About
Department Overview:
Physics department was established in the year 2001 as an integral part of all the engineering UG programmes offered at VCET. It offers courses in Engineering Physics to B.E. students. Faculty members include Ph.D.'s, NET/SLET qualified teachers and academicians of long standing.
The department is adequately equipped to carryout Physics curriculum of B.E. and many facilities to undertake research activities. Major facilities include high temperature inert atmosphere tubular furnace, muffle furnace, Electronic weighing balance (Ohaus), DC power supply and Digital multimeters (Agilent & Fluke). The R&D activities have gained momentum with funding from various agencies like VGST.
Objective:
• To induce logical and scientific thinking among students.
• To orient the students towards basic laws of nature.
• To make the students aware applicability of physics.
• To make the students aware of bounds and bound aries of scientific knowledge.
Faculty
Faculty:
Dr Mahesh K K
Designation:
Professor & Head - Department of Basic Science
Qualification:
M.Sc, PhD
Area of Specialization:
Materials Science
Dr Prasad N Bapat
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Qualification:
M.Sc, PhD
Area of Specialization:
Physics
Ms Thejaswini L P
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Qualification:
M.Sc(Physics)
Area of Specialization:
Solid-State Physics
Research
Research:
The department has initiated research in one of the 'smart materials viz., shape memory alloys'. It has the facilities for heat treatments, thermal and electrical characterizations. Further, it has the capabilities to under take research in non-linear optics and nanoscience.
Research Funding:
| Project Name |
Shape setting of Ni-Ti shape memory alloys |
| Program |
Program Sponsored Research Project |
| Primary Funding Agency |
VGST, Govt., of Karnataka |
| Fund Allocated |
Rs. 6 lakhs |
Details of Consultancy Work undertaken by the Department
M.Tech. students and Ph.D. scholars from the neighboring institutions are utilizing the laboratory facilities.
