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Preface 3Introduct ion 5Welcome 7Career Opportuni t ies 8Contact Informat ion 10Academic Staff 11Academic Support Staff 15Equipment and Facilities 18Code of Conduct for Laboratories 21Life at the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering 22Curriculum and Modules 24Academic Standards and Administrative Processes for Students 91Graduat ion Checklist 92Research at ENTC 93 E-Club 96Special Events 98Awards Available to Students 99Student Recommandation Criteria 101Web Sites 102Alumni Support 103Achievements of ENTC Students 104Competitions Available for ENTC Students 106Industry Collaboration 110Other Useful Information 113Floor Plan 116

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Preface

Welcome to the Department of Elec-tronic and Telecommunication En-gineering. In this handbook, you will

find information about your undergraduate program at our department. This will be a source of information about our department, the areas of expertise and contact details of the faculty, and the laboratories and fa-cilities available to you. This will help you to plan your degree by selecting courses, and undertaking projects and other activities to

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fulfill the graduation requirements. You will also find information about scholarships, student clubs and career opportunities.

We invite you to make the fullest use of the facilities available at our department and wish you a pleasant and fruitful stay.


Handbook designing and typesettingThusitha Samarasekara [2003]

Cover page theme designDulini Mendis [2007]

Content Updated byAshanthi Maxworth [2006]


Introduct ion

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Department Mission

“Impart and improve the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of stu-

dents in Electronic and Telecommunica-tion Engineering, keeping pace with the rapid developments while significantly

contributing to the wealth of knowledge by way of high quality research.”

We produce multi-faceted electronic, and telecommunication graduates who are ready to take up challenges nationally and internationally. We conduct a four-year Bachelor of Science of Engineering honors degree program, two Postgraduate Diploma and Master of Science programs and a full time Postgraduate Research program. Cur-rently, there are approximately 300 under-graduate students enrolled in our programs.

Our heritage of excellence is mainly due to

In the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, at University of Moratuwa, we continue

to draw from our heritage of excellence, and exceptional teaching and laboratory facilities. With a legacy of 40 years, the department is now steadlily heading towards impactful innovation.

the expertise and commitment of the faculty members. The senior academic staff of the Department have had specialized training both locally and abroad in fields of study such as Physical and Opto-Electronics, Medical and Industrial Electronics, Optical Commu-nications, Satellite Communication, Digital Communications, Wireless Communica-tions, VLSI design, Signal Processing, Elec-tromagnetics, Robotics, Intelligent Systems, Machine Vision and Image Processing, Bio-


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medical Systems and Avionic, to name a few.

The Department is housed in the majestic four storied building in the east-side of the University and has nine laboratories with modern facilities for students to carry out laboratory assignments and project work. In addition, the Department has forged strong links with the industry in order to promote collaborative work. As a result there are three additional industry-sponsored laboratories setup as joint ventures between University of Moratuwa -Dialog Telekom, University of Moratuwa -Zone24x7 and University of Moratuwa -Premium International. Dedi-cated for research, these laboratories make serious contributions to the growth of the electronic and telecommunication industries.

One of the main strengths in our undergradu-ate program is its current and internationally relevant curriculum. We revise the curriculum regularly to keep pace with the rapid change of technology. It has received the accredita-tion of the Institution of Engineers (Sri Lanka) which is a signatory of the Washington Ac-cord, creating pathways for our students to be recognized elsewhere in the world. With our strong undergraduate curriculum, our graduates gain the skills to adapt to the rap-idly changing world of electronics, telecom-munications, and information technology to be productive both in industry and research.In our department, we provide a supportive and simulating academic environment to help our undergraduates excel. However our

support is not limited to only academic activi-ties. The undergraduates of the department organize exhibitions annually to the industry to showcase their projects/products. These visible creative outputs have created new markets thus opening new employment op-portunities. The students have used forums such as the ExMo and Dayatakirula exhibi-tions to showcase their talents. The students foster a strong sense of social responsibility, which is realized through activities such as the E-care program. In general each undergraduate is expected to do at least 20 hours of social responsibility activities. These and many other activities are orga-nized by the E-Club, the flagship student organization in the department. As a result we are able to produce graduates who are excellent in their engineering discipline as well as have remarkable interpersonal skills.

Developments in the electronics and tele-communication field worldwide make it one of the most fast-changing, challenging and coveted specializations of engineering. At the department we foster innovative thinking and encourage hard work. These together with our departments heritage of excel-lence enable the enthusiastic students to become highly sought after engineers or re-searcher both nationally and internationally.


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You are stepping into a field which has revo-lutionized the world over the last century. The development of fundamental theories in transmission of information in late 1920s and transistor in early 1950s had changed the world forever. Ground breaking inno-vations in the core field of Electronics and Telecommunications have slowed down but the innovations in the applications of these two fields have exploded over the last two decades. In fact it is in other industries that we find real applications of our field which touch every human being. We are striving to provide you a conducive environment to get exposed to real world problems (from simple to complex) where you individually or col-lectively can come up with a robust solution.

It is in this context that we have identified six thrust areas in which we can excel and make solid contribution to the development of the country: Mobile Communications, Robotics, Machine Vision, Biomedical Technologies, Agriculture Electronics and Embedded Systems. The department has created a vibrant research culture and students have an opportunity to engage in a research project from the inception of semester 2 by joining any one of the active research groups in the area of Com-munications, Intelligent Systems, Machine Vision, Reconfigurable Digital Systems and Agricultural Electronics. Taking developed solutions in these areas to the society is a hard but required task to have the real im-pact. This is the entrepreneurship which we

promote very much with the hope that some of you will become employment creators.

You are about to begin a journey that hope-fully will be unforgettable. This handbook will be an invaluable resource during your stay at the department as it provides you with some key information such as the curricula, staff profiles, physical resources available including information on all labs, performance criteria, student life at ENTC etc., I strongly encourage you to read this from beginning to end and be thorough with the contents. Now it is time for you form new bonds with your own batch colleagues, with your seniors and all staff. Make yourself visible through these interactions, perfor-mance in academic, extra and co-curricular activities. We very much encourage you to participate in all types of sports and other extra-curricular activities in clubs and societ-ies as we believe in creating a well rounded graduate at the end of next 4 years. Your seniors have excelled in global events taking top position in IEEEXtreme, iNexus Robotic competitions. We know that you too have the potential to do the same thing.

It is worth keeping in mind that entire pub-lic is funding your education and it is your responsibility to efficiently use the limited time available to make maximum use of the resource available at the department and university in a responsible and caring man-ner. Let me wish you all the best for your fu-ture and a rewarding stay at the department.

W elcome to the Department of Electronic and Telecommuni-cationEngineering. Let me first

warmly congratulate you for working hard and achieving your dream to follow the engineering field of your choice. This handbook gives you guidance on how to proceed with your future academic and non-academic activities within the Department.


Career Opportunities

Th e c o m p e t i t i v e e n v i r o n m e n t prevailing in the electronics, telecom-munication and IT industries has re-

sulted in the rapid deployment of advanced technologies in Sri Lanka. Consequently, challenging and lucrative career oppor-tunities have become available to Elec-tronic and Telecommunication engineers. Over the last decade, large networks of cellular, satellite and data communication have been introduced to the country, pro-viding state-of-the-art services. Organiza-tions providing traditional communication services are expanding, incorporating modern technologies into their systems. Telecommunications engineers have the opportunity of building their future careers within these organizations. Our graduates have found employment in every aspect of the telecommunication industry, from network planning to business and manage-ment related areas. With the recent trends in the telecommunication industry to look beyond voice to data services, new markets based on value added services are taking center stage. Our graduates will find new markets in these areas with their innovative thinking and excellent programming skills. The manufacturing and process industries are becoming increasingly sophisticated with

the adoption of advanced automation meth-ods.They provide challenging opportunities for more electronics-oriented careers. In the global context more telecommunications, consumer, computer, industrial and automo-tive products are evolving toward embedded, system-on-chip design and development models related to these technologies. Our curriculum includes many of the key ingre-dients required to excel in these diverse and multidisciplinary markets. Our graduates will, in the future, play a major role in the global embedded electronics design chain as well.

The software industry in Sri Lanka is rapidly expanding. Increasing number of our gradu-ates have found a firm footing in this market. With the advent of technologies such as cloud computing and smart phones many of the companies are moving towards telecom-munication related software development. These markets are held by our graduates.

The department has diversified its elec-tronics and automation fields to include emerging fields such as biomedical en-gineering, robotics and computer vision.

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The department curriculum includes the key enablers in these fields to provide you with the platform necessary to find gain-ful employment in these emerging fields.

Our program will equip you with the knowl-edge and skills necessary to excel in all these areas.The blend of diverse and mul-tidisciplinary areas taught in our program makes it one of the fastest changing and challenging specializations of engineering. Undoubtedly, the department of Electronic and Telecommunication engineering pro-vides the widest set of opportunities in the job markets both nationally and internationally.

One of the key success factors of the de-partment is its ability to be proactive about the needs of the industry. We have always maintained a close and cordial relationship with the industry which has benefited our undergraduates and graduates immensely. The industry has been our partner in creat-ing an employable graduate.The construc-tive comments made by these eminent people have molded the manner in which the teaching and learning process has been carried out within the department. This close corporation has enabled our undergradu-ates to be aware of the expectations of the industry well before they graduate.This collective effort has enabled our gradu-ates to identify, prepare and embark on a career of their choice before graduation.

It is easy to be confused as to what one want from committing four years into academia, thus it is necessary to begin this wonderful journey with a winning attitude of willingness to learn not only books but team work and responsibility.

Be responsible for your actions and set goals for yourself at the very beginning and strive for excellence. While you take academic advantage attending a presti-gious University, you must stay focused to excel in other skills as well. Improving your marketability in the work force after graduating must begin the first day you set foot on this campus. You must be your own brand ambassador as more and more companies are looking for exemplary core competencies in your field of study coupled with higher than expected social norms.

Challenges ahead of you are multiple in nature. Being the best in the field should be your ultimate goal to face all new challenges.

Dumindra Ratnayaka,Chief Executive Officer/DirectorEtisalat Lanka Private limited.


Contact Informat ionWhere is the Department Located?

The Department of Electronic & Telecom-munication Engineering is located next to the Buddha Statue in the University of Moratuwa.

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Contact Information:

E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ent.mrt.ac.lkTel (General): +94-11-2650634 to 36 Fax: +94-11-2650622

Department Office:Mrs. N.D.S. AthaudaSenior Staff AssistantExt: 3300, 3354

Head of the Department:Dr. A. A. Pasqual E-mail: [email protected]: +94-11-2650055 (Direct) +94-11-2650634 Ext: 3301

Rout ine problems of health professionals often need solutions involving design and application of devices and systems, which are fundamental to engineering practice.

grate the engineering sciences with the biology, medical sciences, and clinical practice to find solutions for problems of health professionals.In our Department, we started biomedical engineering activities by undertaking medi-cally inspired projects as final year engineering undergraduate projects and by organizing a number of seminars on biomedical engineering activities attended by Medical and Engineering professionals as well as representatives from the industry. Furthermore, we have introduced a stream of biomedical engineering subject modules into the B.Sc. Engineering curriculum .

Currently, our department is playing the lead-ing role in promoting Biomedical Engineering within the University and in Sri Lanka as well. This year we have chosen to feature Biomedical Engineering in the cover page to highlight the progress and achievement of our department including the recently established, industry sponsored laboratory for research and devel-opment of medical products to create a local industry for medical product manufacturing.

Medically related design problems can range from complex large-scale constructs, such as automated clinical laboratories, multimodal-ity screening facilities, and hospital information systems, to relatively small and simple devices, such as recording electrodes and biosensors to monitor the activity of specific physiologic processes. They also include the variety of remote monitoring and telemetry systems, and the requirements of emergency vehicles, operating rooms, and intensive care units.

Biomedical engineering is a discipline that advances knowledge in engineering, biol-ogy and medicine, and improves human health through cross-disciplinary activities that inte


Academic Staff

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Prof. (Mrs.) Indra Dayawansa B.Sc.(Cey), Dip EE(IEE, London), M.Sc.(Wales), Ph.D.(Wales), FIEE, FIP(SL), MIEEE

Head of the Department

Dr. Ajith PasqualB.Sc. Eng.(Moratuwa), M.Eng.(Tokyo),Ph.D.(Tokyo),MIEEE, MACM

Ext. No.: 3301e-mail: [email protected]

Vidya Jyothi Prof. K.K.Y.W. Perera B.Sc. (Cey), M.Sc. (Birm.), Ph.D. (Br.Col.), CEng., FIEE (Lond.), FIE (SL), Fellow, National Academic of Sciences

Prof. Kapila Jayasinghe BSc.Eng.(Moratuwa), MEE(Netherlands), Ph.D.(Netherlands), C.Eng, MIE(SL)

Prof. (Mrs.) Dileeka Dias BSc.Eng. (Moratuwa), M.S.(Calif.), Ph.D.(Calif),

C. Eng., MIE(SL), MIEEE

Professor Emeritus

Professors

Senior Consultant

Room No: EB 117Ext. No.: 3307e-mail: [email protected]


Room No: EB 118Ext. No.: 3320

e-mail: [email protected]

Room No: EB 119Ext. No.: 3309 e-mail: [email protected]


Eng. Kithsiri Samarasinghe B.Sc Eng.(Moratuwa),MBA(Sri J), C.Eng, MIE(SL)

Dr. Chulantha Kulasekere B.Sc. Eng.(Moratuwa), M.S.(Miami), Ph.D.(Miami), MIEEE

Dr. Rohan Munasinghe B.Sc. Eng.(Moratuwa), M.Sc. (Saga), Ph.D.(Saga), MIEEE

Senior Lecturers

Dr. Chandika WavegedaraB.Sc. Eng. (Peradeniya), M.Eng. (AIT), Ph.D. (UBC), MIEEE

Dr. Nuwan Dayananda B.Sc.Eng.(Moratuwa) , M.E.Sc. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Western

Ontario)

Dr. Ranga RodrigoB.Sc. Eng.(Moratuwa), M.E.Sc. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Western

Ontario), MIET

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Lecturers

Mr. Upeka PremaratneB.Sc. Eng. (Moratuwa) M.E.Sc. (Western Ontario)Reading for Ph.D.at University of Melbourne,Australia

Mr. Charith GunasekaraB.Sc. Eng. (Moratuwa)

Reading for Ph.D. at University Manitoba, Canada

Room No: EB 211 Ext.No: 3322 e-mail: [email protected]

Dr Jayathu SamarawickramaB.Sc.Eng (Moratuwa), M.Sc.(Moratuwa).Ph.D.(UNIGE and IIT,Italy)

Dr .Thayaparan Subramanian B.Sc.Eng (Peradeniya), Ph.D (HKU)

Room No: EB 212Ext..No: 3324e-mail:[email protected]

Miss .Ashanthi MaxworthB.Sc.Eng (Moratuwa)

Reading for Ph.D. at University of Colorado, USA


Dr Ruwan WeerasooriyaB.Sc.Eng (Moratuwa), M.Sc.(Nottingham).Ph.D.(UCC and TNI)

Room No: EB 109Ext..No: 3314e-mail:[email protected]


Eng. Janaka AbeysingheB.Sc. Eng.(Moratuwa), M.S. (Kansas)

Manager, Business Solutions at Sri Lanka Telecom

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Eng. Christie AlwisB.Sc.(Eng.), MIET (London), C. Eng (London), FIESL (Sri Lanka)Former Chief Network Officer of Sri Lanka Telecom

Eng. Athula SeneviratneB.Sc. Eng.(Moratuwa), M.Sc. (Moratuwa)

Superintendent of Civil Aviation Training Center of Airport & Avia-tion, Sri Lanka

Eng. P.S.L. FernandoB. Sc. (Eng) (Moratuwa), M.Eng (Moratuwa), CEng(UK), MIE(SL), MIET(UK), MIEEE(USA)

Mr. Salinda TennakoonB.Sc. Eng. (Moratuwa)

Visiting Lecturers

Mr.Chandima GunasenaB. Sc. Agric (Peradeniya), M.Phill .IWRM (Peradeniya)Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna


Academic Support Staff

Office StaffMrs. N.D.S. Athauda Senior Staff Assistant


Mr. M. Thushara DhammikaMachine Operator

Ext. No.: 3300

Technical StaffMr. W.P.T. FernandoChief Technical OfficerMicrowave Laboratory, CAD Laboratory, Intelligent Machines Labo-ratory


Mr. J.A.J. PereraChief Technical Officer

Postgraduate Laboratory


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Mr. S.A. RajudeenStaff Technical Officer

Opto-Electronics Laboratory

Mrs. V.D. DanthasingheStaff Technical OfficerTelecommunication Laboratory

Mr. A.G.W.T. PereraSenior Staff Technical OfficerComputer Laboratory




Mr. U.C. BothejuElectronics Engineer

Electronics Workshop Staff


Mr. S.E.JeningthasStaff Technical Officer

Digital Electronics Laboratory


Mrs. T.K.MunasingheStaff Technical OfficerAnalog Electronics Laboratory



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Mr. M.A.A.K. GunawardanaElectronic Equipment Repairman

Mr. S. WimalasiriLaboratory Attendant

Mr. C.A. KaluarachchiLaboratory Attendante-mail: [email protected]

Mr. W.R.C. NishanthaElectronic Equipment Repairman

Laboratory Support StaffMr. K.C.P. FerdinandoLaboratory Attendant

Mr. D. S. S. PereraLaboratory Attendant

Mr. M. G. N. PeirisLaboratory Attendant

Ext. No.: 3351

Ext. No.: 3351

Mr. S.A.C.S. MuthukumaranaElectronic Equipment Repairman

Ext. No.: 3351


Equipment and Facilities

Analog Electronics Laboratory

Analog electronics laboratory is designed to give students a basic understanding of electronic circuits, characteristics of electronic devices and to aid in the art of recording data. It houses a variety of test equipment including oscilloscopes, signal generators, counters, digital multimeters and power supplies. Projects and other ac-tivities carried out in the laboratory include the analysis and design of circuits utilizing both passive and active devices such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes and bipolar junction and field effect transistors.

