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ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI – 600 025 DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (8 SEMESTER PROGRAMME) BRANCH: B.E. ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING CURRICULUM Elective – I – VI Semester LIST OF ELECTIVE COURSES Sl. No. Code No. Course Title L T P M 1. EI 002 Neural and Fuzzy Logic Control 3 0 0 100 2. EI 005 Robotics and Automation 3 0 0 100 3. EI 001 Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems 3 0 0 100 4. MA038 Numerical Methods 3 1 0 100 5. EI 003 Operating System 3 0 0 100 6. EI 006 Data Base Management Systems 3 0 0 100 7. EI 011 Computer Architectures 3 0 0 100 8. EI 007 Power Plant Instrumentation 3 0 0 100 9. EI 010 Instrumentation in Petrol Chemical Industry 3 0 0 100 Elective – II – VIII Semester Sl. No. Code No. Course Title L T P M 1. EI 013 Real Time and Embedded Systems 3 0 0 100 2. IL 004 Adaptive Control 3 0 0 100 3. EI 004 Bio-Medical Instrumentation 3 0 0 100 4. EI 015 Fibre Optics and Laser Instruments 3 0 0 100 5. EI 008 Mechatronics 3 0 0 100 6. EI 009 Digital Image Processing 3 0 0 100 7. EI 012 Parallel and Distributed Processing 3 0 0 100 8. EI 014 Micro controller based system Design 3 0 0 100 GENERAL ELECTIVES Sl. No. Code No. Course Title L T P M 1. GE037 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) 3 0 0 100 2. GE038 Indian Constitution and Society 3 0 0 100 3. HS053 Communication Skills for Engineers 2 0 2 100

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ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI – 600 025

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING(8 SEMESTER PROGRAMME)

BRANCH: B.E. ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERINGCURRICULUM

Elective – I – VI Semester

LIST OF ELECTIVE COURSES

Sl. No. Code No. Course Title L T P M

1. EI 002 Neural and Fuzzy Logic Control 3 0 0 100

2. EI 005 Robotics and Automation 3 0 0 100

3. EI 001 Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems 3 0 0 100

4. MA038 Numerical Methods 3 1 0 100

5. EI 003 Operating System 3 0 0 100

6. EI 006 Data Base Management Systems 3 0 0 100

7. EI 011 Computer Architectures 3 0 0 100

8. EI 007 Power Plant Instrumentation 3 0 0 100

9. EI 010 Instrumentation in Petrol Chemical Industry 3 0 0 100

Elective – II – VIII Semester

Sl. No. Code No. Course Title L T P M

1. EI 013 Real Time and Embedded Systems 3 0 0 1002. IL 004 Adaptive Control 3 0 0 1003. EI 004 Bio-Medical Instrumentation 3 0 0 1004. EI 015 Fibre Optics and Laser Instruments 3 0 0 1005. EI 008 Mechatronics 3 0 0 1006. EI 009 Digital Image Processing 3 0 0 1007. EI 012 Parallel and Distributed Processing 3 0 0 1008. EI 014 Micro controller based system Design 3 0 0 100

GENERAL ELECTIVES

Sl. No. Code No. Course Title L T P M

1. GE037 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) 3 0 0 100

2. GE038 Indian Constitution and Society 3 0 0 100

3. HS053 Communication Skills for Engineers 2 0 2 100

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LANGUAGE ELECTIVES

1. HS 034 Technical Tamil 2 0 2 100

2. HS 035 Technical German – I 3 1 0 100

3. HS 036 Technical German - II 3 1 0 100

4. HS 037 Technical Japanese – I 3 1 0 100

5. HS 038 Technical Japanese – II 3 1 0 100

6. HS 039 Technical French – I 3 1 0 100

7. HS 040 Technical French – II 3 1 0 100

8. HS 041 English – I 3 1 0 100

9. HS 042 English – II 3 1 0 100

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ELECTIVES

EI 001 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERT SYSTEMS

1. INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 9

Overview of Al-general concepts-problem spaces and search –search techniques – BFS, DFS-Heuristic search techniques

2. KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION 9

Knowledge –general concepts- predicate logic-representing simple fact- instance and ISA relationships –resolution –natural deduction.

3. KNOWLEDGE ORGANISATION AND MANIPULATION 9

Procedural Vs declaration knowledge – forward Vs backward reasoning – matching techniques – control knowledge/strategies – symbol reasoning under uncertainty – introduction to non – monotonic reasoning – logic for monotonic reasoning.

4. PERCEPTION – COMMUNICATION AND EXPERT SYSTEMS 9

Natural language processing – pattern recognition – visual image understanding – expert system architecture

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5. KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION 9

Knowledge acquisition – general concepts – learning – learning by induction – explanation based learning.

L= 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Elaine Rich and Kelvin Knight, Artificial Intelligence, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1991.

2. Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, Artificial Intelligence: A modern approach. Prentice Hal, 1995

REFERENCES

1. Nilson N.J. Principles of Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1980.2. Patterson, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert systems, Prentice Hall of

India, New Delhi, 1990.

EI 002 NEURAL AND FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL

1. INTRODUCTION AND DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURES OF NEURAL NETWORKS 9

Artifical neuron – MLP- Backpropagation – Hopefield networks – Kohonen self organization maps – adaptive resonance theory.

2. NEURAL NETWORKS FOR CONTROL 10

Schemes of neuro – control – identification and control of dynamical systems – adaptive neuro controller – case study.

3. INTRODUCTION TO FUZZY LOGIC 9

Fuzzy sets – fuzzy relations – fuzzy conditional statements – fuzzy rules – fuzzy algorithm.

4. FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL SYSTEM

10

Fuzzy logic controller – fuzzification interface – knowledge base – decision making logic – defuzzification interface – design of fuzzy logic controller – case study

5. NEURO – FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL 7

Optimisation of membership function and rules base of fuzzy logic controller using neural networks – genetic algorithm – fuzzy neuron – adaptive fuzzy systems – case study.

L= 45 TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Laurance Fausett, Fundamentals of Neural Networks, Prentice Hall, Englewood cliffs, N.J, 1992.

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2. Zimmermann H.J., Fuzzy set theory and its applications, Allied Publication Ltd., 1996.

REFERENCES

1. Tsoukalas L.H, and Robert E.Uhrig, Fuzzy and Neural approach in Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, 1997.

