Principles of Engineering Physics 1

Covers the basic principles and theories of engineering physics and offers a balance between theoretical concepts and their applications. It is designed as a textbook for an introductory course in engineering physics. Beginning with a comprehensive discussion on oscillations and waves with applications in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering, it goes on to explain the basic concepts such as Huygen's principle, Fresnel's biprism, Fraunhofer diffraction and polarization. Emphasis has been given to an understanding of the basic concepts and their applications to a number of engineering problems. Each topic has been discussed in detail, both conceptually and mathematically. Pedagogical features including solved problems, unsolved exercised and multiple choice questions are interspersed throughout the book. This will help undergraduate students of engineering acquire skills for solving difficult problems in quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, nanoscience, energy systems and other engineering disciplines.

Md Nazoor Khan is Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Odisha. He received his P.hD. from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela and has published papers in journals of national and international repute. He has more than twenty-two years of teaching experience at undergraduate level and has taught courses including engineering physics, physics of semiconductor devices and material science. His areas of interest include x-ray scattering and material science.

Simanchala Panigrahi is Senior Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He has a Ph.D. from Berhampur University, Odisha and has more than two decades of teaching and research experience in the field of solid state physics, material science and ferroelectrics. He has contributed several papers in national and international journals.