Syllabus/pattern for the admission of Ph.D./M.S.

programmes in July 2013

Selection of the candidates will be based on the following criteria a) 50 marks for the Written test b) 20 marks for the Interview c) 20 marks for the Qualifying degree d) 5 marks for the Experience @ 1 mark for every 2 Years after PG degree e) 5 marks for Publication in Journal /Conference /Symposium @ 1 mark for each

Cut off mark for the selection is 50 out of 100

Written test and interview

: 02.05.2013 (Thursday) between 9.30 to 10.45am

Number of questions for Test

: 50

Duration of the test

: 75 min.

Test and interview will be conducted in the same University Department/Centre at Anna University, Chennai. Interview will be held on the same day or may be extended to the next day, if the number of candidates are more.

Candidates qualified in NET/SLET/other National Level Eligibility Test or INSPIRE Fellowship of DST, Rajiv Gandhi and Maulana Azad Fellowships of UGC or similar Fellowships awarded by statutory bodies of Govt. of India are exempted from written test and have to appear for interview only.

Candidate has to appear for test and interview in the respective Department/Centre based on their qualifying PG degree for Ph.D. and UG degree for M.S. Separate call letter for written test and interview will be sent by the convenor of the selection committee. No TA/DA will be paid for attending written test and interview.

SELECTION LIST WILL BE POSTED IN THE WEBSITE AT THE END OF MAY 2013.

SYLLABUS FOR WRITTEN TEST Faculty of Civil Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Urban Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Transportation Engineering or related disciplines M.E./M.Tech. Structural Engineering M.E. Computer Aided Structural Engineering M.E. Computer Methods and Applications in Structural M.E./M.Tech. Infrastructure Engineering or related disciplines M.E./M.Tech. Construction Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Construction Engineering and Management M.E./M.Tech. Advanced Construction Technology M.Arch. Architectural Construction or related disciplines M.E./M.Tech. Soil Mechanics M.E./M.Tech. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Geotechnical Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Environmental Geotechnology or related disciplines Centre for Environmental Studies Urban Planning, Traffic Engineering and Management, Transportation Planning, Mass Transportation, Highway materials, design and construction, Highway Safety Audit, Environmental Impact Assessment of Transportation Projects and Traffic flow theory. Syllabus pertaining to M.E. Structural Engineering R 2009 Anna University

Syllabus pertaining to M.E. Construction Engineering and Management R 2009 of Anna University

Syllabus pertaining to M.E. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering R 2009 of Anna University

Unit I Environmental chemistry-aquatic chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, soil chemistryenvironmental chemicals; Environmental Microbiology - classification and characteristics of Microorganisms-microbes and nutrient cycles- metabolism of microorganisms- pathogens in wastewater- toxicology Unit II Fluid flow-continuity principle, energy principle and momentum principle; frictional head loss in free and pressure flow, minor heads losses- Planning of water system selection of pipe materials, water transmission main design. Design of sanitary sewer; economics of sewer design-sewer appurtenances; material, construction, inspection and maintenance of sewers. Pollution in wastewaters physical and chemical treatment of waste water- Biological treatment of wastewater sludge treatment and disposal. M.E./M.Tech. Environmental Engineering or related disciplines Unit III Design of water and wastewater treatment systems-Principles of treatment-Design of water treatment plants-Design of wastewater treatment plants-Residual management- construction operation and maintenance aspects; Industrial wastewater management, treatment & disposal-Industrial pollution prevention & waste minimization-Industrial wastewater treatment-Wastewater reuse and residual management Unit IV Air pollution & control-Meteorology-Control of particulate contaminants-Control of gaseous contaminants-Indoor air quality management-Noise Pollution and Control; Solid and hazardous waste management-Sources, classification and regulatory framework- Waste characterization and source reduction-Storage, collection and transport of wastes-Waste processing technologies-Waste disposal Unit V Industrial wastewater treatment Impacts of industrial wastewater-classification of

industries industrial pollution, prevention wastewater reuse and residue management zero discharge concepts Unit I Environmental chemistry-aquatic chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, soil chemistryenvironmental chemicals; Environmental Microbiology- classification and characteristics of Microorganisms-microbes and nutrient cycles- metabolism of microorganisms- pathogens in wastewater- toxicology Unit II Sustainability and Development Challenges Principles and Frame WorkSustainable Lively Hood-Sustainable Socio-Economic Systems-Assessing Progress and Way Forward; Environmental Policies and Legislation-Water (P&CP) Act, 1974-Air (P&CP) Act, 1981-Environment (Protection) Act 1986; Environmental Economics-Valuation of Environmental Costs and Benefits-Economics of Pollution Prevention-Economic Instruments for Environmental Protection-Natural Resource Economics Unit III Design of water and wastewater treatment systems-Principles of treatment-Design of water treatment plants-Design of wastewater treatment plants-Residual management- construction operation and maintenance aspects; Industrial wastewater management, treatment & disposal-Industrial pollution prevention & waste minimization-Industrial wastewater treatment-Wastewater reuse and residual management Unit IV Air pollution & control-Meteorology-Control of particulate contaminants-Control of gaseous contaminants-Indoor air quality management-Noise Pollution and Control; Solid and hazardous waste management-Sources, classification and regulatory framework- Waste characterization and source reduction-Storage, collection and transport of wastes-Waste processing technologies-Waste disposal

M.E./M.Tech. Environmental Management or related disciplines

Unit V Environmental and socio-economic impact assessment-Components and methods Socio-economic impact assessment-Environmental management plan-Sectoral EIA; Environmental risk assessment and management-Elements of environmental risk assessment-Tools and methods for risk assessment-Risk management; Environmental management systems and auditing - Environmental management standards Preventive environmental management-environmental management system-Environmental audit Centre for Water Resources M.E./M.Tech. Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Irrigation Water Management M.E./M.Tech. Integrated Water Resources Management M.E./M.Tech. Hydraulic Engineering or related disciplines Institute for Ocean Management M.Sc. Ocean Science and Technology Institute of Remote Sensing M.E./M.Tech. Geoinformatics M.E./M.Tech. Geomatics or related disciplines M.E./M.Tech. Remote Sensing M.E./M.Tech. Geological Remote Sensing or related disciplines Department of Mechanical Engineering M.E. Mechanical Engineering Hydrology, Hydraulics, Systems Analysis in Water Resources, Remote Sensing and GIS for Water Resources, Irrigation Engineering, Integrated Water Resources Engineering, Water Quality and Pollution, Watershed conservation and Management Environmental, Impact Assessment of Water Resources, Field Research Methodology

Syllabus pertaining to M.Tech. Coastal Management R 2009 Anna University Syllabus pertaining to M.E. Geomatics R 2009 of Anna University

Syllabus pertaining to M.Tech. Remote Sensing R 2009 of Anna University

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Unit I Design concepts and Computer Applications in Design

M.E./M.Tech. Engineering Design M.E./M.Tech. Computer Aided Design M.E./M.Tech. CAD/CAM M.E./M.Tech. Product Design and Development M.E./M.Tech. Product Design and Commerce M.E./M.Tech. Industrial Design M.Des. Mechanical Systems or related disciplines

Design concepts: Design fundamentals, methods and material selection; Design for Quality; Failure mode effect analysis and design for six sigma; Design of experiments; Statistical consideration and reliability; Introduction to computer graphics fundamentals; Curves and surfaces modeling; Concepts of Solid modeling; Visual realism; Assembly of parts and product data Exchange Unit II Materials and Mechanics of Materials Basic concepts of material behavior: Elasticity and plastic behavior of metallic and non-metallic materials. Metallurgical aspects of Materials. Effect of temperature, strain and strain rate on plastic behavior Super plasticity .Ductile, brittle transition in steel High temperature fracture, creep Larson Miller parameter Deformation and fracture mechanism maps. Selection of metals based on mechanical properties Selection for surface durability corrosion and wear resistance Relationship between materials selection and processing Case studies in materials selection with relevance to aero, auto, marine, machinery and nuclear applications. Non-metallic materials: Polymeric materials Formation of polymer structure Production techniques of fibers, foams, adhesives and coating structure, properties and applications of engineering polymers; Elasticity: Stress-Strain relations-Equations of equilibrium-compatibility-boundary conditions- three-dimensional stress of a tension generalized hook's law - St. Venant's principle - plane stress - Airy's stress function; Applications of fatigue and fracture mechanics. Mechanics of composite materials and laminated composites Unit III Design of components Design of components - Shafts, Gears and Gear Boxes, Brakes, Cam & Follower, flywheel etc. Integrated Design of mechanical systems, for example Elevators, Escalators, Gear Box, Valve gear Mechanisms, Machine Tools Unit IV Mechanisms and Vibrations Kinematic and dynamic analysis of mechanisms. Fundamentals of vibrationHarmonic and periodic excitations Unit V Finite Element Analysis Finite Element Analysis related to 1D and 2D problems. Problems of static and dynamic analysis using Finite Element Analysis. Advanced Heat Transfer Conductive Heat Transfer: General 3D heat conduction and its special cases, Extended surfaces, Fin efficiency and effectiveness, Moving Boundary problems, Porous media Heat Transfer.

M.E./M.Tech. Energy Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Energy Engineering and Management M.E./M.Tech. Solar Energy M.E./M.Tech. Thermal Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Thermal Power M.Tech. Thermal Plant Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Heat Power M.E./M.Tech. Energy Conservation and Management M.E./M.Tech. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning M.E./M.Tech. Internal Combustion Engineering or related disciplines

Convective Heat Transfer: Newtons Law of cooling, Forced and Natural Convection, Boundary layer, External and Internal flows, High speed flows. Radiation Heat Transfer: Radiation between black and gray bodies, Shape Factor, Network analogy, Radiation shields, Gas Radiation. Heat Exchangers: Recuperative and regenerative heat exchangers, Compact Heat Exchangers, LMTD Method, NTU Method, Effectiveness, Boiling and condensation, Convective and Diffusion Mass Transfer. Advanced Thermodynamics Concepts of Energy, Entropy and Exergy Reversibility and Irreversibility Principle of increase in Entropy Entropy Generation Availability analysis of simple cycles. Thermodynamic property relations Maxwell relations, Clausis Clayperon equation, Joule Thomson efficient.

Real Gas behaviour and Multi-Component Systems - Fugacity Compressibility Principle of corresponding States. Real gas mixtures, equilibrium in multiphase systems - Gibbs phase rule for non reactive components. Chemical Thermodynamics and Equilibrium Thermo chemistry Adiabatic flame temperature, Criterion for reaction equilibrium, Evaluation of equilibrium composition. Statistical Thermodynamics - Degeneracy of energy levels, Maxwell Boltzman, Fermi Diarc and Bose Einstein statistics. Advanced Engineering Fluid Mechanics Mass, Momentum and Energy equations and their applications. Potential flow theory Circulation and Vorticity, Stream and Potential functions, Magnus effect, Kutta Zhukovsky theorem, Thin Airfoil theory Viscous flow theory Laminar and turbulent flow, Poiseuilles equation, Darcy Weisbach equation, Moody diagram Boundary layer concept Flow over flat plates, Displacement Momentum thickness. Compressible fluid flow Variable area passage, Fanno and Rayleigh Flow - Normal and oblique shock. Unit I Human Resource Management Management Accounting & Financial Management Decision Support Systems Unit II Supply Chain Management Project Management Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Unit III Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems Design and Analysis of Experiments Maintainability Engineering Unit IV Design of Cellular Manufacturing System Flexible Competitive Manufacturing Systems Manufacturing Planning and Control Unit V Rapid Prototyping Design for Manufacturing Advances in Manufacturing Technology Unit I Phase diagrams-Iron Iron carbide diagram-TTT and CCT diagrams- Heat Treatment Techniques-Formation of different microstructural zones in welding of plain carbon steels-heat flow in welding Unit II Welding processes, Weld joints, Weld Symbols, Codes and Standards, Design of Weldments for various loads M.E./M.Tech. Welding Technology M.E./M.Tech. Welding Engineering or related disciplines Unit III Welding of - plain carbon steels-low alloy steels-HSLA steels-Stainless steels and Cast Irons-problems encountered and solutions Unit IV Welding of -Aluminium and its alloys-Magnesium and its alloys-Nickel and its alloys-Titanium and its alloys-problems encountered and solutions Unit V Weld defects, Testing of Welds, Failure analysis. Unit I Diffusion in solids, , Strengthening Mechanisms, Phase diagrams, TTT diagrams, CCT diagrams, Heat Treatment of Ferrous and Non-ferrous materials, Surface Hardening.

