Email

davinder.sharma@sta.uwi.edu

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+1 - 868 - 6622002 Ext: 83105

Univeristy Services

  1. Administration of the Department of Physics since 2018
  2. Designed a new MPhil/PhD programme in Renewable Energy Technology, being offered from September 2021.
  3. Designed a new programme on "Major in Electronics" for the UWI, St. Augustine Campus in collaboration with department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Department of Physics is offering this Major from September 2014 and I am coordinating this programme.
  4. Courses Designed for the Students of the UWI, St. Augustine Campus.
    • Post graduate course on "Digital System Design - PHYS 6492", Department of Physics (2011).
    • Undergraduate laboratory course on Practical Electronics II - PHYS 3204 for the Major in Electronics programme, Department of Physics (2014).
  5. New Experiments Designed for Physics UG Students of the UWI, St. Augustine Campus
    • “Operational Amplifier and Applications” for the course PHYS 3382 (Electronics and Control Theory) (2010).
    • “Logic Gates and Adders” for the course PHYS1111 (Introductory Physics II) (2011).
    • “Designing and Simulation of Digital Circuits” for the Course PHYS 3391 (Further Digital Electronics and Microprocessor Systems) (2012).
  6. Member of A&P Committee, Faculty of Science & Technology, UWI, St. Augustine Campus (2012-2014, 2018-till now).
  7. Member of Academic Board, UWI, St. Augustine Campus (2015-2016, 2018 – till now).
  8. Member of Board of Studies for Electronics and Communication Engineering, Punjab Technical University, India (2008).
  9. Member of Vice Chancellor lead team (Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Group) for the Project “Programme for Capacity Development in Priority Areas for Regional Impact at UWI” (2013).
  10. Department’s Representative on Various Faculty Level Committees
    • Library Liaison Committee (2008 – 2010)
    • Student Liaison Committee (2011)
    • Safety Committee (2011)
    • Post Graduate Committee (2012-2015)
    • IT Committee (2012-2018)
    • Outreach Committee (2013-2015)
    • Academic Advisor (2015-2018)
  11. Additional Departmental Activities
    • Coordinator for the course PHYS 3387 – Major Research Projects (2011 and 2012). Additional charge of the Electronics Workshop in the absence of Sr. Electronics Maintenance Officer.
    • Additional charge of the Electronics Workshop in the absence of Sr. Electronics Maintenance Officer
    • First examiner of summer courses.
    • Second examiner (MEDC 0502 and MEDC 0503) for Pre Health Professions Programme, the UWI Open Campus (2011 onwards).
    • First examiner (PHYS 0070 and PHYS 0071) for FST Prescience Programme (2014/2015).
    • Second examiner for courses RENT 6011 and RENT 6008 of M.Sc. in Renewable Energy Technology Programme (2014 -2019).
    • First examiner for RENT 6008, RENT 6006, RENT 6011, RENT 6014 (2019 onwards)
    • Played active role in restructuring of Minor in Electronics (2011-12).
    • Compiled and edited Laboratory Manual for new Level I lab. Courses PHYS 1214 and PHYS 1215 (2012-13).
    • Compiled and edited Book of Abstracts of Research Projects (PHYS3387) for years 2011 and 2012.
    • Examiner for various post graduate and upgrade seminars.
  12. Research/ Undergrad Laboratories Established
    • Smart Grid Research Lab., VLSI Research Lab. and Digital System Design PG Lab., Department of Physics, University of West Indies, Trinidad.
    • DSP R&D Lab. and DSP Student Lab., Department of Electronics Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India.
    • Physics Lab., Digital Electronics Lab., Digital Signal Processing Lab., R & D Lab. and VLSI Design Lab., Amritsar College of Engineering & Technology, Amritsar, India.