Unit 1. Error Analysis: 
1.1 Uncertainties in Measurements: Sources and estimation of errors, accuracy and
precision, systematic error, random error, Significant figure and round off
1.2 Uncertainties, Parent and Sample Distributions, Mean and Standard Deviation of
Distributions
1.3 Average error, r.m.s error, probable error and error propagation
1.4 Introduction to regression analysis and its uses
1.5 Applications with numericals
Unit 2. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: 
2.1 Origin of quantum mechanics
2.2 Dual nature of matter, concept of wave group, Davisson and Germer experiment
2.3 Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle and its applications, Schrodinger’s wave equation
2.4 Interpretation of wave equation and wave function
2.5 Applications of Schrodinger’s wave equation
Unit 3. Acoustics and Ultrasonics: 
3.1 Introduction to waves
3.2 Characteristics of Sound waves
3.3 Architectural Acoustics, Absorption Coefficient, Reverberation, Sabine’s formula,
Factors affecting acoustics of buildings and their remedies
3.4 Ultrasonics: Introduction and properties
3.5 Production: piezoelectric and magnetostriction method
3.6 Detection of Ultrasonic waves
3.7 Applications with numericals
Unit 4. Physics of Laser and its applications:
4.1 Lasers and its properties, Spontaneous and stimulated emission
4.2 Einstein coefficients
4.3 Gas laser (He-Ne Laser), Semiconductor Laser, Applications of Laser
4.4 Basic Principle of Holography, Construction and reconstruction of hologram,
Applications of Holography
4.5 Introduction to optical fibre, Numerical Aperture of optical fibre
4.6 Types of optical fibre, applications of optical fibre
Unit 5. Condensed Matter and Material Physics
5.1 Basics of Crystal structure
5.2 X – Ray: properties, production, applications of X – Rays
5.3 Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors: Band theory of Solids
5.4 Energy gap, Fermi energy, Electrical conductivity and mobility
5.5 Hall effect
5.6 Introduction to magnetic materials
5.7 Basics of superconductivity and its applications
Unit 6. Nanoscience
6.1 Introduction to nanomaterials
6.2 0D, 1D, 2D nanostructures
6.3 Bottom-up and Top-down approach to synthesis of nanomaterials
6.4 Structural characterization by XRD and SEM
6.5 Applications of nanomaterials

Unit-1 Introduction 
Introduction of Mechanics, Fundamental concepts and
idealization of mechanics, Fundamental principles & Laws of
mechanics, Scalar and Vector Quantities, Components , unit
vectors and position vector, Composition and resolution of
vector, System of Units
Unit-2 Fundamental of Static 
2.1 Coplanar Concurrent Force system
Introduction of Force , Effect of force and Characteristics of
force, Types of force, Type of force systems, Principle of
Transmissibility, Resultant of force systems, Resolution of a
single force , Composition and Resolution of force system,
Resolution method for coplanar concurrent force system
2.2 Moments and Couples
Moment of a force, Principle of moments, Coplanar applications,
Parallel force system, Couples, Equivalent couples, Operations
with couples, Equivalent system of forces
2.3 Coplanar Non-Concurrent Force system
Introduction, Resultant of coplanar non-concurrent force system,
Concentrated and distributed loads
2.4 Equilibrium of Rigid bodies
Equilibrium, Resultant & Equilibrant, Principle of action and
reaction, Free body diagram & Lami’s theorem, Tensions of
strings, condition of equilibrium for Coplanar concurrent forces
& Coplanar non-concurrent forces, Equilibrium of Coplanar
concurrent forces, Equilibrium of Coplanar non-concurrent
forces
2.5 Forces in Space
Introduction, Force in space, resultant of concurrent forces in
space, equilibrium of particle in space.
Unit-3 Friction
Friction and its applications, Types of friction and Laws of dry
friction, Angle of friction, Angle of repose, Coefficient of
friction, Block Friction, Ladder friction, Wedge friction
Unit-4 Introduction to Beams
Types of load, supports and beams, support reaction for
Statically determinate beam
Unit-5 Centroid and Centre of Gravity
Introduction, basic definitions and their understanding, Concept
of centre of gravity, Centroids of Linear elements & Planar
elements, Determination of centroids by integrations, Centroids
of Composite sections ( 1D, 2D)
Unit-6 Fundamentals of Kinematics and Kinetics of Particles
Rectilinear motion, Curvilinear motion, Motion of rigid bodies,
Velocity and acceleration, Newton’s law of motion, Energy and
momentum.