Course Name: Lighter than Air Systems

Course abstract

This course is designed to provide students an overview of Lighter-than-Air (LTA) systems, a subject of Aerospace Engineering that was once at the forefront of technological developments, but which got pushed into oblivion in late 1930s. The subject was revived in mid 1980s due to renewed interest in such systems for long endurance applications with low fuel consumption. The course will be conducted using the in-class recordings of 20 lectures of this course (by CDEEP) delivered by the instructor at IIT Bombay in Autumn Semester of 2015. Around ten additional lectures will be recorded to highlight some current and relevant topics. There will be a monthly interaction video session with students, in which their doubts will be cleared. The students can also approach the instructor via e-mail, or on phone at some pre-specified time window.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Rajkumar Pant

Prof. Rajkumar S. Pant has Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering. His areas of specialization include Aircraft Conceptual Design, Air Transportation, and Optimization. He has been a member of faculty of Aerospace Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay since December 1989. Prof. Pant is an alumnus of College of Aeronautics, Cranfield University, UK, where he earned his Ph.D. under Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme, IIT Madras, where he did his Masters in Aeronautical Engineering, and PEC Chandigarh where he underwent his undergraduate studies in Aeronautical Engineering. He has also worked for five years in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in the Design & Engineering Department at Kanpur (3.5 years) and Nasik (1.5 years) Divisions. He has published and presented ~ 220 scientific papers, of which ~ 170 are in international journals and conferences. He has also visited several top ranking institutes and universities all over the world. Prof. Pant was a Visiting Professor at School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2015-16, visiting faculty at Department of Aerospace & Ocean Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2010-11, and a visiting researcher at Instituto Tecnolgico de Aeronutica, Brazil in 2012, Texas A&M University in 2011, Cambridge University in 2008, and Imperial College London in 2006. In November 2012, he was appointed as a Special Visiting Researcher under the Science Without Borders program of the Brazilian Government for three years
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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021

 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Mar-2021

 Exam Date : 24-Apr-2021

Enrolled

1113

Registered

104

Certificate Eligible

76

Certified Category Count

Gold

3

Silver

21

Elite

28

Successfully completed

24

Participation

15

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Lighter than Air Systems - Toppers list

HARSHIT BANSAL 97%

BMS College of Engineering

MOHIT KOTHEKAR 91%

SHRI RAMDEOBABA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

NAVEEN B 90%

RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

DHIREN R 87%

RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

PRASATH S 86%

RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

SRI SRUTHI DANDU 86%

SASTRA DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1113

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 104

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Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.