July 2014 the Voice of ICE a Step Change Towards Success

iCERYX July 2014 The Voice of ICE A Step Change Towards Success

Cover Story: Vasantha’s journey to the IITSAT project

The importance of ICE in the manufacturing sector

A new look at the field of na- norobotics Achievements of ICE over the past year

LabVIEW and Scilab training Instrumentation engineers: Most wanted in the Cement Plant

The link between Imaging and Instrumentation Bionic eyes - Looking into the future Foreword

The Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering appreciates and encourages this effort put in by the students in creating the it’s very own eMagazine – iCERYX. The department always seeks to engage its students in all growth oriented activities by facilitating arenas to develop and portray their various skills. We, as a department, believe that if the students are given the right input and motivation, the students will deliver their full potential. We wish to see more outcomes in the future and we hope that this eMagazine will be carried on for the future generations of students of ICE and we look forward to more such outcomes.

Dr.S.M.GiriRajkumar HoD/ICE

From the Team

Our department, as we all know, is one of the most active and engaging departments in our prestigious college. We have been subjected to a lot of changes in recent times and this has resulted in its inevitable growth. Every good thing that happens to us is supposed to be shared with the world around us because we as so- cial beings should share the drops of joy that we experience. Hence, we have initiated this platform –iC- ERYX, for broadcasting and showcasing the myriad colors of the students of ICE. This is truly a student-run, student magazine exclusively for ICE where we collect, collaborate and share the creations and achievements of the students of our department. We hope someday that when this humble first issue is being re- viewed by our future juniors, they feel proud of all the way they have come up from this seed we plant now. Let’s keep being awesome ICEians!

PR Team

Ben-Hur S. Christopher, Final year Anuroopa Devi S., Final year Nazreen Banu A., Final year Shuprajhaa T., Third year Nishanth D., Third year lowship Programme, I also attend The IIT dream-come-true seminars conducted every Tues- Semester Anna university examina- days and Fridays by the IIT Pro- P.N. Vasantha, Final year tion. fessors and the Phd Students, on their topics of specialization. The Every student aspires to study As a part of my summer internship seminars are usually an hour long at Indian Institute of Technology at IIT Madras, I am working on a starting from 3pm. I have attended (IIT’s). Through the Summer Fel- very significant, ongoing research talks on Power systems by Prof. lowship programme, IIT opens project called - IIT Madras Student Shanthi Swarup, MEMS by Prof. their gates of knowledge, and Satellite Project (IITMSAT). It is Enakshi Bhattacharya, Analog Cir- research experiences every year to an IIT Madras’ student initiative cuits by Prof.Nagendra Krishnapura all the Non-IITians. to build and launch the satellite with socially relevant scientif- and many more. As a part of the Summer Fellow- This is a two month stipend in- ic objective. The mission of this ship Programme 2014 agenda, a ternship programme, which gives project is to provide an earthquake presentation session was organised a hands on work - experience to prediction model based on the on 8th July 2014. Each intern was learn, explore and implement the ionospheric changes before seis- given 5 minutes to present their theory under- mic activities. The internship work. It was an amaz- stood in the total project cost ing platform for all the interns to classrooms, un- is estimated to present their project to the profes- der the guidance be about 3 Crores sors of Electrical Engineering (EE) and support of INR. Recently, ISRO Department. It was an awesome the IIT Professors. after reviewing experience. To be a part of the ongoing work, My internship at IITM is for six days this programme, has announced a week from 9 am to 6 pm. As you we need to sub- IITMSAT as its are all aware, IITM is such a huge mit an abstract official project. I campus, more often I find it to be of project of our am the only intern a maze. There are innumerous choice, along among the select- fauna, flora inside the campus and with the univer- ed interns to work uncountable Banayan trees, whose sity mark sheets under IITMSAT. aerial prop roots have grown into and bonafide certificate from the My internship project is to estab- thick woody trunks making ev- institution. lish - Inter Processor Communica- tion using I2C Bus in IITMSAT. The eryone believe that they are here since ages and they truly are. Being The process of selection for the proper functioning of the satellite beside the Guindy National Park, Summer Fellowship Programme involves the effective coordina- IITM campus also habitats a lot of 2014 is very competitive. After tion of various sub-systems. I am deers, monkeys and snakes tooo the initial screening and approval, interning under the Command and (hisss..). IIT M campus filled with mail confirming my selection was Data Management System(CDMS) trees and many species makes us received, from the summer intern- called the Software team of IITM- feel fresh compared to the traffic ship coordinator. The induction SAT. My project involves the use of and pollution outside the campus. program was held on the 16th May Mbed microcontrollers to estab- During the lunch breaks, I set off 2014, where the objectives of the lish I2C Bus Communication using to explore the nature and diversity internship were mentioned. Of the C language. In IITMSAT, we have in the campus. My days in IITM selected candidates, 18 interns review meetings every week for all continues to be exiting, challenging have reported for the internship the subsystems. In this session, we and highly enriching. My sincere and are working on the project have to present the past weeks de- thanks to the college and the HOD assigned by their guides. I started velopment in the project and the of ICE Department, Dr.S.M.Girira- my work as an intern on 6th June plan for the next week. My team jkumar to help me avail such an 2014, after the completion of 6th has its meeting on every friday. Being a part of the Summer Fel- unique opportunity. Regardless of the design method, a nanorobot will ideally perform its task and then dissolve so the body can absorb and excrete it.

