering innovations based on rapid developments in material and chemical sciences, it is a matter of concern that most of the non-IIT engineering colleges do not have a strong program in either material (or metallurgical) science or in chemical engineering. The two-days workshop tried to address this concern. The workshop tried to evolve a comprehensive, mandatory curriculum in material science for all engineering students; discussed evolving areas (e.g. nano-science) and possible electives in the same; a rigorous undergraduate curriculum in Chemical Engineering and Science. The workshop was attended by thirty Quality circle teachers and about ten teachers from local engineering colleges.
Workshop on Leadership Exposure (February 2014) This was a unique workshop, arranged at the behest of IIT Gandhinagar, for administrators from TEQIP institutions of Gujarat. There were fifty participants and the workshop spanned three days. The participants were exposed to the working of IIT Kanpur – academic administration, institute administrative, and student administration. The participants found it an eye-opening experience and there have been several requests to have more of these activities.
TEQIP workshop on Mechanics in Physics (June 2014) This was an excellent, comprehensive workshop of teachers of Physics from across TEQIP-sponsored institutions. It was attended by fifty teachers. The four-day workshop had rigorous sessions on various aspects of mechanics and had a detailed discussion on what should be taught as part of physics in the undergraduate curriculum of all engineering institutions. The workshop ended on a very promising note, with several close linkages established and the prospect on strong international collaboration on pedagogy.
Workshop on Dynamics and Vibrations (July 2014) This was a focused workshop and resource generation exercise, aiming to come out with a white-paper on the status of education of dynamics and vibrations, and push for changes in the curriculum of Mechanical Sciences to introduce a minimum mandatory set of courses addressing these topics, which form the cornerstone of analysis and design of mechanical systems. Discussion was held on strengthening of topics that are important, but are vanishing from the curriculum – e.g. random vibrations, nonlinear mechanics and stability, optimization. The workshop was designed to be small and had fourteen participants and eight experts. As another outcome, detailed notes on dynamics, linear and nonlinear
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vibrations, random vibrations and stability are being prepared as important resources for teachers and students on TEQIP institutions.
Summer internship and visiting researcher program (May-July 2014) This is the first exercise of its kind in the country. IIT Kanpur has initiated a summer internship program for the undergraduate and graduate students from our Quality Circle. Twelve interns were hosted for periods ranging from four to eight weeks. The feedback of these interns was excellent, encouraging us to have more such student-based initiatives in the future. Similarly, under the “Visiting Researcher Program”, six faculty members from the Quality Circle institutions were hosted at IIT Kanpur. Again, the experience has been excellent. All expenses of the visiting faculty and students were borne by KIT. We will push for expanding the scope of such activities further, with emphasis on post-doctoral quality improvement and research programs.
IITK developed Indigenous MOOCs platform – MOOKIT Organising workshops and courses comes with its share of logistical problems. Leave and travel arrangements for the participants are also major stumbling blocks. Hence, we wanted a locally manageable interactive e-learning platform. Prof. Prabhakar and his team from CSE have created such a platform, which is currently being used to offer the first computing course, as a summer course at IIT Kanpur. A first MOOC course is planned for launch on 25th August. The course envisages an enrolment of 2000 students from across all TEQIP institutions and other interested institutions. We want to actively use this platform to launch other courses, e.g. a course on Finite Elements in Engineering and Design.
Workshop for Computer Science Teachers (July 2014)
A three day workshop was organised in July for computer science teachers. The workshop focussed on the fundamental courses in computer science, which are considered as the backbone of computer science education. Lectures and discussion sessions were truly illuminating. The entire visiting faculty (about 35 of them) felt that a serious rethink has to be done with respect to the fundamental computer science courses. Several of the attendees expressed the need for a longer-duration school on some of the fundamental courses, so that the course content and course-file, along with lecture notes can be developed. A workshop on research in computer science will be organised in future.
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Pravartana 2014 – A school cum international workshop in Mechanics (July 2014)
KIT, IIT Kanpur has initiated annual Mechanics workshops under the name of Pravartana. This year’s edition, held in July 2014, was a two-part affair. The first part comprised of a three-day school on mechanics, which was attended by several graduate students and faculty from institutions in our Quality Circle and other TEQIP funded institutions. There were about seventy participants in the school, which had rigorous lectures and laboratory visits. The school was followed by a conference, where experts from across the country and several international experts delivered lectures on their research work. The sessions were arranged in such a way that the faculty and students from the TEQIP institutions could interact freely with these research leaders. There were about eighty persons attending the conference. The final day also included a session in pedagogy by Prof. John Hinch – a renowned researcher and teacher. This was a superb finale to this major academic event organised under the umbrella of KIT.
Other e-learning initiatives All the lectures during the workshops are being telecast live via the Brihaspati platform, so that any interested teacher across our Quality Circle can view the proceedings and participate in it. A MOOC platform has been developed by IIT Kanpur. Using this platform, a trial run was done in the summer of 2014, by offering a summer course for IIT Kanpur students. The experience was excellent. Now the platform is being used to host a formal course “ArchCloud” – a course on cloud computing. The course will start from 25th August. Already there are 750 registrations for the course. We expect to use the MOOC paradigm to conduct certain “necessity courses” – or courses that are fundamental, and the general quality of teaching in which is not satisfactory. Another MOOC “MOOC on MOOC” is being launched for the faculty – to teach them how to create MOOC courses. This course will start from 15th September.
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CONCERNS
The goal of this initiative was to create a bigger family of institutions that work as a consortium on pedagogy, research and development. This kind of approach will help percolate good practices and knowledge to all the institutions. But, the effort has had mixed success primarily due to:
• Low qualified faculty strength: Recruitment by the institutions has to be accelerated. Quality of the recruited faculty also has to be maintained. Low faculty strength means few faculties who can be spared for participation. Area experts are often missing, hence persons from other specialization are sent for workshops and conferences.
• Reluctance: Either due to apathy, cynicism or lethargy (both systemic and individual) the excitement that we feel while organising any such high-level activity seems to be missing amongst the Quality Circle institutions. Incidentally, institutions from South and from West Bengal are significantly more receptive.
• Lack of professionalism: Some faculty have not showed up, after confirming participation
(e.g. Pant Nagar, Murthal) and the local coordinator is unaware of this. The activities of KIT should not reduce to a certificate giving one, which will then cease to be of interest to us.
• Lack of institutional vision: The institutes do not seem to have the conviction that the research environment has to improve. Lack of conviction has led to lack of vision about directions of growth based on proper man-power and infrastructure building. Institutional vision has to be clear – then only the KIT activities can be effectively aligned to the goals of the institutions.
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FUTURE ACTIVITIES
Several activities are planned for the next eighteen months. Some of the immediate activities are:
1. Workshop on telecommunication
2. Pravartana 2015 (March 2015)
3. School on Fluid Mechanics (December 2014)
4. Experimentation in Mechanical and Material Sciences (December 2014)
5. MOOCs courses (about 4-6 courses are planned over the next one year)
6. Winter Schools for senior undergraduate and graduate students.
7. Visiting Researcher, post-doctoral fellows, internship programs on a bigger scale.
8. Collaborative research initiatives.
9. Book on nonlinear dynamics and vibrations in progress.
THE TEAM
We are evolving. A web-portal with updated information is already in place (http://www.iitk.ac.in/KIT/teqip.htm ). The following persons are the primary contacts:
(1) Professor-in-charge: Prof. D. Yadav (Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, dy@iitk.ac.in). (2) The core-committee: Prof. M. Harbola (Dept. of Physics, mkh@iitk.ac.in), Prof. Goutam
Deo (Dept. of Chemical Engineering, goutam@iitk.ac.in), Prof. CS Upadhyay (Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, shekhar@iitk.ac.in), Prof. I. Sharma (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, ishans@iitk.ac.in).
(3) Office in-charge: Mrs Shirolly Anand. (4) Many colleagues from across departments.
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KNOWLEDGE INCUBATION FOR TEQIP, IIT KANPUR
Pravartanā October 5-7, 2014
The Mechanics & Applied Mathematics Group at IIT Kanpur organized Pravartana 2013: A TEQIP Workshop on Applied Mechanics from 05 to 07 Oct 2013 in Outreach Auditorium. The workshop was supported by TKIC (TEQIP Knowledge Incubation Centre) at IIT Kanpur. The aim was to bring together experts in this field and explore future of collaborative research.
TOPICS DISCUSSED
• Fluid Mechanics
– Gas flow in complex microchannels
– Flow and transport in porous media with applications
– Polycrystal plasticity models with grain interaction
– Instability and transition in flow through deformable tubes and channels
• Solid Mechanics
– Effect of specimen size on strength in concrete under axial compression
– From Finite Elements to a Virtual Experimentation Station for damaging compos-ites
– Dynamics of a radially expanding liquid sheet
– Non-associated Flow Models and Effects on Macroscopic Failure Mechanisms
• Dynamics
– Teaching of rotations, Euler angles, and angular velocity
– Aeroelastic Model for Prediction of Blade Loads, Blade Response and Vehicle Response of a Helicopter in General Manoeuvre
– Research into stochastic structural dynamic testing and reliability model updating
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– Non-linear dynamics of non-smooth systems using smoothening schemes
• Biomechanics and Robotics – Non-dimensionality in Slender Elastic Objects – Dealing with stress – Mechanics of Fibrous Composites: Teaching, Research and New Directions – Challenges in Flight control Design, Development and testing
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LIST OF SPEAKERS • Dr. Amit Agrawal, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay • Dr. K. Muralidhar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur • Dr. Mahesh S. Tirumkudulu, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras • Dr. V. Shankar, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur • Dr. Arghya Deb, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur • Dr. C. S. Updhyay, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur • Dr. S. Mahesh, Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras • Dr. Vikranth Racherla, Department of Mechanical Engineering ,IIT Kharagpur • Dr. A. Chatterjee, Mechanical engineering, IIT Kanpur • Dr. C. Venkatesan, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur • Dr. C. S. Manohar, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore • Dr. P. Chandramouli, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras • Dr. G. K. Ananthasuresh, Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore • Dr. Madhusudhan Venkadesan, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore • Dr. P. M. Mohite, Department of Aerospace Engineering ,IIT Kanpur • Dr. Naveen Tiwari, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur • Dr. Vijay Patel , DRDO • Dr. Anurag Gupta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
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PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES
Institute Number of
Participants HBTI, Kanpur 4
Aligarh Muslim University 2 MMMEC, Gorakhpur 3 NIT, Raipur 1 BTKIT, Dwarhat 4 G.B. Pant, Pauri Grahwal 4 G.J. University of Science and Technology 2 MJP, Rohilkhand 2 FTM, Moradabad 4 Jadavpur University 2 B.E college, Shibpur 3 UIET, Kurukshtra 3 NIT, Kurukshetra 2 NCE, Panipat 2
UIET, Punjab University, Chandigarh 2
MNIT, Allahabad 7 G.B. Pant, Pantnagar 5
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SCHEDULE OF THE WORKSHOP
October 5 Time Event
8:30AM – 9:00AM Inauguration 9:00AM – 10:00AM Flow and transport in porous
media with applications Dr. K. Muralidhar (IIT
Kanpur)
10:00AM – 11:00AM Dynamics of a radially expanding liquid sheet
Dr. Mahesh Tirumkudulu (IIT Bombay)
11:00AM – 11:30AM Coffee Break
11:30AM – 12:30PM Effect of specimen size on strength in concrete under axial compression
Dr. Arghya Deb (IIT Kharagpur)
12:30PM – 1:30PM Non-linear dynamics of non-smooth systems using smoothening schemes
Dr. P. Chandramouli (IIT Madras)
1:30PM – 2:30PM Lunch Break
2:30PM – 3:30PM Teaching of rotations, Euler angles, and angular velocity
Dr. Anindya Chatterjee (IIT Kanpur)
3:30PM – 4:00PM Posters and Coffee
4:00PM – 5:00PM Polycrystal plasticity models with grain interaction Dr. S. Mahesh (IIT Madras)
5:00PM – 6:00PM Non-associated flow models and effects on macroscopic
failure mechanisms Dr. Vikranth Racherla (IIT
Kharagpur) 6:00PM – 7:30PM Informal Poster Session
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October 6
Time Event 9:00AM – 10:00AM Challenges in flight control design, development and testing
Dr. Vijay Patel (DRDO)
10:00AM – 11:00AM Gas flow in complex microchannels
Dr. Amit Agrawal (IIT Bombay)
11:00AM – 11:30AM Coffee Break 11:30AM – 12:30PM Aeroelastic model for prediction of blade loads, blade
response and vehicle response of a helicopter in general maneuver
Dr. C. Venkatesan (IIT Kanpur)
12:30PM – 1:30PM Research into stochastic structural dynamic testing Dr. C. S. Manohar (IISc
Bangalore)
1:30PM – 2:30PM Lunch Break
2:30PM – 3:30PM Mechanics of fibrous composites: Teaching, research, and new directions
Dr. P. Mohite (IIT Kanpur) 3:30PM – 4:00PM Posters and Coffee
4:00PM – 5:00PM Instability and transition in flow through deformable tubes and channels
Dr. V. Shankar (IIT Kanpur) 5:00PM – 6:00PM Dealing with stress
Dr. Anurag Gupta (IIT Kanpur) 6:00PM – 7:30PM Informal Poster Session
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October 7
Time Event 9:00AM – 10:00AM Optimal strategies for throwing fast
Dr. Madhusudan Venkadesan (NCBS Bangalore)
10:00AM – 11:00AM Dr. C. S. Upadhyay (IIT Kanpur)
From finite elements to a virtual experimentation station for damaging composites
11:00AM – 11:30AM Coffee Break 11:30AM – 12:30PM Non-dimensionality in mechanics of slender elastic
bodies Dr. G. Ananthasuresh (IISc Bangalore)
12:30PM – 1:00PM Understanding Reynolds
transport theorem Dr. Naveen Tiwari (IIT
Kanpur)
1:00PM – 1:30PM Closure: Add. Sec. Higher Education (MHRD) and Director,
IITK 1:30PM – 2:30PM Lunch
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Summary of Faculty Feedback
Workshop
Questions Excellent Good Ordinary
Clarity of communication about workshop 07 12 04
Organization of the sessions 08 14 01
Quality of lectures 17 05 01
Quality of posters 01 13 09
Effectiveness of discussions 07 15 02
Effectiveness of learning experience 08 13 02
Appropriate Short long
Duration of workshop 19 04 00
Definitely Maybe No
Would you like to have more such sessions? 18 05 00
Would you like e-lectures by experts on special 20 03 00
topics?
• Fluid Mech.
• System Engineering
Suggest specific topic that you would like • Water treatment
• Molecular dynamics simulation
additional expert lectures on • Impact and blast
• Production Engg, Industrial Engg
• Dynamic fracture mechanics
• Elasto plastic formulation
• All speakers were from IIT/IISc
Some talks could have been from
NIT/universities
Additional Suggestions • Facilities should be made next
time for transportation of
students of local colleges.
• Schedule of workshop should be
given at the arrival of the
participants
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Teaching
Which subjects do you teach? • Fluid Mech.
• Signals and systems Digital signal process • Industrial pollution control • Water resources and open channel • Mechanics of solids, structural dynamics • Fertilizer technology, petroleum refining What is average student to teacher • 20:1 ratio in your institute? • 18:1
• 10:1 • 15:1 • 20:1 • 90:1 Questions YES NO Do you have additional support for 10 13 teaching (tutors, graders, teaching Assisttants, etc)? Do you give class projects for UG 16 07 classes? Do you give class projects for PG 15 8 classes? Do you have sufficient resources for 10 13 laboratory courses?
