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at</span> <a href="http://www.iitb.ac.in/">Indian Institute of Technology at Mumbai</a>&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></h4> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>- - - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - <o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#C00000;background:aqua; mso-highlight:aqua'>Teaching this semester (Jan-Apr 2012) <o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#C00000;background:aqua; mso-highlight:aqua'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#C00000;background:aqua; mso-highlight:aqua'>EE-<span class=GramE>590<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Foundations</span></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#C00000; background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'> of Projects</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;background: yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua'>(Dual Degree Course)</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:fuchsia'>Click here for EE-590 Homework and notes<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span></span><span style='font-size:22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;color:fuchsia'>==&gt;</span><span style='font-size: 16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:fuchsia'> <a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/EE590/index.html">EE590_Lect_notes</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial; color:#1F497D'>- - - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - <o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#C00000; background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua'>Courses taught in last semester (July-Nov 2011) <o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#C00000;background:aqua; mso-highlight:aqua'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#C00000;background:aqua; mso-highlight:aqua'>EE-<span class=GramE>731<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Design</span></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;background: yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'> and Analysis of Experiments using Taguchi Method</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (PG Course)<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#C00000;background:aqua; mso-highlight:aqua'>EE-<span class=GramE>101<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Introduction</span></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;background: yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'> to Electrical and Electronics Circuits</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (UG Course)<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial; color:#1F497D'>- - - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - <o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in'><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'>List of <span style='background:yellow; mso-highlight:yellow'>50+</span> training courses conducted in <span style='background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua'>Last 10 years</span><o:p></o:p></h1> </span> <h1 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:fuchsia'>Click here </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:fuchsia'>==&gt;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:fuchsia'> <a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/TRIZ_Taguchi_Courses_UPDATED_Nov2011.pdf">TRIZ_Taguchi_Courses_UPDATED_Nov2011.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>- - - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - <o:p></o:p></span></h1> </span> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:#1F497D'>Taguchi Method: <span style='background:lime;mso-highlight: lime'>Free</span> Consultancy to Students (of the world)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/WhyTaguchiMethodTips.htm">(with<span class=GramE>&nbsp; <span style='color:fuchsia'>new</span></span><span style='color:fuchsia'> links</span>&nbsp; to <span class=SpellE><span style='color:green'>WhyTaguchiMethod</span></span></a></span></span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:#993366'>(</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:#993366'> </span><span style='font-size:18.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:#993366'>tips #1 to #16) </span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </span> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>(with<span class=GramE>&nbsp; new</span> links for <i>ready to use </i>&nbsp;UNPROTECTED </span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>ExcelTaguchi_L9_UNPROTECTED</span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'>sheets</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </span> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/ExcelTaguchi_1.htm">(with<span class=GramE>&nbsp; <span style='color:fuchsia'>new</span></span><span style='color:fuchsia'> links</span> for <i><span style='color:#9900FF'>ready to use </span></i>&nbsp;<span class=SpellE><span style='color:#FF6600'>Static</span><span style='color:navy'>&amp;</span><span style='color:green'>Dynamic</span></span> ExcelTaguchi_1 </a></span></span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>sheets</span></span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> </span> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:#993300'>( for</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#993300'> L9, L12, L18 and L36b)</span></b><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h1 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>- - - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - <o:p></o:p></span></h1> </span> <h4><span style='mso-themecolor: text2'><span style='font-family:Arial; color:#1F497D'>I am Professor in <a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/">Electrical Engineering Department</a>&nbsp; at <a href="http://www.iitb.ac.in/">IIT Bombay</a> (from Oct. 2001)<o:p></o:p></span></h4> </span> <h4><span style='mso-themecolor: text2'><span style='font-family:Arial; color:#1F497D'>I was earlier (1971-2001) working as a scientist&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tifr.res.in/"> Tata Institute of Fundamental Research</a><o:p></o:p></span></h4> </span> <h4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#CC33CC'>My current <span class=GramE>interest :</span> </span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/MEMS.htm">MEMS</a> - Design, Layout, Mask-making, Fabrication, Packaging, Testing, Reliability etc.