For several reasons silicon is a good choice for the construction of nanobots. It is dura- ble, flexible, and conducts electricity; however it will not dissolve in body fluids. Since these devices are so small, swarms of them will be necessary to perform more tasks.

For medical applications, biodegradabili- ty will be a significant problem due to so many foreign particles inside the body.

To perform certain tasks, espe- cially in medical applications, con- trolled mobility is an another issue.

An inherent drawback to producing these devices is their size.

R.Jamuna 3rd year Building atom by atom and molecule by Nanobots molecule is tedious and doesn’t lend itself to mass production. At the other end of the manufacturing spectrum, miniaturization A Milestone in Instrumentation of synthetic devices will require advances in metallurgy since the building materials will need to be reduced to a nanoscale. An emerging branch of technologi- The two principle manufacturing con- cal research, designing and construct- ventions are top down or bottom up. By consensus, nanobots will find their ing nanobots will have incalculable first applications in medical science. implications in science and industry. The former process involves the extreme Also known as nanorobots, nanites, or miniaturization of existing robotic devic- The nanomedibots will be able to repair nanomachines, these devices are in es while the latter describes a process of damaged or diseased tissues at the mo- the development phase and only prim- building starting at the atomic level and lecular level. The circulatory system is a itive nanomachines have been tested. constructing any object one atom at a time. natural highway for these devices and the nanomedibots will cruise through The term nano describes a length of Specialized nanorobots known as assem- the blood stream to the area of distress. measurement equal to one-billionth of bler nanobots will be required to create one meter which is approximately the more sophisticated units. Theoretically, They may be used to attach themselves to width of 10 atoms. The resulting minia- the assemblers would use the bottom up specific cells, such as cancer cells, and report ture robotic machines may be as small approach and stack atoms upon each oth- the position and structure of these tissues. as a few molecules in length or width. er in layers to form the desired nanoma- chine. However these assembler units have Light in the 700-1000 nanometer A nanorobot is a device, synthetic or biolog- yet to be developed. Current technology range will pass through tissue with ical, that is able to function on a near atomic has employed atomic force microscopes minimal absorption. And hence, it level and perform a preprogrammed task. and scanning tunneling microscopes to can easily detect the cancer tissues. arrange atoms. These microscopes are A less restrictive description would be also to move atoms and molecules apart When this near infrared light strikes this a device that facilitates interaction on from resolving the small structures. particular type of nanomedibot, the- de a nanoscale level. Rather than only device gets hot due to the oscillation of the scribing an infinitesimally small machine, It is required to be maintained at low metal’s electrons in response to the light. this characterization would include a temperatures and approaching 4degrees scanning tunneling microscope and oth- in Kelvin to inhibit electron excitation er similar microscopes that can be used caused by temperature drifts. These con- Using an MRI to precisely place the to manipulate nanoscale structures. straints illuminate the limit of the efficacy nanomedibots in the cancerous re- of this technology to construct nanobots. gion, the light causes the devices to heat to 131 degrees Fahrenheit which destroys the cancerous cells but doesn’t damage surrounding tissues. INSTRUMENTATION FOR In addition to removing plaque from arterial walls, they could also be used to find THE MANUFACTURING areas of arterial weakness. They are employed in detecting certain toxic chemicals and provide early warning of the failure WORLD problem of the organ.Also it is used to sectors has also increased the scope for monitor the general health of an individual. rd Ranjani, 3 year instrumentation engineers. Instrumenta- Today we cannot imagine a world without tion engineers can also fit in both software These devices may find application instruments. They have become a part and hardware sectors. More than produc- in a variety of industrial applications. and parcel of the life. Instrumentation tion, safety of processes & plants is being and control is a common field across all awarded the utmost importance & is also Research is ongoing into us- manufacturing industries that are likely closely monitored by the government. The ing them in the oil industry. to demand the highest amount of invest- only way to achieve safety is through in- ment and improvement in the upcoming tegration of safety device & controls – in In addition, current research is investigat- decades. In scientific terms, instrumenta- which instrumentation plays a major role. ing their application in nanophotonics to tion is defined as the art and science of produce light more efficiently. Computer measurement and control of process vari- Apart from covering core subjects such as circuits may be produced by these tiny de- ables within a production, or manufactur- system dynamics, industrial instrumenta- vices. They could create circuits on a small- ing area. The science has further opened tion and process control, analytical and er scale than current etching techniques up the realm of instrumentation engi- bio-medical instrumentation and robot- and would allow for the manufacture of neering. Nature of work of an instrumen- ics, the students deal with software and extremely small processors and chips.

The use of nanobiotechnology should be established as a human heritage for the coming generations, and developed as an open technology based on ethical practic- es for peaceful purposes. Open technology is the fundamental key for such an aim. Brain Teasers 1. The below is a number puzzle. it should be read left to right, top to bottom.