Sufficient Inadequate Is the library/journal/e-connection 03 20 support adequate?
Definitely May be No Would you like to have common 20 03 00 (TEQIP) repository of course material? Would you like to visit IITK to 17 05 01 participate in and develop course material (existing or new) Would you like to participate in 16 05 02 creation of the repository material (course files/lab. Manuals/question bank/etc)
e-courses Workshops Content none How can IITK effectively help you 05 08 05 05 prepare for teaching? How can TEQIP help improve your • Providing latest information teaching? accessibility to the topics of teaching
• TEQIP alone can never help • Long duration specific topic workshop • Knowledge upgrading through workshop
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Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No
Would you like to visit an IIT for a visiting- 18 04 01 faculty/post-doctoral fellow ,if offered(via TEQIP)? Would you like to share/use research infra- 22 01 00 structure at IITK, if made available? Would you like to conduct collaborative 21 02 00 research with IITK? Would you like lectures by experts (Indian 22 01 00 and international) on niche research areas/topics? Do you want special-topic conferences? 19 04 00 Should IIT faculty visit your institute for 22 01 00 short lectures/seminars/research collaboration How can TEQIP help improve your research? • Funding for labs., infrastructure ,
R&D projects • Opportunity to work in international collaboration research • By facilitating tie-up with professor/scientists/industry people of one area of interest • By collaborating with other colleges in TEQIP circle • If possible, the workshops/symposiums/short term courses can be designed to cover the specific areas, starting from basics to advanced state of art.
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Summary of Student Feedback
Workshop
Questions Excellent Good Ordinary
Clarity of communication about workshop 05 10 01
Organization of the sessions 07 08 01
Quality of lectures 13 02 01
Quality of posters 05 09 02
Effectiveness of discussions 04 10 02
Effectiveness of learning experience 06 08 02
Appropriate Short long
Duration of workshop 16 00 00
Definitely Maybe No
Would you like to have more such sessions? 12 04 00
Would you like e-lectures by experts on special 16 00 00
topics?
• Structural Dynamics
• Setting equipments, which may be
Suggest specific topic that you would like used in water purification process
• Thermal behavior
additional expert lectures on
• Challenges in high control design
• Nano composites, Aero elasticity
• Fracture Mechanics, FEM
• All speakers were from IIT/IISc
Some talks could have been from
NIT/universities
Additional Suggestions • Arrangements should be made next
time for transportation of students of
local colleges.
• Schedule of workshop should be
given at the arrival of the
participants
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Learning
Questions Yes No Do you get enough class projects? 13 03 Is the learning adequate? 13 03 Do you have sufficient resources for laboratory courses? 07 09 What is your area of specialization • Composite(Metal
Material) • Applied geology • Oil technology • Dynamic (civil engg.) • Environmental • Thermal Sufficient inadequate Is the library/journal support/e-connection adequate? 10 06
Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have common (TEQIP) repository of 15 01 00 course material? Would you like to visit IITK to attend specialized 14 02 00 courses? Would you like MOOCS/e-resources based courses? 13 03 00 Would you like IITK faculty/other experts to visit your 16 00 00 institute for lecture series, research and other collaboration? How can TEQIP help improve your learning? • Expose the ideas of new
field of research • By arranging similar workshop in our college too • It gives a vast area of research ,and a new way approaching to difficulties • By the interaction of various researchers with experts at IIT’s and facilities available there to get a moral & technical lift • By using Research facilities of IIT campus
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Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No Would you like to visit an IIT for a short visit 14 02 00 /internship/post-doctoral stint ,if offered(via TEQIP)? Would you like to share/use research infra- 15 01 00 structure at IITK, if made available? Would you like to conduct collaborative 12 04 00 research with IITK faculty? Would you like lectures by experts (Indian 14 02 00 and international) on niche research areas/topics? Do you want special-topic conferences? 14 02 00 How can TEQIP help improve your research? • By providing us with a platform to
perform well and all the technical help • If something is made available quickly, it can make my research easier to complete • By the interaction of various researchers with experts at IIT’s and facilities available there to get a moral and technical lift. • By using research facilities of IIT Kanpur • TEQIP can form a community through website where students are ask their problem and can get their annular
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OUTCOME
The participants were introduced to the teaching methods in various fields in applied mechanics, current research activities and other facilities available at IIT Kanpur. The workshop also focused on discussing effective pedagogy, augmentation of laboratory facilities and research directions. The main goal of the workshop was to promote interdisciplinary conversation and informal faculty mentoring, while providing all faculty members with opportunities to hone and expand their teaching.
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KNOWLEDGE INCUBATION FOR TEQIP, IIT KANPUR
Systems Engineering
December 16-20, 2014
A TEQIP sponsored workshop on Systems Engineering was held at IIT Kanpur between 16th and 20th December 2013. The workshop emphasized the development and establishment of system during its nascent stage while focusing on customer requirements and keeping in mind the constraints of operation, quality and cost.
TOPICS DISCUSSED
• Introduction to Systems Engineering
• Systems Engineering Process
• Quality function Deployment
• New Product Deployment risk
• Design Structure Matrix
• Requirement Analysis
• Design Synthesis
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Configuration Management
• Technical review and audits
• Modelling and Simulation
• Systems Engineering and Planning
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• Product Improvement Strategies
• System Costing
• Integration Definition for Functional Modelling
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Aerospace Systems
• Activity based costing
• Simulation Lab
LIST OF SPEAKERS
• Dr. J. Ramkumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
• Dr. Deepu Philip, Industrial and Management Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur
• Dr. B.V. Phani, Finance and Entrepreneurship Coordinator, SIDBI
Innovation Incuba-tion Center,IIT Kanpur
• Dr. A.K. Ghosh, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES
Institute Number of Participants
HBTI, Kanpur 1
Aligarh Muslim University 2
MMMEC, Gorakhpur 1
MJP, Rohilkhand 1
G.B. Pant, Pantnagar 1
N.C College of Engineering, Panipat 2
ISRO, Bangalore 3
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Schedule of the Workshop
16 –Dec-2013
TIME TALKS
9:00 AM-9:30 AM Registration 9:30 AM-10:00 AM Inauguration
10:00 AM-11:00 AM Inauguration
11:00 AM-11:15 AM High Tea
11:15 AM-12:15 PM Dr. Deepu philip Introduction Systems Engineering
12:15 PM-1:00 PM Dr. Deepu Philip Systems Engineering Process
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Dr. Atanu Chaudhury Quality function Deployment
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Dr. Atanu Chaudhury New Product Deployment Risk
4:00 PM-4:15 PM Tea
4:15 PM-5:15 PM Dr. Atanu Chaudhury New Product Deployment Risk
5:15 PM-6:15 PM Dr. Atanu Chaudhury Design Structure Matrix
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17-Dec-2013
TIME TALKS
9:00 AM-9:30 AM Dr. J Ramkumar
Requirement Analysis
9:30 AM-10:00 AM Dr. J Ramkumar Requirement Analysis
10:00 AM-11:00 AM Dr. J Ramkumar Design Synthesis
11:00 AM-11:15 AM Tea
11:15 AM-12:15 PM Dr. Deepu Philip Systems Engineering
12:15 PM-1:00 PM Dr. Deepu Philip Work Breakdown Structure
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Dr. J Ramkumar Configuration Management
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Dr. J Ramkumar Technical Review and Audits
4:00 PM-4:15 PM Tea
4:15 PM-5:15 PM Dr. Deepu Philip Modeling & Simulation
5:15 PM-6:15 PM Dr. Deepu Philip Modeling & Simulation
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18-Dec-2013
TIME TALKS
9:00 AM-9:30 AM Dr. Deepu Philip Systems Engineering Planning
9:30 AM-10:00 AM Dr. Deepu Philip Systems Engineering Planning
10:00 AM-11:00 AM Dr. J Ramkumar Product Improvement Strategies
11:00 AM-11:15 AM Tea
11:15 AM-12:15 PM Dr. B V Phani System Costing
12:15 PM-1:00 PM Dr. B V Phani System Costing
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Dr. Deepu Philip Integration Definition for Functional Modeling
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Dr. Deepu Philip Product Lifecycle Management
4:00 PM-4:15 PM Tea
4:15 PM-5:15 PM Dr. J Ramkumar Product Lifecycle Management Lab
5:15 PM-6:15 PM Dr. J Ramkumar Product Lifecycle Management Lab
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19-Dec-2013
TIME
TALKS
9:00 AM-9:30 AM Dr. A K Ghosh Aerospace Systems
9:30 AM-10:00 AM Dr. A K Ghosh Aerospace Systems
10:00 AM-11:00 AM Dr. B V Phani Activity Based Costing
11:00 AM-11:15 AM
Tea
11:15 AM-12:15 PM Dr. B V Phani Activity Based Costing
12:15 PM-1:00 PM Dr. A K Ghosh Aerospace Systems
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Dr. Deepu Philip Sim Lab
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Dr. Deepu Philip Sim Lab
4:00 PM-4:15 PM
Tea
4:15 PM-5:15 PM Dr. J Ramkumar Product Lifecycle Management Lab
5:15 PM-6:15 PM Dr. J Ramkumar Product Lifecycle Management Lab
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20-Dec-2013
TIME TALKS
9:00 AM-9:30 AM Dr. Deepu Philip
System Engineering verification
9:30 AM-10:00 AM Dr. Deepu Philip System Engineering verification
10:00 AM-11:00 AM Dr. Deepu Philip Integrated Product and Process Development
11:00 AM-11:15 AM Tea
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Conclusion Ceremony and Certificates
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Summary of Faculty Feedback Workshop
Questions Excellent Good Ordinary Clarity of communication about workshop 06 03 00 Organization of the sessions 03 05 01 Quality of lectures 06 03 00 Quality of labs 07 02 00 Effectiveness of discussions 05 03 00 Effectiveness of learning experience 05 03 00
Appropriate Short long Duration of workshop 08 01 00
Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have more such sessions? 08 01 00 Would you like e-lectures by experts on special 07 02 00 topics?
• Ergonomics, welding • QFD, Risk management, DSM • Application on thermal engg. Suggest specific topic that you would like • Complex integrated manufacturing. additional expert lectures on • Project management.
• Knowledge management.
• Some students (B.Tech) of our college should be absorbed as part of 30 days practical training to have a
Additional Suggestions feel of higher studies. • Would appreciate an opportunity to
project our(ISRO) requirements on an internal basis and to assess common areas where collaborative work could be taken up, first informally and later formalise it.
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Teaching
Which subjects do you teach? • Workshop teaching, Welding • I.C Engines, Air Pollution Technology • Manufacturing Engg. Industrial Engg. • Signals & System. • D.S.P , Network Analysis & Synthesis. • Mechanical Engg. • Power Electronics.
What is average student to teacher • 30:1 ratio in your institute? • 15:1
• 15:1 • 18:1 • 4:1 • 18:1 Questions YES NO Do you have additional support for 04 01 teaching (tutors, graders, teaching Assistants, etc)? Do you give class projects for UG 06 00 classes? Do you give class projects for PG 05 01 classes? Do you have sufficient resources for 01 05 laboratory courses?
Sufficient Inadequate Is the library/journal/e-connection 01 05 support adequate?
Definitely May be No Would you like to have common 07 00 00 (TEQIP) repository of course material? Would you like to visit IITK to 07 01 00 participate in and develop course material (existing or new) Would you like to participate in 05 02 00 creation of the repository material
e-courses Workshops Content none How can IITK effectively help you 03 04 04 00 prepare for teaching?
How can TEQIP help improve your • By participating in different workshop. teaching? • Providing better infrastructure.
• Helping in organizing interactive session
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for lectures at IIT’s. • providing platform to deliver lecture at different institutions. • The above mentioned area are sufficient.
Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No Would you like to visit an IIT for a visiting- 08 01 00 faculty/post-doctoral fellow ,if offered(via TEQIP)? Would you like to share/use research infra- 07 02 00 structure at IITK, if made available? Would you like to conduct collaborative 07 02 00 research with IITK? Would you like lectures by experts (Indian 09 00 00 and international) on niche research areas/topics? Do you want special-topic conferences? 09 00 00 How can TEQIP help improve your research? • By giving proper exposure to young
teachers. • Collaboration with our institute. • Help in collaborative research. • These suggations are sufficient • Through TEQIP collaborative research required. • Due to more exposure & quality of teaching it may be improve.
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Summary of Student Feedback
Workshop
Questions Excellent Good Ordinary Clarity of communication about workshop 00 01 00 Organization of the sessions 00 01 00 Quality of lectures 01 00 00 Quality of labs 01 00 00 Effectiveness of discussions 00 01 00 Effectiveness of learning experience 00 01 00
Appropriate Short long Duration of workshop 01 00 00
Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have more such sessions? 01 00 00 Would you like e-lectures by experts on special 01 00 00 topics?
Suggest specific topic that you would like additional expert lectures on
• We should provide more example of
Additional Suggestions system engineering • The course material should be more so that we understand it clearly.
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Learning
Questions Yes No Do you get enough class projects? 01 00 Is the learning adequate? 01 00 Do you have sufficient resources for laboratory courses? 01 00 What is your area of specialization •Industrial Optimization
Sufficient inadequate Is the library/journal support/e-connection adequate? 01 00 Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have common (TEQIP) repository of 01 00 00 course material? Would you like to visit IITK to attend specialized 01 00 00 courses? Would you like MOOCS/e-resources based courses? 01 00 00 How can TEQIP help improve your learning? • By conducting such type of short term course which are more based upon practicals.
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Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No Would you like to visit an IIT for a short visit 01 00 00 /internship/post-doctoral stint ,if offered(via TEQIP)? Would you like to share/use research infra- 01 00 00 structure at IITK, if made available?
Would you like to conduct collaborative 01 00 00 research with IITK faculty?
Would you like lectures by experts (Indian 01 00 00 and international) on niche research areas/topics?
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Do you want special-topic conferences? 00 01 00
How can TEQIP help improve your research? • By giving proper exposure to young
teachers.
• Collaboration with our institute.
• Help in collaborative research.
• These suggestions are sufficient
• Thorough TEQIP collaborative research required.
• Due to more exposure & quality of
teaching may be improved.
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OUTCOME At the end of the workshop, participants had a better understanding of various aspects of system engineering. They had a better idea on how to propose systems considering the customer requirements and cost structure. Some participants suggested that more collaborative research is required to help them improve their research; they also suggested that more exposure is needed by the faculties to improve their teaching techniques.
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KNOWLEDGE INCUBATION FOR TEQIP, IIT KANPUR
International Workshop on Novel combustion concepts for Sustainable Energy Development
January 2- 4, 2014
IIT Kanpur, in association with TEQIP, hosted an international workshop titled Novel combustion concepts for Sustainable Energy Development. The workshop was sponsored by NSF (National Science Foundation) and ONR. It was held between 2nd and 4th January, 2014 at IIT Kanpur, India. The workshop aimed to bring experts in Combustion Science and Technology from around the world on a single platform. The experts presented their ongoing research on Novel Combustion Concepts for Sustainable Energy Development followed by the panel discussion to identify few promising technologies and develop a strategy to promote collaborative research on those technologies in order to offer few viable novel technologies for improved, efficient and sustainable utilization of combustion based energy production using fossil/bio fuels. As part of this activity special emphasis was placed on micro-scale combustion systems that offer new challenges and opportunities.
