July 2014 the Voice of ICE a Step Change Towards Success
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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 stu- dents 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 col- lege. 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 achieve- ments 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 nanoro- bot will ideally perform its task and then dis- solve 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; how- ever 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 pro- ducing 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.