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Vol. 16 No. 4 September - October2019
Chairman’sMessage
Message fromEditor
Student branch activities
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Message from Chairman
Greetings and my warm wishes, second edition of the monthly newsletter edition. I am glad to inform that Susan K. Land, IEEE Fellow has been chosen as 2020 IEEE president. She will begin serving as president on 1st January 2021. IEEE is seeking article submissions for its new gold fully open access journals. These articles being made open access through the payment of an article processing charge by the author, which will publish articles within the specialized field of interest of the sponsoring society like journals, committed to helping further scientific research and supporting accessibility to technological information.
IEEE Standards an Association (SA) is dedicated to providing a high-quality, globally open, market-relevant consensus-building environment, where great minds work to develop leading-edge technology standards. I foresee the many industries require collaboration with professionals to form a SA network, feel that the professional enrichment will be more effective apart from their routine research programs. The R10 membership statistics are encouraging but still IEEE Madras section needs to focus on further enhancing the membership, not only for the sake of revenue-generating but rather encourage the senior and young professionals, students, retired professionals to join the IEEE family for keeping themselves active and up-to-date in their professional life with the latest trends in the technology. Activities of our IEEE MAS, Student branch Congress was held during 20th and 21st of Sep, 2019., Student Branch Congress was held at SRM University, Mr. S. Srinivasan, L&T, was the chief guest, also graced by Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, Vice Chancellor, SRMIST. Student Paper Contest programs 31st August, 2019 at Kongu Engineering College, Perunduarai, Erode and Annual program of Student Branch officers meet were held at 12th Oct 2019 , Tirunelveli. IEEE day being celebrated worldwide, Jeppiyaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumpudur, celebrated IEEE day well in advance on 18th Sep 2019, presided by Dr. Mariayan Wilson, Director, JIT around 120 members participated. IEEE MAS celebrated IEEE day on 3rd Nov 2019 at Alumni Centre, College of Engineering Guindy, it was a grand gathering of around 130 participations. Other section's collaborative activities, with IEEE MAS in coordination with TEMS-YP new team lead by Aravindan Anbazhagan organised on 5th Oct 2019, 1) workshop focussed on " From stand alone use to networked system applications, MELSEC iQ-F Series brings business to the next level of industry" from 09.00 Hrs. to 17.00 Hrs. and 2) TEMS-YP meet 17.30 Hrs. to 19.30 Hrs., at Anna University Alumini Centre, Dr Sudheendra Kousik, Chair TEMS was the Chief guest and also a special address by Mr. Abhisek Appaji, Chair YP from IEEE Bangalore section, Insight of IEEE Activities done at Bangalore section was presented to the participants of around 60 members. Encouragement to other section's events, AISYWC'19 envisions to provide it’s members a platform with dynamic career opportunities, path to connect with academicians, scholars and entrepreneurs from diversified field was celebrated on 28th September - 30th September, at CMR Group of Institutions, Secunderabad. IEEE MAS Categorically nominated five members for this program, I was participated and presented a session on " Constituting a Technical Committee and peer review process", organised by India Council, IEEE Region 10 POCO, M. M. M. University of Technology, Gorakhpur on 25th September, 2019. This event was certainly motivated, invigorated and provided an insightful knowledge to the technical fraternity in the research, industry and academia to organize successful IEEE conferences. To conclude this edition let me thank all the members, who have motivated by their constant interaction through emails, it was an extensive networking of IEEE volunteers active in the sustainable development activities. With Best Regards. Dr. P A Manoharan
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Message fromEditor
Greetings..!
The September – October 2019 edition of IEEE MAS Newsletter is now available online.
I extend warm wishes to all the members to have successful prospects in their endeavours.
Thanks and Regards,
Dr. S. Joseph Gladwin M.E., Ph.D. Associate Professor, ECE Department SSN College of Engineering Kalavakkam - 603 110.Chennai.
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Student branch activities
Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai Technical Seminar On Intelligent Smart Grid Technology In Power System IEEE SB,IEEE Control Systems Society - Madras Chapter, Jointly Organized Technical Seminar on ‘Intelligent Smart Grid Technology in Power System” on 24 Sep 2019 at Smart Class Room, EEE, BIHER Campus.Dr.S.P.Vijayaragavan IEEE SB Counsellor, delivered the Welcome address. He briefed about the importance of IEEE membership and Society activities of the madras chapter and explained its benefits. Dr.BalachandraPattanaik, Professor, Mettu University, Ethiopia, Africa, delivered Technical Seminar on “Intelligent Smart Grid Technology in Power System”.
In his key note address he briefed about Intelligent Smart Grid Technology, Power System and its benefits of the full access in the Research Scope which will be very useful for them to be updated in the fast developing field. Dr.T.R.Rangaswamy, HOD/ EEE delivered the vote of Thanks, with IEEE Students and along with 120 Students attended the program. IEEE Power Electronics society members of BIHER Chapter got the ideas from the Technical Seminar. It was Co-ordinated by IEEE student branch counsellor Dr.S.P.Vijayaragavan. Report by: Dr.S.P.Vijayaragavan, IEEE SB Counselor, BIHER
Chettinad College of Engineering & Technology, Karur Technical seminar on “Electrical Energy Conservation As a part of Industry-Institute-Interaction the department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering and IEEE SB organized a technical seminar on “Electrical Energy Conservation" on 13 Sep 2019. Mr.JayanthSenthilkumar, M.Tech.,M.B.A, External Faculty-South region, PCRA (PETROLEUM CONSERVATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION), Chennai presented the seminar. He shared his experience among the 100 budding Electrical & Electronics Engineers and brought out the importance of electrical energy conservation.He also shared his views about the different methods used for energy conservation and also the benefits of conservation of natural resources. Mini Project Expo “Techno Battle 2019 Under the Umbrella of IEEE SB a Mini Project Expo “Techno Battle 2019” was organized on 4 Oct 2019, about 150 innovative projects have been presented by the students of various Engineering departments. About 350 students from various Schools and Polytechnic Colleges visited the Expo and gathered information about technical projects and its applications. Academicians from Anna University, reputed engineering colleges and technical experts from automation industries inspected and evaluated the projects and selected the best projects from each department and awarded with excellent cash prizes, certificates and overall trophy. Report by: Dr.A.Punitha M.E, PhD, LMISTE
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Dr. N. G. P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore Industrial Lecture Series- Core Opportunities for Electrical Engineers IEEE SB and EEE Dept. organized Industrial lecture series on “career opportunities for Electrical Engineers” on 14.08.2019 for EEE students. Mr. Maharaja Vignesh, CEO & Founder- Infinite sol Software Coimbatore delivered seminar. He discussed about how to choose career, how they can plan their careers autonomously, and various guidance available for choosing career, what to choose and why to choose. They discussed about career opportunities for Electrical Engineers in the core sectors and company expectations. Industrial Lecture Series- Opportunities for Internship with Stipends in Core Industries IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized Industrial lecture series on “career opportunities for Electrical Engineers” on 14.08.2019 for EEE students. Mr.Shankker Kumar, Director - SWIFTERZ Creative, Coimbatore delivered seminar on Career guidance to EEEstudents and faculty members. He discussed about Opportunities for Internship with Stipends in Core Industries, how to choose career, and various guidance available for choosing career, what to choose and why to choose.
Industrial visit IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized three days industrial tour for the final year students from 15.08.2019 to 17.08.2019. During the tour students visited Traco Cable Company Ltd, Cochin, Kerala on 16.08.2019 and gone to some tourist places in and around Cochin and Munnar. Total number of 25 students along with 01 faculty members started on 15.08.2019 at 05:00 AM and reached the industry at 11 AM. Our main purpose for this visit is to be familiar with industrial environment and to get practical knowledge about different types of cable manufacturing. Industrial visit IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized two days industrial tour for the third year students from 16.08.2019 to 17.08.2019. During the tour students visited Ace Components and Electronics Pvt Ltd, Mysore, Karnataka on 16.08.2019 and gone to some tourist places in and around Mysore and Coorg. Our main purpose for this visit is to be familiar with industrial environment and to get practical knowledge about different types of cable manufacturing. Industrial visit IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized one day industrial visit for the second year students on 16.08.2019. Students visited Traco Cable Company Ltd, Cochin, Kerala. Total number of 32 students along with 2 faculty members started at 05:00 AM and reached the industry at 11 AM. Our main purpose for this visit is to be familiar with industrial environment and to get practical knowledge about different types of cable manufacturing.
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Awareness program on Gate Preparation- How to Crack the GATE Examination IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized Awareness program on Gate Preparation for III year EEE students on 22.08.2019. He highlighted about the GATE score which reflects the relative performance level of a candidate. He also added that Gate score is used for admissions to various post-graduate programmes (eg. M.E., M.Tech, direct Ph.D.) in Indian higher education institutes with financial assistance provided by MHRD and other Government agencies. The score may also be used by Public sector units (PSUs) for employment screening purposes. Industrial Lecture Series- Career Opportunities in Electrical Engineering IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized Seminar on Career Opportunities in the Core Sectors for EEE students on 29.08.2019. He highlighted about the importance of core sectors and opportunities available in core sectors.
A Learning Methodology using MATLAB & Simulink for Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Course IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized One day hands on Workshop on “A Learning Methodology using MATLAB & Simulink for Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Course” for EEE students. Following points were discussed in the hands on training. Overview of MATLAB, Power electronics Tool box & Power system Tool box used in MATLAB, Real Time application of MATLAB, Image Processing toolbox - MATLAB.
Alumni Lecture Series & Core Placement Training on Recent Trends and Recruitment Process in Core Industries IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized alumni lecture series on “Recent Trends and Recruitment Process in Core Industries” on 20.09.2019 for EEE students. Mr.N.Gowtham, Service Engineer,Rieter India Private Ltd,Coimbatore delivered seminar on Recent Trends and Recruitment Process in Core Industries to EEE students and faculty members. He discussed about how to choose career, how they can plan their careers autonomously, and various guidance available for choosing career. Alumni Lecture Series & Core Placement Training on “Importance of Programming Concepts in Core Industry IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized alumni lecture series on “Importance of Programming Concepts in Core Industry” on 20.09.2019 for EEE students. Ms.Amrita ,Associate Engineer, Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Pvt Ltd- Coimbatore delivered the seminar. She discussed about opportunities for programmers in core industries. They discussed about company expectations & career opportunities in the core sectors.
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Alumni Lecture Series & Core Placement Training on Importance of Production, Planning, Quality and Testing in Manufacturing Industry IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized alumni lecture series on “Role of Embedded Engineer in Core Industry” on 23.09.2019 for Electrical and Electronics Engineering students. Mr.S.MadhavanSrinath, (2015-2019 Batch) Testing Engineer, Lucas - TVS, Chennai delivered seminar on Importance of Production, Planning, Quality and Testing in Manufacturing Industry to EEE students and faculty members. He discussed about importance of Production, Planning, Quality and Testing in Manufacturing Industry and core opportunities for quality testing engineer. Alumni Lecture Series & Core Placement Training on Personality Development Program-Byju’s Career IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized alumni lecture series on “Personality Development Program-Byju’s Career” on 23.09.2019 for EEE students. Ms. Vini V I Elezabeth, (2013- 2017 Batch), Assistant Manager-Sales Operations, Byju’s Think & Learn Private Ltd, Bangalore delivered seminar. He discussed about importance of Personality Development Program-Byju’s Career.
Alumni Lecture Series & Core Placement Training on Role of Embedded Engineer in Core Industry IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized alumni lecture series on “Role of Embedded Engineer in Core Industry” on 28.09.2019 for EEE students. Mr.Karthick, Sr. Software Engineer,Special Vehicle Design Team,Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore delivered the seminar. He discussed about importance of embedded system in electrical engineering and core opportunities for embedded engineer.
Alumni Lecture Series & Core Placement Training on Recent Trends in Wind Energy Conversion Systems IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized alumni lecture series on “Recent Trends in Wind Energy Conversion Systems” on 28.09.2019 for EEE students. Mr.S.DaisonStallon, Asst. Professor/EEE Nehru Institute of Engineering & Technology, Coimbatore delivered the seminar. He discussed about various wind energy conversion system available in India and also highlighted the importance of renewable energy sources.
Alumni Lecture Series & Core Placement Training on Recent Trends in Power & Energy Sectors IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized alumni lecture series on “Recent Trends in Power & Energy Sectors” on 28.09.2019 for EEE students. Mr.GokulGanesan, Regional Engineering, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Chennai delivered seminar He discussed about Recent Trends in Power & Energy Sectors available in India and also highlighted the importance of renewable energy sources.