M.E./M.Tech. Manufacturing Systems Management M.E./M.Tech. Lean Manufacturing M.E./M.Tech. Project Management M.S. Manufacturing Management or related disciplines

M.E./M.Tech. Industrial Metallurgy M.Tech. Materials Engineering M.Tech. Ferrous Process Metallurgy M.Tech. Materials Technology

or related disciplines Unit II Different Casting Processes, melting, casting design, Gating & Riser calculations, Directional Solidification, Casting Defects. Different Welding processes, Welding Metallurgy of Ferrous and non- ferrous materials. Unit III Theory of plasticity, Fundamentals of Metal forming Cold working & Hot working, Forging & Rolling, Extrusion & Drawing. Metallurgy of Iron and Steel Making, Powder Metallurgy, Ceramics and Composites. Unit IV Optical Microscopy, X-ray Spectroscopy, Electron Microscopy, Surface Analysis techniques, Atomic force microscopy, Scanning Probe microscopy, Field ion microscopy. Unit V Non-Destructive testing VE, LPT, MPT, IR & Thermal Methods, EDT, Radiography, UT & AE. Failure Analysis Corrosion failures, Fatigue failures, Wear failures, Creep failure. Department of Industrial Engineering Maths : Basic Statistics Probability OR : LP - TP- Net Works Queuing - Replacement - Simulation Work Design: Methods Study Work Measurement Ergonomics PPC: Forecasting Planning Controlling Inventory Layout - Scheduling Quality: SPC Sampling TQM Six Sigma DOE Reliability Maintenance Programming : Concepts Logic Development Syntax Maths : Basic Statistics Probability OR: LP TP Net Works Queuing Replacement Simulation PPC : Forecasting- Planning Controlling Inventory Layout Scheduling Quality: SPC Sampling TQM Six Sigma Reliability Maintenance DOE: Factorial Experiments Orthogonal Experiments Roboust Design Programming : Concepts Logic Development Syntax

M.E./M.Tech. Industrial Engineering or related disciplines

M.E./M.Tech. Quality Engineering & Management or related disciplines Department of Manufacturing Engineering

Advances in Manufacturing Technology Theory of metal cutting, tool materials, conventional and unconventional machining processes, super finishing processes, high speed machining, tool condition monitoring, tool based micromachining, mechanical micromachining, MEMS based micro-machining, Additive Manufacturing Techniques (rapid prototyping) Materials Plastic deformation, stress strain curves for different materials, work hardening, strain hardening, fatigue, failure analysis, material selection, fatigue, creep, wear resistance, heat treatment, Iron-carbon diagram. MMC, PMC, CMC, reinforcements, matrix, interface, volume fraction, weight fraction, wettability, processing techniques of different composites, hybrid composites. Advanced metrology and Mechatronics Measurements, errors, accuracy, precision, calibration, surface roughness, interferometers, Laser metrology, CMM, in-process inspection, vision system, image processing. Sensors, transducers, actuators, PLC Advanced Manufacturing System Machine Tools, CNC machines, automatiin in Manfucturing, adaptive control, design for assembly and disassembly, material handling, group technology, CAD/CAM, FMS, lean manufacturing, RDBMS, JIT, TQM.

M.E./M.Tech. Computer Integrated Manufacturing M.E./M.Tech. Computer Aided Manufacturing M.E./M.Tech. Advanced Manufacturing Engineering or related disciplines

Robot classification, end effectors and sensors, robot vision, robot actuators, robot programming languages and artificial intelligence. Special techniques in manufacturing and material characterization Welding types, HAZ, defects, special casting processes, casting defects, powder metallurgy, metal forming, electronics manufacturing and surface mount technology. Optical microscopy, specimen preparation techniques, etching, diffractometer, TEM, SEM, AFM, Hardness, micro hardness, Impact test, Fatique and crack growth study. M.S. (By Research) B.E / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering /Manufacturing Engineering / Production Engineering / Industrial Engineering / Mechatronics / Automobile Engineering / Any other relevant field of Engineering. Department of Printing Technology Package printing processes, converting & finishing processes; Packaging machineries; Packaging Materials- Flexible & rigid polymers, paper & board, glass, metals, wood, cloth; Testing- Mechanical, physical, performance testing, barrier properties, package performance; Polymer film- Extrusion types, properties; Food packaging- aseptic packaging- sterilization- Modified atmosphere packagingintelligent packaging- active packaging- red meat & dairy packaging; Healthcare packaging- Packaging line engineering- barcodes-RFID- composite tubestoxicological investigations; Package designing & Shelflife; Closures; Packaging laws & Regulations; Package Cost Estimation; Supply Chain Management & Packaging Environment. M.S. (By Research) syllabus of B.E. Printing Technology R 2012 of Anna University Department of Production Technology Concepts in Mechanical and Electronics Engineering Mechanical Mechanisms Types Friction and Transmission systems: Belt, Bearings Types. Machine tools Types Construction Vibration Types Isolation, critical speed, Gears Types dulation. Design of shaft, spring, fasteners and gears. Electronics Electronic components and devices Diodes Transistors Oscillators power amplifiers Power Circuits Rectifiers and filters SCR DIAC TRIAC QUARDAC Operational Amplifiers Principles Characteristics Digital electronics A/D converts Communication principles Types Modulation Demodulation techniques Transmitter and Receiver. Micro controller, PLC and Embedded systems Architecture CISC and RISC Addressing modes Programming Timer/counting Interrupts Server com of 8081, PIC forming and interaction of 8081, PIC and PLC embedded processor ARM SHARC Design and Development Real time models, languages and operating systems Task and scheduling Real time kernel Communications and synchronization Robotics, MEMS and Machines Vision Systems Definitions Types classification Configuration and control loops co-ordinate system kinematics End effectors Design Robot programming Expert systems Robotic work cells and applications. Fundamentals Design and fabrication micro-system Materials Fabrication process and micro-system packaging Micro devices and materials classification of nano-structures Characterization of Nano-materials Image Acquisition Image processing Image Analysis Machine Vision applications. CNC and Automation Techniques Mechatronic elements in CNC Machine tools CNC measurement systems and tooling CNC programming Testing and maintenance of CNC machines

M.E./M.Tech. Printing and Packaging Technology or related disciplines

M.E./M.Tech. Mechatronics or related disciplines

Fundamentals and concepts in metrology Inspection and general measurements Opto electronics in engineering inspection Co-ordinate metrology and quality control Fluid power generating/ utilizing elements Control and Regulation elements Circuit Design Electro pneumatics and Electronic control of Hydraulic and pneumatic circuits Sensors, Actuators and Control systems Definition Measurement Techniques Inductance, capacitance transducer Piezo electric and magnetic sensors Radiations and Electro Chemical sensors and Applications Recent Trends in sensor and Applications Actuators Types Constructions and working principles Systems and their Representation Time and Frequency Response stability of control systems state variable analysis and design Control system components Design Engineering Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Kinematics of Machines Design of machine elements Computer Aided Product Design Jig fixture and tool designs Machining Processes Theory of metal cutting Basic Machining Processes Special purpose machines Unconventional/Advanced Machining processes NC/CNC Machineries Production Processes Casting, Welding and metal forming processes Powder metallurgy Engineering Materials and metallurgy Composite materials NDT methods, casting and welding metallurgy Management Inventory management Plant location and layout Materials handling Method, study work measurement Break even analysis Cost accounting Quality control 0 Control charts acceptances sampling TQM, TPM Automation and Inspection Fluid power automation Metrology GT Automated process planning FMS CIM Robotics - Mechatronics Department of Aerospace Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Aeronautical Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Aerospace Technology M.E./M.Tech. Avionics or related disciplines Department of Automobile Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Automobile Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Automotive Engineering or related disciplines Aerodynamics, structures, propulsion & Avionics

M.E./M.Tech. Production Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Manufacturing Engineering M.Tech. Manufacturing Technology or related disciplines

Automotive Chassis Front axle types, Front wheel geometry. Condition for true rolling motion. Steering geometry. Ackermann and Davis steering. Types of steering gear box. Propeller shaft. Universal joints. Final drive. Full, three quarter and semi-floating arrangements. Differential- types. Type of brakes and constructional details. Types of suspension. Types of suspension springs- independent suspension- front and rear. Rubber, pneumatic, hydro- elastic suspension. Automotive Transmission Requirements. Types of clutches: construction and operation of friction clutches. Determination of gear box ratios for different vehicle applications. Different types of gear boxes. Principle of fluid couplings and torque converters. Wilson gear boxCotal electric transmission. Hydrostatic drive systems. Electric drive. Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) types Operations. Vehicle Dynamics Classification of vibration, definitions. Single degree of freedom, free, forced and damped vibrations. Tire forces and moments, rolling resistance, cornering properties of tyres. Aerodynamics forces and moments. Prediction of vehicle performance. Directional stability of vehicle. Choice of suspension spring rate. Calculation of effective spring rate. Vehicle suspension in fore and aft. Vehicle ride model. Load distribution. Automotive Electrical Systems

Types of Batteries Principle, Construction. Electrochemical action of Lead Acid battery, Starting System, D.C. Generators and Alternators their Characteristics. Control cutout. Regulations for charging. LED lighting system. Horns, wiper, Trafficators. Spark plugs, Advance mechanisms. Electronic ignition systems. Types of sensors. Various actuators and its application in automobiles. Microprocessor and Microcomputer controlled devices in automobiles. Vehicle Body Engineering and Aerodynamics Types of car bodies visibility and safety aspects. Classification of bus bodies. Types of metal section used in the construction. Various body optimization techniques for minimum drag. Principle of wind tunnel technology. Test with scale models. Dimensions of drivers. Compactness of Drivers cab. Segmental construction of drivers cab. Effects of rounding sharp front body edges. Commercial vehicle drag reducing devices. Modern painting process of a passenger car body. Resistance to vehicle motion. Drag force and its analysis. low drag profiles. Dust flow patterns at the rear. Dirt accumulation on the vehicle. Automotive Emission Control Emission formation in SI and CI Engines. Effects of design and operating variables on emission formation. Controlling techniques of pollutants from Engines. White, Blue, and Black Smokes. Nitric Oxide and Particulate controlling of Emission. Constant Volume Sampling I and 3 (CVSI &CVS3) Systems- Sampling Procedures. Quantifying Emissions Measurement techniques of HC, CO,NOx and Smoke emissions. Dilution Tunnel and Sound level meters. Alternative Fuels Properties of alcohols, vegetable oils, biogas, natural gas, LPG and hydrogen as engine fuels. Methods of using all the above fuels in SI and CI engines. Performance, emission and combustion behavior of the fuels in S.I. and CI engines. Issues and challenges in using the fuels. Automotive Electronics Components for electronic engine management system, open and closed loop control strategies, PID control. Different sensors used in automobiles. Types of solid state ignition systems and their principle of operation. Unit Injection system. Layout of the CRDI system. Cold start and warm up phases. Fuel control maps, open loop control of fuel injection and closed loop lambda control Integrated engine control system. Electronic dash board instruments. Onboard diagnosis system. Department of Rubber and Plastics Technology M.E./M.Tech. Rubber and Plastics Technology M.E./M.Tech. Plastics Technology M.E./M.Tech. Polymer Science and Technology M.Tech. Polymer Technology or related disciplines

Polymer Science Polymers-Classification of polymers Functionality Polymerization mechanism Industrial polymerization techniques Molecular weight of polymers and their significance States of aggregation in polymers Tg Factors affecting Tg Crystal nucleation and growth Spherulite formation Factors affecting crystallinity. Polymer Materials Preparation, Structure Property relationship and applications of General Purpose Rubbers, Special Purpose Rubbers, Polyurethanes and Thermoplastic Elastomers. Preparation, Structure Property relationship and applications of Commodity Plastics, Engineering Plastics and Specialty polymers. Polymer Testing and Characterization Test for Processability Viscosity Flow characteristics Vulcanization Tests for rubber. MFI Gelation and Gel time, Test for Mechanical, Electrical and Optical Properties, Test for durability; Thermal analysis, Molecular weight studies, Spectroscopic and Morphological studies. Polymer Processing

Flow behavior of Polymers - Compounding and Mixing process, Forming Operations - Extrusion, Injection molding, Blow molding, Compression and Transfer molding, Rotational molding, Thermoforming, Calendaring, Reaction Injection Molding; Latex processing and applications; Composite materials and Fabrication; Polymer recycling Product and mould design for Polymers Simple geometries Spring rates Creep Stress relaxation Design to Specific Spring rates, Rubber under complex loading, Rubber products under dynamic conditions, Property considerations in designing of Plastics Parts, Design of moulds and dies for Rubber and Plastics products.