Technical Officer: Mrs. T.K. MunasingheExtension: 3356

Computer Laboratory

The Department computer laboratory con-sists of over 60 personal computers for students and five UNIX servers. The local area network links all the laboratories and staff rooms and has internet facility through the university/LEARN network. Each student has a user profile and an e-mail account which can be accessed from anywhere through secure shell. The computer labora-tory is used by the undergraduate students for their assignments project work, internet browsing, e-mail and other computational

needs. The entire department including class rooms are covered by a wireless network. The undergraduates are encour-aged to purchase a laptop for their aca-demic activities and connect to the network from anywhere in the department building.

Technical Officer: Mr. A.G.W.T. PereraExtension: 3348

Digital Electronics/ ProjectLaboratory

This laboratory is designed to give stu-dents “hands-on” experience with mi-croprocessor hardware, software design concepts, their applications and provides facilities to investigate the architecture of microprocessors and associated systems. Students working in this laboratory utilize Hewlett-Packard design/development systems, logic analyzers, programmable logic development systems, and micropro-cessor trainers. A variety of advanced test equipment such as digital storage oscillo-scopes, digital multimeters and PC coupled instrumentation are available for testing. The digital electronics/ project laboratory pro-vides facilities for automatic testing of elec-tronic circuit design and study of environmen-tal effects on circuit and component operation.

Technical Officer: Mr. S.E.JeningthasExtension: 3380

All our department laboratories are 5S complaint. Hence the students are expected to adhere to the standards

which are maintained within these labo-ratories.

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Having all the high end software and ex-pertise knowledge, activities such as circuit simulations, Digital Systems Design, Com-munications and networks simulations, FPGA and microcontroller programming and simulations are conducted in this laboratory. Facilities available in the laboratory have increased the efficiency of both analog and digital circuit design to a very high level.

Technical Officer: Mr. W.P.T. FernandoExtension: 3359

Opto Electronic Laboratory

This laboratory is mainly used in the se-mesters 7 and 8 to conduct experiments related to optical fiber communications. It houses many high end equipment such as optical spectrum analyzers and OTDRs. This laboratory also has the facilities to check, calibrate and design optical communication equipment. This laboratory is also used by undergraduates during their final year projects to carry out many of the designs.

Technical Officer: Mr. S.A.RajudeenExtension: 3352

Postgraduate Laboratory

The Postgraduate laboratory is equipped with a variety of modern industrial devices and equipment such as logic analyzers, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers and programmable LCR meters. Pushing the Department to its limits, postgraduate lab is highly utilized for most innovative technological researches with its state-of-the-art equipment. Industry Instrument testing, designing and consultancy services are done in the Postgraduate laboratory.

Technical Officer: Mr. J.A.J. PereraExtension: 3357

Microwave Laboratory

The Microwave laboratory is used for the design and implementation of microwave communication systems that are used in the Industry. Students working in this lab have the opportunity to learn the concepts of design and applications through hands-on experience. The laboratory experience is devoted to microwave generation, transmis-sion and reception. Students will construct circuits that will demonstrate the basic prin-cipals involved in communications. Standard electronic instruments are used for construc-tion and adjustment of various projects. Mi-crowave reflectometer and a slotted line are used in coaxial measurements. Industrial In-strument checking, correcting and calibrating are conducted in the Microwave laboratory.

Technical Offi cer: Mr. W.P.T. FernandoExtension: 3360

Intelligent Machines Laboratory and UAV Research Laboratory

This laboratory is designed mainly to handle robotics and automation related activities. It houses development boards for power devices, micro-controller testing and other devices such as a multitude of sensors and mechanical equipment. The laboratory spon-sors many national and international robotics competitions. The laboratory space has been recently expanded to include research related to Unmanned Ariel Vehicles (UAVs).

Technical Officer: Mr. W.P.T. FernandoExtension: 3363

CAD Laboratory

With the state-of-art workstations and server computers present in the CAD laboratory, it is extensively used for high end computer simulations of projects and other activities of the department.


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Telecommunication Laboratory

This laboratory is designed to provide stu-dents with an understanding of the basic concepts of communications circuits to achieve modulation, and detection of radio signals. Students will construct circuits that will demonstrate the basic principals involved in communications. Standard electronic instruments are used in construc-tion and adjustment of the various projects. The Telecommunication laboratory is equipped with most modern equipment in the telecommunication field. A sweep generator test bench is used to measure the single tuned and double tuned amplifiers construct-ed. Spectrum analyzers are used to mea-sure amplitude and frequency modulation. Students utilize wireless and land telephone systems implemented inside the laboratory for their studies. Laboratory experiments of television system are conducted us-ing the TV trainer panel in the laboratory.

Technical Officer: Mrs. V.D. DanthasingheExtension: 3358

Electronic Workshop

With experienced engineers and techni-cians, and equipped with modern facilities, workshop provides a great support for un-dergraduate studies and projects. Students utilize the workshop to get hands on experi-ence in good soldering practice and to build and test circuits for project work. Instruments available in the workshop such as winding machines, oscilloscopes, de soldering sta-tions, PCB drilling machines, hot air solder-ing gun, projects boards for testing and magnifying glasses. With Internet facilities in the workshop, datasheets, circuit details and all the other material needed are near by. Industrial instrument repairing and design-ing are done under engineering consultancy by engineers in the electronic workshop.

Electronic Engineer: Mr. U.C. BothejuExtension: 3331, 3351

ENTC Auditorium

With the capacity of 120 audience, the Department auditorium is one of its most charming and comfortable places. It is equipped with white boards, projectors, air condition, curtains and convenient chairs. Most of its new facilties are there thanks to the 2002/2003 batch of the Department. It is most commonly used for lecturing as well as the Department official events, meetings and other special gatherings.

Students Common Room

Students’ common room is located in the mezzanine above the ground floor, as shown in the plan.

Facilities

Department of Electronic and Telecommuni-cation Engineering conducts its scheduled academic work from 8.00am to 6.00pm. The addiional lecture hours or practical sessions can be arranged under the permission of the lecturer incharge. Prior arrangements should be made with the instructor and the technical officer of the relevant lab, whenever there is a need to re-schedule the practical sessions.

Computer laboratory (1st floor) is open to the students of the department from 8.30am to 4.30pm. On request the opening hours can be extended for academic work.All the other laboratories follow a scheduled time table while arranging the practical sessions.

Students are allowed to use the equip-ments of the laboratories at any time , with the permission from the lecturer and the technical officer of the laboratory.


Code of Conduct for Laboratories

Guidelines for Laboratory Sessions

√ Be punctual.√ Keep your bags and shoes on appro-

priate racks out side the laboratory.√ Ensure that all equipment required for

the practical are available.√ Maintain a quiet environment.√ Please raise your hand to get the at-

tention of the instructor if you have any doubt during the laboratory session.

√ Arrange all laboratory equipment in their appropriate places after the end of the session. Switch off the power of all the equipments that you have switched on, at the end of the practical session

√ Line up the chairs/stools before you leave the laboratory.

• Ensure that you have gone through

the Pre-Lab document before com-ing for the practical.

• Fill the On-Lab document while do-ing the practical, and get the seal and of the laboratory and the signa-ture of the instructor in charge.

• Workout the Post-Lab document and submit it together with the On-Lab document in the next practical session.

Code of Conduct for the Computer Laboratory

1. No student should use another stu-dent’s login account. If found, that login account will be disabled

2. All students must sign IN and OUT in the register kept at the Computer laboratory if required.

3. Volume of the speakers should be low enough not to disturb others

4. Computers should not be locked when not in use

5. Computers should be shut down after usage

6. Lab is open from 8.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. If students need to use the lab after 4.30 p.m., a prior arrangement will be made on request

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Life at the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering

Choosing your specialization builds a foundation for your future career. However to excel in our profession-

al life you need to balance your work with many other activities which will build your character. In our lecture halls and labo-ratories you will learn new concepts and accumulate knowledge to earn the qualifi-cation you seek. While appreciating ones own major, the department encourages its student body to seek, understand and appreciate other relevant areas in the en-gineering discipline as these provide the multi-disciplinary en-vironment in which you will work after graduation.

Our undergraduate program of study is well planned to pro-vide the most up to date knowledge. The department fosters a culture of self-learn-ing, encouraging to look beyond what is taught in the lecture halls. In keeping with the departments poli-cy of “teaching you to learn” we encourage you to get involved with the teaching Li

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learning process within the lecture hall and independently extend your knowledge body outside the lecture hall. Our graduates are known to “hit the ground running” in the industry. They are known for their abilities and good performance. We often receive very favorable reviews from the industry.T h e d e p a r t m e n t m a i n t a i n s f l e x -ible hours when it comes to laborato-ries being used for academic activities.


We encourage you to use the facilities to investigate and practice the theories taught in the lectures so that you may enhance your ability to “do more with what you know”.

While you are being trained in academic activities you are encouraged to take part in activities of the e-club, sports activities within the university, join clubs and organiza-tions in the university, and other recreational activities which make you a well rounded person. These activities will help you to develop aesthetic talents, organizational abilities and communication skills to become a graduate who can face the future with confidence. Activities such as the “Tronix Nite”, TPL cricket match, e-Care, and ex-hibitions the undergraduates organize are very good examples of how our students improve their soft skills. The department encourages you to engage in at least 20 hours of social responsibility acts each year and will support you in any way possible to identify and organize such activities.

Your time at the department will be made easier and more fruitful if you plan, prepare and persevere. Many students will find it hard to balance their academic activities and oth-er relevant activities if you fail to plan ahead.

As a young graduate , one day you will be called upon to have precise time manage-ment capabilities, ability to prioritize tasks and to have commitment to complete the important tasks. In our capacity, the program at our department is designed to inculcate these good values and en-sure these will one day become habits.

Once you are in our department, we will take good care of you and do our best to ensure that your undergraduate life is a fruitful and enjoyable experience. It is our vision to produce a graduate who is technically competent and socially responsible and be an assert to any industry they engage in.

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Curriculum and Modules

Course Curriculum

The information given below outlines the course curriculum for the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engi-neering specialization.

The course unit selections indicated for a particular semester is for guidance of stu-dents and academic advisors only. All units shown may not be offered in a particular year. The syllabi of course units offered by other departments are available with the curriculum for that particular department.

The following descriptors are used:C - Core ModulesE - Elective ModulesO - Optional Modules

Summary of Normal Minimum Credit Requirements

Overall GPA credits = 138creditsOverall Non-GPA credits = (12) credits

Graduation Credit RequirementSemester/ Term GPA Credits

Normal *Non GPA Credits

Semester 1 15.0 1.0Semester 2 15.0 3.0Semester 3 20.5 -Semester 4 19.0 2.0Semester 5 23.0 -Semester 6A - 6.0Semester 6B 4.0 -Semester 7 23.0 -Semester 8 18.5 -

* Irrespective of the norm, maximum credits a student could register for a Semester is 26

Cur

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Mod

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Elec

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42

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1052

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1102

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80

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1140

En

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Curriculum

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Cod

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52

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R

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3022

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72

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2142

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62

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Cod

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3052

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Cod

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4012

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4052

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4222

El

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4232

In

dust

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4522

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Inst

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32

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O

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32

Con

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22

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MN

4042

Te

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MN

4022

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30

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20

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22

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Cur

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Lab

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32

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4242

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4252

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dust

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4262

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4582

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4592

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42

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4362

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4372

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Wire

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92

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22

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4042

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92

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22

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D

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23

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10

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Module Code EN1140 Module

TitleEngineering Design

Credits 3.0 Hours/Week

Lectures 1 Pre/Co – requisites -

GPA/NGPA NGPA Lab/Assignments 6/1Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify basic engineering design concepts2. Use design tools for electronic product prototyping3. Simulate the dynamics of a small design group4. Apply the knowledge gained to a design project resulting in a working prototype5. Produce product documentation. Outline Syllabus

1. Basic Software Tools Needed for Electronic Design and Manufacturing (4 hrs): Electronic circuit simulation using software, solid modeling using soft-ware

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Design Principles (4 hrs): Introduction to Engineering Design, life cycles of engineering products and processes, design processes and design tools, con-current engineering, creativity and reasoning, analysis and synthesis, simula-tion, evaluation and decision making

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Case Studies (12 hrs): Several simple but comprehensive design case stud-ies selected from different disciplines of engineering addressing the topics (a) Design for manufacturing, (b) Mechanical and material aspects in design, (c) Electrical, electronic and IT aspects in design

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Design Assignments: Group based design selected in consultation with the department or proposed by the student groups. The project will include (a) gathering of data and information from various sources as a preliminary to the design, (b) preparing a work plan and delegating duties, (c) working with others and to produce results by given deadlines and within given costs, (d) learning the basic procedures required for conceptual, preliminary and detailed designs, (e) learning the importance of the cost component in the manufacturing pro-cess, (f) preparing a report and making a presentation on the work done, (g) demonstrating the working of the prototype

5. Documenting and Reporting (4 hrs): Design documentation, presenting of product, marketing and other skills

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Title Electronic Devices and Circuits


Lectures 2 Pre/Co – requisitesGPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments -

Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify “electrons” and “photons”, the two particles which are important in semi-

conductor electronics and optoelectronics2. Design a simple dc power supply3. Design a single stage amplifier and estimate the voltage & current gains and input

& output impedances of the amplifier4. Simulate a simple amplifier operation using suitable software5. Construct a digital combinational circuit to perform a simple logical operation.Outline Syllabus 1. Wave-particle duality of light and matter (1 hr)2. Energy levels and stimulated emission of radiation (2 hrs)

3. Schrödinger Wave Equation (4 hrs): Band theory of solids, E-k diagram, Fermi-Dirac statistics and Fermi Level

4. Conduction in metals, Conduction in p-n junction devices, diffusion and junction capacitance of a p-n junction (3 hrs)

5. Diodes and Their Applications (4 hrs)

6. Transistor Amplifier (6 hrs): BJT and FET

7. Logic circuits (6 hrs)

8. Logic families (2 hrs): DL, DTL, TTL

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Title Electronic Product Manufacturing Processes



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify various manufacturing processes involved in electronic product manufac-

turing2. Explain printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing processes3. Discuss different methods used for electronic component mounting4. Identify different soldering methods5. Describe manufacture of product enclosures.Outline Syllabus 1. Introduction (2 hrs)

2. Product Dissection (2 hrs): Disassembly and identification of manufacturing processes

3. PCB Manufacturing (6 hrs): Schematic design, layout design, design rules, photo-tool creation, drilling, planting, etching, solder masking

4. Component Mounting (6 hrs): Through-hole component forming, component insertion, surface mounting

5. Soldering Methods (6 hrs): Hand soldering, wave soldering, reflow soldering

6. Enclosures (6 hrs): Injection molding, metal forming, metal punching

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Title Introduction to Telecommunications



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Explain basic concepts related to communication systems2. Differentiate between analog and digital communications principles3. Describe basic aspects of a computer network4. Differentiate between network topologies and types of networks5. Discuss the operation of end user equipment in communications.Outline Syllabus

1. Introduction to Telecommunication Systems (2 hrs): Historical develop-ments and current trends

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Elementary Concepts in Telecommunications (6 hrs): Digital and analog signals, Types of communication channels, Bandwidth and filtering, The effect of bandwidth and noise on signals, The radio spectrum and wave propagation, Modulation

3.Transmission (4 hrs): Guided and unguided transmission, multiplexing, Transmission networks, Multiplexing hierarchies for high speed communication networks

4. Access Networks (5 hrs): PSTN, DSL, Wireless local loop, Mobile5. Switching and Signaling (2 hrs): Hierarchical networks, teletraffic concepts

6. Networking Principles (5 hrs): Topologies, Types of networks, layered archi-tecture, Internetworking, Security including Public Key Encryption

7. Telecommunication Devices (4 hrs): The telephone instrument, The radio receiver, The TV receiver, Modems, cellular phones etc

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Title Laboratory Practice


Lectures - Pre/Co – requisitesGPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 6/1

Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Handle instruments properly2. Implement circuits meeting with good practices 3. Test basic analog electronic circuit correctly4. Handle basic communication equipment with care5. Observe performance of basic communication systems6. Test computer systems for errors.Outline Syllabus

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• Design of a simple Zener regulated DC power supply• Simple Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) amplifier• Transistor simulation using Orcad• Binary Adders• Operational Amplifiers

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• Simulation of Adder circuits• Arithmetic and Logic Unit• Computer Memory• Programming a Microprocessor• Compiler

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• Communication Channel Characteristics & Effect of Noise• Analog Modulation Schemes• Digital Modulation Schemes• FM Radio Receiver• Local Area Network

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Title Introduction to Computer Systems



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Have a broad understanding of different topics in computer science & engineering.Outline Syllabus

1.Data Processing (2 hrs): Concepts of data processing, ability to use devices to process data and interfering with the process via instructions, abstraction, modeling & represen-tation, history of using different devices to process data, using electricity as a represen-tation of information, transistors and microprocessors, outline of information technology

2.Computer Number Formats & Arithmetic (2 hrs): Numerical representation of data, number systems & conversions, addition, subtraction, complements, floating point nota-tion, multiplying, division

3.Basic Computer Architecture (4 hrs): Von Neumann architecture and other architec-tures, Flynn’s taxonomy, CPU, memory, instruction sets and instruction execution, com-puting devices (PCs, servers, embedded systems, smartphones, video game consoles, motes, etc.), semiconductor technology, FPGAs & reconfigurable computing

4.Operating System Structure & Services (2 hrs): operating-system services, operating system structure, hardware abstraction layer, operating system design & implementa-tion, system calls, user interface, shell programming

5. System Software (2 hrs): Operating systems, compilers, linkers, assemblers, loaders, utility software, shell, virtualization, hypervisor, virtual machine

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Management of Processes, Memory & Storage (2 hrs): Processes, inter-process communication, threads, multithreading models, CPU scheduling, process synchroniza-tion, deadlocks, main memory, virtual memory, swapping, paging, structure of the page table, segmentation, file-system interface, file-system implementation, mass-storage structure

7.Programming Language Concepts (4 hrs): Evolution of languages, levels of abstrac-tion, Lambda calculus, regular expressions, operator precedence, recursion, data types, syntax, semantics, programming paradigms, multi-paradigm programming languages

8.System Programming (4 hrs): Optimizing C programs with Assembly code, how a program becomes a process, threads and thread of execution, layout of a programming image, library function calls, function return values and errors, Linux kernel program-ming, device driver programming

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Distributed Systems and Real Time Systems (4 hrs): Distributed computing, grid computing, cloud computing, utility computing, cluster computing & high-performance computing, embedded operating systems, features of real-time kernels, implementing real-time operating systems, sensor networks, sentient computing, ubiquitous comput-ing, Internet of things, ambient intelligence, software agents

10.Security (2 hrs): Number theory, cryptography, PAIN (privacy, authentication, integrity, non-repudiation), public-key algorithms, digital signatures, communication security, infor-mation systems security, authentication protocols, capability & access control lists

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Title Communication Skills



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/1Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Analyze a lengthy article and write a synopsis2. Demonstrate effective public speaking skills3. Demonstrate effective prose writing skills4. Critique a non-fictional or classic bookOutline Syllabus 1. Synopsis writing (2 hrs): Effective reading, analysis, writing a synopsis

2. Public speaking (12 hrs): Elements of effective public speaking. Organization,Language, delivery and nonverbal communication.