2. Jacek M.Zurada, Introduction to artificial Neural Systems, Jaico Publishing House Mumbai, 1997.

3. Klir G.J.and Yuan B.B, Fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1997.

4. Driankov D., Hellendron. H. Reinfrank M., An Introduction to Fuzzy control, Narosa publishing House, New Delhi, 1996.

5. Millon W.T., Sutton R.S.and Webrose P.J., Neural Networks for control, MITPress, 1992.

EI 003 OPERATING SYSTEMS

1. OPERATING SYSTEMS AN OVERVIEW 7

Instructions of operating systems – multiprogramming – time sharing – multiuser operating systems – system calls – basic structure of operating systems

2. PROCESS MANAGEMENT 10

Concept of processes – interprocess communication – racing synchronisation – mutual exclusion – scheduling – implementation issues – IPC in multiprocessor systems – case study of process management in UNIX and WINDOWS- NT.

3. MEMORY MANAGEMENT 8

Memory partition – segmentation – paging – virtual memory concepts – relocation algorithms – buddy systems – free space management – memory management in DOS, UNIX and WINDOWS –case study.

4. DEVICE MANAGEMENT AND FILE SYSTEMS 12

I/O controller – device handler – driver – disk scheduling – concurrency – dead lock and starvation – various I/O devices – files system design – directory management – case – study with DOS and UNIX.

5. MODERN OPERATING SYSTEMS 8

Concepts of distributed operating systems–real time operating systems - OS /2.

L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Baer Galvin, Operating System Concepts, Addison Wesley, 1998

2. Tanenbaum A.S., Modern Operating Systems, Prentice Hall, 1995

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REFERENCES

1. Tanenbaum, A.S., Operating systems: Design and Implementation, Prentice Hall of India, 1992

2. Stallings W., Operating systems, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1995

EI 004 BIO-MEDICAL INSTUMENTATION

1. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND TRANSDUCERS 9

Brief review of human physiology and anatomy – cell and their structures – electrical mechanical and chemical activities – action and resting potential – different types of electrodes – sensors used in biomedicine – selection criteria for transducers and electrodes – necessity for low noise pre- amplifiers – difference amplifiers – difference amplifiers – chopper amplifiers – electrical safety – grounding and isolation.

2. ELECTRO – PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT 9

ECG – EEG – EMG – ERG – lead system and recording methods – typical waveforms.

3. NON – ELECTRICAL PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS 9

Measurement of blood pressure – blood flow cardiac output – cardiac rate – heart sound – measurement of gas volume – flow rate of CO2 and O2 in exhaust air – pH of blood – ESR and GSR measurements

4. MEDICAL IMAGING PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS 9

X- RAY machine – computer tomography – magnetic resonance imaging system – ultra sonography – endoscopy – different types of telemetry system – laser in biomedicine.

5. ASSISTING AND THERAPETIC DEVICES 9

Cardiac pacemakers – defibrillators ventilators – muscle stimulators – diathermy – introduction to artificial kidney artificial heart – heart lung machine – limb prosthetics – onthotics – elements of audio and visual aids.

L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Webster J.G., Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Son, 1999.

2. Khandpur R.S. Hand book of Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements, Tata McGraw-Hill New Delhi 1987.

REFERENCES

1. Geddes and Baker, Principles of Applied Biomedical Instrumentation, John Wiley and Sons, USA, 1975.

2. Well G, Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1980.

3. Koryla J., Medical and Biological Application of electro chemical devices John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 1980.

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4. Wise D. L., Applied Bio- sensors, Butterworth USA, 1989.5. Jackson and Webster, Medicine and Clinical Engineering Prentice Hall, New Delhi,

1979.

EI 005 ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION

1. BASIC CONCEPTS

9

Definition and origin of robotics – different types of robotics – various generations of robots – degrees of freedom – Asimov’s laws of robotics – dynamic stabilization of robots.

2. POWER SOURCES AND SENSORS 9

Hydraulic, pneumatic and electric drives – determination of HP of motor and gearing ratio – variable speed arrangements – path determination – micro machines in robotics – machine vision – ranging – laser – acoustic – magnetic, fiber optic and tactile sensors.

3. MANIPULATORS, ACTUATORS AND GRIPPERS 9

Construction of manipulators – manipulator dynamics and force control – electronic and pneumatic manipulator control circuits – end effectors – U various types of grippers – design considerations.

4. KINEMATICS AND PATH PLANNING

9

Solution of inverse kinematics problem – multiple solution jacobian work envelop – hill climbing techniques – robot programming languages

5. CASE STUDIES 9

Mutiple robots – machine interface – robots in manufacturing and non- manufacturing applications – robot cell design – selection of robot.

L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Mikell P. Weiss G.M., Nagel R.N., Odraj N.G., Industrial Robotics, McGraw-Hill Singapore, 1996.

2. Ghosh, Control in Robotics and Automation: Sensor Based Integration, Allied Publishers, Chennai, 1998.

REFERENCES

1. Deb.S.R., Robotics technology and flexible Automation, John Wiley, USA 1992.2. Asfahl C.R., Robots and manufacturing Automation, John Wiley, USA 1992.3. Klafter R.D., Chimielewski T.A., Negin M., Robotic Engineering – An integrated

approach, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1994.4. Mc Kerrow P.J. Introduction to Robotics, Addison Wesley, USA, 1991.5. Issac Asimov I Robot, Ballantine Books, New York, 1986.

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EI 006 DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

1. INTRODUCTION

9

Need for Database Systems – Data Models – Overall System Structure – Entities and Entity sets – Relationships and relationship sets – Mapping Constraints – Design of an E-R database scheme – structure of relational databases – Relational Algebra and Relational Calculus.

2. RELATIONAL MODEL 9

Relational commercial languages – Integrity Constraints – Pitfalls in Relational Database Design – Normalization using functional dependencies, Multivalued dependencies and join dependencies – Domain – key normal form – Alternative approaches to Database design.

3. INDEXING AND HASHING 9

Overall system structure – Physical storage media – File organization – Sequential files – indexing files – indexing – B+ - Tree index files – B-Tree index files – static hash functions – Dynamic hash functions.

4. QUERY PROCESSING 9

Query interpretation – Equivalence of expressions – join strategies – structure of the query optimiser – Failure classification – Storage Hierarchy – Transaction Model – Log based recovery – Buffer management – Shadow Paging – Concurrency control.

5. SECURITY AND INTEGRITY 9

Security and Integrity violations – Authorization and views – Security specification in SQL – Encryption – case studies – system R – IMS system architecture – DBTG Codesyl model.

