The course is intended for beginners in post graduate studies in Design. It can also serve well for aspiring professionals in industry who will be willing to undertake careers in the field of design.
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Final Exam (in-person, invigilated, currently conducted in India) is mandatory for Certification and has INR Rs. 1100 as exam fee.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Students of BE/ME/MS/BSc/MSc stream
CORE/ELECTIVE: Elective
UG/PG: UG and PG
PREREQUISITES: NIL
INDUSTRY SUPPORT: SMIL (Gurgaon), HAL Kanpur and Lucknow, Small and medium scale production industries
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Shantanu Bhattacharya currently holds Professor position in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. He is also serving as Head of the Design programme at the same institute at present.
COURSE LAYOUT:
Week 1 : Geometrical Transformations
Week 2 : 3-D shapes/ solid modelling
Week 3 : Micro-electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)/ Sensors and actuators
Week 5 : Creating forms and their geometric transformation models
Week 6 : Strength and Stiffness of Structural Elements/ Mechanisms
Week 7 : Mechatronics/ Introduction to Control
Week 8 : Intelligent Product Design
SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS:
(1) Nanua Singh, “Systems approach to computer integrated design and manufacturing”, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., 4435-36/7, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002.
(2) Karl T. Ulrich, Steven. D. Eppinger, “Product design and development”, Mcgraw hill publications.
(3) Mikell P. Groover, Work Systems: The Methods, Measurement & Management of Work, Pearson Education Limited, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow Essex.
CERTIFICATION EXAM :
The exam is optional for a fee.
Date and Time of Exam: October 28 (Sunday).
Time for Exam : Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
Exam for this course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATION:
Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 6 out of 8 assignments
E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur.It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.