Report by: Dr. K. Porkumaran, IEEE Student Branch Counsellor
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Dr.SivanthiAditanar College of Engineering, Tiruchendur TECH BUZZ TECH PARK On behalf of IEEE SB TECH BUZZ was conducted on 24thJuly On behalf of IEEE SB TECH PARK was conducted on 31st 2019 for students of second year and third year ECE august 2019 for students of second year ECE department. Totally 34 students had participated in this event. department. Totally 25 students had participated in this Finally two students were selected for prizes based on their event. Finally two students were selected for prizes performance. based on their performance. TECHNO FUN FUN TECH CREATION On behalf of IEEE SB TECHNO FUN was conducted on 26th July On behalf of IEEE SB FUN TECH CREATION was 2019 for students of third year ECE department. Totally 32 conducted on 30thaugust 2019 for students of third year students had participated in this event. Finally two students ECE department. Totally 40 students had participated in were selected for prizes based on their performance. this event. Finally three students were selected for prizes based on their performance. INFO QUEST BRAIN TEASER On behalf of IEEE SB INFO QUEST was conducted on 31stJuly On behalf of IEEE SB BRAIN TEASER was conducted on 2019 for students of second year ECE department. Totally 30 29th August 2019 for students of second year and third students had participated in this event. Finally two students year ECE department. Totally 46 students had were selected for prizes based on their performance. participated in this event. Finally three students were selected for prizes based on their performance. TECH SPARKZZ BRAIN O GAME On behalf of IEEE SB TECH SPARKZZ was conducted on 02nd On behalf of IEEE SB BRAIN O GAME was conducted on august 2019 for students of third year ECE department. Totally 22ndaugust 2019 for students of third year ECE 32 students had participated in this event. Finally two students department. Totally 40 students had participated in this were selected for prizes based on their performance. event. Finally two students were selected for prizes based on their performance. FUN WITH DEVICES TECHNO CONNECT On behalf of IEEE SB FUN WITH DEVICES was conducted on On behalf of IEEE SB TECHNO CONNECT was conducted 06th august 2019 for students of third year ECE department. on 21st august 2019 for students of third year ECE Totally 40 students had participated in this event. Finally three department. Totally 32 students had participated in this students were selected for prizes based on their performance. event. Finally three students were selected for prizes based on their performance. PAPER PRESENTATION TECHNO WIZARD On behalf of IEEE SB PAPER PRESENTATION was conducted on On behalf of IEEE SB TECHNO WIZARD was conducted on 14th august 2019 for students of third year ECE department. 16thAugust 2019 for students of third year ECE Totally 24 students were participated in this event. Finally ten department. Totally 35 students had participated in this students were selected for prizes based on their performance. event. Finally three students were selected for prizes based on their performance. BRAIN TRIGGERS PAPER PRESENTATION On behalf of IEEE SB BRAIN TRIGGERS was conducted on 3rd On behalf of IEEE SB PAPER PRESENTATION was September 2019 for students of second year ECE department. conducted on 04thSeptember 2019 for students of Totally 33 students had participated in this event. Finally two second year ECE department. Totally 15 batches of students were selected for prizes based on their performance. students had participated in this event. Finally two batches of students were selected for prizes based on their performance.
Report by : Dr.R.Manjith, IEEE Student Branch Counsellor
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IFET College of Engineering,Villupuram Professional Bodies Inauguration Ceremony Professional bodies of various departments were inaugurated for the academic year 2019-20. On August 5th2019. Dr.P.A.Manoharan, Director M/S Robota Technology Innovation Private Limited Chennai was the Chief Guest and delivered inspirational lecture which was an eye opener for the students. He stressed the importance of Entrepreneurship and encouraged the students to be an employer rather than to get employed”.
Intra & Inter-college technical event IFET College of Engineering organized the technical contest, Internal Symposium- Technovision’19 for the students on 22nd and 23rd August 2019 and national Level External symposium on 24th August 2019.The program included Paper presentation, technical events and Hackathon. The event was attended by 120 teams from other institutes, each team comprising of 2 members from various departments and in internal symposia, 165 papers were presented. Chief Guest Dr.T.Kalaiselvan, MBA, PhD, Additional Director, Center for university Industry Collaboration, Anna University, Chennai graced the valedictory function and delivered special address in which he emphasized that students must identify the area of special interest that inspires them to develop skills in a greater way. Report by : Ms.S.Jayalakshmy
JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore. Seminar on Intelligent Data Communication Technologies and Internet of Things The Department of Mechanical Engineering and IEEE Student Branch of JCT College of Engineering and Technology organized one day “Seminar on Intelligent Data Communication Technologies and Internet of Things” on 12.9.2019 for final year students of JCT college of Engineering and Technology and The resource person is Dr. Jude Hemanth, Associate Professor, Department of ECE, Karunya University, India. All the students get benefited and gained their knowledge in applications of data communication and internet of things. The function was concludewith the valedictory function.
Report by: Dr.K.Geetha, [email protected]
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K.Ramakrishnan College Of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli PROJECT EXPO IEEE Student Branch and EEE department organized on Project Expo on 1st August 2019. Students displayed the model projects and explained to second year students. IEEE student Chairman G. MeenakshiSundaram coordinated this event effectively. Nearly 60 students benefitted and learnt through this event. The event was organized by Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor, department of EEE and SBC
SEMINAR TALK IEEE Student Branch and PES student chapter has organized Seminar talk on the topic “Smart and Green Substations” on 6th August 2019. IEEE student Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and the executive committee members organized the event. In the seminar they highlighted the importance green substations. All the IEEE members benefitted through this seminar
INDUSTRIAL VISIT IEEE Student Branch and EEE department has organized an Industrial Visit to CHEMIN CONTROLS AND INSTRUMENTATION PVT LTD on 9thAugust 2019. The main motive of this visit was to gain industrial exposure and to enhance the knowledge in Controls and Instrumentation processes. IEEE Student branch advisor Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan, Assistant Professor, EEE department organized the event. Nearly 100 students benefitted through this event.The event was organized by Dr.K.Dhayalini, Professor, department of EEE. SEMINAR TALK The IEEE Student Branch –WIE affinity group has organized seminar talk on 12thAugust 2019. IEEE – WIE Affinity group Chairman S. Rachel Joy delivered a seminar talk about IEEE WIE. She highlighted about the important role for women engineers in engineering. Under the guidelines of Ms. S. A. Priyadarshini IEEE - WIE Advisor, the entire program was organized by Student branch counselorDr. K. Dhayalini, Professor, department of EEE. Invited lecture on “Design Issues in Power Supplies &Regulators Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering of K.Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Samayapuram, in association with IEEE Antenna Propagation Society student branch organized invited lecture on “Design Issues in Power Supplies &Regulators” on 16.08.2019 by inviting Dr.Ramya Vijay, (IEEE APS Member)Assistant Professor(Grade-III), SASTRA University, Tanjore, as a resource person. Around 75 students of second year students have participated in the invited lecture and gained knowledge in the area of Power supplies and regulators.
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NIT SIEMENS LAB VISIT IEEE Student Branch and EEE department has organized a Siemens Lab Visit at NIT Trichy on 19thAugust 2019. The main motive of this visit was to gain lab exposure and to enhance the knowledge in manufacturing processes. Mr. R. Saranraj, Assistant Professor, EEE department, and Mr.P. Vigneshwaran, Assistant Professor, EEE department coordinated the event. Nearly 100 final year students benefitted through this event. The event was organized by Dr.K.Dhayalini, Professor, department of EEE.
INDUSTRIAL VISIT IEEE Student Branch and EEE department has organized an Industrial Visit to LEEPRA TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD, Bangalore on 23rd August 2019. The main motive of this visit was to gain industrial exposure and to enhance the knowledge in Electronic manufacturing services. IEEE Student branch advisor Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan, Assistant Professor, EEE department who organized the event. Nearly 70 students of third year learned through this event. The event was organized by Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor, department of EEE. Inauguration IEEE APS Student chapter ECE dept. inaugurated IEEE APS Student chapter on 03.09.2019. Dr.S.Suganthi, Professor of Electronics & Communication Engineering department from Christ University, Bangalore acted as a resource person.Totally 18 student members have joined in IEEE APS chapter. The programme is coordinated by Mr.S.Syedakbar, Assistant Professor, ECE department.Resource person delivered an invited talk on “Keeping Pace with changing trends in ECE”to IEEE APS members and Second year students of ECE department.
SMART_ERA 2K19 IEEE SB and CSE department organized one day technical exhibition in the name of “Smart_Era 2k19” at college premises. Around 32 batches of external participants demonstrated their projects. The projects were in the domain of environmental impacts, FPGA, Robotics, IoT, Image processing. The winners were rewarded with certificates and cash awards. The event was coordinated by Mrs. L. Amudha, Assistant Professor, CSE department.
Elocution Competition IEEE SB& EEE department organized elocution competition on 4thSeptember 2019. IEI student chapter and IEEE SB jointly organized the “Elocution competition” on the title Engineering for change for the students who have got membership in IEI and IEEE on 4th September 2019. Around 30 students participated in the elocution competition. The winners will be honoured with cash award and certificates in the IEEE day celebrations. The event was coordinated by Dr. K. Dhayalini, SBCounsellor.
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Essay Writing Competition IEEE SB and EEE department organized an “Essay writing competition” on the title Engineering for change for the students who have got membership in IEEE on 5th September 2019. This event is organized exclusively for IEEE members. Around 52 students participated in the essay writing competition. The winners will be honoured with cash award and certificates in the IEEE day celebrations. The event was coordinated by Dr. K. Dhayalini, SBCounsellor.
Quiz Competition IEEE SB and EEE department organized a “Quiz competition” for the students who have got membership in IEEE on 6th September 2019. This event is organized exclusively for IEEE members. Around 40 teams enrolled their names for Quiz competition. Preliminary round was conducted and top six teams are selected for the final quiz competition. The winners will be honoured with cash award and certificates in the IEEE day celebrations. The event was coordinated by Dr. K. Dhayalini, SBCounsellor.
QUBE-IT2K19 IEEE SB and Eureka club organized “Qube-IT2K19 – Technical hunt an intra-collegiate technical even for first year students on 9th September 2019. Initially the program was stated with the inaugural address by Dr. D. Srinivasan, Principal of the college and felicitation by Dr. Durairajan, Advisor of the college. The event consists of showcasing the talents of first year students in innovation. First year students enthusiastically participated in all the events and winners were appreciated with certificates. Around 131 students participated in various events. Spectrum Analysis On Smart And Green Substation IEEE SB and EEE Dept. organized spectrum analysis on the title “smart and green substation” on 12th Sept 2019. The resource person for the event was Mr. Saranraj, Assistant Professor, department of EEE. He shared the information regarding the R&D for green and smart substation over the last 10 years. Also discussed the smart substation protection and automation schemes in an IEC 61850 environment that provides a platform for smart feeder application. Student Chairman G. MeenakshiSundaram coordinated this event effectively. Nearly 60 students benefitted and learnt through this event.
Spectrum Analysis On Pv Battery Systems For Critical Loads During Emergencies IEEE SB and EEE dept. organized spectrum analysis on the title “smart and green substation” on 12th Sep 2019. The resource person for the event was Mr. Saranraj, Assistant Professor, department of EEE. He shared the information regarding the R&D for green and smart substation over the last 10 years. Also discussed the smart substation protection and automation schemes in an IEC 61850 environment that provides a platform for smart feeder application. Student Chairman G. MeenakshiSundaram coordinated this event effectively. Nearly 60 students benefitted and learnt through this event.
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Engineers Day Celebration IEEE SB and EEE Dept. organized Engineers day celebration on 14th Sept 2019. The programme started with welcome address by Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor & Head, EEE.The chief guest of the programme was Er. S. Vidhyasagar, Assistant Director/Project manager, District Industries Centre, Tiruchirappalli. In addition to him Er. N Kanagasabapathy, President, TIDITSSIA, Trichy, Er. S. Punniyamoorthy, Secretary, TIDITSSIA, Trichy and Er. J. YuvaPriyan, Senior Engineer, Vertiv Energy Pvt.ltd, Bangalore were present and they felicitated in the function. Awareness Programme On Higher Studies IEEE SB and Department of EEE organized an awareness programme on Higher studies for Engineers on 20th September 2019. Mr. B. Nagarajan, Business Development officer, Gate- forum Engineering Success was the guest speaker. All the final year and third year students of EEE, ECE, CSE and Mechanical got benefitted through this awareness programme. The programme was organized by Mr. Ramesh, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Mr. R. Mukesh, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE.
Report by : Dr. K. Dhayalini, SB Counsellor
K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology,Tiruchengode IEEE Spectrum Talk IEEE student chapter organized an “IEEE Spectrum Talk”, for students of various departments on 02.09.2019. The main theme of this event was to explore the recent technologies that were emerged in engineering field. This event was a presentation. Topics were chosen from IEEE Spectrum magazine and it was presented. It also helped to introduce the IEEE magazine to non- IEEE members. Around 11 batches participated in this event. And two batches got prize.