L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F.Korth, S.Sudharshan, Database System Concepts, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1997

2. C.J.Date, An Introduction to Database Systems, Addison Wesley, 1997

REFERENCES

1. Ceri.S., Pelagatti.G., Distributed Database Principles and systems, International Student Edition, McGraw-Hill 1985.

2. Raghu Ramakrishnan, Database Management Systems, WCB, McGraw Hill, 1998.

EI 007 POWER PLANT INSTRUMENTATION

1. OVERVIEW OF POWER GENERATION 9

Brief survey of methods of power generation – hydro, thermal, nuclear, solar and wind power – importance of instrumentation in power generation – thermal power plants – building blocks – details of boiler processes UP&I diagram of boiler – cogeneration.

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2. MEASUREMENTS IN POWER PLANTS 9

Electrical measurements – current, voltage, power, frequency, power – factor etc. – non electrical parameters – flow of feed water, fuel, air and steam with correction factor for temperature – steam pressure and steam temperature – drum level measurement – radiation detector – smoke density measurement – dust monitor.

3. ANALYZERS IN POWER PLANTS 9

Flue gas oxygen analyser – analysis of impurities in feed water and steam – dissolved oxygen analyser – chromatography – PH meter – fuel analyser – pollution monitoring instruments.

4. CONTROL LOOPS IN BOILER 9

Combustion control – air/fuel ratio control – furnace draft control – drum level control – main stem and reheat steam temperature control – superheater control – attemperator – deaerator control – distributed control system in power plants – interlocks in boiler operation.

5. TURBINE – MONITORING AND CONTROL 9

Speed, vibration, shell temperature monitoring and control – steam pressure control – lubricant oil temperature control – cooling system

L = 45 TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Sam G. Dukelow, The control of Boilers, instrument Society of America, 1991.2. Modern Power Station Practice, Vol.6, Instrumentation, Controls and Testing, Pergamon

Press, Oxford, 1971.

REFERENCES

1. Elonka,S.M.and Kohal A.L.Standard Boiler Operations, McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1994.

2. R.K.Jain, Mechanical and industrial Measurements, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.

EI 008 MECHOTRONICS

1. INTRODUCTION 7

Mechatronics – definition and key issues – evolution – elements – mechatronics approach to modern engineering design.

2. SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS 10

Types – displacement, position, proximity and velocity sensors – signal processing – data display.

3. ACTUATION SYSTEMS 8

Mechanical types – applications – electrical types – applications – pneumatic and hydraulic systems – applications – selection of actuators

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4. CONTROL SYSTEMS 12

Types of controllers – programmable logic controllers – applications – ladder diagrams – microprocessor applications in mechatronics – programming interfacing – computer applications

5. RECENT ADVANCES 8

Manufacturing mechatronics – automobile mechatronics – automobile mechatronics – medical mechatronics – office automation – case studies.

L = 45 TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Bulton, N., Mechatronics : Electronic Control system for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Longman, 1995.

2. Dradly, D.A. Dawson., D, Burd, N.C., and Loader, A.J., Mechatronics: Electronics in products and processes, Chapman & Hall, 1993.

REFERENCES

1. HMT Mechatronics, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 19682. Galip Ulsoy, A., and Devires, W.R. microcomputer Applications in manufacturing

John wiley, USA 1989.3. James Harter, Electromechanics : Principles, concepts and devices – Prentice Hall –

New Jersey 1995.

EI 009 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING

1. DIGITAL IMAGE FUNDAMENTALS 10

Image acquisition – storage – Digital image representation, quantization and sampling, Imaging geometry, discrete image transforms – properties and applications.

2. ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION 12

Image enhancement techniques – spatial domain methods histogram modification techniques, spatial filtering, enhancement in the frequency domain, image restoration – degradation model – inverse filter – wiener filter constraint Least squares restoration, restoration in spatial domain.

3. SEGMENTATION & REPRESENTATION 8

Edge linking, boundary detection, threshold, region oriented, segmentation, representation schemes

4. RECOGNITION & INTERPRETATION 6

Decision Theoretic methods, structural methods, interpretation – knowledge based systems, Logical systems, Expert systems.

5. IMAGE COMPRESSION 9

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Image Compression models, Elements of Information Theory, Transform coding – Video coding, coding standards.

L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Gonzalez, R.C. & Woods R.E., Digital Image processing, Addison Wesley, 19982. Jain, A.K., Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing, Prentice Hall Englewood, 1989.

REFERENCES

1. Rosenfield, A., & Kak A.C., Digital Picture processing, II edition, Academic Press New York 1982.

2. Pratt, W.K., Digital Image Processing, II Edition John Wiley 1991.3. Rao, K.R., Hwang, J.J., techniques and standards for image Video and Audio

Coding, Prentice Hall, N.J. 1996

EI 010 INSTRUMENTATION IN PETROL CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

1. PETROLEUM PROCESSING 9

Petroleum exploration – recovery techniques – oil – gas separation processing wet gases – refining of crude oil.

2. UNIT OPERATIONS IN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY 9

Thermal cracking – catalytic cracking – catalytic reforming – polymerization – alkylation – isomerization - production of ethylene, acetylene and propylene from petroleum

3. CHEMICALS FROM PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 9

Chemical from petroleum – methane derivatives – acetylene derivatives – ethylene derivatives – propylene derivatives – other products

4. MEASUREMENT IN PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY 6

Parameters to be measured in refinery and petrochemical industry – selection and maintenance of measuring instruments – intrinsic safety of instruments

5. CONTROL LOOPS IN PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY 12

Process control in refinery and petrochemical industry-control of distillation column control of catalytic crackers and pyrolysis unit-automatic control of polyethylene production-control of vinyl chloride and PVC production.

L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Waddams A.L, Chemical from petroleum, Butter and Janner Ltd., 19682. Balchan.J.G. and Mumme K.I., Process Control Structures and Applications, Van

Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1988.

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REFERENCES

1. Austin G.T.Shreeves, Chemical Process Industries, McGraw-Hill International student edition, Singapore, 1985.

2. Liptak B.G. Instrumentation in Process Industries, Chilton Book Company, 1994.

EI 011 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES

1. BASIC COMPUTER ORGANISATION 9

Block diagram of digital computer – concept of stored program machines – general and special purpose machines – interconnecting system components – buses and interfacing.

2. ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT 9

Constructions of the arithmetic logic unit – parallel and serial adders – carry look adders – binary multipliers and dividers – carry save multiplications – floating point arithmetic operations.

