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Chairman’s Message
Dr. T. [email protected]
From The Editor’s Desk
H.R. [email protected]
Esteemed Members,
I am happy to inform you that, by theGrace of GOD and with YOUR GOODWISHES, the R10 has selected MADRASSECTION for the R10 DISTINGUISHEDLARGE SECTION AWARD for the year 2010. It is the first time that our Madras Section isreceiving such recognition from HQ.
The IEEE Region 10, also referred to as the Asia Pacific Region,comprises of 57 Sections, 6 Councils, 21 Sub-sections, 500+ Chaptersand 583 student branches. The selection for the award was based on theperformance summarized in the 2010 Annual Report submitted by allthe sections in the region 10 which included India, China, South EastAsia, Australia and Newzeland.
The Award Certificate along with a cash bonus of US $ 1,000will be presented to us at the 2012-R10 Annual Meeting to be heldearly next year. This recognition is based on the activities carried outby the Section, Societies, Student Branches, Affinity Groups with thedirection & dedicated involvement of the executive committee members;encouragement from all the IEEE members of Madras Section and withthe support from the section office staff & all the other well wishers.
It is very apt to recall some of the earlier awards received fromthe HQ by the IEEE Madras Section members.
Dr G. V. Rao
o Outstanding Chapter Engineer Award from the IEEE-PES-2001
o Certificate of Appreciation from PES for three years: 2004,2005, 2006
o Small Chapter Award from PES-2001
o Membership Development Award from IAS-2010.
Dr. Suresh ChadraPal
o Certificate of Appreciation for the valued services andcontributions towards the IEEE ComSoc’s India Road Show2007
Mr K. V. Rupchand
o IEEE PES High Performance Chapter Award-2010
Dr. S. Salivahanan
o IEEE Certificate of Appreciation for active participation inorganizing R-10 student congress at SSN-2008
Dr. T. Thyagarajan
o IEEE Certificate of Appreciation for active participation inorganizing R-10 student congress at SSN-2008
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Dear Friends,
IEEE MAS LINK is pleased to share the happynews that our Madras Section has won the R10DISTINGUISHED LARGE SECTION AWARD. The
chairman’s message deals in detail about this award.
Dr. G.V. Rao, one of our senior members, hasoutlined the procedure for becoming a Senior Member
(SM) and also on how to nominate our members forIEEE Fellowship. Section of our size should have more
SMs and few more Fellows. Members may please note and act accordingly.
Our Section is planning to revamp the current website and go in for
a Content Management System to facilitate collaborative and interactivewebsite. Over a period, the society chapters and student branches will able toupdate the website with their activities without any constraints in page limit
of the existing print communication – MAS LINK. We may become paperlessand this will substantially reduce our printing cost thereby more funds maybe made available for activities.
In this context, from this month, SB activities are being published in
an abridged form in print with links to the detailed reports posted on theNet. Proceedings of the workshops, conferences and announcements willhowever be included in detail in the print version of the newsletter.
This month, along with a brief review of the book “MicrowaveEngineering”, we have published 19 activity reports ranging from guestlectures, workshops, conferences organized by the following institutions:
o Anna University of Technology – Madurai – Inauguration of the
Student Branch & a Guest Lecture
o Amrita School of Engineering – Poster Design Competition &Workshop on “Programming with Python”
o Aarupadai Veedu Inst. of Tech – Collaborative Projects on OpenSource Technology
o Thiagarajar College of Engineering – Managerial Contest, Techuthsav,
Hardware Contest, IEEE Quiz & Valedictory of the SB activities
o Intl. Conf. on “Electronics Computer Technology” held atMarthandam College of Engg
o Hindustan Unversity – Natl. Conf. on “Communication, Networksand Sensor Technology” & Natl. Conf. on “Energy, Systems andControl”
o Anand Inst. of Higher Tech – Natl. Conf. on “Power Quality andPower Conversion System”
o Sri Muthukumaran Inst. of Tech — Workshops on “Importance ofIEEE in an Engineer’s Life” & “Stress Management”
o Velammal Engg College – Natl. Conf. on “Innovative Techniques inPower Engineering”
o Membership Drive at Sri Krishna College of Engg Tech
The Section and some of the Society Chapters are supporting eventssuch as ReSYM-11, IAMA-2011, ICEGT-2011. They are listed in theForthcoming Events column along with announcements on INDICON-2011 at Hyderabad and a National Level Mock Interview at SMIT. Werequest our members to actively participate in them.
