The  Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, has started a unique dual-degree programme from the academic year 1996. The institute is admitting students to this five year programme in disciplines of Aerospace Engineering.  Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering & Material Science.  The Curriculum includes practically all the course work required for the B.Tech. project work spread over one full year.  Students admitted  to 4 year B.Tech. Programme and 5 year dual Degree programme have one year of common  course work.  The institute rules permit 15% change over from 4 year programme to the 5 year programme and vice-versa.

After successful completion of the five year programme, students will be awarded a dual-degree, as indicated in the table.

Specialization: Process Systems Design and Engineering

The competitive environment of today requires modern chemical plants, petrochemical complexes and petroleum refineries to operate at high levels of productivity, efficiency, capacity utilization, process and environment safety, and energy conservation. It has therefore become inevitable for chemical engineers to apply to concepts of Process Systems Engineering to generate flexible and cost effective designs and be competitive in operation.  This specialization has been designed with its prime focus on an integrated systems approach to Process design and Engineering.

Advanced courses in the programme will enable the students to acquire adequate knowledge and develop skills in key area of Process design and Engineering such as Process Synthesis, Simulations and Design, Optimization, control, safety, and Energy Integration.  The students have opportunities to work with modern computer based  tools(software packages) to solve large scale problems of reasonable complexity.

The graduates of this programme  will have ample employment opportunities in Consultancy and Design Organizations, and other companies using modern tools of automation for their production units.  In addition, they would be very well suited for Doctoral programmes and careers in Research and Development.

The last decades of the twentieth century have been dominated by chips, and computer: better chips meant better computer which in turn meant more powerful tools for designing, fabricating and testing better chips. This synergistic feedback between integrated circuits, i.e. chips and computers have been technologically chips and computers has been technologically explosive.  It has brought about greater transformation in the electronics and communication industries in the last decade of this century then in the previous nine.  There is a pressing need to create sites, Home electronics systems, Diagnostic ultrasound, CAT and MRI, Flexible manufacturing and so specializing in “microelectronics” and “communication & signal processing” through first quarter of the next century.  Transnational corporation such as AT&T, Texas instruments, Motorola, Intel, TATA IBM, Philips, Siemens could be potential employers.

Specialization: Communication and Signal Process

Communication and signal processing is an area which has tremendous impact on day-to-day life;  cellular telephones, personal communication systems, and communication n the internet provide examples.

In this new programme a student will  take advance level courses like: Computer Communication Networks, Telematics, Adaptive Signal Processing, Computer Vision, Fibre Optic Communication, Artificial Neural Networks, and Wavelets.  Many of these courses will have an associated laboratory component.  The students will also have  an advanced level project. Specialization: microelectronics deals with the science and technology of making Integrated Circuits.  In this programme  students get a good grounding in basic electrical engineering and electronics and go on to advanced course and laboratories in Microelectronics. A sample of such courses offered are Bipolar and MOS Devices, Integrated Circuit Technology and Design, Computer Aided Design of IC’s. Modern Electronic Design, Digital system Design, Device Characterization.  Nano-devices, Device Simulation, Integrated Sensors and Circuit Simulation.  Many of these courses have an associated laboratory component.

Specialization: Computer Aided Design (CAD) & Automation

Designing machines is one of the principal activities of a mechanical engineer.  Easy availability of computers has added speed, accuracy and reliability and has made the overall integration of design, easier.  To perfect the design, optimize material utilization, minimize cost, reduce design cycle time and customize the activity.  CAD has become and important element in modern industry.  The programme will focus on the fundamental issues of  CAD  and automation and their applications.  It will cover computer aided stress and mechanical modelling, graphics,  finite element and dynamic element packages, automatic and computer controls microprocessors robotics etc.

Specialization : Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Computers have revolutionized manufacturing activity by automating and integrating various stages in product design and production.  On a computer screen, one can design, visualize, analyze and simulate these activities to create a virtual manufacturing environment.  The objective of the programme is to cover in depth the fundamentals of manufacturing engineering with an emphasis on CIM. Backed up by the basic courses in Mechanical Engineering, the programme will provide will provide special courses in the areas like Computer Graphics, Computer Numerical Control, Robotics, Database Manufacturing Automation, etc. Special elective courses on Management, Computer Science etc. will also be available.  The programme also envisages active interaction with industries in terms of sponsored M.Tech. projects.

Specialization: Thermal & Fluids Engineering

Thermal and fluids Engineering is the basis of Power Generation, Vehicular Transportation, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Fluid Handling etc.  The objective of this programme is an in-depth coverage of fundamentals subjects like thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, combustion and their application to fluid machinery, refrigeration, air conditioning, cryogenics, thermal energy conversion devices like IC engines and gas and steam-turbines.  Substantial exposure to computational, analytical and experimental techniques is envisaged

With rapid growth in transportation, power generation and space technology  in India , this programme is expected to provide exciting career opportunities.

Specialization: Ceramics and composites

The introduction of new technologies has always depended to a large extent on the availability of newer, inexpensive and better materials.  The development of new materials has resulted in a revolution  in areas such as information technologies, telecommunication, microelectronics, laser, fibre optics, biotechnology’s etc.  continuous development of advanced ceramics and composites with novel and unique characteristics has clearly necessitated having specialization in this area.  The metallurgical and materials engineer of Twenty-first century will need a through knowledge of the fundamentals of materials science in order to be able to participate in research, development, design and production of advanced materials.  The objective of the specialization is an in-depth coverage of thermodynamics and Kinetics, Transport Phenomena, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Phase Transformations and through treatment of topics  such as Ceramics Processing, Electronic and Magnetic Ceramics, Semi-conduction and Super-conducting Materials, Structure and Properties of Engineering Polymers, Composite Materials and Glass based Products.  Substantial exposure to design and selection of materials is envisaged.  With rapid growth  of ceramics, Polymers and composites as structural materials, this specialization is expected to provide exciting career opportunities.

Specialization: Metallurgical Process Engineering

Over the past sever decades considerable efforts have been devoted towards an integrated understanding of the nature of processes involved in extraction and refining, their downstream processing, evolution of micro and macro structures, various evaluation and characterization etc. A  process  engineer not only should have a sound understanding of the scientific principles of metallurgy, but should also have sufficient expertise in engineering areas like heat and mass transfer, equipment and process design, plant  engineering, instrumentation and process control etc.

The  competitive environment of today demands the modern metallurgical plant to operate at high levels of productivity and efficiency .  The course is designed to produce engineers having such an integrated understanding, who can contribute to process, optimization and control, design and development.

There are ample job opportunities for graduates of the specialization in the areas of production design, development and research.

Aerospace  engineering deals with various aspects of design. Analysis and Control of modern Aircraft/Space vehicles and engines. The dual degree M.Tech programme has been introduced to offer complete education and training in one or more o0f the above aspects. After a comprehensive preparation in I & II years in basic sciences, mathematics and basic engineering, a broad background of aerospace is created in III year ICS, Structures, Propulsion and Control systems. Higher level subjects dealing with design and analysis using modern methods of computation and experimental techniques and offered in IV year through a large number of electives. The electives along  with the 1 ½ year long M.Tech project shall enable students to opt for specialized programme in one of these aspects of aerospace engineering. The M.Tech projects are likely to be connected to one of the R&D programmes in national aerospace mission. The students are likely to get opportunity to work at the mission development R&D centre in India towards successful completion of the project. During the specialization years the students may be offered Fellowship/Assistantship from the externally funded on-going sponsored projects.