Engineer’s Day Celebration 2K19 IEEE student chapter organized an “Engineer’s Day Celebration 2K19”, on 24.09.2019. SBC Dr.C.Rajasekaran addressed the gathering about importance of doing engineering, need of an engineer in the society, IEEE professional society and IEEE member benefits. Video presentation was done by final year students regarding the events conducted in previous academic years, followed that activity events were conducted for the participants. The event came to a formal closure with Vote of Thanks by Mrs.K.Gogila Devi, IEEE staff Coordinator. Workshop on Long Range (LORA) Wireless Communication For IOT Applications Workshop conducted on Long Range (LoRa) Wireless Communication for IoT Applications on 27.09.2019 during the academic year 2019-20. In which 37 students have participated. This course is designed to educate the students to establishment near and far network communication with minimal power, provision of a hardware and software infrastructure enabling the development, discovery, and orchestration of applications and services. And configure LoRaWAN Gateway based on application Interface with Sensor Integration. Report by: Dr.C.Rajasekaran, Professor/ ECE
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Kings College of Engineering ,Pudukkottai Project Expo Department of Phy and Chem in association with IEEE SB jointly organized a “Project Expo” for I Year students on 04.10.19 at Phy lab. The expo was inaugurated by Dr.V.Suresh Kumar HoD/S&H. MrsS.Anuradha AP/ Physics and Dr.AL.Kavitha AP / Chemistry acted as juries. 16 teams displayed and presented their projects. The first prize was won by the team from students of Mech and CSE for the project ‘Alternate Fuels/sensor’ by A.Sivabalan, J.Dhivakar and M.Gokul, second prize was won by the team of students from ECE for the project ‘Heart Beat Sensor’ by V.Maheshwari and P.Pavithra, and third prize was won by the team of students from ECE for the project ‘Water Quality
Parameter’ by S.T.AkashKanna and J.Blesson Manual. Report by: Dr. J. ArputhaVijayaSelvi, [email protected]
Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem Spectrum Analysis on MicroLED Displays IEEE-SB organized the Spectrum Analysis on MicroLED Displays on 13.08.2019. The event was organized by Ms. S. Anitha, IEEE Executive Member. She interacted with the students about the prototype micro LED display that Silicon Valley start-up Mojo Vision unveiled in June was its size.And she discussed about the interface to the close-up shows the 14,000-pixel-per-inch display [bottom] in monochrome green.Then she shared about the fundamental architecture in this technology. Finally she discussed about the challenges which we are presently facing under this technology. The ultimate aim for this is to update the current technology for our students. In this session we motivated them to analyze the basic concepts of the emerging technologies. Moreover, we discussed about the usage of powerful cameras and sensors which is the main part of this MicroLED displays. Spectrum Analysis on Making Machine Learning Arduino Compatible IEEE-SB organized the Spectrum Analysis on Making Machine Learning Arduino Compatible on 22.08.2019. The event was organized by Mr.R.Raghavendar, Chairman IEEE-SB. He interacted with the students about the article by Limor Fried that what happens when we bring machine learning to cheap, robust devices that can have all kinds of sensors and work in all kinds of environments. And he discussed about the interface to the source code well written, so the biggest challenge became understanding how it handles incoming data. Then he shared about the fundamental architecture in this technology. Finally he discussed about the challenges which we are presently facing under this technology. The ultimate aim for this is to update the current technology for our students. In this session we motivated them to analyze the basic concepts of the emerging technologies.
Moreover, we discussed about the usage of 32-bit SAMD51, which incorporates a Cortex-M4 CPU. Spectrum Analysis on The Maglev Heart IEEE-SB organized the Spectrum Analysis on The Maglev Heart held on 04.09.2019. The event was organized by Mr.R.Gowtham, IEEE Executive member. He interacted with the students about the Bivacor heart which is a mechanical heart that would fit in the
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palm of our hand and its size is about 650 grams, slightly heavier than an adult human heart. And he discussed about that in heart failure, the heart becomes unable to pump enough blood to keep the body healthy and strong. Then he shared about the basic structure of this bivacor heart that its shell is made of titanium, a non-corroding material that almost never triggers an immune response. Patients will wear a 4-kg external controller pack that contains two rechargeable batteries. Finally he shared about the current advancements in this technology. The ultimate aim for this is to update the current technology for our students. In this session we motivated them to analyze the basic concepts of the automatic mechanical heart and their enhancements in the technical society. This session was very interactive and the students got clarified their doubts. Spectrum Analysis on New Iris-Recognition Techniques IEEE-SB organized the Spectrum Analysis on New Iris-Recognition Techniques held on 13.09.2019. The event was organized by Mr.R.Raghavendar, Chairman, IEEE-SB. He interacted with the students about the article by Adam Czajka. And he discussed about the iris recognition system of the human eye which has tremendous detail, and every person’s irises are unique, even in twins. Then he shared about the Structures such as the crypts of Fuchs (the oval-shaped openings surrounding the iris’s outer rim) are complex enough to serve as clear markers of identity. Finally he shared about the current advancements in this technology. The ultimate aim for this is to update the current technology for our students. In this session we motivated them to analyze the basic concepts of new iris recognition systems and their enhancements in the technical society. This session was very interactive and the students got clarified their doubts. IEEE Awareness Meet IEEE-SB organized the IEEE Awareness Meet held on 27.09.2019 with the first year EEE students. The event was organized by Mr.R.Gowtham, IEEE Executive member, KIOT. He interacted with the students about the significance and advantages of being in an IEEE organization. And he discussed about that IEEE works solely toward innovating, educating and standardizing the electrical and electronic development industry. It is best known for its development of standards such as IEEE 802.11.Then he shared about the knowledge and dignity acquired while being an IEEE members. The ultimate aim for this is to bring awareness about our IEEE organization for our students. In this session we motivated them to join in our IEEE organization and to update the current technology for our students. This session was very interactive and the students got clarified their doubts.
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Tech Talk on Nanotechnology IEEE-SB KIOT organized the Tech Talk on Nanotechnology held on 17.09.2019 with the IEEE student members of KIOT. The resource person was Ms.S.Bhavadharani, IEEE Executive member, KIOT. She interacted with the students about the manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale. And she discussed about that how nanotechnology may be able to create many new materials and devices with a vast range of applications such as in Nano medicine, Nano electronics, biomaterials energy production, and consumer products. Finally she shared about the current advancements in this technology. The ultimate aim for this is to update the current technology for our students. In this session we motivated them to analyze the basic concepts of nanotechnology and their enhancements in the technical society. This session was very interactive and the students got clarified their doubts. IEEE Awareness Meet IEEE-SB KIOT organized the IEEE Awareness Meet held on 26.09.2019 with the IEEE student members of KIOT. The event was organized by Mr.R.Gowtham, IEEE Executive member, KIOT. He interacted with the students about the significance and advantages of being in an IEEE organization. And he discussed about that IEEE works solely toward innovating, educating and standardizing the electrical and electronic development industry. It is best known for its development of standards such as IEEE 802.11.Then he shared about the knowledge and dignity acquired while being an IEEE members. The ultimate aim for this is to bring awareness about our IEEE organization for our students. In this session we motivated them to join in our IEEE organization and to update the current technology for our students. This session was very interactive and the students got clarified their doubts. IEEE Awareness Meet for II – CSE IEEE-SB KIOT organized the IEEE Awareness Meet held on 30.09.2019 with the second year CSE students of KIOT. The event was organized by Mr.R.Gowtham, IEEE Executive member, KIOT. He interacted with the students about the significance and advantages of being in an IEEE organization. And he discussed about that IEEE works solely toward innovating, educating and standardizing the electrical and electronic development industry. It is best known for its development of standards such as IEEE 802.11.Then he shared about the knowledge and dignity acquired while being an IEEE members. The ultimate aim for this is to bring awareness about our IEEE organization for our students. In this session we motivated them to join in our IEEE organization and to update the current technology for our students. This session was very interactive and the students got clarified their doubts. Report by: Dr. N. Santhiyakumari, IEEE-SB Counselor
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M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur IEEE inauguration Inaugural ceremony was organized by the office bearers and the event co-coordinators of both SB&WIE. Chief guest Dr.UmashankarSubramaniam along with the principal Dr.N.RameshBabu, Dr.K.Sundararaju (dean/head of the department and IEEE SBcounselor), student coordinator Mr.G.N.SachinAmreiss, AP/EEE were present. Address on the achievements of IEEE by the secretary of student branch wing, HOD address, principal address, chief guest introduction, chief guest address, honouring the chief guest, office bearer introduction for the academic year 2019-2020 and the price distribution for the event winners was done. EPIC-19 The office bearers of and the event coordinators of both the SB&WIEorganized a intra meet event for the college students to create an awareness among the students on September 7, 2019. The events make the students to enjoy and create an interest with their friends. This also motivates the students to create the strong ideas which are innovative and creative. The event makes the students to know some general information. The event is created based on some technical knowledge and also some creating ideas. This event makes the students to know about some basic knowledge. TRIP TRAP - 19 The office bearers and the event coordinators of both the SB& WIE organized a intra meet event for the college students to create an awareness among the students.The event make the students more creative and create an interest towards the innovative ideas and also bring the student’s best talents. These events are creating more awareness about the general knowledge and basics about the engineering knowledge. These rounds also bring the energetic part among themselves. Report by: BharaniDharan, Chairman
Mar Ephraem College of Engineering And Technology, Marthandam Workshop on “Application of MATLAB in Bio signal Processing.
IEEE SB conducted a Workshop on “Application of MATLAB on Bio signal Processing” on August 20, 2019 by 10:00 am at the computer programming lab of our college. The session was led by Prof Dr .S N Kumar, AP/Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mar Ephraem College of Engineering and Technology. The session started with a talk regarding the ‘Evolution of Clinical Engineering in the past decades.The students shared their views on clinical engineering evolution. Then discussed about how technology improves the medical field and medical science. Then dealt with the significance and application of MATLAB.Next, the hand on hand MATLAB programming on basic bio signal experiments were done. It was led by Prof Dr .S N Kumar and assisted by his research team.Finally the session ended at 03:00 pm with, a vote of thanks delivered by Mr. Prince Chacko of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. The Workshop was really helpful to the students in developing in their knowledge towards Clinical Engineering and MATLAB.
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Seminar on Photovoltaics IEEE SB conducted a Seminar on “Photovoltaics” on September 03, 2019. The Seminar was presented byProf Anish John Paul, HOS,EEE. The session mainly dealt with photovoltaics, which is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect. Session started by explaining the need of renewable energy sources in the modern energy demanding world. Then various topics related to the solar energy such as dimensions of Earth and Sun, Solistics, Declination angle, solar time, solar tracking was explained. Then there was a detailed description about the Solar cell, its ratings, calculation of various parameters and production, various institutions involved in generation of energy via renewable sources. Then the session, dealt with the limitations of solar energy conversion. Finally the session ended at 12:30 pm with, a vote of thanks delivered by Mr. Prince Chacko of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. The session was very beneficial and students became technically aware about the solar energy conversion. Workshop on Electric Vehicle Charging Station, Infrastructure and Technology. IEEE SB organized a Workshop on “Electric Vehicle Charging Station, Infrastructure and Technology.” on September 21, 2019. The session was handled by J. Aran Glenn M.E,M.S,MBA , Director Aran Cyber security solutions pvt.ltd, Chennai.The session started with a technical talk regarding the emerging technological innovations. The exploitation of the non-renewable sources of energy and it’s effects were discussed in this session. Various methods of utilizing renewable resources were explained. The Electric vehicles are the latest technology which removes demand of fossil fuels. In the next session the architecture and design of the electric vehicles were discussed. The focus of this session was towards the infrastructure and designing of charging stations for the electric vehicles. Finally the session concluded at 03:00 pm with, a vote of thanks delivered by Mr.AbenKunjumon ,EEE department .The workshop helped the students in expanding their knowledge in the field of Electric vehicles and it’s charging. Workshop on Electrical Machine Winding and Solving Faults in Home. IEEE SB conducted a Workshop on “Electrical Machine Winding and Solving Faults in Home” on September 06, 2019. The workshop was led by Mr.RSambrightAshokan, proprietor RM electrical works. The workshop started with a theoretical session for application oriented parameter calculation. It included calculation of various electrical parameters for winding. Then Students were divided into groups of four and given the materials for transformer winding.In the next session various faulty appliances were given to each group and asked to solve the fault. The steps and shortcuts for identifying and solving faults were the major objective of this session.Finally the session ended at 04:00 pm with, a vote of thanks delivered by Mr. Somu Thomas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. The Workshop really helped the students in developing their practical skills. Report by : M Manjusha, IEEE SB Counsellor
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MepcoSchlenk Engineering College,Sivakasi FRESHERS CARNIVAL One of the most awaited events of the year Fresher’s Carnival was held on 14thand 16th of Aug 2019.It was a two day event where students were given Introduction about the IEEE club.The Day two event started with a talk by our college alumni of the year 2015- 2019,Mr.P.VeeraArjunan who shared his experience and told the importance and benefits of being a member of IEEE. The next event was handled by Ms.M.S.AnjalaMonal and Ms.S.K.Samrutha of II-ECE which was based on CONNEXIONS. Connexions were based world famous personalities and students actively participated in answering those questions. They were also given a chance to speak about their favourite people which students used it wisely. The next part of the event was handled by Ms.Jency Twinkle Emima of III-Civil and Ms.S.Harini of III-ECE which was titled as “SUNNY SIDE UP” in which students popped up to answer the riddles and some sort of questions related to technical domain Finally, Mr.ArunBalaji of III-ECE explained the freshers about the membership details and college IEEE website was also shown to the students. And the Event ended up with a feedback session by Freshers. The event was headed by our branch counsellor Mr.C.KalyanaSundaram M.E. Assistant Professor,ECE. Report by: Mr.A.ArunBalaji
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli Distinguished Lecture on “Antennas for Defence Applications by Dr. D. C. Pande IEEE SB organized a distinguished lecture programme on “Antennas for Defence Applications” by Dr. D. C. Pande on 08.08.2019. Dr. D. C. Pande spoke from his vast experience during his time with DRDO, Bangalore. Dr. D. C. Pande spoke to the audience about the growth of Antennas and RADAR applications in Indian Space and Defence Applications. He also shared some pictures of the sophisticated RADAR technologies being used by the Indian govt. for communication and defence purposes. The lecture was attended by post-graduate students from VLSI System Design and Communication Systems courses from the department of Electronics and communication Engineering, NIT – Tiruchirappalli. The talk motivated many students to take up Antennas and RADARs as a research topic in their final year projects. Special Guest Lecture on RESEARCH – NOT A NIGHTMARE! IEEE SB conducted a special guest lecture on Research – Not a Nightmare. The lecture was delivered by Dr. D. Sriram Kumar, Professor, Dept. of ECE. The lecture was intended to address the research scholars who are in their initial stages of their research works, and to encourage, motivate the researchers towards successful completion of their research. Dr. D. Sriram Kumar spoke about his experiences as a researcher and the changes that has taken place since his completion up till now.Prof. Sriram Kumar’s talk enriched the minds of the researchers as he made sure that the students understood the simplicity and intricacies of the research work. The lecture was attended by over 50 students who have enrolled for Ph.D in Aug. 2019.
