Introduction: Introduction to C: 'Hello World!' program, Fizz-buzz program, and Fizz-Buzz- Zazz program.

Micro controllers and DSP: Getting started with Code composer studio/ PSoC Creator.

Architecture and review of Digital Signal Controllers (TMS series controllers)/ microcontroller (PSoC), Architecture of controller, release and debug modes.

Blinking of an LED with one second ON, half second OFF, Programing requirements for time critical control applications

Basics of feedback control: History and motivation for feedback; terminologies, Frequency re- sponse, Stability concepts, Bandwidth, Transient response, Closed loop design specifications w.r.t tracking and disturbance rejection, Sensitivity to parameter variations.

Linear Control System Design Techniques: PD, PI and PID controllers, Lead and Lag com- pensators, Controller design with root locus technique, frequency response technique and state- space technique.

Review: Diode bridge rectifiers, thyristor based controlled rectifiers, cyclo-converters and ma- trix converters.

Single Phase Active Front-End Converters: Power balance, harmonic analysis, power factor correction, modeling of single phase FEC, cascaded control of 1-ph FEC, harmonic filters.

Three Phase Active Front-End Converters: Power balance and reactive power, power factor correction, modeling of three phase FEC, vector control of grid-connected converters, cascaded control of 3-ph FEC.

Introduction: Power Electronics, structure, applications. Power Semiconductor Devices, Device ratings, Gate Driver Circuits.Reactive elements in power electronic circuits.

DC-DC Converters: Limitations of linear power supplies, Switched Mode Power Conversion, Switch realization, Non-isolated DC-DC Converters: Buck, Boost, Buck-boost, Cuk and SEPIC converters – operations in CCM and DCM, non-idealities. Isolated DC-DC Converters: Flyback, Forward and Push-pull topologies.

Introduction to components, oscilloscope, pcbs and other measuring equipments.

Datasheet familiarization of active components

Experiment on buck converters at different switching frequencies.

Experiment on boost converters

Experiment on flyback/buck-boost converters.

Experimental validation of analysis on discontinuous conduction mode.

Closed loop control of buck converters.

Basic concepts of switched mode power conversion, realization of switches, selection of switching devices and reactive elements. Switched Mode DC-AC converters, basic concepts, classification.

Voltage source inverters: Single phase and three phase inverters, square wave operation, har- monic analysis, selective harmonic elimination. Voltage space vector structure of 3-phase volt- age source inverters. Pulse width modulation (PWM) techniques: Sinusoidal PWM (SPWM) and space vector PWM (SVPWM), current mode control.

Experiments:

To develop a model and solve for

1. Fully developed flow
2. Steady state heat conduction in large plate
3. Steady state two dimensional heat conduction
4. Transient state two dimensional heat conduction
5. Plug flow reactor
6. Batch reactor
7. CSTR in series with constant hold up
8. CSTR with feedback control
9. Numerical solution of ODE/PDE using MATLAB

Experiments:

1.        Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials

a.         Sol-gel synthesis: TiO2

b.        Metallic nanoparticles: Ag@citrate and Au@citrate , Ag@borohydride, Ag@PVP

c.         CdS  quantum dots

d.        Graphene by Hammer’s method

e.         Functionalisation of CNT’s

Introduction to materials and techniques; Spectroscopic methods- UV-visible and vibrational spectroscopy- Infrared and Raman, Electron spectroscopies - X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Ultra-violet photoelectron spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy; Optical microscopy, Electron microscopy- SEM, TEM; Scanning Probe Microscopies: STM, AFM; Thermal analysis- TGA, DTA, DSC; Materials analysis by Non-destructive testing (NDT).

Detailed version

Introduction: General instrumental parameters, measurement basics.