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Power Systems Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Electrical and Electronics Engineering M.Tech. Electrical Energy System or related disciplines M.E./M.Tech. High Voltage Engineering or related disciplines M.E./M.Tech. Power Electronics and Drives M.E./M.Tech. Electrical Drives and Embedded control M.E./M.Tech. Power Electronics and Industrial Drives M.E./M.Tech. Electrical Machines or related disciplines Advanced Power System Analysis, Power System Operation and Control, Analysis of electrical Machines, Power System Dynamics, Flexible AC Transmission Systems, Advanced Power System Protection, Restructured Power System, HVDC Transmission

Electromagnetic fields Computation and modeling, Transients in Power Systems, High Voltage Generation and measurement, Insulation Technology, High Voltage Testing Techniques, Insulation design, EHV Power Transmission, High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Analysis of Electrical Machines, Analysis of Power Converters, Analysis and Design of Inverters, Electromagnetic Field Computation and modelling , Solid State DC Drives, Solid State AC Drives, Special Electrical Machines, Microcontroller and DSP based System Design, Power Electronics for Renewable Energy systems, Power Quality

Introduction to Embedded Systems Case Study: Digital -Basics of building Digital circuits, Asynchronous &Clocked Synchronous circuits, FPGA Case Study: 8051 ARCHITECTURE . Architecture of 8 bit microcontroller memory organization addressing modes instruction set Timers - Interrupts - I/O ports, Interfacing I/O Devices- The build process for embedded systems using microcontrollers Building Embedded Systems Structural units in Embedded processor , selection of building blocks for embedded processors- memory devices- DMA Memory management methods- Timer and Counting devices, Watchdog Timer, Real Time Clock- Software Development tools-IDE, assembler, compiler, linker, simulator, debugger, Incircuit emulator, Target Hardware Debugging Digital Signal-Processing Introduction to Digital Signal-Processing , Linear Time-Invariant Systems, Decimation and Interpolation The Sampling Process, Discrete Time Sequences, Frequency domain analysis -Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Digital Filters, FIR Filters, IIR Filters, Basics of DSProcessor, Embedded Networking and Interrupts Service Mechanism Embedded Networking: Introduction, Microprocessor based system design Peripheral Interfaces I/O Device Ports & Buses Serial Bus communication protocols -RS232 standard RS485 CAN Bus Inter Integrated Circuits (I2C) Device Driver Introduction to Basic Concept of Parallel port & Serial port Device Drivers. Interrupt sources, Programmed-I/O busy-wait approach without interrupt service

M.E./M.Tech. Embedded System Technologies M.E./M.Tech. Embedded and Real time Systems M.E./M.Tech. VLSI Design & Embedded system or related disciplines

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mechanism-ISR concept- multiple interrupts context and periods for context switching, interrupt latency and deadline Data communication for Embedded Systems Overview of A/D converter, types and characteristics Sampling , Errors;Building blocks of Automation systems -Calibration, Resolution, Data acquisition interface requirements.Counters Modes of operation- Frequency, Period, Time interval measurements, Data Modulation &transmission systems- Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) Pulse Modulation Pulse Code Format Single and Multi channel systems. Introduction to Wired & Wireless communication IEEE 802.xx Standard-OSI Architecture Services basics of AdHoc Network Department of Instrumentation Engineering Measurements and Transduction Units and standards Error and uncertainty analysis - Principle of transduction Characteristics of transducers Resistive, capacitive and inductive transducers Special transducers (piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, semiconductor, fiber optic, hall effect transducers) Smart sensors Pressure to current (P/I) and current to pressure (I/P) converters Contact and noncontact type measurement systems Measurement of force, torque, acceleration, pressure and temperature Flow (Variable head type flow meters, positive displacement flow meters, area flow meter, mass flow meters, electrical type flow meters) and level measurement Measurement of viscosity, humidity and moisture. M.E./M.Tech. Control and Instrumentation Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Control System M.E./M.Tech. Instrumentation Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Process Control and Instrumentation M.E./M.Tech. Electronics and Control M.Tech. Sensor System Technology or related disciplines Mathematical Modeling and System Analysis Nonlinear system elements - Linearization of nonlinear systems Transfer functions and state space models Discretization of continuous systems Controllability and observability - State transition equation System with zeroorder hold Transfer matrix and state space representation of multivariable systems - Poles and Zeros of MIMO System - Multivariable frequency response analysis Directions in multivariable systems - Singular value decomposition - Relative Gain Array System identification - Models for Linear timeinvariant Systems - Least square estimation - Recursive least square method - Models for Time-varying and Nonlinear systems Process Control Servo and regulatory operations Feedback and feedforward control systems PID controller (electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic PID) Continuous and discrete PID controllers - Ratio control Cascade control Inferential control - Optimal control problems (Transfer function approach - state variable approach State regulator problem Infinite time regulator problem LQR) - Multi-loop PID Controller Biggest Log Modulus Tuning Method - Decoupling Control - Multivariable PID Controller Internal model controller - Model Predictive Control - Adaptive Control - Gain scheduling - Self-tuning Controller - Model Reference Adaptive Controller - Nonlinear PID Controller

Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department of Electronics Engineering (MIT) M.E./M.Tech. VLSI Design M.E./M.Tech. Applied Electronics M.E. Microelectronics Engineering M.Tech. Applied Electronics and Instrumentation M.E./M.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering M.E./M.Tech. VLSI CAD M.E./M.Tech. Multimedia Technology M.Tech. Main Frame Technology or related disciplines

Digital CMOS VLSI, Analog ICs, Embedded Systems, Advanced Digital Signal Processing, Digital Image Processing, Low Power VLSI

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M.E./M.Tech. Medical Electronics M.E./M.Tech. Biomedical Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Medical Software or related disciplines M.E./M.Tech. Communication Systems M.E./M.Tech. Advanced Communication System M.E./M.Tech. Communication and Networking M.E./M.Tech. Communication and Network M.E./M.Tech. Computer and Communication M.E./M.Tech. Digital Communication and Network Engineering M.E. Optical Communication M.E./M.Tech. Wireless Technology M.E. Wireless Communication or related disciplines Department of Computer Science and Engineering Department of Information Science and Technology Department of Computer Technology (MIT) Department of Information Technology (MIT) M.E./M.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering M.E./M.Tech. Software Engineering M.Tech. Information Technology M.E./M.Tech. Computer and Information Technology M.Tech. Distributed Computing System M.E. Pervasive Computing Technologies M.E./M.Tech. Network and Internet M.E./M.Tech. Mobile and Pervasive Computing M.E. System Engineering and Operations Research M.E. Network Engineering or related disciplines Department of Information Science and Technology Master of Computer Applications (MCA) Department of Management Studies Master of Business Administration with any specialisation Department of Media Sciences

Biomedical Instrumentation, Biomedical Equipments, Digital Image Processing, Radiological Equipments, Human Assist Devices

Advanced Digital Communication, Wireless Communication, Antenna and Microwave, Fibre Optic Communication, Communication Networks

Theory of computation, Computer Architecture, Operating System, Databases, Networking, System software, web technology, data structure, programming language, Software Engineering

Syllabus pertaining to MCA R 2009 Anna University

Faculty of Management Sciences

Core courses of I and II semesters of MBA Syllabus R 2009 of Anna University

Faculty of Science and Humanities

Current Affairs General awareness - Aptitude and mental make-up- Reasoning ability Divergent thinking - Politics and the nation Finance and economy Culture Famous people General topics Major inventions Poems Sports Tourism Universe Books and authors Awards and honours. Media Studies Nature and process of human communication - Functions of communication Landmarks in mass communication Communication theories Press in India Films Television Advertising Brand awareness and recall - Public relations Awareness of Public debates on Matters (polity and economy) General knowledge - Influencing power equations in the world and their impact on India -

M.Sc. Science & Technology Communication M.Sc. Electronic Media 2 years M.Sc. Electronic Media 5 years Integrated M.A. Journalism and Mass Communication or related disciplines

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International developments - Social history - Understanding of social dynamics. Basic Sciences Life sciences: Understanding different species - Physical sciences: Understanding of basics of sound, light and motion, etc Applied sciences: Development in space technologies, etc- Environmental science: understanding of ecology and ecological issues - Health sciences - Scientific discoveries and inventors. Information Technology Developments in computers Convergence in technology - Fundamentals of computer hardware and software Problem-solving and program design Applications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) New media Social Media Computer graphics and animation. Department of Mathematics Linear Algebra Finite dimensional vector spaces; Linear transformations and their matrix representations, rank; systems of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, minimal polynomial, Cayley-Hamilton Theorem, diagonalisation, Hermitian, SkewHermitian and unitary matrices; Finite dimensional inner product spaces, GramSchmidt orthonormalization process, self-adjoint operators. Real Analysis Sequences and Series, Uniform convergence, Compactness, Connectedness, Implicit functions, Taylors theorem, Maxima and Minima for functions of two variables, Lebesque Theory. Complex Analysis Analytic functions, Conformal mapping, Bilinear transformations, Complex Integration, Cauchys integral theorem and formula, Liouvilles theorem, Maximum modulus principle, Taylor and Laurents series, Residue Calculus, Harmonic functions. Topology Basic concept of topology, subspace topology, product topology, connectedness and compactness, Countability and separation axioms, Urysohns Lemma. Functional Analysis Banach spaces, Hahn-Banach theorem, Open mapping and closed graph theorems, Principles of uniform boundedness, Hibert spaces, Orthonormal bases, Riesz representation theorem, Bounded linear operators. Algebra Normal subgroups, Homomorphism theorems, Automorphisms, Sylows theorems and their applications, Rings, Euclidean domains, Principal ideal domains and unique factorization domains, Prime ideals and maximal ideals in commutative rings, Fields, Finite fields. Mechanics Kinematics, Dynamics in space, Langrangian Mechanics, Hamiltonian methods, Tensor algebra. Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations Systems of linear ordinary differential equations, Fundamental matrix, Strum, Lioville problems, Bessels and Legenders differential equations, Linear partial differential equations of first and second order, Laplace, wave and diffusion equations. Graph theory Graphs and subgraphs, Degree sequence, Graph representation and isomorphism, Trees, Connectivity, Eulerian and Hamiltonian graphs, Matching, Independent sets and cliques, Vertex colouring, Planar graphs, Directed graphs. Numerical Analysis Iterative methods of Gauss-Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel, Convergence considerations,

M.Sc. Mathematics M.Sc. Applied Mathematics or related disciplines

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Lagranges interpolation, Errors in Lagranges interpolation, Newtons forward and backward difference formulae for equidistant points, Numerical differentiation, Newton Cotes formulae, Taylor series method, Eulers method, Runge-Kutta method of fourth order. Finite difference solution of one dimensional heat and wave equations using explicit and implicit methods, Solution of Laplace and Poisson equations in a rectangular region. Calculus of Variation and Integral Equations Variation problems with fixed boundaries; sufficient conditions for extremum, Linear integral equations of Fredholm and Volterra type, their iterative solutions. Probability and Statistics Axioms of probability, Conditional probability, Total probability, Bayes Theorem, Random variables (Discrete and continuous), Transformation of random variables, Central limit theorems, Marginal and conditional distributions, Binomial, Poisson, Normal and Exponential distributions, Moment generating functions; Sampling distributions, MVU estimators, Maximum likelihood estimators, Method of moments, Interval estimation, Testing of hypotheses based on normal, Chisquare, t and F distributions, Linear regression. Discrete Structures Sets, Relations, Functions. Pigeonhole Principle, Inclusion-Exclusion Principle, Equivalence and Partial Orderings, Elementary Counting Techniques, Probability. Measure(s) for information and Mutual information. Computability: Models of computation Finite Automata, Pushdown Automata, Non-determinism and NFA, DPDA and PDAs and Languages accepted by these structures. Grammars, Languages, Non-Computability and Examples of non- computable problems. Graph: Definition, walks, paths, trails, connected graphs, regular and bipartite graphs, cycles and circuits. Tree and rooted tree. Spanning trees. Eccentricity of a vertex radius and diameter of a graph. Central Graphs. Centre(s) of a tree. Hamiltonian and Eulerian graphs. Planar graphs. Groups: Groups, Sub Groups, Lagranges Theorem, Rings, fields, group codes and error correcting / detecting codes. Computer Arithmetic Propositional (Boolean) Logic, Predicate Logic, Well-formed-formulae (WFF), Satisfiability and Tautology. Logic Families: TTL, ECL and C-MOS gates. Boolean Algebra and Minimization of Boolean functions, Flip-flops-types, race condition and comparison. Design of Combinational and Sequential circuits. Hardware and Microprogrammed processor design Instruction formats Addressing modes and Memory types. Representation of Integers: Octal, Hex, Decimal, and Binary. 2s complement and 1s complement arithmetic. Floating point representation. Programming in C and C++ Programming in C: Elements of C Tokens, Identifiers, Data types in C. Control structures in C. Sequence, selection and iteration(s). Structured data types in C Arrays, Struct, Union, String and Pointers. Object Oriented Programming Concepts: Class, Object, Instantiation. Inheritance, Polymorphism and Overloading. C++ Programming: Elements of C++ - Tokens, Identifiers. Variables and Constants, Data types, Operators, Control statements. Functions parameter passing. Class and Objects. Constructors and Destructors. Overloading, Inheritance, Templates, Exception Handling. Relational Database Design and SQL E-R diagrams and their transformation to relational design, normalization 1NF,

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2NF, 3NF, BCNF and 4NF. Limitations of 4NF and BCNF. SQL: Data Definition Language (DDL), Data Manipulation Language (DML), Data Control Language (DCL) commands. Database Objects like Views, Indexes, Sequences, Synonyms and Data Dictionary. Data and File Structures Data, Information, Definition of data structure. Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Graphs, Priority Queues and Heaps. File Structures: Fields, records and files. Sequential, direct, index-sequential and relative files. Hashing. Analysis and Design of Algorithms Analysis, Asymptotic notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis; Design: Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divideand- conquer; Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; Hashing, Sorting, Searching. Asymptotic analysis (best, worst, average cases) of time and space, upper and lower bounds, Basic concepts of complexity classes - P, NP, NP-hard, NP-complete. Series Evaluation, Algorithm Correctness and Efficiency. Growth of Functions. Amortized Analysis. Recurrences. Search Pruning. Matrix Operations. String Matching. Computational Geometry, Heuristic Methods. Computer Networks Network Fundamentals: Local Area Networks (LAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN). Wireless Networks, Inter Networks. Reference Models: The OSI model, TCP/IP model. Data Communication: Channel capacity. Transmission media twisted pair, coaxial cables, fibre-optic cables, wireless transmissionradio, microwave infrared and millimeter waves. Light wave transmission. Telephoneslocal loop, trunks, multiplexing, switching, narrowband ISDN, broadband ISDN, ATM, High speed LANS. Cellular Radio. Communication satellites geosynchronous and low-orbit. Internetworking: Switch/Hub, Bridge, Router, Gateways, Concatenated Virtual Circuits, Tunneling, Fragmentation, Firewalls. Routing: Virtual circuits and datagrams. Routing algorithms, Congestion Control. Network Security: Cryptography Public Key, Secret Key. Domain Name System (DNS) Electronic Mail and World Wide Web (WWW). The DNS Resource Records, Name Servers. E-Mail Architecture and Servers. System Software and Compilers Assembly Language fundamentals (8085 based assembly language programming). Assemblers 2-pass and single-pass. Macros and macroprocessors. Loading, linking, relocation, program relocatability, Linkage editing. Text editors. Programming Environments. Debuggers and program generators. Compilation and Interpretation. Bootstrap compilers. Phases of Compilation process. Lexical Analysis. Lex package on Unix system. Context free grammars. Parsing and parse trees. Representation of parse (derivation) trees as rightmost and leftmost derivations. Bottom up parsers Shiftreduce, operator precedence, and LR. YACC package on Unix system. Topdown parsers left recursion and its removal. Recursive descent parser. Predictive parser, Intermediate codes, Quadruples, Triples, Intermediate code generation, Code generation, Code Optimization. Operating Systems Main functions of operating systems. Multiprogramming, multiprocessing and multitasking. Memory Management Virtual memory, paging and fragmentation.