3. Prose Writing (12 hrs): General structure of a composition, paragraph writing, transitions

4. Critique writing (2 hrs): Elements of a critique, writing a critique

5. General concepts (2 hrs): Etiquette, Grooming

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Title Analog Electronics


Lectures 2 Pre/Co – requisitesGPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/2

Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Examine the behavior of BJT and FET amplifiers in low, mid and high frequency

ranges2. Design transistor amplifiers to meet given specifications3. Explain the differential amplifying concepts4. Identify the functionality and applications of operational amplifier circuits5. Identify different power amplifier classes and their characteristics6. Perform power calculations for power amplifiers7. Identify power electronic devices, their construction, operation and applications.Outline Syllabus

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Analysis of Transistor Circuits (12 hrs): Analysis of transistor circuits at DC, biasing circuits for BJTs and FETs, transistor as an amplifier, single-stage BJT/FET amplifier configurations, small-signal models, small signal mid-frequency equivalent circuits and analysis, low frequency and high frequency equivalent circuits of BJT/FET circuits, h-parameter model, pole zero analysis, Bode plots, frequency response of amplifiers, multistage amplifiers

2.Differential Amplifiers (2 hrs): The BJT differential pair, small-signal operation of the BJT differential amplifier, characteristics of a differential amplifier, differ-ential amplifier with active load

3.Operational Amplifiers (6 hrs): Ideal opamp, negative feedback in opamp cir-cuits, operational amplifier specifications, opamp applications, practical behav-ior of opamps, instrumentation amplifiers

4.

Power Amplifiers (4 hrs): Definitions, applications and types of power ampli-fiers, power transistors, transistor power dissipation, amplifier classes and their efficiency, push-pull amplifiers, harmonic distortion and feedback, heat genera-tion of power transistors and heat sinks

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Power Electronic Devices and Circuits (4 hrs): Properties and applications of thyristors, triacs, diacs, uni-junction transistors, power MOSFETs, IGBTs and GTOs, power electronic circuits such as power controllers, CDi, protection and switching circuits

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Title Digital Electronics



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Design combinational and sequential digital circuits2. Differentiate characteristics of logic families 3. Compare usage of different logic families4. Use programmable devices in digital circuits5. Compare different types of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters.Outline Syllabus

1.Combinational and Sequential Logic Circuits (12 hrs): Five variable Kar-naugh maps, Quine–McCluskey method, flip-flops, latches, counters, registers and other MSI devices, design of finite state machines

2.Logic Families (6 hrs): Ideal logic gates, logic levels and noise margins, dy-namic response of logic gates, Analysis of logic families (fan-in, fan-out), diode logic, logic families (DTL, TTL, ECL, CMOS)

3. Programmable Devices (8 hrs): Programmable logic devices, PLAs, PALs, GALs, RAM and ROM chips, microcontrollers

4. Conversion Circuits (2 hrs): ADC, DAC, types dual slope, successive approxi-mation etc., common chips available

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Title Communication Systems



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Explain different signal propagation methods and their relevance in communica-

tions2. Describe the key types of communication systems3. Identify the suitability of different telecommunication systems for a given scenario4. Discuss current trends in the telecommunication sector.Outline Syllabus

1.Signal Propagation (4 hrs): Guided and un-guided propagation methods, re-flection, refraction, diffraction & absorption effects, transmission lines, twin lines and the coaxial lines

2.Satellite Communication and Terrestrial Microwave Communication (4 hrs): Free space and tropospheric wave propagation, satellite services, ap-plications of terrestrial microwave communication

3. Wireless Networks (4 hrs): Wireless LANs, mobile networks, sensor networks

4.Optical Communication (4 hrs): Introduction to optical fiber communication systems, comparison with microwave and coaxial systems, characteristics of silica optical fiber, optical fiber types

5. Broadcasting Systems (4 hrs): Basic concepts of broadcasting, television and radio broadcasting networks

6. Radar and Navigation (4 hrs): Introduction and early history, classification of Radar systems, basic concepts and measurements, the Radar equation

7. Core Networks (4 hrs): Introduction to the concept of core networks and con-vergence, high speed transmission and switching technologies

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Title Signals and Systems



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Formulate time and frequency domain descriptions for basic continuous and dis-

crete time signals2. Analyze linear time invariant continuous and discrete time systems based on sys-

tem characteristics3. Analyze simple systems to determine their stability and response to various input

signals4. Use software as an analysis tool to investigate the operation of LTI systems.Outline Syllabus

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Introduction to Signals and Systems (4 hrs): Continuous and discrete signal models, building block signals (eg. pulse, impulse etc), energy and power sig-nals, use of software tools to represent signals, continuous and discrete system modeling using block diagrams, continuous and discrete system classification (eg. causal/non causal, linear/nonlinear)

2.

Linear Time Invariant Systems (6 hrs): Continuous and discrete time impulse, impulse response and convolution, differential and difference equation system representations, software tools for discrete and continuous time system analy-sis.

3.

Frequency Domain Analysis Methods (14 hrs): Continuous and discrete time frequency response characteristics, Fourier series representation of periodic signals, properties of continuous and discrete time Fourier series, applications of Fourier series for power supply design, continuous time Fourier transform, discrete time Fourier transform, properties and applications of Fourier trans-forms, sampling and reconstruction, Laplace transforms and z-transforms.

4. Stability Analysis (4 hrs): Stability analysis of discrete and continuous time systems, pole-zero analysis of systems, BIBO stability.

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TitleComputer Organization



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Describe how digital hardware can facilitate interpreting a given set of instructions

and process data accordingly 2. Explain the abstract image of a computing system from the point of view of the As-

sembly language programmer3. Appreciate how hardware architecture can facilitate parallel competing4. Develop assembly language programmes for the x86 platform and become profi-

cient in good programming practices.Outline Syllabus

1. Hardware Implementation of ALU (2 hrs): Adders, multipliers, design of arith-metic unit, logic unit & ALU

2. Internal Organization of CPU (4 hrs): Internal organization of CPU consisting of ALU, internal registers, internal buses & control unit

3.Microprocessor Based System (2 hrs): Assembly of processing, memory & I/O subsystems to make a system, memory mapped I/O, isolated I/O, interrupts and DMA

4. Interface Standards (2 hrs): PCI Express, SATA, USB, IEEE 1394 (FireWire), RS-232 (serial port)

5.Memory Subsystem (4 hrs): Memory requirement of a system, properties and implementation of memory, types of memory ICs, memory hierarchy, memory organization, address mapping

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Performance Improvement (6 hrs): Clock speed, register width, instruction set, reducing the execution path length, design with pre fetching, pipelined design, caching, branch prediction, out of order execution & register renaming, speculative execution

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Parallel Computer Architectures (4 hrs): On chip parallelism (instruction level parallelism, on chip multithreading, single chip multiprocessors), coprocessors (network processors, media processors, crypto-processors), shared memory multiprocessors, message passing multi computers, grid computing.

8.Introduction to Assembly Language Programming (4 hrs): 8086 assembly language, interrupt handling, subroutine calls, segments in memory, command line arguments, string manipulation, introduction to multi-core programming

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Title Robot Design and Competition



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Design a robot to perform a simple task2. Identify what sensors and actuators are most appropriate for a simple robot3. Design an acceptable control algorithm for a small mobile robot.Outline Syllabus

1.Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots (4 hrs): Sense, think and act cycle of autonomous mobile robots is discussed, basic mobile platforms are also discussed

2.Motors (4 hrs): Basics of DC, Step, and servo motors are discussed with their control techniques such as PWM and H-bridge, how these motors are inter-faced to and controlled by a robot control board

3. Sensors (4 hrs): Basics of robot sensors such as IR, switch, and sonar, how these sensors are interfaced to a robot control board

4. Robot Control Board (4 hrs): Robot control board designed by the ENTC De-partment, soldering and step-by-step assembly/test process of the PCB

5. Programming (4 hrs): Programming of the robot control board from a PC through serial port

6. System Integration and Testing (4 hrs): Integration of sensors and actuators to the robot control board, simple feedback control for sense-think-act cycle

7. Robot Competition (4 hrs): Nature of the robot competition, rules and scoring method

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Title Electronic Design and Realization



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify various stages in an electronic design2. Discuss circuit design and prototyping3. Identify the importance of testing4. Illustrate enclosure design and prototyping5. Prepare proper documentation for electronic designs.Outline Syllabus 1. Introduction (2 hrs)

2. Design Flow (2 hrs): Need identification, conceptual design, detail design, design iteration

3. Circuit Design and Prototyping (8 hrs): Top-down / bottom-up approaches, schematic design, HDL design, simulation and verification, PCB prototyping

4. Testing (6 hrs): Test coverage, boundary scanning, test vector generation, pro-totype testing and design verification, product testing and quality assurance

5. Enclosure Design and Prototyping (8 hrs): Solid modeling and visualization, rapid prototyping, mould design, tool design

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Title Communications I



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Analyze characteristics of random signals and stochastic processes2. Discriminate between different analog modulation schemes using theoretical

analysis3. Choose the most appropriate modulation scheme for a given application4. Design communication links5. Describe the implications of practical sampling versus ideal sampling6. Identify and compare the distinctive features and relative advantages of PCM,

delta modulation, and differential PCM.Outline Syllabus

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Random Signals and Noise (6 hrs): Random processes: classification, mean, correlation and covariance functions, and spectral characteristics, Noise: ther-mal noise, white noise, filtered noise, and noise equivalent bandwidth, base-band signal transmission with noise, and matched filtering

2.Analog Modulation Schemes and their Performance in Noise (8 hrs): Amplitude modulation, angle and frequency modulation, receivers for analog modulation schemes, performance analysis in noise, and multiplexing

3. Communication Link Analysis (6 hrs): Received signal power and noise power, noise figure, noise temperature, and link budget analysis

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Sampling and PCM (8 hrs): Sampling: chopper sampling, ideal sampling and reconstruction, practical sampling and aliasing, pulse amplitude modulation, quantization, pulse code modulation, noise considerations in PCM, differential PCM, delta modulation and predictive coding

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Title Electromagnetics



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Estimate inductance and capacitance of a twin line and a coaxial line2. Explain the electric field and potential distributions within the semiconductor diode3. Apply Maxwell’s equations to electromagnetic wave propagation scenarios4. Analyze the propagation characteristics and power flow of electromagnetic waves

in free space and through metal waveguides when signals are transmitted through these media.

Outline Syllabus

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Static Electric & Magnetic Fields (6 hrs): Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations and their applications to examine a static electric field, integral and differential forms of Gauss’s law, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law as applied to static electric and magnetic fields, capacitance and inductance of twin lines and coaxial lines, boundary conditions, effect of earth on transmission line properties

2. Dynamic Fields (2 hrs): Maxwell’s equations and their uses in communications

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Plane Wave Propagation (6 hrs): Concept of an electromagnetic wave and free space propagation, near field and far field from a electromagnetic point source, uniform plane wave propagation in a dielectric medium, intrinsic imped-ance of a medium, speed of propagation, propagation constant, power flow, Poynting theorem, UPW propagation in a low loss dielectric and a good conduc-tor, skin depth

4. Polarization (2 hrs): Linear, circular and elliptic polarization of electromagnetic waves, application of polarization in telecommunications

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Reflection of EM Waves (6 hrs): Boundary conditions, reflection and transmis-sion coefficients of electromagnetic waves at normal incidence and at oblique incidence at an interface, Brewster angle, critical angle and their relevance in communications

6.Guided Wave Propagation (6 hrs): Introduction to metal waveguides, wave propagation through a rectangular and circular metal waveguide, TE and TM modes, power flow through a waveguide, cavity resonators

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Title Electronic Control Systems



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Design a controller for a given plant using computer based tools2. Analyze physical systems using control theories3. Implement analog and digital controllers.Outline Syllabus

1. History of Control Engineering (2 hrs): Outlines briefly the history of the field presenting some classical control examples that explain the control principles

2. Classical Control Theory (6 hrs): System modeling using ODEs, transforma-tion to Laplace(frequency) domain, regulator design, stability analysis, root locus design using simulation software

3. Second Order Systems (4 hrs): rise time, peak overshoot, settling time, damping

4. Designing Servo Systems (4 hrs): Bode analysis, stability analysis, compen-sator design using simulation software

5.Introduction to Modern Control (4 hrs): Time-domain modeling, state transi-tion, controllability, observability, observer based controller, Full state feedback and pole placement

6. Introduction to Optimal Control (4 hrs): Linear quadratic regulator, linear algebraic riccatti equation

7. Controllers Implementation (4 hrs): Analog controllers (OPAMP), digital con-trollers (microcontroller)

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Title Introduction to Biomedical Engineering



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify different biological systems and their functions2. Construct simple engineering models for physiological systems3. Analyze engineering solutions to physiological phenomena.Outline Syllabus

1.Overview of Biomedical Engineering (2 hrs): Divisions of biomedical engi-neering, activities of biomedical engineers, ethical issues in biomedical engi-neering.

2. Overview of the Human Body (8 hrs): Brief description of anatomical and physiological divisions of the human body.

3. Basic Principles and Concepts in Biomedical Engineering (4 hrs): Review of linear systems, time and frequency domain techniques.

4. Respiratory Mechanics and Mechanical Ventilation (6 hrs): Models for re-spiratory mechanics, method of identifying abnormalities respiration, ventilators.

5.Models of Cardiovascular System and Related Medical Equipment (8 hrs): Chemoreflex regulation of respiration, cardiovascular mechanics, heart-rate variability, cardiac electrophysiology, pacemakers, defibrillators.


Title Field Visit


Lectures - Pre/Co – requisitesGPA/NGPA NGPA Lab/Assignments -

Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Appreciate Electronic and Telecommunication engineering as practiced in the

industry.Outline Syllabus

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The course will be in the form of one or more field visits to places of interest to Electronic and Telecommunication graduates. These will include, but not limited to, communication towers, mobile providers, telecommunication infrastructure etc.

