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In today’s rapidly changing technology, it
is indeed a challenging task to develop young students for assuming
technological positions in business and industry. The fusion of electronics,
communication, instrumentation and process control technologies with business,
finance and defense has made it a power multiplier. Though invisible, it is
going to govern the future of prosperity. It is the key to progress and increase
in productivity.
The primary focus of instrumentation
engineering is the development and implementation of electrical and electronic
instruments for the purpose of measuring, monitoring, and recording physical
phenomena. Among many other types of instruments, instrumentation engineers
develop seismic sensors, blood glucose sensors, fire detectors, and
amperemeters. Instruments developed by instrumentation engineers include analog,
digital, and mixed signal electronic devices. Major users of these instruments
include industries that rely on automated processes, such as chemical and
manufacturing plants. They depend on these devices for safety, and for improving
productivity and reliability. A very large field of work is also offered in
biomedical engineering, and in metrology (the discipline that provides devices
for technical measurements). The scope of Applied Electronics and
Instrumentation Engineering is vast, and appears to be growing, in part due to
the increased use of automatic control in manufacturing and process plants.
Growth is also tied to the development of more accurate and more robust sesnors,
which allow us to detect phenomena of interest (such as the presence of minute
levels of toxins in food) with much higher precision than what we could do a
generation ago. The Applied Electronics and
Instrumentation curriculum in most universities includes courses on the design
of analog and digital electronic devices used for measurement and control of
parameters such as flow, pressure, temperature, and level, and the calibration
of such instruments. Students learn to program microcontrollers, and to design
and implement communication networks composed of sensors, actuators, and
programmable logic controllers (PLC). Since instrumentation engineering is
closely related to control engineering, some universities include courses on
signals, systems, and control theory. The demand for Applied Electronics is
growing rapidly and job opportunities for graduates are multi-faceted. The
graduates can work as Manufacturing Engineers in [multi-national corporations]
like Sony, LG, Samsung, and Philips, as quality controllers, research, design &
development consultants, entrepreneurs, and teachers. The Applied Electronics
and Instrumentation Department at Manav Rachna College of Engineering also cites
rapid growth and the diverse application of the field: The field of Applied
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering is growing at a very fast pace. Over
the past three decades the field of instrumentation has seen an extremely
widespread application in almost all discipline of engineering e.g., mining &
metallurgy, robotics, textile, rolling mills, cranes & hoists, arc furnaces,
chemical engineering, process control, and static relays. Some professional
societies for instrumentation that provide educational and career information
about this growing field are the Instrument Society of America; the
Instrumentation and Measurements Society of IEEE; the Institute of Diagnostic
Engineers (US), and the Institute of Measurement and Control (UK). Our
institution has taken lead to open a new and emerging branch of Applied
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (AEI), in 2003. It is an offspring
of electronics and communication engineering. The syllabus of AEI is advanced
and updated and is designed in such a way to get a judicious blend of theory,
practical & good management practices to keep pace with emerging scenario of
21st century. The course opens new vistas and dimensions for the graduates to
pursue with ease and confidence any assignment entrusted to them. The curriculum
involves the complete knowledge about electronics, as it is the basic need of
any industry. It also includes analog and digital comm. and advanced comm.
techniques such as optical comm., wireless and mobile comm., satellite comm.,
ISDN etc. It includes instrumentation, as it is a technology of measurement,
which serves not only science but also all branches of engineering, medicine,
and almost every human endeavor. |
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Applied Electronics Lab
The aim of Applied Electronics Lab is to
provide the students an idea of the various electronic devices such as p-n
junction diode, zener diode, bipolar junction transistors, FET’s,UJT,MOSFET and
CMOS etc. It includes various types of amplifier such as single stge, two stage
RC coupled,Emitter follower, FET amplifier,BJT amplifier etc.. The main purpose
of this lab is to provide the students a clear understanding and intuitive
feeling of the behavior and characteristics of all the semiconductor and
electronic devices, which would not be possible through theoretical knowledge. |
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Integrated Circuit (IC) Lab
This Lab provides the basic concepts for design,assembling & test of the
different Electronics Circuit based on Op-Amp (741), PLL & 555 timer such as
Amplifiers, Oscillators, Filters, FM Demodulation, Regulated Power Supply etc.
It includes a detailed study of kowledge related to operational Amplifier,555
timer & phase locked loop. The laboratory is well equipped with all the
experimental kits including Bread Board, Function Generator, CRO & IC tester.
Student can design the latest circuit using different IC’s, which gives them
intensive Knowledge of practical designing aspects. |