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1 1 1 2 2 1 tation engineer ranges from designing, hardware topics such as microprocessor ? ? ? ? ? ? developing, installing, managing equip- and micro controller based instrumenta- ments that are used to monitor and con- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? tion, VLSI and embedded system designs, trol machinery. “It is a multi-disciplinary computer architecture and organization stream and covers subjects from various and computer control of processes. Com- Q1 What is the next 2 rows of num- branches such as chemical, mechanical, puter languages such as ‘C’ and FORTRAN bers?? electrical, electronics and computers,” are also part of the curriculum. This makes says Prof. A. Bhujanga Rao, from the de- an instrumentation engineer fit for both Q2 How was this reached?? partment of Instrumentation Engineer- the hardware and the software industry. ing, Andhra University. The growth in the Moreover, since instrumentation engi- avionics, aeronautical and space science neers are presumed to be good in phys- ics, the logical ability is expected to be on 4. Collaborate with design engineers, pur- An instrumentation engineer can find the higher side, which is a basic quality chasers and other staff members involved a wide range of career opportuni- needed to excel in the software industry. in the production processes ties in all sectors of industries such as

The shift towards core sector is not only 5. Manage projects within the given re- • Instrumentation Engineer / Pro- due to the opportunity to showcase ones straints including cost and time cess Engineer in heavy industries such as creative talent and knowledge, but also thermal power stations, steel plants, - re because of the long term stability and 6.Troubleshoot fineries, cement and fertilizer plants etc. quick growth. Bio-medical is another area that is fast catching up and there is • Design and product develop- huge requirement for instrumentation 7. Ensure that the instruments comply with health and safety regulations ment Engineer in companies that man- professionals. The demand is so high that ufactures specialized instruments such every student finds at least two jobs wait- as actuators, measuring gauges, etc ing in the wings, by the time he or she 8. Ensure that quality standards are main- [Electronic Design & Manufacturing] completes her course, says Dr. Bhujanga tained Rao,Distinguished Scientist, and DRDO. • Industrial automation / Ro- 9. Provide consultancy support botic Engineer in any manufac- India’s manufacturing industry, which turing or food processing industry is spurring the country’s GDP growth, PG specialization in: which run in an automated setup. is undergoing a major transformation. This sector is scaling up and beginning • Robotics • Maintenance & Repair En- to seek global competitiveness through gineer for Bio-Medical instruments a wider application of instruments. This • Mechatronics trend is contributing to the robust growth • Industrial Engineering of instrumentation and control market. • Software Engineer [spe- • Control Systems cializes on creating customized -soft ware for the specific instruments]. Sparkle with the knowledge of: • Metrology & Measurement Sys- tems Home for instrumenta- Though this varies from company tion and control engineers: to company & profile to profile, the • Instrumentation broad job responsibilities for instru- • Bio-Medical • National Instruments mentation engineers is as given below. • ABB 1. Design and develop control systems • Larsen & Toubro(L&T) Role as instrumentation engineer: 2. Maintain the existing control systems • Bosch

• Texas instruments 3. Manage the control systems • BHEL PUBLICATIONS AT A GLANCE • saint-gobain • Invensys

S.No Faculty Name No. of Publications in • GE Journal / Conference 1. Dr.S.M.Girirajkumar 9 • Suzlon 2. Mr.Saju 4 • Honeywell 3. Ms.Suganthini 1 4. Ms.Vijayalakshmi 1 • Pricol, etc. 5. Ms.RathnaPrabha 1 6. Ms. Kala 1 Thus,Instrumentation engineering is a course which is different from all oth- 7. Ms.NithyaRani 4 er courses of engineering and provides 8. Mr.P.Aravind 4 us a challenging environment where 9. Ms.Abirami 1 we can exhibit our innovative ideas. The second day of the training started with myDAQ. The students were split into Spoken Tutorial PR Team 9 groups, each group comprising of 4 students. One hardware device was given to The general opinion of the students who each group. They were given a practical part took in this tutorial session was oriented training to the usage of myDAQ. that the tutorials were easy to under- The students were able to understand the stand, simple and appropriately paced. multiefficient usage of this device. The latter session was concentrated in- solv ing the same real time exam- ples with myDAQ which they LabVIEW Training had already solved the previ- ous day with Multisim. They PR Team were asked to solve the circuits both in A spoken tutorial was conducted for the fi- Four days (15-04-2014 to 18-04-2014) Multisim and with myDAQ. The students nal year students of our department on the training session was conducted by Na- were able to compare the results of both 26th and 27th of June, 2014. It was con- tional Instruments to simulated and real time approach. They ducted in 2 batches, one on each of those the students of second were given training on days with a batch of 29 students on the first year, Instrumentation the usage of two to three day and 32 students on the second day. and Control Engineer- instruments of myDAQ Each tutorial batch lasted for 90 minutes. ing department, Sa- on the second day. ranathan College of The spoken tutorial session was conduct- Engineering on Multi- The students were giv- ed in connection with the department’s sim. Trainer Mr. Sriram en an individual test for decision to host the Ministry of Human trained the students. 40 marks which included Resource Development’s initiative, in 1 real time problem, 2 association with IIT, Bombay, to techni- The training was an en- Multisim problems and cally equip and certify students on the lightened approach to one to be solved both usage of Open Source scientific tools the entirely new useful in real time and simu- under the FOSSEE project. The tutorials software. These stu- lation on the final day. are created by the students of IIT, Bom- dents had already un- 50% was kept as the pass bay They were downloaded from http:// dergone a six days train- percentage and almost www.spoken-tutorials.org. The faculty in- ing on Multisim and all the students were charge for this program are Ms. Nithyara- Ultiboard. This 4 days training was in contin- able to clear it off with good score. ni, Mr. Gopalakrishnan and Mr. Aravind. uation with the previously learnt concepts. The concluding session was spent in giving The tutorial module that was chosen for this First day started with the revision of the an introduction about the NIYANTRA 2014 session was on Scilab, an open source scien- basic concepts of Multisim which the stu- conducted by the National Instruments. tific and mathematical computational tool dents were already aware of. In the morn- The students were encouraged to prepare developed by Scilab Enterprises, France. ing session the students were given simple abstracts for their budding new concepts. electrical circuits and were asked to solve 32 PCs were equipped with the Scilab those in Multisim. It was a kind of brush The students were also split into 11 groups, package, spoken tutorials, and the nec- up for the students so that they would be each group with 3 students. The groups essary audio-video rendering tools and able to be in line for the next four days were assigned assignment problems and hardware. A transcript of the spoken of training. In the afternoon session, the they were also told the way to solve them. tutorials was also handed out to each students were taught to design circuits student for ease of understanding. The for real time problems. They were taught This four day training session was really use- students can practice with a set of 15 how to implement the concepts which ful to the students as it was not only a theo- optional assignments developed by IIT, they had already known into electrical retical one but also a practical oriented one. Bombay to supplement their learning. circuits. Nearly four to five example problems, which were all application oriented The next step towards the certification were solved by using circuits in Multisim is an online examination hosted by IIT, and then the results were monitored. Bombay, that the students must appear for on a date specified by the students. The afternoon session also comprised of an Being successful at that examination, introduction to an entirely new hardware the students will be issued a certificate device known as “myDAQ”. It is a hardware from the Ministry of Human Resource which comprises 8 instruments. This is spe- Development, Government of India. cifically meant for the usage of students. UPCOMING EVENTS