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Title Presentation Skills


Lectures 1 Pre/Co – requisitesGPA/NGPA NGPA Lab/Assignments -

Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Explain the importance of identifying the target audience 2. Describe the writing process3. Discuss plagiarism and the need to acknowledge the work of others4. Demonstrate the importance of report organization, introduction and conclusion

strategies5. Differentiate the different skills required for presentation in oral and written com-

munications6. Prepare the correct type of document to suit the target audience7. Present to a selected public audience8. Handle a mock interview.Outline Syllabus

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Writing skills (8 hrs): Writing process, common writing styles, formats and types of writing (letters, memos, proposals, reports, manuals etc.,), writing to different target audiences, report organization methods, introduction and conclusion strategies, planning, reviewing and revised writing, plagiarism, word processing techniques for report writing

2.Introduction to Presentations (4 hrs): Preparation of presentation speeches, presentation delivery skills, planning the presentation, presentation practice, influencing your audience

3. Interview Skills (2 hrs): Preparation for interviews, answering interview ques-tion, behavioral interview questions, practicing interview skills

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Title Analog Circuit Design


Lectures 2 Pre/Co – requisites EN2012

GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/2Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Explain the effects of positive and negative feedback on the performance of elec-

tronic circuits2. Examine the operation of different types of sinusoidal and non sinusoidal oscillator

circuits3. Identify types of filters, filter approximations and filter topologies4. Design passive and active filters5. Identify linear power supply circuits and protections circuits6. Design a linear power supply7. Perform noise analysis of analog electronic circuits.Outline Syllabus

1.Feedback (6 hrs): The general feedback structure, negative feedback, feed-back topologies, loop gain and stability, effect of feedback on amplifier poles, stability study using Bode plots, frequency compensation of amplifiers

2.Analog Filter Design (4 hrs): Passive and active filter design: LP, HP, BP filter design, Butterworth, Chebyshev approximations, second order active filter topologies

3.Oscillators (6 hrs): Principle of operation, frequency determination, common oscillator circuits, crystal oscillators, stability, non-sinusoidal waveform genera-tors: multivibrators and Schmitt triggers

4.Phase Locked Loops (4 hrs): Operating principles, classifications of PLL types, theory of liner PLL, theory of digital PLL, designing PLL circuits, practical circuits, frequency synthesis

5. Linear Power Supplies (4 hrs): Regulators, stabilization and protection circuits

6. Noise in Electronic Circuits (4 hrs): Types of noise, analysis of noise in am-plifiers, noise figure, noise temperature

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Title Communications II



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Apply the knowledge of the mathematical and geometrical representation of base-

band and modulated signals for analysis and design of communication systems2. Discriminate between different digital modulation techniques using theoretical

analyses3. Design optimum receivers for various linear modulation schemes in AWGN chan-

nel4. Evaluate the performance of discrete multicarrier communication (OFDM) systems5. Compare and contrast spread spectrum communications to conventional modula-

tion schemes in terms of bandwidth usage, performance, and as a multiple access technique

6. Analyze the error performances of DS-SS and FH-SS systems under jamming and broadband noise.

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Digital Modulation Techniques (8 hrs): Baseband pulse transmission: digital PAM signals, and power spectra of digital PAM, band-pass signals and sys-tems, signal-space representation, linear memoryless modulation methods: ASK, PSK, FSK, and QAM, digital subscriber lines and modems

2.Receiver Design for AWGN Channel (8 hrs): Coherent detection of signals in noise: correlation detector, matched-filter detector, and maximum likelihood decoding, performance of optimum receivers for linear modulation schemes

3.Multi-carrier Modulation (6 hrs): Principles of multicarrier modulation, mitiga-tion of subcarrier fading, discrete implementation (OFDM), and challenges in multicarrier transmission

4.Spread Spectrum Systems (6 hrs): Spread-spectrum principles, direct-se-quence spread spectrum (DSSS), spreading sequences, RAKE receivers, and frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS)

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Title Digital Signal Processing



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify in the issues relevant to implementing continuous signal processing in

digital domain2. Demonstrate the applicability of Digital Signal Processing beyond the traditional

application areas involving electrical signals3. Choose the correct filter implementation based on evaluation of different choices4. Design filters to meet a given set of specifications5. Demonstrate the effects of finite word lengths on implementation of filters6. Analyze digital systems to extract their behavioural characteristics.Outline Syllabus

1.Discrete Time Signals and Systems (4 hrs): Discrete-time signals, discrete-time systems, linear shift invariant systems, frequency response, difference equations, discrete convolution

2. Z Transform (2 hrs): Bilateral z transform, properties, inverse transform, stabil-ity analysis

3. Fourier Analysis of Discrete Time Signals and Systems (4 hrs): Discrete time Fourier Transform, Fast Fourier Transform

4. Structures for Discrete-Time Systems (6 hrs): Direct form, parallel, lattice, cascade, signal flow graphs

5.Digital Filter Design Methods (6 hrs): FIR filters, window method, frequency sampling method, Minimax method, etc., IIR filters, impulse invariant method, bilinear transform method, minimum mean square error method, etc.

6. Finite Length Register Effects and Hardware for DSP (3 hrs): Quantization noise, limit cycles, overflow oscillations, round off noise, scaling of digital filters

7. Adaptive Signal Processing (3 hrs): Effect of noise on signal processing, adaptive algorithms: LMS, RLS

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Title Digital Systems Design



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/2Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Demonstrate the required skills in Hardware Description Language that facilitate

rapid prototyping of digital systems2. Design sequential systems using RTL based approach3. Describe different approaches available for processor design4. Identify the key stages in designing a processor5. Analyze the requirements of a system to decide whether a custom-made proces-

sor is required6. Design a custom-made processor7. Describe the requirements to use asynchronous sequential based approaches.Outline Syllabus

1.Hardware Description Languages (4 hrs): Introduction to reconfigurable computing , circuit specification using hardware description languages, use of HDL packages

2. RTL based System Design (4 hrs): Introduction to RTL based design, data paths and controllers

3. RISC Architecture (4 hrs): Features of RISC architecture, pipelining, register windows, register renaming

4. Processor Design (8 hrs): Instruction set architecture, hardwired and micro-programming approaches to processor design

5. Memory Design (4 hrs): RAM, ROM, EPROM, SRAM, DRAM, memory cells and memory organization, cache memory design, memory interfacing

6.Asynchronous Sequential System Design (4 hrs): Introduction to asyn-chronous sequential systems, race conditions, stability issues, state reduction techniques

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Title Antennas and Propagation



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/2Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Discuss basic definitions of terms related to antenna design2. Analyze simple antenna structures3. Illustrate electromagnetic wave propagation mechanisms and related terminology4. Design an antenna for a given specification.Outline Syllabus

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Transmission Lines (8 hrs): Transmission lines as distributed components, characteristic impedance, propagation characteristics, reflection, voltage stand-ing waves, the Smith chart, methods of impedance matching, practical trans-mission lines (twisted pair, coaxial cable, substrate transmission lines)

2.Antenna Basics (2 hrs): Isotropic and anisotropic radiators, antenna radia-tion patterns, directivity, gain, antenna aperture, vector and scalar potentials, retarded potentials, radiation, near field and far field, Friis formula

3.Wire Antennas (4 hrs): Dipoles, monopoles, standing wave antennas (long-wire, v-antenna and rhombic antenna), loop antennas, helical antennas, log-periodic antennas

4.Aperture Antennas (6 hrs): Stutzman principle, Babinet’s principle, Booker’s Law, slot antennas, horn antennas, patch antennas, reflector antennas, lens antennas

5. Antenna Arrays (2 hrs): Antenna array basics, linear uniform arrays, binomial arrays, coupled arrays, self and mutual impedance, Yagi-Uda array

6.Radio Wave Propagation (4 hrs): Ground wave propagation, the ionosphere and sky wave propagation, space wave propagation, tropospheric effects (re-fraction, reflection, diffraction and absorption)

7. State of the Art Topics in Antennas and Propagation (2 hrs)

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Title Electronic Instrumentation



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/2Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Differentiate static and dynamic characteristics of electronic instruments2. Explain the operational principles of basic analog and digital test instruments3. Analyze measurement errors and how to improve accuracy of measurements4. Discuss instrumentation circuits and its relevance to measurement accuracy.Outline Syllabus

1.General Measurement Theory (2 hrs): The foundations of electronic mea-surement theory, measurement errors and error reduction techniques, factors influencing measurement errors, Signals and noise in measurement systems

2. Generalized Performance Characteristics of Instruments (3 hrs): Static characteristics, dynamic characteristics

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Fundamental Operational Principles of Instruments (8 hrs): Voltmeters and ammeters (analog and digital), signal sources and function generators, oscillo-scopes and their measurements, electronic counters power supplies, spectrum and network analyzers, logic analyzers

4. Instrumentation Circuits (4 hrs): Signal conditioning, instrumentation ampli-fiers, data acquisition and transmission circuits

5. Instrument Usage (4 hrs): Probes and other attachments, grounding and shielding design, choosing instruments for a given instrumentation environment

6. Control in Electronic Instruments (7 hrs): Use of embedded control in instru-mentation

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TitleFundamentals of Machine Vision and Image Processing



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/2Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Represent images using 2-dimensional discrete signals and systems2. Analyze images using 2-dimensional discrete Fourier transform and FFT3. Compare the spatial and frequency domain image processing operations4. Illustrate the basis for image compression5. Evaluate the issues relevant to processing of 2-dimensional signals6. Develops simple image processing and computer vision algorithms to general

vision-related problems7. Choose the correct image processing technique based on proper requirement

analysis8. Choose the correct vision based techniques for a given application.Outline Syllabus

1.Image Processing Fundamentals (2 hrs): Matrix representation, neighbors, distance measures, representation/descriptors, image processing using simula-tion software

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2-dimensional Discrete Time Signals and Systems (4 hrs): Discrete-time signals, discrete-time systems, linear shift invariant systems, frequency re-sponse, discrete convolution, spatial-domain transformations/filtering, Fourier analysis in 2D

3. Image Enhancement, Restoration and Conversion (4 hrs): of the image degradation / restoration process, noise models, filtering

4. Image Segmentation (4 hrs): Point, line and edge detection, region-based segmentation

5. Fundamentals of Computer Vision and Human Vision System (2 hrs)

6. Binary Image Processing for Vision Applications (4 hrs)

7. Video Image Processing (4 hrs): Time varying image analysis, optical flow, object tracking

8. Color, Photometric Stereo, Shape from X (4 hrs): Introduction to the topics

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Title Robotics


Lectures 2 Pre/Co – requisites

EN2062EN2142GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/1

Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Analyze the motion of a robot manipulator2. Use software tools to simulate robot manipulator kinematics3. Design a compliant joint controller for robot manipulators4. Design an appropriate trajectory planner for robot manipulators5. Discuss future directions of robotics in the society and industry.Outline Syllabus

1. Introduction (2hrs): The history and background of robotics, technical aspect of robots

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Mathematics of Robot Manipulators (4hrs): Kinematics and inverse kine-matics of robot manipulators is discussed, co-ordinate transformation between frames and how it is applied to calculate end-effector’s position and velocity (homogeneous transformation matrix, DH parameters)

3. Differential Motion (2 hrs): Manipulator Jacobeans, and static equilibrium

4.Trajectory Planning (2 hrs): Cartesian space and joint space trajectory plan-ning and their pros and cons are discussed, trajectory planning in industrial manipulators are specifically discussed

5. Robot Sensors (2 hrs): Internal and external sensors and sensor fusion for robot control, position encoders, force-torque sensors, and ultrasonic sensors

6. Drive Systems for Robot (4 hrs): DC servo drive systems with speed and direction control, feedback and feed forward control

7. Compliant Motion (2 hrs): Force control with a robot hand

8.Application Oriented Robot System Design (4 hrs): Designing a robot sys-tem for a given application (with case studies), type of the robot, type of sensor and actuators used, and trajectory planning method to be used

9.Autonomous Mobile Robots and Robot Intelligence (4 hrs): Issues in au-tonomous mobile robots such as self-localization, and navigation, introduction to behavior-based control subsumption architecture for advanced mobile robots

10.Current and Future Trends in Robotics (2 hrs): Computer vision techniques, image acquisition and processing techniques, vision based control of robot manipulators, robotics in industry, military application in roboticsC

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Title Biomedical Signal Processing



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/2Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify and describe the sources of key biomedical signals2. Demonstrate the understanding of signal representation techniques and their ap-

plicability to the analysis of biomedical signals3. Describe and quantify the effects of noise on biomedical signals4. Analyze different type of biomedical signals to get a deeper contextual under-

standing.Outline Syllabus 1. Physiology and Characteristics of Biomedical Signals (2hrs): Introduction

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ECG (6 hrs): Cardiac electrophysiology, relation of electrocardiogram (ECG) components to cardiac events, clinical applications, ECG filtering and frequency analysis of the electrogram, QRS detection, P & T wave detection, heart rate variability

3.EEG (6 hrs): Source of EEG signals, measurement of EEG signals, frequency domain analysis of EEG, modeling of EEG signals, EEG artifacts, use of soft-ware tools to analyze EEG

4. Signal Representation by Basis Functions (4 hrs): Principal component analysis (PCA), independent component analysis (ICA)

5. Effect of Noise on Medical Signal Processing (6 hrs): Noise characteristics, noise reduction techniques, adaptive signal processing, LMS, RLS

6. Blind Source Separation (2 hrs): Separate fetal and maternal ECG signals using techniques based on second- and higher-order statistical methods

7. Speech Signals (2 hrs): The source-filter model of speech production, spectro-graphic analysis of speech

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Title Industrial Training


Lectures - Pre/Co – requisitesGPA/NGPA NGPA Lab/Assignments -

Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Appreciate the differences between academic and industrial environments2. Value the training institutions relevance to engineering and engineering manage-

ment3. Relate the knowledge gained via training to the project which will be assigned and

bring it to completion4. Adhere to engineering ethics, industrial safety standards and processes5. Present the findings in a training report.Outline Syllabus

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Induction: This is an initial period to help the student in the transition from academic to industrial life. The students should meet his/her Mentor to discuss the contents and the objectives of training. He/She should also receive informa-tion about the training organization, its products or services and the terms and conditions of employment.

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Practical Skills: During this period the student should receive instructions in the practical skills essential for his/her future employment. It should also include an appreciation of the work of others in converting an engineering design into a final product (if appropriate).

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General Engineering Training: In a large organization this should include an introduction to the work done in a number of departments. Under these cir-cumstances, the student may eventually be working as a member of a team in the organization. The student should be made aware of the management and administration sectors of the organization.

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Directed Objective Training: The major part of the training should have directed application to the activity which the student intends to follow after the training program (activities should be relevant to the major in which the student will be graduating in). At this stage the student should be encouraged to work on a real project and be given increasing responsibility for independent work to establish interest and confidence in his/her work. Most of the training time will cover Design and Development, Documentation and Data preparation, and commissioning. The student should also have a thorough understanding of the operations of the training place in the Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering context.

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Title Advanced Electronics



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Recognize EMC and EMI issues2. Describe VSLI design concepts and fabrication issues3. Explain new developments related to materials, production process4. Discuss regulatory issues related to electronic devices5. Discover different types of applications and new trends in electronic applications.Outline Syllabus

1. Electromagnetic Compliance and Immunity (4 hrs): Electromagnetic compli-ance and immunity

2.VLSI Design and Semiconductor Fabrication (6 hrs): VLSI design flow, design hierarchy, design rules, full custom and semi custom design, application examples

3. Advance Electronic Materials and Devices (4 hrs): Wide band gap materials and devices, special transistor structures

4. Current Trends in Electronics (2 hrs): Regulatory issues, recycling, miniatur-ization, packaging

5. Applications in Industrial Electronics (2 hrs): Basic introduction to the indus-trial electronics, sensors and systems

6. Introduction to Nanotechnology for ICT (2 hrs): Basic introduction to nano-technology for ICT

7. Applications in Automobile Electronics (2 hrs): Introduction to the applica-tions of electronics in automobile industry, usage and considerations

8. Consumer Electronic Applications (2 hrs): Types of consumer electronic ap-plications

9. Applications in Renewable Energy (2 hrs): The renewable energy sources, applications in the renewable electronics and main considerations

10. Agricultural Electronics (2 hrs):


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Title Engineering Ethics



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments -Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Develop moral reasoning skills2. Explore the fundamental structure of human person-hood, the philosophical

grounding of moral action, and the development of moral character as the precon-dition of all integral performance in a profession.Discover different types of appli-cations and new trends in electronic applications.

3. Identify ethical issues such as professional responsibility, loyalty, conflict of inter-est, safety, and confidentiality in cases

Outline Syllabus

1.Introduction to ethics (6 hrs):Philosophy of engineering; code of ethics; individual, professional and institutional values; leadership in engineering and industry; ethical terminology; competency with good character.

2.Case studies (6 hrs): Case studies form local and international engineering fields, eg. Chernobyl disaster, Japanese nuclear disaster, challenger disaster, construction sector in Sri Lanka.

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Research project (4 hrs): Purpose: to initiate a systematic approach to the problems of identifying cross-cultural issues in the ethical education of science and engineering students, a simulated industrial issue will be presented by the students.




Title Communications III



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Choose an appropriate source coding technique to suit a given application 2. Describe the basic concepts of data secret-key and public-key encryption systems3. Relate the improvement in the error performance to the concepts of error control

coding, Hamming distance and coding gain4. Use matrix or polynomial operations to perform encoding and decoding operations

of a given block code5. Apply the Viterbi algorithm to perform maximum likelihood decoding of convolu-

tional codes 6. Design of signals for band-limited channels7. Apply optimum and suboptimum receiver techniques for channels with ISI and

AWGN.Outline Syllabus

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Source Coding (4 hrs): Information measure: entropy and mutual information, coding for discrete memoryless sources: Huffman coding and run-length codes, coding for analog sources: optimum quantization, block and transform coding, and examples of source coding: audio compression and video compression.

2.Data Encryption and Decryption (4 hrs): Introduction to cryptosystems, secrecy of a cipher system, practical security, stream encryption, public key cryptosystems, and pretty good privacy.