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Concurrent Processing Mutual exclusion, Critical regions, Lock and Unlock. Scheduling: CPU Scheduling, I/O scheduling, Resource Scheduling, Deadlock and Scheduling algorithms. Bankers algorithm for deadlock handling. UNIX The Unix system: File system, process management, bourne shell, shell variables, command line programming. Filters and Commands: Pr, head, tail, cut, paste, sort, uniq, tr, join, etc., grep, egrep, fgrep, etc., sed, awk, etc. System Calls: Create, Open, Close, Read, Write, lseek, link, unlink, stat, fstat, umask, chmod, exec, fork, wait, system. Software Engineering System Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Steps, Water fall model, Prototypes, Spiral model. Software Metrics: Software Project Management. Software Design: System design, detailed design, function oriented design, object oriented design, user interface design. Design level metrics. Coding and Testing: Testing level metrics. Software quality and reliability. Clean room approach, software reengineering. Current Trends and Technologies i. Parallel Computing Parallel virtual machine (pvm) and message passing interface (mpi) libraries and calls. Advanced architectures. Todays fastest computers. ii. Mobile Computing Mobile Connectivity Cells, Framework, wireless delivery technology and switching methods, mobile information access devices, mobile data internetworking standards, cellular data communication protocols, mobile computing applications. Mobile databases protocols, scope, tools and technology. M-business. iii. E-Technologies Electronic Commerce: Framework, Media Convergence Consumer Applications, Organisation Applications.

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Applications,

Electronic Payment Systems (EPS): Digital Token, Smart Cards, Credit Cards, Risks in EPS, Designing EPS. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): Concepts, Applications, (Legal, Security and Privacy) issues, EDI and Electronic Commerce, Standardization and EDI, EDI Software Implementation, EDI Envelope for Message Transport, Internetbased EDI. Digital Libraries and Data Warehousing: Concepts, Types of Digital documents, Issues behind document Infrastructure, Corporate Data Warehouses. Software Agents: Characteristics and Properties of Agents, behind Software Agents (Applets, Browsers and Software Agents). Broadband Telecommunications: Concepts, Switched Multimegabit Data Service, ATM. Frame Relay, Technology

Cell

Relay,

Main concepts in Geographical Information System (GIS), E-Cash, E-Business, ERP packages. Data Warehousing: Data Warehouse environment, architecture of a data warehouse methodology, analysis, design, construction and administration. Data Mining: Extracting models and patterns from large databases, data mining techniques, classification, regression, clustering, summarization, dependency

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modeling, link analysis, sequencing analysis, mining scientific and business data. Department of Physics Mathematical Physics Vectors and tensors Second order differential equations and special functions Partial differential equations Complex variables Fourier series, Fourier transform, Laplace transform and Green functions Group theory Numerical differentiation and integration Interpolation Fixed point analysis of linear and nonlinear differential equations. Numerical solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations. Classical and Quantum Mechanics Mechanics of a particle and system of particles Conservation of laws Rutherfords scattering formula Special theory of relativity Dynamical systems. The Schrodinger equation Particle in a infinite and finite square well Harmonic oscillator Barrier penetration Hydrogen atom Perturbation theory and scattering theory. Statistical Physics Laws of Thermodynamics Thermodynamic functions Maxwells laws Phase transitions Canonical ensembles Specific heat of ideal gas Bose Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics Specific heat of solids. Atomic and Molecular Physics Atomic spectra - Quantum numbers Fine, Hyperfine structure LS coupling Bonding in molecules Molecular spectra X-ray spectra Spontaneous and Stimulated Transitions Lasers. M.Sc. Physics M.Sc. Biophysics or related disciplines Nuclear Physics Nuclear binding energy Nuclear models Radioactivity Decay processes Nuclear reactions NMR and MRI Radiation damage Radiation detectors Uses of ionizing radiation Classification of particles Particle accelerators Interaction of radiation with matter. Electromagnetic Theory and Optics Electrostatics Gausss Law Electric potential Capacitance and dielectric sHall effect Biot-Savart Law Amperes law Faradays law Lenzs law Eddy currents Maxwells equation Poyntings theorem Wave equation Polarization Diffraction Interferometry Optical activity. Semiconductor Devices and Circuits PN junction diode MOSFET LED and LCD semiconductor laser - Op-amp mathematical operation circuits analog simulation - oscillators multivibrators Digital logic circuits CMOS logic gates Combinational and Sequential logic circuits Memory Clock circuits Modulation and demodulation Transducers and electronic instruments. Solid State Physics Crystal structures crystallography Chemical bonding crystal imperfections Electron theory of solids Band theory of solids Dielectric properties and materials Clausius Mosotti equation Dielectric loss and breakdown Magnetic materials Weiss theory Ferrimagnetism Superconductivity Photoconductivity Ceramic and biomaterials Nonlinear materials Shape memory alloys. Mathematical Physics Vectors and tensors probability, random variables, distribution functions power spectral density Fourier series, Fourier transform, Fourier analysis, Laplace transform, Dirac delta function Beta and Gamma functions, Legendre, Bessel, Hermite and Lagurre polynomials - liner and nonlinear oscillators, fixed point analysis, bifurcation and chaos - Numerical differentiation and integration interpolation error analysis - numerical methods of solving ordinary differential and partial differential equations. Electromagnetic Theory and Optics Maxwells equations Wave equation in isotropic material wave equation in

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anisotropic materials aniso-tropic materials index ellipsoid propagation in uniaxial and biaxial crystals birefringence wavel plates and compensators optical activity. Planar waveguide TE modes in a symmetric step index planar waveguide TM modes relative magnitudes power radiation modes excitation Maxwells equations in inhomogeneous media. Optical fiber numerical aperture modal analysis for step index and parabolic index medium multimodes modes in an asymmetric planar waveguide Ray analysis coupled mode theory. Laser Theory and Engineering Wave equation linear, circularly and elliptically polarized waves spatial and temporal coherence propagation and diffraction of a Gaussian beam. Einstein coefficients- quantum mechanical description of radiating atoms, molecules in gas, liquid & solid phase, selection rules for atoms and molecules, Spectral notation. Condition for producing laser - population inversion, gain and gain saturation Threshold condition requirements for obtaining population inversion 2,3 and 4 level systems optimum output coupling conditions for CW and pulsed laser action. Resonator as an interferometer characterization of resonator resonator stability for Guassian beams resonator alignment gain and saturation effects. Concept of Q-switching. Theory of Mode locking and experimental methods. Different types of laser systems ultrashort pulse generation and measurement laser matter interaction and laser based materials processing. Optoelectronics Energy bands in solids, the E-k diagram, Density of states, Occupation probability, Fermi level and quasi Fermi levels, p-n junctions, Schottky junction and Ohmic contacts. Semiconductor optoelectronic materials, Bandgap modification, Heterostructures and Quantum Wells. Electroluminescence, LED, laser diode and quantum-well lasers. Semiconductor optical amplifiers. Photo detection and detector devices. Optical modulators: Types of modulation Franz-Keldysh and Stark effect modulators quantum well electo-absorption modulators. Optical switching and logic devices: self-electro-optic device. Types of integrated optic circuits - applications of Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits (OEICs) materials and processing for OEICs guided wave devices optical signal processing with OEICs. Materials, Modulators and Nonlinear Optics Growth of single crystals Electro-optic crystals acousto-optic crystals magneto-optic crystals photorefractive crystals. The electro-optic effect (EOE) linear and quadratic electro-optic effect physical properties of electro-optic coefficients. Bragg diffraction in an anisotropic medium Raman-Nath diffraction magneto optic effect magneto-optic Kerr effect Franz-Keldysh effect. Electro-optic and acoustooptic light modulators - bistable EO devices Electro-absorption modulators. Optical second harmonic generation Parametric oscillation. Intensity dependent refractive index Self-focusing of light and other self-action effects - Optical phase conjugation Optical bistability and switching Pulse propagation and temporal solitons. Intensity and polarization based fiber sensors. Atomic Structure and Interatomic Bonding- Structure of Crystalline Solids- Crystal structures Crystallographic points, directions, and planes crystal symmetry point groups and space groups - single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction theory and experimental techniques crystal growth - theory and technique nucleation theory melt growth solution growth vapour growth - Imperfections in Solids point and line defects M.Sc. Materials Science or related disciplines Mechanical Properties of Materials- elastic deformation dislocations and plastic deformation- Strengthening Mechanisms Recovery , recrystallization, and grain growth Failure ductile fracture brittle fracture mechanisms tensile test fatigue fracture creep fracture mechanisms - hardness harness testing techniques - Dielectric properties magnetic properties optical properties. Characterization of materials thermal analysis TGA DTA , DSC Microscopic techniques- optical microscopy - electron microscopy - SEM and TEM Spectroscopy principles and instrumentation .

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Phase Diagrams Gibbs phase rule - binary systems lever rule and its applications invariant reactions - The IronIron Carbide Phase Diagram Development of Microstructures - The Influence of Other Alloying Elements Isothermal Transformation Diagrams - Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams - Ferrous Alloys - Nonferrous Alloys Fabrication of Metals - Heat Treatment of Steels . Structures and Properties of Ceramics- Ceramic structures ceramic phase diagrams fabrication and processing of ceramics - Glasses Glass - Ceramics Refractories - Advanced Ceramics. Polymers classification molecular weight synthesis glass transition temperature viscoelasticity polymer processing applications. Composites types matrix and reinforcement materials - fabrication of polymer-, metal- , and ceramic-matrix composites. Semiconducting materials: Intrinsic and extrinsic materials, energy band gap density of states and dimension of materials formation of PN junctions recombination - superconducting materials. Nanoparticles basic properties nanotubes, nanowies and nanofibers synthesis of nanostructure material - nanomaterial characterization. Syllabus of M.Sc. Electronic Media R 2009 of Anna University

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Syllabus pertaining to M.Sc. Medical Physics R 2009 Anna University

Organic Chemistry: Stereochemistry Addition, Substitution and elimination reactions rearrangements aromaticity photochemistry name reactions organic qualitative analyses. Inorganic Chemistry Atomic structure hybridization non-valence forces Chemistry of d and f block elements crystal structure chemistry of co-ordination, organomettalic and bioinorganic compounds. Physical Chemistry Thermodynamics free energy kinetics molecular symmetry and group theory quantum chemistry electrochemistry phase equilibria molecular spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry Wet chemical methods of analysis spectral methods electro analytical techniques separation techniques thermal methods of analysis organic and inorganic quantitative analysis. Applied Chemistry Polymers catalysis corrosion and its control- coatings fuel/solar cells membranes pollution and its control fibres Nano chemistry and technology. Department of Geology M.Sc. Geology M.Sc. Applied Geology or related disciplines Department of English M.A. English M.A. Linguistics or related disciplines Department of Chemical Engineering M.Tech. Chemical Engineering Syllabus of M.Sc. Applied Geology R 2009 of Anna University

M.Sc. Chemistry M.Sc. Applied Chemistry M.Sc. Organic Chemistry M.Sc. Industrial Chemistry or related disciplines

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M.Tech. Chemical Process Control M.Tech. Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals Engineering or related disciplines

