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DR. ANIL MITRA - COURSES AND
TOPICS TAUGHT
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MECHANICS AND DESIGN
Mechanical Vibrations
Statics
Dynamics: Lagrangian mechanics and generalized
coordinates, space mechanics, kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms and
machines, introductory vector and scalar dynamics
Solid Mechanics: strength of materials,
elasticity, plasticity, failure theories
Graphics and Technical
Drawing.
Computation and Numerical Methods
Numerical Analysis: theory, error estimates,
stability, algorithms, coding, applications for the full spectrum of standard
topics
Finite Differences and
Finite Elements:
theory, coding for general two-dimensional time dependent case, applications in
thermo-mechanics
Programming with Fortran. Familiarity with
Fortran 95.
Computer Graphics.
Applied Mathematics
Perturbation Methods.
Optimal Control Theory.
Energy and Fluids
Heat transfer
Thermodynamics: systems and states, first and second
laws, statistical mechanics, mixtures, chemical reactions and combustion.
Applied Thermodynamics: availability theory, its use as
an economic tool; principles of power and propulsion. Power Systems:
thermo-mechanical theory and design aspects for fossil fuels, propulsion
Power Systems: thermo-mechanical theory and
design aspects for fossil fuels. Fuel cells. Nuclear fission and fusion
Air Pollution: sources and control
Renewable Energy
Systems:
principles and design aspects for photovoltaics, wave, wind and hydropower.
Laboratory Courses
Fluid mechanics
Thermodynamics
Mechanical engineering
measurements and experiments.
Additional Areas of Interest
Advanced Mechanics and
Fluid Mechanics
Mechanics of Continua
Applied Mathematics: standard topics for engineering
and physics, nonlinear analysis, approximation methods
Design, Planning, Policy and
Development: philosophy and methods; applications in human and social
planning, knowledge and education systems, engineering and environment.