TEACHING PROGRAMMES

   REGULAR COURSES

M.Sc. Electronics & Instrumentation – Two years

The Centre conducts a two-year M.Sc. Electronics & Instrumentation course since 2002. The course aims at developing skill in design and development of electronics and instrumentation systems for different industrial, communication, bio-medical and research applications.

A team of full-time faculty members assisted by specialists in the field of Electronics & Instrumentation form the core of teaching faculty. The Centre has very good infrastructure in terms of lab facilities and has well equipped Electronics, Sensors and Signal-Conditioning, Microprocessors, DSP, Microcontroller and Computer Aided Instrumentation laboratories. Practical training in design and development is emphasized in this course. The students are trained in both hardware and software aspects. The students trained by this Centre under the M.Sc. programme are well placed.

Number of batches completed till April, 2012                                         ..   09

Number of students passed out till April, 2012                                        .. 108       

Number of students placed before graduation (campus placement)      ..   29

Number of students placed within 3 months after graduation                ..   56

Eligibility for admission

Candidates those who have completed B.Sc (Physics, Applied Science, Electronics or Computer Science) degree or any other B.Sc degree with Physics or Electronics as ancillary subject with 50% marks in Part-III are eligible for admission. For SC/ST candidates, minimum of pass is required.

Admission procedure:

Candidates are admitted based on an entrance test conducted in April/May by the University at selected cities all over India every year.

Curriculum includes the following subjects

                    Core courses

Linear, Digital ICs Lab and Microprocessor Lab

Computer Aided Instrumentation & Microcontroller Lab,

DSP & Process Control Lab

VLSI Design Lab

C++ & Java Programming

Communication Systems & Networks

Analytical Instrumentation

            Elective Courses for other M.Sc course students:

PC Hardware and Interfacing

PC Based Instrumentation

  RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

The Centre undertakes R & D programmes for developing instruments in collaboration with other departments. 

  Ph.D. (Full-Time, Part-time) – Instrumentation

FACULTY

Students strength in USIC – 2012-13

Number of P.G. Students         : 30

Number of Research Scholars : 5

Publications:

The following two popular textbooks have been brought from USIC.

(i)                 Microprocessors, PC Hardware and Interfacing.

(ii)               PC Based Instrumentation: Concepts and Practice

The above books are published by Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. and have been prescribed as textbooks / reference books by many universities in the country in the curriculum of B.Sc., B.E./B.Tech., M.Sc., M.E. and MCA courses.

Number of Research papers published in national/international journals in the last 3 years: 10

SERVICES

The Centre offers the following services. All services rendered by the Centre are charged at nominal rates.

Ø  Analytical services

Ø  Electronic services 

Ø  Glassblowing and Workshop services

Analytical services:

q  This Centre provides analytical services with the following sophisticated analytical instruments.

·         FT-IR Spectrophotometer – 8400S Shimadzu

·         UV-VIS Spectrophotometer – UV-1800 Shimadzu

q  Users: Teachers, research scholars, PG students in university departments, colleges, R&D labs and industries

q  Number of users above 2,000. Number of samples analyzed above 35,000

q  Instruments are maintained at top performance level and uninterrupted analytical services are offered.

Electronic services:

The Centre provides facilities for design and development of new instruments that are either not available in the market or import substitutes for specific research measurements. The Centre also provides facilities for repair and service of electronic instruments.

q  All kinds of test and measuring instruments & tools are available

q  No. of instruments repaired above: 3000, No. of new design: above 125

q  Sufficient spares are kept in stock to avoid delay in repair.

q  Users: University departments, educational institutions, industries

Glassblowing and Workshop services:

The Centre provides facilities for repair and fabrication of glassware equipments, mechanical accessories/ models/assemblies etc.  

SERVICE CHARGES

Analytical services:

 Add Rs. 20/- towards postal charges for sending the spectrum by post.                

Electronic / Glass Blowing / Workshop services

Charges for Electronics, Glass Blowing and Workshop services are based on service involving design, fabrication, assembling and the use of special instruments and machines.

Services for the Schools/Departments of Madurai Kamaraj University are rendered at subsidized rates. The service charges may be revised without prior intimation. Payment must be made by DD drawn in favour of ‘Registrar, Madurai Kamaraj University, USIC A/C” and payable at Madurai.

How to avail the services

Users may submit the service request form clearly indicating the service required along with the samples for analytical services, the instruments for repairing or specifications for new design and fabrication. For repairing the electronic instruments all necessary manuals should also be submitted along with the instruments.