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Mr H. R. Mohan
o Certificate of Appreciation fromIEEE Computer Society consecutivelyfor 3 years (2007, 2008 & 2009)
Prof. Ramlatha
o MGA Achievement Award -2008.
o EEE WIE Honorable Mention for theAffinity Group of the Year Award2007, 2008.
o IEEE outstanding Branch CounselorAward 2008
Mr Sampath Veeraraghavan
o IEEE RAB GOLD AchievementAward in recognition of Leadership.-2007
Chairman’s Message continued.... o IEEE MGA Achievement Award-2009
o IEEE Foundation Grant Awardwinner (US$13450)-2009
o IEEE Outstanding HumanitarianAward -2009
o IEEE People Choice Award-2009
o Certificate of Appreciation from theIEEE President for developing worldchanging technology ISHHS-2010
In the May 2011 newsletter, I furnisheda comprehensive list of various awardsconstituted by IEEE. I request the esteemedmembers to make use of the information andadd more feathers to the IEEE Madras Section.
Affectionate colleagueDr. T. Thyagarajan
Section Membership as on
15th June 2011
Life Fellow - 2
Fellow - 1
Life Senior - 7
Senior Member - 82
Life Member - 5
Member - 1256
Associate - 99
Affliate - 30
Graduate Student Member - 1098
Student Member - 5022
Total - 7,602
Activities at Anna University of Technology Madurai
Inauguration of IEEE Student Branchat Anna University of Technology Madurai.
knowledge by associating with the organizationslike IEEE. Ms. K. Akilandeswari, Chairman of
Guest Lecture on “Recent Trends inRenewable Energy and Government Support”
The IEEE Student branch of AnnaUniversity of Technology Madurai organized aguest lecture on “Recent Trends in RenewableEnergy and Government Support” on NationalTechnology Day - 11th May 2011. IEEE StudentBranch Secretary Mr.A.Shanmuganathanwelcomed the gathering. Dr. E. B. Perumal Pillai,Registrar, in his presidential address focusedthe views on the celebration of NationalTechnology. Mr. B. Vasudevan, Vice Chairman,IEEE Student Branch introduced the ChiefGuest, Er. S. E. S. Syed Ahamed, DeputyGeneral Manager, Tamilnadu EnergyDevelopment Agency, Madurai who spoke onthe emerging trends in renewable energy likenuclear, wind, photovoltaic and solar power.The speaker concluded his lecture by explainingabout the Government support renderedthrough the Ministry of New and RenewableEnergy (MNRE) in generating power fromrenewable energy sources.
Detailed Report at: http://goo.gl/Q38xW
The inauguration of IEEE Student Branchof Anna University of Technology Madurai tookplace on 5th April 2011 at the Seminar Hall ofAnna University of Technology Madurai. About60 participated in the inaugural function of which17 were IEEE members. The Director AcademicCourses and Dean, Dr. V. Malathi welcomedthe gathering. Honourable Vice Chancellor Dr.R. Murugesan, in his presidential address,stressed that the students should enhance their
IEEE SB introduced the Chief Guest Major. V.
V. Chandrasekharan, Chairman, Student
Activities & Treasurer, IEEE Madras Section
who spoke about the scope and activities of
IEEE and emphasized that all students should
come forward to become members in IEEE, an
International organisation. He then distributed
the IEEE membership cards to the members of
IEEE Student Branch.