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Inauguration of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Student Chapter IEEE SB successfully got approval for starting a IEEE Antennas and Propagation Student (AP-S) chapter. The AP-S chapter was inaugurated on 08.08.2019 by Dr. D. C. Pande, Retd. Director, LRDE- DRDO, Bangalore. The occasion was graced by Dr. S. S. Karthikeyan, IEEE AP-S, Chair, Madras Section, who is also an Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NIT – Tiruchirappalli. The chapter was inaugurated in the presence of Dr. N. Kumaresan, IEEE Student Branch Counsellor, NIT – Tiruchirappalli, and Dr. S. Raghavan, Senior Member, IEEE A&P. Mr. V. Krushnakanth, Chair, IEEE A&P, gave the vote of thanks and concluded the proceedings.
Machine Modelling using MATLAB IEEE SB conducted a 2-day machine modelling workshop using MATLAB. The workshop was conducted on 06.08.2019 and 13.08.2019. The resource person for the workshop was Dr. P. Raja, Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE, NIT – Tiruchirappalli. The workshop was attended by 62 participants from various departments of EEE, E&I, and Physics. Notably, the workshop drew participants from industries such as Rane TRW, Tiruchirappalli, India. The event was a complete hands-on workshop as the participants were assisted by PG students while practicing the machine modelling in their own laptops. Distinguished Guest Lecture on Technology in Space Science IEEE SB conducted a distinguished guest lecture on Technology in Space Science The lecture was delivered by Dr.Surendra Pal, Chairman, GAGAN PMB ISRO, Bangalore. Dr. S. Pal gave a glimpse of his working with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and Dr.Vikram Sarabhai from his time at ISRO. Dr. S. Pal also narrated his journey in to space science and his current position as the head of GAGAN, a navigation satellite owned by India, which is more accurate than the GPS. Dr. S. Pal also inspired students and faculty on the recent trends in space research and motivated the students to take up more active roles in Indian space technology. The event was conducted in association with IEEE MTT-S chapter and AP-S chapter of NIT – Tiruchirappalli. The lecture had audience from M.Tech. Communication Systems and also from M. Sc. Physics. IEEE Orientation to First Year IEEE SB conducted an orientation programme for the First year undergraduate students of the departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and Electronics and Communication Engineering. Dr. N. Kumaresan, Professor, Dept. of EEE introduced the IEEE student branch and spoke about the benefits of being an IEEE member to the budding engineering students on 13.08.2019. Similarly, on 14.08.2019, Dr. M. Bhaskar, Professor, Dep. of ECE addressed the first year students of the Dept. of ECE, and gave a brief introduction about the member benefits. The students were motivated and encouraged to be part of the IEEE community and to strive hard in making a difference in the world.
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3-Day workshop on Antenna & Filter design using CST, HFSS and ADS tools IEEE SB conducted a “3-Day workshop on Antenna & Filter design using CST, HFSS and ADS tools” during 25.09.2019 to 27.09.2019. The event was attended by Research Scholars, Post-Graduate students and faculty from the Dept. of ECE and Dept. of EEE, NIT – T. The resource personnel for the workshop were Research Scholars from the Dept. of ECE. On Day-1, CST tool was introduced to the participants and hands-on session was conducted by Mr.SanthanaMahalingam. On Day-2, HFSS software was taught to the participants by Mr. Harish Aditya and on Day-3 ADS tool was practiced by the participants in the presence of Mr. G. Bharath Reddy. During the course of the workshop, the participants were encouraged to work on Antenna and Filter designs. On the final day, EM simulations using ADS was also taught to the participants. The event was beneficial to the budding research scholars in the field of Microwave circuit design. 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi celebration The Institution of Engineers (IEI), Trichy Local Chapter in association with IEEE SB of NIT–Trichycelebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 1, 2019 at the IEI building premises, BHEL, Trichy. Dr. S. Arul Daniel, Professor, Dept. of EEE, NIT – T delivered a talk on the theme “Mahatma Gandhiji’s contribution towards nation building & his views on education policy and practice.” The event was attended by past chairpersons, secretaries of the IEI, TLC along with engineers from BHEL and research scholars from NIT – Tiruchirappalli.Dr. S. Arul Daniel highlighted the methods and ideas behind Gandhiji’s teachings and elaborated how Gandhiji’s teachings were instrumental in bringing about the current curriculum being followed by NITs all over India. He also briefed on how the Gandhian methods can be incorporated in the current education system. During the discussion session, the attendees gave their thoughts on the current education policy and the large divide in rural and urban educational facilities. The event was concluded with Dr. S. Arul Daniel stressing the importance of locally relevant education to the development of rural India. Inauguration of IEEE PES & IAS SBC IEEE SB inaugurated the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES), and Industry Applications Society Student Chapters on 15.10.2019. The event was attended by Research Scholars, Post-Graduate students and faculty from the Dept. of EEE, NIT – Tiruchirappalli. The chief guest for the inauguration was Mr. S. Ingersol, Scientist G, ISRO, India. Mr. S. Devaraj, PG Scholar was nominated as the chair of the IEEE PES and IEEE IAS student chapters of NIT – Tiruchirappalli. The members of the student chapter vowed to keep the chapter active by conducting workshops, lectures on the topics related to power, energy, industry applications so that the students will be updated with the latest innovations happening in the world of power & energy, and industry applications. Distinguished lecture The IEEE SB organized a distinguished lecture on “India on Space Age” on 15.10.2019. The lecture was delivered by Mr. S. Ingersol, Scientist G, ISRO, India. Mr.Ingersol briefed about the role of India in space research and motivated the students present to take up the responsibility for providing solutions for everyday problems faced in the research industry. The event was attended by Research Scholars, Post-Graduate students and faculty from the Dept. of EEE, NIT – Tiruchirappalli.
Mr.Ingersol discussed the current scenario with regards to satellite launches and how different engineering teams come
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together to launch the satellite. Mr.Ingersol also touched upon the subject of ‘Space Garbage” and its effect on orbiting satellites. He also called upon the young researchers to provide low-cost solutions for cleaning up the space garbage left behind by satellites and space stations in the atmosphere. Report by: Dr. N. Kumaresan, IEEE Student Branch counsellor.
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Study-Abroad Seminar IEEE SB TEMS, PCS WIE organized a Study Abroad Seminar by Colleen Flynn Thapalia, Clarkson University. Dr.M.P.Chitra, Professor & Head welcomed the guest and felicitated her with the memento. She elaborated about cracking GRE, IELTS, TOEFL examinations. She also Students interacted with the resource person and clarified their doubts. Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor Coordinated the event.
Guest Lecture On Higher Study Opportunities In European Countries PIT IEEE & IEEE TEMS SBC organized Guest Lecture on Higher Study Opportunities in European Countries on 06.08.19 by Mervyn Rajesh & Team, Manya Education Pvt Limited , Chennai. Dr.M.P.Chitra, Prof. & Head Welcomed the gathering and briefed about need for Higher studies. Mr.MervynRajes resource person elaborated about the exam preparations, Fees structure & scholarship availability in institutions at European countries. He also motivated the students to go abroad for doing MS.Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SBC coordinated the event.
Aptitude Quiz Contest IEEE SB , Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering in association with ISTE, IETE-ISF, IEEE WIE, PES, COMSOC, CS, IAS SBC’S organized Aptitude Quiz contest on 6th Aug 2019. 34 Students participated in this event. R.Yasaswi&Likitha II ECE secured 1st place followed by P.Preethi, E.Sarupriya,D III ECE &Sathyapriya,S. SherinFarjana III ECE Secured 2nd place and P.M.Subalashmi&M.S.Sreyaakrishna III ECE Secured 3rd place. Student Coordinators S.Aparna& B.V.S Jahnavi&NallareddyManasa Coordinated the event. Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor Coordinated the event.
General Quiz Contest IEEE SB , Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering in association with ISTE, IETE-ISF, IEEE WIE, PES, COMSOC, CS, IAS SBC’S organized general quiz contest on 7 Aug 2019. 34 Students participated enthusiastically and benefited as it increments their memory ability. G.Priyanka and G.Rakshini II ECE secured 1st place followed by B.Gayathri and B.Divya II ECE 2nd place and B.Vineela and G.Vidyasri II ECE 3rd place. Mr. M. Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor coordinated the event. Student coordinators S.Aparna& B.V.S Jahnavi&NallareddyManasa hosted the event.
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Guest Lecture On Higher Studies At Abroad IEEE ITS SB & PCS organized a Guest Lecture on Higher Studies at Abroad for IT students on 07.08.2019. Events was Conducted by the Joe Mazzed and Laura Allen from Kettering University. They elaborated about various examinations available, Scholarship opportunities and Top Colleges around the globe to peruse Higher Study. Dr.A.Joshi, Professor & Head IT coordinated the event.
Logo Contest IEEE SB PIT, Dept. of ECE in association with IEEE WIE, CS, IAS, ITS, ISTE, ISTE,IETE-ISF, organized a logo contest on 8th Aug 2019. No new company is complete without a unique and professional looking logo. Students guessed most of the Logos and enjoyed the Contest. They gave their best and inspired the non-participants to take part in the upcoming contests. Around 7 students participated and benefited. K.Bhavitha, CH.TulyaTejaswi, M.S.Sreya Krishna III ECE won the prizes. Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor coordinated the event. Student coordinators Gracia Mabel M S &Karthika R hosted the event.
C Coding Contest IEEE SB in association with IEEE WIE & IEEE CS , ITS SBC’S organized C Coding Contest on 13th Aug 2019. Coding uses much creativity and it also aids in placement platforms. Students tried hard and gave their best. Ch.TulyaTejaswi and NallareddyManasa of III ECE secured 1st place followed by S.Aparna III ECE 2nd place and M.S. Sreyaa Krishna III ECE 3rd place. The event was coordinated by Mr M Arun, Assistant Professor ECE. Student coordinators Gracia Mabel M S &Karthika.R lead the event.
Addzap Contest IEEE SB in association with IEEE WIE, PCS,TEMS, EMC, ISTE, IETE-ISF SBC’S organised Addzap contest on 20th Aug 2019. Students exposed their advertising skills by demonstrating new creative thoughts about their products. 37 students participated enthusiastically. Students proved their level of thinking in the marketing aspect. Goushika, Prejenya, breslin&G.Priyadharshini team secured 1st place followed by Aparna.S 2nd place and P.Preethi&Anitha 3rd place. The event was coordinated by Mr M Arun Assistant Professor ECE. Student coordinators S.Anishka&K.Preethi&Abirami R P lead the event.
Cross Word Puzzle Contest IEEE SB, Department of ECE in association with IEEE COMSOC, SP, PES, IAS, ISTE, IETE-ISF conducted cross word puzzle contest on 21.08.19. 12 Students participated and used their knowledge on what they have gained in academics and won prizes. They were able to solve the puzzles in a very short span of time. S.Tejasswini won 1st place followed by B.PoojaVarshini 2nd place, P.Prejenya secured 3rd place. Mr. M. Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor coordinated the event. Student coordinators S.Anishka&K.Preethi&PriyaDharshini.M hosted the event.
