IEEE MAS LINK Vol. 16 No. 4 September - October2019 Chairman’sMessage Message fromEditor Student branch activities IEEE MAS LINK Vol. 16 No.4 September – October, 2019 Page 1 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 IEEE MAS LINK Vol. 16 No.4 September – October, 2019 Page 2 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. IEEE MAS LINK Vol. 16 No.4 September – October, 2019 Page 3 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 IEEE MAS LINK Vol. 16 No.4 September – October, 2019 Page 4 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