3. CONTROL UNIT 12

Construction of instruction word – addressing models – instruction cycles – organization of control registers – realisation of control signals – typical sequence of operations – branch and shift instructions – microprogram control unit – control memory – segments for various instructions – register transfer language – programs for arithmetic and logic operations.

4. MEMORY ORGANISATION 6

Bus organization – cache memory – associative memory – virtual memory – segmentation – paging

5. INPUT AND OUTPUT SYSTEMS 9

Interrupt – direct memory access – peripheral processors – peripheral processors peripheral devices and interfaces.

L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Carl Hamacher V., Zvonko G. Vranesic, Safwat G. Zaky, Computer Organisation, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1996

2. Moris Mano, Computer Architecture, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1998.

REFERENCES

1. Hyaes.J., Computer Architecture and Organisation, McGraw-Hill, 1989.2. Bartee T.C., Digital computer Fundamentals, McGraw, Tokyo, 1994.3. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Structured Computer Organisation, Prentice Hall of India,

New Delhi, 1990.

EI 012 PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING

1. PARALLEL ARCHITECTURE 15

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Pipelining, vector processors, array processors, multiprocessor architecture, data flow architecture, systolic architectures – Basic concepts – examples.

2. INTERCONNECTING NETWORKS 5

Single stage, multistage interconnection networks, cube, mesh shuffle exchange, pyramid butterfly networks.

3. PARALLEL ALGORITHMS AND LANGUAGES 10

Design of parallel algorithms, sorting, FFT, dictionary operation, graph algorithms, parallel languages – features, constructs.

4. DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS 10

Models, Hardware concepts, communication, synchronization mechanism - Case study: MPI and PVM.

5. DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS 5

Design, Implementation, Trends in distributed file system.

L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Hwang.K., Advanced Computer architecture: Parallelism, scalability, Programmability, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1993.

2. Joel M. Crichlow, An Introduction to Distributed and Parallel Computing, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1997

REFERENCES

1. Hwang. K, Briggs. F.A., Computer Architecture and Parallel processing, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1995

2. Quinn, M.J., Designing efficient algorithms for parallel computers, McGraw-Hill, 1995.

3. Tanenbaum A.S, Modern Operating Systems, Prentice Hall, N.J., 1999.4. Culler, D.E., Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware – Software approach,

Harcourt Asia Pte. Ltd., 1999.

EI 013 REAL TIME AND EMBEDDED SYSTEM

1. SYSTEM DESIGN 6

Definition, Classification and brief overview of microcontrollers, microprocessors and DSP’s. Embedded Processor architecture definitions. Typical application scenarios of embedded systems

2. INTERFACE ISSUES RELATED TO EMBEDDED SYSTEMS 6

A/D, D/A Converters, timers, actuators, ASIC, LCD display, keyboard

3. TECHNIQUES FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS 10

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State machine and state tables in embedded design, simulation and emulation of embedded systems. High-level language description of S/W for embedded system, Java based embedded system design.

3. REAL TIME MODELS, LANGUAGE & OPERATING SYSTEM 13

Event based, process based and graph based models, Petri net models – real-time languages – the real time Kernal, OS tasks, task states, task scheduling, interrupt processing, clocking communication and synchronization, control blocks, memory requirements and control, kernal services.

5. CASE STUDIES 10

Study of embedded system configurations (involving A/D, D/A, memory and I/O) using MC68HC11, MC8051, ADSP2181 and PIC series of micro-controllers. L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Ball. S.R, Embedded microprocessor Systems: Real world Design, Prentice Hall, 19962. Herma. K., Real Time Systems: Design for distribution embedded applications, Kluwer

Academic 1997.

REFERENCES

1. Gassle J., Art of Programming Embedded systems, Academic Press 19922. Gajski. D.D., Vahid.F., Narayanan.S, Specification and Design of Embedded

systems, PTR Prentice Hall, 1994.3. Intel manual on 16 bit embedded controllers, Santa Clara 1991.4. Slater M., Microprocessor based design, A Comprehensive guide to effective hardware

design, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1989.5. Peatman.J.B., Design with microcontrollers, McGraw-Hill International Ltd.

Singapore, 1989.6. C.M.Krishnan, Kang G.,Shin, Real Time Systems , McGraw-Hill 1997.7. Raymond J.A Buhr, Donald L.Bailey, An Introduction to real time systems, Prentice

Hall International, 1999.

EI 014 MICRO-CONTROLLER BASED SYSTEM DESIGN

1. THE ROLE OF MICRO – CONTROLLERS 6

Types and selection – Application example

2. MICRO – CONTROLLER RESOURCES 9

Family members, bus widths program and data memory parallel ports, D/A and A/D converters, reset circuitry, watchdog timers, power – down considerations

3. REAL – TIME CONTROL 9

Interrupt Structures programmable timers, real – time clock, latency, interrupt, density and interval constraints

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4. PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK FOR 8051 AND PIC16F877 9

CPU register – Structure - Addressing modes - Instruction sets - Assembly languages - Assemblers

5. SOFTWARE BULDING BLOCKS 12

Queues, tables and strings, program organization, microcontroller expansion methods, I/O hardware alternatives, development tools, RTOS, Motorola (MC68HC11) and Intel microcontroller (8051).

L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. John, B.Peatman, ‘Design with Micro-controllers’, McGraw-Hill International Ltd., 19892. Michael Slater, ‘Microprocessor – based design: A Comprehensive Guide to Effective

Hardware Design’, Prentice Hall, 1989

REFERENCES

1. S.Yeralan and A.Ahluwalia, ‘Programming and Interfacing the 8051 Microcontroller’, Addison Wesley, 1995

2. Intel Manual on 16 bit – embedded controllers, 1991.3. Motorola manual on 8 and 16 bit microcontrollers4. Myke Predko, Programming and Customizing the 8051 micro-controller, Tata McGraw-

Hill, New Delhi5. Kenneth J.Ayala, The 8051 Micro-controller Architecture, programming and applications,

Penram International Publishers, Mumbai, 19966. Peter Spasov, Microcontrol Technology: The 68HC11, Prentice Hall

EI 015 FIBER OPTICS AND LASER INSTRUMENTS

1. OPTICAL FIBERS AND THEIR PROPERTIES 12

Principles of light propagation through a fiber – different types of fibers and their properties transmission characteristics of optical fiber – absorption losses – scattering losses – dispersion – optical fiber measurement – optical sources – optical detectors – LED – LD – PIN and APD

2. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION OF OPTICAL FIBERS 9

Fiber optic sensors – fiber optic instrumentation system – different types of modulators – detectors – application in instrumentation – interferometric method of measurement of length – moiré fringes – measurement of pressure, temperature, current, voltage liquid level and strain – fiber optic gyroscope – polarization maintaining fibers.