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Channel Coding (8 hrs): Error detection and correction, linear block codes: matrix representation of block codes, syndrome decoding, error detection and correction capabilities, and cyclic codes, convolutional codes: convolutional encoding, maximum likelihood decoding, and Viterbi decoding algorithm

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Digital Signaling Over Bandwidth Constrained AWGN Channels (6 hrs): Characterization of band-limited channels, signal design for band-limited chan-nels: band-limited signals for no ISI, Nyquist criterion, band-limited signals with controlled ISI, and data detection for controlled ISI: symbol-by-symbol detection and maximum-likelihood sequence detection

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Communication Through Band-limited Channels (6 hrs): Optimum receiv-ers for channels with ISI and AWGN: optimum maximum-likelihood receiver, discrete-time model for a channel with ISI, Implementation of MLSE using Viterbi algorithm, linear equalization: peak distortion and minimum mean square error criteria, and decision feedback equalization

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Title Project


Lectures Pre/Co – requisitesGPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments

Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify a real-world problem of sufficient complexity that can be solved using the

technologies learnt during the undergraduate career within a given time frame2. Appreciate the need for group work in solving real-world problems and the role of

the individual3. Demonstrate the skills required for writing a project proposal and associated busi-

ness plan for the problem identified4. Defend the proposal drafted for solving a real-world problem 5. Apply the knowledge gained to determine alternative approaches to solving the

problem6. Analyze different approaches to solve the identified problem7. Evaluate the different approaches to find the most suitable one8. Design and develop the solution using the selected approach9. Evaluate the effectiveness of the solution10. Justify the methods adopted in the solution11. Compile a comprehensive document detailing all aspects related to the project.Outline Syllabus

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Investigation Stage: The student should be capable of independently referring to books, papers, academic literature and electronic resources to justify their choice of project. Conduct a literature survey in order to academically support any claims, tech-nologies and methods used in your project. This phase should also be used to determine if there are other methods that have been used to address the same or similar imple-mentation aspects of your project. As a consequence of this activity, the student should now have a number of sources of information upon which to base the work that is to follow. Identifying or estimating the hardware and software components required for the successful implementation of the proposed project is also carried out within the scope of this phase.

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Implementation Stage: Once the preliminary investigation is carried out and a project of appropriate complexity is chosen, the next stage is to design and implement the pro-totype. Identifying the proper approach of implementation is also key to completing the project successfully. Use design software, simulations to support your design strategies. The implementation phase includes construction and testing of the prototype. A major portion of the time should be spent with this phase. At the implementation stage, the student is allowed to alter or modify the methodologies proposed in the previous phase depending on any new information available at this stage.

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Presentation Phase: Placing the work in context and presenting it effectively is also an important part of the project. Effective presentation of the project material and a well structured report is expected for the satisfactory completion of the final year project. The documentation and knowledge preservation includes a presentation, report, DVD with structured information as well as a viva.

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Title Power Electronics



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Describe the fundamental principles of different power electronic devices2. Identify different applications in power electronics3. Apply the knowledge of power electronic devices and controllers to analyze power

electronic circuits4. Design and implement various power electronics devices and circuits5. Troubleshoot power electronics devices and circuits.Outline Syllabus

1. Fundamentals of Power Electronics (2 hrs): Introduction to power electron-ics, fundamentals of power electronics, devices and considerations

2. AC Power Handling (4 hrs): Diode and thyristor controlled rectifiers, ac power controlling

3. Simulation of Power Electronic Circuits (2 hrs): Simulation of power elec-tronic circuits using appropriate software

4. Thermal Management of Power Devices (2 hrs): Thermal management, heat sink calculation and power devices selection on thermal aspects

5.Drive and Protection Circuits (4 hrs): Drive circuits of power semiconduc-tor devices, high side drivers and operation, protection circuits and measures, snubber circuits, over voltage and over current protection, EMI aspects

6. DC / DC Converters (4 hrs): Design of buck, boost and buck-boost converters, characteristics and practical aspects

7. Inverters (2 hrs): Voltage source and current source inverters, PWM, hyster-esis and resonance pulse inverters, applications and control methods

8. Advanced Power Supplies (6 hrs): Switching regulators, switch mode power supplies, uninterrupted power supplies

9. Motor Controlling (2 hrs): AC, DC and BLDC motor controlling methods and design

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Title Electronic Manufacturing Systems




Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Describe manufacturing process design2. Explain production planning3. Discuss methods used for raw material control4. Describe methods used for production control5. Appraise productivity improvement techniques and manufacturing information

management techniques.Outline Syllabus 1. Introduction (2 hrs)

2. Process design and engineering, translation of product design informa-tion to manufacturing information (6 hrs)

3. Production planning, scheduling, production strategies: make-to-order, make-to-stock (6 hrs)

4. Incoming raw material control, material ordering and stocking, Cumban system (4 hrs)

5. Product fabrication, assembly, testing, repair, quality control (6 hrs)6. Productivity improvement, manufacturing information management (4hrs)

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Title Industrial Electronics



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify the sensors and actuators used in industrial applications2. Use sensors and actuators in automation applications3. Identify the controllers used in industrial application4. Use industrial controllers in automation applications5. Identify electronics in machinery used in industrial applications6. Design protection systems for structures and automation systems.Outline Syllabus

1.Industrial Sensors and Actuators (6 hrs): Pressure sensors, temperature sensors, humidity sensors, viscosity sensors, flow sensors, load cells, etc., electric actuators, pneumatic actuators, hydraulic actuators, etc.

2.Electronics in Industrial Machines (6 hrs): CNC machines, industrial robots, molding machines, EDM machines, welding machines, heat treatment ma-chines, printing machines, packeting machines, conveyors, etc.

3.Industrial Controllers (6 hrs): Analog and digital controllers, programmable controllers, fuzzy logic controllers, fuzzy neural controllers, embedded control-lers, etc.

4. Industrial Automation (6 hrs): Overview, industrial networks, automation software

5. Protection (4 hrs): Lightning protection, vibration protection

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Title Telecommunication Core Networks



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Discuss signaling and its relevance in a given application2. Discriminate between different digital transmission and multiplexing technologies3. Differentiate between different data transmission technologies4. Justify the reasons for convergence of different technologies.Outline Syllabus

1. Signaling (4 hrs): Evolution of signaling systems, The CCITT no. 7 signaling system

2. Transmission (8 hrs): Multiplexing hierarchies V PCM and time division multi-plexing, SONET, SDH and WDM techniques and networks

3.Data Transmission Technologies (10 hrs): X.25, frame relay, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), congestion control in data transmission, IP based net-works, transmission in WANs

4.Convergence of Technologies (6 hrs): Voice and video over packet switch-ing networks, integrated networks, applications in multimedia communications, MPLS

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Title Optical Fiber Communications



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Investigate and evaluate the capabilities of optical devices and fiber types2. Identify the underlying innovations behind emerging technologies in fiber optic

communications3. Recommend a cost effective solution for real world optical link design problems.Outline Syllabus

1.Introduction (2 hrs): Introduction to optical communication systems, history of optical fiber and optical communication systems, comparison with other wired and wireless media

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Optical Fiber (6 hrs): Optical fiber as a dielectric waveguide, optical fiber con-struction and types (glass fibers, plastic fibers, graded index fibers etc.), mecha-nisms of attenuation and dispersion, mulitmode and single mode fibers, modal and chromatic dispersion, dispersion compensation

3. Optical Sources (6 hrs): Light emitting diodes (LED’s), laser diodes, VCSEL and DFB lasers

4. Optical Detectors and Receivers (4 hrs): PIN photodiode, avalanche photo-diode, noise in optical receivers, bit error rate calculation

5.Modulation, Amplification and Multiplexing (6 hrs): Direct modulation band-width of LED’s and semiconductor lasers, fiber amplifiers, wavelength division multiplexing and fiber components

6. Optical Link Design and Practice (4 hrs): Link budget calculations and selec-tion of optical components

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Title Microwave Engineering



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/2Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Apply basic principles of electromagnetic to understand the behavior of micro-

waves and their propagation2. Discriminate the operating principles of basic microwave devices such as wave-

guides, thermionic, semiconductor and ferrite microwave devices3. Use basic microwave devices effectively, observing safety precautions.Outline Syllabus

1.Microwave Circuit Theory (8 hrs): Scatter parameters, signal flow graphs (for source, load and transducer), Smith chart based solutions, circuit simulation software

2.Transmission Lines and Substrate Components (3 hrs): Coaxial lines, microstrips and slot lines, filters, bends, quarter wave transformers, couplers, junctions, lumped components

3.Passive Components (6 hrs): Terminations, attenuators, reactive stubs, cavity resonators, bends, T junctions, magic T junction, hybrid ring, directional cou-plers, slotted lines, ferrite filters, isolators, circulators, phase shifters

4. Microwave Tubes (4 hrs): Magnetron, klystron, reflex klystron, traveling wave tube

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Semiconductor Devices (5 hrs): Gunn diode, PIN diode, varactor diode, tun-nel diode, backward diode, Schottky diode, point contact diode, IMPATT diode, bipolar junction transistors, hetero junction transistors, field effect transistors (MESFET, HMET), introduction to monolithic microwave integrated circuits

6. Microwave Antennas (2 hrs): Horn antenna, helical antenna, phased arrays, slot antennas, reflector antennas, lens antennas, patch antennas

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Title Advanced Digital System Laboratory



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/1Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify the reasons to implement a specific system on reconfigurable hardware 2. Describe the System-on-Chip (SoC) concept and its advantages3. Demonstrate the modeling for digital systems for implementation in system on a

chip4. Demonstrate the skills required for optimizing of FPGA resources and trouble-

shooting critical issues on reconfigurable hardware such as timing5. Evaluate the performance of the systems implemented.Outline Syllabus

1. Complex Digital Systems (4 hrs): System specification, design, implementa-tion and performance evaluation on reconfigurable hardware (FPGA)

2. Implementation of SoC (System on a Chip) on FPGAs (4 hrs): SoC concept, real world examples, timing and synchronization, power and energy

3. Role of Software in SoC (4 hrs): Hardware/software co-design, implementing real-time operating systems on reconfigurable hardware

4. SoC Troubleshooting Techniques (2 hrs): Use of industry standard tools for trouble shooting SoCs – e.g. chip scope

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Title Biomedical Instrumentation



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/2Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Discuss the operational principle of transducers and electrodes used in medical

instrumentation2. Explain the principles of operation of medical devices 3. Describe the use of therapeutic equipment in medicine4. Differentiate functions and applications of diagnostic imaging techniques5. Analyze the effects of medical instruments on the human bodyOutline Syllabus

1.Measuring, Recording, and Monitoring Instruments (10 hrs): Fundamen-tals of medical instrumentation, physiological transducers, monitoring systems, biomedical telemetry, physiological measurements, and patient safety.

2.Medical Imaging and Reconstruction Techniques (10 hrs): X-Rays, CT-imaging, Ultrasound, MR-imaging, Nuclear imaging, and Image reconstruction techniques.

3.Therapeutic Equipment (8 hrs): Cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators, dialysis systems, surgical instruments, life supporting devices and radiotherapy equipment.

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Title Research Project


Lectures - Pre/Co – requisitesGPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments -

Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Explain specific issues related to the chosen research topic based on how con-

cepts have been built up through cross referencing of related research material2. Demonstrate skills of critical comparison with similar research topics3. Demonstrate specific skills related to research methodologies4. Demonstrate programming/analytical skills required for advanced research5. Write a research paper of acceptable quality.Outline Syllabus

1. Research methodologies, significance of literature survey, search methodolo-gies, formulating research ideas, referencing research

2. Reading and reviewing research articles, formalized methods of conducting a research, developing and implementing algorithms

3. Writing research reports, preparing a paper for publication based on research outcomes


Title Technical and Scientific Writing


Lectures 1 Pre/Co – requisitesGPA/NGPA NGPA Lab/Assignments -

Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify the importance of the target audience in technical and scientific writing2. Differentiate between different types of technical reports, its elements and organi-

zation3. Explain the need for comprehensive literature survey 4. Explain the need for templates in technical documents5. Use of citations, cross references, bibliography styles and indexes 6. Write a review or critique for a given article.Outline Syllabus

1.Technical Writing (8 hrs): Common technical writing styles, formats and types of writing., use of templates, bibliographies, introduction and conclusion strate-gies, planning, reviewing and revised writing

2. Word Processing Techniques (4 hrs): Using Tex for technical writing 3. Reviews and Critiques (2 hrs): Elements of a good review/critique

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Title Consumer Electronics



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Explain the operation principles of commonly used consumer electronic devices2. Identify and isolate common faults in electronic systems3. Repair and configure selected electronic devices.Outline Syllabus

1. Television (6 hrs): Basic operation, troubleshoot, common faults of televisions, LCD & plasma televisions

2. Electronics in Display Devices (2 hrs): Operating principle and troubleshoot-ing of CRT, LCD, and plasma screens

3. Record and Playback Devices (2 hrs): Construction, operation, common brands and repair procedures of VCD, DVD, Blu-Ray, etc.

4. Printing Machines (2 hrs): Operation of the printers, common faults of dot matrix printers, ink-jet printers, bubble-jet printers and laser printers

5. Photocopy Machines and Scanners (2 hrs): Operation, troubleshooting and optional features

6. Multimedia Projectors (2 hrs): Operation, sensing technologies (TFT, DLP), common faults and troubleshoot

7.Telephone and Related Devices (4 hrs): Construction, fault identification, repair and configuration of telephones, mobile phones, wireless handsets, fax machines and modems.

8. Devices with Fuzzy Logic (4 hrs): Usage and implementation of fuzzy logic in consumer electronic devices (such as washing machines, air conditioners)

9. Other Consumer Electronic Devices (4 hrs): Construction and operation of combo box, digital cameras, camcorders, etc.


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Title Industrial Motor Control



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/2Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Differentiate types of motors and their characteristics2. Identify the different controlling strategies used in motor controlling3. Apply the knowledge of power electronics for designing high power motor control-

lers4. Optimize the motor controller designs in terms of efficiency, torque output, power

density and stability with advance motor control concepts and methods5. Troubleshoot motor control circuits and systems.Outline Syllabus

1. Fundamentals of Motor Control (2 hrs): Introduction to motor control elec-tronics, different aspects and considerations

2. Servo Motor Control (2 hrs): Different types of servo motors and characteris-tics, controlling theories and strategies of servo motors

3. Different Switching Techniques (4 hrs): Sine PWM, space vector PWM and hysteresis loop PWM techniques used for motor power / current control

4. DC Motor Control (4 hrs): DC motor classification, types of DC motors, basic equations, controlling DC motors in four quadrant operations

5. Induction and Synchronous Motor Control and Inverter Design (4 hrs): Variable speed drives design, implementation and optimization

6.Brushless DC and Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Design (4 hrs): BLDC motors and PMSM design concepts, controlling methods, controller de-sign and position sensor design

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Optimization of Output Parameters (Torque, Efficiency and Ripple Rac-tor) (4 hrs): Optimization of motor output parameters (torque, efficiency and ripple factor) using different controller methods, selective harmonic elimination method and other high order harmonic elimination techniques

8. Applications (4 hrs): Robotics, electric/hybrid vehicles, conveyors, elevators, etc.

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Title Automobile Electronics



GPA/NGPA GPA Lab/Assignments 3/2Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Describe the basic operation of the automobile control systems2. Identify the different parts of automobile control systems3. Explain how to troubleshoot electronic / electrical elements in automobiles4. Identify features in automobile control and electronic systems that can be modified

to improve the performance.Outline Syllabus

1. Operation of the Internal Combustion Engine (2 hrs): Two stroke gasoline engine, four stroke gasoline engine and four stroke diesel engine, turbo charger

2.Fuel Metering and Delivery (2 hrs): Conventional carburetor, EFI system (sin-gle point fuel injection, multi point fuel injection, gasoline direct injection), diesel direct and indirect injection

3. Ignition Control (2 hrs): Conventional ignition, transistor control ignition, ca-pacitor discharge ignition, distributor less ignition

4. Emission Control (1 hr): Emission control methods such as catalytic converter

5. Engine Control Unit (4 hrs): Sensors and actuators, engine control tech-niques, vehicle fault diagnosing

6. Safety and Security (4 hrs): ABS systems, intelligent traction control, airbag systems, vehicle security systems

7. Air Conditioning and Automatic Climate Control (2 hrs): Intelligent air condi-tioning systems and climate control systems

8. Automotive Navigation Systems (2 hrs): Automatic navigation systems avail-able in vehicles, sensors and algorithms

9. Intra Vehicle Communication (4 hrs): I2C, CAN networking, local interconnect network, FlexRay

10. Emerging Technologies in Automobiles (3 hrs): Electric and hybrid vehicles, fuel cell powered vehicles, fuel enhancing techniques

11. Electronic Device Fabrication for Automobiles (1 hrs): The special consider-ations in automobile grade semiconductor device manufacturing

12. Cruise Control (1 hrs): Cruise control systems in vehicles

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Title Agricultural Electronics



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Describe properties & functions of soil and suitable electronic instrumentations for

soil property & function measurements2. Discuss soil fertility & plant nutrition and suitable electronic instrumentation for

fertility & plant nutrition management3. Explain plant physiology and electronic instrumentation related to plant physiology4. Discuss physical properties of agricultural produce, produce quality and electronic

instrumentation for quality measurements5. Explain principles of preservation of agricultural produce and suitable electronic

instrumentation for agricultural produce preservation.Outline Syllabus 1. Introduction (3 hrs)

2.Properties and Functions of Soil (5 hrs): Physical and chemical properties effecting crop growth, soil water retention, instrumentations for soil property and function measurements

3.Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition (5 hrs): Nutrient dynamics, functions of plant nutrients, deficiency and toxicity symptoms, soil fertility and productivity, fertility management, instrumentation for fertility management

4.Plant Physiology (5 hrs): Principle physiological aspects, effect of environ-mental factors, optimization of plant yield, instrumentation related to plant physiology

5.Agricultural Product Quality and Processing (5 hrs): harvest maturity, mea-surement of quality, sensory properties, instrumentation for product quality and processing

6.Processing of Agricultural Produce (5 hrs): Psychrometry and moisture dynamics, introduction to principles of preservation, physicochemical changes, instrumentation for quality assessment and process control

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Title Electronic Applications in Renewable Energy



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Compare different types of renewable energy sources and their characteristics2. Apply the knowledge of power electronics for designing and analyzing power

controlling, storage, distribution and interconnection circuitry related to renewable energy applications.

3. Optimize the power output and efficiency of the renewable energy extraction sys-tem.

Outline Syllabus

1.Renewable Energy Sources and Characteristics (4 hrs): Different types of renewable energy sources (solar, wind, micro hydro, Sterling thermal), charac-teristics, feasibility and availability.