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Group Discussion Event IEEE SB, Department of ECE in association with IEEE PCS, IES, PELS,TEMS,COMSOC, PES, IAS, IETE-ISF, ISTE Conducted GD on 21.08.19. The GD was initiated with the impacts of Social Media in our day to day life a boon or bane. Students expressed their view, and concluded that the usage depends on the individual person. Each of them took part with the atmost energy. S.Anishka III ECE won 1st place followed by R.Gajalakshmi III ECE got 2nd place and K.SaiManasa III ECE got 3rdplace. Mr. M. Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor coordinated the event. Student coordinators Abirami R P &PriyaDharshini.M coordinated the event.
Extempore Contest IEEE SB , Department of ECE in association with IEEE PCS, TEMS, COMSOC, PES, IAS, ISTE, IETE-ISF organized Extempore contest on 22.08.19. Each and every students were given with innovative topics to exhibit their speaking talents. This payed way for overcoming their fear of facing people. The students expressed their views with a fluent talk. R.Gajalakshmi III ECE won 1st place preceded by S.Aparna III ECE 2nd place &K.Saimanasa III ECE secured 3rd place. Mr. M. Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor & Student coordinators S.Anishka&B.V.S.Jhanvi coordinated the event.
Workshop On Mobile Phone Servicing IEEE SB , Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, NEST 4U CLUB in association with ISTE,IETE-ISF, IEEE EDS, IES, IAS, SP SBC’S organized Workshop on Mobile Phone Servicing during 23,26 Aug 2019. Multiple Resource person from New Technologies, Coimbatore conducted the event. The workshop started with the welcome address by Mrs.D.Kalaiarasi, AP. First session witnessed the presentation about Mobile Phone Servicing, Types of problems that may occur and how to overcome it. Second session stated with basic soldering concepts, Assembling & disassembling followed by Hands on session to rectify the damages in the mobile. Around 111 Participants from second year ECE IEEE students participated and benefited. The event was coordinated by Mr. M. Arun,Assistant Professor, ECE. IEEE Sb Alumni Talk On Innovation In Robotics IEEE WIE, BTS,RAS,PES, COMSOC, CS, IAS SBC’S Department of ECE organized a IEEE SB Alumni Talk on Innovation in Robotics for ECE students by Mr.Vamsi past chairman of IEEE Broadcasting Technology Society on 28 Aug 2019. He is pursuing his masters in Mechatronics and cyber physical systems at TechnischeHoschuleDeggendorf, Germany. He elaborated about funding opportunities & scholarships for merit students in IEEE Robotics Automation Society, BTS, CS. He also briefed about pathway to German Institution. He shared about his past experience has IEEE volunteering in college. Mr.M.Arun, Assistant Professor, ECE coordinated the event.
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Awareness Programme- Benefits Of IEEE WIE IEEE SB & IEEE WIE SB in association department of ECE organized an awareness programme on the benefits of IEEE WIE on 2.09.19. Miss. Indhumathi, Chair IEEE WIE briefed about the Benefits of IEEE WIE. She also gave lot of information and made students aware of IEEE WIE. Students were impressed and showed interest regarding the speech. Mr..M. Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor coordinated the event.
Awareness Programme On IEEE MADC PIT IEEE SB & Dept. of ECE in association with IEEE Computer Society SBC organized an Awareness Programme on IEEE MADC event. Miss.Indhumathi, IEEE MADC Ambassador delivered a talk about IEEE mobile application development contest. The main goal of the event is to educate and encourage students to pursue their future career as mobile application developers, social and team skills and consequently become more competitive in the market. Mr.M.Arun, Assistant Professor ECE coordinated the event and delivered the vote of thanks.
Awareness Programme - IEEE XTREME’13.0 Contest IEEE CS & ITS SBC in association with Department of ECE organized IEEE Awareness Progamme on IEEE XTREME’13.0 by Ms.Vihashini. R, Chair IEEE SB on 3rd September 2019. Students were given cognizance on the XTREME’13.0 programme. She also briefed them with her past experience in participating in XTREME11.0 & 12.0. She elaborated about rules and regulation of the event, Programming tips, etc., The event was orchestrated by Mr. M. Arun Assistant Professor ECE.
Awareness Programme On IEEE E-Mail Alias IEEE SB, IEEE WIE & IEEE SBC’S of PIT in association with Dept. of ECE organized an Awareness Programme on IEEE E-mail Alias for the students on September 03, 2019. The main goal of the event is to educate IEEE student’s members to update their mail id with IEEE email Alias. Miss.Indhumathi, IEEE CS Chair delivered a talk and briefed about the benefits having a professional mail id and insisted all IEEE members to update their mail with IEEE Mail id. Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor, AP/ECE coordinated the event and delivered the vote of thanks.
Teacher’s Day Celebration IEEE SB, Department of Electronics &Communication Engineering in association with IEEE, ISTE,IETE-ISF,IEEE WIE, PES, COMSOC, CS, IAS SBC’S organized TEACHER’S DAY CELEBRATION on 5.09.2019. IEEE Students performed a scintillating show to denote their love, respect, acknowledgement and recognition of the hard work put in by the teachers towards their development, and engaged in numerous fascinating activities. Dr.M.P.Chitra, Prof & Head ECE extended his heartiest thanks to all students on behalf of staff. Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor coordinated the event. Around 50 Students & Faculty members participated.
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Workshop On Robotics IEEE CS &RAS,Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has organized a Workshop on ROBOTICS by Mr.BALAJEE NAIDU, Senior Development Manager, Ms.D.MONICA Project Developer and Mrs.B.SIVAGAMI Software Developer, Virtual Techz, Chennai on 06-09-19. Mr.BALAJEE NAIDU has shared his knowledge about the major purpose of this workshop is to have a detailed exposure about the concept, which will enable the candidate to mount their skills practically in this field, so that they can entrust the project responsibility for a core career and can also have a detailed glance of the real time Industrial Applications. The Event is initiated and supported by Dr.V.Subedha HOD/CSE and coordinated by Dr.T.Kalaichelvi Professor/CSE,Mrs.M.Abirami,Mrs.Annie Sheryl AP/CSE of CSE Department conducted at FOSS/DBMS LAB.
Talk On IEEE & Its Benefits PIT IEEE SB in association with Dept. of ECE organized a Talk on IEEE & its benefits by M.Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor on 9 Sep 2019. Mr.M.Arun delivered a talk on the world’s largest technical society IEEE, giving members access to the industry’s most essential technical Information, networking opportunities, career development tools, and many other exclusive benefits offered by IEEE. 60 students participated & benefited. Mrs.D.Kalaiarasi, Assistant Prof./ECE coordinated the event.
Talk On IEEE Scholarship Outreach Initiative IEEE SB, IEEE WIE& IEEE Computer Society SBC of PIT in association with Dept. of ECE organized a Talk on IEEE Scholarship outreach Initiative on September 11, 2019. Ms.Vihashini, Chair IEEE SB delivered a talk and briefed about various IEEE Scholarship & Awards available for IEEE members. Her talk briefed about Richard E.MerwinScholarship,Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society, Larry K Wilson Awards, etc., and how to apply for it. She also shared her experience how she got REM scholarship. 62 Students participated and benefited. Mr.M.Arun, Assistant Professor ECE coordinated the event and delivered the vote of thanks.
Seminar On User Interface (UI) & User Experience (UX) IEEE SB, Department of Electronics &Communication Engineering in association with IEEE, ISTE,IETE-ISF,IEEE WIE, PES, COMSOC, CS, IAS SBC’S organized a Seminar on User Interface (UI) & User Experience (UX) by Mr.E.D.Sathish Kumar from ICAT Design and Media College on 13 Sep 19. He explained about User Interface (UI) & User Experience (UX) concepts and its applications. 153 students participated and benifited. Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor coordinated the event.
Engineer’s Day Celebration IEEE SB Students in association with IEEE WIE, IEEE SBC’S Celebrated Engineer’s Day on Sept 16, 2019 to make the journey more pleasant in the stream of Engineering. It gave an opportunity to everyone to remember and cherish the works of Sir Visvesvarayya. The event was organized successfully and left its imprints like flowing water embarks its impression on a pebbled shore. 60 students participated. The event was coordinated by Mr. M. Arun, AP, ECE.
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Short Term Course On Image Processing And Its Application Dept. of ECE in association with IEEE-SP,WIE,IETE,ISTE organized short term course on Image Processing and its applications for IV ECE students during 23-27 Sep 2019. The topics covered included: Basics of Image Processing, Image Enhancement, Compression, Restoration & Segmentation Techniques and Image Processing. In addition, the participants were given hands-on training using MATLAB & LABVIEW. Participants felt it extremely beneficial and gained knowledge on image processing and to write programs for various Image processing applications. Mrs.Banumathi, Mrs.V.JeyaRamya&Mr.M.Arun conducted the event and Mrs.R.Prathipa Coordinated the event. Around 180 students participated and benefited. Technical Quiz IEEE SB in association with IEEE COMSOC, PES, IAS organized a technical quiz on 24.9.19. All the students were given with questions and they were tested about their technical knowledge. All the questions were based on their core subjects. 26 students participated. NallareddyManasa won 1st place preceded by V.N.Hemasree 2nd place. Ch.TulyaTejaswi secured 3rd place. Mr. M. Arun, IEEE SBC Counsellor coordinated the event. student coordinators Suchitha Jennet &B.V.S.Jhanvi& coordinated the event. Workshop On Canva - Graphic Design Tool Website IEEE SB in association with IEEE CS SBC organised a Workshop on Canva - graphic design tool by Miss. Indhumathi, Chairman, IEEE CS on 24th sep 2019. Miss. Indhumathi explained clearly about tool usage. Students used a drag-and-drop format and provided access to photographs, vector images, graphics, and fonts. They came to know more about canva and its uses. The event was coordinated by Mr. M .Arun Assistant Professor ECE. Student coordinators S.Aparna&S,Anishka coordinated the event.
Workshop On Entrepreneurship & Innovation As Career Opportunity IEEE CS &ITS in association with EDC & Department of CSE conducted ay Workshop on Entrepreneurship & Innovation as Career Opportunity for students on 30th September 2019 by Mr. S. Stephenraj Director, Ads-e-park, and Chennai. The session gives the introduction about various concepts of Entrepreneurship & Innovation as Career Opportunity; around 150 students are participated and got the exposure about Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Careers in public services. The Event is Organized by Dr.V.Subedha HOD/CSE and coordinated by Dr.T.Kalaichelvi, Professor,CSE, and Mrs.J. Deepa,AssistantProfessor,CSE Department. Report by: Er.M.Arun IEEE student Branch Counsellor
Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai Technical Quiz Contest IEEE Student Branch has organized a Technical Quiz Contest on 21st August 2019 for Computer Science and Engineering students under the society of IEEE Computer Society. The event was graced by the IEEE Student branch CounselorDr.S.Malathiand coordinated by Dr.K.Valarmathi, Advisor of IEEE Computer Society. More than 35 IEEE students have participated in team wise with enthusiasm in this event. The winners of the technical quiz are awarded with prizes. This event is conducted for the students to test the various technical skills and was encouraged by the IEEE Chairs.
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Dr.SarvapalliRadhakrishnan’s Day Celebration
IEEE Computer Society celebrated Dr.SarvapalliRadhakrishnan’s Day on 5th September,2019 . The function was inaugurated by the IEEE Student counselorDr.S.Malathi and Advisor Dr.K.Valarmathi, IEEE Computer Society. The aim is to pay tribute to the contribution of Dr.SarvapalliRadhakrishnan and to acknowledge the importance of Teachers towards nation building. On this occasion, the Student Co- coordinator delivered speech on the importance of Teacher’s Day. Best Teachers were awarded with mementos for their dedication during the academic year 2018-19 by the representatives.
IEEE Refresher Programme IEEE Student Branch conducted IEEE Refresher Programme under IEEE Computer Society on 22.08.2019 for the students. It was graced by the Principal Dr.K.Mani and IEEE Student Branch CounselorDr.S.Malathi. Existing IEEE students shared their benefits of IEEE and the activities conducted by the association. New IEEE members were given an opportunity to share their views and also the ideas of marinating the members consistently. Ms.Varnika, IEEE student member has shared her experience about various IEEE competitions that helped her in enhancing her skill set. They also elucidated the number of active societies and the numerous assistances towards each society. Nearly 100 students and 20 faculties participated this programme. Wealth From Trash IEEE Computer Society has organized a competition called "Wealth From Trash" on 23rd August 2019. This event emphasis more on segregation of waste at source and decentralized waste processing in small habitations, as though ordinary citizens can make easy cash from trash. Nearly 50 participants were selected for the final round which nurtured their ideas to create an useful product from the wastes. This event is conducted by the IEEE Computer Society Advisor Dr.K.Valarmathi. Ms. K. Malavika was shortlisted as winner and awarded by the event coordinator Dr.S.Malathi, the IEEE Student branch counselor with a memento.