Activities at Amrita School of Engineering
Poster design competition using Photoshopsoftware
Amrita School of Engineering,Coimbatore IEEE student branch organized atwo hour poster design contest using AdobePhotoshop on 1st April 2011Around 30 studentsparticipated in the contest. Some randomphotographs were given to the contestants andusing these pictures they had to design a creativeposter with a suitable caption for the poster.
One Day workshop on “Programming withPython”
Amrita School of Engineering,Coimbatore IEEE student branch organized aone day workshop on “Programming withPython” on April 6th, 2011. The workshopwas conducted by Mr. SrinivasanLakshminarayanan - a trainer and consultantThe topics covered include “why python”,“advantages of python”, “companies using
python”, “real-time applications of python”,“basics of python”, “functional programming”,“database programming” and so on.
These events were mentored by Prof. K.Gangadharan, Chairman-IT and organized byMr. C. Arunkumar, Student Branch Counsellorof IEEE, Amrita with the support of SBmembers
Detailed report at: http://goo.gl/BtgxE
Report by: C. Arunkumar,[email protected]
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Collaborative Projects on Open Source Technology at AVIT
Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology(AVIT) and CSS Corp, Chennai entered into aMoU to work collaboratively on joint Research
Dept. of IT and CSS Corp officials have finalized
the projects on Open Source Technology
deployed with “Asterisk”, most powerful and
efficient telephony development toolkit and
formed eight student member teams and assigned
the projects. The student member teams were
given guidance by Dr .A. Anthony Irudhayaraj,
Dean- Dept of IT, Mr. C. Karthikeyan, HeOD,
IT, Mr. S. Srinivasan, Associate Professor/IT
and CSS Corp Officials. Mr. Jesu Valiant,
Solutions Architect,CSS Corp evaluated the
projects and appreciated the efforts put forth.
and Development of Open Source Technology.The MOU was signed by Dr A.S.Ganesan, ViceChairman, Vinayaka Missions University andMr. Om Prakash, Vice President-CSS Corprecently.
Based on the MoU, Dr. (Mrs.) N. R.Alamelu, Principal,AVIT motivated to carry outmore innovative projects and to establish thehigh end Open Source Technology Lab in theDept. of IT. The advanced computer facilitieswere installed with open source softwares suchas Ubuntu10.1, Asterisk. Faculty Members of
Activities at Thiagarajar College of Engineering
Prahaar’11: Inter-departmental managerialcontest
Prahaar’11 an inter-departmentalmanagerial contest, was conducted jointly byIEEE student branch of TCE and ECEdepartment of TCE. This year, it was a grandevent with over 630 participants from alldepartments of our college. It’s a five–roundcontest to filter out, the best-manager of TCE.The first round was a I-Q based round. Thiswas followed by the second round which testedthe communications Skills. In the third roundnine teams, and given the task of solving openproblems and issues within the college rangedfrom, deployment of bicycles, to P.A system inthe college, to Biomass plant in the hostel.Thirty-six students were selected from this lotwere tested on innovativeness and spontaneityand 22 were short listed and, were asked tosubmit their non-technical resume based on themerit of the resume, final twelve participantswere tested on stage on their common sense bythe special juries for the event, Mr. Md.Mansoor Roomi, Professor, ECE Dept. and Mr.Rajesh, Placement officer. They short listed sixstudents, who were then, tested on their stressmanagement skills. After all these rigor, Preethamof IIIrd year EEE dept. was chosen as Mr.Prahaar and Aakash ,of Ist year ECE dept. waschosen as the runner-up.
TECUTHSAV
TECUTHSAV is the technicalextravaganza where the imagination of thecommoner ends and the Engineer begins.Thiagarajar College of Engineering presentedTecuthsav 2011 on 8th Mar 2011 in which TCESB joined hands with Dept. of ECE to organizeits part in the technical extravaganza named asTELETEC. Around 300 participants took partin the various competitions. The guests at theevent were, Mrs. Ester Rajam, GM, BSNL,
Madurai and Mrs. G.V. Thamarai,VP-AsiaPacific, HP who embarked the Women’s daycelebrations.