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Variable Input Voltage, Variable Input Frequency Power Controlling Cir-cuitry (4 hrs): The design and characteristics of variable input voltage and variable input frequency controllers, optimization techniques of the controllers in terms of power extraction

3.Energy Storage Mechanisms (2 hrs): Variation of renewable energy input and storage mechanisms of energy, design of high power energy storage and retrieving mechanisms, managing multiple renewable energy systems

4. High Voltage Electronics, Power Converters (4 hrs): High voltage electron-ics devices and protection mechanisms, deign of high voltage power converters

5. HVDC Transmission (4 hrs): Design and analysis of HVDC transmission sys-tems and back to back converters

6. Grid Interconnection (6 hrs): Interconnection of the power sources with na-tional grid, controlling methods and circuit design

7. Applications (4 hrs): Wind mill controllers, photo voltaic controllers, micro hydro controllers

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Title Industrial Automation



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Evaluate a given industrial automation system and suggest on possible improve-

ments2. Design and implement a complete solution for a full industrial automation system3. Troubleshoot an existing industrial automation system.Outline Syllabus

1.Sensors (4 hrs): Limit switches, photo sensors, magnetic sensors, inductive sensors, ultrasonic sensors, process control sensors used for humidity, pres-sure, temperature, load and flow measurements

2. Actuators (4 hrs): Motors and electrical linear drives, pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders and linear drives, pneumatic and hydraulic rotary drives and motors

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Pneumatic and Hydraulic Control Systems (4 hrs): Pneumatic generation, purification and flow control, control valves, pure pneumatic/hydraulic control systems, electro-pneumatic/hydraulic control systems, relay circuits, ladder logic, simulation of pneumatic / hydraulic systems

4.Programmable Logic Controllers (6 hrs): Operation and construction of switching modules and PLCs, high end PLCs, PLC programming, other add-ons, PLC standards

5. Human Machine Interfaces (4 hrs): HMI software, display and touch panels interfacing and programming

6. Industrial Networks (2 hrs): CAN-open, profibus, Modbus, pndustrial Ethernet, configuration and interconnection

7. Motor Controlling in Industrial Automation (2 hrs): Motor controlling using inverters and encoders, etc. Servo motors and controllers

8. Industrial Printers (2 hrs): Usage, interfacing and features of industrial inkjet printers, pad printer, etc.

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Title Broadcast Technologies



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Assess different broadcast technologies2. Design TV and radio broadcast networks.Outline Syllabus

1. Analog and Digital Sound Broadcasting ( 4 hrs): Conventional FM broad-casting and DAB standards

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Fundamentals of Terrestrial Analog TV Broadcasting (6 hrs): Encoders and dcoders in PAL and NTSC systems, characteristics of composite video sig-nal, modulation of CVS and spectrum utilization, TV transmitters, and network planning

3.Terrestrial Digital TV Broadcasting (4 hrs): Motivation for digital TV, need for compression, predictive encoding and transform coding, motion estimation and compensation

4. MPEG Video Compression Standards (2 hrs)

5. Digital TV Broadcasting Standards (6 hrs): DVB- T, ATSC, and ISDB stan-dards, and network planning

6. Transmitters for Digital TV Broadcasting (4 hrs): Operational principals and test and measurement for DTV transmitters

7. Introduction to IPTV, Cable TV and Satellite TV (2 hrs)

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Title Radar and Navigation



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Explain block diagrams and the operation of different types of RADAR and se-

lected navigation systems2. Apply the fundamental engineering concepts found in electromagnetic, electron-

ics, signal processing, antennas and propagation in the design of practical RADAR systems and navigation systems

3. Design pulsed RADAR and selected navigation systems by optimizing various design parameters

4. Use RADAR and navigational equipment effectively with safe operating precau-tions.

Outline Syllabus

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Radar Systems (8 hrs): Introduction and early history, classification of Radars, basic concepts and measurements, the Radar equation, propagation effects of atmospheric refraction, properties of radar targets, Radar detection in the pres-ence of noise, Introduction to Radar signal processing, Radar antennas CW Radar, frequency-modulated CW Radar, MTI and pulse Doppler Radar, tracking Radar, introduction to secondary surveillance Radar (SSR)

2.En-Route Navigational Aids (6 hrs): Rho-Theta navigation, VHF Omni-range (VOR), distance measuring equipment (DME), Radio altimeter, introduction to Doppler navigation and satellite based navigation

3. Navigational Aids for Landing (6 hrs): Instrument landing system (ILS), ap-proach and terminal Radars, use of precision approach path indicators (PAPI)

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Satellite Based Navigation System (8 hrs): Global positioning system, satel-lite constellation, principle of triangulation, navigational messages, frame for-mat, errors in position fixing, GPS receivers, automatic dependant surveillance (ADS) systems, future air navigation systems (FANS)

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Title Microwave Communication



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Explain the use of microwave communication systems in providing broadband

solutions2. Design the RF links in terrestrial and satellite microwave communication systems3. Plan and propose microwave link solutions to the communication problems in the

industry.Outline Syllabus

1.Principles of Terrestrial Microwave Communication (4 hrs): Principles of tropospheric wave propagation: reflection, refraction, diffraction & absorption effects

2. RF Link Design for Terrestrial Microwave Communication (6 hrs): Path design, fading & fade margin, link power budget

3. Reliability Measures (4 hrs): Protection methods & link configurations

4. Introduction to Satellite Systems (4 hrs): Concept, history, orbits, footprints, frequency bands, constellations, applications

5. Satellite Communication Link Design and Analysis (4 hrs): Satellite RF link path design, fading & fade margin, satellite link power budget, antennas

6. Digital Modem Design (2 hrs): Subsystems in a satellite, satellite payload, digital modem

7. Error Control for Digital Satellite Links (2 hrs): Use of modern error control codes in satellite communication links

8. Codec design (2 hrs): Basic principles of speech/video coding and their usage in satellite communication systems

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Title Teletraffic Theory and Switching



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Justify the importance of traffic theory for communication networks2. Evaluate different switching technologies3. Design an end-to-end multimedia over IP network application4. Analyze the performance of standard routing algorithms and MPLS.Outline Syllabus

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Teletraffic Theory (8 hrs): Statistical characterization of telecommunications traffic, the Erlang B formula and its applications, circuit efficiency, grade of ser-vice and measurement of congested circuits, dimensioning of telephone circuits and switches

2.Switching (8 hrs): Space switching, time switching, and stored program control (SPC) switching, blocking and non-blocking switches, packet switching with comparison to circuit switching

3. Multimedia Over IP Networks (4 hrs): VOIP, H323, H264, RTP/RTCP, SIP

4. Multiprotocol Label Switching (8 hrs): Basic principles of MPLS, LDP, MPLS with traffic engineering

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Title Wireless and Mobile Communications



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Explain relative merits and demerits of wireless communication technologies2. Select a wireless technology or a combination of technologies to suit a given ap-

plication3. Plan a wireless communications system for a given environment in which it is to

be deployed.Outline Syllabus

1. Introduction (1 hrs): Introduction to wireless communication systems: evolu-tion, fixed wireless access, cellular, paging, and trunked mobile systems

2.Propagation and System Planning (6 hrs): Radio wave propagation in the mobile environment: large scale and small scale fading, Interference, mobile radio link design and network planning

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Wireless Access (7 hrs): Overview of wireless access networks, base and subscriber stations, frequency planning, multiple access technologies, Noise and interference in wireless communication systems, diversity reception, and MIMO communication

4. Cellular Systems (6 hrs): Evolution of cellular systems, principles and opera-tion, capacity considerations, and standards

5.Wireless Network Standards (4 hrs): Wireless LANs, wireless MANs, short range wireless networks, standards, capabilities and applications, broadband wireless networks, and integration of different types of wireless networks

6.Wireless Sensor Networks (4 hrs): Introduction to sensor networks and ap-plications, issues in sensor networks in comparison to conventional wireless networks, special design considerations in energy conservation, routing etc.

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Title Information Theory



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Determine the amount of information per symbol and information rate of a discrete

memoryless source2. Design lossless source codes for discrete memoryless source to improve the ef-

ficiency of information transmission.3. Evaluate the information capacity of discrete memoryless channels and determine

possible code rates to achievable on such channels.4. Apply Shannon-Hartley theorem for information transmission on Gaussian chan-

nels to determine the capacity 5. Select a suitable lossy data compression technique for a given situation6. Appreciate information theoretic results as fundamental limits on performance of

communication systemsOutline Syllabus

1. Introduction to Information Theory (1 hr): Introduction to information theory and its applications

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Information and Sources (6 hrs): Definition of information, Information sources: memoryless and Markov sources, information measures: self informa-tion, entropy, relative information, and mutual information, Jensen’s inequality and information rate

3.Source Coding (6 hrs): Classes of codes, average length, Kraft’s inequality, Huffman codes, conditions for existence Huffman codes, optimality of Huffman codes, Shannon-Fano-Elias coding, and Lempel-Ziv coding

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Channel Capacity (8 hrs): Capacity of discrete memoryless channels: ex-amples of channel capacity, symmetric channels, Jointly typical sequences, channel coding theorem, and zero error coding, capacity of Gaussian channel: Gaussian channel, converse to the coding theorem, band limited channels, and parallel channels

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Source Coding with a Fidelity Criterion (7 hrs): Optimal quantization: rate distortion theorem, calculation of rate distortion function, converse to rate distor-tion theorem, and Introduction to audio and video coding standards and charac-teristics

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Title Mobile Computing



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Discuss the different requirements and issues of user mobility in networks2. Analyze different mobile application architectures 3. Evaluate security mechanisms in mobile networks.Outline Syllabus

1.Protocols Supporting Mobility (6 hrs): Mobile network layer protocols, mobile-IP, dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), mobile transport layer protocols, mobile-TCP, indirect-TCP, wireless application protocol (WAP)

2.Mobile Applications Architecture (8 hrs): Extended client-server model, peer-to-peer model, mobile agent model, wireless internet, smart client, messaging, mobile data management, mobile OS, WAP, WML, J2ME

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Location Awareness (3 hrs): Handoff and location management concepts, mobility management in PLMN, mobility management in mobile internet, mo-bility management in mobile agent systems, adaptive location management methods

4.Security in Mobile Environment (4 hrs): Wireless and mobile network secu-rity threats, encryption, integrity protection, intrusion detection systems, authen-tication and access control, security for mobile agents

5. HCI Issues (4 hrs)6. Resource Management (3 hrs)

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Title Nanotechnology for ICT



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Explain the basic principles of Nanotechnology2. Describe machinery used for nanofabrication3. Identify nano materials and their applications4. Identify pros and cons of Nanotechnology.Outline Syllabus

1. Introduction (2 hrs): Nano scale, quantum dynamics, reaction cross section, top-down and bottom-up approaches

2. History and Background (2 hrs): History of nanotechnology, origin of the concepts

3. Carbon Nanotubes – CNT (4 hrs): Generation, properties and applications of CNT

4.Equipment and Processes of Nanotechnology (8 hrs): Scanning tunneling microscope, atomic force microscope, electron beam lithography, molecular beam lithography

5. Nanofactory (2 hrs): The concept of molecular manufacturing

6. Nano Materials and Applications (6 hrs): Light weight substances, high ef-ficient solar cells, anti-dust materials, fuel catalysts, etc.

7. Future Nano Applications (2 hrs): Space ladder, nano-robots, etc.8. Biological and Environmental Hazards of Nanotechnology (2 hrs)

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Title Autonomous Systems




Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify methods of controlling autonomous systems2. Analyze autonomous system applications3. Discuss manufacturing and automation of autonomous system components.Outline Syllabus

1. Autonomous Systems and Machine Learning (6hrs): Introduction to autono-mous systems, supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning

2. Mobile Robot Localization and Navigation(4hrs): Sensor fusion, Kalman filter, occupancy grid, water-flow algorithm for micromouse

3.Adaptive and Intelligent Control (6hrs): Behaviour-based control, controller fusion, neural networks and fuzzy Logic based control techniques, control under modelling errors and uncertainties

4. Multi Agent Systems (4hrs): Cooperative control, swarm intelligence, flock behaviour

5.Human-Machine Interface (4hrs): EEG, EOG interfaces, welfare and rehabili-tation robotics, supervisory control, task-resolved motion control, teleoperation, wave parameters

6. Intelligent Manufacturing and Soft Automation (4hrs): Robotics devices for manufacturing industry, automation using soft agents

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Title Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Investigate the capabilities of classifiers and learning algorithms2. Recommend the best classifier to tackle real life pattern recognition problems3. Relate the state-of-the-art of pattern recognition research to need driven applica-

tions, such as medical diagnosis and industrial quality control.Outline Syllabus

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Introduction to Pattern Recognition (2 hr): Concept of pattern recognition, history and applications of pattern recognition in biomedical engineering, data mining, computer vision, signal processing, computer security, natural language processing etc.

2.Classifiers and Machine Learning (8 hrs): The feature space, the perceptron, non-linear classifiers, multiclass classifiers, learning methods, overfitting, and classifier confidence.

3.Decision Trees (6 hrs): Discrete attribute decision trees, continuous attribute decision trees, learning algorithms (ID3, C4.5, CART, random forest), cut point selection.

4. Nearest Neighbor Classifiers (4 hrs): Voronoi maps, kNN classifiers, distance metrics.

5. Support Vector Machines (4 hrs): Support vectors, the kernel trick, SVM kernel types.

6. Statistical Learning (4 hrs): Bayesian learning, Naive Bayes classifiers.

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Title Advances in Machine Vision



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Apply image processing knowledge to solve real world problems2. Use theoretical knowledge to implement recent vision applications3. Comprehend a significant part of the vision literature.Outline Syllabus

1.Image Segmentation (6 hr): Thresholding, region growing, k-means, EM, mean-shift, active contours, dynamic programming, level-set methods, and graph cuts for segmentation

2.3-D Reconstruction (6 hrs): Epipolar geometry, camera models, camera calibration, stereo correspondence, optic flows, fundamental matrix, two-view reconstruction, structure from motion, visual SLAM

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Object Recognition (6 hrs): Bayesian recognition, Markov random fields, detection of objects and object classes, invariance to illumination, scaling and rotation, machine learning techniques for selection, popular detectors for faces, cars etc.

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Feature Detection and Tracking (6 hrs): Corner detection, interest point detection, less-distinctive and distinctive features, feature descriptors, scale space, SIFT features and current distinctive feature detectors, feature tracking, Kalman filter, particle filter, appearance-model-based tracking

5. Vision for Graphics (4 hrs): Warping, mosaicing, dense 3-D reconstruction, image-based rendering

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Title Medical Imaging and Image Processing



Learning OutcomesAt the end of the module the student will be able to:1. Identify methods of visualizing anatomical and physiological information2. Analyze the biological aspects of medical imaging 3. Compare and contrast imaging modalities4. Implement and test existing post-processing and visualization techniques.Outline Syllabus

1. Overview of Medical Imaging (2 hrs): Imaging modalities, ionizing radiations, structural and functional imaging

2. X-ray (4 hrs): Projection X-ray principles and equipment, dose and exposure, attenuation coefficient, clinical X-ray procedures.

3. Computed Tomography (4 hrs): Basic principles, sonograms, reconstruction principles, Hounsfield units, scanner designs, dose considerations, artifacts.

4.Magnetic Resonance Imaging (4 hrs): Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), magnets and coils, spatial encoding, k-space, image quality, contrast manipula-tion, pulse sequences.

5.Ultrasound (4 hrs): US principle, transducer, ultrasound-tissue interactions, acoustic impedance, A-mode imaging, time gain compensation (TGC), beam steering, B-mode imaging, resolution and penetration, Doppler ultrasound.

6.Nuclear Medicine (4 hrs): Radiopharmaceuticals, gamma camera, single pho-ton emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron-emission tomography (PET).

7. Post Processing and Analysis (6 hrs): Image perception, image quality, im-age enhancement and visualization, image segmentation and registration.

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Academic Standards and Administrative Processes for Students

Beginning of academic year checklist

√ Renew library registration.√ Pay registration and examination fees

to the finance division.√ Update the student record book at the

examinations division.

Beginning of semester checklist

√ Select appropriate subjects for the se-mester according to the credit require-ment- Check pre-requisites.- Check Departmental GPA credit requirement.

- Check non-Departmental GPA credit requirement.

- Check Non-GPA credit requirement.√ Register at LearnOrg for the selected

subjects√ Verify the accuracy of the confirma-

tion form and submit to undergraduate studies division

√ Add/drop subjects within 2 weeks from the start of semester and finalize the semester subject selection

√ Collect previous semester results sheets from the examinations division

Training

√ Search for possible training opportuni-ties during level 3 semester1

√ Once an establishment is finalized document the necessary contract pro-vided by NAITA

√ After commencement of training each 4 weeks send a one page report of progress update to the training division

√ Update the training diary regularly and keep it ready for inspection

√ Submit the training report after suc-cessful completion of the training

√ After completion of viva exams consult the training division to find out when the training certificate can be obtained

Academic Advisors

Semester 2 Dr.Ranga RodrigoSemester 3 & 4 Dr. Jayathu SamarawickramaSemester 5 & 6 Dr. Nuwan DayanandaSemester 7 & 8 Dr.Rohan Munasinghe

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Graduat ion Checklist

In case of an issue contact:

Director/ Undergraduate StudiesExt: 3051

SAR/ ExaminationsExt: 1401

Head of the Department Ext: 3301





Graduation Checklist

√ Verify whether the credit requirement for graduation is completed

√ Collect all the official results sheets from the examinations division

√ Complete Departmental clearance form and hand it over to the head of the Department

√ Obtain and hand over the duly com-pleted transcript application form to the examinations division along with necessary payments for the transcripts

√ Collect the original birth certificate and the school leaving certificate from the examinations division along with the transcript

√ Await convocation instructions and in-vitations by mail and collect the cloaks as advised

√ Produce the cloak returned slip along with proves of any due payments (if any) and collect the degree certificate

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Research at ENTC

Research is any activity directed at find-ing solutions for unsolved problems in a global context or exploring an area which has not been looked at before. Such activities require dedication and commit-ment which strengthens one’s ability to do independent work. Thus research is an important component of the undergraduate education. The department has created a vibrant research culture and you have an opportunity to engage in a research project from the inception of semester 2.