<o:p></o:p></span></h4> </span> <h3 style='margin-right:1.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:Arial; color:#CC33CC'>MEMS <span class=GramE>activity :</span> </span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>please see </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#3333FF'><a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/PFOLIO.htm">MEMS Portfolio</a>&nbsp; </span><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>and </span><span style='font-family:Arial; color:#3333FF'><a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/CV_PRA_MEMS_PAP.htm">MEMS Papers</a></span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family: Arial;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <h4>My main field of interest<span style='mso-themecolor:text2'> has been </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#009900'><a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/CV_PRA_ICTECH.htm"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Silicon IC technology</span></a></span> and Now it is MEMS<span style='mso-themecolor:text2'>. I was a member of the team that made the first TTL IC in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> in 1972. Since then, I have more than 20 years experience in MOS/Bipolar IC design and fabrication. I have worked at Stanford IC labs for<span class=GramE>&nbsp; 2</span> years (1977-78) as a visiting research associate. <o:p></o:p></h4> </span> <h4>Other <span class=GramE>interests :</span></span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h4> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1F497D;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops: list .5in;mso-themecolor:text2'><a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/CV_PRA_TRIZ.htm">TRIZ (Inventive Problem Solving)<span style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'> </span></a>methods of&nbsp; for inventing new processes and structures for MEMS <o:p></o:p></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1F497D;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops: list .5in;mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family: Arial;color:red'><a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/CV_PRA_TAGUCHI.htm"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Taguchi methods</span></a></span> for optimizing performance and making processes ROBUST against variations &amp; noise. <span style='font-family:Arial'></span><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.25in'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'><a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/WhyTaguchiMethodTips.htm">(<span class=GramE>with</span> <span style='color:fuchsia'>new links</span> to tips 1 to 16 on <span class=SpellE><span style='color:green'>WhyTaguchiMethod</span></span>)</a></span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3>Teaching <span class=GramE>interests :</span>&nbsp; Please see <a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/CV_PRA_TEACH.htm">Teaching Experience</a><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <h1 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in'>- - - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - <o:p></o:p></h1> </span> <h4><span style='mso-themecolor: text2'>Taught a course </span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'>EE701 (January-April 2004) &quot;Intro to MEMS&quot;</span><span class=GramE><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'></span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'>&nbsp; (</span></span></span><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>580 students) &nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></h4> </span> <h4 style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>Read <a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/feedback.htm"><span style='font-weight: normal'>Student feedback EE701 (January-April 2004) &quot;Intro to MEMS&quot;</span></a> student feedback<o:p></o:p></span></h4> </span> <h1 style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in'><span style='mso-themecolor: text2'><span style='font-family:Arial; color:#1F497D'>- - - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - <o:p></o:p></span></h1> </span> <p><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#CC33CC'>Personal <span class=GramE>Information :</span></span></b><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp; please see my&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/CV_PRA.htm">CV in html</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/CV_PRA.doc">CV in ms-word<span style='color:#3333FF'>.</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </span> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>Other relevant information about me can be found as: <o:p></o:p></span></p> </span> <ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1F497D;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops: list .5in;mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/CV_PRA_PUBL.htm">Publications</a> (However, this has All papers - for MEMS related papers see&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/CV_PRA_MEMS_PAP.htm"><span class=SpellE>Publ</span>-MEMS </a>) <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1F497D;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops: list .5in;mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/CV_PRA_ADDR.htm">Full address</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1F497D;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops: list .5in;mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial'>My e mail address is <i><a href="mailto:apte@ee.iitb.ac.in">apte@ee.iitb.ac.in</a></i> <o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </span></div> <h4><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>If you have any comments to make or any questions to ask, please feel free to mail me at<span class=GramE>&nbsp; </span><i><a href="mailto:apte@ee.iitb.ac.in">apte@ee.iitb.ac.in</a></i><o:p></o:p></span></h4> </span> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-themecolor:text2'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </span></div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>Maintained by <i>P. R. <span class=SpellE>Apte</span></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2-Sep-2011<br> &nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> </span></div> </span></span> </body> </html>