Laws of conservation of mass and energy; use of tie components; recycle, bypass and purge calculations; degree of freedom analysis. First and Second laws of thermodynamics. First law application to close and open systems. Second law and Entropy. Thermodynamic properties of pure substances: equation of state and departure function, properties of mixtures: partial molar properties, fugacity, excess properties and activity coefficients; phase equilibria: predicting VLE of systems; chemical reaction equilibria; mulicomponent mixtures. Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations Fluid statics, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, Bernoulli equation, Macroscopic friction factors, energy balance, dimensional analysis, shell balances, flow through pipeline systems, flow meters, pumps and compressors, packed and fluidized beds, elementary boundary layer theory, size reduction and size separation; free and hindered settling; centrifuge and cyclones; thickening and classification, filtration, mixing and agitation; conveying of solids. Heat Transfer Conduction, convection and radiation, heat transfer coefficients, steady and unsteady heat conduction, boiling, condensation and evaporation; types of heat exchangers and evaporators and their design. Mass Transfer Ficks laws, molecular diffusion in fluids, mass transfer coefficients, film, penetration and surface renewal theories; momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies; stagewise and continuous contacting and stage efficiencies; HTU & NTU concepts design and operation of equipment for distillation, absorption, leaching, liquid-liquid extraction, drying, humidification, dehumidification and adsorption, membrane separations, ionic separations, lyophilization, pervaporation and permeation techniques for solids, liquids and gases, zone melting, adductive crystallization, supercritical fluid extraction. Chemical Reaction Engineering Theories of reaction rates; kinetics of homogeneous reactions, interpretation of kinetic data, single and multiple reactions in ideal reactors, non-ideal reactors; residence time distribution, single parameter model; non-isothermal reactors; kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions; diffusion effects in catalysis, heterogeneous reactions; internal transport processes in porous catalysts; analysis and design of heterogeneous reactors. Instrumentation and Process Control Measurement of process variables; chromatography techniques, sensors, transducers and their dynamics, transfer functions and dynamic responses of simple systems, process reaction curve, controller modes (P, PI, and PID); control valves; analysis of closed loop systems including stability, frequency response and controller tuning, cascade, feed forward control, Internal mode control, multivariable control and discrete systems, digital controllers. Plant Design and Economics Process design and sizing of chemical engineering equipment such as compressors, heat exchangers, multistage contactors; principles of process economics and cost estimation including total annualized cost, cost indexes, rate of return, payback period, discounted cash flow, optimization in design. Chemical Technology Inorganic chemical industries; sulfuric acid, NaOH, fertilizers (Ammonia, Urea, SSP and TSP); natural products industries (Pulp and Paper, Sugar, Oil, and Fats); petroleum refining and petrochemicals; polymerization industries; polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and polyester synthetic fibers. Process Modeling Classification of mathematical models, conservation equations and auxiliary relations, Steady state lumped systems, unsteady state lumped system and steady state distributed system. Empirical modeling, parameter estimation, population balance and stochastic modeling.

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M.S. (By Research) Process Calculations and Thermodynamics Laws of conservation of mass and energy; use of tie components; recycle, bypass and purge calculations; degree of freedom analysis. First and Second laws of thermodynamics. First law application to close and open systems. Second law and Entropy. Thermodynamic properties of pure substances: equation of state and departure function, properties of mixtures: partial molar properties, fugacity, excess properties and activity coefficients; phase equilibria: predicting VLE of systems; chemical reaction equilibria. Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations Fluid statics, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, Bernoulli equation, Macroscopic friction factors, energy balance, dimensional analysis, shell balances, flow through pipeline systems, flow meters, pumps and compressors, packed and fluidized beds, elementary boundary layer theory, size reduction and size separation; free and hindered settling; centrifuge and cyclones; thickening and classification, filtration, mixing and agitation; conveying of solids. Heat Transfer Conduction, convection and radiation, heat transfer coefficients, steady and unsteady heat conduction, boiling, condensation and evaporation; types of heat exchangers and evaporators and their design. Mass Transfer Ficks laws, molecular diffusion in fluids, mass transfer coefficients, film, penetration and surface renewal theories; momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies; stagewise and continuous contacting and stage efficiencies; HTU & NTU concepts design and operation of equipment for distillation, absorption, leaching, liquid-liquid extraction, drying, humidification, dehumidification and adsorption. Chemical Reaction Engineering Theories of reaction rates; kinetics of homogeneous reactions, interpretation of kinetic data, single and multiple reactions in ideal reactors, non-ideal reactors; residence time distribution, single parameter model; non-isothermal reactors; kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions; diffusion effects in catalysis. Instrumentation and Process Control Measurement of process variables; sensors, transducers and their dynamics, transfer functions and dynamic responses of simple systems, process reaction curve, controller modes (P, PI, and PID); control valves; analysis of closed loop systems including stability, frequency response and controller tuning, cascade, feed forward control. Plant Design and Economics Process design and sizing of chemical engineering equipment such as compressors, heat exchangers, multistage contactors; principles of process economics and cost estimation including total annualized cost, cost indexes, rate of return, payback period, discounted cash flow, optimization in design. Chemical Technology Inorganic chemical industries; sulfuric acid, NaOH, fertilizers (Ammonia, Urea, SSP and TSP); natural products industries (Pulp and Paper, Sugar, Oil, and Fats); petroleum refining and petrochemicals; polymerization industries; polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and polyester synthetic fibers. Process Calculations and Thermodynamics Laws of conservation of mass and energy; use of tie components; recycle, bypass and purge calculations; degree of freedom analysis. First and Second laws of thermodynamics. First law application to close and open systems. Second law and Entropy. Thermodynamic properties of pure substances: equation of state and departure function, properties of mixtures: partial molar properties, fugacity, excess properties and activity coefficients; phase equilibria: predicting VLE of systems; chemical reaction equilibria.

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Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations Fluid statics, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, Bernoulli equation, Macroscopic friction factors, energy balance, dimensional analysis, shell balances, flow through pipeline systems, flow meters, pumps and compressors, packed and fluidized beds, elementary boundary layer theory, size reduction and size separation; free and hindered settling; centrifuge and cyclones; thickening and classification, filtration, mixing and agitation; conveying of solids. Heat and Mass Transfer Conduction, convection and radiation, heat transfer coefficients, steady and unsteady heat conduction, boiling, condensation and evaporation; types of heat exchangers and evaporators and their design. Ficks laws, molecular diffusion in fluids, mass transfer coefficients, film, penetration and surface renewal theories; momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies; stagewise and continuous contacting and stage efficiencies; HTU & NTU concepts design and operation of equipment for distillation, absorption, leaching, liquid-liquid extraction, drying, humidification, dehumidification and adsorption. Chemical Reaction Engineering Theories of reaction rates; kinetics of homogeneous reactions, interpretation of kinetic data, single and multiple reactions in ideal reactors, non-ideal reactors; residence time distribution, single parameter model; non-isothermal reactors; kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions; diffusion effects in catalysis. Instrumentation and Process Control Measurement of process variables; sensors, transducers and their dynamics, transfer functions and dynamic responses of simple systems, process reaction curve, controller modes (P, PI, and PID); control valves; analysis of closed loop systems including stability, frequency response and controller tuning, cascade, feed forward control. Plant Design and Economics Process design and sizing of chemical engineering equipment such as compressors, heat exchangers, evaporators, distillation column, adsorption towers, Pressure vessel, extraction column, multistage contactors; principles of process economics and cost estimation including total annualized cost, cost indexes, rate of return, payback period, discounted cash flow, optimization in design. Chemical Technology Inorganic chemical industries; sulfuric acid, NaOH, fertilizers (Ammonia, Urea, SSP and TSP); natural products industries (Pulp and Paper, Sugar, Oil, and Fats); petroleum refining and petrochemicals; polymerization industries; polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and polyester synthetic fibers. Process Plant Utilities Water treatment; chemical softening, demineralization, softening reverse osmosis, fuel fired boiler, waste gas fired boiler and fluidized bed boiler, refrigeration cycles, methods of refrigeration, refrigerants, liquefaction processes, compressors, humidification, dehumidification and cooling towers, types of fuel used in chemical process industries for power generation, natural gas, liquid petroleum fuels, coal and coke. Internal combustion engine, petrol and diesel engine. Chemical Process Design Separation of heterogeneous mixtures, homogeneous fluid mixtures, process recycle, batch processes, process yield, distillation sequencing using thermal coupling. heat recovery pinch, PTA, utilities selection, energy targets, unit targets, area targets, shells targets, cost targets. Process Modeling Classification of mathematical models, conservation equations and auxiliary relations, Steady state lumped systems, unsteady state lumped system and steady state distributed system. Empirical modeling, parameter estimation, population balance and stochastic modeling.

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Process Optimization Degree of freedom analysis, linear programming; simplex method, barrier method, sensitivity analysis, nonlinear unconstrained optimization, constrained optimization; direct substitution, quadratic programming, penalty barrier augmented lagrangian methods, multiobjective optimization. Process Calculations and Thermodynamics Laws of conservation of mass and energy; use of tie components; recycle, bypass and purge calculations; degree of freedom analysis. First and Second laws of thermodynamics. First law application to close and open systems. Second law and Entropy. Thermodynamic properties of pure substances: equation of state and departure function, properties of mixtures: partial molar properties, fugacity, excess properties and activity coefficients; phase equilibria: predicting VLE of systems; chemical reaction equilibria. Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations Fluid statics, Newtonian and non-newtonian fluids, Bernoulli equation, Macroscopic friction factors, energy balance, dimensional analysis, shell balances, flow through pipeline systems, flow meters, pumps and compressors, packed and fluidized beds, elementary boundary layer theory, size reduction and size separation; free and hindered settling; centrifuge and cyclones; thickening and classification, filtration, mixing and agitation; conveying of solids. Heat Transfer Conduction, convection and radiation, heat transfer coefficients, steady and unsteady heat conduction, boiling, condensation and evaporation; types of heat exchangers and evaporators and their design. Mass Transfer Ficks laws, molecular diffusion in fluids, mass transfer coefficients, film, penetration and surface renewal theories; momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies; stagewise and continuous contacting and stage efficiencies; HTU & NTU concepts design and operation of equipment for distillation, absorption, leaching, liquid-liquid extraction, drying, humidification, dehumidification and adsorption. M.Tech. Environmental Science and Technology or related disciplines Chemical Reaction Engineering Theories of reaction rates; kinetics of homogeneous reactions, interpretation of kinetic data, single and multiple reactions in ideal reactors, non-ideal reactors; residence time distribution, single parameter model; non-isothermal reactors; kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions; diffusion effects in catalysis. Instrumentation and Process Control Measurement of process variables; sensors, transducers and their dynamics, transfer functions and dynamic responses of simple systems, process reaction curve, controller modes (P, PI, and PID); control valves; analysis of closed loop systems including stability, frequency response and controller tuning, cascade, feed forward control. Plant Design and Economics Process design and sizing of chemical engineering equipment such as compressors, heat exchangers, multistage contactors; principles of process economics and cost estimation including total annualized cost, cost indexes, rate of return, payback period, discounted cash flow, optimization in design. Chemical Technology Inorganic chemical industries; sulfuric acid, NaOH, fertilizers (Ammonia, Urea, SSP and TSP); natural products industries (Pulp and Paper, Sugar, Oil, and Fats); petroleum refining and petrochemicals; polymerization industries; polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and polyester synthetic fibers. Environmental Science Environmental Chemistry for Wastewater Engineering, bio chemical reactions, enzymes and their importance in aerobic and anaerobic microbiological reactions electro chemistry, Colloids, osmosis, Brownian movement and diffusion sedimentation, surface forces, electrical properties of surfaces. Sampling and

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characterization of water and wastewater by gravimetric, volumetric and colorimetric methods, EIA. Unit operations and processes in Environmental Technology Type of Reactors, Screening - Mixing - Coagulation and Flocculation Sedimentation - Type of settling - Removal ratio Clarifier-thickener- Column flotation- air flotation. Filtration, Chemical precipitation, phosphate removal, Adsorption, Disinfection, Kinetics of Biological growth. Biological Wastewater Treatment Biochemical Operations, Kinetics of Biochemical Operations. Modeling of Ideal Suspended Growth Reactors, Design, Evaluation of Suspended Growth Processes, Activated Sludge, Biological Nutrient Removal, Aerobic-digestion, Anaerobic Processes, and Lagoons. Bio-film Modeling. Aerobic Growth of Biomass in Packed Towers, Aerobic Growth of Heterotrophs in Rotating Disc Reactors, Fluidized Bed Biological Reactors, Trickling Filter, Rotating Biological Contactor, Submerged Attached Growth Bioreactors Separation Processes in Environmental Applications Environmental separations, Separation mechanisms - Equilibrium-based processes, Rate-based processes Countercurrent operation, Batch and Continuous distillation, Extraction in Environmental applications, Leaching processes, Absorption and stripping, packed columns, Adsorption principles, Transport processes, Process design factors, Ion exchange Environmental applications and design, Membrane processes. Air Pollution Control Air Quality, Industrial Air Pollution Sources and Prevention, Properties of Air Pollutants, Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality Control, Pollution Prevention and control. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Solid waste, collection systems, composting, hazardous wastes; treatment techniques, characterization. Modeling of Environmental Systems Ecology and ecological modeling, Continuous-Flow Reactor Modeling, river selfpurification, microbial dynamics and energetic, Fuzzy System Modeling. Department of Textile Technology FIBRE SCIENCE Fibre Manufacturing: General introduction - melt spinning, solution spinning; Gel spinning of PE; liquid crystalline spinning of rigid rod polymers and electrostatic spinning of polymers. Advances in Man Made Fibres: Profile fibres, hollow fibres, bi-component fibres, porous fibres, poly-lactic acid and chitosan fibres - preparation, properties and applications. FIBRE PHYSICS Fibre Structure Analysis: Supra molecular structure of polymers; crystalline and semi crystalline polymers; oriented state of polymers; structure investigation techniques; electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Infra-red radiation, NMR. Frictional Properties: Friction and lubrication of synthetic fibres, factors influencing friction - surface roughness, temperature, area of contact, regain, material speed, lubricant viscosity, fibre luster. Heat Setting: Heat setting of synthetic filaments - effects of time, temperature, and tension on the structure and properties of heat set filaments; thermo mechanical behaviour of synthetic fibres. YARN QUALITY EVALUATION Mass Variation of Textile Strands: Depiction of mass variation of textile strands in time and frequency domain; interpretation and significance of U% and CV% for