Department has four active research groups on Communications, Intelligent Systems, Machine Vision and Reconfigurable Digital Systems. Additionally, the department heav-ily promotes agricultural electronics based projects to improve the overall productivity of the agriculture sector. You are strongly encouraged to get involved with any of these research activities that match your interests. It is quite acceptable to work with different groups until you find the best match. You will find such work both stimulating and rewarding and you will undoubtedly real-ize that such effort has a definite positive impact on your academic progress. Please refer to the research group web pages to see the latest information. During the final year, you will get a formal opportunity to engage in a research project spanning the entire year that gives academic credit.

Communication Research Group

The evolution towards ubiquitous (any-time, anywhere) communications and comput ing poses problems requir -ing novel ways of utilizing the frequen-cy spectrum and the wireless channel. The group’s focus is on these aspects

Ongoing Projects:1. Design and development of advanced

receivers for next-generation wireless communication systems - Applicable for Long Term Evolution (LTE and LTE-A), supporting high data rate applications such as video streaming and multi-media internet access. Performance evaluation of developed algorithms on reconfigurable hardware such as Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA).

2. Reconfigurable indoor wireless sensor network – Includes propagation model-ing for multi-storey indoor environments, positioning and self-configuration of sen-sors and networks and application layer protocol design. This research is funded by the National Research Council (NRC).

Members:Prof. Dileeka Dias, Dr. Chulantha Kulasekere,Eng. Kithsiri Samarasinghe,Dr. Chandika Wavegedara,

Web: http://www.ent.mrt.ac.lk/crg

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Intelligent Systems Research Group

Intell igent Systems Research GroupISRG engages in designing advance machines and their deployment in ac-tual applications. The target areas of ISRG are robotics, control systems, teleoperation, visual servoing, and AI.

Ongoing Projects:1. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Project: We

are in the process of developing the auto-pilot, data and video links, on-board power generation, and ground control system for the first unmanned aerial vehicle in Sri Lanka. Few test flights have already been done at Katukurunda air field, This project is sponsored by the Sri Lanka Air Force.

2. Quad-rotor helicopter Project: We are developing a four rotor helicopter for aer-ial surveillance. Autonomous hovering has already been demonstrated in test flights. We are now developing an ad-vance control system for manual flying. This project is sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development.

3. Members:Dr. Rohan Munasinghe,Dr. Chulantha KulasekaraDr. Jayathu Samarawickrama

Labs:Intelligent Machines Laboratory Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Labo-ratory

Web: http://www.ent.mrt.ac.lk/research/isrg

Machine Vision Research Group

Making the computer see, as a human be-ing would, is the ultimate goal of machine vision. This 40-year-old field of research has seen a few success stories such as face detection in cameras, optical character recognition for checks, fingerprint matching, autonomous desert driving, and breathtaking visual effects such as fly-around in the movie industry. However, the general computer vi-sion problem is far from being solved. There are many areas which need substantial amount of work to be usefully changing the way we work. For example, autonomous urban driving using visual navigation, hu-man behavior identification for surveillance and helping the elderly, calling a green field with children a playground using scene recognition, registering a tumor for image guided surgery and many other problems are far from being solved. There is, then, much work to be done to make the ma-chine see as we do. Machine Vision Group attempts to solve several such problems.

Ongoing Projects:1. Visual surveillance based expressway

management2. Behavior analysis from expressway

surveillance videos3. Surgical Simulators for Laparoscopic

Cholecystectomy4. Preoperative planning of liver resec-

tionsThe above research projects are funded by the National Research Council.

Members: Dr. Ranga Rodrigo, Dr. Ajith Pasqual, Dr. Nuwan Dayananda, Dr. Jayathu Samarawickrama

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Reconfigurable Digital Systems Research Group

The group focuses on two areas: (a) Development of novel architec-tures for application specific proces-sors, packet classification and routing

(b) Efficient on-chip implementation of advanced algorithms that can exploit mas-sive parallelism available at hardware level.

Development o f In te l lectua l Prop-erty Cores, which can be considered as building blocks for complex System on Chip (SoC), is given a top priority.

Ongoing Projects:1. Application Specific Processors for

Video and Networking2. Hardware Acceleration for Cloud

Computing3. Novel Architectures for High Speed

Packet Classification and Routing

Members:Dr. Ajith Pasqual,Dr. Jayathu Samarawickrama,Dr. S. Thayaparan

Web: http://www.ent.mrt.ac.lk/rds

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Postgraduate Taught Degrees

PG Dip/M.Sc in Electronics and Auto-mation

This program is specially designed totarget practicing engineering graduatesin the electronics, electronics technologyand automation industry who wish to buildand advance their careers in this mostfast-changing and challenging field ofstudy. This is a two year part-time degreeprogram. The first year (3 semesters of 14weeks each) consists of lectures conductedon Saturdays and Sundays.Web: www.ent.mrt.ac.lk/web/pg/ea

PG. Diploma/M.Sc in Telecommunica-tions

This course has been developed specificallyt a rge t ing eng ineers who w ish tobuild and advance their careers in thisfast-changing and challenging field ofstudy. This is a two-year part-time degreeprogram. The first year consists of lecturesconducted on 2 or 3 weekday eveningsand Saturdays. The year consists of 3terms, and candidates are expected toearn the required number of credits fromthe core and optional course modules duringthis period.Web: edesk.ent.mrt.ac.lk


E-Club

The Electronics Club, now commonly known as the E-Club was established two decades ago, and has gone from strength to strength over the years. Its vision is “serving humanity through electronics”.

O b j e c t i v e s o f t h e E - C l u b

• Acting as a platform, where interaction between undergraduates and the in-dustry is highly enabled, while exposing innovative and creative thinking capac-ity of undergraduates to the industry.

• Identifying current trends, technological development in the electronic and tele-communication industry and facilitating undergraduates to acquire necessary skills, and shaping their attitudes to be-come successful professional engineers.

• Contributing to the enhancement of the living standards of the un-privileged segments in the society.

A c t i v i t i e s o f E - C l u b

A variety of activities are carried out by the E-Club, with the above objectives in mind while providing a platform for the undergraduates to develop their careers.Expose : Annual Technical Festival

Expose is an annual event where under-graduates showcase their knowledge, skills and projects to the industry and the public. The department now conducts its Expose exhibition during the ExMo uni-versity exhibition. This year it is combined with the e forum and an awards ceremony.

Undergraduate-Industry Interaction Activities

Specialists in the fields of technology and management are invited to share their knowledge and experience with the un-dergraduates and to provide their advice. Through these sessions the undergraduates are motivated to be aware of the industry expectations, so that the undergraduates can get prepared to fit in to the world of work.

Community Service Projects

• “Light up the world” is a project that is carried out by the E-Club for a number of years to provide lighting to rural areas using solar panels and white LEDs. The project is carried out with the support of a corporate partner. Preparation and installations are done by our undergraduates, while training the local community to maintain the system.

• “E-care” is an annual event also to lend a helping hand to children living in orphanages. With the financial sup-

The E-Club is the official student asso-ciation of the Department of Electronic

and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa. The club mainly focuses on creating competent and so-cially responsible electronic and telecom-munication engineers for the country.

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port of our graduates and the staff, some of their necessities are fulfilled along with a day filled with fun and exposure.

E-ForumE-forum is a common platform for the un-dergraduates, faculty, industry, government and other relevant institutes to discuss the common challenges faced by the fields of Electronics and Telecommunications.

Workshops and Seminars

Consul tants and pro ject p lanners areinvited periodically to hold workshops to give a picture of the role to be played by an en-gineer. Moreover, this provides a chance for our students to learn to interact and exchange ideas without hesitation and to learn to ac-cept the views of experienced people. This event is also used to invite experts to present a new technology introduced in the country, so that we are made aware of the current trend.

School workshopsSchool workshops are conducted to enhance the electronic knowledge of the school chil-dren and give them the opportunity to get the practical experiences which they are un-able to obtain with limited facilities in schoolTPLTPL – Tronix Premiere League is a fun filled event organized to enhance the interac-tions between the staff and the students.

Sri Lankan leg of i-Nexus robot compe-tition i-Nexus is a World – level competition that puts all the students of the world interested in robotics on a common platform. The E-Club organizes the Sri Lankan leg of this competition providing an opportunity for the local students to gain international experi-ence and enhance their knowledge in robotics.

E-career “E Carrier” magazine is the official annual publication of the Electronic Club. This has recently obtained ISSN certification 2012-711.

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Mentoring Program

The Mentoring Program of the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engi-neering is an important part of the level 2. The mentoring program assists the second year undergraduates, who are expected to undergo industrial training in a few months, to prepare themselves for the requirements of the corporate world. Our past experi-ence shows that the mentoring program has enabled students to realize their full potential as trainees during industrial train-ing and as professionals after graduation.

In the current program, the ratio of men-tors to students was reduced to 3.2 and therefore there are 31 high profile profes-sionals mentoring the 100 students in the level 2. The variety of the in-house training sessions was also increased this year by including interesting topics such as speed reading (by Mr. Sanjiv Jayaratnam) and meditation (by Dr. Ravindra Koggalage) among the usual themes such as leader-ship (by Mr. Dian Gomes) and project management (by Dr. Madhu Fernando).

The mentoring program entails an evalu-ation scheme which acts as a catalyst to encourage students to take part in the pro-gramme more enthusiastically and receive more benefits. The students’ engagement with the program is gauged based on three assessments, namely feedback from the

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mentor, feedback from the internal staff member assigned to groups of mentees and marks obtained for the group assignment. The students who have performed well are expected to receive a certificate of merit.

Are you ready?

Organized by the Career Guidance Unit and the Rotaract Club of University of Moratuwa, “Are You Ready?” is the most sought after professional development program in the university calendar year. 2009 marks the 15th consecutive “Are You Ready?” program, where its predecessors have all emerged as tremendous successes, which was ac-knowledged by being awarded the Rotaract District Award for Best Professional Devel-opment Project for ten successive years.

Pre dominantly, “Are You Ready?” paves the way for employer companies to distin-guish students of outstanding merit from the university, while contributing to en-hance the employability and professional development of the undergraduates. Apart from interview sessions, various sessions are organized focusing various groups of students to cater to their distinct needs.

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Prof. O.P. Kulashethra Award

For electrical engineering, or electronic and telecommunication engineering graduate who obtains the highest grade point average of 3.7 or above, computed by taking into consideration grades obtained for courses conducted by the electrical engineering, and electronics & telecommunication en-gineering departments in the B.Sc. Engi-neering degree course at level 2, 3, and 4.

Sri Lanka Telecom Scholarship

For the B.Sc. level 4 student in electronic & telecommunication engineering who has obtained the highest grade point average of 3.7 or above considering all subjects offered at level 2 and 3.Prof. K.K.Y.W. Perera Award

Awards Available for Students

Electronic & telecommunication engineer-ing graduate who has obtained the high-est grade point average of 3.7 or above considering all subjects offered at level 4.

Vidya Jyothi Professor Dayantha S Wij-eyesekera Award

Awarded for the most outstanding gradu-ate of the year who is a versatile graduate of the University of Moratuwa of proven academic standing with a GPA exceeding 3.7 (or First Class honours); who is recog-nized as a leader and held in high esteem by other students; and has made a signifi-cant contribution through participation and service to the university and community.

Gold Medal donated by the Ceylon Electricity Board

Awarded to the electronic and tele-communication engineering graduate who obtained the highest overall grade point average of 3.8 or above at the B.Sc. Engineering degree examinations.

Awards Available for Students


Manamperi Award - Sri Lanka Associa-tion for the Advancement of Science

Awarded annually to the best undergraduate research engineering project carried out at a faculty of engineering in a Sri Lankan univer-sity. This award is open to students who have submitted their undergraduate engineering project to a Sri Lankan university within the academic year in consideration. A duly com-pleted application along with a project report not exceeding 1500 words should be sub-mitted to the SLAAS by the students them-selves who wish to qualify for this award.

Migara Ranatunga Trust Award

This is awarded to the high achievers of level 3 industrial training module at the Annual sessions of IESL. The results of the evaluations done by the univer-sity training division will be submitted to the IESL, where a few undergraduates would be recognized as high achievers in the compulsory industrial training module in the engineering undergraduate program.

LSS Award

LSS award is given to final year under-graduates specializing in Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering. ‘LSS’ stands for Leadership, Scholarship and Service. Exemplary character, respon-sible leadership, service in campus or community life, superior scholarship and intelligence, genuine fellowship, and loyalty to democratic ideals are in-dispensable qualifications for the LSS award. The award winners will belong to the ‘LSS honour Society’. Member-ship of the ‘LSS honour society’ will be a mark of highest distinction. Award winners are selected on the basis of merit.The award is sponsored by Millennium IT

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Student Recommendation Criteria

itesThe main focus of the department of Electronic and Telecommunicaion Engi-neering is and always has been to produce well balanced Engineers, encouraging students to actively engage in constructive extracurricular activities amidst excelling in academics. Some of those extracurricular endeavors are even treated as traditions in the department and has become an integral part of the student life at the de-partment. These ultimately differentiated a graduate from our department as a unique individual among others.

Recommendation Criteria

• Active committee member of the E-club

• Active participation as a committee member of the e-care

• Active participation as a committee member of the Expose exhibition

• Proper Maintenance and administra-tion of the final year projects handed down from the previous batches to be presented at the department

• Student administrator in the depart-ment computer laboratory

• Voluntary community work outside the University with valid commendations

• Taking up duties as the field represen-tative

• Visiting practical instructor as a final year undergraduate

• Visiting instructor for short courses conducted by the department

• Representing the department in the interdepartmental sports activities

• Involvement in voluntary undergradu-ate projects with staff members

• Supporting staff in extracurricular activities that bring reputation to the department

• Active involvement in 5S implementa-tion of the department

• Active support for workshops, sympo-siums and seminars conducted by the department

• Active engagement in functions con-ducted by the department

• Representing and participating the de-partment in exhibition stalls conducted outside the department

• Contribution to educational material developed by the department

• Contribution to the department web site maintenances and upgrades

• Benificial interaction with the industry• Student publications in peer reviewed

conferences and other research re-lated publications

• Participating in both natinal and inter-national level prestigious competitions representing the department

It is the student’s responsibility to engage in the activities given below and the staff is aware of such engage ments so that recommendation requests will be viewed positively.

Please note that it’s not a right of the student to receive a recommendation but a privilege afforded to them by the staff of the department.

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LearnOrg and Moodle

This is a student academic administra-tion system which primarily maintains student records and provides access to students as well as to the staff. At pres-ent the system allows students to reg-ister for new modules and manage the modules by providing Add/Drop facilities.

Web: lms.mrt.ac.lk

Moodle is a course management system through which distribution and submis-sion of continuous assessments is done for courses. It is integrated with Lear-nOrg for authentication and enrolments. It gives students the experience of e-learning which in fact is the current trend in university education around the world.

Web: lms.mrt.ac.lk/moodle

Web Sites

eDesk

Our Department’s internal activities and a part of public managerial interface is main-tained online as an electronic desk, eDesk. For the staff members this portal is a virtual meeting place, a discussion forum and an ar-chive of official documents. For the students the eDesk provides a convenient interface for course information, online discussions and collaboration courses and otherwise.

Web: edesk.ent.mrt.ac.lk

Webmail

ENTC Webmail System offers all registered students (undergraduate and postgradu-ate), technical and administrative staff as well as the academic staff a secure and convenient way of accessing their e-mails from anywhere in the world. It acts as the primary interface of information exchange with the outside environment to both ENTC students and the staff.

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Alumni Support

The department of Electronic and Telecom-munication engineering has always had strong relationship with its alumni. The alumni through the Department Industry Consultative Board (DICB) has supported us in developing our curriculum to be current in relevant to the industry. The department maintains a network of connections with the alumni so that it benefits the current and fu-ture students as they move on to the industry.

In recent years the support received by the department form the alumni has been extended to developing infrastructure in the department as well. The past graduates have taken it upon themselves to develop selected infrastructure which will directly benefit the future students in the department.

For example 02 batch donated the air conditioners and the curtains,the 04 batch students donated the stage ,the 03 batch fitted the analog and digital laboratories with curtains,the 05 batch refurbished the conference room with new curtains and donated 40 chairs you are using now.

Following the same path as their seniors, 06 batch fitted the PG seminar room with cur-tains, not only to add colour but to solve the long term problem of glittering of the white board and projected screens due to sun light.

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This highlights the policy that the university and the department adopts to foster an environment in which technically brilliant and socially responsible engineers are produced.

It is apt to emphasize again that the real beneficiaries of these magnanimous gestures would be the current and the future under gradu-ates of the department.


Achievements of ENTC Students

The students of the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication

Engineering, brought glory to our country by winning the premier international robot competition, Techfest 2011.2012 iNexus. Two student teams from the department completed their robots early and won the 1st and 3rd places, beating the teams from Australia, Thailand and India. The competition was held in the Indian Insti-tute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India.

