Science Academies XLIV Refresher course on Experimental Physics during 4 th December -19 th December 2012 Organized by Division of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences VIT Chennai Sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi The National Academy of Sciences, India,Allahabad VIT Chennai
Report 2. Names and full address (with pin code and email ids) of participants actually attended S.No Name Designation Affiliation e-mail/ Phone No. 1 Dr. C K Subramaniam Prof (Physics) VIT, Vellore- 632014 subramaniam@vit.ac.in 2 Mr. Harshal B Desai Lecturer (Physics) R K University, Rajkot-Bhavnagar Highway, Tramba, Rajkot, Gujarat- 360020 harshal.desai@rku.ac.in 3 Dr. T.Sornakumar Prof., Mech Engg Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai-625015. sornakumar2000@yahoo.com 4 Mr. M.P.Srinivasan M.Sc.ED(Physics) St. Josephs college,trichy- 620002 srinisjc2008@gmail.com 5 Mr. T.Shivaraman M.Sc. Physics D.G vaishnav College, Arumbakkam chennai. 600106 fentastic.shiva@gmail.com 6 Mr. Madan Kumar.M.V M.Sc. Physics D.G Vaishnav college, Gokul Bag,EVR Salai,Chennai 600106 pvmadank@gmail.com 7 Mr. Rajikshah Chandshah Lecturer G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering, Amravati- 444701 rajikshah.shah@raisoni.net 8 Mr.Manohar D.Mehare Asst. Prof (Physics) Priyadarshini Indira Gandhi College of Engg. Nagpur- 440019 mdmehare26@rediffmail.com 9 Ms. P.Manimala Asst. Prof (Physics) Sree Sowdambika College of Engineering, Chettikurichi, Aruppukottai, Virudhunagar District-626134 manimalaphy@gmail.com 10 Ms. S.Selvagandhimathi TRF (Physics) Sree Sowdambika College of Engineering, Chettikurichi, Aruppukottai, Virudhunagar District-626134 mathilamanish@gmail.com 11 Ms. Swathi tej M.Sc.ED(Physics) Regional Institute of Education, Mysore- 570006 swathitej.dharma@gmail.com 12 Dr.R.Vasuki Asso Prof (Physics) Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai- 625015 rvphy@tce.edu 13 Mr. S Suresh Muthu Lab Asst.(Physics) VIT, muthu140688@gmail.com 14 Mr. M.Sundararajan Res. Scholar (Physics) VIT, sundar15msc@gmail.com 15 Mr. Saravanakkumar D Asst. Prof (Physics) Devanga Arts College, Arupukottai- 626101 dskapk@gmail.com 16 Mr. Senthil Kumar R M.Sc (Physics) Devanga Arts College, Arupukottai- 626101 rsk.a.raj@gmail.com 3. Names and address of Speakers/Resource Persons Course Director Dr R. Srinivasan, Prof (Retd) Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences C. V. Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar Bangalore 560 080 Course Coordinator Dr G Vinitha, Asst. Prof (Sr.)
Resource persons 1. Dr R. Srinivasan, Prof (Retd) Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences C. V. Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar Bangalore 560 080 2. Dr C.Krishnamoorthi, Asst. Prof (Sr.) 3. Dr G Vinitha, Asst. Prof (Sr.) 4. Ms. Caroline Ponraj, Asst. Prof Special lectures 1. Dr. Atanu Dutta, Professor 2. Dr. Vinay Venugopal, Asst. Prof.(Sr.) 3. Dr. N Manikandan, Asst. Prof.(Sr.) 4. Dr. N Punithavelan, Asst. Prof.