3. LASER FUNDAMENTALS 9

Fundamental characteristics of lasers – three level and four level lasers – properties of laser – laser modes – resonator configuration – Q-switching and mode locking – cavity dumping – types of lasers: gas lasers, solid lasers, liquid lasers and semi conductor lasers

4. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION OF LASERS 6

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Laser for measurement of distance, length velocity, acceleration, current, voltage and atmospheric effect – material processing – laser heating, welding melting and trimming of materials – removal and vaporization.

5. HOLOGRAM AND MEDICAL APPLICATION 9

Holography – basic principle; methods; holographic interferometry and applications, holography for non – destructive testing – holographic components – medical applications of lasers; laser and tissue interaction – laser instruments for surgery, removal of tumors of vocal cords, brain surgery, plastic surgery, gynecology and oncology

L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. John and Harry, Industrial lasers and their applications, McGraw-ill, 19742. Senior J.M., Optical Fiber Communication Principles and Practice, Prentice Hall, 1985

REFERENCES

1. John F Read, Industrial applications of lasers, Academic Press, 19782. MonteRoss, Laser applications, McGraw-Hill, 19683. Keiser G., Optical Fiber Communication, McGraw-Hill, 19914. Jasprit Singh, Semi conductor optoelectronics, McGraw-Hill, 19955. Ghatak A.K and Thiagarajar K, Optical electronics foundation book, TMH, New

Delhi, 1991.

IL 004 ADAPTIVE CONTROL

1. MATHEMATICAL MODEL 9

Mathematical models of I order, II order, I order with pure delay and higher order systems – discretisation techniques and computer solution of differential equations – simulation of process dynamics – state models.

2. IDENTIFICATION METHODS 12

Conventional techniques of identification – identifications of systems with dead time – discrete systems – ARMA process – discrete stste model – least squares techniques – recursive lest squares algorithms – fixed memory algorithms – minimum variance method

3. ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF DETERMINISTIC SYSTEMS 9

Gain scheduling – MRAC – STC- minimum variance controller – predictive control – minimum prediction error adaptive controls – adaptive control algorithms for closed loop pole assignment – adaptive control of time varying systems

4. STATE ESTIMATION AND OBSERVERS 8

Parameter estimation and state estimation – luenberger asymptotic observers – adaptive observers – extended recursive least squares – FM and Kalman filter.

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5. ADAPTIVE PREDICTIVE CONTROL 7

Adaptive predictive control systems – Fuzzy logic – inverse modeling – neural network methods

L = 45, TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Astrom K.J., and Wittenamrk B. Adaptive control, Addison Wesley Publishing Co. USA, 1989

2. Sastry S. and Bodson M. Adaptive control Stability, Convergence and Robustness, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1989

REFERENCES

1. Hsia T.C.H.A., System identification, Lexington Books, 19742. Milon W.T., Sutton R.S., and Webros P.J., Neural networks for control, MIT press,

USA, 19923. Stephanopoulis, G, Chemical Process Control, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi,

1990.

Syllabus to be followed from the semester commencing from December 2003 onwards

MA038 NUMERICAL METHODS 3 1 0 100

1. SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS AND EIGEN VALUE PROBLEMS 9

Iterative method, Newton – Raphson method for single variable and for simultaneous equations with two variables. Solutions of a linear system by Gaussian, Gauss-Jordan, Jacobi and Gauss – Seidel methods. Inverse of a matrix by Gauss – Jordan method. Eigen value of a matrix by Power and Jacobi methods.

2. INTERPOLATION 9

Newton’s divided difference formulae, Lagrange’s and Hermite’s polynomials. Newton forward and backward difference formulae. Stirling’s and Bessel’s Central difference formulae.

3. NUMERICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION 9

Numerical differentiation with interpolation polynomials, Numerical integration by Trapezoidal and Simpson’s (both 1/3rd and 3/8th) rules. Two and Three point Gaussian quadrature formula. Double integrals using Trapezoidal and Simpson’s rule.

4. INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS FOR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 9

Single step Methods – Taylor Series, Euler and Modified Euler, Runge – Kutta method of order four for first and second order differential equations. Multistep Methods-Milne and Adam’s Bashforth predictor and corrector methods.

5. BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS FOR ORDINARY AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 9

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Finite difference solution for the second order ordinary differential equations. Finite difference solution for one dimensional heat equation (both implicit and explicit), One-dimensional wave equation and two-dimensional Laplace and Poisson equations.

L = 45 T = 15 Total = 60

TEXT BOOKS

1. Sastry, S.S., “Introductory Methods of Numerical Analysis (Third Edition)”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1998.

REFERENCES

1. Kandasamy, P.,Thilakavthy, K. and Gunavathy, K. “Numerical Methods”, S.Chand and Co., New Delhi ,1999.

2. Grewal B.S., Grewal J.S., “Numerical Methods in Engineering and Science”, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1999.

3. Jain M.K., Iyengar S.R.K and Jain R.K., “Numerical Methods for Engineering and Scientific Computation (Third Edition)”, New Age International (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 1995.

4. Gerald C.F., Wheatley P.O., Applied Numerical Analysis (Fifth Edition), Addison – Wesley, Singapore, 1998.

5. Narayanan S., Manickavachakam Pillai K. and Ramanaiah G., “Advanced Mathematics for Engineering Students-Vol.-III”, S.Viswanathan Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, 1993.

LANGUAGE ELECTIVES

HS 034 TECHNICAL TAMIL

1. REVIEW OF BASIC GRAMMER 10

Sentence structure, tense, case gender, voice and number – common errors in usage and their corrections – errors in conjunction – spelling and traditional usage.

2. READINGS FROM TECHNICAL WRITINGS IN TAMIL 10

Critical study of selected passages from technical writings in Tamil (selected articles from Kalanjiam may be prescribed from time to time.

3. TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH TO TAMIL 12

Principles of translation coinage to technical terms and exercises in translation.

4. TAMIL AND COMPUTERS 18

Issues in DTP – keyboard layout – typewriter, phonetic keyboards – Internal coding – ISCII and other formats – advantages and disadvantages – sorting morphological analysis – difficulties in spell checking – research in computerization of Tamil practical: word processing in Tamil, spelling correction and sorting.