Apart from the inaugural session and the panel discussion, the workshop was divided into eight technical sessions in which 3-4 leading experts on the topic presented their work. These include dedicated sessions on Micro-combustion, low temperature combustion in IC engines, Ultra lean combustion, partially premixed combustion, combustion on renewable fuels, Distributed combustion, supersonic combustion, Combustion instability and control, and Noise. These topics are of significant importance for sustainable use of fossil fuels due to their lower fuel consumption rates and enhanced performance including efficiency, pollutants emission levels, lower thermal signatures, and enhanced life of the engine.
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TOPICS DISCUSSED
• Micro-combustion
• Low Temperature / Ultra Lean Combustion
• Gas Turbine Combustion
• Partially Premixed Combustion
• Gasification and Coal combustion / Combustion of renewable fuels
• HCCI of Gasoline and Diesel like Fuels
• Distributed combustion and other Novel combustion and Ignition Concepts
• Combustion Modelling and Simulation
• Novel Combustion Concepts for Sustainable Growth
• Fuel Reforming to Cleaner Fuels
• Energy Development
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LIST OF SPEAKERS
• Dr Ashok Pandey, NIIST, Trivandrum, India • Prof. R.P Sharma, Jaipur, India • Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, IIT KAnpur, India • Dr. D. Umamaheshwar, GE Aviation, India • Prof. Aswani K. Gupta, University of Maryland, USA • Prof. Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Jadavpur University, India • Mr. P. Sreedhar, GE Aviation, India • Dr. Hukam C. Mongia, Perdue University, USA • Prof. K. Kitagawa, Nagoya University, Japan • Prof. Swarnendu Sen, Jadavpur University, India • Prof. Subramanyam R. Gollahalli, University of Oklahoma, USA • Prof. Ajay K. Aggarawal, University of Alabama, USA • Prof. Abhijit Kushari, IIT Kanpur, India • Prof. S.R Chakrabarthy, IIT Madras, India • Dr. B.R Gurjar, CE, IIT Roorkee, India • Dr. Tarun Gupta, CE, IIT Kanpur, India • Prof. Ramesh K. Agarwal, Washington University, USA • Dr. Gabriel D. Roy, Office of Naval Research, USA • Dr. Ryo Amano, University of Wisconsin, USA • Prof. Raja Bordia, Clemson University, USA • Dr. Debasis Chakraborty, DRDL Hydrabad, India • Prof. Franz. Winter, Technical University of Vienna, Austria • Prof. S. Kerdsuwan, KMUST, Bangkok, Thailand • Prof. Kalyan Annamalai, Texas, A&M University, USA • Prof. Suresh K. Aggarwal, University of Illinois, Chicago
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• Prof. C. Thomas Avedisian, Cornell University, USA • Prof. A Krothapalli, Florida State University, USA • Prof. L.M Das, CES, IIT Delhi, India • Prof. O.N Srivastava, IIT Varanasi, India Dr. R.K Malhotra, IOCL R&D, Faridabad, India
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES
Institute Number of
Participants
G.B. Pant, Pantnagar 1
UIET, Punjab University 1
IET, Luckhnow 1
BIET, Jhansi 1
BTKIT, Dwarhat 2
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International Workshop on Novel Combustion Concepts for
Sustainable Energy Development 2nd - 4th January 2014
International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability
Schedule
2nd January, 2014
Event Time Details
Registration 8:00 am to 9:00 am Outreach Auditorium, IIT Kanpur
Inaugural 9:00 am to 10:00 am
Outreach Auditorium, IIT Kanpur
Session
Inaugural 10:00 am to 10:30 am Plenary Speech: Hydrogen as a fuel: Challenges and opportunities
Speech Dr. R. K. Malhotra. Director, IOCL R&D, Faridabad, India
Inaugural Tea 10:30 am to 11:00 am
11:00 am to 11:45 am
Keynote: Production of second generation biofuels in India: Status
and perspectives
Session-1 Dr. Ashok Pandey, NIIST, Trivandrum, India
Biofuels 11:45 am to 12:15 pm Recent Trends in Biodiesel
Prof. R. P. Sharma, Jaipur, India
Venue:
Biodiesel Combustion and Endoscopy in Single Cylinder Research
Outreach 12:15 pm to 12:45 pm Engine
Auditorium Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, IIT Kanpur, India
12:45 pm to 1:15 pm Power the Future Flight… Perspectives from CAE
Dr. K. Umamaheswaran, GE Aviation, India
Lunch 1:15 pm to 2:15 pm
2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
Keynote: Hydrogen Addition Effects on Volume Distributed High
Session-2 Intensity Combustion
High Intensity Prof. Ashwani K. Gupta, University of Maryland, USA
combustion Linear and Nonlinear Analysis of Breakup of Liquid Sheets and
and Sprays 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm Resulting Spray Formation
Venue: PBCEC
Prof. Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Jadavpur University
Development of the GE Aviation Low Emissions TAPS Combustor for
Seminar Room 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm Next Generation Aircraft Engines
Dr. Sreedhar Pillutla, GE Aviation, India
Tea Break 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Session-3 Intersections of Combustion Products, Technology, Science, CFD and
4:30 pm to 5:00 pm Diagnostics: Ultra Low NOx, Fuel Flexibility and Dynamics
Combustion
Dr. Hukam C. Mongia, GE Aviation, USA
Measurements
Spectroscopic Visualization of Combustion Flames and Plasmas for
Venue: PBCEC 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm Energy Systems
Prof. K. Kitagawa, Nagoya University, Japan
Seminar Room
5:30 pm to 6:00 pm Flame Colour Based Lean Blow Out Detection For Dump Combustors
Prof. Swarnendu Sen, Jadavpur University, India.
3rd January, 2014 (Friday)
Event Time Details
Session-4 9:00 am to 9:45 am
Keynote: Partial Premixed Flames of Vaporized Renewable Fuels
Advanced and Their Blends with Petroleum Fuels
Combustion Prof. Subramanyam R. Gollahalli, University of Oklahoma, USA
Concepts 9:45 am to 10:10 am A Low-emission Combustion System for Liquid Biofuels
Prof. Ajay K. Aggrawal, University of Alabama, USA
Venue: PBCEC
10:10 am to 10:35 am Emission and soot formation in partially premixed combustion
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Seminar Room Prof. Abhijit Kushari, IIT Kanpur, India
Acoustic Reynolds Stress- The source of coherent structures in
10:35 am to 11:00 am combustion instability
Prof. S. R. Chakrabarthy, IIT Madras, India
Tea Break 11:00 am to 11:30 am
Modeling of Exhaust and Non-exhaust Emissions from Urban Road
Session-5 11:30 am to 12:00 pm Transport Vehicles in India
Dr. B. R. Gurjar, CE, IIT Roorkee, India
Emission
Comparison of Primary vs. Secondary Emissions from Internal
Control
12:00 pm to 12:30 pm Combustion Engines
Venue: PBCEC Dr. Tarun Gupta, IIT Kanpur, India
Coal-Direct Chemical Looping Combustion: Process and Reactor Level
Seminar Room
12:30 pm to 1:00 pm Simulations and Optimization of Carbon Capture
Prof. Ramesh K. Agarwal, Washington University, USA
Lunch 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
AGM of the 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Venue: PBCEC Seminar Room
Society
Tea Break 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Lab Tour 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Engine Research Laboratory, ME &
Flames and Combustion Dynamics Laboratory, AE
Conference 7:30 to 10:00 pm Type-II Community Hall
Reception
4th January, 2014 (Saturday)
Event Time Details
Session-6 9:00 am to 9:45 am
Keynote: S&T Approach for a Sustainable and Fuel Efficient
Future
S&T
Dr. Gabriel D. Roy, Office of Naval Research, USA
Approaches &
9:45 am to 10:10 am Propulsion Of Aluminum Propellant In Solid Rocket Motor Nozzle
Other Related
Dr. Ryo Amano, University of Wisconsin, USA
Topics
10:10 am to 10:35 am Environmental Barrier Polymer Derived Ceramic Coatings
Venue: PBCEC Prof. Raj Bordia, Clemson University, USA
10:35 am to 11:00 am Combustion Problems in High Speed Flows
Seminar Room
Dr. Debasis Chakraborty, DRDL Hyderabad, India
Tea Break 11:00 am to 11:30 am
11:30 am to 12:00 pm Fluidized Bed Conversion: From Coal to Biomass and New Concepts
Session-7 Prof. Franz Winter, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Biomass In-depth Performance Evaluation of RDF from Old Landfill Dumpsite
Combustion 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm for Electricity Generation in a Downdraft Gasifier
Venue: PBCEC
Prof. S. Kerdsuwan, KMUST, Bangkok, Thailand
Biomass Fuel Quality Enhancement and the RQ (Respiratory
Seminar Room 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm Coefficient) For Fossil and Biomass fuels
Prof. Kalyan Annamalai, Texas A&M University, USA
Lunch 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Combustion Characteristics of Biomass and Petroleum Based Fuel
Session 8 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm Blends
Futuristic Prof. Suresh K. Aggarwal, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
Fuels 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm Developing Surrogates of Liquid Transportation Fuels
Prof C. Thomas Avedisian, Cornell University, USA
Venue: PBCEC
Hydrogen Enriched Synthesis Gas production from Biomass
Seminar Room 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm Gasification
Prof. A. Krothapalli, Florida State University, USA
Panel 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Combustion Research for Sustainable Energy and Environmental
Discussion Preservation
Valedictory Tea 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Valedictory 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm Venue: PBCEC Seminar Room
Session
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Summary of Faculty Feedback
Workshop
Questions Excellent Good Ordinary Clarity of communication about workshop 05 01 00 Organization of the sessions 05 01 00 Quality of lectures 05 01 00 Quality of posters 02 04 00 Effectiveness of discussions 04 02 00 Effectiveness of learning experience 04 02 00
Appropriate Short long Duration of workshop 03 03 00
Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have more such sessions? 06 00 00 Would you like e-lectures by experts on special 04 02 00 topics?
• Combustion, Instrumentation,
Heat • Transfer, Thermodynamics. • Natural Convection, Virtual lab.
Suggest specific topic that you would like • Fluid Mechanics,
CFD. additional expert lectures on
Need to discuss general possible problems related to different area. I t is g o o d p la tf o rm to in te r a c t th e h ig h profile people in different research area. Additional Suggestions Need of some experimental activities.
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Teaching
Which subjects do you teach? Heat and Mass Transfer, Thermodynamics.
IC Engine, Power plant. SOM, Mechanics, Engg. Drawing. Automobile Engg. R & AC. CFD
What is average student to teacher 25:1 ratio in your institute? 20:1
30:1 70:1 25:1 20:1 Questions YES NO Do you have additional support for 03 02 teaching (tutors, graders, teaching Assistants, etc)? Do you give class projects for UG 06 00 classes? Do you give class projects for PG 05 01 classes? Do you have sufficient resources for 02 04 laboratory courses?
Sufficient Inadequate Is the library/journal/e-connection 01 05 support adequate?
Definitely May be No Would you like to have common 04 02 00 (TEQIP) repository of course material? Would you like to visit IITK to 04 01 00 participate in and develop course material (existing or new) Would you like to participate in 04 02 00 creation of the repository material (course files/lab. Manuals/question bank/etc)
e-courses Workshops Content none How can IITK effectively help you 03 03 03 00 prepare for teaching? How can TEQIP help improve your teaching? I n te r a c t io n w ith th e q u a l i ty f a c u l t ie s o f I IT K .
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Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No
Would you like to visit an IIT for a visiting- 04 02 00 faculty/post-doctoral fellow ,if offered(via TEQIP)? Would you like to share/use research infra- 06 00 00 structure at IITK, if made available? Would you like to conduct collaborative 05 01 00 research with IITK? Would you like lectures by experts (Indian 04 02 00 and international) on niche research areas/topics? Do you want special-topic conferences? 03 03 00 How can TEQIP help improve your research? By this scheme it will be better for a
teacher to see the different research concept at different IITs and they suggest to add that kind of research at low level as example whatever discussed by prof. Agrawal to how people can develop engine lab as per the fund availability in Institute. Use of research facilities.
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OUTCOME This workshop introduced the participants to the required course content and pedagogy of combustion education both in undergraduate levels as well as the research ideas and methods in related issues. The Participants learned about various types of combustion and how to model combustion for sustainable growth. The workshop also emphasized on the need of cleaner fuel and development in the field of energy. This workshop provided a mix of industrial and academic perspectives to teaching of fluid mechanics, combustion and engine research at the undergraduate and graduate levels. There was a healthy interaction amongst the teachers from KIT Quality Circle and the experts
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KNOWLEDGE INCUBATION FOR TEQIP, IIT KANPUR
TEQIP Workshop on Teaching Methodologies in Chemical and Material Sciences
February 22-23, 2014
Knowledge incubation for TEQIP, IIT Kanpur organized a workshop on Teaching Methodologies in Chemical and Material Sciences in February 2013. This workshop was meant to address the Chemical and Materials Engineering programs at several Universities and Institutes in India. It aimed at discussing and suggesting curricula and directions for Chemical and Materials Engineering Programs.
TOPICS DISCUSSED
• Philosophy behind teaching of Chemical and Materials Engineering Programs and what must be its objective, how it should evolve with changing times.
• Discussion on existing courses and lab component.
• How to balance theoretical concepts and hands-on skills of the students.
• Balancing of core and elective courses.
• Relevance to industry as well as higher education and/or research.
• Thematic discussions to evolve model curricula which should be able to
motivate the students with the framework of existing strengths of the participating institutions.
