- DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY -

Courses Offered:

1. B.E. in Instrumentation Technology
2. M.Tech. in Biomedical Instrumentation
3. M.Sc. (Engg) by Research
4. Ph.D.

Faculties:

Professor:

1. Dr.M.Sukumar - B.Sc., M.E., Ph.D - Head of the Department
2. Dr.V.Udayashankar - B.E, M.E., Ph.D

Assistant Professor:

1. Ms. K.Shailaja - B.E, M.E
2. Sri.Mallikarjuna Swamy - B.E, M.Tech
3. Smt. K.UmaRani - B.E, M.Tech

Lecturers:

1. Smt. S.Nanda - B.E, M.Tech
2. Ms. P.Rajeshwari - B.E, M.Tech
3. Mr. S.Rathnakara - B.E, M.Tech
4. Ms. N.Sheela - B.E, M.Tech
5. Ms. Roopa Nanjaiah - B.E
6. H.P.Chaya - B.E
7. Yashswiniprakash - B.E

      The department has pioneered B.E. degree in Instrumentation Technology in 1978 and PG degree in Biomedical Instrumentation in 1992. It has well qualified staff having expertise in various fields.
The department has well equipped laboratories to cater to the needs of the students for experimentation as per the syllabus and research and development activities.
      The department has received funding of five lakhs from AICTE for setting up Medical image and Signal processing laboratory. All India Council for Technical Education has also sanctioned a sum of 4 lakhs for R&D work in the area of Speech enhancement in the digital hearing aids in the department.

Long Range Goals:

1. To provide quality education
2. To keep pace with the technology
3. Assure highest quality of practical exposure
4. Reach Society through distant learning
5. Research focus and develop Industry - Institute interaction

Short Range Goals:

1. To expand opportunities for staff to be multi skilled
2. To conduct continuing education programs
3. Expand learning opportunities for students by conducting in-house workshops, seminars, group discussion, project exhibition, quiz, industrial visits etc.
4. To improve Industry - Institute interaction with respect to academic / research activities -
   • Students are encouraged to take up industrial projects
   • Students / Staff visit Industries as a part of Educational and Technical program
   •  Professional from Industries have been invited to give expert lectures.

1. Laboratories

1. Basic Electronics
2. Instrumentation
3. Analog / Digital IC
4. Control, Systems
5. Microprocessor / Micro controller
6. PC based Instrumentation
7. DSP
8. Computing
9. Medical Imaging and Bio-Signal Processing

2. Department Library

3. Department Association

      Provides platform for extra curricular activities like in-house workshops, seminars, group discussion, project exhibition, quiz, Industrial visits.
      The department has good interaction with the following industries / institutions:
      Larsen & Turbo, Wipro, Infosys, Indian Institute of Science, NIMHANS, CFTRI, AIISH, DRDO, MRPL, HAL.

Research Focus:

• Digital Signal Processing
• Process Instrumentation
• Medical Signal and Image Processing

Facilities:

      The Department of Instrumentation Technology has well-equipped laboratories catering to its academic and consultancy programmes. Amongst the major infrastructural facilities are Control System Laboratory, Digital Electronics Laboratory, Process Instrumentation Laboratory, Printed Circuit Board Technology Laboratory, Equipment Design Technology Laboratory, Image Processing Laboratory, Biomedical Laboratory, Computer Centre, DSP Lab, Microprocessor and Microcontrollers Laboratory. Some of the equipments include - various types of servo-motors, equipments to test digital electronic circuitry, feed back control system to study intricate servo-systems, their excitation method and resultant response, simulator for practical control system, equipment for measurement of level, viscosity, pressure, flow and temperature controller, equipment to study actual process control mechanism, study of analytical instrumentation, centralized facility to design and fabricate printed circuit boards (both PTH and non-PTH) High speed PCB drilling machine, Biomedical trainer kit, ECG, Pulse oximeter, PIC micro controller, DSP work station, Otoacoustic analyzer and PLC.
      Biomedical instrumentation laboratory has been set up. This laboratory contains facilities for doing laboratory and research work in the area of biosignal acquisition, and analysis of medical images. DSP and microcontroller lab facilities have been established recently.
      The Department has organized one National and one International seminar on Instrumentation. Several continuing education programmes and also programmes for faculty of other engineering colleges and professionals from industry have been organized by the department.