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textile strands; classification and analysis of yarn faults created by mass variation. Variance Length Curves and Spectgrogram of Textile Strands - Effect of specimen length and total length on mass variation measurements of textile strands; theory of construction of VL curve; analysis of variance length curves to understand and avoid the introduction of mass variation during the spinning operation; determination of period mass variation in the form of spectrogram; determination of theoretical wave length spectrum; comparison between normal and ideal spectrum; type of faults and their representation in spectrogram; interpretation of superimposed waves in spectrogram. Tensile Properties of Yarn: Testing factors influencing the yarn tensile properties; measurement and application of yarn modulus; creep and stress relaxation of yarn; significance of estimating minimum yarn strength. FABRIC QUALITY EVALUATION Mechanism of Fabric Failure: Mode of fabric failure tensile, tear, abrasion, slippage, bursting and fatigue; influence of fibre, yarn characteristics and fabric structure on fabric failure. Comfort and Low Stress Mechanical Properties: Role of transmission properties on thermal properties and thermal comfort viz., air permeability, water vapour permeability, resistance to penetration of liquid water, resistance to flow of heat and electrical conductivity; low stress mechanical properties during tensile, compression, bending, shear and buckling deformation; influence of low stress mechanical properties of fabrics on fabric handle, tailorability and sewability. Fabric Appearance and Other Properties: Study of fabric appearance in terms of drape, formability, crease recovery, wrinkle recovery and pilling resistance; influence of fibre, yarn characteristics and fabric structure on the fabric appearance; evaluation of fabric properties like dimensional stability, flammability, impact resistance, absorbency. DYEING AND FINISHING Mass colouration, colour measurement and matching -Adsorption isotherms, thermo dynamics of dyeing dye affinity, activity of dyes, heat of dyeing, entropy; rate of dyeing and half dyeing time -Water proofing, flame proofing, soil release finish and coated textiles - Antimicrobial finishes, bio finishing, plasma treatment, self cleaning materials and UV protection STATISTICAL APPLICATION IN TEXTILE ENGINEERING Probability Distribution and Estimations: Applications of Binomial, Poisson, normal, students, t, exponential, chi-square, f and Weibull distributions in textile engineering; point estimates and interval estimations of the parameters of the distribution functions. Analysis of Variance: Analysis of variance for different models. Process Control and Capability Analysis: Control charts for variables and attributes - basis, development, interpretation, sensitizing rules, average run length; capability analysis. Design and Analysis of Experiments: 2k full-factorial designs; design and analysis of second-order composite designs; robust designs; development of regression models, calculation of regression coefficients; adequacy test for regression equations; process optimizations, multivariate analysis Statistical Quality and Process Control Measures of Central tendency Measures of variation and Skewness Curve fitting Rank Correlation Sampling and sampling Distribution - AQL Methods, t distribution, F distribution, Chi-square distribution

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Process Control Charts Apparel Production Management Production Preplanning Production Systems - Section production systems, UNIT production system, Production scheduling, Network representations Advancements In Apparel Technology Spreading Machine Working principle, Features and Technical Specifications of Spreading machines Automatic Cutting Machine Sewing Machine Special Machines Button holing, Button fixing, Flat lock, Chain lock, Over lock, Embroidery Sewing machine- Working principle, Special features and attachments Pressing machine Computer Integrated Manufacturing 3D scanning Technique, Unit Production System Apparel Development Techniques Pattern Engineering Pattern making, Types of pattern making, Drafting, Standardization of size charts, Pattern details and seam allowances Draping Dress forms, techniques of draping Development of basic blocks by the draping method front, back, sleeves and trouser Flat Pattern Techniques Dart Manipulation basic techniques, Applications of dart manipulation Pattern Alteration, /Grading and Layout Planning Pattern alteration - definition and techniques, Grading Definition, Principles and types manual grading and computerized grading Clothing Comfort Introduction to Comfort, Thermal Comfort, Body ad Tactile Sensations, Comfort Perception and Preferences, Evaluation of Moisture Comfort and Thermal Comfort, Low stress Mechanical Characteristics Department of Bio-Technology CELL BIOLOGY Cell Structure and Function of The Organelles Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic cells, Subcellular Organelles and Functions Principles of membrane organization membrane proteins, cytoskeletal proteins eg. RBC cytoskeletal contractile proteins Actin, myosin, Actin Polymerization Actin- myosin complex, mechanism of myosin-ATpase activity, contraction; microtubules, microfilaments activity in organelle movement. Cell Division and Connection Cell cycle Mitosis, Meiosis, Molecules controlling cell cycle, Extracellular matrix, and its role: Gap junctions, Tight junctions, Desmosomes, Hemidesmosomes. Transport Across Cell Membrane Passive and Active Transport, Permeases, Ion channels, ATP pumps. Na+ / K+ / Ca+2T pumps uniport, symport antiporter system. Ligand gated / voltage gated channels, Agonists and Antagonists. Signal Transduction, Signal Amplification and Crosstalk Receptors extracellular signaling, Cell surface / cytosolic receptors and examples, Different classes of receptors antocrine / paracrine / endocrine models, Secondary messengers molecules. Signal amplification and crosstalk caspases and cell death, Role of Ras and Raf in oncogenesis, introduction to gene therapy. GENETICS Classical Genetics Mendelian genetics, symbols and terminology, monohybrid crosses, ratios, dominance , recessiveness, backcross, testcross, codominance, incomplete dominance, lethal, Mendels laws, Epistasis, Pedigrees.

M.Tech. Biotechnology M.Tech. Industrial Biotechnology M.Tech. Pharmaceutical Technology M.Tech. BioPharmaceutical Technology M.Tech. Microbial Technology M.S. (By Research) Pharma or related disciplines

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Sex Determination, Sex Linkage and Pedigree Analysis Sex determination, patterns, sex chromosomes, dosage compensation, sex determination in humans, SRY. Identification of sex chromosomes. Sex Linkagehuman sex-linked disorders hemophilia, Fragile X, Lesh-Nyhan and Hunter syndrome.Pedigree analysis, penetrance, expressivity, dominant , recessive and sexlinked inheritance. Sex limited, sex influenced traits, mosaics and gynandromorphs. Structure of Chromosomes and Variation In Chromosome Structure and Number Cytogenenetic variation, human karyotypes, polytene chromosomes, polyploidy, sterile polyploids, polyteny.Aneuploidy- monosomy, trisomy in humans, deletions and duplications in chromosome number. Rearrangements of chromosome structure, inversion, translocation, compound chromosomes, phenotypic effects of chromosome rearrangements. Linkage, Crossing Over and Chromosome Mapping In Eukaryotes Linkage, Crossing over, recombination, exception to Mendelian principles, frequency of recombination, evidence of crossing over, chiasmata, chromosome mapping with two- point and three-point testcrosses. Recombination mapping and map distance, linkage analysis in humans detection of linked loci by pedigree analysis and somatic cell genetics. Human gene map. BIOCHEMISTRY Introduction Principles of organic chemistry, Properties of carbon, pH, buffers, units, molarity, normality. Biomolecules, Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Nucleic acids-Properties and Reactions Enzymes- Nomenclature, kinetics, mechanism of action, allosteric enzymes, types of inhibition Intermediary Metabolism and Regulation, Glycolysis, TCA cycle, HMP pathway, Gluconeogenesis, Urea cycle. Metabolism of Amino Acids Biosynthesis of Gly, Ser and Cys; Biosynthesis of six essential amino acids (Met, Thr, Lys, Ile, Val, Leu) and regulation of branched chain amino acids (concerted inhibition, allosteric regulation and enzyme multiplicity, sequential feed back) from oxaloacetate and pyruvate; Biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids. Metabolic disorders. Important molecules derived from amino acids. Protein Transport and Degradation Protein targeting, signal sequence, secretion; Folding, Chaperons and targeting of organelle proteins, Protein degradation, receptor-mediated endocytosis, turnover. Metabolism of Nucleic Acids, Polysaccharides and Lipids Biosynthesis of nucleotides, denovo and salvage pathways for purines and pyrimidines, regulatory mechanisms: Degradation of nucleic acid by exo and endo nucleases. Biosynthesis and degradation of starch and glycogen, Biosynthesis and degradation of Lipids: Triacylglycerol and phospholipid biosynthesis and degradation; Cholesterol biosynthesis and regulation and targets and action of cholesterol lowering drugs. Vitamins and Coenzymes Water soluble vitamins. History and Significance. Structure, function, deficiency symptoms and coenzyme role of Vitamin B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12 and Vitamin C. Provitamins. Structure, physiological significance and deficiency symptoms of fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Hormones Classification. Effects of hormones, peptide hormones- vasopressin, protein hormones-insulin and growth hormone, lipid and and phospholipid derivedprostaglandin and phospholipid, steroid hormones-testosterone, estrogen and cortisol, monoamines-thyroxine and andrenaline. BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY

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Black Box Model Yield coefficients, black box stoichiometries, elemental balances, heat balance, degrees of reduction balances, systematic analysis of black box stoichiometries, identification of gross measurement errors. Modeling of Various Fermentation Processes Principles of model building for biotechnological processes, unstructured models on the population level, structured models on the cellular level, morphologically structured model, genetically structured models, cybernetic model, modeling of recombinant systems. Design of Fermentation Processes Kinetics of substrate utilization, biomass growth and product formation, inhibition on cell growth and product formation. Design and operation of continuous cultures, chemostat in series, batch and fed batch cultures, total cell retention cultivation. Bioreactor Design & Construction Basic design and construction of CSTR, bioreactor design of agitator/agitator motor, power consumption in aerated bioreactor, design of sparger, mixing time estimation, oxygen mass transfer capability in bioreactor, Removal of Heat in bioreactor, Main parameters to be monitored and controlled in fermentation processes. BIOREACTOR ENGINEERING Transport Process In Bioreactor Gas-liquid mass transfer in cellular systems, determination of oxygen transfer rates, mass transfer for freely rising or falling bodies, forced convection mass transfer, Overall kla estimation and power requirements for sparged and agitated vessels, mass transfer across free surfaces, other factors affecting kla, non Newtonian fluids, Heat transfer correlations, thermal death kinetics of microorganisms, batch and continuous heat, sterilisation of liquid media, filter sterilisation of liquid media, Air. Design of sterilisation equipment batch and continuous. Monitoring of Bioprocesses On-line data analysis for measurement of important physico-chemical and biochemical parameters; Methods of on-line and off-line biomass estimation; microbial calorimetry; Flow injection analysis for measurement of substrates, product and other metabolites; State and parameter estimation techniques for biochemical processes. Case studies on applications of FIA and Microbial calorimetry. Modern Biotechnological Processes Recombinant cell culture processes, guidelines for choosing host-vector systems, plasmid stability in recombinant cell culture, limits to over expression, Modelling of recombinant bacterial cultures; Bioreactor strategies for maxmising product formation; Case studies on high cell density cultivation and plasmid stabilization methods. Bioprocess design considerations for plant and animal cell cultures. Analysis of multiple interacting microbial populations competition:survival of the fittest, predation and parasitism: Lotka Volterra model. Design and Analysis of Biological Reactors Ideal bioreactors-batch, fed batch, continuous, cell recycle, plug flow reactor, two stage reactors, enzyme catalyzed reactions. Reactor dynamics and stability. Reactors with non ideal mixing. Other types of reactors- fluidized bed reactors, packed bed reactors, bubble column reactors, trickle bed reactors. COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY Introduction To Computational Biology and Sequence Analysis Molecular sequences, Genome sequencing: pipeline and data, Next generation sequencing data, Biological databases: Protein and Nucleotide databases, Sequence Alignment, Dynamic Programming for computing edit distance and string similarity, Local and Global Alignment, Needleman Wunsch Algorithm, Smith Waterman Algorithm, BLAST family of programs, FASTA algorithm, Functional Annotation, Progressive and Iterative Methods for Multiple sequence alignment,