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LIST OF SPEAKERS
• Gautam Deo, IIT Kanpur
• Ashish Garg, IIT Kanpur
• Manoj Harbola,IIT Kanpur
• Raj Chhabra, IIT Kanpur
• Y.N. Mohapatra, IIT Kanpur
• G.D. Yadav, ICT Mumbai
• Vikram Jayaram, IISc Bangalore
• Deepak Gupta, IIT Kanpur
• N.B. Ballal, IIT Bombay
• Gandham Phanikumar, IIT Madras
• TA Abinandanan, IISc Bangalore
• Shashank Shekhar, IIT Kanpur
• Sandeep Sangal, IIT Kanpur
• Anandh Subramaniam, IIT Kanpur
• Deepak Kunzru, IIT Kanpur
• Y.M. Joshi, IIT Kanpur
• Anish Upadhyaya, IIT Kanpur
• Kallol Mandal, IIT Kanpur
• Krishanu Biswas, IIT Kanpur
• Monica Katiyar, IIT Kanpur
• Anshu Gaur, IIT Kanpur
• Siddhartha Panda, IIT Kanpur
• Rajeev Gupta, IIT Kanpur
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• Animangsu Ghatak, IIT Kanpur
• Sri Sivakumar, IIT Kanpur
• Kantesh Balani, IIT Kanpur • Kesava Rao, IISc, Bangalore
• V. Shankar, IIT Kanpur
• S.K Gupta, IIT Kanpur
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES
Institute Number of Dr. SSB Univ. Institute of Chemical engineering and
h l 1
NIT, Kurukshtra 1 PEC, University of technology 4
HBTI, Kanpur 4 IFTM 3
MNIT, Allahabad 2 Jadavpur University 1
MJP, Rohilkhand 6 UIET, CJSM, Kanpur 6
IET, Lucknow 3 BIET, Jhansi 2
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SCHEDULE OF THE WORKSHOP
February 22, 2014
Time Event
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Registration
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
General Introduction of TEQIP Prof. Goutam Deo
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Outline of the workshop Prof. Ashish Garg
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Discussion on UG Curriculum at IIT Kanpur
Prof. Manoj Harbola
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM TEA BREAK
11:30 PM – 12:15 PM
Relevance of Physical, Chemical and Materials Science in engineering
Moderator: Raj Chhabra a. Expert talk on Physical Sciences: YN Mohapatra b. Expert talk on Chemical Sciences: GD Yadav
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
Discussion of UG Curriculum of CHE at IITK and other IITs
Prof. Goutam Deo a. General Philosophy b. Department specifics on Core, Electives, Lab,
Research and hands-on instruction and areas of improvement
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM LUNCH BREAK
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM Expert Talk on Materials Sciences Prof. Vikram Jayaram
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2:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Discussion of UG Curriculum of MSE at IITK, other IITs and IISc
a. General Philosophy b. Department specifics on Core, Electives, Lab,
Research and hands-on instruction and areas of improvement
Session chair: Sandeep Sanghal Order:
(i) UG Curriculum at IIT Kanpur (Deepak Gupta) (ii) UG Curriculum at IIT Bombay (NB Ballal) (iii) UG Curriculum at IIT Madras (Gandham
Phanikumar) (iv) UG Curriculum at IISc Bangalore (TA
Abinandanan)
4:15 PM – 4:30PM TEA BREAK
4:30 PM – 5:15 PM Inputs from participants on their curricula, and
discussion (Moderators: Prof. Gautam Deo/Ashish Garg)
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM
Summary Shashank Shekhar
February 23, 2013 Time Event 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Thematic Discussions to evolve the Chemical and Materials
Engineering curriculum Session 1: Fundamentals
a. Structure and Characterization (Sandeep Sangal, Vikram Jayaram, Gouthama and Anandh Subramaniam)
b. Thermodynamics and Rate Processes (Deepak Kunzru, TA Abinandan, Y.M. Joshi)
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM TEA BREAK
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11:15 – 1:00 PM Session 2: Processes a. Manufacturing Processes
(Anish Upadhyaya, Kallol Mandal, Shashank Shekhar, Nilesh Gurao, N.B. Ballal)
b. Design, Control and Modeling (S.K. Gupta, Gandham Phanikumar, N.B. Ballal) 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM LUNCH BREAK
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Session 3: Properties and Applications a. Mechanical Properties (Kallol Mandal, Shashank Shekhar,
Krishanu Biswas)
b. Electrical, Optical and Magnetic Properties (Monica Katiyar, Anshu Gaur, Siddhartha Panda, Rajeev Gupta)
c. Nano and Biotechnology (Animangsu Ghatak, Sri
Sivakumar and Kantesh Balani)
d. Any other ideas (Kesava Rao, V. Shankar)
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM HIGH TEA
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Action Points and Recommendations Prof. C S Upadhyay, Prof. Gautam Deo, Prof. Ashish Garg
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM Concluding Remarks Director, Prof. C S Upadhyay, Prof. Gautam Deo, Prof. Ashish Garg
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Summary of Faculty Feedback Workshop
Questions Excellent Good Ordinary
Clarity of communication about workshop 11 15 00 Organization of the sessions 12 14 00 Quality of lectures 09 17 00
Quality of posters 02 10 03 Effectiveness of discussions 12 14 00
Effectiveness of learning experience 12 14 00 Appropriate Short long Duration of workshop 22 04 00 Definitely Maybe No
Would you like to have more such sessions?
21 04 02
Would you like e-lectures by experts on special topics?
21 03 00
Suggest specific topic that you would like additional expert lectures on
• Chemical Reaction Engg., Chemical Technology
• Thermodynamics, • Characterization, nanomaterials, colloid
properties. •Designing of mass transfer equipments contacting devices. •Reactor design, Design using Aspen-Hysis
Additional Suggestions
•Brief description of defects on M.S and Thermo. •Discussion in Chemical Engg. courses should have been more elaborative. •Discussion of content of 20% basic sciences (physics & chemistry) in the curriculum of UG courses in chemical & material engg. elective courses which can be offered by applied sciences faculty including lab components. •This kind of workshop should also be offered by
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Teaching Which subjects do you teach? • Chemical reaction engg.
• Thermodynamics mechanics of materials. • Statistical methods • Mass transfer, equipment design. • Reaction engg. design, Process calculations, Heat • Transfer. • Material and energy balance, Mass Transfer, • Process plant design. • Applied Chemistry. • Applied Physics. • MSE , Bio-materials. • TOM, CT,MEMS • Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics. • Machine design, Material Science. • CRE. • Fluid Flow Operations, Chemical Process • Industries. • Process Modelling and Simulation. • Chemical Reactions Engg. , Bio Process Principles. • Transport Phenomena. • APDC, EPMC, CT. • Polymers.
What is average student to teacher • 20:1 ratio in your institute? • 20:1
• 20:2 • 22:1 • 16:1 • 26:1 • 50:1 • 50:1 • 15:1 • 25:1 • 20:1 • 15:1 • 15:1 • 25:1 • 25:1 • 20:1 • 20:1 • 20:1 • 20:1 • 05:1
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Questions YES NO Do you have additional support for teaching (tutors, graders, teaching Assisttants, etc)?
8 14
Do you give class projects for UG classes?
21 04
Do you give class projects for PG classes?
14 6
Do you have sufficient resources for laboratory courses?
13 10
Sufficient Inadequate Is the library/journal/e-connection support adequate?
14 12
Definitely May be No Would you like to have common (TEQIP) repository of course material?
17 06 00
Would you like to visit IITK to participate in and develop course material (existing or new)
21 04 00
Would you like to participate in creation of the repository material (course files/lab. Manuals/question bank/etc)
18 04 01
e-courses Workshops Content none How can IITK effectively help you prepare for teaching?
14 13 12 00
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How can TEQIP help improve your teaching?
• Interact by student more. • Exposure to different teaching techniques. • By providing funding to attend the conference. • By conducting this type of workshop again in
future. • By Institute-Institute interaction and by
Institute- Industry Interaction. • Through adoption of standard curriculum
which matches the needs of the Industry and R&D centres.
• By conducting workshops on specific topics of IITs.
• Facilitating frequent interaction & discussing. • Workshop on core subjects. • More workshops on teaching methodologies. • A workshop on teaching methodologies for a
week is necessary in every academic year. Also TEQIP can provide more funds to state engg. colleges to improve their infrastructure & labs.
• It can support resources development. • It can provide wide range of course and
expertise on the subjects materials. • Study material and videos. • Don’t know can co-ordinate with NPTEL. • If TEQIP can arrange workshop on courses
which are tough at UG and PG level by faculty from IITs.
• Preparing written material for the lectures.
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Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No Would you like to visit an IIT for a visiting- faculty/post-doctoral fellow ,if offered(via TEQIP)?
16 06 02
Would you like to share/use research infra- structure at IITK, if made available?
21 03 01
Would you like to conduct collaborative research with IITK?
19 04 01
Would you like lectures by experts (Indian and international) on niche research areas/topics?
18 04 01
Do you want special-topic conferences? 16 08 01 How can TEQIP help improve your research? • To conduct workshop, e-learning
programme. • Interaction. • By providing funds for the purchase
of research equipments. • Providing infrastructure for research,
having interaction with researchers of other institutes.
• Providing the option of using research facilities in all institutes, visit by experts in both student/exchange mode.
• By providing the option of using research facilities using research facilities available at IITs.
• Travel grants & Procurement. • By providing opportunity to work
together with faculty members at IITK during summer & winter vacations.
• By making available the laboratory facilities where possible.
• TEQIP can improve research by providing research opportunities to the teachers of all institutions by including them in Phd programs, projects and others areas according to their qualification.
• More funds can be raised to the state govt.
• Engineering college for developing • new research facilities at their premises. • TEQIP can provide more facilities
at institute premises. • TEQIP can give financial support for
research. • It can help by giving additional
thoughts on research area. • By extending lab facilities. • By sharing library and other
resources with us.
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Summary of Student Feedback
Workshop
Questions Excellent Good Ordinary
Clarity of communication about workshop 02 01 00
Organization of the sessions 01 02 00
Quality of lectures 03 00 00
Quality of posters 00 01 01
Effectiveness of discussions 02 00 00
Effectiveness of learning experience 01 01 00
Appropriate Short long
Duration of workshop 01 02 00
Definitely Maybe No
Would you like to have more such sessions? 03 00 00
Would you like e-lectures by experts on special topics?
02 00 01
Suggest specific topic that you would like additional expert lectures on
• Material science & Fluid & Particle Mech.
• Pollution control methods. • Matlab, Green Economy , Cleaner
Technologies.
Additional Suggestions
• You should provide one week course for
fourth year chemical engg. students related to fluid & particle mech.
• The course material should be more so that we understand it clearly.
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Learning
Questions Yes No Do you get enough class projects? 02 01 Is the learning adequate? 01 01 Do you have sufficient resources for laboratory courses? 00 02 What is your area of specialization Chemical Engineering.
Sufficient inadequate Is the library/journal support/e-connection adequate? 01 01 Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have common (TEQIP) repository of course material?
01 00 00
Would you like to visit IITK to attend specialized courses?
03 00 00
Would you like MOOCS/e-resources based courses? 01 01 00 How can TEQIP help improve your learning? By conducting more long
term workshops.
Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No Would you like to visit an IIT for a short visit /internship/post-doctoral stint ,if offered(via TEQIP)?
03 00 00
Would you like to share/use research infra- structure at IITK, if made available?
02 01 00
Would you like to conduct collaborative research with IITK faculty?
02 01 00
Would you like lectures by experts (Indian and international) on niche research areas/topics?
01 02 00
Do you want special-topic conferences? 03 0 00
How can TEQIP help improve your research? • TEQIP should organize two week summer internship for chemical
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OUTCOME Participants were introduced to the teaching methods at IIT Kanpur in the department of Chemical and Materials Engineering programs. The workshop emphasized that the teaching methods must evolve with ever changing field requirements. The participants discussed how to fill the current gap between the theory and hands-on skills of the students and how to design motivational curricula for them.
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KNOWLEDGE INCUBATION FOR TEQIP, IIT KANPUR
Mechanics in Physics June 23-27, 2014
The five day workshop, “Mechanics in Physics”, conducted at IIT Kanpur under the patronage of TEQIP, opened up an excellent opportunity in bringing together physics teachers at varying seniority levels. They were all very keen to participate in the learning-teaching process. This workshop was open to all TEQIP affiliated institutes in India The chief aim of the workshop was to motivate and empower the participants to articulate their eagerness for a contemporary Engineering Physics Curriculum. To this end several resource persons from within the IITK departments and outside were invited to participate.
Topics Discussed Day 1 (June 23): The academic program of the started with two seminars by Prof. Chakraborty and Prof. Srinivasan who explained the broad view of physics and its irreplaceable place in a rational society; and, also what the practical scenario is in the physics departments in the engineering colleges in India. After that Prof. Srinivasan introduced Newton’s laws in a lecture which was taken further by Prof. Chakraborty in two consecutive talks in which the confusing but indispensable topics on conserved quantities and pseudo-forces were covered. The day ended with Prof. Verma explaining how dimensional analysis could be made a part of curriculum in engineering physics. Day 2 (June 24): On the second day, the emphasis was again on Newtonian mechanics. Prof. Srinivasan and Prof. Verma gave a total of 2 lectures and 2 tutorials in order to discuss system of particles, oscillators and angular momentum. The last lecture of the day was a gem by Prof. Srinivasan who explained how to set exam papers and how to truly evaluate a student for what he/she may know. The emphasis was also given in making the participants realize that project-based exams can contribute immensely to learning.
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Day 3 (June 24): Prof. Bhattachargee gave two consecutive lectures to introduce special theory of relativity as a natural extension to Newtonian mechanics and showcased what would be an ideal way of making students understand the seemingly complex subject. The lectures were followed by a set of three lectures-cum-tutorials by Prof. Sarkar. Prof. Bhattacharya and Prof. Verma who elaborated the subject more and, most importantly did an exercise on a paradox in special relativity to highlight what goes in to clarify/resolve the counter-intuitive nature of the subject. Day 4 (June 24): The day again saw Prof. Bhattacharjee giving two lectures showing how quantum mechanics can be seamlessly integrated in a course on mechanics and what is the importance of the subject. He introduced Schrödinger’s equation and Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle — a topic which was further elaborated by Prof. Srinivasan in a subsequent lecture. The lectures concluded with SG giving a tutorial on the elementary aspects of the subject and he also highlighted few topics of current interest to the researchers of the field. Later in the day Prof. Sudeep Bhattacharjee showed the participants 1st year physics lab at IITK and explained to them in details various experiments that students can do. Day 5 (June 25): The day mainly continued with discussion on quantum mechanics. Prof. Sarkar and Prof. Bhattarcharya in three lectures solved the textbook problems of particle in a box, simple harmonic oscillator and hydrogen atom. They showed how compactly these topics can be covered in a first year class. Prof. Bhattacharya complemented the lectures with yet another tutorial on the subject. Towards the end of the day, Prof. Sharma gave a talk on what the expectations of engineers are from an engineering physics coursework. The workshop ended with an apt talk by Prof. H.C. Verma who explained, using simple demos, how students can be enthused into ‘feeling’ physics and doing it in right spirit.