SI.NO. START DATE FEST NAME FEST TYPE COLLEGE NAME CITY STATE 1. 17th-18th July. Workshop on Workshop, tech- Jeppiaar engi- Chennai. Tamil Nadu. Advanced Em- nical events. neering college. bedded control- lers and hands training on ARM 7 processor . 2. 24th-26th July. Last date for ANORAY. Cultural fest. Hindustan Tamil Nadu. registration-17th Institute of July. Technology and Science. 3. 10th-13th Sep- AARUUSH 14. Technical S.R.M University. Chennai. Tamil Nadu. tember. event,workshop. 4. 19th-22nd Sep- DHANAK. Cultural fest. Indian Institute Valimala. Kerala. tember. Of Space Tech- nology. 5. 21st-22nd Au- Inter Disciplinary International Pondicherry Pondicherry. Pondicherry. gust. Research in Eng. Conference. Engineering And Tech. 2014. college. 6. 25th July. Last date for Real Time Im- Karpagam Coimbatore. Tamil Nadu. registration-23rd plementation of college of engi- July. Respberry Pi. neering. 7. 18th-20th De- MEMS and SEN- International IIT-Madras. Chennai. Tamil Nadu. cember. SORS. Conference. 8. 27th July. ISEE 2014. Internation- Amrita college Kollam. Kerala. al sympo- of Engineering. sium,Workshop, Conference. 9. 4th-7th Septem- Techniche 2014. Techno Manage- IIT-Guwahati. Guwahati. Assam. ber. ment Festival. 10. 5th-7th Septem- Makers Fete. Technical fest. VIT University. Vellore. Tamil Nadu. ber. 11. 11th September. UMO:BOYCOTT Online event. IIT-Hyderabad. Hyderabad. Andhra Bad designs. Pradesh. 12. 11th September. AKSHITI 2K14. Technical event. Adamas Institute Kolkata. West Bengal. of Technology. ager Customer Service Division, YIL. This MoU basic aims for providing exclusive INDUSTRY training with hands on experience in ACCREDITA- core control engineering applications using real time Distributed Control Sys- CONNECT tem, and Programmable Logic Controller. TION This report briefly outlines some of the The outcome of the MoUs are the effective For the first time, Instrumentation and important accomplishments that ICE organization of the training sessions, and control engineering department had ap- Department faculty and students have workshops for the students and staff of the plied for National Board of Accreditation achieved over the current academic year. department, by the resource persons from in the year 2013. An expert committee For the first time, Instrumentation and National Instruments and YOKOGAWA conducted an on-site evaluation of the control engineering department had ap- The department till date has organized ICE Department during 8th-10th Febru- plied for National Board of Accreditation 7 guest lecture, from em- ary 2013. The executive committee of in the year 2013. inent resource persons. the NBA considered the recommenda- The feedback giv- The topics even includ- tions of sub-committee at its meeting en stressed the ed sessions on “Hap- held on 18th Sep 2013 and gave a re- following points. piness”, Computers for port about accreditation status. In that • Success rate of the student’s Instrumentation Applications, Motiva- they appreciated about the following performance in the programme is good tional talks, Industrial significances, etc. • Success rate of the student’s • Constant improvement in aca- • Department has conducted performance in the programme is good demic performance index of the students in-house value added training program • Structure of the curriculum is fine to students during winter vacation.A scheduled and phased • Improvement in academic per- • Teach- training for 40 interested formance index of the students is good ers students ra- students of IIIrd year ICE tio is perfect is in progress. This train- • Structure of the curriculum is good ing would be for 10 days in a semester, upto their 8th semester. • Teachers students ratio is good In the field of Instrumentation and Control Engineering department at University lev- • The students are currently trained el, the department is proud that 3 of our in a module of Labview called as Core 1 • Core engineering subjects students have received University ranks. and Core 2, and are certified. The certified and their relevance to PEOs is good training benefited 6 staff members also. We are glad to inform that ICE depart- Now, they are working on mini projects, • We met the programme edu- ment has made 17 publications in Interna- and are trained for CLAD certification. tional journals. In addition 2 papers have cational objectives with 100 out of 150 been accepted for publication in IEEE ex- • It is expected, that these stu- plorer, International conferences and the dents would have projects from small and * 606 marks was awarded by expert remaining are expected to make their medium scale enterprises for their final team, and later was reduced to 556 due contributions in the months to come. year projects, and hence it could improve to programme outcomes and assess- consultancy, and placements in the future. ment performance in PEO & PO, which To promote the technical activi- could not be met with the marks scored ties by other means, the depart- • As for the second years are concerned, 36 ICE, and 6 EEE students under, faculty head. ( we had only 35% ment has signed two MOU’s with re- ).Due to this we are not accredited. puted core multinational companies began training for, awareness and utili- ty in MULTISIM, ULTIBOARD. The initial The MoU with National Instruments was training was for 2 days in the month of For the current year 2014, some of signed on 22nd August 2013 by the Prin- Dec’2013 .For the next phase of train- the criterion are calculated as per the cipal, and S.Dhanapal Academic Manager ing, the number of participants increased NBA and compared with the previ- of NI. The MoU aims to strengthen the from 42 to 54. Now the overall regis- ous year statistics. This shows that we core competency skills of the students tered students has gone upto 81. This are in the process of improvement. and staff, in the area of Virtual Instrumen- includes students from EEE, and ECE. It Core engineering subjects tation, through Labview. It also focuses is henceforth planned to conduct the in producing Certified Labview Acade- future trainings as two parallel sessions. my Developers (CLAD), who would have International validity, and recognition. Another MoU was signed with M/s. YOK- OGAWA, on 24th October 2013 by Prin- cipal and Mr. S.Senthil, Assistant Man- replace PET/CT