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Applications. Phylogenetics Introduction to Phylogenetics, Distance and Character based methods for phylogenetic tree construction: UPGMA, Neighbour joining, Ultrametric and Min ultrametric trees, Parsimonous trees, Additive trees, Bootstrapping. Protein Structure, Modeling and Simulations Protein Structure Basics, Visualization, Prediction of Secondary Structure and Tertiary Structure, Homology Modeling, Structural Genomics, Molecular Docking principles and applications, Molecular dynamics simulations. Machine Learning, Systems Biology and Other Advanced Topics Machine learning techniques: Artificial Neural Networks and Hidden Markov Models: Applications in Protein Secondary Structure Prediction and Gene Finding, Introduction to Systems Biology and its applications in whole cell modeling, Microarrays and Clustering techniques for microarray data analysis, informatics in Genomics and Proteomics, DNA computing. Perl For Bioinformatics Variables, Data types, control flow constructs, Pattern Matching, String manipulation, arrays, lists and hashes, File handling, Programs to handle biological data and parse output files for interpretation MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING Structure of Nucleic Acids and DNA Replication Conformation of DNA and RNA; replication in prokaryotes, D-loop and rolling circle mode of replication, replication of linear viral DNA. Organisation of eukaryotic chromosome cot value, replication of telomeres in eukaryotes Transcription and Translation In prokaryotes and eukaryotes, features of promoters and enhancers, transcription factors, nuclear RNA splicing, ribozyme. Elucidation of genetic code, mechanism, codon usage, suppressor mutation. Mutagens, DNA mutations and their mechanism, various types of repair mechanisms Regulation of Gene Expression Operons: prokaryotic gene regulation; Lac and trp operon , Lamda phage life cycle and gene regulation Cloning and Expression of Genes Overview of Restriction and Modification system. Cloning vehicles: Plasmids Host range, Copy number control, Compatibility. phage Insertional and Replacement vectors, in vitro packaging. Single strand DNA vector M13 Phage. Cosmids, Phasmids, PAC, BAC and YAC. Expression vector Characteristics, RNA probe synthesis, High level expression of proteins, Protein solubilization, purification and export. Construction of DNA Libraries DNA library Types and importance. cDNA library: Conventional cloning strategies Oligo dT priming, self priming and its limitations. Full length cDNA cloning CAPture method and Oligo capping. Strategies for gDNA library construction Chromosome walking. Differences between gDNA and cDNA library. Screening strategies Hybridization, PCR, Immunoscreening, Southwestern and North-Western. Functional cloning Functional complementation and gain of function.Difference cloning: Differential screening, Subtracted DNA library, differential display by PCR. Overview on microarray and its applications. DNA Sequencing DNA sequencing Importance, Chemical and Enzymatic methods, Pyrosequencing, Automated sequence, Genome sequencing methods top down approach, bottom up approach. PCR and Mutagenesis

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PCR Principle and applications. Different types of PCR Hot start PCR, Touchdown PCR, Multiplex PCR, Inverse PCR, Nested PCR, AFLP-PCR, Allele specific PCR, Assembly PCR, Asymmetric PCR, LATE-PCR, Colony PCR, in situ PCR, Long PCR. Real-time PCR SYBR Green assay, Taqman Probes, Molecular beacons.Mutagenesis and chimeric protein engineering by PCR, RACE, Kuntels method of mutagenesis. Gene Transfer & Gene Therapy Introduction of foreign genes into animal cells Importance, DNA Microinjection, Retroviral vectors, Trasnsfection of Embryonic stem cells, recombination. Transgenic plants Importance, Ti Plasmid, Co integrate and Binary vectors. Overview of Gene therapy. IMMUNOTECHNOLOGY Introduction Cells of the immune system and their development; primary and secondary lymphoid organs; humoral immune response; cell mediated immune responses; complement. Antibodies Monoclonal antibodies and their use in diagnostics; ELISA; Agglutination tests; Antigen detection assay; Plaque Forming Cell Assay. Cellular Immunology PBMC seperation from the blood; identification of lymphocytes based on CD markers; FACS; Lymphoproliferation assay; Mixed lymphocyte reaction; Cr51 release assay; macrophage cultures; cytokine bioassays- IL2, gamma IFN, TNF alpha.; HLA typing. Vaccine Technology and Development of Immunotherapeutics Basic principles of vaccine development; protein based vaccines; DNA vaccines; Plant based vaccines; recombinant antigens as vaccines; reverse vaccinology. Engineered antibodies; catalytic antibodies; idiotypic antibodies; combinatorial libraries for antibody isolation. Biochemistry Bioenergetics, Biochemical changes associated with biological processes; Enzyme kinetics and the role of enzymes in metabolism; Classification, biochemical properties, synthesis and metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids; Structural properties, synthesis and degradation of Nucleic acids. Microbiology and Genetics Microscopic examination and classification of microbes; Microbial growth and the medias used; Sterilization techniques; methods to control microbial population; Economical importance of microbes; Mendelian genetics; Sex determination; Disorders linked with chromosomal alterations, Mapping human genes. Cell and Molecular Biology Cellular organization and functions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; Cell cycle and regulation; Transport processes; DNA structure, Replication and repair; Transcription and translation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes and their regulation; Translation of mRNA in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Signal transduction and Cancer Biology Cell signaling principles and the role of receptors in signal transduction; Signal amplification in Oncogenesis; Mutations and cancer; Viral mediated Oncogenesis; Cancer metastasis; Tumor markers and Cancer therapy. Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Therapeutics Units and abbreviations used in clinical Lab; Collection and preservation of biological samples; Biochemical tests performed for diagnosis; Organ function tests; Recombinant proteins and their clinical applications; Immunotherapy; Gene therapy; Stem Cell therapy. Immunology

M.Sc. Biotechnology M.Sc. Industrial Microbiology M.Sc. Bio Engineering Technology M.Sc. Molecular Biology M.Sc. Human Genetic M.Sc. Genomics M.Sc. Microbiology M.Sc. Biomedical Science M.Sc. Biochemistry M.Sc. Advanced Biochemistry or related disciplines

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Fundamental concepts of immunology; Immune responses generated by B and T lymphocytes; Antigen-Antibody interactions; Vaccines; Clinical immunology; Transplantation Immunology. *********** Detailed syllabus of the same with Units BIOCHEMISTRY Unit I Biochemical composition and flow of energy in living system, Properties of macromolecules-carbohydrate, Protein and nucleic acid, forces stabilizing the macromolecules, Structure-function relationships; Properties of water, acid, base and buffer. Bioenergetics - basic principles and concept of free energy. Unit II Biochemistry of photosynthesis, respiration and kidney function; biochemical changes during digestion; metabolic acidosis and alkalosis; nutrition and role of vitamins Unit III Classification of Enzymes principles of catalysis; enzyme activity and efficiency; Enzyme isolation and characterization , specific activity, expression of enzyme activity IU; Michaelis-Menten kinetics; Regulation of enzyme activity in metabolism and feedback inhibition, activation, inhibition and covalent modification. Unit IV Carbohydrate classification and properties, role of insulin and glucagon on metabolism of carbohydrate-glycolysis, gluconeogenesis and TCA cycle; structure and properties of lipids and lipoproteins; synthesis of fatty acid, phospholipid and steroids; conjugated carbohydrate and lipids; Oxidative phosphorylation Unit V Classification of aminoacids and protein; structures of protein, synthesis of aminoacids; central dogma; Structure and properties of DNA and RNAnucleotides, nucleic acids; synthesis and degradation of purine and pyrimidine.

MICROBIOLOGY AND GENETICS Unit I Microscopic examination of microbes by light and electron microscopy, Staining methods Gram staining, Acid fast staining, Capsule staining, flagellar staining. Classification and structural organization of bacteria, virus and fungi; Sterilization techniques practiced in laboratory. Different medias used for the growth of bacteria. Growth curve and different methods to quantify bacterial growth. Unit II Physical and chemical methods to control micro organisms. Anti viral, anti bacterial, anti fungal agents and their mechanism of action. Role of micro organisms in natural and artificial systems; Ecological impacts of microbes symbiosis, nutrient cycle; microbes in vaccine production. Unit III Mendelian Genetics Law of segregation, Law of Independent assortment; Dominance, Incomplete dominance, Complete dominance; Genetic Interaction Epistasis; Multiple alleles; Pedigree analysis, Autosomal inheritance, Allosomal inheritance, Cytoplasmic (Mitochondrial inheritance). Unit IV Sex determination in drosophila and humans; Sex linked disorders, Chromosomal aberrations Numerical and structural. Unit V Linkage and recombination between two genes, Coupling and repulsion. Physical Chromosome mapping Deletion mapping, Somatic cell hybridization, In situ hybridization, Mapping by DNA sequencing; Human Genome project.

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CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Unit I Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells, Cell organelles and their functions; Cell cycle mitosis, meiosis, Cell cycle regulation; Lipid bilayer, membrane proteins; Cell junctions, cytoskeleton; Intercellular compartments and protein sorting. Unit II Transport processes Active and passive transport; Permeases, Ion channels, ATP pumps; Ligand gated and Voltage gated Channels, Na+/K+/Ca+ pumps uniport, symport, antiporter systems. Unit III DNA structure A, B, Z and Triplex DNA; Replication Initiation, Elongation and Termination, Enzymes and proteins involved in replication, Fidelity; DNA repair Photoreactivation, Nucleotide excision repair, Mismatch correction, SOS repair; Recombination Homologous and non homologous, site specific recombination. Unit IV Transcription in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes RNA polymerases, Promoter, Operator, Transcription factors; Transcription cycle Initiation, elongation and termination. Post transcription modification in eukaryotes; Transcriptional regulation in prokaryotes- Operon concept-lac, trp and ara operons; Transcriptional regulation in Eukaryotes Activators, enhancers, insulators, Gene silencing. Unit V Translation mRNA, tRNA , Attachment of amino acids to tRNA; Ribosomes in prokaryotic and eukaryotic translation. Steps in translation- Initiation, elongation and termination; Genetic code. SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND CANCER BIOLOGY Unit I Cell signaling General principles, Signaling via G- protein cell surface receptors, Enzyme linked cell surface receptors; Cytosolic receptors with examples; Different classes of receptors- autocrine, paracrine and endocrine. Unit II Signal amplification and crosstalk caspases and cell death, Role of Ras and Raf in oncogenesis. Unit III Cell cycle regulation mutations of cell signal molecules, modulation of cell cycle in cancer; Proto-oncogenes, Oncogenes, Tumour suppressor genes; Different types of cancer, diet and cancer, Carcinogens; Principles of Carcinogenesis. Unit IV Molecular genetics of cancer retroviruses and oncogenes, DNA tumour viruses and cell proliferation; Growth factors related to transformation, Telomerases; Principles of cancer metastasis. Unit V Tumor markers, Biochemical assays for cancer detection; Molecular tools for early diagnosis; Cancer therapy Chemotherapy, Radiation therapy, Gene therapy.

CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS Unit I Units and abbreviations used in Biochemistry, Interpretation of results; Chemical composition of blood, Collection and preservation of biological fluids; Anticoagulants, Chemical analysis of urine, Unit II Test performed to detect proteins, sugars, haemoglobin, ketone bodies, bile pigments.

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Liver function tests, Renal function tests, Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid changes in CSF in diseased states. Unit III Recombinant Technology-Clinical applications Erythropoietin, Insulin analogs and its role in diabetes, Recombinant human growth hormone, Streptokinase and urokinase in thrombosis; Recombinant coagulation factors. Unit IV Immunotherapy; Monoclonal antibodies and their role in cancer; Role of recombinant interferons; Immunostimulants; Immunosupressors in organ transplants; Role of cytokine therapy in cancers; Vaccines: types, recombinant vaccines and clinical applications. Unit V Gene therapy Adeno and retro viral mediated gene therapy, Liposomes and nanoparticles mediated gene delivery; Stem cell therapy- role of Embryonic and adult stem cells, Clinical application; Gene silencing technology - Antisense RNA therapy, siRNA therapy. IMMUNOLOGY Unit I Fundamental concepts of Immunology Components of innate and acquired immunity, Organs and cells of immune system primary and secondary lymphoid organs, Lymphatic system, Mucosal and cutaneous associated lymphoid tissue (MALT and CALT), Antigens- Haptens, Immunogens, Adjuvant; Major Histocompatibility Complex MHC and disease susceptibility, HLA typing. Unit II Immune responses generated by B and T lymphocytes Immunoglobulin structure, classes and sub classes, Antibody mediated effector functions, antigenic determinants, B cell receptor, B cell maturation, activation and differentiation; T cell maturation, activation and differentiation, T cell receptor; Antigen processing and presentation Cytosolic pathway and Endocytic pathway, Antigen presenting cells, non-peptide bacterial antigens and super-antigens; Complement system components, functions and pathways. Unit III Antigen antibody interaction principle and application, Cross reactivity, Precipitation reactions, Agglutination reactions, Radio immuno assay, Enzyme linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA), Western blotting, Immunoprecipitation, Immunoflourescence, Flow cytometry, Immunoelectron microscopy. Unit IV Vaccines Active and passive immunization, Designing vaccines for active immunization, whole organism vaccines, macromolecules as vaccines, purified vectors as vaccines, DNA vaccines, multivalent subunit vaccines. Unit V Clinical Immunology-Immunity to Infection : Bacteria, viral, fungal and parasitic infections (with examples from each group); Hypersensitivity Type I-IV; Autoimmunity-Types of autoimmune diseases, Mechanism and role of CD4 cells, MHC and TCR in autoimmunity; Treatment of autoimmune diseases; Transplantation Immunology - Immunologic Basis of Graft Rejection, Clinical Manifestations of Graft Rejection, Immunosuppressive Therapy Immune Tolerance to Allografts, Clinical Transplantation Biogenerics Generics and its advantages; Biogenerics and Biosimilars, Protein-based biopharmaceuticals, Biosimilars development peptides; Recombinant nonglycosylated proteins; Recombinant glycosylated proteins, Analytical methods for the characterization of biosimilars , Immunogenicity , Case studies: Erythropoietin, Insulin, Somatotropin, Interleukin-2, Interferon Granulocytemacrophage-CSF.