XLIV REFRESHER COURSE IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS December 4 to 19, 2012 AT V.I.T. CAMPUS, VANDALUR, CHENNAI Sponsored by INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BANGALORE INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY, DELHI NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, INDIA, ALLAHABAD AND VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS, CHENNAI TIME TABLE REGISTRATION: 4 December 12 9-30 to 10-00 Hrs: (L denotes lecture number). 9-30 to 10-30 to 11-45 to 14-00 to 15-15 to 16-15 to Day and date 10-30 Hrs 11-30 Hrs 12-45 Hrs 15-00 Hrs 16-15 Hrs 17-15 Hrs Tuesday Registra- Inauguration GV CK GV CK 4 Decr 12 tion (L1) (L7) (L2) (L8) 9-30 to 10-45 to 11-45 to 14-00 to 15-15 to 16-15 to 10-30 Hrs 11-45 Hrs 12-45 Hrs 15-00 Hrs 16-15 Hrs 17-15 Hrs Wednesday GV CK GV CK GV CP 5 Decr 12 (L3) (L9) (L4) (L10) (L5) (L13) Thursday GV CK CP CK RS CP 6 Decr 12 ( L6) (L11) ( L14) (L12) (L19) (L15) Friday RS CP RS CP RS CP 7 Decr 12 (L20) (L16) (L21) (L17) (L22) (L18) Saturday RS LABORATORY LABORATORY 8 Decr 12 (L23) Sunday 9 Decr 12 HOLIDAY Monday SPL1 LABORATORY LABORATORY 10 Decr 12 Tuesday RS LABORATORY LABORATORY 11 Decr 12 (L24)
Day & Date 9-30 to 10-30 to 12-45 Hrs 14 to 17-15 Hrs 10-30 Hrs Wednesday SPL2 LABORATORY LABORATORY 12 Decr 12 Thursday Discussion LABORATORY LABORATORY 13 Decr 12 Friday SPL3 LABORATORY LABORATORY 14 Decr 12 Saturday Discussion LABORATORY LABORATORY 15 Decr 12 Sunday 16 Decr 12 HOLIDAY Monday SPL4 LABORATORY LABORATORY 17 Decr 12 Tuesday Discussion LABORATORY LABORATORY 18 Decr 12 Wednesday Feedback Valedictory 19 Decr 12 LUNCH 13-14 HRS COFFEE/TEA BREAK 10-30 TO 10-45 HRS (Except on 54 December) 15-00 TO 15-15 HRS
LECTURES LECTURES by G.Vinitha (GV) 1. Constant current source and DC Differential Amplifier 2. TCR of Copper and Bandgap of silicon 3. Stefan s constant and High Resistance by leakage 4. Thermal and electrical conductivity of Copper and thermal conductivity of a Poor Conductor. 5. Calibration of a silicon diode and Copper constantan thermocouple against Pt Resistance thermometer 6. AC Experiments LECTURES BY C.Krishnamoorthi (CK) 7. Passive Filters 8. Signal generator and power amplifier 9. Young s Modulus of a bar by Flexural vibrations 10. Rigidity Modulus of a brass wire 11. Thermal relaxation of a serial light bulb. 12. Error Analysis LECTURES BY Caroline Ponraj (CP) 13. AC Bridges 14. Capacitance meter Dielectric constant of benzene and dipole moment of acetone 15. Verification of Curie Weiss Law for a ceramic capacitor 16. B-H curve 17. Determination of k/e using a transistor 18. Thermal Diffusivity of Brass LECTURES BY PROF. R.Srinivasan (RS) 19. Phase sensitive detection and calibration of a lock in amplifier 20. Measurement of mutual inductance and low resistance with a lock in amplifier. 21. Non-linear dynamics Feigenbaum circuit 22. Non-linear dynamics Chua circuit 23. Inversion temperature of Fe-Cu thermocouple 24. Martensite to Austenite Phase transformation in a shape memory alloy SPL SPECIAL LECTURES SPL 1-10.12.2012- Dr. N.Punithavelan- Fabrication and characterization of electrical micro-switch SPL2-12.12.2012- Dr.Vinay Venugopal- Wave nature of recoiled electrons in the Compton effect" SPL3-14.12.2012- Dr.Atanu Dutta- Characterizations of interphases semiconductor and conducting ceramics SPL4-17.12.2012- Dr.N.Manikandan- Telluride Phase Change Materials and Tellurite Glass Optical Fibers