Web Development using Python Programming
Panimalar Engineering College, Dr. S. Murugavalli, IEEE Advisor organized “One Day Workshop on Web Development using Python Programming” on 10-08-19 (Saturday) in association with IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society. Mr. M. Mohan, Assistant Professor (Grade-I), Department of CSE, Member IEEE inaugurated the session, the Guest Lecture for Workshop is Mr. P. Hariprasath, Member Research and Development, HCL Technologies, Chennai.
The Co-ordinators for the workshop is Mr. S.A.K. Jainulabudeen Assistant Professor and Mrs. V. Anitha Moses Associate Professor, Department of CSE. In this workshop, around 35 students registered and got benefited; the topic was about Python-Django Web Development. Students got motivated and they learned how to install python with django required packages and to develop web using django.
Report by: Dr.S.Malathi, IEEE SB Counselor
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Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai Project Expo TR(IC)2 The head of the ECE department Dr.M.Palanivelan gave a brief introduction about the motivation and purpose of conducting the Project Expo. This event was very helpful for students since they could explore their knowledge on basic electronics. The professors from the Department of Mechatronics had judged the projects. The closing speech was also given by Dr.M.Palanivelan and he acknowledged the reviews from students regarding conduction of such events in future also. Speech Expo’19 Speech expo 2019 was conducted on 4th October 2019 in association with SEEE student chapter. Information collected from this Speech Expo will be useful to show progress in the field of research of speech recognition. These expos are helpful to find new facts and innovations through systematic analysis of the speech signals.
Microcontroller Project Expo’19 Microcontroller Project Expo'19 was conducted for III ECE students to apply the concept of microcontroller they are studying in fifth semester in their academic curriculum. Students have done many applications using Arduino, Raspberry Pi. As outcome of this expo, students understood the application concept of microcontrollers for different real time applications.
Design Thinking Summit’19 IT dept. organized Design Thinking Summit'19 event on 21st Sept 2019 in association with SB of IEEE Madras Section. Design Thinking Summit is an open platform, which is focused on the presentation of an actual trends and information from the versatile areas of IT with emphasis to coding, debugging, project and innovative ideas. It helps its participants to understand how the new technologies work from the view of the business, education and user options in the ongoing development Information Technology. This summit offers the opportunity for significant presentation of their projects, perspective products and ideas on the technological development in the current trends of Information Technology. Non-technical events like Quiz, Extempore and photography contest are also on roll. All the demonstrated projects and ideas will be reviewed by experts from various Industries and academic institutions. Embedded Design Contest’19 The prime motto behind this event is to enable students to work on different types of platforms and explore with various emerging applications. It included demonstrating projects which has adverse social importance. This contest eye-opened the students through practical exposure what they gained and considered to be the outcome of Embedded & RTS theory course.
Report by: Dr.M.Palanivelan, IEEE SB Counselor
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RVS Technical Campus, Coimbatore Seminar on Inventive Computation Technologies The Department of Computer Science Engineering and IEEE student branch of RVS Technical Campus organized Seminar on Inventive Computation Technologies on 29.8.2019 for UG and PG students. Resource person was Dr. G. Thirugnanam, Professor, Department of ECE, Government College of technology, Coimbatore, India. A total of more than 70 students attend this event and benefited.
Seminar on Computational vision and bio inspired computing” The Department of Computer Science Engineering and IEEE student branch of RVS Technical Campus organized Seminar on Inventive Computation Technologies on 25.9.2019 for UG and PG students. Resource person was Dr. R. Harikumar, Professor, Department of ECE, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, India. A total of more than 60 students attend this event and benefited.
Report by: Dr.S.Smys, [email protected]
Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai Hands on Training Embedded System Using Internet of Things (IOT)
A Two day Hands on seminar programme on “Embedded System Using Internet of Things (IOT)” was held on 06/09/2019 organized by IEEE SB. This Seminar gave an insight to many design ideas, development methodologies and strategies in development of IOT devices. This seminar was attended by both internal and external student participants from circuit branches.The seminar is inaugurated by esteemed personality Er.S.Rameshkumar , Director & CEO of Averzs Technologies. Dr.M.Moorthi, HOD,Medical Electronics(ECE) addressed and welcomed all the respected dignitaries and participants. Dr. R. Ramesh, Principal appreciated the program organized by medical department. Dr.Srigitha.S.Nath congratulated the department for conducting this seminar. Er.S.Rameshkumar has delivered keynote address on “Design and development of Embedded System using IOT ”. In this session participants learnt the protocol for development of Embedded System using IOT. Dr.M.Moorthi, HOD, Medical Electronics(ECE), has felicitated the chief guest and shared the vote of thanks. Hands on Training on RF Components Measurement using Vector Network Analyzer at 6GHz
A one day Hands on seminar programme on “RF Components Measurement using Vector Network Analyzer at 6GHz” was held at EEE seminar Hall on 07/09/2019 organized by IEEE Student Branch. This Seminar gave an insight to many design ideas, development methodologies and strategies in development of Antenna devices. It is also focused on various measurements of Antenna. This seminar was attended by both internal and external student participants from circuit branches.
The seminar is inaugurated by esteemed personality Er.A.Senthil , Director & CEO of Eaglesight Measurement Technologies Dr.M.Moorthi, HOD,Medical Electronics(ECE) addressed and welcomed all the respected dignitaries and participants. Dr. R. Ramesh, Principal appreciated the program organized by medical department. Dr.Srigitha.S.Nath congratulated the department for conducting this seminar. Er.A.Senthil has delivered keynote address on “Design and
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development and Measurement of 6GHz Antenna ”. In this session participants learnt the protocol for design and strategies for developing and Measurement of 6GHz Antenna devices. Dr.M.Moorthi, HOD, Medical Electronics(ECE), has felicitated the chief guest and shared the vote of thanks. IEEE Photonics Society sponsored 3 Day Workshop Day 1: The three-day National Seminar cum workshop on FRONTIERS OF PHOTONICS ANDOPTICAL COMMUNICATION was held on 24 - 26 September 2019. The Inauguration ofthe conference commenced with the invocation. Dr.Srigitha S Nath, Professor & Head, ECEdepartment, welcomed the dignitaries and the participants to the event. Dr. R.Ramesh,Principal, and Dr. R. Senthil Kumar, Vice Principal, Saveetha Engineering College offeredfelicitations. The function was inaugurated by our honourable chief guestDr.P.A.Manoharan, Chairman of the IEEE Madras Section. Dr.M.Moorthi, HOD, Medical Electronics(ECE), shared the vote of thanks. Guest lecture on PhotonicMetamaterials and Plasmonics was given by Dr.T.Srinivas from the department of ElectricalCommunication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. After which we hadDr.V.N.Mani , Scientist E - Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology(CMET),Department of information technology, Govt of India, gave us a lecture on Laser BeamAnalysis, Propagation, and shaping Techniques. The first day of the function successfullyended with Dr.Goutam Narayan, Asso professor, school of electronic engineering, VIT,Vellore, delivered a lecture on Finite element Modeling Methods for Photonics and Optics. Day 2: The second day of the workshop started off with the Product Manager of Supreme ScientificCorporation Er.Arulprakash delivered a lecture on Optical networking and Communicationsoftwares followed by a lab session on the same was conducted by Er.Arulprakash andDr.M.Moorthi. Day 3: The final day was just as fruitful as the previous two with Dr.ArunachalaPerumal,Professor from S. A Engineering College, gave us a lecture on Optical Network Switching. Aguest lecture on S-Parameter Measurement and its significance in the practical world wasgiven by the Director & CEO of Eaglesight Measurement Technologies Er.A.Senthil. Afterwhich we had Er.PremKumar Samuel E, Scientific officer from IGCAR India, gave us alecture on Integrated for Quantum Information Science and Technology .The valedictoryaddress was given by Dr.T.D.Subash ,Chair, IEEE Photonics Society, MangalamEngineering College ,Kerala. Dr.M.Moorthi, HOD, Medical Electronics(ECE), shared theworkshop report. The certificates were distributed in the valedictory ceremony. Thisworkshop report will take you through the series of events in the order of occurrence of theThree days - 24 to 26 September 2019.
Report by: Dr.M.Moorthi, HOD,Medical Electronics
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Sri ChandrasekharendraSaraswathiViswaMahaVidyalaya University, Kanchipuram Workshop on Sensor Automation and Industrial IoT
IEEE SB was organized a “Workshop on Sensor Automation and Industrial IoT ”on 22nd August 2019. Participants are trained by the Industrial expert Mr.R.Kumarasamy, Manager, PantechProlabs India Pvt. LTD, Chennai. Totally 140 students from EEE, ECE, E&I and Mechatronics are participated and distributed participation certificate. This workshop focused on trained the participants to use the development boards for the implementation of IOT based industrial automation applications. Guest Lecture on Industrial Automation and Embedded Systems
IEEE SB was organized a “Guest Lecture on Industrial Automation and Embedded Systems”on 3rd September 2019. Guest lecture delivered by the Industrial expert Industrial expert Mr.Anantharaman&Mr.L.Venkatesan, AsstManager, Prolific, Chennai80 Students from the various branch (EEE,ECE,E&I,MECHTRONICS) of the Mahavidyalaya are benefited.He explained about the opportunities in automation techniques that will enhance the future career of the participants.
One day Workshop on Introduction of Matlab
IEEE SB was organized a one day workshop on Introduction of MATLAB at EEE department SCSVMV on 21.09.2019. 40 students are actively participated in the workshop and certificate was issued to the participants. The outcome of the workshop:- students can able to write basic MATLAB programs, Design matrix, Derivatives programs, Solve Integral and statistics using Matrix,2D & 3D design
Report by: Dr.M.Rathinakumar, Professor/EEE, SCSVMV
Sri Eshwar College Of Engineering, Coimbatore Workshop on Routing and Switching Concepts in Data Communication and Networking
IEEE Student Branch and Networking club of SECE, in association with product safety engineering society and IEEE ComSoc, organized workshop on “Routing and Switching Concepts in Data Communication and Networking” on 26th and 27th August-2019. 27 students from other institutions, 28 students from SECE and 16 IEEE student members actively participated in the event. Dr.V.Jayaprakasan., Board of Governor at IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Chairman, IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society Madras Chapter, inaugurated and acted as resource person for the two days workshop along with the industrial resource person Mr.V.Tamilkumaran, Lead Engineer, CSS Corp, Chennai.
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GUEST LECTURE The lecture was delivered by Dr.UmashankarSubramaniam. The session was based on Recent Technologies In Electric Power Generation. Initially he started with the basic of power generation and how power can be transmitted in form of waves by using model graphs thus he thought about the variation of voltage under various loads. And also explained about the working of measuring instruments. It is easy to understand the concept of power generation and transmission. The session was very useful for the students and helped them to gain theoretical and practical knowledge. And also he thought the basic things of electrical and electronics. Report by : Mr.Vignesh S, Office Bearer
Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore IOT for Embedded System Made Easier With Aurdino The IEEE SB has conducted “IoT for Embedded System made Easier with Arduino” On 14th September 2019. Dr.V.Nandalal, IEEE branch counselor, presided over the fuction and delivered the presidential address. Dr.J.RejinaParvin, ECE delivered the inaugural address. The resource person Ms.D.Subhashree, Senior Engineer, Beta Technologies Pvt Ltd., Coimbatore had handled the sessions for the students. The students were distributed with participation certificates at the end of the session.
Report by: Mrs.P.Anitha, IEEE Student Branch Coordinator
Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology- Coimbatore
Workshop on Factory automation- PLC & SCADA
IEEE SB organised One day Workshop on “Factory automation- PLC & SCADA” in association with Axis Global Institute of Industrial Training (AGIIT), Coimbatore on 12.09.2019 in the college premises. The IEEE SB members and students of Electronics and Communication Engineering discipline participated in the workshop. Mr.G.Ruthrakumaran, Application Engineer, AGIIT, Coimbatore was the resource person. The resource person has clearly stated the various automation processes carried out in Industries supported by videos. He also introduced the basics of PLC and SCADA and provided hands-on training to the participants.
Report by: Dr.H.Mangalam, SRIT-IEEE SB Counselor
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Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai IEEE DAY 2019
IEEE day is a day in which the engineers and IEEE members will gather together to share their technical ideas. On 1st October 2019, IEEE day was celebrated with the theme of “Try Engineering lesson at local school ”.We celebrated IEEE day 2k19 with Sri Sairam matriculation higher secondary school students. The contests like Quiz, Technical connections, Just a Minute, Think Technically, and Maze were conducted for them. Initially Welcome speech and Engineering career speech were given by two of our IEEE members. Later the events were conducted by grouping the students into 9 teams.InQuiz, each team was given a question paper and based on the right answers scores were evaluated at once after the event. Followed by, Technical Connection event was conducted in which pictures were provided and the answers are predicted technically by the students. Then, Just a Minute event includes trending technology topics in which a student from a team will share their views on the topics given. Next comes the interesting event, Think Technically in which students will be replying in technical answers to the questionnaire. Last but not the least, Maze event was conducted in which each students were given a puzzle to find a way to the destination by choosing the right answers to the questions. Finally the Top three teams were awarded with the gifts and certificates.
