The science and engineering education programs at East West University emphasize hands-on-experiences of students in labs. University labs play a central role in supporting faculty and student research. For these reasons, the university is committed to developing and maintaining state-of-the-art labs for students and faculty members. East West University has developed one of the best lab facilities in the country for computer science and engineering, information and communication engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, electronics and telecommunication engineering and pharmacy programs. The engineering labs are shared by the three engineering departments, namely, Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE), and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE). The Pharmacy labs are used by students and faculty members of the Pharmacy as well as by engineering students for their chemistry courses.
The following is a description of the labs within the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering.
High Voltage/Machine Lab: This lab has state-of-the-art ‘Lab-volt’ electro-mechanical training systems that can be used to carry out experiments on DC machines, transformers, induction motors and synchronous machines. The laboratory also has inductor, capacitor and resistor banks, single and three phase variable AC power supplies and various types of measuring instruments to conduct experiments.
Power System Lab: This lab is equipped with an advanced Transmission line training system, symmetrical & asymmetrical fault demonstrator, three phase variac, AC/DC voltmeters, AC/DC ammeters for easy measurement of voltage, current, power, power factor etc and dedicated workbenches for performing experiments related to the Power System. The transmission Line Training System is exclusively designed to deliver the learning aspects of the electrical transmission line. Students can perform various experiments like short, medium and long transmission line and their behavior. Transmission Line Training System is an ideal platform to enhance education, training, skills & development of our young minds.
Electrical Circuit Lab: This laboratory has advanced facilities for investigating the behavior of AC & DC circuits. It is equipped with inductors, capacitors and resistor banks, DC power supplies, digital storage oscilloscopes, high frequency signal generators, and trainer boards for circuit layout design. The lab is also equipped with various types of measuring instruments to conduct experiments on both single phase and three phase electrical circuits. In addition, the lab also has a true RMS (AC+DC) multimeter, an LCR meter with a computer interface, and a universal microcontroller programmer to facilitate research.
Electronics Lab: Experiments related to the electronics and power electronics courses are conducted in this laboratory. It is equipped with modern digital storage oscilloscopes, analog and digital trainer boards, signal generators, DC power supplies, measuring instruments such as ammeters, voltmeters, digital multimeters, wattmeters etc. and various types of IC chips, small-signal MOSFETs, BJTs and other semiconductor devices.
Switchgear and Control Systems Lab: Experiments and project work on switchgear, control and data acquisition are carried out in this lab. It has five sets of Advantech data acquisition cards interfaced with computers to detect various types of electrical faults and to facilitate subsequent operations of relays on custom-made fault simulation boards. The lab also houses five sets of industry standard Siemens S7-1200 Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) with necessary input/output modules and proprietary computer interface software tools. The PLC modules are used to train students in modern industrial control systems.
VLSI Lab: The VLSI lab is used to carry out design and simulation-based experiments. It has more than 40 workstations and 2 servers running on both MS Windows and Linux platforms. A wide range of engineering and design software tools, including ADS, MAGIC, HSPICE, ANSOFT, MATLAB, PSPICE, etc. are available in this lab. ADS, MAGIC and HSPICE are advanced industry standard EDA tools used worldwide in design and research.
The lab also has SILVACO TCAD and Cadence tools, which are proprietary software developed for simulation of electronic and photonic devices, and layout design, circuit design optimization, designing using HDL related to the VLSI circuits. These tools allow emulating fabrication processes through a virtual clean room facility, and for investigating complex behavior of any electronic circuits composed of any arbitrary designed devices. Silvaco and Cadence are industry standard tools used throughout the world for design and analysis of electronic and photonic devices. Major electronic companies such as Intel, IBM, The IMEC, Samsung, TSMC etc. all use this software. Leading universities in the USA, Europe and also those in India (for example, IITs) utilize these tools to train their students in this field.
