The Two-Week ISTE STTP on Engineering Physics conducted by the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) from December 8th, 2015 to December 18th, 2015 in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

It is the two-week ISTE workshop on various engineering subjects

This workshop is only for Faculty. Students are not entitled to attend the course.

The duration of the STTP is 2 weeks (10 days). It commences on Tuesday, 08th December, 2015 at 9:30 hrs and ends at 16:30 hrs on Friday, 18th December, 2015 with a one day break on Sunday, 13th December, 2015.

Course content-

The topics to be covered in this STTP include:

Relativity- Frames of reference, Michelson-Morley experiment, Lorentz transformation, Mass-Energy Relationship

Quantum Mechanics- Compton effect, Uncertainty Principle, Schrödinger Equation, Postulates of Quantum Mechanics, Particle in a box, Potential barrier, tunneling.

Electromagnetic Theory - Maxwell’s Equations, Electromagnetic Waves, Poynting Theorem

Optics: Interference, Diffraction and Polarization Elements of Fiber optic communication.

Elements of Solid State Physics : Bravais lattice and crystal structure, Miller indices, Bragg’s law and Laue condition, Free electron models, Bloch’s Law, Bands in solids

Magnetism in solids, dia, para and ferromagnetic material, applications to magnetically ordered materials.

Superconductivity: phenomenology, London Equations, Thermodynamics of superconductors, Qualitative treatment of BCS Theory, High temperature superconductors.

Teaching Faculty

Prof. Shiva Prasad Dept. of Physics, IIT Bombay
Prof. Dipan K. Ghosh, Dept. of Physics, IIT Bombay
Prof. K.G.Suresh, Dept. of Physics, IIT Bombay

Criteria for Certification

ISTE will provide the STTP completion certificate only for eligible faculty:

It is essential that the participants attend all the days of the face-to-face workshop.

Additionally, the certificate will be issued only to participants who attempt the quiz and complete the post workshop assignment on moodle.

Contact-

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076