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Medicinal Chemistry Classification of drugs on the basis of sources, structure, site of action and mode of action, drug metabolism, inactive metabolites, biologically active metabolites, phase I and phase II reactions, prodrugs - Chemistry, Structure property Relationship and properties of drugs having medicinally important compounds therapeutic applications of anti microbial drugs - biological targets and drugs, Chemistry of Natural products Human Physiology and Drug Metabolism Foundations of Physiology and Overall Physiology, ANS, CNS, Cardiovascular system, Gastrointestinal system, Muscle and skeletal system, excretory system , Chemical & Physical Foundations Homeostatic control neural & endocrine mechanisms Transport across cell membranes Endocrine control of organic metabolism and growth , Factors effecting drug metabolism , Biotransformation of drugs Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceuticals Mechanisms of drug absorption - passive and active transport - Routes of drug excretion, clearance; Bioequivalence Nonlinear pharmacokinetics, Multiple-dose pharmacokinetics; two-compartment open models - equations for multicompartment models; to recognize and use integrated equations to calculate pharmacokinetic parameters; metabolite Pharmacokinetics. Drug Dosage Forms and Design Classification of Dosage forms and routes of Administration - Physical and chemical properties of drugs - Solid dosage forms, Liquid Dosage forms, Semisolid Dosage Forms. Novel Drug delivery systems Transdermal delivery systems, Osmotic drug delivery systems, Liposomes, Nanoparticles. Pharmacogenomics Pharmacogenetics- pharmacogenomics in drug discovery and drug development.Expressed sequence Tags (EST) and computational biology, Microbial genomics, computational analysis of whole genomes, computational genome analysisViability and ADR in drug response: contribution of genetic factor, Multiple inherited genetic factors influence the outcome of drug treatments - Target identification and validation, Drug candidate identification and optimization. Mutation of drug targets. Clinical Trials and Regulations Basic statistics for clinical trials; Clinical trials in practice; Reporting and reviewing clinical trials; Legislation and good clinical practice -International perspectives; Principles of the International Committee on Harmonisation (ICH)-GCP - Drug development and trial planning - pre-study requirements for clinical trials Regulatory approvals for clinical trials - Legislative requirements for investigational medicinal products - Project management in clinical trials Application in clinical trial management; Risk assessment; Research ethics and Bioethics - Principles of research ethics; Ethical issues in clinical trials - animal ethics; Animal rights and use of animals in the advancement of medical technology; Introduction to laws and regulation regarding use of animals in research. Informed Consent and data protection-Data management Introduction to trial master files and essential documents; Data management. Quality assurance and governance quality control in clinical trials; Monitoring and audit; Inspections; Pharmacovigilance. Food Sciences Food Chemistry Composition of foods Nutrient and non-nutrient components of foods, water activity, lipid, carbohydrates, proteins, bioactive components, functional foods, analytical methods in food analyses; food additives, their functions and applications Food microbiology - microbial spoilage of foods, food pathogens, food poisoning, food borne infections, microbes in food fermentation. Food Processing & Technology Bioreactor and upstream processing, fermentation processes batch, continuous, fedbatch, enzymes in food technology, microbial productions of aminoacids,

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proteins, lipids, flavor components, colouring agents Types of processing - aseptic processing, drying and ultrafiltration, canning, radiation processing, CAP, MAP, Hurdle technology, newer methods- ohmic heating PEF, High pressure processing, food packaging technology Cereal, Pulse and oilseed technology, meat, fish and poultry technology, dairy product technology, fruit and vegetable technology, flavours, spices, coffee, tea, cocoa. Food Plant Equipments Heat Transfer, mass transfer, fluid mechanics, mass and energy balance, mechanical operations Engineering materials, pumps, principles of refrigeration, Equipments used for milling, extrusion, mixing, blending, filling, heat processing and cooling. Food Quality & Regulations Sensory evaluation of foods, consumer testing, food product development, Assessment of food safety, GHP, GMP, HACCP, sanitation and hygiene in food industry, food safety management systems, ISO. GM foods, use of biotechnology in enhancing food production and safety assessment Food Laws and regulations National and international, Codex, JECFA, USFDA, EFSA, FFSAi, BIS. Food economics and Trade, public distribution, food security. Centre for Nano Science & Technology M.Tech. Nano Science and Technology M.Tech. Nano Science and Nanotechnology M.Tech. Nano Technology or related disciplines Physics and Chemistry of Materials Melting point and phase transition processes - quantum-size-effect (QSE) - Surface energy - surface charge density - Nanoscale Heat Transfer - Nanodeposition of Soft Materials Nanocatalysis - Electronic Structure of Nanoparticles- Kinetics in Nanostructured Materials- Zero dimensional, one-dimensional and two dimensional nanostructures - Size dependent properties. Synthesis of Nanomaterials Synthesis of bulk, nano-structured materials - sol gel processing - Mechanical alloying and milling- Inert gas condensation technique - Nanopolymers - Selfassembly - self-assembled monolayers - Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films - Sol-gel synthesis- emulsion polymerization - Biomimetic Approaches - Electrochemical Approaches - Vapor deposition and different types of epitaxial growth techniquesTop down and Bottom-up approaches. Chemical vapor deposition and different types of CVD - Physical vapor deposition - Sputter techniques - - types of coatings - Spin coating - Self assembly and types- Screen printing - Inkjet printing - Gravure printing and Flexographic printing Physicochemical Methods For Characterization of Nanomaterials X-ray powder diffraction - Thermogravimetry analysis - Differential Thermal Analysis and Differential scanning calorimetry- Atom probe field ion microscopy X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Infrared Spectroscopy - Raman Spectroscopy. Imaging Techniques For Nanotechnology Optical microscopy - polarized light microscopy - Phase contrast microcopy Interference Microscopy - hot stage microscopy - Scanning electron microscopy Transmission electron microscopy - HRTEM Atomic force microscopy Scanning Force Microscopy - Shear force Microscopy - Lateral Force Microscopy Magnetic Force microscopy Scanning tunneling microscopy Nanotechnology In Health Care Antibody-based diagnostic techniques (immunoassay), nano-immunosensors - BioBarcode Assay - in vivo imaging capabilities by enabling the detection of tumors, plaque, genetic defects and other disease states - Nanobot medical devices artificial organs and implants - artificial scaffolds or biosynthetic coatings biocompatibility and reduced rejection ratio - DNA Profiling - Cantilever Sensors Stem Cell Scaffolds. Lithography and Nanofabrication Clean room - different types of clean rooms Photomask different types of photomask - Optical lithography - Maskless optical projection lithography - Zone

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plate array lithography - Extreme ultraviolet lithography - Scanning electron-beam lithography - maskless EBL - Ion beam lithography - Focusing ion beam lithography - Ion projection lithography - Masked ion beam lithography Nanoimprint lithography - Soft Lithography - Dip-Pen Lithography Top Down Manufacturing Methods Introduction to micro fabrication and Moores law - different types of lithographic techniques - Reactive ion etching - Ion beam etching - Wet etching of silicon Isotropic etching - Anisotropic etching - Electrochemical etching - Vapor phase etching - Dry etching - Other etching techniques - Nanopowders produced using micro reactors - Nanocrystalline ceramics by mechanical activation Micromilling/microdrilling/microgrinding processes Nanoelectronics and Sensors Single-Electron Devices Nanorobotics - Mechanical Molecular Nanodevices Laser Diodes - Quantum well lasers - Quantum dot lasers - Quantum wire lasers White LEDs - LEDs based on nanowires, nanotubes, nanorods - Quantum well infrared photo detectors - Thermal energy sensors - Electromagnetic sensors Mechanical sensors - Chemical sensors - Gas sensors based on semiconductor devices - biosensors MEMS and BIO MEMS Fabrication - design and application scaling issues - influence of scaling on material properties - physics of mems-scaling laws heat transfer - batch fabrication - circuit integration - microfluids for bio-diagnosis lead discovery platforms - Materials for mems and pro mems-silicon-metals and polymers - Commercial trends in miniaturization - High density chip analysis - lab-in-chip for DNA and protein analysis Nano HPLC system. Advanced Drug Delivery Systems Dendrimers - Synthesis - Nanoscafold systems - Biocompatibility of Dendrimers Microfabricated drug delivery systems Microneedles - Micropumps Microvalves -Implantable microchips - Properties of drug targeting delivery systems - ADME hypothesis - Targeted Nano particles for drug delivery - Polymers nanotubes - Virus Based Nanoparticles - Modification by bioconjugation - Tumour targetting invivo - use in biomedical Imaging. Biosensors Protein based biosensors - DNA based biosensor - Detection in Biosensors fluorescence - absorption - electrochemical - Fabrication of biosensors - techniques used for microfabrication - Molecular design - Bionanotechnology for cellular biosensing - Biosensors for drug discovery - Nanoscale biosensors. Nanocomposites Metal-Oxide or Metal-Ceramic composites - Metal-metal nanocomposites - Super hard nanocomposites - Fractal based glass-metal nanocomposites - Core-Shell structured nanocomposites - Different aspects of their preparation techniques and their final properties and functionality - Preparation and characterization of diblock Copolymer based nanocomposites; Polymer-carbon nanotubes based composites, their mechanical properties

Faculty of Architecture and Planning

Department of Architecture City planning Evolution of cities; principles of city planning; types of cities & new towns; planning regulations and building byelaws; eco-city concept; sustainable development. M.Arch. Digital M.Arch. Landscape M.Arch. General or related disciplines Housing Concept of housing; neighbourhood concept; site planning principles; housing typology; housing standards; housing infrastructure; housing policies, finance and management; housing programs in India; self help housing. Landscape Design Principles of landscape design and site planning; history of landscape styles;

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landscape elements and materials; plant characteristics & planting design; environmental considerations in landscape planning. Computer Aided Design Application of computers in architecture and planning; understanding elements of hardware and software; computer graphics; programming languages C and Visual Basic and usage of packages such as AutoCAD, 3D-Studio, 3D Max. Environmental Studies in Building Science Components of Ecosystem; ecological principles concerning environment; climate responsive design; energy efficient building design; thermal comfort; solar architecture; principles of lighting and styles for illumination; basic principles of architectural acoustics; environment pollution, their control & abatement. Visual and Urban Design Principles of visual composition; proportion, scale, rhythm, symmetry, harmony, datum, balance, form, colour, texture; sense of place and space, division of space; barrier free design; focal point, vista, image ability, visual survey, figurebackground relationship. History of Architecture Indian Indus valley, Vedic, Buddhist, Indo-Aryan, Dravidian and Mughal periods; European Egyptian, Greek, Roman, medieval and renaissance periodsconstruction and architectural styles; vernacular and traditional architecture. Development of Contemporary Architecture Architectural developments and impacts on society since industrial revolution; influence of modern art on architecture; works of national and international architects; art novuea, eclecticism, international styles, post modernism, deconstruction in architecture. Building Services Water supply, sewerage and drainage systems; sanitary fittings and fixtures; plumbing systems, principles of internal & external drainage systems, principles of electrification of buildings, intelligent buildings; elevators & escalators, their standards and uses; air-conditioning systems; fire fighting systems, building safety and security systems. Building Construction and Management Building construction techniques, methods and details; building systems and prefabrication of building elements; principles of modular coordination; estimation, specification, valuation, professional practice; project management techniques e.g., PERT, CPM etc; Materials and Structural Systems Behavioural characteristics of all types of building materials e.g. mud, timber, bamboo, brick, concrete, steel, glass, FRP, different polymers, composites; principles of strength of materials; design of structural elements in wood, steel and RCC; elastic and limit state design; complex structural systems; principles of prestressing; tall buildings; principles of disaster resistant structures. Planning Theory Regional planning; settlement system planning; history of human settlements; growth of cities & metropolises; principles of Ekistics; rural-urban migration; urban conservation; urban renewal; Five-year plan; structural and sectoral plan. Traffic and Transportation Planning Principles of traffic engineering and transportation planning; traffic survey methods; design of roads, intersections, grade separators and parking areas; hierarchy of roads and levels of services; traffic and transport management in urban areas, intelligent transportation system; mass transportation planning; para-transits and other modes of transportation, pedestrian & slow moving traffic planning. Infrastructure, Services and Amenities

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Principles of water supply and sanitation systems; water treatment; solid waste disposal systems; waste treatment, recycle & reuse; urban rainwater harvesting; power supply and communication systems network, design & guidelines; demography related standards at various levels of the settlements for health, education, recreation, religious & public-semi public facilities. Department of Planning M.Plan. Town and Country Planning or related disciplines Syllabus pertaining to M. Plan R 2009 of Anna University

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