Department of Engineering Physics

History

The Department of Engineering Physics offers a wide range of engaging real-world applications that give students a clear and logical exposition of the fundamental ideas and principles. Since the opening of the Government Technical Institute in Mandalay in 1955, the Department of Engineering Physics has existed. In 1995, the department launched its undergraduate program, and in 2008, it launched its post-graduate program. As a result, TUM’s Department of Engineering Physics has been providing engineering education for 63 years.

Vision

To teach and train engineering students in each section of theory and experiment of engineering physics subject in supporting to become the essential technological experts for socio-economic development.

Mission

• To provide the highly qualified engineers with a clear and logical presentation of the basic concepts and principle of physics.
• To educate and train students of high caliber and quality that can emerge excellent engineers systematically.

Objectives

To improve the student pass rate up to 75.5%.
• To support the learning and teaching processes of practical task with respect to theory for generating of qualified engineers in all major field.

Performance Indicator for Graduate Attributes

GA1 – Engineering Knowledge
GA2 – Problem Analysis
GA3 – Investigation

Laboratories

Laboratories and particles are important part of the Engineering Physics curriculums. Department of Engineering has the following laboratories:

Mechanics Lab
Electricity & Magnetism Lab

Work Instruction

To teach some theories by demonstrating in the laboratory.
To train to be comprehension students with effective ways in teaching.
To examine student’s quality whenever they have taught one lesson.
To do assignment papers to be understand theory to students.
To use just and effective assessment system in giving test.
To attend advanced training to raise teacher’s quality.

Practical Course Work

Laboratory for KG+12 (10 Experiments)

Laboratory Name	Experiments
Laboratory Name	Experiments	Introduction to Engineering Physics (Mechanics, Waves and Thermodynamics)	Spherometer, Joules’ Calorimeter, Sonometer
Electricity and Magnetism Lab	Kirchhoff’s Rule Magnetic Field of a current Loop (Using Tangent Galvanometer) Meter-Bridge (or) Carrey Forester Bridge
Light & Optics Lab	Spectrometer & Diffraction Grating Determination of Laser Wavelength
Diode characteristics	Diode characteristics Oscilloscope

Activities

Curriculum for Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

B.E and B.Arch (First Year)

Sr. No	Code	Courses	Period/week						Credit Points
Sr. No	Code	Courses	L	T	P	FTF	NFTF	SLT	Credit Points
1	EPh 2001	Engineering Physics	3	1	2	–	–	–	4
Total			3	1	2	–	–	–	4

Learning Objective

This course will reinforce students’ understanding of physics from A-level. It will encourage critical thinking by emphasizing on reasoning, understanding the relationship between concepts and seeing the relevance of physics to everyday life. It will teach strategies for problem solving that can be applied to real world situations. After the study, students will be equipped with the basic knowledge for further study in the broad field of engineering.

Topic	Subtopics
Continuous Charge Distributions and Gauss’s Law	Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution, Electric Flux, Gauss’s Law, Application of Gauss’s Law to Various Charge Distribution
Current & Resistance	Superconductors
Alternating-Current Circuits	AC Sources, Resistors in an AC Circuit, Inductors in an AC Circuit, Capacitors in an AC Circuit, The RLC Series Circuit, Power in an AC Circuit, Resonance in a Series RLC Circuit
Magnetic Fields	Particle in a Field (Magnetic), Motion of a Charge Particle in a Uniform Magnetic Field, Application involving Charged Particle Moving in a Magnetic Field, Magnetic Force acting on a current-carrying Conductor, Torque on a Current loop in a Uniform Magnetic Field, The Hall Effect
Sources of the Magnetic Field	The Biot-Savart Law, The Magnetic Force Between Two Parallel Conductors, Ampere’s Law, Magnetism in Matter
Electromagnetic Waves	Displacement Current and the General Form of Ampere’s Law, Maxwell’s Equations and Hertz’s Discoveries, Plane Electromagnetic Waves, Energy carried by Electromagnetic Waves, Momentum and Radiation Pressure, Production of Electromagnetic Waves by an Antenna, The Spectrum of Electromagnetic Waves

Part-5 (Light and Optics)

Topic	Subtopics
Wave Optics	Change of Phase Due to Reflection, Interference in Thin Films, The Michelson Interferometer
Diffraction Patterns and Polarization	Diffraction of X-Rays by Crystals , Polarization of Light Waves

Part-6 (Modern Physics)

Topic	Subtopics
Introduction to Quantum Physics	The Compton Effect, The Nature of Electromagnetic Wave, The Wave Properties of Particles, A New Model: The Quantum Particle, The Double-Slit Experiment Revisited, The Uncertainty Principle
Quantum Mechanics	The Wave Function, Analysis Model : Quantum Particle Under Boundary Conditions, The Schrödinger Equation, Tunneling Through a Potential Energy Barrier, Applications of Tunneling, The Simple Harmonic Oscillator
Atomic Physics	More on Atomic Spectra : Visible and X-Ray, Spontaneous and Stimulated Transition, Lasers
Molecules and Solids	Electrical Conduction in metals, insulators and semiconductors, Semiconductor Devices
Nuclear Physics	The Decay Processes, Nuclear Reactions, Nuclear Fission, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Fusion, Biological Radiation Damage, Uses of Radiation from the Nucleus, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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