FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING

About First Year Engineering Department

Applied Sciences are the base of Engineering. The Department of First Year Engineering Department aims to help students develop strong fundamentals in all basic courses. With sound fundamentals, learning advanced and specialized courses become easier for students. Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, Communication Skills and Principles of Economics and Management are the subjects taught at different stages of the four year course. The Department has a team of committed faculty members with proven skills in their respective fields and state-of-the-art infrastructure for learning these subjects.

Applied Physics and Applied Chemistry are taught at first year level. The laboratories are well equipped to carry various analysis and conduct advanced practicals in the field of Solid State Physics and Optics. Applied Mathematics, the core subject of Engineering, is taught up to pre-final year level. The subject helps students learn methods in Mathematical Modeling such as Classical, Numerical and Optimization techniques. The students are trained to incorporate mathematical models in Engineering situations and find plausible solutions for the same. Workbooks are designed to make learning lucid.

Communication Skills are being taught from first to pre-final year stage. The subject helps engineering students in improving skills at all levels of administration. The subjects are taught with suitable learning aids. The principles of technical and business communication are discussed with the students to enable them to use it intelligently and effectively in their professional lives. Proficiency in English Language is sharpened to help them become good professional communicators. The Department has a computerized language laboratory.

Department of First Year Engineering is also actively involved in pursuing research activities. The Department has the distinction of publishing and presenting maximum number of technical papers in peer reviewed national, international journals and conferences. The Department has also received research grants worth 1 lakh to pursue advance studies in Fluid Mechanics from the University of Mumbai.

Science depends heavily on the repeatability of experiments, and on their giving consistent (e.g. almost identical) results. This repeatability hinges on objective comparison of observations of different researchers studying the phenomenon. Objectivity indicates the desire to observe things as they are, without manipulating the observational results to accord with some preconceived world view. All observation is potentially contaminated, whether by our theories or our worldview or our past experiences. Scientists, like anyone else, may be swayed by some preconceptions to look for certain experimental results rather than others. Scientists are people and suffer the flaws of humanity too, and it cannot truthfully be said that every scientific theory has arisen from a perfectly executed process of ‘scientific method’.

Faculty of First Year Engineering

Teaching Faculty members of Department of First Year of Engineering (Science and Humanities)
Sr No	Name	Qualification	Designation	Status	Experience
01	Dr. Sanjay B. Kulkarni	M. Sc., P.G.D.C.A., Ph.D.	Dean Academics, HOD and Professor	USSC	20 Years
02	Mr. Dnyanesh D. Joshi	M. Sc., M. Phil.	Associate Professor	USSC	22 Years
03	Mr. Pralhad S. Soman	M. Sc., SET	Associate Professor	USSC	21 Years
04	Dr. Yogesh G. Mulye	M. Sc., Ph. D.	Associate Professor	USSC	19 Years
05	Mr. Laxman D. Naiknaware	M. Sc., M.Phil.	Assistant Professor	USSC	20 Years
06	Mrs. Vrinda M. Kulakrni	M. Sc., SET	Assistant Professor	USSC	19 Years
07	Ms. Darshana M. Bapat	M. A.	Assistant Professor	USSC	08 Years
08	Mr. Dhammapal S. Nangare	M. A., SET	Assistant Professor	USSC	07 Years
09	Mr. Umesh K. Samant	M. Sc.	Assistant Professor	USSC	07 Years
10	Ms. Nargis H. Gangrekar	M. A., B. Ed.	Assistant Professor	USSC	07 Years
11	Ms. Harsha N. Kelkar	M. Sc.	Assistant Professor	USSC	08 Years
12	Mr. Manik J. Gujar	M. Sc., NET, SET	Assistant Professor	USSC	02 Years
13	Mrs. Aditi A. Naik	M. Sc.	Lecturer	Ad-hoc	05Years
14	Ms. Suvarna J. Abhyankar	M. A., SET	Lecturer	Ad-hoc	02 Years
15	Mr. Abhijit S. Todankar	M. Sc.	Lecturer	Ad-hoc	10 Years

Non – Teaching Faculty members of Department of First Year of Engineering
Sr. No.	Name	Qualification	Designation	Experience
01	Mr. Deepak L. Rajwade	B. Sc.	Lab Technician – Chemistry	20 Years
02	Mr. Mahesh D. Kamat	B. Sc.	Lab Assistant – Physics	07 Years

Laboratories of First Year Engineering Department

The laboratories are well equipped to carry various analysis and conduct advanced practicals in the field of Solid State Physics and Optics. The Department has a computerized language laboratory.