August 2014 A Newsletter from Visit of Dan Hancock, SAE Intl. President AWIM- Jet toy demonstration by school children COLT Hyderabad KRT launch at Mahindra Research Valley And more inside… August 2014 Lap NO: SAEISS/14/02 August 2014 Chairman’s Message…4 Contents Professional members Space…… 5 5 7 Lecture KRT meeting launch 10 Top Tech Student members Space..... 13 13 14 Student’s COLT Hyderabad convention 15 17 SAE Trek AWIM 2 August 2014 About … SAEINDIA Southern Section is a premier society that serves the cause of mobility engineering. It is a unique society that includes professional engineers who serve different OEMS and Suppliers, academia as well as budding engineers (students) who aspire to be part of the professionally attractive field of mobility engineers. We believe that Mobility Engineering is a knowledge rich field and that learning and sharing can be fun and rewarding. To this end, SAEISS organizes several events throughout the year, runs programmes that enrich and engage and conducts lectures and symposia. It is a part of SAEINDIA. SAEINDIA is an affiliate society of SAE International which is head quartered in USA and has a glorious record of over 100 years of service to the mobility community. This newsletter is brought for Information Cascading among SAEINDIA members Editorial Team: Patron: Balasubramanian N Editor : Mr. Vijayaragavan N- RNTBCI SAEISS office: M/s,Hari prasan dash , S. Ilangovan, Mukesh, Panneerselvam, Vasanth Raj Industry members: M/s Padmesh sewda (RNTBCI), Vinothkumar B (RNTBCI), Sivashankar S (RNTBCI), Sanjeev Bhushan (Daimler), Venkatesan (Royal Enfield), Sreevalsan (UCAL fuel) Student executive council members (SEC):, M/s Shankara narayanan P, Pulkit goel, Venkata raghav , Md. Sibghathullah,Ms. Sanjana Your Feedback & Queries are welcome at [email protected] Did you know??? SAE – Society of Automotive Engineers is founded on 1905 by Andrew L.Riker Founder of Riker electric vehicle company as its first President and Henry ford as Vice president in New York. 3 August 2014 Chairman’s Message Dear SAE INDIA Southern Section Members, Greetings from our Management Committee, We had a very exciting days with visit of Mr Dan Hancock, SAE INTERNATIONAL President in Chennai with various events attended by him and COLT(Club Officers Leadership Training) organized by Re-inforced Hyderabad Division in action. The interactions with Mr. Dan Hancock has been inspiring and his 30+ years association with SAE has been amazing. His interest always goes about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) education and enriching the knowledge of school children. When he could see the demonstration of School Children in Maharishi Vidhya Mandhir School, He felt satisfied as his initiatives deliver fruits across the globe. We had the SAE INDIA Knowledge Round Table (KRT) inauguration at Mahindra Research Valley. It was a unique event as SAE International President inaugurated the KRT and handed over the KRT Shield to Dr. Aravind S Bharadwaj, SAE India President as Chief Technology Officer in Mahindra Research Valley. As requests are flowing from different corners for the starting of New KRT’s, we have big opportunity to make SAE as a learning and Knowledge sharing tool across our Section and SAE India. COLT and Student Convention have been one of the biggest Student Events. COLT was conducted for the first time in Hyderabad division. It was a mega event organized by our Hyderabad Division. The Chief Guest for COLT was Mr. C.H. Malla Reddy Member of Parliament, India.75 SAEINDIA Collegiate club Office bearers from 22 Colleges & 7 Faculty Advisors attended the event. It was well organized by Hyderabad division members Dr. G.Padmanabham, Chairman , Mr. Srinivasa Rao Y, COLT champion , Dr.Gururaj T, Joint secretary, Mr. Venkateshwar R, Dr. M.PawanKumar Y, Scientist RCI. We request continuous support from SAEISS Members to participate in all events of SAE India and strengthen Mobility community for knowledge sharing & Learning. Best Regards, Balasubramanian N SAEISS Chairman 4 August 2014 Professional member Page SAEINDIA Knowledge Round Table (KRT) Initiative KRT : A group of SAE members working in a company forms an environment where they can interact with each other to deliver their knowledge and conduct activities within the company, such as Technical seminars, Guest lectures, Competitions,& Treks, etc. through which they can also contribute to the society by sharing their output from KRT. The concept of 3C SAE KRT Initiative was successfully Launched at Mahindra & Mahindra The Chief Guest Of the Program was Mr. Dan Hancock. Snaps from KRT at Mahindra & Mahindra This KRT is launched on 25th July Would you like to start KRT in your company??? - Mail to [email protected] 5 August 2014 Professional member Page PMI conference Third