Month: February 2013

IIT Kanpur Aerospace Structures-I Syllabus  AE 232 Aerospace Structures-I COURSE DESCRIPTION Static equilibrium, determinate and indeterminate structures, static stability concepts, planar and space trusses.  Beams- bending & extension, stress resultants, modulus weighted section properties, bending shear stresses-solid and open section.  Idealization of stiffened shells. Shear center, shear flow in thin walled multi-cell box beams, effect of taper. Work and energy principles, … Read more

IIT Kanpur Information Processing in Biological System Syllabus BSBE BSE 212 INFORMATION PROCESSING IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS Genome as the store house of information, DNA as the carrier of encoded messages. Genomic diversity across organisms as a source of embedded intelligence in nature. Intra-cellular transmission of genetic messages and their cellular translation; Cell-cell communication and feedback; … Read more

IIT KANPUR EVOLUTION OF BIOLOGICAL MACHINES SYLLABUS    BSE 214 EVOLUTION OF BIOLOGICAL MACHINES  Living body as an examples of finest designs for diverse activities, functions e.g., flying, swimming, reproduction, sensing, eating, etc. Evolution and natural selection as the means of optimization of biological machines at diverse scales: molecular, cellular, organismal and population. Principles of micro … Read more