in the clinical envi- MOLECULAR IMAGING ronment. However, molecular imag- THE SIGNIFICANCE ing research will benefit highly from INSTRUMENTATION the new opportunities offered by this OF INSTRUMEN- PROF. S. ABIRAMI AP/ICE combination. In general, the combination of different modalities such as PET, TATION IN THE CE- Molecular imaging is an emerging field SPECT (Single Photon-Emission Comput- that is transforming clinical in vivo diag- ed Tomography), optical imaging, ultra- MENT INDUSTRY nostics from the anatomic to the func- sound, magneto encephalography, and G. KARPAGAM, FINAL YEAR tional domain. This article concentrates CT with MRI may lead to new insights in on the latest advances in molecular im- We G.KARPAGAM, G.SAVITHRI, E.BHU- research and novel clinical applications. aging technology, including PET (Positron VANESWARRI belonging to final year ICE Emission Tomography), MRI, and optical had a chance to visit India Cements, imaging. In PET, significant improvements MRI: Tirunelveli for five days. We came to know in tumor detection and image resolution about the various industrial aspects in have been achieved by introducing new (A) High soft-tissue contrast of MR image the field of Instrumentation Engineering scintillation materials, iterative image- re is apparent in whole-body MRI tomogram and we are glad to share our experience. construction, and correction methods. In of human. (B) In contrast, fused PET/CT the field of MRI, the most image shows mainly bone The India Cements limited at Sankar important developments structures. Metabolic PET nagar in Tirunelveli district is one among in recent years have main- images (B and C) clearly the 10 cement plants in India. Sri.N.SRI- ly been MRI systems with depict tumor area (arrow) NIVASAN took over the post of the vice higher field strengths and that appears also in MR im- chairman and the Managing director improved radiofrequency age. Anatomic information of India Cements in 1989. It had a turn- coil technology. A special is most prominent in MR over of 5.231 billion in the year of 2012- focus of this review article is image, whereas PET image 20. The production rate of this plant is multimodality imaging and, can help to guide diagnostic about 2.05 million tonnes per annum. in particular, the emerging focus towards abnormali- field of combined PET/MRI. ties in metabolism. These There are 9 stages involved abnormalities can then also in the production of cement The latest developments be identified as structural in PET detector technolo- malignancies in PET images. Stage 1: Crusher gy and PET reconstruction algorithms have result- Optical mammography, ed in high-resolution images that reveal Optical imaging, which is widely used Stage 2: Stacker small tumors and allow accurate quan- in field of preclinical imaging, can suc- tification of biologic processes. Though cessfully be applied for mammography Stage 3: Reclaimer optical imaging has great potential to be applications in which high resolution developed as a functional imaging mo- is desirable but field of view is smaller. Stage 4: Raw mill dality, it might not reach the usefulness of PET or MRI in whole-body imaging be- Clinical PET/MRI system is dedicated for Stage 5: Coal mill cause of restricted penetration and limited quantification accuracy. Preclinical and clinical MRI applications have expanded Stage 6: Rotary kiln beyond simple anatomic imaging into the domain of molecular imaging. New Stage 7: Silo contrast agents and hyper polarization techniques enhance the sensitivity of the Stage 8: Cement mill MRI experiments, paving the way for more clinically oriented molecular imaging. Stage 9: Packing unit brain applications and features 3-T MRI The trend has clearly gone towards func- system with dedicated head coil and PET CRUSHER: tional and multimodality imaging -for de head insert with 18-cm axial field of view. tecting diseases, because earlier diagno- sis positively affects disease progression. In this process, limestone from the mines A milestone in PET was the introduction is crushed in the crusher. They follow a of combined PET/CT. The studies proved method called “BALL METHOD” for crush- that PET/MRI has enormous potential ing. It consists of an impact plate and a ball as an integrated molecular imaging tool. inside the impact crusher, which strikes Because of its high cost, it is unlikely to the material and gets reflected back from impact plate till it gets the pyramid form. quality of the material is checked by ra- It senses the level of the pile forma- The crushed material of size beyond the diating the gamma ray of California-252 tion for elevating the stacker height outlet chute opening are again fed back before it gets into the pile formation. for some angle using CAM switch. to the crusher for further grinding. The final crushed material is carried to the CAM SWITCH: SAFETY INSTRUMENTS: next stage through the conveyor belt. Many CAM switches are placed in the • PULL CHORD SWITCH: horizontal elevation side of the stacker. Each CAM switch is placed at an angle It is a manually operated TEMPERATURE SEN- instrument which is used SOR(RTD): when there is any problem in the conveyor belt to trip it. Bearings are placed at the two fixed ends for hold- • ZERO PADDING: ing purpose. Any damage in the bearing causes fic- A zero speed is set in the tion which increases the instrument if there is any temperature. To maintain change in the speed of the temperature, RTD is the conveyor i.e. if it is used for sensing the same. less than the zero speed, it will give an indication to VIBRATION SENSOR: the transmitter which is received in the receiver lo- It indicates the vibration cated in the control room. rate of the process using piezoelectric crystal which gives the voltage by which the crushing sta- RECLAIMER: tus can be determined. difference of 10 degree. For every signal In reclaimer, the pile formation is STACKER: from the material rope there is a switch scrapped vertically to achieve there over from one CAM switch to another. quired composition of raw materials Stacker is where the PILE formation is for the process using scrapper. It con- done along with the additive materi- MATERIAL ROPE: sists of two ac drives in which the car- als (black clay, blue ash, iron ore..)The bon brushes are employed to distrib- PUBLICATIONS AT A GLANCE