Webinar on IoT and ML
A webinar was organised on 16thOctober 2019 at the college campus in smart class room on the topic “IOT and ML”. All the 2nd year students of information technology were a part of elucidative programme. The webinar started with the introduction of BOLT-IOT. It was followed by an exalting demonstration of advances in IOT. The speaker mentioned the necessity of the course and job opportunities in the field of IOT for students.The speaker also pointed out the importance of the trending technologies. It was an informative session.
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Sri SivasubramaniyaNadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam 2nd International Conference on Power and Embedded Drive Control (ICPEDC – 2019)
Department of EEE organized “ 2ndInternational Conference on Power and Embedded Drive Control (ICPEDC – 2019)”, August 21 – 23, 2019. The main objective of ICPEDC - 2019 is to discuss the latest developments and research results in all aspects of the design, modeling, application of devices, circuits and systems related to power and embedded drive control. The theme of the conference attracted 225 submissions including 15 papers from foreign universities. The Chief Guest for the conference was Dr.PrahladVadakkepat, National University of Singapore, Singapore. The Guests of honour were Shri. S. Akshaya Kumar, Former Director, TANTRANSCO and Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission, Chennai and Dr. P. A. Manoharan, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section. Keynote speakers for the conference were: Dr. M. VenkataKirthiga, NIT, Trichy Mr. Fred Schindler, Past Chair, IEEE Conferences Committee and Newtonville, Massachusetts, Semiconductors, USA Mr. Kevin Hanft, IEEE Technical Activities, Volunteer Engagement and Education, USA Mr. Raymond Borgone, Senior Manager, Event BusinessOperations at IEEE, USA Er. V. S. SrirajaBalaguru, Non-Conventional Energy Sources, TNEB Head quarters, Chennai Dr. J. Balamurugan, TNEB/TANGEDCO, Chennai Conference Chair :Dr. V. Kamaraj, Professor and Head Organizing Chairs: Dr. R. Rengaraj, Associate Professor, Dr. V. S. Nagarajan, Associate Professor, Dr. V. Thiyagarajan, Assistant Professor, Mr. G. R. Venkatakrishnan, Assistant Professor
Workshop on PCB Designing using Altium
A one day Workshop on PCB Designing using Altium software was organised by SSN IEEE EMBS student chapter on the 7th of September, 2019 as a part of the technical symposium called “INVENTE”. The aim of the workshop was to provide hands-on experience on the Altium software used for designing PCB digitally. The speaker educated the participants with the knowledge on how to use the software for designing and simulating PCB. The hands-on was well received by the participants, who also expressed their interest for future events. Many techniques and methods were explained during the session on 3D viewing, library creation and different methods of etching. There were 4 members belonging to the organizing committee from SSNCE IEEE EMBS, whose contributions were important in making this event greatly successful.
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Project Expo
IEEE SB in association with Chennai International Youth Festival organized Project Expo 2019 at Mini Auditorium, SSNCE. 45 participants from various colleges showed their projects during the expo. Dr. T. SreeSharmila, SSN IEEE SB counselor coordinated the event.
IEEE Conference Committee Meet IEEE MCE-CO Meet SSN IEEE Student Branch & Department of EEE organized IEEE Dr. T. SreeSharmila, ASP, IT delivered a talk on conference committee meet on 22 August, 2019 at central seminar "Best practices of conference organization" in hall, SSNCE. Mr. Fred Schindler, Past Chair - IEEE Conferences Technical Co-Sponsor & Conference Organiser Committee deliverer a talk on overview of IEEE conference and Mr. (TCS-CO) meet conducted by IEEE Madras Section Kevin Hanft, IEEE Technical Activities, Volunteer Engagement and at Alumini Centre, Anna University Campus, Education delivered a talk on training opportunities of IEEE Chennai - 600025. conferences.
Report by: Dr. T. SreeSharmila, SSN IEEE SB Counselor
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai Understanding Blockchain-A Practical Approach IEEE SB organized a 3- Day Workshop on “Understanding Blockchain- A Practical Approach” on August 5 -7, 2019. 28 UG, PG & Research scholars were participated. The resource person Mr.Muthuram G, CEO & Founders of Indigeneous Tech Pvt. Ltd., gave a brief introduction on the basic concept of bit coins, Blockchain, ethereum platforms and the hyper ledger frame works / tools. At the end of every session participants were given tasks to be performed and demonstrate the same on the next day. Students were very much beneficiated during the 3-Day Workshop which was more on Demos and Hands on sessions.
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IEEEDistinguished Lecture on Internet of Things IEEE SB organized IEEE Distinguished lecture on “Internet of Things, Approximated Services and Virtual Sensing” by Dr.RangaraoVenkatesha Prasad, Associate Professor, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Fellow IETE, of Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, on 27th August 2019. Dr. Prasad presented the expert lecture in the area of IOT, Virtual Sensing and Approximate services. He explained the challenges and possible solutions for inter operability of various devices. He also shared the research opportunities available at Delft University for students to pursue
their Higher Studies. IOT for Beginners ECE Dept. and IEEE SB organized a 2- Day Workshop on “IOT for Beginners” on August 29-30, 2019. The first day was proceeded by Mr.ThanigaivelanGanesan, Instructor & CISCO Networking Academy, Oman, who explained IOT World Forum reference model, Impact of Privacy and Security and gave hands -on on simulating IOT devices and building IOT systems using Packet tracer software.The second day resource person demonstrated the Python basics, IOT Protocols and Wireless Technologies and IOT Solution creations and its business aspects. The Project “Design and Implementation of Smart home using Sensors, actuators, Micro Controllers” is discussed and demonstrated. Students experienced the benefits of IOT by performing several experiments during the Hands-on session. RAS-Society Inauguration IEEE SB organized an Inauguration function for the office bearers of Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), an affinity group of SRM SB on September 13, 2019. The Chief Guest for the Inaugural function is Mr.Sathish, CEO & Founder, Arobot. During the inauguration the office bearers were Introduced each other and were informed about their rolls in the chapter. Inaugural address was given by Dr.Supraja, Faculty advisor of RAS and keynote address on Robotics and Automation was given by the Chief Guest.
Skill development course in C Programming The Department of SW and IEEE SRM SB organized “2-day Skill Development Course in C Programming” on September 7, 2019 and September 14, 2019 for all the Pre-final year students of circuit branches. The Resource person is Dr. Shiny Angel, Assistant Professor, Department of Software Engineering (SWE), SRM IST, Chennai. A total of 41 students attended the training session and get benefitted on the basics of C Programming. This event is a volunteer service done by the department of SWE to the students of circuit branches in order to prepare them for the Final year Placement process.
Report by: Dr. M. Sangeetha, Associate Professor /ECE,IEEE SRM SB Counsellor
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SRM Valliammai Engineering College International Conference on Smart Automation in Computer, Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering(ICSA-2K19)
The SRM Valliammai engineering college and IEEE SRMValliammai Student branch conducted International Conference on the topic of “International Conference on Smart Automation in Computer, Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering” (ICSA-2K19) on 6th August 2019. The inaugural session of the conference began with the invocation followed by the Welcome Address delivered by Dr.M.Murugan,Vice-Principal SRM Valliammai Engineering College. Dr.B.Chidambararajan, Principal,SRM Valliammai Engineering college delivered his presidential address. Dr.T.P.Ganesan, Director, SRM VEC, has given memento to the Chief guest. The Chief Guest’s Introduction was given by Dr.V.Dhanakoti, Associate professor,Department of CSE and the chief guest, “Mr.ArunachalamJayaraman, Senior Director-GCTS,Virtusa” addressed the gathering giving a brief note on Smart Automation. Finally, the Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr.R.Karthick, Associate Professor, Department of Electricals and electronics engineering.The International Conference had 4-Tracks which includes ECE in a Single track,CSE/IT, MECH/CIVIL and EEE/EIE in different tracks.The ECE track was chaired by Mr.ArunachalamJayaraman,Virtusa and Co-chaired by Dr.Komala James, Professor and Head, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering.The CSE/IT track was chaired by Dr.ArunSundaraman, Accenture and Co-chaired by Dr.B.Vanathi, Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering.The MECH/CIVIL track was chaired by Mr.R.Mathiyalakan, L&T Construction and Co-chaired by Dr.D.Elango Head, Department of Civil Engineering.The EEE/EIE track was chaired by Mr.T.Senthil Kumar, FLSmidthPvt. Ltd. and Co-chaired by Dr.K.Elango, Professor and Head, Department of Electricals and Electronics Engineering.After Consolidation, the Best papers presented were awarded for each track with special certificates. MINI PROJECT EXPO 2K19 The SRM Valliammai engineering college and IEEE SRMValliammai Student branch conducted Mini Project Expo 2K19 on 13th September 2019. Students of II, III and Final year were participated and portrayed their projects to the External Judge Mr.S.Thamizhvanan, M.E., Alumni- SRMVEC, Internal Judge Dr.K.Elango, Prof. & Head-Dept. of EEE and to the students of department of EEE. The faculties of EEE and other department were also visited the projects. The External Judge and the faculties appreciated the students for showcasing their ideas and expressing their talents. The student viewers of our department were very much motivated and benefitted upon the live demonstration of the projects. Science Project Expo 2k19 The SRM Valliammai engineering college and IEEE SRMValliammai Student branch conducted Science Project Expo “ELECTRA FEST 2k19” on 10.10.2019 for school students of classes 9,10,11 and 12.Participants from various schools took part in the event.The major objective of the program is to provide a platform and explore the potentials of the students by incorporating engineering ideas. The Vice principal interacted with the school students and enquired about their projects. The Science project expo was judged by Dr.K.Ayyar, Associate Professor, Department of EIE and Dr.S.Ramesh, Associate Professor, Department of ECE.
The best projects were selected and we’re given cash prizes. The first prize Rs.3000/- was given to the students of St.Josephs Matriculation Higher Secondary School for the project titled TEG. The second prize was given to the students of St.Johns Matriculation Higher Secondary School for the project OBSTACLE AVOIDING ROBOT with a cash prize of Rs.2000/- The third prize was given to the students of St.Josephs Matriculation Higher Secondary School for the project FIREFOOT ELECTRICITY GENERATOR with a cash prize of Rs.1000/-.The student viewers were very much motivated and benefitted upon the live demonstration of the projects. Report by: Sangeetha M., [email protected]
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St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai Guest Lecture programme on Augmented Reality IEEE CIS Organized a guest lecture programme on “Augmented Reality” in the department of IT at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering on 18th September 2019.The event was coordinated by IEEE Volunteer Mr. V. ArunKumar. 25 students were benefited from the Guest Lecture programme.The session started with the introduction to Augmented Reality. Resource person Mr.V.ArunKumar explained about the basic concepts of augmented reality .He also illustrated the augmented reality with a demo using unity software. He also explained about the difference between augmented reality and virtual reality.
Non-Governmental Organization Visit The Non-Governmental Organization visit to “Holy Angles Old Age Homes” at Chennai, is focused on improving and providing an insight to the problems our generations face and to inculcate an habit of helping the poor and the needy in the minds of the students who are the future of our country. This also helped in achieving a better understanding between mankind and focused on improving the people into a better human being.
Non-Governmental Organization Visit The Non-Governmental Organization visit to “Dazzling Stone Home For Children” at Chennai, is focused on improving and providing an insight to the problems our generations face and to inculcate an habit of helping the poor and the needy in the minds of the students who are the future of our country. This also helped in achieving a better understanding between mankind and focused on improving the people into a better human being.
Non-Governmental Organization Visit The Non-Governmental Organization visit to “PALACE HOMES” at Chennai, is focused on improving and providing an insight to the problems our generations face and to inculcate an habit of helping the poor and the needy in the minds of the students who are the future of our country. This also helped in achieving a better understanding between mankind and focused on improving the people into a better human being.
National Level Technology Dissemination Contest for Students Held at Pune TDCS -2019 an annual program conducted by IEEE Pune section to disseminate information about up-coming technologies among high school children is conducted at two levels for Students.4 teams from St.JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING selected for final round competing 120 teams all over India.Final Round held at MIT - World Peace University, Pune on 30th and 31st of August 2019. Microgrid& Energy Storage Department of EEE organized a guest lecture on “MICROGRID & ENERGY STORAGE” on 22nd August 2019 .This lecture was given by Mr.S.Selvakumar. He is also working as an Power System Engineer,ABB Global Industrial Ltd.,Chennai. Approximately 150 students were attended this guest lecture from 10.00 A.M to 3.00 P.M. The whole session was very interactive. The lecture motivated many students to dedicate their knowledge to the nation. He made every student to think about their role in developing our country and the necessity of their active participation in development of society. He motivated the students to become a successful person by using the quotations of our honourableDr.A.P.J.AbdulKalam who is still living in the heart of students. He encouraged the students to do a lot of research and projects which is useful to the society. He also shared his experience in the field of research and his social service. The overall session was so informative with many practical examples and created a great impact in the thinking of young minds.