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LIST OF SPEAKERS
• Dr. Jayanta Kumar Bhattacherjee, HRI Allahabad
• Dr. Sudeep Bhattacharjee, IIT Kanpur
• Dr. Kaushik Bhattacharya, IIT Kanpur
• Dr. Sagar Chakraborty, IIT Kanpur
• Dr. Saikat Ghosh, IIT Kanpur
• Dr. Tapobrata Sarkar, IIT Kanpur
• Dr. Ishan Sharma, IITK Kanpur
• Dr. K. Srinivasan, Toronto
• Dr. H. C. Verma, IIT Kanpur
• Dr. Mahendra Kumar Verma, IIT Kanpur
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PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES
Institute Numbero
PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh 1
L.N.M.S. College, Birpur 1 UIET, MDU, Rohtak 1
HBTI, Kanpur 2 SVNIT , Surat, Gujarat 3
Heritage Institute of Technology ,Kolkata 2 Government Engg. College Jhalawar, Rajsthan 1
BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore 3 Narula Institute of Technology 2
Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering 2 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Bihar 1
Govt. Women Engg. College Nasirabad Road
1 L.E. College Morbi 1
Institute of Chemical Technology ,Mumbai 1 Vasavi College of Engineering Ibrahimbagh,
3 National MEMS Design Centre PSG College
5 SIDDAGANGA Institute of Technology Tumkur.
3 Shantilal Shah Engg. College ,Bhavnagar, Gujrat 3
Aditya Institute of Tech. & Management
1 Sree Vidyanikethan Engg. College Sree Sainath
1 Govt. College Of Technology .Coimbatore 2
Thagarajar College of Engg. Madurai (TN State) 2 Govt. College of Engg. Bargur, Krishnagiri (T.N.) 1
NIT, Raipur 1
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SCHEDULE OF THE WORKSHOP
June 23, 2014 Time Event
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Seminar Prof. Sagar Chakraborty and Prof. K.Srinivasan
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Tea Break
11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Model Lecture, Newton's laws Dr. K.Srinivasan
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM Model Lecture, Conserved quantities Dr. Sagar Chakraborty
1:15 PM – 3:00 PM Lunch Break 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Model tutorial, Frames of reference
Dr. Sagar Chakraborty
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Tea Break 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Model tutorial, Dimensional analysis
Dr. Mahendra Kumar Varma
June 24, 2014
Time Event 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Model lecture, System of particles I
Dr. K. Srinivasan
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Tea Break 11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Model Lecture, System of particles II Dr. K.Srinivasan
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM Model Lecture, Oscillators Dr. Mahendra Kumar Verma
1:15 PM – 3:00 PM Lunch Break 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Model tutorial, Angular Momentum
Dr. Mahendra Kumar Verma 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Tea Break
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4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Model exam questions, Learning in Exam-hall Dr. K.Srinivasan
June 25, 2014
June 26, 2014
Time Event 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Seminar, Classical to Relativistic in Classroom
Dr. Jayanta K Bhattacharjee
10:30 AM – 11:30
Tea Break 11:00 AM–12:00 Noon
Model Lecture, Lorentz Transformations Dr. Jayanta K Bhattacharjee
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM Model Lecture, Relativistic Kinematics Dr. Tapobrata Sarkar
1:15 PM – 3:00 PM Lunch Break 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Model tutorial, Generic examples
Dr. Kaushik Bhattacharya
4:00PM – 4:30PM Tea Break 4:30PM – 5:30PM Model tutorials, Paradoxes
Dr. Mahendra Kumar Varma
Time Event 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Seminar, Classical to Quantum in Classroom
Dr. Jayanta K Bhattacharjee 10:30 AM – 11:30
Tea Break
11:00 AM–12:00 Noon
Model lecture, Schrodinger equation Dr. Jayanta K Bhattacharjee
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM Model lecture, Uncertainty Principle Dr. K. Srinivasan
1:15 PM – 3:00 PM Lunch Break 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Model tutorial, Generic examples
Dr. Saikat Ghosh 4:00PM – 4:30PM Tea Break
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June 27, 2014
4:30PM – 5:30PM Model tutorial, Generic examples Dr. Saikat Ghosh
Time Event 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Model Lecture, Particle in a Box
Dr. Tapobrata Sarkar
10:30 AM – 11:30
Tea Break 11:00 AM–12:00 Noon
Model lecture, Simple harmonic Oscillator Dr. Tapobrata Sarkar
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM Model lecture, Hydrogen Atom Dr. Kaushik Bhattacharya
1:15 PM – 3:00 PM Lunch Break 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Model tutorial, Generic examples
Dr. Kaushik Bhattacharya 4:00PM – 4:30PM Tea Break
4:30PM – 5:30PM Physics related demonstrations Dr. H.C Verma
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Summary of Faculty Feedback
Questions Excellent Good Ordinary Clarity of communication about workshop 33 5 0
Organization of the sessions 33 5 0 Quality of lectures 25 11 1 Quality of posters Na Na Na
Effectiveness of discussions 11 24 2 Effectiveness of learning experience
Appropriate Short long Duration of workshop 34 03 0
Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have more such sessions? 27 08 02
Would you like e-lectures by experts on special
31 05 02
Suggest specific topic that you would like additional expert lectures on
• Electrodynamics, Field Theory. • Nuclear fission, fussion, CNO cycle, pp chain • Engg. Mechanics • Material science, computational physics • Electrodynamics, stat-mech, multibody
problems in QM, waves and optics, solid state physics.
• DFT, Eigen value problem, distribution dependent physical quantities.
• Statistical Mechanics. • Demonstration of instruments. • Quantum Mechanics. • Solid state physics, statistical mechanics. • Thermodynamics, electrodynamics. • Electromagnetism. • Mathematical simulation, statistical physics. • Simulations and some fluid mechanics
problem • Fundamentals and statistical mechanics
(material science), thermodynamic potentials. • Fluid mechanics and Thermodynamics. • Fluid dynamics • Quantum, Mathematical Physics. • Optics, semiconductors, superconductors. • Quantum Mechanics applications. • Material science. • Fibre optics, Magnetism, Crystal structure. • Optics, fibre optics • EM Theory, Material Science.
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• Uncertainty Principle. • Fluorescence spectroscopy and its applications. • Crystallography: synthesis, applications,
characteristics. • Photonics, science of materials. • Solid state physic, photonics, Science of
materials, Mat lab.
Additional Suggestions
• Please make available the hand outs just before
or after the lecture. • A little bit of nuclear astro physics should be
taught, hand out should be available. • More frequent courses. • Campus visit to all the labs could have been
arranged. • Jump straight to QM/Relativity. • It would be better if some lab sessions are
included. • Some hands on Experiments related to
classical and quantum mechanics.
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Teaching
Which subjects do you teach? • Physics in Engineering • Electrodynamics, sound • Physics • Mechanical Engineering. • Atomic, molecular and nuclear physics. • Applied physics, Materials Science. • General Physics • Engg Physics, Engg. Mechanics.
What is average student to teacher ratio in your institute?
50:1
50:1 30:1 12:1 20:1 20:1 60:1 15:1 20:1 230:3 60:1 20:1 16:1 15:1 20:1 60:1 15:1 30:1 20:1 20:1 30:1 30:1 15:1 15:1 15:1 30:1 65:1 15:1 15:1 15:1 80:1 20:1 30:1 16:1 16:1
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Questions YES NO
Do you have additional support for teaching (tutors, graders, teaching
Assistants, etc)?
17 17
Do you give class projects for UG classes?
22 15
Do you give class projects for PG classes?
13 24
Do you have sufficient resources for laboratory courses?
20 17
Sufficient Inadequate Is the library/journal/e-connection
support adequate? 20 17
Definitely May be No Would you like to have common
(TEQIP) repository of course material?
25 11 01
Would you like to visit IITK to participate in and develop course
material (existing or new)
31 06 00
Would you like to participate in creation of the repository material
(course files/lab. Manuals/question bank/etc)
33 04 00
e-courses Workshops Content none How can IITK effectively help you
prepare for teaching?
21 22 11 00
How can TEQIP help improve your teaching?
• By Providing Lab & training, workshop. • By training. • By developing infrastructure and providing
faculties with more exposure to better institution. • Organizing workshop on one particular topics
for many days. • By attending such workshop we get awarded. • The exposure in the present programme will
have a direct positive impact in my teaching methodology.
• By participating workshop like this. • By conducting more workshops. • Request to provide course material, lectures in
the form of PPTs and videos.
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Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No
Would you like to visit an IIT for a visiting- faculty/post-doctoral fellow ,if offered(via
TEQIP)?
30 06 00
Would you like to share/use research infra- structure at IITK, if made available?
34 02 00
Would you like to conduct collaborative research with IITK?
33 03 00
Would you like lectures by experts (Indian and international) on niche research
areas/topics?
25 07 02
Do you want special-topic conferences? 24 11 00
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How can TEQIP help improve your research?
• By availing basic facilities like
internet, library at institute. • Allowing us for characterization
techniques. • By providing funding for equipments. • Through visiting faculty program. • My research is focussed on material
science. The clear understanding of quantum Mechanics will help me understanding spectroscopic characterization of materials.
• By organizing conference on the focused area.
• By organizing National, International conferences, financial support to do research
• Knowledge enhancement by attending (domain) workshop like this, conference (like this), conferences, seminars.
• Improvement in teaching-learning process through pedagogy training.
• Financial support to procure some basic equipment to start research work.
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OUTCOME In this workshop the contemporary aspects of teaching mechanics in a Physics course were discussed. The workshop revealed the anxiety and the enthusiasm of the participants to improve the curriculum. Many participants suggested a sequel to this workshop in another important branch of physics of relevance to engineering and technological disciplines. It was expressed by feedbacks from participants that a regular exposure to programs like these will have a direct positive impact on teaching methodology of all the participating faculty members.
A BRIEF WHITE PAPER SUBMITTED TO TEQIP [A TRIBUTE AND A FEW SUGGESTIONS]
Professor K. Srinivasan[krissriniva@gmail.com]& Dr. Sagar Chakraborty [sagarc@iitk.ac.in]
PREAMBLE:
The workshop,“Mechanics in Physics”, conducted at IIT Kanpur under the patronage of TEQIP, opened up an excellent opportunity in bringing together physics teachers at varying seniority levels. They were all very keen to participate in the learning-teaching process. The chief aim of the workshop was to motivate and empower the participants to articulate their eagerness for a contemporary Engineering Physics Curriculum. To this end several resource persons from within the IIT-K departments and outside were invited. The workshop was conducted for five days [June 23 -27, 2014]. A response from the participants to a questionnaire was invited requesting them to suggest a model curriculum. This brief white paper is based on a perusal of these responses combined with the response gained by the author through interactions with the participants during the workshop. The workshop organizers received great praise from the workshop faculty and the participants alike for its focus, timeliness and the impeccable way in which even minutiae have been taken care of.
MAIN SUGGESTIONS
Though there are several suggestions of varying importance the following two stand out and this white paper is triggered by these.
• A sequel to this workshop in another important branch of physics of relevance to engineering and technological disciplines has been suggested by almost everyone.
• A TWO SEMESTER Physics curriculum with some of the foundational topics of relevance has been suggested by many. One striking suggestion has been a general paper in the first semester followed by a second semester paper with
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fifty percent common and fifty percent to cater to the different engineering specializations.
A perusal of these syllabi revealed the anxiety and the enthusiasm of the participants to improve the curriculum. But a closer look at the contents showed that they need to be worked out carefully for the quality, relevance and cogency of the contents and topics suggested. One reason for this could be the constraint of time. However, given the years of experience of the participants this could have been several notches better.
TEQIP’S ROLE
TEQIP, in addition to being the Knowledge Incubation Centre, can play a positive role of being Knowledge [Acquisition/Dissemination] Facilitator, in a seamless way.
The first task could be to suggest to the affiliation granting authorities in the States and the Centre a cogent and a structured syllabus in Physics which is doable in at least TWO semesters. It may be pointed out that in many engineering colleges, only one semester of irrationally crammed syllabus is followed. The course content should be coherent, contemporary and quantitative instead of a mere collection of descriptive contents. For this TEQIP may think of forming a panel of concerned physicists. The panel could work this out based on the suggestions in the questionnaire and other similar inputs from those of the faculty members who initiated the subject discussions and also articulated their deep concerns during the workshop.
The second task that is equally important, concerns lesson contents in the different topics of the syllabus under suggestion. The starting point could be the lecture Notes for the course contents of the workshop just done. If the speakers do not find time to write and submit lecture notes, then TEQIP may think of hiring someone who can help in this task by writing preliminary notes using the recorded lectures at a workshop. As a companion to this lecture notes, a model question bank and presentation materials could be generated.
The question bank may contain questions for summative evaluation. The questions could be quizzes, short answer type, multiple choice, multiple facet, problem solving and term paper types. All of this could form the core of the internal evaluation strategy. A beginning could be made in making thought provoking quizzes which could be administered during the first five minutes of EVERY class. This could elicit the strength and weakness of the student understanding of the class taught immediately prior to the current class. Each of the question type mentioned above serves a specific task in assessing and evaluating a student in as objective a way as possible. A more detailed discussion is beyond the scope of this white paper.
This white paper is submitted with the hope that it would trigger some thoughts and a critical scrutiny of its worth for consideration in whole or in parts.
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KNOWLEDGE INCUBATION FOR TEQIP, IIT KANPUR
Dynamics and Vibration June 30-July 3, 2014
Dynamics and vibration are an essential part of the curriculum of engineering department like Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil, Chemical etc. These provide critical design and performance condition in many engineering operations, machine components, vehicles, buildings, bridges, tower and various other situations of engineering importance. It is taught at the undergraduate and post graduate levels in most engineering institutes. The 4 day workshop aimed at an exposure to the subject at various levels for the teaching faculty. Talks and discussions on the subject and special topics were delivered by experts from teaching institutes and industrial organization. Workshop was planned to focus on following essential topics:
• Pedagogy - A balanced exposure to the subject at the UG level and PG level with essential topics that to be covered. Discussion regarding standard books on the subject.
• Rigid body dynamics • Linear vibration • Non-linear vibration • Basics of random vibration
Pedagogical discussions were conducted in each part. The aim was to have a common course content and text and reference books across the universities and institutions of the quality circle. It was concluded that Dynamics and Linear vibrations should be mandatory for under graduate studies in Mechanical and Aerospace engineering. These were also considered to be very important for branches like Civil, Chemical and Metallurgy. Nonlinear vibration and Random Vibration should be in the courses of studies for post graduate curriculum and should be available as elective to under graduate students in the above branches. Twenty hours of talks were presented in the workshop. The talks aimed at an introduction to each of the four parts part along with some topics that need special attention during teaching of these courses. Current research work in these areas were also introduced by various experts.
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Topics Discussed
• Essentials for a course in Linear Vibration
• Nonlinear Vibration– Geometric approach
• Free and forced vibration of discrete systems
• Random Vibration
• Nonlinear Vibration – Harmonically excited Duffing oscillator
• Damping and its implications for dynamic systems
• Random Vibration – Characterization
• Rotation in rigid body dynamics
• Essentials for a course on continuous systems
• Modal analysis and issues with strings and beams
• Random Vibration – Application to linear systems
• Nonholonomic constraints in Lagrangian mechanics
• Noise suppression
• Fluidized bed segregation of particles
• Vibration study of Sitar
• Helicopter blade dynamics
• Helicopter dynamics and vibration
LIST OF SPEAKERS
• Prof. Vijay Gupta, PVC Sharda University
• Prof. A.K Mallik, IIEST, Shibpur
• Prof. C. Venkatesan, IIT Kanpur
• Prof. Ishan Sharma, IIT Kanpur
• Prof. Pankaj Wahi, IIT Kanpur
• Prof. S. S. Gupta, IIT Kanpur
• Prof. AnindyaChatterjee, IIT Kanpur
• Prof. Abhishek, IIT Kanpur
• Prof. D. Yadav, IIT Kanpur
• Sri Ashish Bhateja, IIT Kanpur
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PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES
Institute Number of Participants
Jadavpur University 1 MNNIT, Allahabad 1
HBTI, Kanpur 2 DCRUST Murthal 1
NIT, Raipur 1 GB Pant Engg. College Pauri Garhwal 2
SCHEDULE OF THE WORKSHOP
June 30, 2014 Time Event
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Registration
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Inauguration 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Essentials for a course in Linear Vibration
Prof. S.S Gupta/Prof. Pankaj Wahi
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Tea Break 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Nonlinear Vibration– Geometric approach
Prof. A.K Mallik
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Free and forced Vibration of discrete systems
Prof. Pankaj Wahi/ Prof. S.S Gupta
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Lunch Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Nonlinear Vibration – Geometric approach, continued
Prof. A.K Mallik
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Tea Break 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Random Vibration – Introduction
Prof. D. Yadav
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July 1, 2014 Time Event
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Nonlinear Vibration – Harmonically excited Duffing oscillator Prof. A.K Mallik
11:30 AM – 12:00 Noon Tea Break 12:00 – 1:00 PM Damping and its implications for dynamic systems
Prof. Pankaj Wahi/ Prof. S.S Gupta
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Lunch Break 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Random Vibration – Characterization
Prof. D. Yadav
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Tea Break
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Rotation in rigid body dynamics
Prof. Anindya Chaterjee
July 2, 2014 Time Event
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Essentials for a course on continuous systems
Prof. Pankaj Wahi/ Prof. S.S Gupta
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Tea Break 11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon Modal analysis and issues with strings and beams
Prof. Pankaj Wahi/ Prof. S.S Gupta
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Random Vibration – Application to linear systems
Prof. D. Yadav
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Lunch Break 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Modal analysis (continued)
Prof. Pankaj Wahi/ Prof. S.S Gupta
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Nonholonomic constraints in Lagrangian mechanics
Prof. Anindya Chaterjee
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4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Visit dynamics and vibration lab – demo.