S. No. Student Name Year Name of the Paper Entitle Journal 1. K.MohamedHussain, III IJERA Comparison of PID Con- R.AllwynRajendranZep- troller Tuning Method herin, M. Shantha Kumar Dr.S.M.GirirajKumar

2. G,Umamaheshwari, IV IJERT Real time approach of S.Vasugipottramarai, piezo actuated beam using G-Programming S.Hemamalini S.Saju ute the power supply for the reclaimer. In this stage, the coal is crushed, stacked PACKAGING UNIT: and reclaimed ( just like limestone ) for heating the grinded material from the raw It has both coarse feeder and fine feed- mill to improve the withstanding power er for perfect packaging of cement. The of the material. Here the pile formation is PROXY: cement is filled in the bag with the Au- in a circular fashion rather than vertical. tomatic 8-Spout Roto-Compact -Pack er which is set with the required set Proximity sensor is placed in the base ROTARY KILN: point. Here for one revolution of pack- of the plate where the iron rods move. er ,6 packs are filled from the packer If any damage or the absence of an iron unit. The packaging unit conveyor belts rod is encountered the proxy sens- The material from the raw mill is heated are started in a backward approach to es and indicates for proper reclaiming. with coal as a source. It consists of roll- ers which gives the balance for the rota- avoid the accumulation of packages due ry movement. For each roller,2 RTD’s(PT to any damage in the conveyor belt. WEIGH FEEDER: 1000) and thermocouple of type ‘k’ are placed and each is separately connect- On the whole we had a wonder- It is used to get the raw materials in de- ed to the temperature scanner to avoid ful and very informative experience sired proportion by both measuring and any group connection of RTD damage. that helped us to get a better under- controlling . For safety , (to avoid tripping) standing of the significance of Instru- the weigh feeder is always maintained PRE HEATER: mentation and Control Engineering in with some load and it is calibrated us- the Cement Manufacturing Industry ing load cell for every 1m of belt length. The output is taken through the weigh Pre heater has many cyclones inside it and belt which only measures the amount the material passes through five stages. Fi- of material with its standard weights nally it is given to the rotary kiln for firing. by providing the cushioning effect. The temperature of the heated ma- Brain Teasers RAW MILL: terial is around 1200o C. It is given to the next stage after cooling it to 200oC using the fan setup. The prod- Raw mill is the unit in which grinding uct from the kiln is called as “CLINKER”. 2. What is the unique characteristics process takes place, It has two damp- of the following words?? ers and two workers. In addition to Coughing, thirsty, defiant this it also has ESP and gas analyser. It CEMENT MILL: works on the Feed Forward principle. Generally, cement is of two types-OPC (or- 3. There is a shop that reads:: ESP: dinary Portland cement)and PPC( Portland Buy 1 for $1.00 pozzolona cement). In cement mill, for 10 for $2.00 OPC, the clinker and gypsum are grinded in ESP, works on electrostatic princi- 100 for $3.00 a given proportion which is setup in a CCR ple. A fan is employed to collect the One needed 913 and still only paid unit. For PPC, flyash is also added with the dust which is made to stick on the high $3.00.how could this be financially clinker and gypsum to avoid the cracking. voltage electrode plate. A motor is fixed viable for the shopkeeper?/ at the bottom of the ESP with proper earthing. After the particular time amo- CCR UNIT: tor hammer strikes and the materials are 4. If you throw me from the window, I dropped and recirculated into the mill. It consists of 6 panel(CM1-CM6), 2 I/O will leave a grieving wife. panel for controlling the proportionali- Bring me back ,but in the door ,and you’ll see someone giving life ! what GAS ANALYSER: ty of the ingredients to be grinded. They also have control units for power supply am I ??? namely MCC(Motor control center) and Analyser is used to detect the type of gas- PCC(process control center) where the es such as CO,NO2 etc.. present in the dust 440v is sent to many motor elements. 5. One day , Javesh and his friends particles. It is placed in the inlet and outlet were playing around. Tarun hit of ESP unit. If any hazardous gas like CO is something with a pin and it popped. BUS COUPLER: found then the damper closes. In addition Javesh’s dad came in the room that to this, it also has the sensor for sensing the very moment, but he wasn’t mad oil level as lubricant, temperature , pres- It is connected between two units. If . Infact , he was smiling. What did sure, air supply and for any wire breakup. one of them is under repair, it trans- Tarun hit? mits the data to the other unit to avoid COAL MILL: any interruption in the process as - apre cautious measure through bus coupler. The Bionic contact lens first starts off as a possible uses for virtual displays, wheth- BIONIC CONTACT polymer base that is similar in size, shape, er it be in drivers or pilots to show vehi- and compound, as an everyday contact cle speed or altitude projected into the LENS – A MAGIC lens. Then they sprinkle a grayish powder windshield, or for people wanting to surf of metal and electrical components into the internet and have a display that ap- EYE the flexible plastic, and then due to cap- pears to be floating in everyday life with- SHUPRAJHAA. T, THIRD YEAR illary forces, the shape of the tiny com- out looking at your smart phone display ponent dictates which piece it can attach or TV screen, or even to incorporate vid- The bionic contact lens is a polymer based to. This form of micro fabrication is called eo games that enhance virtual worlds lens with similar shape and characteristics self-assembly. Finally an led and antenna without restricting their range of motion. as an everyday contact lens, although this is placed using scorching temperatures, micro electric lens has components that al- and toxic chemicals, and we finally have a Any application that you may want ona low for a led or digital display. This article finished lens. This process still needs to be smart phone or computer could some- will look farther into the possibilities asso- perfected and the display needs to become day be integrated into a small bio contact ciated with this unique Nano technology. a higher resolution and a more practical lens. This lens could someday be connect to our brain through nerve impulses, and a computer ship implanted into our eye so when we think of something we want to search or display, the bionic contact lens will just automatically display it. The possibilities are endless, and that is what makes this invention revolutionary.

