Course Name: Introduction to Airplane performance

Course abstract

This course is designed to provide an integrated introductory treatment of airplane performance with flavor of aircraft design and flight testing.


Course Instructor

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Prof. A K Ghosh

Prof. A K Ghosh is a faculty of Aerospace Engg. Department of IIT Kanpur. He is also the in-charge of the flight laboratory and unmanned aerial vehicle of IIT Kanpur. His research areas include system identification through flight tests using conventional and neural network based methods, design of aircrafts and airborne projectiles, supercavitation, unmanned aerial systems. Before joining IIT Kanpur, he worked as a scientist with Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO). He has published many peer reviewed journal papers and conference papers, guided 13 doctoral students, and 38 masters students. He is also a mentor of multiple aerospace start-up companies, and also been associated with major industry contributions of high speed low drag aircraft bomb, Pinaka Mk-I, 105mm sabot round for tracked vehicles, etc
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Prof. Deepu Philip

Prof. Deepu Philip is a faculty of Industrial & Management Engg. Department of IIT Kanpur. His research focuses on Production and Operations Management, Systems Engineering and Simulation, Product Life Cycle Management (PLM), and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). He holds bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering with his doctorate in Industrial & Management Engineering from MSU Bozeman. He has both academic and industrial experience with leading organizations of the world. He has experience in designing and implementing complex system of systems in different fields including defense, aviation, transportation, banking, automation, health care, energy, communication, and decision making. He is currently guiding three doctoral students and have guided 14 masters students.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

RAJESH KUMAR YADAV

IIT Kanpur

VIJAY SHANKAR DWIVEDI

IIT Kanpur

PRASHANT KUMAR

IIT Kanpur

 Course Duration : Jul-Sep 2015

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 Enrollment : 18-May-2015 to 12-Jul-2015

 Exam registration : 01-Jul-2015 to 15-Aug-2015

 Exam Date : 06-Sep-2015

Enrolled

3221

Registered

149

Certificate Eligible

126

Certified Category Count

Gold

8

Silver

0

Elite

56

Successfully completed

43

Participation

19

Success

Elite

Gold





Legend

>=90 - Elite+Gold
60-89 - Elite
35-59 - Successfully Completed
<=34 - Certificate of Participation

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = 30% of best 3 out of 8 weekly assignments
  • Exam Score = 70% of Certification Exam Score
  • FINAL SCORE (Score on Certificate) = Exam Score + Assignment Score.
Introduction to Airplane performance - Toppers list

QAZI SALAHUDDEN 95%

SRMUNIVERSITY

HARSHIT NEMA 93%

VIT University

RAGUNATHAN S D 92%

SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

RAJAT SHARMA 91%

ITM UNIVERSITY

ANANDH R 91%

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering

PRASHANT BHATNAGAR 91%

AMBALIKA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

INDERPREET SINGH 91%

U.I.E.T. , PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH

BINOY B 90%

DRDO

VISHAL VYAS 87%

UCE RTU KOTA

GAUTAM MAURYA 87%

FEROZE GANDHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Assignment

Exam score

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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

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.