Project Management Tamilnadu State Conference 2014 , was successfully conducted on the 26th July 2014 at The Gateway Hotel IT Expressway, Chennai, India. This program was supported by SAEINDIA Southern Section, Management Committee Members from SAEINDIA Southern Section who are the leaders of the Industry Mr. N Balasubramanian, Dr. P. Sivakumar, Mr. K. Srikanth, Mr. S. Arun, Mr. Parvez Alam M are present in the conference & their Address on Project Management has enlighten the Industrial Participants . Highlights of PMI: 350 Professionals from across the States attended The Project Management Conference. Over 250 Students from Prestigious Universities & Colleges. Exclusive "FIRST TIME" student conference on Project Management. Dynamic panel discussion on a typical subject. Visionary speakers sharing their wealth of knowledge. Multiple knowledge formats including Panel discussions, Debates, Case studies etc. Snapshots from the PMI conference 6 August 2014 Professional member Page Lecture meeting - OBD for Commercial Vehicles SAEISS Conducted lecture meeting on “OBD for Commercial Vehicles” on 16th August’14 at SAEISS office by Mr. Arun Sivasubramaniyan, Head- Regulations & Homologation , Ashok Leyland and Joint secretary SAEISS. An overview from this lecture meeting: • A monitoring and detection system which can alert the driver for component or system failures that can affect emissions. • On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) is a system on a vehicle or engine which has capability of Detecting Malfunctions • Indicating their occurrence by means of a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) • Identifying the area of these malfunctions by means of diagnostic elements • Storing the information in computer memory • Communicating that information off-board This lecture meeting was Inaugurated & presided by Mr. T. R Sathyanarayanan, Treasurer & Lecture meeting Champion “Lecture meeting is focused to amplify the thought process of Engineers on their particular fields. This brief session has proved to satisfy the participants to a higher degree in a given time frame” Did you know???On board Diagnostic System is first introduced in 1969 by Volkswagen 7 August 2014 Professional member Page Lecture meeting - Friction Stir Welding In Chassis SAEISS Conducted lecture meeting on “Friction Stir Welding In Chassis” on 23rd August’14, at SAEISS Office by Dr. D. Muruganandam, Professor ,Production Engineering, Sri Sai Ram Engineering college. An overview from the lecture meeting: • The FSW process was conducted on varying the welding process parameters such as tool rotation speed (RPM), welding speed (mm/min) and tool pin profile by keeping downward force (kN) constant. • The properties such as defects, macro and microstructure, micro hardness, tensile and bend behavior on welded plates were studied. • A specially shaped tool pin, made from material that have a hard and wear resistant relative to the material being welded. • Tests have been conducted on the welded specimen for defects, microstructure, tensile hardness, and bend behavior on welded plates. This lecture meeting was Inaugurated & Presided by Mr. N Balasubramanian , Chairman SAEISS and Mr. T. R. Sathyanarayanan, Treasurer, SAEISS. Did you know???The luxury carmaker Rolls Royce Motor Cars Limited is derived from its parent company Rolls Royce which makes Aircraft Engines 8 August 2014 Professional member Page Hyderabad Lecture meeting Topic : The Mobility Industry from the Eyes of an Organization Development Consultant Speaker : Mr. Amar Chegu, Managing Director, Cosmic Management Services Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad Date : 22nd August 2014 Venue : Engineering Staff College of India. Hyderabad. Abstract of the event: Each industry configures itself into a model of operations, most conducive for addressing the challenges it faces. Drawing on Organization Development subject, the terrain of the mobility industry has been explained with insights into what contributes to success, excellence and sustainability SAEINDIA Hyderabad Division has been conducting many guest lectures for the benefit of Student & Professional members. The Lecture meeting on “Laser micromachining for Engineering Applications” provided knowledge on Laser precision machining which is the key technology to realize miniaturized products which provides a foundation for machining parts with high accuracy & Distinctly tiny functional features 9 August 2014 Professional member Page Top tech – Fuel cell technology Topic - Fuel Cell Technology - Power Source For Automobile Application, 18th & 19th July. Faculty: Dr. P. Karthikeyan, Professor at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore An overview from this top tech: • Dissemination of knowledge gained on fuel cells through a new