Core Subjects: Renewable Energy Sources, Thermodynamics/Power System Dynamics and

control/Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Energy Conservation and Waste Heat Recovery, Convective
Heat and mass Transfer/Power System Analysis & Operation/Advance Heat Transfer, Energy
System Modeling.

Electives: Micro-scale Transport Processes, Process Modelling and Simulation, Petroleum Refinery

Engineering, Advance Mathematical Techniques in Chemical Engineering, Power Electronic
Converters and Machine Drives, Control Theory, Power System Protection, Digital Signal
Processing, Digital Control, High Voltage and Insulation Engineering, Process Monitoring and Fault
Diagnostics, Computational Methods in Thermal Engineering, Refrigeration Systems, Atmospheric
Flow, Internal Combustion Engine, Thermal Systems Design, Conduction & Radiation Heat Transfer,
Nuclear Power Generation and Safety, Reliability Analysis and Prediction, Methods of Biomass and
Bio Fuel Analysis, Fundamentals of Bio Energy, Chemical Reactor Analysis, Wind Energy, Industrial
Automation and Control, Hydel Power and Wind Energy, Air Conditioning and Ventilation, Gas
Turbines and Jet Propulsion, Safety & System Engineering, Fundamentals and Applications of GPS
Technologies, Energy Materials, Waste to Wealth: Microbial intervention.

Lecture Classes are supported by well planned laboratory experiments. Comprehensive viva
and Project are part of the curriculum.

Areas of Research:

Fundamentals of Energy Sciences: Thermodynamics, Thermochemical and Electrochemical

Reactions, Transport phenomena including heat and mass transfer and electrochemical
phenomena, Solid-state phenomena including photo, thermal and electrical aspects, Bio-processes,
Nano-sciences, Deep ocean processes, Gas and Fluid Dynamics, Nuclear sciences. 

Energy Resources and Recovery: Traditional resources - Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas; Others -
Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Wave, Ocean-thermal, Biomass, Hydrogen, Gas from non-conventional
sources - Gas Hydrates, Coal beds, Tar sands. 

Energy Systems: Energy Conversion Systems for Oil, Gas, Coal, Solar, Wind, Biomass, Nuclear,
Hydrogen, Ocean Waves, Waste. Power generation, distribution, transmission, access;
Transportation Power Systems - IC Engine, Advanced Fuel Technology based combustion ignition,
Electric, and Hybrid Systems. Embedded generation systems; Smart grids; Electrochemical
systems; New age Fuel systems and process development; Hybrid and electrical systems; Battery &
super-capacitors; Energy systems for marine, space and difficult terrains. 

Other Aspects of Energy Science & Engineering: Energy Materials; Energy Storage &
Transportation; Energy Efficient Devices & Systems; Energy Efficient Design of equipment, buildings
and appliances; Sustainable Energy; Conservation; Recycling and Management: Environment and
Climate Change; Computational Aspects; Energy Economics; Energy by-product (particularly
carbon) recycling, capture, sequestration and storage; Rural and small scale energy research.