WHIZARD 2011: Intra-department hardwarecontest
WHIZARD is an intra-departmenthardware contest conducted by the departmentof electronics and communication engineering.The contest topics were centered on majorindustrial issues. The contestants were expectedto suggest solutions to these problems anddisplay a working model to support theirjustification. The contest was held on 12th ofMarch. The topics included industrial issueslike detecting scraps in ball bearing, automationof toll gate. Teams were encouraged to usecontrollers as a part of their hardware project.
IEEE QUIZ GENERALE
A quiz program “IEEE QUIZGENERALE” conducted for the members ofthe student branch on 11.03.2011. Almost allstudent members took part in the preliminaryround in teams of two. Six teams were selectedfor the finals and were quizzed their knowledgeof IEEE and some interesting facts about IEEE.The winners and the runners-up were awardedprizes and all the finalists were given certificatesof participation on the valedictory day of theIEEE branch at TCE.
Valedictory Function of SB activities for theacademic year
On March 21st, 2011 we came to theconclusion of, inaugural year of operation of
IEEE student branch of TCE. It was time torecognize prize winners and office bearers, whohad put in the hard work. The valedictory
function was presided over byDr.V.Abhaikumar, principal & IEEE studentbranch mentor and Dr. S. Raju , HOD/ECE.
The function began with prayer and welcomeaddress by IEEE branch counselor Mrs. K.Kalyani. In his address, the TCE SB Mentor
Dr.V.Abhaikumar, stressed the need to takebranch activities to next level and making thebranch more pro-active. Dr. S. Raju had
expressed her faith in the branch activities andaccepted our request for industrial visits to
various companies to gain first hand in-sightsof industrial process. It was followed by thereport of IEEE student branch activities by R.
Shruthi joint secretary and A. Sakthi jointtreasurer of the branch. After the IEEE report,it was time for awarding certificates to
participants of IEEE workshops, winners ofIEEE student branch quiz contest and certificateof appreciation to all IEEE branch office
members. The function also marked theinauguration of IEEE student branch of TCEwebsite by P. Gautham. We believe it would be
a platform for all member of branch tocommunicate and develop. Finally, the vote ofthanks was delivered by R. K. M. Rajkumar,
student branch chair, who thanked everyonefor extending their support .He also reiteratedthe path ahead and wished well for juniors to
takeover. We at TCE definitely believe this isjust a humble beginning and our IEEE studentbranch will achieve many more laurels in year
to come.
Detailed report at: http://goo.gl/aJKxH
Visit our Websitewww.ewh.ieee.org/r10/madras
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Activities at Hindustan University
NCCNS-11: National Conference onCommunication Networks and SensorTechnology
Santoshkumar, Director, VIBE Institute ofBiomedical Engineering, Chennai, Prof. Dr.Reeba Korah, St. Joseph College of Engineering,
A two day National Conference onCommunication Networks and SensorTechnology was organized by the Depts of ECE& EIE during 18-19, Apr 2011 in associationwith IEEE student’s branch.
Dr. K. Sarukesi, Vice-Chancellor,presided over the function. Dr.K.Rajanna,Chairman, Dept.of Instrumentation and AppliedSciences, IISc, Bangalore inaugurated the conf.and delivered the keynote address on “Thin Filmbased Sensors and MEMS”. The conf.proceeding was released at the inaugural.
Dr. Balaji Srinivasan, Dept. of EE, IIT,Chennai addressed he participants on “Sensingthe world around us” and dealt with the smartsensing techniques in industrial environment andits dependence on communication networks.
Out of 400+ papers received on topicsrelated to Communication, Sensor Technology,VLSI & Image Processing and WirelessNetworks, 80 were selected by expert panelmembers for presentation.