Prof. Pankaj Wahi/ Prof. S.S Gupta
July 3, 2014 Time Event
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Noise suppression
Prof. Vijay Gupta
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Tea Break 10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon Fluidized bed segregation of particles
Prof. Ishan Sharma & Mr. Ashish Bhateja
12:00 Noon- 1:00 PM Vibration study of Sitar
Prof. Pankaj Wahi
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Lunch Break 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Helicopter blade dynamics
Prof. Abhishek
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Helicopter dynamics and vibration
Prof. C. Venkaesan
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Closure
Summary of Faculty Feedback
Questions Excellent Good Ordinary
Clarity of communication about workshop
03 05 00
Organization of the sessions 06 02 00
Quality of lectures 06 02 00
Effectiveness of discussions 04 04 00
Effectiveness of learning experience 05 03 00
Appropriate Short long Duration of workshop 04 04
Definitely Maybe No
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Would you like to have more such sessions?
06 02 00
Would you like e-lectures by experts on special
06 01 01
Suggest specific topic that you would like additional expert lectures on
• Different types of vibration absorption
system. • Static & dynamics, strength of materials. • Random vibration, Non linear vibration. • Rotation in rigid body dynamics. • Non linear Vibration. • Experimental techniques.
Additional Suggestions
• Practicals are missing in workshops. • Include some lab sessions. • Some more lectures may be devoted to get
expertise in the area. • Schedule of talks & brief idea about the
topics to be discussed may be communicated beforehand.
• Course material on discussed topics. • There should be only two lectures for
experimental exposure. • TEQIP should get feedback about
expenditure. • There should be restriction on spending
money on civil work.
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Teaching Which subjects do you teach? • Mechanical vibration
• Engg. Mechanics, Strength of materials, Mechanics of composites, Dynamics of structure.
• Design and Dynamics of Machine. • Material Science & Mechanical vibrations. • Measurement and control. • Basics of Mechanism, Machine design &
drawing. • Vibrations, CAD • Manufacturing/Numerical methods
What is average student to teacher ratio in your institute?
• 20:01 • 15:01 • 20:01 • 25:01
Questions YES NO Do you have additional support for teaching (tutors, graders, teaching Assisttants, etc)?
04 04
Do you give class projects for UG classes?
06 02
Do you give class projects for PG classes?
06 02
Do you have sufficient resources for laboratory courses?
01 07
Sufficient Inadequate
Is the library/journal/e-connection support adequate?
04 04
Definitely May be No
Would you like to have common (TEQIP) repository of course material?
08 00 00
Would you like to visit IITK to participate in and develop course material (existing or new)
07 01 00
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Would you like to participate in creation of the repository material (course files/lab. Manuals/question bank/etc)
07 01 00
e-courses Workshops Content none
How can IITK effectively help you prepare for teaching?
04 06 01 00
How can TEQIP help improve your teaching?
• Time to time organize the courses and workshop related to new research topic.
• For providing such workshops & STC. • It is very helpful to enhance our knowledge in
that particular field. • By sending the expert to the home institution who
can give their suggestion. • Curriculum development. • Providing study material. • Experimentation. • By providing funds for purchasing instruments. • Conducting core subjects workshops in the field
of Mech. Engg. particularly in Manufacturing Engg.
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OUTCOME In this workshop participants were introduced to teaching methodologies at the UG and PG levels with essential topics that should to be covered while teaching Dynamics and Vibration. They also discussed what standard books should be used for teaching the subject. Participants showed keen interest in conducting lab sessions in these workshops and suggested that TEQIP should organize workshops related to new research topics frequently. Discussions were held after the workshop to get suggestions from the participants regarding teaching and research in these areas. Some of these are:
1. Most institutes do not have properly trained faculty to teach and lead research in these areas.
It is suggested that TEQIP should conduct 4-6 week workshop/schools in targeted areas to train faculty in these areas.
2. Faculty from the quality circle should come for a full semester to IIT Kanpur and associate with – teaching/ attending advanced courses and research in association with some experts here.
3. Faculty from the quality circle should collaborate with IIT Kanpur faculty in projects. 4. Under TEQIP mandate, work shop should be conducted in some quality circle institutes with
talks from experts from IIT Kanpur and other Institutes. This would ensure larger participation from the local faculty and students.
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KNOWLEDGE INCUBATION FOR TEQIP, IIT KANPUR
TEQIP Summer Internship and Visiting Researcher Program 2014
In order to encourage research collaborations and student exchange with the colleges in Quality Circle assigned to IIT Kanpur, Knowledge Incubation for TEQIP announced a Summer Internship and Visiting Researcher program for students and faculty members of all TEQIP Institutes under IIT Kanpur quality Circle. This program was offered in the department of Mechanical engineering, Applied Mechanics, Civil Engineering, Chemical engineering, Material sciences/Metallurgy and Computer Science and engineering at IIT Kanpur. Several students and faculty members applied for this program. Visiting Researcher Program was planned to facilitate knowledge exchange between faculty members of IIT Kanpur and guest faculties from Institutes under KIT’s quality circle. It aimed at helping them enhance their teaching, research and overall productivity. 6 Faculty members were selected for research visit under visiting researcher program. During their stay, they worked with their host faculty at IITK on research topics of mutual interest. The Summer Internship part aimed at exposing selected students from QC institutes to the academic culture of IIT Kanpur and help them adopt new methods of learning their subject of interest. Several applications were received from which 12 students were selected for the Summer Internship Program. They conducted their internships on approved topics given to them by their host faculty at IITK.
Visiting Researchers Name University Research topic Worked with Duration of stay 1. Mr. Avinash
Shukla IFTM
University, Moradabad
Topology optimization
Dr. Anupam Saxena, IIT
Kanpur
May 15-July 18, 2014
2. Mr. Deepak Singh Bisht
IFTM University, Moradabad
Validation of Three Point Bending Test
Dr. P. Venkitanarayanan,
IIT Kanpur
May 15-July 16, 2014
3. Dr. K.K Dubey
UIET, MDU, Rohtag
Process development for
Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) production from Aspergillus
Dr. P.K. Bhattacharya, IIT
Kanpur
June 1- July 11, 2014
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niger at shake flask level
4. Dr. N.K
Singh NIT
Kurukshetra Usefulness of IB
method in simulating vortex
generators on a flat plate
Prof. Subrata Sarkar, IIT
Kanpur
June 20 – July 13, 2014
5. Mr. Nagendra
Reddy
NIT Kurukshetra
Design of Statically Balanced Contact-aided Compliant
Mechanisms
Prof. Anupam Saxena, IIT
Kanpur
May 31- July 20, 2014
6. Mr. Prabhakar Bhandari
IFTM, Moradabad
Infrared Thermography
Dr. Pradipta Kumar Panigrahi,
IIT Kanpur
May 15-July16, 2014
Summer Internship Students
Name University Internship Subject Worked under Duration of stay
1 Abhinav Singh
Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology
Study of Mould Filling and Solidification in Microcastings
Dr. Arvind Kumar
May 17- July 8, 2014
2 Abir Roy MNNIT, Allahabad
Constrained Groove Pressing
Dr. Shashank Shekhar
May 23 – July 23, 2014
3 Mr. Deepak Kumar
IFTM, Moradabad
Relation between water absorption and Bitumen absorption of aggregates
Dr. Animesh Das
June 10 – August 14
4 Harmeet Grehwal
GB Panth Engineering
College, Pauri
Garhwal
Aakash Tablet App Development
Dr. T.V Prabhakar
June 24- August 14, 2014
5 Jaikishan Damani
MANIT, Bhopal
Investigating the use of construction and demolition waste (CDW) in
Dr. Shyam Nair May 15 – 27 June, 2014
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pavement bases and sub-bases – A pilot study
6 Nandni
Sharma PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh
Structural and dielectric properties of pure and doped
BiFeO3
Dr. Ashish Garg
May 23- June 17, 2014
7 Parnika Mishra
UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Testing the Energy of Random Signals in a Known Subspace
Prof. A.K. Chaturvedi
June 12- July 17, 2014
8 Paritosh Agrawal
UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Testing the Energy of Random Signals
in a Known Subspace
Prof. A.K. Chaturvedi
June 12- July 17, 2014
9 Sannidhya Kumar Ghosh
Jadavpur University,
Kolkata, India
Efficient Design of
Fluid Viscous Dampers for
Seismic Vulnerability Mitigation of
Structures
Dr. Samit Ray
Chaudhuri
May 17 – July 19th, 2014
10 Soumya Varma
Maulana Azad National
Institute of Technology,
Bhopal
Study of Corrosion Behavior of Mg
AE-42 in 3.5 wt% NaCl and 0.5N
NaOH Solutions
Dr. Kallol Mondal
May19-July 12, 2014
11 Vinay Jain UICET, Punjab
University
Study of various characterization
techniques
Dr. R.K Gupta
12 Avijeet Mukherjee
IIEST, Shibpur Changes in Mechanical Properties, Microstructuresand Corrosion behavior of Al 7075 T651 alloy after deformation athigh andslow strain rate
Dr. Kallol Mondal
June 5-August 25,
2014
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Summary of Faculty Feedback Questions Excellent Good Ordinary
Clarity of communication about the Program
01 01 00
Organization of the sessions 00 02 00 Quality of Posters 00 02 00 Quality of lectures 01 01 00 Effectiveness of discussions 01 01 00 Effectiveness of learning experience 02 00 00
Appropriate Short long Duration of workshops 00 02 00
Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have more such sessions?
02 00 00
Would you like e-lectures by experts on special
02 00 00
Suggest specific topic that you would like additional expert lectures on
• FEM, Micro Analysis, Fracture Analysis
Additional Suggestions
• The time period should be little more so that more focus is on work.
• There should be an alert system which will e-mail us about current workshop so that we
ti i t
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Teaching
Which subjects do you teach?
• Strengths of Materials.
• Thermodynamics.
What is average student to teacher ratio in your institute?
62:01
64:01
Questions YES NO Do you have additional support for
teaching (tutors, graders, teaching
00 00
Do you give class projects for UG
l ?
02 00
Do you give class projects for PG
l ?
01 01
Do you have sufficient resources for
l b ?
01 01
Sufficient Inadequate Is the library/journal/e-connection
d ?
00 02
Definitely May be No Would you like to have common
(TEQIP) repository of course
02 00 00
Would you like to visit IITK to
participate in and develop course
02 00 00
Would you like to participate in
creation of the repository material
(course files/lab Manuals/question
02 00 00
e-courses Workshops Content none How can IITK effectively help you
f hi ?
00 02 00 00
How can TEQIP help improve t hi ?
• By the workshop and program like this.
• By giving notes of concern subject.
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Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No Would you like to visit an IIT for a visiting-
faculty/post-doctoral fellow ,if offered(via
06 00 00
Would you like to share/use research infra-
IITK if d il bl ?
06 00 00
Would you like to conduct collaborative
h i h IITK?
06 00 00
Would you like lectures by experts (Indian
and international) on niche research
06 00 00
Do you want special-topic conferences? 05 01 00
How can TEQIP help improve your research?
• A winter Research program in the month of December can also be arranged.
• By giving the environment and the apparatus, labs which is not available usually.
• Research objectives and day wise programme must be planned.
• By introducing research programme of longer duration.
• Provide library and user I.D .
• Increase time duration so that any good result achieve.
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Summary of Student Feedback Questions Excellent Good Ordinary
Clarity of communication about workshop 02 04 00 Organization of the sessions 03 02 01 Quality of lectures 02 05 00 Quality of Posters 02 02 02 Effectiveness of discussions 03 03 00 Effectiveness of learning experience 06 00 00
Appropriate Short long Duration of workshop 06 00 00
Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have more such sessions? 04 01 00 Would you like e-lectures by experts on special topics?
04 01 00
Suggest specific topic that you would like
additional expert lectures on
• Corrosion Science, Physical Metallurgy of steels, Heat Treatment.
• AI, Advanced Algorithm, Programming Structure.
• Applied mathematics, Estimation and detection.
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Learning
Questions Yes No Do you get enough class projects? 06 01 Is the learning adequate? 07 00 Do you have sufficient resources for laboratory courses? 06 00 What is your area of specialization • Corrosion Science
• Civil Engg.
• Programming in Android, C, C++, Java, php
• Transportation Engg.
• Embedded system & i ti Sufficient inadequate
Is the library/journal support/e-connection adequate? 04 03 Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have common (TEQIP) repository of
i l?
04 01 00
Would you like to visit IITK to attend specialized
?
06 01 00
Would you like MOOCS/e-resources based courses? 05 02 00 How can TEQIP help improve your learning? • TEQIP has given me
chance to work under one of the best professor in our country and has increased my knowledge.
• Its everything out there just we need to study.
• It is the best program to improve the skills & gives new ideas.
• Student exchange program provide nice exposure to students.
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Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No Would you like to visit an IIT for a short visit
/internship/post-doctoral stint ,if offered(via
TEQIP)?
09 02 00
Would you like to share/use research infra-
structure at IITK, if made available?
08 02 00
Would you like to conduct collaborative
research with IITK faculty?
09 00 00
Would you like lectures by experts (Indian
and international) on niche research
areas/topics?
07 02 01
Do you want special-topic conferences? 06 03 01 How can TEQIP help improve your research? • TEQIP can give me opportunities to
work on specific projects, under the guidance of expertise to improve my research.
• TEQIP is already doing good work in the field of research by giving platform to students to know what research is, and how can it be beneficial for the nation.
• By inviting pioneers of the research papers.
• TEQIP offered me to project work as summer intern which is very helpful to me.
• Gives new thinking in own specializations if i get enough time from TEQIP.
• With TEQIP students of diverse places come together, hence share their knowledge.
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OUTCOME
The Summer Internship and Visiting Researcher program was a very successful endeavour towards encouraging research collaboration and student exchange between Institutes under the quality circle of KIT, IIT Kanpur. The feedback from student interns and visiting researchers were excellent, encouraging us to have more such student-based initiatives in the future. KIT, IIT Kanpur hopes for expanding the scope of such activities further, with emphasis on post-doctoral quality improvement and research programs. Such Collaborations of researchers and students can lay foundations of a very productive academic culture which can be beneficial for all QC institutions. Through programs like these TEQIP can create an excellent opportunity for students and faculty members of QC institutes to learn new ideas and gain new interests in their research field. Additionally such initiatives gives them an experience of working in a different academic setting and gather skills that will enhance their current work as well as future personal and professional plans.
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KNOWLEDGE INCUBATION FOR TEQIP, IIT KANPUR
TEQIP Workshop for Computer Science Teachers July 14 - 16, 2014
Three day TEQIP workshop for computer science teachers was focused on the problems faced by several students – absence of depth of understanding of the basic courses. This workshop aimed at understanding the reasons behind these shortcomings and discusses possible ways to eradicate them. Objective of the workshop was to impress upon the participants the need of developing a theoretically sound curriculum with strong Mathematical and Logical base.