The winning team comprised of Anuruddha Tennakoon, E.G. Niroshan Karunarathne, Hirantha Subasinghe, Chanaka Ranathunga and Nipuna Chathuranga Illangarathne.The 3rd place was won by the team comprising of Dakshina Mudunkotuwa, Lajanugen Logeswaran, Jerad Asan-ka Perera, Nisal Panagoda, Pradeep Pathirana and Yasitha Mallawarachchi. These teams were mentored by Dr. Rohan Munasinghe of the Department of Elec-tronic and Telecommunication Engineering.

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The students of the Department of Elec-tronic and Telecommunication Engineering were able to achieve top places at the IESL Robogames 2011. The 1st place, 1st run-ner up and the 2nd runner up places were achieved by the students of the department.The winning team comprised of Ma-leen Abeydeera, Prabhath Gallage, Isuru Gunasekara, Kasun Athu-korala and Prabuddha Geekiyanage.

The 1st runner up team was comprised ofManupa Karunarathne and Geethan Karunarathne. And the team who be-came the 2nd runner up was compris-ing Dakshina Mudunkotuwa, Nisal Panagoda, Hasith Ishara, Lajanugen Logeswaran and Ashan Liyanage.

A group of four students from the Depart-ment of Electronic and Telecommunica-tion Engineering won the Manamperi Award 2010, which is awarded for the best inter-university final year undergraduate project in Engineering by the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Sci-ence (SLAAS), for their research proj-ect on Co-channel Inteference mitigation in Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems.

The Award winning group consists of D.U. Kudavithana, I.D.D.T. Nishad, R.A.N.P Rupasinghe and M.A.D. Ru-wanthikala. The project was super-vised by Dr. Chandika Wavegedara.


Competitions Available for ENTC Students

ACM International Collegiate Program-ming Contest (ACM ICPC)

ACM ICPC is the largest computer pro-gramming contest in the world. The ACM ICPC is an activity of the ACM that pro-vides college students with an opportu-nity to demonstrate and sharpen their problem solving and computing skills.Web: cm.baylor.edu

Bitwise

Bitwise is an annual algorithm intensive and time constrained online programming contest hosted by IIT Kharagpur, with the aim of bringing the world’s programmers on a common platform to compete for the glory of being the best. This online event is free and open to all. The competitors aregiven a set of problems where each problem has to be solved using a suitable algorithm and coded in C/C++ to be submitted online.Web: www.bitwise.iitkgp.ernet.in

IEEEXtreme Programming Competition

IEEEXtreme is the world’s most extreme pro-gramming competition. It is a global 24-hour online contest where student teams of three around the world solve a challenging set of programming problems. The competitors

have to understand the problem, research, plan a solution, divide tasks among the three team members, design the solution, program with the given language, and submit the solution using Internet. As such, this is well-known to be an extremely challenging, stren-uous and the world’s most “extreme” pro-gramming competition. The students must be members of an IEEE student branch, which is established at over 1,400 univer-sities and colleges throughout the world.Web: www.ieeextreme.org

Imagine cup

The Imagine Cup encourages young people to apply their imagination, their passion and their creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world - today. Now in its sixth year, the Imagine Cup has grown to be a truly global competition focused on finding solutions to real world issues. Open to students around the world, the Imagine Cup is a serious challenge that draws serious talent, and the competition is intense. The contest spans a year, beginning with local, regional and online contests whose winners go on to attend the global finals held in a differ-ent location every year. The intensity of the work brings students together, and motivates the competitors to give it their all. The bonds formed here often last well beyond the competition itself.C

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ACM International Collegiate Program-ming Contest (ACM ICPC)

ACM ICPC is the largest computer pro-gramming contest in the world. The ACM ICPC is an activity of the ACM that pro-vides college students with an opportu-nity to demonstrate and sharpen their problem solving and computing skills.Web: cm.baylor.edu

Bitwise

Bitwise is an annual algorithm intensive and time constrained online programming contest hosted by IIT Kharagpur, with the aim of bringing the world’s programmers on a common platform to compete for the glory of being the best. This online event is free and open to all. The competitors aregiven a set of problems where each problem has to be solved using a suitable algorithm and coded in C/C++ to be submitted online.Web: www.bitwise.iitkgp.ernet.in

IEEEXtreme Programming Competition

IEEEXtreme is the world’s most extreme pro-gramming competition. It is a global 24-hour online contest where student teams of three around the world solve a challenging set of programming problems. The competitors have to understand the problem, research, plan a solution, divide tasks among the three team members, design the solution, program with the given language, and submit the solution using Internet. As such, this is well-known to be an extremely challenging, stren-uous and the world’s most “extreme” pro-gramming competition. The students must

be members of an IEEE student branch, which is established at over 1,400 univer-sities and colleges throughout the world.Web: www.ieeextreme.org

Imagine cup

The Imagine Cup encourages young people to apply their imagination, their passion and their creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world - today. Now in its sixth year, the Imagine Cup has grown to be a truly global competition focused on finding solutions to real world issues. Open to students around the world, the Imagine Cup is a serious challenge that draws serious talent, and the competition is intense. The contest spans a year, beginning with local, regional and online contests whose winners go on to attend the global finals held in a differ-ent location every year. The intensity of the work brings students together, and motivates the competitors to give it their all. The bonds formed here often last well beyond the competition itself.Web: www.imaginecup.lk

Robot Design and Competition

This event is organized by the Depart-ment of Electronic and Telecommunica-tion Engineering under the guidance of Dr. Rohan Munasinghe as a part of the elective credit course EN2532 Robot Design and Competition, where students are required to build a robot to achieve a given task. This is an internal event open only to the students of the ICT batch.Web: www.ent.mrt.ac.lk/~rohan/teach-ing/EN2060/

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Mofilms Competition (Sri Lanka Tele-com Mobitel)

MOFILMS are short films typically dedicated to raising awareness of current social issues in a fast paced, informative, humorous, bal-anced, but forceful fashion. The short films are played-back on mobile devices, now considered the fourth medium of entertain-ment following Cinema, TV and the com-puter. At this year’s highlight of the mobile industry calendar, the 2009 MobileWorld Congress, Mobitel scooped the prize for best operator in the MOFILM 2009 awards, and the CEO of Mobitel especially thanked the contribution of the ENTC Department students for the enthusiasm showed towards the competition. This is done in collaboration with the Architecture Faculty for theme as-sistance and CIT for technical assistance.

National Best Quality Software Award (NBQSA)

The National Best Quality Software Awards (NBQSA) competition is an annual event organized by the British Computer Society Sri Lanka (BCSSL) Section. The com-petition is open for sixteen categories of software ranging from Applications and Infrastructure Tools software to Media and Entertainment Applications SoftwareIn this globally competitive era the competi-tion serves to showcase and benchmark Sri Lankan ICT products. The competition has been conducted in Sri Lanka by the Sri Lankan section of the British Com-puter Society for the past seven years. Web: www.nbqsasrilanka.org

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Techfest iNexus

Techfest iNexus is a platform for the world’s best in robotics to perform at one stage, one level and for one prize, to be crowned as the best in the world in collaboration with the annual Techfest exhibition held at IIT Bombay. iNexus became the world’s first college festival to breach its country’s boundaries and hold a truly international college robotics competition. In its maiden year University of Moratuwa had the honor of hosting the Techfest iNexus competition. The competition is open to both undergradu-ate and graduate students, and conducted on a theme presented uniquely each year.Web: www.techfest.org

IESL RoboGames

Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, in its efforts to promote Engineering, Science and Technology, is organizing the an-nual Robotic competition which will be held during the National Engineering Ex-hibition “Techno”, in October 2009. This is held under categories of Junior, Under-graduate, Senior and Professional levels.Web: www.iesl.lk/robogames

AppZone Competition

App Zone Mobile application competition started on 28th of September 2010 as a partnered project of Etisalat and hSenid. The AppZone competition is a rewarding op-portnity for the non professional Sri Lankan application developers to create, test and sell their own unique mobile applications.Web: www.appzone.lk


MIT-UoM Mobile Technologies Incuba-tion Programme

This is a collaborative programme with the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-ogy, which was offered for the first time in June/July 2011. The objectives of this programme are: • To infuse the spirit of entrepreneurship

among students, specifically through innovations focused on mobile tech-nologies.

• To provide necessary training on advanced mobile technologies for in-novative services.

• To provide the framework to com-mercially deploy innovative mobile services.

This will be an intensive 8-week course conducted by instructors from MIT along with the assistance of UoM staff and industry leaders and entrepreneurs. The course will be available to a selected group of students with a good understanding of modern pro-gramming concepts and the spirit to innovate.ners is another component of this course.The course will consist of brainstorming ses-sions for idea generation and fine-tuning, as-sistance with technical matters, business plan development, and establishing the necessary networks and contacts for the participants to launch their innovation as a commercial ser-vice. Competitions where financial and other valuable prizes will be offered to the win-ners is another componenet of this course.

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IESL- UIY

Undergraduate Inventor of the Year is an annually held competition, sponsered by IESL. There are three main purposes of this competition. Those are • to encourage and stimulate interest in

undergraduate invention in the field of engineering,

• to provide and opportunity for engi-neering undergraduates to organize and present their original inventions both orally and via a poster

• to provide venue for networking within Sri Lanka engineering undergraduates as well as members of industry and academia.

Web: www. iesl.lk/IESL UIY


Industry Collaboration

the National Science and Technology Award for Engineering Product Development - 2008.

The Disaster Early Warning Network (DEWN) pioneered by the lab in collabora-tion with Dialog and Microimage (Pvt.) Ltd. was launched in January 2009 and is now in operation in several regional locations of the Disaster Management Centre island-wide. A joint patent for the University of Moratuwa and Dialog was awarded re-cently for the Fleet Managment System developed in the lab during 2005-2007.

Twelve journal and conference papers have been published based on the work car-ried out in the laboratory since 2005, and three M.Sc. degrees have been completed. Two are in progress at the current time.

The laboratory has recently ventured into several new areas of applied research in integrated wired/wireless sensor networks for remote monitoring of installations.

The Dialog - UoM Mobile Communications Research Laboratory specializes in applied research in mobile telecommunication technologies & internet applications. The Laboratory is funded by Dialog Telekom PLC and harnesses the leading edge tech-nical capabilities inherent to the company, its parent Axiata Group Berhad and the University of Moratuwa. This is the first fully industry-sponsored research laboratory to be established in a University in Sri Lanka, and the country’s first laboratory for research and development in mobile communications.

Among the achievements of the lab are, the National Best Quality Software Award -2006, the National Science and Technology Award for Multidisciplinary Research and Develop-ment-2006, finalist in the GSM Asia Mobile Innovation Awards - 2006, commendation at the GSM Global Mobile Awards 2007, and

Dialog - University of Moratuwa Mobile Communications Research Laboratory

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Zone24x7-University of Moratuwa Electronic Systems Research Laboratory

The Zone24x7-University of Moratuwa Electronic Systems Research Labora-tory is one of the two industry-sponsored research laboratories in the Department. Guided by the vision, “Global Research Locally”, the laboratory engages in carry-ing out cutting-edge world-class research.

The research carried out in the labora-tory span the areas of electronic systems, embedded systems, biomedical instru-mentation, and computer vision. In the area of electronic and embedded systems, researchers in the laboratory are working on implementing recent computer vision algorithms on field programmable gate array devices. The non-invasive glucose meter project aims at estimating the blood glucose level without requiring pricking and obtaining a blood sample. The lab has developed algorithms for vision-based au-tomatic room recognition with applications in the consumer robots and surveillance.

The laboratory employs top graduates as re-searchers who demonstrate a high research potential. The researchers in the laboratory benefit from state-of-the-art equipment, high-quality work and research environment while receiving research advice from the Depart-ment’s faculty and Zone24x7 parent com-pany’s expertise. Some research students choose to follow a M.Sc. program at the Department as well. Some of them have se-cured admission to the prestigious graduate schools such as Johns Hopkins University.

Zone24x7 Inc., the sponsor of the labora-tory, is a leading provider of global technol-ogy innovation services, headquartered in San Jose, California. The company offers information technology products and ser-vices specialized in business process and technology rationalization. Zone24x7’s blue

chip clients includes fortune 1000 custom-ers, leading hardware manufacturers and leading customers from retail, healthcare, and government sectors. Founded in 2003, Zone24x7 has technology develop-ment and research centers in many loca-tions in the USA, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. By collaborating with this vibrant industry partner, Zone24x7-University of Moratuwa Electronic Systems Research Laboratory strives to highlight the presence of Sri Lanka on the map, by carrying out world-class research at the Department of Elec-tronic and Telecommunication Engineering.

Director: Eng. A.T.L.K. Samarasinghe Ext. No.: 3326 e-mail: [email protected]

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PREMIUM- Internatioanl- Uni-versity of Moratuwa Research and Development Laboratory for Biomedical Technologies

PREMIUM International - University of Mo-ratuwa Research and Development Labora-tory for Biomedical Technologies is the latest addition to the industry sponsored labora-tories at the department premises. The De-partment of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering has identified Biomedical Engi-neering as a key focus area and collaborated with the medical professionals in the devel-opment of novel medical product prototypes over the last few years. A major obstacle the Department faced throughout has been the inability to commercialize the novel products developed despite their huge potential.

The lab focuses on medical product devel-opment for commercialization, addressing a long felt need of traversing the full path of product development and will be a place for creative medical professionals to take their innovative ideas from concepts to market-able products. Taking an idea to a useable product in the medical field is a long process that requires significant amount of testing in the actual environment and various types of approval. The laboratory will strive to comply with standards related to medical devices in developing products that can win the confidence of medical community.

Sri Lanka, at present, does not manufac-ture any electronic based product for the local consumer market. The laboratory will provide a much needed boost to local Electronics Manufacturing Industry as it intends to go for full scale manufactur-ing of the developed prototypes with its industry partner Premium International.

The laboratory will also focus on applied research related to EEG, Tele-Medicine, Image guided therapy with the objec-tive of developing futuristic products that will have a global appeal. In this process it will encourage all the research engi-neers to acquire postgraduate degrees based on the work done at the laboratory.

PREMIUM International - University of Moratuwa Research and Development Laboratory for Biomedical Technologies employs a few motivated and talented research engineers and every year ac-commodates interns for research and development activities. The department is expecting to promote the development of an industry in medical product manufactur-ing in Sri Lanka through activities of this lab

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Product Innovation Team

The product innovation team is mainly sup-posed to cater the industry needs for new products as well as promote the existing innovations from the Department to the in-dustry; also increase the research skills of the students. The team works both for new designs and enhancing the previous innova-tions up to the product level and keeps con-nections with the industry for marketing them. The team is supposed to earn the income for the research expenses through the products and consists of the lecturers, instructors, post graduates and the undergraduates.

Having many completed and on-going prod-ucts, the team is supposed to change the view of the industry towards the university from an academic entity to a more advanced and useful place. Also it is expected to make profits to the Department by intro-ducing successful projects to the industry. ENTC Alumni Association

The alumni association of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Engi-neering was established to provide a range of benefits to its members. Its main objective is to create a strong relationship between the Department and the graduates in the industry such that both the parties will be benefited. It is mainly supposed to offer helping hand to increase the facilities of the Department, in-crease the link between the Department and the industry and to help the past graduates to gain knowledge through the Department.

General Information

There are some services provided by the Department for the convenience of its students. One of them is the photo copy service, which is run by the E-Club which is placed on the lower ground floor of the Department building. You can take photo copies as well as computer printouts at a very low rate from there. Another facility provided by the Department is the lockers for students. Using that, students can keep what ever they don’t need to take home, safely.

Other Useful Information

Getting Help and Advice

The academic staff of the Department of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineer-ing is always ready to provide necessary help and advice in academic work, project work and experimental work. They also are

ready to provide necessary help and guid-ance in other student problems. Support staff of the Department are also helpful to students in getting done there academic related work.

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IESL membership

“The Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka is the Primer professional body for Engineers in Sri Lanka. Its membership which has grown over the years presently stands at around 10,000 covering almost all disciplines of engineering. There are many attractions and benefits to those who join the IESL which is committed towards uplifting the status and the interests of the engineering profession in the country.”The students can get the Student’s mem-bership by providing proof of following an approved Engineering course and furnish-ing original and copy of the birth certificate. The application form can be found at the following link:www.iesl.lk/docs/membership

To apply for the memebership the students need to get the signatures from two corpo-rate members of the IESL.

Corporate members of IESl in the depart-ment of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering:

Prof. K.K.Y.W.PereraProf. J.A.K.S.JayasingheProf. S.A.D.DiasEng. A.T.L.K.SamarasingheDr. E.C.KulasekereDr. S.R.Munasinghe

IET Membership

“ The Institution of Engineering and Technol-ogy is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technol-ogy community, with more than 150,000 members in 127 countries and offices in Europe. North America and Asia-Pacific. The IET provides a global knowledge net-work to facilitate the exchange of ideas and promote the positive role of science, engineering and technology in the world.” The Students can apply for the membership under the catagory ‘Student or Apprentice’.The application process is mainly on-line based and the application forms are avai lable in the fo l lowing l ink: www.theiet.org

IEEE Membership

Institute of Electrical and Electronics En-gineers is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing tech-nological innovation and excellence for the benifit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through IEEE’s highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards and professional and educational activities.

IEEE creates an environment where mem-bers collaborate on world-changing tech-nologies from computing and sustainable energy systems, to aerospace, commu-nications, robotics, healthcare and more. The stratergic plan of IEEE is driven by an envisioned future that realizes the full potential of the role IEEE plays in advanc-ing technology for humanity.More informaion about IEEE can be found at: www. ieee.org

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