Panel sessions held during the conferencewere chaired by Dr. S. K. Srivatsa, Professor(Retd), Anna University, Chennai, Mr.
Chennai, Prof. Dr. C. D. Suryakala, SathyabamaUniversity, Chennai, Dr. S. Solaimanohar, AnnaUniversity, Chennai and Prof. Dr. Radha, S.S.NCollege of Engineering.
NCESC-11: National Conference onEnergy, Systems and Control at HindustanUniversity
A two day National Conference onEnergy, Systems and Control was organized bythe Dept. of EEE on April 20 & 21, 2011 inassociation with IEEE student’s branch.
Dr. K. Sarukesi, Vice-Chancellor,presided over the function and the NationalConference was inaugurated by Dr. Govinda
Bol Shrestha, Professor, Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity, Singapore. Dr. R. Devanathan,Principal & Dean Academic emphasized theimportance of the conference in the presentday situation. A special message was sent byDr. P. C. Sen, Emeritus Prof., Queen’s University,Canada and it was read by Dr. R. Devanathan.The conf. proceeding was released on the occasion.
Dr. R. Ramanujam, Prof., EEE Dept,HITS delivered a lecture on “Indian PowerScenario”. The conference had two key noteaddresses: Dr. Shiva Kumar, Director, PCRAon “Energy Scenario and Energy Conservation”and “Renewable energy response to increasingdemand for electric power” by Dr. GovindaBol Shrestha.
The conference hosted a pre-conferencetutorial on 19th April 2011 on “TransmissionPlanning for Evolving Power Systems” deliveredby Dr. Govinda Bol Shrestha. Out of 100+ papersreceived from all over the country, 30 wereselected for presentation by an expert panel.
Panel sessions were held during theconference. Invited papers were presented bythe following chairs followed by contributed
papers. Mr. M. V. V Sharma, Deputy Director,
PCRA, Chennai; Dr. Govinda Bol Shrestha,
Professor, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore; Dr. Bala Pesala, Scientist, CSIR,
Chennai; Mr. R. Sridhar, Scientist, Deputy
Director, CSIR, Chennai; and Dr. V. Kamaraj,
Professor, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai.
The 3rd International Conference on“Electronics Computer Technology” sponsoredby IACSIT, co-sponsored by IEEE Pothigai SubSection and IETE Nagercoil PAC and hosted byVi Institute of Technology, Chennai andMarthandam College of Engineering was held atKanyakumari during April 8-10, 2011.
Prof S. Arumuga Perumal, HOD,Computer Science, South Travancore HinduCollege, Nagercoil, in his opening remarksexplained the importance of the conference. Dr.
International Conference on Electronics Computer Technology
David Asirvatham, University of Malaya, Dr.N. Saravanan, Head of Computer Science andIT from Mazoon University College, Sultanate
of Oman and R. Vijayarajeswaran, Managing
Director, Vi Microsystems Pvt Ltd had
presented keynote addresses.
Prof Gopinath Ganapathy, Bharathidasan
University, Prof K. Soundararajan, Prof E,
Ramraj, Prof. K. Kuppuswamy chaired the
technical sessions of the conference. Over 350
research scholars from different parts of India
and abroad had participated and presented their
research work in this conference.
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PQPCS-11: National Conference on Power Quality and Power ConversionSystem at Anand Institute of Higher Technology
The IEEE student branch of AIHTactivities organized a one day NationalConference on “Power Quality and PowerConversion System (PQPCS-11)” on 29th Apr2011 to provide the participants an opportunityfor developing interaction betweenacademicians, industry experts and researchscholars to discuss the latest emergingtechnology in the field of Electric Power Quality,Power Conversion Systems, EnergyManagement, Power Electronics and AdjustableSpeed Drives and share their experiences,expertise and further identity newer areas ofresearch and cooperation.
