PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (NTM 905)
Concept generation, Product Architecture, Industrial Design Process, Management of Industrial design Process and assessing the quality of Industrial Design, Establishing the product specification, Product selection criteria, Product development process, Manufacture design, Economics of Product development projects, Economic analysis and financial models. Management Techniques: Technology Management, Scientific Management, Development of management, Thought-Principles of Management, Functions of management - planning and organization, Enterprise Resource planning and supply chain management. Entrepreneurial Competence & Environment: Concept of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship as a career, Personality Characteristic of a successful Entrepreneur, Knowledge and skill required for an Entrepreneur, Business environment, Entrepreneurship Development Training, Centre and government policies and Regulations.
MOLECULAR SELF ASSEMBLY AND NANOSTRUCTURES (NTM 903)
Hybrid organic-inorganic nanoparticles.
Introduction to self-assembled monolayers. Micro-nano patterning. Structure of alkanethiols on gold surfaces.
Silicon-silane based SAMs. SAMs in biological systems (protein SAMs, DNA SAMs,
OEG terminated SAMs). Aromatics on metal SAMs. Amino acids on metal SAMs. Mixed
SAMs. Growth dynamics and energetics of SAMs in different environments (UHV,
liquid environments). Phase transitions. Diffraction and chemical techniques
for SAM analysis. Heterogeneous catalysis, nanocatalysis and
nanophotocatalysis, including application of metal nanoparticles. Metal-organic
frameworks (classifications, properties, molecules encapsulation and
applications).
NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS (NTM 901)
Critical issues in synthesis, fabrication,
processing, and characterization of nanocomposites. Challenges in manufacturing
low cost real-life components for industrial applications; commercial success
stories, future directions. Principles guiding structure-property relationships
of nanocomposites. Incorporation of different nanophases into polymeric
matrixes for functional materials fabrication. Surface energy control,
dispersion methods, and techniques for nanocomposite materials
characterization. Influence of dispersed (organic or mineral) elements on; the
chemical nature and morphologies of nanocomposite materials. Various fields of
application of nanocomposite materials