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5. CREATIVE WRITING IN TECHNICAL TAMIL 10

Style of technical language, exercises in writing technical passages in Tamil articles, description of technical matters.

L = 30, P = 30, TOTAL = 60

TEXT BOOK

1. A.K Paranthakumar, ‘Nalla Tamil Eluthu Venduma’, Pari Nilayam Chennai.

REFERENCES

1. ‘Valar Tamil Ariviyal ‘ Vos.I to III, Indian Society for Scientific Tamil, Tamil University Campus, Tanjavur.

2. ‘Kalanjiam’,Quarterly of Anna University , Chennai (Journal articles)3. ‘Tamil and computers’ Seminar Proc., Anna University, 1994 4. Dr. Radha Chellapan,’Kalaichollakam’.

HS 035 TECHNICAL GERMAN – I

1. INTRODUCTION

5

Special and comparative features of German with English, Hindi and Tamil. German Alphabets, pronunciation.

2. THEMA 10

Name, Land, WohnortSudium, BerufFamilie, Geschwister, AlterTagesablauf, TermineEinladungStellensuche, BerufswahlEinkauf

3. GRAMMATIK 10 Personalpronomen, Verb, Wortstellung, OrtPossessivpronomen, Verb – ‘Sein’Verb – ‘Haben’, Unbestimmter Artikel, Negation – ‘Nicht’ – “Kein’

Zeit, Bestimmter Artikel, Starke VerbenTrennbare Verben, ImperativeModal VerbanAkkusativ

4. UEBUNGEN 10 Partner UebungenSchriftliche UebungenAussprache UebungenKontrolluebungenText generation

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5. DIALOGUE 5OralWritten

6. GLOSSARY 5Technical Words

L = 45, T = 15, TOTAL = 60

TEXT BOOK

1. Lernziel Deutscn (Deutsch als Fremdsprache) – Grundstufe I from Max Hueber Variag

HS 036 TECHNICAL GERMAN - II

1. INTRODUCTION

5

German Idioms and Phrases

2. THEMA 10

Geschenke, Auf der PostAuskunft – FestHeirat, KinderStadiumAusbuildingErziehung, JugendDeutschsprachige Laender, EuropaArbeitswelt, Urlaub

3. GRAMMATIK 10

DativOrt and RichtungReflexive Verben, Verben mit Praepositional objectPerfectPraeteritumAdjectiveKomparation, Genitiv, WortbuildungNebensaetze

4. UEBUNGEN 10

Partner UebungenSchriftliche UebungenAussprache UebungenKontrolluebungenText generation

5. DIALOGUE 5

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OralWritten

6. GLOSSARY 5

Technical Words

L = 45, T = 15, TOTAL = 60

TEXT BOOK

1. Lernziel Deutscn (Deutsch ais Fremdsprache) – Grundstufe I from Max Hueber Variag

HS 037 TECHNICAL JAPANESE – I

1. Introduction to Japanese Alphabets – Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji – Group 1, 2, 3 & 4 syllables – Writing practice – Pronunciation – Word order – Greetings – Receiving a visitor and exchange of pleasantries – Kanji practice. 9

2. Basic structure of sentences - Classification of verbs – Polite form of verbs – Irregular verbs – Particle-E – Time expressions – Question sentences – Japanese numerals – Kanji practice. 9

3. Classification of particles – Ga, Ka, Wa, O, E, Ni etc – Aural comprehension – Reading comprehension – Noun-1 Wa, noun-2 desu – Demonstrative pronouns – kore sore, are and dore – kno, sono, ano and dono – kochira- sochira – achira and dochira – particle – No, kara, ni and de – question – Itsu conversational grammer – soo desu ka – Na, 1 adjectives perfect and imperfect – Question words – Doo and Ikaga - particle – To, ne and yo – Kanji practice. 9

4. Desu as a substitute for a verb – demonstrative pronouns - sono and sore – Group 1 particles – De, O, Made and Ka – conjection – soshite – Question words – dare, nani, doko, itsu, dore, dochira, doyatte, ikutsu, ikura – Words for degrees – gurai or kurai – Phrase – Saa – Anoo –numerals – counters and numbers – humble form of desu and arimasu – Kanji practice. 9

5. Verbs ending in – te or de – classification of Te forms and Masu forms – Verb modifiers – Koo, soo, aa and doo – Set phrase – Onegaishimasu – Sumimasen – Adverbs – Mazu. Sore kara and saigo ni – formation of the - Te form of 1 adjective and desu Kanji practice. 9

L = 45, T = 15, TOTAL = 60

TEXT BOOKS

1. Ootsubo et al, A course in Modern Japanese, Vol. 1, 1983, The University of Nagoya Press, Japan.

2. Shiyo Suzuki and Ikuo kawase, Nihongo Shoho text book with audiotapes, 1981, The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.

3. Yan-san Serial, Video tapes, Japan.

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HS 038 TECHNICAL JAPANESE – II

1. Demonstrative pronouns:- Are – Interjection – Ee- Quoted sentence – omoimsu – Non-polite forms of verbs Group I ending in – eru or iru, group II verbs ending in – u – Non polite forms of I-adjectives – non polite form if desu, deshoo, daroo – Suffix – sugiru – expression of reason-tame (ni) – Counters – Hon and – Do – Kanji practice.

9

2. Negative – Te – form of verbs – I adjectives – Permission and prohibition – te mo desuka and – te wa ikemasen ka – Na – adjectives – suki and kirai – verbs: Itadaku – Conjunction – Nagara – Phrase – No koto na n desu ga – usage of chotto – Kanji practice.

9

3. Noun modifiers – Quoting modifier – Suffix – kata – sa and me – Particles – made ni and dake – te form of verb and iru/imasu – noun – Uchi – Eba form of verbs – Kanji practice.

9

4. Potential sentences – group 1 verbs – group 2 verbs – irregular verbs – Nouns – Tsumori and Hazu – Adverbs: Moo and Made Form of address – moshomoshI – Expression – Ee – verbs: Naru and suru – Particles – De and ka – Kanji practice.

95. Comparative sentences – no hoo ga and yori – Negative comparative sentences –

Negative request – Adverbs of extent – konna ni, sonna ni and anna ni – Te form of transitive verb and – arul – Passive sentence – neutral passive sentence – technical vocabulary related to Engineering and Technology – Preparation of technical reports.