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Name of the Students Name of the Team Year Department Place Won Cash Prize Srinidhi.R
Gayathri.M.A Techies’ IV National Level Geerthana.K EEE 20,000 Winner Abarna.S Anne Jenifer P
Beryl M Intellects IV National Level Aishwarya K EEE 15,000 Runner Steffi Joseph.T Lisa Alphina J National Level 15,000 Anusha P Dr. Odd IV IT Runner Priyadharshini.P III Regional Level Sharan R Phoenix II EEE Winner - Vignesh M III
IEEE YESIST12 (YOUTH ENDEAVOURS FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION USING SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY) Itis an international level talent show for Students and Young Professionals to showcase their ideas and solve real world problems. Participants will be categorized in their respective allocated tracks – Innovation Challenge, Maker Fair Track, Virtual Track, WePower Track and Junior Einstein Track. The competition was organized and held at Stamford International University, HuaHin, Thailand Campus on 7th and 8th September 2019.
More than 450 Colleges from 20 countries had participated in this competition. Three teams from Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering Participated in Innovation Challenge(1 team) and Maker Fair challenge (2 teams). The team EDITH (19MFP08) consisting of Final year students – Srinivasan J., Srivathsan M., Sudharshan S.J. and VigneshPoopathy M won the Championship of the Maker Fair Track at this event by presenting their project IMBALANCE REGULATOR.
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Guest lecture on Artificial Intelligence in Robotic Control IEEE Control System Society Madras Chapter and IEEE Control System Society Student Chapter of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering jointly organized a guest lecture on “Artificial Intelligence in Robotic Control” given by Dr. P.V. Manivannan, M.E., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras on 10 Oct 2019. Different types of Robots and implementation of AI in Robotics are explained. Both Faculties and Students were attended.
Report by: Dr.V.Vijayan, Professor, Faculty Advisor-Control System Society Chapter
St. Joseph's Institute of Technology, Chennai ONE-DAY NATIONAL LEVEL WIE MEET As a part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the St. Joseph’s Group of institutions .St.Joseph's Institute of Technology, Department of ECE & IEEE Madras section hosts a National Level IEEE-WIE Meet in our college campus in the August. Presence of esteemed chief guest who is currently the Chair of WIE Asia-Pacific.She gave the students a brief presentation on her journey and the opportunities available in IEEE especially for Women. It was inspiring to watch her share her experiences with the students. Our Guest Of Honour gave us an insight about the events and opportunities in IEEE-WIE made the session an interactive one by asking the students ideas on how to overcome certain challenges faced in the society for Women. Students showed great enthusiasm and participation in the event throughout. Demystifying Embedded Systems, System on a Chip (SoC), & Raspberry Pi Department of ECE & IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter ACM Chennai Professional Chapter hosts a Mini Tutorial on "Demystifying Embedded Systems, System on a Chip (SoC), & Raspberry Pi”in our college campus in the August. Presence of esteemed chief guest Mr.BalajeeSeshadri, Technologist, Surabee Electronics Systems.He gave the students a brief presentation about the advancement of Embedded and SoC.The presentation includes the efficient and reliable alternative for embedded systems is available in the form of system on a chip (SoC). SoC can be applied to any computing task, they are now typically used in embedded systems, applications where previously microcontrollers were and in mobile computing. Students showed great enthusiasm and participation in the event throughout and learned the basics of Raspberry Pi and SoC. IEEE EMBS School Visit Department of ECE, IEEE EMBS conducted a School visit program. The key goal of the event was to create awareness to school children about the current technologies on education, sports and women welfare, about IEEE and to motivate students to take up higher studies in STEM by giving them a flavor of its benefits in their day-to-day life. In each school there were minimum 50 students and we took our lecture in the form of power points, videos, conducting games, quizzes etc. thereby making them active and yet motivated to learn engineering in future. The students were very interested, when the session was over they started asking us a lot of questions and came up with new innovations. The reports were collected from the particular schools i.e. a feedback of our session.
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IEEE BTS School Visit Department of ECE, IEEE BTS conducted a School visit program. The key goal of the event was to create awareness to schoolchildren about the current technologies on education, sports and women welfare, about IEEE and to motivate students to take up higher studies in STEM by giving them a flavor of its benefits in their day-to-day life. In each school there were minimum 50 students and we took our lecture in the form of power points, videos, conducting games, quizzes etc. Thereby making them active and yet motivated to learn engineering in future. The students were very interested, when the session was over they started asking us a lot of questions and came up with new innovations. IEEE APS School Visit Department of ECE, IEEE APS conducted a School visit program. The key goal of the event was to create awareness to schoolchildren about the current technologies on education, sports and women welfare, about IEEE and to motivate students to take up higher studies in STEM by giving them a flavor of its benefits in their day-to-day life. In each school there were minimum 50 students and we took our lecture in the form of power points, videos, conducting games, quizzes etc. thereby making them active and yet motivated to learn engineering in future. The students were very interested, when the session was over they started asking us a lot of questions and came up with new innovations. The reports were collected from the particular schools i.e. a feedback of our session. IEEE Photonics Society Inauguration As a part of the 25thanniversary celebrations of the St. Joseph’s Group of institutions St.Joseph's Institute of Technology, ECE Dept. and IEEE Photonics Society has initiated the new student branch in the September 2019.The session followed by an inspiring and thought provoking speech by the honourable chief guest Dr.T.D.Subash.Madras Section IEEE PS chair,He enlightened the students about the current trend in photonics field. He gave the students a brief presentation on his journey and the opportunities available in IEEE especially for Women. It was inspiring to watch him share his experiences with the students. Our Guest Of Honour gave us an insight about the events and opportunities and grands sanctioned in IEEE-PS made the session an interactive one. He depicted the purpose of life on earth by saying short stories that could be related with every aspect of day-to-day life. He also gave a brief explanation about the IEEE student design contest by photonics society madras chapter which is an innovation challenge competition. As we have planned to organize the International conferences in specific optical research domain, he extended his support to our event. Students showed great enthusiasm and participation in the event throughout. Basics of Patch Antennas The IEEE (Antennas and Propagation Society)AP-S of St. Joseph's Institute of Technology, Chennai-119 organized a Technical seminar on “Basics of Patch Antennas” on 18.09.2019 by Dr.M.GulamNabiAlsathAssociate Professor, ECE, SSNCE,Chennai. We created the Opportunity for the students to learn the basics of patch antennas, applications, and Future scope of the antennas. The lecture deliver about the theoretical and experimental investigation of the effective properties of microwave patch antennas on the metamaterials and improving the far and near field parameters of antennas about the Patch antenna.
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IEEE DAY celebrations Department of ECE, IEEE SB conducted a IEEE DAY celebrations on 05.10.2019. We organized a Rangoli competition where the students need to make a rangoli of the pictures we captured during the events organized throughout the year, distributed chocolates to the IEEE members, and took a group picture.
Report by: Dr.GnanaKousalya C, IEEE SBC
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore Faculty Development Programme on Demystifying Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) & Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
VIT, Vellore organized a one day FDP on “Demystifying Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) & Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)” jointly with IEEE EMC Society Madras Chapter and Society of EMC Engineers (India) Chennai Chapter on September 25, 2019. The emphasis of the FDP is to impart knowledge on multiple aspects of EMI and EMC among the facilitators and researchers.The guest speakers were Mr. G. Mahesh (SM- IEEE and Vice-chair IEEE EMCS Madras Chapter) and Mr. Mahesh Chaluvadi (Member- IEEE & IEEE EMCS Madras Chapter) Scientists from EMC Division, SAMEER, Centre for Electromagnetics, Chennai. Professor Zachariah C Alex, Director, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy, VIT has introduced the guest speakers, elaborated purpose of the FDP and shared the EMC related activities happening at VIT.The first talk was by Mr G. Mahesh, on ‘Introduction to EMI/EMC’ which includes many historical incidents attributed to EM interference. His next talk was on ‘EMC standards’ which are applicable for industries and automobile sector. His talks gave insights into various radio frequency interference encountered and briefly on EMC design techniques. In his final talk, Mahesh shared his experiences on EMC techniques applied for some products which failed at the initial compliance testing, which created more interest to all participants.Subsequently, Mr. Mahesh Chaluvadi gave talk on ‘EMC measurement techniques’ in which he outlined Radiated Emission/Susceptibility and Conducted Emission/Susceptibility measurement techniques. In his presentation he displayed videos on EMC measurements for better understanding, which has attracted interaction from the curious participants. At the closing of the event Suresh Kumar T R, Treasurer, IEEE EMCS Madras Chapter thanked Chair of IEEE EMCS Madras Chapter, Mr. P. Salil who is instrumental in organizing the joint EMC Chapter - Academia event. Professor Shambavi K and Suresh Kumar T R, School of Electronics coordinated the event. About 15 attendees including faculty and researchers participated. Technology Dissemination Contest for Students (TDCS-2019) IEEE Pune section has conducted the Technology Dissemination Contest for Students (TDCS-2019) during July-August 2019. The objective of the program is to encourage the college students to go to schools and disseminate information about some of the latest technologies. IEEE Madras section has been selected as one of the Regional Centres of this event. Dr. D. Devaraj, chair, SAC, acted as the regional co-ordinator. The preliminary round of this contest was conducted at the regional centre level. From IEEE Madras section 35 teams have registered for the event. All the registered teams have been asked to select 4 schools (2 from urban and 2 from rural areas) and explain to 8/9/10th standard students about the importance of technology. Based on the report and video submitted by the teams about the school visit 6 teams have been selected for participation in the final round held at Pune on 30th & 31st august 2019. The following teams from IEEE Madras section have won the prizes in the final round: Track1: Agriculture, Food Processing and Rural Development First Prize: Team ‘Techies’ Srinithi. R, Gayathri.M.A, Geerthana.K, Abarna.S Track2: Health and Medical Diagnostics Second Prize:Team ‘Dr. Odd’ Lisa Alphina.J, Anusha.P Track4: Space and National Security Second Prize: Team ‘Intellects’ Anne Jenifer.P, Beryl.M, Aishwarya.K, Steffi Joseph.T Congratulations to the prize winners. Report by Dr. D. Devaraj, Chair, SAC, Madras Section
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Awards Received by SB & SB members
Richard E. Merwin Scholarship 2019.
Vihashini R, ECE, Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai received IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Scholarship 2019.
Krishnakumar M, ECE, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai received IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Scholarship 2019.
JananiRamachandran, ECE, S.A. Engineering College, Chennai received IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Scholarship 2019.
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Kavitha Sri N, ECE, Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai received IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Scholarship 2019.
❖ Sri SivasubramaniyaNadar College of Engineering selected as IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award
2019.
❖ ARUN M, Panimalar Institute of Technology - Chennai selected as IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor and
Branch Chapter Advisor Award 2019.
❖ Dr T SreeSharmila, Sri SivasubramaniyaNadar College of Engineering selected as IEEE Outstanding Branch
Counselor and Branch Chapter Advisor Award 2019.
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Forthcoming Events
INDICON-2019. 13-15 Dec 2019 at atMarwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat http://indicon2019.in/
IACC-2019: IEEE 9th International Advance Computing Conference. 13-14 Dec 2019 M.A.M. College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy, Tamil Nadu http://computingconf.com/
WiECON-ECE 2019: 5th IEEE international Women in Engineering Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering during 15-16 Nov 2019 at Bangalore https://wieconece.org/
12th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS) January 7- 11, 2020, Bangalore, India https://www.comsnets.org/
IEEE Photonics Society - 5 NANO 2020, International Conference on Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Nanomaterials, Nanobioscience& Nanotechnology www.5nano2020.com
IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Technology and Engineering (ic- ETITE’20) during 24th - 25th of February 2020. https://www.icetite.com/
Indian Conference on Antennas & Propagation (InCAP2019) to be held at Ahmedabad, Gujarat during December 19-22,2019. https://www.incap2019.org/
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IEEE MAS Membership details
Affiliate 14 Associate Member 36 Fellow 5 Graduate Student Member 596 Life Member 7 Life Senior 13 Member 1234 Senior Member 240 Student Member 3724 5869
Editorial Team Dr. S. Joseph Gladwin (Editor) Dr. P.A. Manoharan, Chairman IEEE MAS Dr. T. Michael N Kumar, Secretary IEEE MAS Mrs. M.Benisha, Assistant Professor, Jeppiaar Institute of Technology Mr. M.Arun, Assistant Professor ECE, Panimalar Institute of Technology
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