Topics Discussed • Discreet Mathematics • Programming • Data Structures • Theory of Computing • Algorithms
LIST OF SPEAKERS
• Prof. Harish Kanick
• Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya
• Prof. Amey Karkare
• Prof. Raghunath Tiwari
• Prof. Shashank K. Mehta
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PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES
Institute Number of P i i National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra 1
G. B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri-Garhwal 2
UIET, MDU, Rohtak 1
UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh 2
HBTI, Kanpur 2
N. C. College of Engineering Israna , Panipat 2
Aligarh Muslim University 1
Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute of Technology, Dwarahat 2
M. M. M. University of Technology Gorakhpur 2
School of Engineering & Technology IFTM
2
Thiagarajar college of Engineering, Madurai 2
BIET Jhansi kh j ( j )
1
PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh 1
M.N.N. Institute of Technology Allahabad 2
IIEST, Shibpur d b d l
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SCHEDULE OF THE WORKSHOP
July 14, 2014
Time Event 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Registrations 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Opening Session 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Coffee Break 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Discrete Mathematics
Prof. Harish Karnick 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM Programming
Prof. Amey Karkare 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM Lunch Break 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Discrete Mathematics
Prof. Harish Karnick
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM Coffee Break
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4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Programming Prof. Amay Karkare
5:15 PM – 5:45 PM Close of the day Session
5:45 PM Close of the day session
July 15, 2014
Time Event 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Programming
Prof. Amey Karkare
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Data Structures Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Coffee Break 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Theory of Computing
Prof. Raghunath Tewari
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM Algorithms Prof. Shashank K Mehta
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Lunch Break 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Theory of Computing
Prof. Raghunath Tewari
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM Coffee Break
4:15 PM- 5:15 PM Discrete Mathematics Prof. Harish Karnick
5:15 PM – 5:45 PM Feedback Session
5:45 PM Close of the day session
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July 16, 2014
Time Event 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Theory of Computing
Prof. Raghunath Tewari
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Data Structures Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Coffee Break 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Algorithms
Prof. Shashank K Mehta 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM Data Structures
Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Lunch Break 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Algorithms
Prof. Shashank K Mehta
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM Coffee Break
4:15 PM- 4:45 PM Feedback Session
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM Closure
Summary of Faculty Feedback Workshop Session
Questions Excellent Good Ordinary Clarity of communication about workshop 12 09 03
Organization of the sessions 13 11 00 Quality of lectures 14 10 00
Effectiveness of discussions 10 13 01 Effectiveness of learning experience 07 16 01
Appropriate Short long Duration of workshops 02 22 00
Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have more such
sessions? 18 06 00
Would you like e-lectures by experts on special
20 04 00
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Suggest specific topic that you would like additional expert lectures on
• Software Engineering, DBMS • Artificial Intelligence, Networking • Basic/fundamental courses of computer
science. • Detailed workshop on Math for Computer
Science. • Fuzzy logic. • Fractional Image Compression. • AI, Image Compression. • Computer Organization and Architecture. • Cryptography. • Cloud Computing. • Wired/Wireless Computer Networks\ • Realty on proving correctness of
algorithms and Data Structures. • Advance topics in algorithms and data
structures. • Machine Intelligence, Soft Computing. • Image Processing. • Data Structure. • Computer Organization, Computer
Graphics. • Theory of Computation, Algorithms.
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Additional Suggestions
• Rather than having many courses
workshop can be on specific course for a week which will be helpful to faculties from different interests.
• Workshop duration should be at least a week.
• Duration of workshop should be more (one week or two week).
• Less number of subjects, but complete
• Workshop should be based on topics, not
subject based.
• There should be some handouts of the topic.
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Teaching
Which subjects do you teach?
• Software Engineering, Data Structure • Operating system, OOAD, Data Analytics • Discrete Mathematics, Theory of Computation. • AI, TOC, DAA • Network Security, Computer Network. • Cloud Computing, Computer Network • Discrete Math, Theory of Computation • C, Computer Organization and Architecture • Computer Programming • Algorithm, Shell Programming, Data Structure • DIP, Computer Graphics • AI, CAO, C • DS, Operating system and fundamentals of
computer. • TOC • Discrete Mathematics TOC • Computer Networks, DBMS • Compiler Algorithms • Network Security & Cryptography • C, DS, Programming. • Artificial Intelligence, Object Oriented System • Digital and Logic Design, DIP • Principle of Programming Language, C • Computer Organization, DS • DS, Algorithms
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What is average student to teacher ratio
in your institute?
18:1 15:1 15:1 15:1 20:1 15:1 90:1 90:1 18:1 20:1 50:1 20:1 60:1 12:1 25:1 15:1 09:1 15:1
Questions YES NO Do you have additional support for teaching (tutors, graders, teaching
Assistants, etc)?
09 12
Do you give class projects for UG classes?
21 03
Do you give class projects for PG classes?
16 08
Do you have sufficient resources for laboratory courses?
16 08
Sufficient Inadequate Is the library/journal/e-connection
support adequate? 10 12
Definitely May be No Would you like to have common
(TEQIP) repository of course material?
20 02 00
Would you like to visit IITK to participate in and develop course
material (existing or new)
22 02 00
Would you like to participate in creation of the repository material
(course files/lab. Manuals/question bank/etc)
19 05 00
e-courses Workshops Content none
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How can IITK effectively help you prepare for teaching?
11 18 11 00
How can TEQIP help improve your teaching?
• By organizing more workshops. • To impart better teaching for our students, such
as motivating to a particular topic for study. • Courses, Subject contents, and the semester in
which subject is included should be common to all TEQIP Institute and regular workshop for teaching improvement, assignment, exam paper, and evaluation method.
• By providing the help in course content to faculty member.
• By providing exposure interaction with good faculties like at IITs.
• Provide funds to organize workshop. • To conduct faculty development programme. • In depth knowledge of subject; advance topics,
current trends in research. • Give some knowledge of some very difficult
topics. • Via workshop and seminars. • Organizing more workshops with specific fields
separately. • By conducting subject special workshops. • By conducting workshops, e content, online
courses, expert lectures. • Through interactive teaching and discussion. • Through workshops, faculty exchange
programme.
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Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No Would you like to visit an IIT for a visiting- faculty/post-doctoral fellow ,if offered(via
TEQIP)?
14 09 01
Would you like to share/use research infra- structure at IITK, if made available?
22 02 00
Would you like to conduct collaborative research with IITK?
18 06 00
Would you like lectures by experts (Indian and international) on niche research
areas/topics?
21 03 00
Do you want special-topic conferences? 19 05 00
OUTCOME
In this workshop participants were introduced to teaching methodologies of some basic topics in Computer Science. They got an idea on how to deal with some very common problems faced by students in these subjects and how to motivate them to grasp the depth of a topic that is being taught to them. Participants got an idea of what should be the course structure and how one can plan lectures for these courses. All the participants really appreciated the topics that were discussed, they realised that interactions likes these can help them improve their teaching and research work. Participants showed keen interest in attending more workshops like this in future.
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KNOWLEDGE INCUBATION FOR TEQIP, IIT KANPUR
Pravartanā 2014 July 19 - 26, 2014
Pravartanā 2014, a TEQIP workshop in the field of Mathematics and Applied Mechanics was held at IIT Kanpur from July 19th to 26, 2014. This workshop was a step towards expanding the scope IIT Kanpur's engagement with TEQIP institutes in both research and pedagogy. It was divided into two parts - School and Symposium. The school on mechanics and applied mathematics offered short refreshers in – • Engineering Mathematics • Dynamics • Fluid mechanics • Solid mechanics.
This part of Pravartanā was for educators who wish to discuss teaching methodologies and/or expand their pedagogical goals to meet the ever increasing demands of technical education. It was also planned in way to help students who intend to participate in the symposium to follow and/or pursue higher studies in mechanics. The symposium brought together some of the best researchers from India and abroad in the broad fields of dynamics and continuum (fluid and solid) mechanics. In this part researchers from TEQIP institutes were encouraged to present their own work.
Topics Discussed
School
• Applied Math: Linear Algebra • Applied Math: ODE; Numerical methods • Mathematical preliminaries for Mechanics: Vector/tensor algebra and analysis • Dynamics: Kinematics • Dynamics: FBD Conservation laws; Inertial and rotating frames; Inertia tensor • Fluid Mechanics :Kinematics; Balance laws; Constitutive laws • Fluid Mechanics: Viscous flows; Flow past sphere; Lubrication theory; BVP • Continuum Mechanics: Kinematics • Continuum Mechanics: Balance laws and the notion of stress
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• Applied Math: PDE; Numerical methods; Complex variables • Applied Math: PDE; Numerical methods • Dynamics: FBD; Conservation laws; Inertial and rotating frames; Inertia tensor • Dynamics: Vibration of two-dimensional systems • Fluid Mechanics: Potential flow; Bernoulli’s equation • Fluid Mechanics: Boundary layer theory • Solid Mechanics: Linear elasticity and viscoelasticity; simple shear problem • Solid Mechanics: Boundary value problems in linear elasticity
Symposium:
• Analysis of two-dimensional rigid inclusions subjected to forces and moment. • Elastic and material instabilities in hyperelastic materials • Predictive mathematical models of human walking and running.
• Robust Control‐An Uncertainty and Disturbance Estimation based Approach. • Hydrodynamic stability: the role of the continuous spectrum. • Creep and warping analyses of hot running railway wheels. • Temperature Control in Molecular Dynamics • Mathematical Modeling and control law design for rotational dynamics of launch vehicle
and reusable launch vehicle. • Aerodynamics of Birds’ Flight and Design of an Ornithopter. • Drop formation of a power-law fluid on a thin film coating a vertical fiber. • Advanced numerical methods for modeling continuum phenomena on modern computer
architectures. • Importance of Fluid Flow in Optimization and Control of Industrial Reactors. • Multivariate Data Analysis Techniques for Linear Mixing Models. • Modeling micro structural phenomena using lattice spring networks. • Taylor-Couette like vortices and the micro-mechanics of stress transmission in sheared
granular materials. • Heat and mass transport from particles and drops: role of convection. • Explaining the flow of elastic liquids. • Modeling human movement: Mechanics, energy, optimality, and stability
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LIST OF SPEAKERS
School • Prof. Anindya Chaterjee, IIT Kanpur • Prof. Ishan Sharma, IIT Kanpur • Prof. V. Shankar, IIT Kanpur • Prof. Anurag Gupta, IIT Kanpur • Prof. Atnau Mohanty, IISc. Bangalore • Prof. Shakti Gupta, IIT Kanpur • Prof. Debopam Das, IIT Kanpur • Prof. Sovan Das, IIT Kanpur
Symposium • Tanmay Bhandakkar, IIT Bombay • Prof. C S Jog, IISc Bangalore • Prof. Manoj Srinivisan. Ohio State University • Prof. S.E. Talole, Defense Institute • Prof. Ganesh Subramaniam, JNCSR • Vikranth Racherla, IIT Kharagpur • Prof. Baidurya Bhattacharyya, IIT Kharagpur • Prof. Gopal Jee, ISRO • Prof. John Hinch, Cambridge University • Prof. Shivsubramanian Gopalkrishnan IIT Bombay • Prof. Venkat Runkana ,TRDDC • Prof. Srikanth Vedantam, IIT Madras • Prof. Prabhu Nott, IISc Bangalore
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES
Institute Number of Participants
AMU 2 MNNIT, Allahabad 2
IFTM University, Moradabad 1 N.C.I.T ISRANA ,PANIPAT 3
L.E. College, Morbi 1 Govt. Engineering College , Gandhinagar 1
GBPEC, Pauri 5 IIEST, Shibpur 14
UIET, Punjab University
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PEC University of Technology 4 IET Lucknow 1 NIT, Raipur 4
HBTI, Kanpur 1 L.D.College of Engineering 1
Gujarat Technological University, Gujarat 1 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidhyalaya
2
MKECIT Azamgarh 1 NIT, Kurukshetra 2
SCHEDULE
Pravartanā School
July 19, 2014
Time Event 8:30 AM -9:00 AM Registrations/ Welcome
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Applied Math I (Linear Algebra) Prof. Anindya Chaterjee
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Coffee Break 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Applied Math II (ODE; Numerical methods)
Dr. Anindya Chatterjee 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Tutorials
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Lunch Break 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Mathematical preliminaries for Mechanics
(Vector/tensor algebra and analysis) Dr. Ishan Sharma
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Coffee/ Tutorials
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Dynamics I (Kinematics) Dr. Ishan Sharma
6:00- 6:30 Coffee Break
July 20, 2014
Time Event
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Dynamics II (FBD; Conservation laws; Inertial and rotating frames; Inertia tensor)
Dr. Ishan Sharma
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10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Coffee/ Tutorial
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Fluid Mechanics I (Kinematics; Balance laws; Constitutive laws)
Dr. V Shankar 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Tutorial
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Lunch Break
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Fluid Mechanics II (Viscous flows; Flow past sphere; Lubrication theory; BVP)
Dr. V Shankar 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Coffee/ Tutorial
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Continuum Mechanics I (Kinematics) Dr. Anurag Gupta
6:00 PM- 6:15 PM Coffee Break
6:15 PM – 7:15 PM Hydrology in ancient India Prof. Veeravalli
July 21, 2014
Time Event
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Continuum Mechanics II (Balance laws and the notion of stress)
Dr. Anurag Gupta 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Coffee/ Tutorial
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Applied Math III (PDE; Numerical methods; Complex v ariables)
Dr. Atanu Mohanty
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Tutorial
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Lunch Break
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Applied Math IV (PDE; Numerical methods) Dr. Atanu Mohanty
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Tutorial
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Dynamics III (FBD; Conservation laws; Inertial and rotating frames; Inertia tensor)
Dr. Shakti Gupta
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6:00 PM- 6:30 PM Tutorial/ Coffee
July 22, 2014
Time Event 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Dynamics IV (Vibration of two-dimensional systems)
Dr. Shakti Gupta
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Coffee/ Tutorial
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Fluid Mechanics III (Potential flow; Bernoulli’s equation) Dr. Debopam Das
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Tutorial
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Lunch Break
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Fluid Mechanics IV (Boundary layer theory) Dr. Debopam Das
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Tutorial
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Solid Mechanics I (Linear elasticity and viscoelasticity; simple shear problem) Dr. Sovan Das
6:00 PM- 6:30 PM Coffee
July 23, 2014
Time Event
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Solid Mechanics II (Boundary value problems in linear elasticity)
Dr. Sovan Das 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM Coffee Break
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM Tutorial
12:20 PM – 12:45 PM Closure
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch Break
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Pravartanā Symposium
July 23, 2014
Time Event 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Welcome
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Analysis of two-dimensional rigid inclusions subjected to forces and moment
Tanmay Bhandakkar, IIT Bombay
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Elastic and material instabilities in hyperelastic materials Prof. C S Jog, IISc. Bangalore
5:00 PM Tea and Poster presentations
July 24, 2014
Time Event
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Predictive mathematical models of human walking and running
Prof. Manoj Srinivisan, Ohio State University 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Robust Control‐An Uncertainty and Disturbance
Estimation based Approach Prof. S.E. Talole, Defense Institute
11:00 AM – 11:30 PM Tea Break
11:30 PM – 12:30 PM Hydrodynamic stability: the role of the continuous spectrum
Prof. Ganesh Subramaniam, JNCSR
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Creep and warping analyses of hot running railway wheels
Vikranth Racherla, IIT Kharagpur
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Lunch Break
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Temperature Control in Molecular Dynamics Prof. Baidurya Bhattacharyya, IIT Kharagpur
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Mathematical Modeling and control law design for rotational dynamics of launch vehicle
and reusable launch vehicle Prof. Gopal Jee, ISRO
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5:30 PM Tea and Poster
July 25, 2014
Time Event 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Aerodynamics of Birds’ Flight and Design of an
Ornithopter Prof. Debopam Das, IIT Kanpur
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Drop formation of a power-law fluid on a thin film coating a vertical fibre.