9

L = 45, T = 15, TOTAL = 60

TEXT BOOKS

1. Ooesto et a, A course in Modern Japanese, Vol. II, 1983, The University of Nagoya Press, Japan.

2. Shiyo Suzuki and ikuo Kawase, Nihongo Shoho text book with audiotapes, 1981, The Japan Foundation, Toko, Japan.

3. Yan-san Serial, Video tapes, Japan.

HS 039 TECHNICAL FRENCH – I

1. Alphabets – Pronunciation – Masculine and Feminine Genders only – Numbers – Indefinite and definite articles – Plurals – Verbs to be and to have. 9

2. Present tense – Affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences – Adjectives – Adverbs – Prepositions – Possessive pronoun – Personnel Pronoun – Indirect Object.

9

3. Groups I verbs – Conjugations – Present, Past compound, Simple past and future tenses – Singular & Plural – Masculine and Feminine – Adjective and adverbs. 9

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4. Group II verbs – Conjugations – Present, past compound, simple past and future tenses – Singular & plural – Masculine and Feminine – Adjectives and adverbs. 9

5. Pronominal verbs – Present, past compound, simple past and future tenses – Singular &

Plural – Masculine and Feminine – Adjectives – Adverbs – dialogue – Glossary. 9

L = 45, T = 15, TOTAL = 60

TEXT BOOKS

1. G. Mauger, Cours de Langue et de, Civilizatin Francaises, HACHETTE – PARIS, 1986.2. Dominique Berger and Regine Mirieux, Cadences, Methode de Francais, Didier, Paris,

1994.

REFERENCE

1. Denis Girard, French to English, English to French Dictionary, Cassell – Mac Milian, 1981.

HS 040 TECHNICAL FRENCH – II

1. Group III Verbs – Conjugations – Adjectives – Adverbs – Sentences – Present – Past compound – Simple past – Future. 9

2. Comparative, superlative sentences – Recent past – Immediate future – Grammatical analysis. 9

3. Translation from English to French – Translation from French to English – Texts from Physics and Chemistry. 9

4. Translation from English to French – Translation from French to English – Texts from Basic Engineering. 9

5. Report writing and translation from English to French – Translation from French to English – Letter writing – Dialogue – Glossary. 9

L = 45, T = 15, TOTAL = 60

TEXT BOOKS

1. G. Mauger, Cours de Langue et de, Civilization Francaises, HACHETTE-PARIS, 1986.2. Dominique Berger and Regine Mirieux, Cadences, Methode de Francais, Didier, Paris,

1994.

REFERENCES

1. Centre D’etudes Francaises, Functional French for Scientists and Technologists, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1986.

2. J.O. Kettridge, Dictionary of Technical terms and phrases, Vol. 1&2, The Gresham Press, Surrey, Great Britain, 1980.

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HS 041 ENGLISH - I 1. LISTENING 7

Listening comprehension – listening for specific information – note – taking – use of charts and diagrams. 2. SPEAKING 7

Defining – describing objects – describing uses / functions – comparing – offering suggestions – analyzing problems and providing solutions – expressing opinions (agreement / disagreement) predicting – expressing possibility / certainty – framing questions – providing answers – pronunciation practice (word stress).

3. READING 12

Skimming – scanning – detailed reading – predicting content – interpreting charts and tables – identifying stylistic features in texts – evaluating texts – understanding discourse coherence – guessing meaning from the context – note – making/transferring information. 4. WRITING 12

Sentence definition - static description – comparison and contrast – classification of information – recommendations – highlighting problems and providing solutions – formal and informal letter writing – using flow – charts/diagrams – paragraph writing – editing. 5. FOCUS ON LANGUAGE 7

Word formation with prefixes and suffixes – discourse markers and their functions – degrees of comparison – expressions relating to recommendations and comparisons – active and passive voice – antonyms – tense forms – gerunds – condition sentences – modal verbs of probability and improbability – acronyms and abbreviations – compound nouns and adjectives – spelling – punctuation.

6. PRACTICE IN LANGUAGE LAB

Pronunciation practice – word stress – sentence stress – Listening comprehension – discussion – interpretation of visuals.

L = 45 T = 15 Total = 60

TEXT BOOK

1. English for Engineers and Technologists”, Volume I. Authors: Humanities and Social Science Department, Anna University, Published by Orient Longman Ltd., 1990.

REFERENCES

1. Narayanaswami.V.R. Strengthen, ‘Your Writing’, Orient Longman Ltd., Chennai 1996(Revised Edition)

2. Pickett and Laster, ‘Technical English, Writing, Reading and Speaking’, New York Harper and Row Publications.

3. Swan, Michael, ‘Basic English Usage’, Oxford University Press, 1984.

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HS 042 ENGLISH - II 1. LISTENING 7

Listening comprehension – listening for specific information – note –taking – using non-verbal devices.

2. SPEAKING 7

Describing processes – stating purpose – offering opinions, suggestions and recommendations – summarizing – reporting – free discussion of chosen topics – pronunciation practice (word stress, consonant clusters – homonyms) 3. READING 12

Skimming – scanning – note –making – understanding the organization of texts – discourse cohesion – predicting and evaluating content – evaluating style – inferring meaning – study – reading – interpreting tables, flow-charts.

4. WRITING 12

Extended definition – process description – cause and effect analysis – stating choice and justifying it – safety instructions – check list – letter of application – data sheet/resume 5. FOCUS ON LANGUAGE AND FUNCTIONS 7

Word formation – synonyms – prepositions – adverbs – passive voice – sequence words/discourse markers – connective adverbs – numerical expressions – expansion of abbreviations – rules for writing SI units – language of instructions, checklists, cause and effect, purpose and means – indefinite adjectives of number and quantity – spelling and punctuation.

6. PRACTICE IN LANGUAGE LABORATORY

Pronunciation practice – listening comprehension – discussion – interpreting and reporting from visual inputs.

L = 45, T = 15, TOTAL = 60

TEXT BOOK

1. “English for Engineers and Technologists”, Orient Longman, 1990 Volume II. Authors: Humanities and Social Sciences Department, Anna University, Published by Orient Longman Ltd., 1990

REFERENCES

1. Swales, John.M., and Christine B Feak, Academic Writing for Graduate Students, The University of Michigan Press, USA, 1994.

2. Goddard, Ken, ‘Informative Writing – Your Practical Guide to Effective Communication’, Cassell Publication, U.K., 1998

3. Cutts, Martin, ‘The Plain English Guide – How to Write Clearly and Communicate Better’, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1995.

