IIT Kanpur

 The course will basically deal with the following topics:

Combustion is still the world's dominant energy conversion technology. The fundamental knowledge of combustion is expected to improve the design of the industrial combusti

The subject STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY deals with the shape (geometry), displacements (kinematics/strain) and forces (dynamics/stress) in Earth and Planetary bodies. In other words, t

This is the third part of the three part course (DADM-I, DADM-II, DADM-III) which covers "Operations Research and its tools with applications". In general Decision A

This course picks-up threads from the basic observed behavior in everyday life and enters into a dialogue facilitating self-reflection and thus better self-understanding. The

Introduction to Ethical Theories:Consequentialist and Non-consequentialist theories - Hedonism - Utilitarianism - Deontological theories (with reference to Immanuel Kant) - Et

Introduction to the course: Relevance of advanced characterization to materials development, scientific understanding of phenomena in materials technology - Advanced Diffracti

The black-box approach. Physical instances and their adaptation in the framework - Formal definition of 'signal' and 'system'. The domain and range variables, continuous and d

INTRODUCTION:Definitions - Different forms of Environmental degradation - Cost of Corrosion - Electrochemical Nature - Aims;THERMODYNAMICS:Process at Interface - Free Energy a

Regular languages:Introduction: Scope of study as limits to compubality and tractability - Why it suffices to consider only decision problems, equivalently, set membership pro

The course objective is that the student should be able to explain the need of switching networks. He should be able to explain the mechanism of manual telephony, basic compon

Introduction, Amdahl's law, CPI equation - CPI equation, research practices, instruction set architecture - Instruction set architecture, case study with MIPS-I - Case study w

Japanese Language has been taught as part of the Foreign Language Programme at IIT Kanpur since July 1995. With increasing technical and economic ties between India and Japan,

Empirical Facts of International Trade and their Explanations - Globalization Process: Costs and Benefits - Offer Curves, Community Indifference Curves, Trade Indifference Cur

Basics of Convex Optimization - Basic facts of Convex Optimization - Basic properties of convex sets - Introduction to Polyhedral sets - Separation theorems for convex sets -

Formal definition of 'signal' and 'system'. The domain and range variables, continuous and discrete signals and cont. and discrete systems. Cont./discrete vs analog/digital. D

Introduction, review of concepts, terminology - Wave equation (1-D, 3D, spherical 1D) and its solutions - Transmission line equations, waveguides, 1D plane waves, interference

Introduction: Logic and its relationship to other disciplines - Argument, Premises, conclusion, Indicators - Nature and scope of Deductive and Inductive Arguments - Validity a