Prof. John Hinch (Cambridge University)
11:00 AM – 11:30 PM Tea Break
11:30 PM – 12:30 PM Advanced numerical methods for modeling continuum phenomena on modern computer architectures
Prof. Shivsubramanian Gopalkrishnan, IIT Bombay
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Importance of Fluid Flow in Optimization and Control of Industrial Reactors
Prof. Venkat Runkana, TRDDC
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Lunch Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Multivariate Data Analysis Techniques for Linear Mixing Models.
Prof. Shankar Narasimhan , IIT Madras
4:00 PM – 5: 00 PM Modelling microstructural phenomena using lattice spring networks
Prof. Srikanth Vedantam, IIT Madras
5:00 PM – 6: 00 PM Taylor-Couette like vortices and the micro-mechanics of stress transmission in sheared granular
materials. Prof. Prabhu Nott, IISc. Bangalore
July 26, 2014
Time Event 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Heat and mass transport from
particles and drops: role of convection Prof. Ganesh Subramanian (JNCASR Bangalore)
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Coffee Break
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11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Explaining the flow of elastic liquids Prof. John Hinch, Cambridge University
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Lunch Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Modeling human movement: Mechanics, energy, optimality, and stability
Prof. Manoj Srinivasan, Ohio State University 4:00 PM Coffee
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Summary of Faculty Feedback
Workshop session Questions Excellent Good Ordinary
Clarity of communication about workshop
10 07 00
Organization of the sessions 09 07 01 Quality of Posters 04 04 00 Quality of lectures 10 06 00 Effectiveness of discussions 07 06 00 Effectiveness of learning experience 07 08 00
Appropriate Short long Duration of workshops 15 00 02
Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have more such sessions?
12 04 00
Would you like e-lectures by experts on special
15 02 00
Suggest specific topic that you would like additional expert lectures on
• Tensor, Dynamics & Vibrations. • Design of m/c elements • Design and Robotics • Design of machine elements • Welding: submerged arc welding • Thermal Engineering • FEM and its application (FEM application
with MATLAB) • Fluid dynamics. • MATLAB form basic to programming. • Open channel Hydraulics, Hydrology • FEM, XFEM, Non-Linear FEM and related
methods like mesh free methods and their applications in solid Mechanics will be appreciated.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics, IC Engines, HMT, Research Methodology
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Additional Suggestions
• A visit to Kanpur city help us to know more
about Kanpur. • More exposure towards lab work, latest
projects, latest technology available at IITK. • Organize workshop on Linear Algebra and its
application only. • Copy of recorded lectures should be provided. • Course notes/material should be provided at
starting. • If possible then text book related to course
should also be provided.
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Teaching Which subjects do you teach?
• Design & Dynamics of Machine, Metal Castings • Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics • BME • Machine design, Engg graphics, O.R • T.O.M • Machine Design • Refrigeration & Air Conditioning • Thermodynamics. • Thermodynamics, CFD • Solid Mechanics • Mathematics at UG level. • Design of Hydraulics structure, Water Resources
Engg. • Theory of elasticity and plasticity, FEM • Basic Mechanical Engineering, O.R, Numerical
methods, HMT
What is average student to teacher ratio in your institute?
15:01 14:01 20:01 20:01 50:01 25:01 20:01 15:01 60:01 16:01 12:01 15:01
Questions YES NO Do you have additional support for teaching (tutors, graders, teaching Assistants, etc)?
10 05
Do you give class projects for UG classes?
15 01
Do you give class projects for PG classes?
10 07
Do you have sufficient resources for laboratory courses?
12 05
Sufficient Inadequate Is the library/journal/e-connection support adequate?
10 06
Definitely May be No
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Would you like to have common (TEQIP) repository of course material?
15 02 00
Would you like to visit IITK to participate in and develop course material (existing or new)
15 02 00
Would you like to participate in creation of the repository material (course files/lab. Manuals/question bank/etc)
13 04 00
e-courses Workshops Content none How can IITK effectively help you prepare for teaching?
14 09 02 00
How can TEQIP help improve your teaching?
• Providing such workshop sessions and STC. • We learn new methodology of teaching by seeing
expertise of their field. • It helps us to see what’s new is going around us in
each field and each engineering field by visiting the institute.
• By e-courses. • Help us to know about current research. • By attending workshop we got knowledge about
various advance topic in a particular subject that we are not teaching UG students, and it also clears our doubts regarding different topic in particular subjects.
• By organizing more such workshops on different fields.
• Provide funds for books or desired books and journals should be provided.
• By workshop and seminar. • By organizing such workshop in different topics. • More workshops and short term courses may be
organized. • TEQIP has disseminated some new concepts which
may be incorporated in the course content. • By giving an opportunity to interact with universities
and colleges outside India via workshop, seminars, e-courses etc.
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Research
Questions Definitely Maybe No Would you like to visit an IIT for a visiting- faculty/post-doctoral fellow ,if offered(via TEQIP)?
13 03 01
Would you like to share/use research infra- structure at IITK, if made available?
16 00 00
Would you like to conduct collaborative research with IITK?
16 00 00
Would you like lectures by experts (Indian and international) on niche research areas/topics?
16 00 00
Do you want special-topic conferences? 07 07 00 How can TEQIP help improve your research?
• Involve us in practical projects taken by the professor of IITK.
• By TEQIP we come across various experts of our field, also we can see various research facilities at different places.
• By conducting collaborative research. • By lab visit at IITK. • By providing various projects. • Sharing of experimental facilities. • Providing library access. • By conducting collaborative research
programmes, e-courses. • Organizing workshop on current
research area. • TEQIP has a good consortium of
emerging/ element from different fields and organizations. So is always helpful in exploring new avenues of my research field.
• By giving an opportunity to work with institutes of international repute like IITK.
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Summary of Student Feedback
Workshop
Questions Excellent Good Ordinary Clarity of communication about workshop 09 05 00
Organization of the sessions 10 04 00 Quality of lectures 11 03 00 Quality of Posters 04 09 01
Effectiveness of discussions 05 09 00 Effectiveness of learning experience 09 05 00
Appropriate Short long Duration of workshop 08 05 01
Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have more such sessions? 11 03 00
Would you like e-lectures by experts on special topics?
11 03 00
Suggest specific topic that you would like additional expert lectures on
• Dynamics • CFD • Fluid Power and hydraulic control
system • FEM, Vibration, Elasticity &
Plasticity. • CFD related lectures, Fluid power. • Finite element analysis • Hydraulic machine, hydraulic control
system, working principle of hydraulic power plant.
• Magnets hydrodynamics • Flight mechanics • Modern manufacturing process. • Computational mechanics. • Thermodynamics, Manufacturing
Additional Suggestions
• Some experimental workshop. • Its better if internet is accessible by
visitors.
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Learning Questions Yes No
Do you get enough class projects? 9 05 Is the learning adequate? 12 02
Do you have sufficient resources for laboratory courses? 08 06 What is your area of specialization • Mechanics of solid
• Mechanics of fluid • Fluid Mechanics • Solid Mechanics • Aerospace Engg. • Abrasive flow machining
(production Engg) • Fluid mechanics
Sufficient inadequate Is the library/journal support/e-connection adequate? 10 04
Definitely Maybe No Would you like to have common (TEQIP) repository of
course material? 10 04 00
Would you like to visit IITK to attend specialized courses?
13 01 00
Would you like MOOCS/e-resources based courses? 07 05 00 How can TEQIP help improve your learning? • By arranging experimental
workshop. • Organizing similar
workshop. • Arranging some
experimental workshop. • Use ppt form for lectures. • It would have been better
it workshop was conducted on either solid/fluid mechanics with deep topic coverage.
• By providing more such programmes.
Research Questions Definitely Maybe No
Would you like to visit an IIT for a short visit /internship/post-doctoral stint ,if offered(via
TEQIP)?
12 02 00
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Would you like to share/use research infra- structure at IITK, if made available?
10 03 00
Would you like to conduct collaborative research with IITK faculty?
11 03 00
Would you like lectures by experts (Indian and international) on niche research
areas/ topics?
13 01 00
Do you want special-topic conferences? 11 03 00 How can TEQIP help improve your research? • By providing more no of research
programme in different IIT & IIEST. • By providing more no of workshop at
IITK. • Flow structures over a sphere are
beneficial for my current project. • Definitely TEQIP helps in improving
research work. It provides various resources to colleges to improve the quality education.
OUTCOME
Pravartanā was a great success towards expanding the scope IIT Kanpur's engagement with TEQIP institutes in both research and pedagogy. Participants who attended Pravartanā were introduced to teaching methodologies of some broad fields of mechanics and applied mathematics. They learned new teaching concepts in these fields which can be practiced at their parent institute and expand their pedagogical goals. The symposium part of Pravartanā brought together some of the best researchers from abroad and India in fields of dynamics and continuum (fluid and solid) mechanics to present their research work. This was an excellent platform where researchers from TEQIP institutes could interact with some of the experts in these fields and also present their own work.
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Links for contents of the workshop and conferences
Pravartana 2013 : • About the Workshop: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/pravartana.html
• Lecture Videos: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/vgallery_pravartana.html
System Engineering: • About the workshop: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/16-20dec13.html
• Lecture Videos: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/vgallery_system_engineering.html
International Workshop on Novel Combustion concepts for sustainable energy
development: • About the workshop: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/2-4jan14.html
Teaching Methodologies in Chemical and Material Sciences: • About the Workshop: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/chemical_and_material.html
• Lecture Videos: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/vgallery_material_and_chemical.html
Mechanics in Physics: • About the workshop: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/mechanics_in_physics.html
• Lecture Videos: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/Video_Lecutures/Mechanics_in_Physics_videos.html
Dynamics and Vibration: • About the workshop: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/dynamics_and_vibration.html
• Lecture Videos: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/Video_Lecutures/dynamics_and_vibration.html
Workshop for Computer Science Teachers: • About the workshop: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/documents/Computer-science-teachers.pdf
• Lecture Videos: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/Video_Lecutures/Computer_Science_Teachers_videos.html
Pravartana 2014:
• About the workshop: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/PRAVARTANA14/index.html
• Lecture Videos: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tkic/PRAVARTANA14/Pravartan14_Videos.html
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Primary Activities of current allocation:
• Setting up a KIT office and facility at IIT Kanpur, hiring of relevant man-power. • Conclaves on Pedagogy in broad themes; • Thematic workshops and conferences; • Specific workshops and schools; • Summer internship programs and visiting researcher program; • Repository creation; • Foray into online class paradigm – MooKIT.
Generic Outcomes:
(a) A better understanding of specific areas of general weakness – mathematics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, theory of elasticity, theoretical computer science, material science, design, experimentation, etc.
(b) A better understanding of lacunae in the curriculum – both at undergraduate and graduate levels.
(c) Good inputs on various models of interaction with students and faculty. (d) Network of international and national experts established in general areas. (e) Good network established with Quality Circle institutions (f) E-platform created for hosting information, repository material, etc. (g) Started off very healthy student internship and Visiting Researcher Programs. (h) Model curriculum discussed and suggested templates available.
Road Ahead: Should move on from objectives achieved this year.
(a) Conclaves, workshops and conferences in Electrical Engineering also to be conducted in the next year.
(b) Online courses addressing important and popular topics to be created. (c) Visiting Researcher, collaborative student guidance, internship programs to be strengthened –
model to be refined. (d) Longer duration schools on specific course. E.g. Dynamics, Continuum Mechanics,
Vibrations, Composites, Algorithms, Data Structure, Programming, Design in Chemical Sciences, etc.
(e) Repository enhancement – some work has been done, and a lot needs to be done. (f) MoU between institutions, credit transfer mechanisms, more liberal policies for joint student
guidance (IIT Council, NIT Council, State Technical Institutions, local BOG need to also opine on this issue).
(g) Manuscript writing – vernacular language books, texts in English.
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(h) Initiate collaborative research on mega projects – Hill Technologies; Indian Multi-Physics Code development; Vehicular Engine, Combustion and Fire Technologies; Alternate Energy, etc.
** Item (h) will be a major new initiative, which will entail undertaking research and developmental activities via a consortium approach. The industry will also participate in such activities. Specifically: (1) Hill Technology Centre: To be set up in either Dwarahat, Pauri or Pant Nagar, with IIT
Kanpur, KIT Dwarahat, Pant Nagar University and GBP Insitute Pauri as the principal partners, along with (possibly) Dabur, Himalaya Products, etc for developing technologies relevant to Hill communities (construction, aquifer recharging, micro-power generation, waste-management, river and stream rejuvenation), agro-industry and bio-medicines. This will get large groups of students involved in the projects, and will give an international presence to these institutions. The centres will be independent, but housed in one of the institutions – with its own recruitment (part-time) and administrative policies. Budget allocation required: Rs. 30 crores over 5 years.
(2) Multi-Physics Initiative: As an outcome of the workshops, an expert, who is renowned internationally as a teacher and creator of a popular commercial engineering analysis code, has volunteered to help lead a national initiative to create an indigenous multi-physics code for use in engineering and scientific applications. The code will be developed in a modular manner, with participation from several of our Quality Circle institutes. This will be a unique initiative which will provide our country a significant technological edge (like the space program) if successful. Budget allocation required: Rs. 30 crores over 5 years.
Several such initiatives have been thought out, and can be evolved if the scheme finds acceptance. We believe that such activities will give increased industry-academia-student interactions and collaborations; will give a shot in the arm for research activities in the participating institutions; will give international recognition to the consortium; will lead to high-quality (and possibly seminal) publications.
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Proposed Calendar for next phase (August 2014 – December 2015) Proposed calendar of activities: Activity Tentative time Number/
Duration
MOOC courses for example - Computing; Architecture; Finite Element and its applications; etc
August; September; December; February
4-6 courses of 4-8 weeks duration
Workshops on teaching and research
December, February, April, May-June, July
3-4 of 2-5 days duration
Thematic conferences December, March, June, October 3-4 of 2-5 days each
Subject Schools December, June 2-4 sessions of 10-14 days
Internship +Visiting Researcher December, May-July about 20; 6-8 weeks
Expert lectures Round the year (based on availability) 10-20 Resource building activities Round the year Variable Knowledge enhancement activities Round the year Variable
Administrative and infra-structural support from IIT Kanpur:
• Sanction of seminar rooms/class-rooms, along with multi-media facilities on request from professor in-charge/ signing authority of the centre.
• Hostel/guest-house rooms to visiting students/faculty during summers, winter-break and regular semesters against request from centre (payment for the same to be made by NPIU/student). For faculty a few SBRA/VFA may be made available, against request and payment by NPIU.
• Issue of temporary identity cards and access to library facilities, sports facilities, medical facilities and computer facilities against request (for each student/faculty a bill will be raised by the centre to NPIU for all the expenses to be incurred).
• Access to central laboratories/workshop to the visiting students and faculty, against request.
• If unavailable, temporary office space for visiting faculty.
• Travel support to some participants, whose institute was unable to provide the support.
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