UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & ENERGY STUDIES Part-Time PhD Program Guide (Engineering/ Science) Energy Acres, P.O. Bidholi, Via-Prem Nagar DEHRADUN 248 007 (U.K.) Tel: 0135-2102690/91, 0135-2694257/58, 0135-2694200/201/203/208 Fax: 0135-2694204
COURSE WORK The list of subjects from which the candidates can choose for PhD course work is given below: PhD in Engineering/ Science PhD (Engineering) Oil & Gas 1. Drilling Engineering 2. Reservoir Engineering 3. Formation Evaluation and Well Logging 4. Production Engineering and Well Testing Analysis 5. Natural Gas Engineering 6. Petroleum geology and geochemistry 7. Geostatistics 8. Exploration geophysics 9. Nano technology in oil and gas industry 10. Unconventional hydrocarbon resources 11. Modern practices in oil and gas industry 12. Applied Sedimentology 13. Global tectonic and Basin analysis PhD (Engineering) ECE 1.Electronic system Design 2.Embedded Systems 3.Image Processing and Machine vision 4.Advanced Microcontrollers 5.Modern Control system Engineering 6.Nano Electronic Device 7. VLSI Design 8. Cellular & Wireless Communication 9. Satellite Communication Engineering 10. Advanced Microwave Engineering 11. Antenna Theory & Design PhD (Engineering) Power 1. Power System
2. Energy Audit 3. Control System Engineering 4. Instrumentation, Control and Automation 5. Renewable Energy Technologies 6. Energy Scenario and Energy Forms 7.Solar Energy Technology 8. Project & Financial Management in Energy Sector 9. Machine Modelling & Analysis 10. Power System Analysis & Stability 11. Power Electronic Control of DC Drives 12. Power Electronic Control of AC Drives 13. Power Quality 14. Power System Operation and Control 15. Electrical Machines and Drives PhD (Engineering) Aerospace 1. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics 2. Atmospheric Flight Mechanics 3. Compressible Flows 4. Flight Dynamics and Control 5. Aircraft Design 6. Experimental Aerodynamics 7. Hypersonic Flows 8. Computational Gas Dynamics 9. Boundary Layer Theory 10. Turbulent Flows 11. Rocket Propulsion 12. Finite Element Analysis 13. Mechanics of Damage Tolerance 14. Advanced Strength of Materials 15.Theory of Gas Turbines 16. Combustion Modeling 17. Guidance, Navigation and Control 18. Embedded Systems 19. Automatic Flight Control 20. Orbital Mechanics 21. Space Science and Space Environment
PhD (Engineering) Chemical 1. Transport Phenomena 2. Advanced Thermodynamics 3. Chemical Reactor Engineering and Design 4. Process Modeling and Simulation 5. Mass Transfer Equipment Design and Separation Processes 6. Advanced Process Control 7. Biochemical Engineering 8. Polymer Engineering PhD (Engineering) Mechanical 1.Pumps, Compressors and Fans 2.Advanced Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer 3. Advanced Machine Design 4. Steam, Gas and Hydraulic Turbines 5. Fatigue, Fracture and Stress Analysis of Machine Component 6. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems 7. Equipment & Machinery Maintenance 8. Quality and Reliability Engineering 9. Material Science 10. Advanced IC Engines 11.Experimental Methods, Measurement and Uncertainty 12. Advance Fluid Mechanics PhD (Engineering) Infrastructure 1. Mechanics of Solids 2. Design of Concrete Structure 3. Advanced Concrete Technology 4. Advanced Highway Engineering 5. Advanced Soil Mechanics 6. Environmental Engineering
7. Water Resources Engineering 8. Hydropower Engineering PhD (Engineering/ Science) Health Safety & Environment 1. Environmental Engineering and Management 2. Behavior Based Safety 3. Hazards & Safety Measures in Process Industry 4. Occupational Health & Safety Management 5. Risk Analysis and Management 6. Safety in Construction 7. Statutory Rules and Regulations 8. Fundamentals of Sustainable Development PhD (Engineering/ Science) Computers 1. Applied Numerical and Statistical Techniques 2. Design & Analysis of Advanced Algorithms 3. System Modeling and Simulation 4. Cryptography & Network Security 5. Data Mining 6. Ad-hoc and Sensor Network 7. Wireless Networks 8. Embedded Systems and Real Time Operating System 9. Big Data Analytics 10. Digital Image Processing 11. Parallel and Distributed Computing PhD (Science) Earth Sciences 1. Understanding Earth Sciences 2. Applied Sedimentology 3. Global tectonic and Basin analysis
4. Igneous and metamorphic petrology 5. Hydrogeology 6. Petroleum geology and geochemistry 7. Isotope geology 8. Methods in structural geology 9. Exploration Geophysics 10. Applied Micropalaeontology 11. Geostatistics 12. Analytical techniques in geosciences 13. Advances in Remote Sensing & GIS 14. Mineral engineering 15. Rock slope engineering 16. Ground control in underground coal mining 17. Safety aspects in mining