HS053 COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR ENGINEERS

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UNIT 1: 8 + 14

ORAL COMMUNICATION – Practical use of language in simulated real – life situations through role playing – social skills – interaction with employers, peers and subordinates – Group dynamics – Listening techniques – Phonological aspects of language use – pronunciation, stress and intonation.Introducing oneself and others, narrating events – Making telephonic conversation – Making requests, Asking questions, Making recommendations using modal verbs, Expressing causal relations with suitable discourse markers, Giving instructions using imperatives, Expressing purposes and functions, obligation and preferences, Accepting offers and Counselling, Interpreting advertisements, Describing processes using sequential expressions.

UNIT 2: 6 + 6

Presenting one’s ideas at meetings and conferences, Making extempore talks, Public speaking, Body language, Strategic competence, Use of audio – visual aids and multimedia presentations.

UNIT 3: 8 + 0

Technical Writing – the structure of organised writing – paragraph writing, coherence, cohesion (use of Discourse Markers) and punctuation, Use of titles, nonverbal devices – Layout – Revision strategies – Reading techniques.Letter Writing: - Personal/Informal letters: Letters to family members and friends Business / Formal letters: Letters thanking the recipients, announcing functions, extending invitations, congratulating associates on important occasions, letters of application (Resumes), apology and complaint, letters to the editor.

UNIT 4: 8 + 0

Report Writing: - persuasive, explanatory, argumentative and informative, Writing agenda, minutes, memos, project proposals and checklists.

UNIT 5 10 + 0

Grammar - study of grammatical items in contexts. Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, comparative adjectives, adverbs, gerund, prepositions, voice, tenses, ‘if clauses, direct and indirect speech (reporting verbs), concord Vocabulary – Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, homophones, hyponyms, affixes, reference words, phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases.

L : 40, P : 20, TOTAL : 60

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Doff, Adrian and Jones, Christopher, Language in Use: Classroom Book (Intermediate level). Cambridge: CUP. 1994 (2 audio cassettes).

2. Dr.V.Chellammal, Learning to Communicate – a resource book for Engineers and Technologists. Coimbatore: Kamakhya Publications 2002 (1 audio cassette)

REFERENCES

1. Sung, Abraham. 330 more Model Letters for all occasions Malaysia-Minerva Publications. 2002.

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2. Bentley, T.J. Report Writing in Business: The Effective Communication of Information. New Delhi: Viva Books Pvt.Ltd., 2001.

3. Vivanilam, J.V. More Effective Communication: A Manual for Professionals. New Delhi: Response Books. 2000

4. Michael, V.P.Communication and Research for Management. Mumbai: Himalaya Publishing House 2001.

5. Nauheim, Ferd. How to Write Business Letters. New Delhi; Crest Publishing House 2000.

6. Mohan, Krishna, Meera Banerji. Developing Communication Skills. New Delhi: Macmillan 1991.

7. Denny, Richard. Communicate to Win. New Delhi: Kogan Page 2002.

GE037 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR)

UNIT I 5

Introduction – Invention and Creativity – Intellectual Property (IP) – Importance – Protection of IPR – Basic types of property (i. Movable Property ii. Immovable Property and iii. Intellectual Property).

UNIT II 10

IP – Patents – Copyrights and related rights – Trade Marks and rights arising from Trademark registration – Definitions – Industrial Designs and Integrated circuits – Protection of Geographical Indications at national and International levels – Application Procedures.

UNIT III 10

International convention relating to Intellectual Property – Establishment of WIPO – Mission and Activities – History – General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT).

UNIT IV 10

Indian Position Vs WTO and Strategies – Indian IPR legislations – commitments to WTO-Patent Ordinance and the Bill – Draft of a national Intellectual Property Policy – Present against unfair competition.

UNIT V 10

Case Studies on – Patents (Basumati rice, turmeric, Neem, etc.) – Copyright and related rights – Trade Marks – Industrial design and Integrated circuits – Geographic indications – Protection against unfair competition.

TOTAL : 45

TEXT BOOK

1. Subbaram N.R. “ Handbook of Indian Patent Law and Practice “, S. Viswanathan (Printers and Publishers) Pvt. Ltd., 1998.

REFERENCES

1. Eli Whitney, United States Patent Number : 72X, Cotton Gin, March 14, 1794.2. Intellectual Property Today : Volume 8, No. 5, May 2001, [www.iptoday.com].

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3. Using the Internet for non-patent prior art searches, Derwent IP Matters, July 2000. [www.ipmatters.net/features/000707_gibbs.html.

GE038 INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND SOCIETY

UNIT I 9

Historical Background – Constituent Assembly of India – Philosophical foundations of the Indian Constitution – Preamble – Fundamental Rights – Directive Principles of State Policy – Fundamental Duties – Citizenship – Constitutional Remedies for citizens.

UNIT II 9

Union Government – Structures of the Union Government and Functions – President – Vice President – Prime Minister – Cabinet – Parliament – Supreme Court of India – Judicial Review.

UNIT III 9

State Government – Structure and Functions – Governor – Chief Minister – Cabinet – State Legislature – Judicial System in States – High Courts and other Subordinate Courts.

UNIT IV 9

Indian Federal System – Center – State Relations – President’s Rule – Constitutional Amendments – Constitutional Functionaries - Assessment of working of the Parliamentary System in India. UNIT V 9

Society : Nature, Meaning and definition; Indian Social Structure; Castle, Religion, Language in India; Constitutional Remedies for citizens – Political Parties and Pressure Groups; Right of Women, Children and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and other Weaker Sections.

TOTAL : 45

TEXT BOOKS

1. Durga Das Basu, “ Introduction to the Constitution of India “, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.

2. R.C.Agarwal, “ (1997) Indian Political System “, S.Chand and Company, New Delhi.3. Maciver and Page, “ Society: An Introduction Analysis “, Mac Milan India Ltd., New

Delhi.4. K.L.Sharma, “ (1997) Social Stratification in India: Issues and Themes “, Jawaharlal

Nehru University, New Delhi.

REFERENCES

1. Sharma, Brij Kishore, “ Introduction to the Constitution of India:, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.

2. U.R.Gahai, “ (1998) Indian Political System “, New Academic Publishing House, Jalaendhar.

3. R.N. Sharma, “ Indian Social Problems “, Media Promoters and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.4. Yogendra Singh, “ (1997) Social Stratification and Charge in India “, Manohar, New

Delhi.

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