display. So far this Lens can only project BIONIC Contact lenses or bionic eyes were text and is not yet linked to other wireless first brought to people’s attention through devices available on the market. The Bi- a common cinematic film, The Terminator. onic lens was tested in a rabbit’s eye and This movie showed people what views showed no signs of agitation or pain associ- through a bionic eye could be like when ated with the lens. This trial on a Rabbit oc- the audience sees life through the eyes curred in 2011 and shows researchers that of a terminator. Now people have started this may be a possible project to someday making these contact lenses with integrat- be clinically tested on humans. Unfortu- ed antennas, micro batteries, and small nately during this animal trial the led was digital displays seen using a single LED. not turned on when the lens was in the eye The more advanced technology becomes, of the rabbit, so we do not know how the the more possibilities we can imagine animal will react with a display. The point with this Lens. Think about a contact lens of the trial was to see if there was agitation that can link to your cell phone and show or main associated with the polymer the you everything that could be on the inter- contact lens was made of. The work that net through a display simply in your eye. has been completed at the University of Imagine being able to see a translation of Washington by Professor Babak Parvis has a language as someone speaks a differ- a lot of technological progress to be made. ent language to you. All of this becomes possible with the work of Babak Parvis The opportunities for this bionic lens out of The University of Washington. could be amazing because there are many BHEL CC on 17th& 18th August, 2013. • K.Thivakaran won prize STUDENT ACHIEVE- & medal in Table tennis tourna- MENTS • K.Thivakaran&S.S.Surajwon ment at SCE on 21st October, 2013. Open Double for Table-Tennis, Sponsored • C.Ishwarya from ICE Final by BHEL CC on 17th& 18th August, 2013. • K.Thivakaranwon Mens Win- Year Presented two papers in Na- ner & Double Winner in District Level tional Conference and in Nation- • EL.Ramkumarhas secured Table Tennis Tournament. On 25th and al level symposium on Sept, 2013. Runner Position in the Anna Uni- 26th January, 2014 at Amritha School versity Zonal Tournaments at Cauv- • Monish from ICE Final Year ery College of Engineering & Tech- • K.Thivakaranparticipat- Participated and won 1st place among nology, Trichy, on 7th August 2013. ed in international cultural partici- 350 teams in “Vina-Vidai” competions pation Quarters Table Tennis on 4th conducted in the state level, by Pud- • K.Karthik from III year has and 5thFeburary, 2014 at VIT, Vellore hiyaTamilagam media on 23.9.2013. been selected for Inter Zone Foot- ball men’s Tournament, held at JJ Col- • Nivetha . S, of 2nd year ICE, • Monish from ICE final lege of Engineering & Technology, with other department students, Par- year scored 98.53 in MAT Exam. Trichy, from 23rd to 26th August, 2013. ticipated in MANTHAN, National Con- ference Organized by CAG ( Citizen for • Mr.Shobanraj of final ICE • K.Thivakaran participated in- Accountable Governance), National was placed second in ‘ROBO zest’ ternational table tennis cultural tour- wide paper presentation, at New Del- and he went to IIT, Mumbai for nament at Vellore on 24th August2013 hi, conducted on 20th September 2013. his final selection, by March 2014. • K.Thivakaran and Nis- • Team1- Sreyash and Sriram, • Prathiba.D, has represented hanthwon state level 2 prize in ta- Team2- Shuprajhaa and Srinath had par- the college team, in Volley ball, and has ble tennis on 27th August2013. ticipated in National Level Symposium won prizes in atheletics in zonal level. at NITT on 14.02.2014 & 15.02.2014 and team 1 has won first prize. • K.Thivakaranwon CM Trophy She has also represented the University, Mens division in Table Tennis at Tan- and she has scored 8 / 10 for best outgoing jore, on 4th and 5th December, 2013. • Nishanth of second year student category, and was graded by the PD. has won prizes in district level tournaments for table tennis. • K.Thivakaranwon CM Trophy • K.Thivakaranwon Men Single in Mens division in Table Tennis at BHEL semi final for Table-Tennis, Sponsored by Townnshipon 4th September, 2013. • Shuprajhaa . T of second