The conference was inaugurated by thechief guest Mr.Hari Eswaran, Chairman, EasunReyrolle Limited, Chennai and Guest of honorMr.N.Jagannathan, Director and CEO, Fourth
Dimension Technology Private Limited,Chennai. The function started with the lightingof kuthuvilakku by Dr.S.Arivazhagi, Director.Thiru. K. Sridharan, Secretary delivered thekeynote address. Dr. T. A. Raghavendiran,principal welcomed the gathering.Dr.L.Premalatha, HOD/EEE spoke about thedepartment activities and highlighted theconference details. Ms. T. Anuradha, AP/EEEintroduced the chief guest and Ms. P.Mangayarkarasi, SL/EEE introduced the guestof honor.
The guests in their address spoke aboutthe significance of Power Quality which isgreatly influenced by voltage variations, voltageunbalance, frequency variations, flickering andharmonics and explained the solutiontechniques by means of Suitable PowerConditioning Technologies, Active HarmonicFiltering, Improved Power Quality Convertersetc and application of power electronicssystems used for energy conversion. It wasfurther stated that, the generation of harmonicsand reactive power flow in a power system isgreatly influenced by the widespread use ofpower electronic converters in addition to othersources of harmonics and reactive power. Thedesign, development and successful application
of single-phase, power quality improvementconverters in domestic, commercial andindustrial environment has made possible thedesign and development of three-phase powerquality improvement converters and theirwidespread use in different applications. Alsothey dealt with a comprehensive review of powerconversion configurations used for renewableenergy generation, control approaches,performance on supply and load sides in termsof input power factor, THD and well-regulated,reduced-rippled dc output, power rating, costand selection for specific applications.
The student’s research presentation tookplace in different sessions on various newconcepts in the field of “Power Quality and PowerConversion” and showed great interest in designand implementation of various power conditioningtechnologies that can be utilized in renewableenergy systems. It was helpful for the tostudents, researchers, designers and engineersto know state-of-the-art of power qualityimprovement and power conversion technology
During the valedictory function,certificates were presented to the participantsthe principal Dr.T.A. Raghavendiran and HOD/EEE, Dr.L.Premalatha. The function ended withvote of thanks by Mr.C.Ravichandran,S.L/EEEfollowed by national anthem.
Computational Thinking ‘Vital forChild’s Analytical Ability’: Computationalthinking ought to be embedded withineducational programs in order to cultivatechildren’s analytical ability, says Carnegie MellonUniversity professor Jeannette M. Wing.“Computational thinking helps us figure out howto solve problems through reduction, embedding,transformation, decomposition, or simulation,”Wing told. More at http://goo.gl/XWxQQ
Dialing With Your Thoughts: Severelydisabled people would be able to place a call ona cell phone with just their thoughts using anew brain-computer interface developed byresearchers at the University of California, SanDiego’s (UCSD’s) Swartz Center forComputational Neuroscience. More at http://goo.gl/wAkzK
Introducing C++11: The latest versionof the C++ programming language, C++11,recently passed review by the InternationalOrganization of Standardization (ISO), and theofficial standard will be approved in the fall.“The new standard provides language featuresthat make it easier to write correct and well-
Tech Trends performing code in C++ together with morestandard libraries,” says Texas A&M professorBjarne Stroustrup, who designed andimplemented C++ more than 25 years ago. Moreat http://goo.gl/bTRyR
Robot Could Guide Humans ThroughAreas of Low Visibility: Sheffield HallamUniversity researchers are participating in amulti-disciplinary project to develop a robotthat can guide humans in areas of low visibility.The robot, which will be slightly larger than alaptop, could be used by firefighters and by theblind or visually impaired. The robot featureslead-like tethers, or reins, that it uses to communicatewith users. More at http://goo.gl/zUGlj
