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Diagnostic nuclear medicine: Radiopharmaceuticals for radioisotope imaging, radioisotope imaging equipment, single photon
and positron emission tomography, therapeutic nuclear medicine.
References:
1. K. Thayalan, Basic Radiological Physics, Jayapee Brothers Medical Publishing, 2003
2. F M Khan, Physics of Radiation Therapy, Williams and Wilkins publishing, 2003
3. J. R. Cameron & J.G. Skofronick, Medical Physics, Wiley, 2007.
4. J. T. Bushberg., J. A. Seibert, E. M. Leidholdt Jr, J. M. Boone, The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging, Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 2013

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSES (SEC)

PY2140: BASIC INSTRUMENTATION SKILLS [2 0 0 2]
Basics of Measurements: Screw gauge, Vernier calipers, Travelling microscope, optical labelling, mechanical labelling,
Instruments accuracy, Errors in measurements. Multimeter: Measurement of dc and ac voltage current, Electronic Voltmeter:
Advantage over conventional multimeter, Principles of voltage measurement (block diagram only), Specifications of an
electronic Voltmeter/Multimeter. AC millivoltmeter: Type of AC millivoltmeters, Amplifier-rectifier, and rectifier-amplifier.
Cathode Ray Oscilloscope: Block diagram, construction and working principle. Signal Generators and Analysis Instruments:
Block diagram, explanation and specifications of low frequency signal generators, pulse generator, and function generator.
Impedance Bridges & Q-Meters: Block diagram of bridge, working principles of basic, RLC bridge, Block diagram and working
principles of a Q- Meter, Digital LCR bridges. Digital Instruments: Principle and working of digital meters, comparison of analog
& digital instruments. Digital Multimeter: Block diagram and working of a digital multimeter. Hands on Training: CRO as a
versatile measuring device, Use of digital multimeter/VTVM for measuring voltages, circuit tracing of laboratory electronic
equipment, winding a coil/transformer, trouble shooting a circuit, balancing of bridges.
References:
1. B. L. Thereja, A text book in Electrical Technology, S Chand, 2010.
2. Venugopal, Digital Circuits and systems, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2011.
3. S. Ghoshal, Digital Electronics, Cengage Learning, 2012.
4. S. Salivahanan, N. S. Kumar, Electronic Devices and circuits, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2012.
5. U. Tietze, Ch. Schenk, Electronic circuits: Handbook of design and applications, Springer, 2008.

PY2141: RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY HARVESTING [2 0 0 2]
Fossil fuels and Alternate Sources of energy: Fossil fuels and nuclear energy, their limitation, need of renewable energy, non-
conventional energy sources. Solar energy: Solar energy, its importance, storage of solar energy, solar pond, non-
convective solar pond, applications of solar pond and solar energy, need and characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) systems. Wind
Energy harvesting: Fundamentals of wind energy, wind turbines and different electrical machines in wind turbines. Ocean
Energy: Ocean Energy Potential against Wind and Solar, Tide Energy Technologies, Ocean Thermal Energy, Bio-mass.
Geothermal Energy: Geothermal resources, geothermal technologies; Hydro Energy: Hydropower resources, hydropower
technologies. Piezoelectric Energy harvesting: Introduction, Physics and characteristics of piezoelectric effect; Electromagnetic
Energy Harvesting: Linear generators, physics mathematical models, recent applications Carbon captured technologies, cell,
batteries, power consumption Environmental issues and Renewable sources of energy, sustainability.
Demonstrations and Experiments
1. Demonstration of training modules on solar energy, wind energy, etc.
2. Conversion of vibration to voltage using piezoelectric materials
3. Conversion of thermal energy into voltage using thermoelectric modules.
References:
1. G. D. Rai, Non-conventional energy sources, Khanna Publishers, 2011.
2. M. P. Agarwal, Solar Energy, S. Chand, 1998.
3. G. Boyle, Renewable Energy, Power for a sustainable future, Oxford University Press, 2004.
4. S. P. Sukhative, Solar Energy, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2005.
5. H. Lund, Renewable Energy Systems, Academic Press, 2014.

PY2142: COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS [2 0 0 2]
Introduction: Importance of computers in Physics, paradigm for solving physics problems for solution. Usage of linux as an
Editor, fundamental Linux Commands. Basics of C Programming: fundamental commands to solve basic physics problems.
Scientific word processing: Introduction to LaTeX, TeX/LaTeX word processor, preparing a basic LaTeX file, document classes,
preparing an input file for LaTeX, compiling LaTeX File. Equation representation: Formulae and equations, figures and other
floating bodies. Visualization: Introduction to graphical analysis and its limitations, introduction to graphical software.

References:
1. E. Balaguruswami, Computer Concepts and Programming in C, McGraw Hill Education, 2011.
2. S. Das, Unix Concepts and Applications, McGraw-Hill 2017.
3. S. Kottwitz, LaTeX Beginner's Guide, Packt Publication, 2010.
4. B. W. Kernighan, D. Ritchie, The C Programming Language, Pearson Education India, 2015.
5. U. M. Ascher, C. Greif, A first course in Numerical Methods, PHI Learning, 2012.

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