VISITORS TO ICE

S.No Date & Session Resource Person Title of the Lecture Conducted for 1. 24.07.2013 Dr.K.Jayaraman Evolving technologies and its III & IV Yrs impact on engg 2. 22.08.2013 Mr.Solaikutty Dhana- Recent trends in VI & effective III & IV yrs bal implementation 3. 1.10.2013 Mr. Venkatasubrama- Computers for Instrumenta- 3rd and final year ICE nian tion Students 4. 7.10.2013 Dr. P. R. Venkateswaran, Role of Control Engineering in Staffs/ Students Senior Engineer,BHEL, Process Industries Trichy 5. 11.10.2013 Dr. Sunil Srinivasan How to Overcome depression Staff members/ Stu- and improve self realization dents ICE 6. 25.10.2013 Dr. Sunil Srinivasan Happiness Reality All the Staff Members of SCE 7. 21.11.2013 Dr.Venkatasubramani- Role of computers in instru- Final year and third yam/HOD/CSE/SCE mentation year students year ICE won the second prize in the • Shrinath and Sriram of sec- ed by the ICE department of NIIT. technical symposium conducted by ond year won the first place in na- Mookambigai college of engineering. tional level symposium conduct-

LAURELS FROM THE FIELD

S.No Student name Year Event name Event date College name Prize from-to 1. Thivakaran III Table tennis- 17.8.13- BHEL Third Single 18.8.13 2. Thivakaran III Table tennis- 17.8.13- BHEL First Double 18.8.13 3. Thivakaran III Table tennis- 26.8.13 Vellore Fourth International 4. Thivakaran& III & II Table ten- 27.8.13 Abdul akkim second Nhisanth nis-state level college, vellore 5. Thivakaran III Table tennis- 4.12.13- Tanjore First CM Trophy- di- 5.12.13 vision 6. Thivakaran III Table tennis- 4.9.13 BHEL Town- First CM Trophy- ship District 7. Thivakaran III Table tennis 21.10.13 SCE First 8. Thivakaran III Table tennis- 25.1.14- Amirtha First District level 26.1.14 School 9. Thivakaran III Table tennis- 4.2.14-5.2 International .14 VIT vellore Fourth 10. EL.Ramkumar III Chess Zonal 07.8.13 Cauvery col- Second Tournament lege of engg & tech 11. Karthik III Football- Zon- 23.8.13- JJCET Third al 26.8.13

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