IBM Shows Smallest, FastestGraphene Processor: IBM researchers saythey have developed a graphene transistor thatcan complete 155 billion cycles per second. Theresearchers say it is the smallest transistor IBMhas ever created, with a gate length of just 40nm. Graphene-based transistors can be producedat low cost using standard semiconductormaterials, says IBM researcher Yu-Ming Lin.More at http://goo.gl/53xjf
Free Software Makes ComputerMouse Easier for People With Disabilities:
University of Washington researchers havedeveloped two software-based mouse cursorsdesigned to make clicking targets easier for userswith disabilities. The Pointing Magnifierprogram combines an area cursor with visualand motor magnification. To acquire a target,the user places a large circular cursor somewhereover the target and clicks. The Pointing Magnifierthen enlarges everything under that circular areato fill the screen. The user then clicks with apoint cursor inside the enlarged area to acquirethe target. More at http://goo.gl/lrzEZ
UCF Student Turns Cell Phone IntoMobile Microscope: Students at the Universityof California, Davis (UCD), and the Universityof Central Florida (UCF) have developed a wayto turn smartphones into virtual microscopesthat can detect malaria from a digital picture ofa patient’s blood sample. The software enablesa doctor working in Africa to take a picture ofthe blood sample with a cell phone camerainstead of having to use a microscope in a lab.An image-analysis phone application thencalculates and detects where the malaria clustersare based on blood cells’ location and staining,the same way it is done in a lab. More at http://goo.gl/lpfV8
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Workshops at Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology
IEEE Student Branch of SriMuthukumaran Institute Of Technologyorganized a couple of events on 1st April 2011.The day geared up with a session on“Importance of IEEE in an Engineers Life”,followed by a “Workshop on StressManagement”. The Program commenced with
an inaugural speech by Mr. Kotteswaran,Student member.
The first session on Importance of IEEEin an Engineers Life sparked off when Ms. JenoHelcy, student member, invited Mr. M. Karthik,Former SB Chair, to take charge of the session.He gave a clear and distinct idea about theimportance of IEEE, and the significance of IEEEwith various departments of Engineering. Hispresentation made it clear that IEEE is not justan institution of the Electrical Engineers, butalso for all the other forms of engineering. Thesession proved helpful in clarifying certainconfusions which persisted in the minds of thenewly inducted members of the student branch.
The Workshop on Stress Management
was handled by Mrs. S. Kalaiselvi, StudentBranch Counselor. The session provedbeneficial in learning the art of proper planningto avoid hard hitting of books at the last minuteof the exams. Since the exams are round thecorner, the session was very useful andinformative for all the students.
The program came to an end with thevote of thanks delivered by Mr. Satish, StudentMember. The program received good responsefrom all the participants. The Student Branchexpresses its sincere thanks to HOD of EEEdepartment, Branch Counselor, and all theparticipants for making the event a grandsuccess.
Report by: K. Sarath Kumar
Activities at Jeppiaar Engineering College
Aptitude Test
IEEE Student Branch of JeppiaarEngineering College conducted an Aptitude Testfor its student members on 27th February 2011.“APS-TEEZE” as the event was named enabledto tickle the brain cells of the students. Thequestions were split up into different sectionscomprising LOGIC and VERBAL sections. Mr.Prabhunathan won the first place while Ms.Salma Zaithoon Zakhariya and Mr. Ajith Vincentsecured the second and third positionsrespectively. They were rewarded with cashprize of Rs.1000, Rs.750 and Rs.500respectively. There were around 40 studentmembers who participated in the contest.
Paper Contest
IEEE Student Branch of JeppiaarEngineering College conducted a paperpresentation contest for its student memberson March 7th 2011. Around 65 students fromvarious departments presented their ideas oncurrent technical issues as well as their owncreation. The judges were Mr. Arun Srinivas,Associate Prof., EEE department and Mr. J.Jebastine, Associate Prof., ECE dept. NivasRavichandran, 2nd year ECE, who presented onthe topic “DESIGN AND SIMULATION OFDIGITAL ADAPTIVE FILTER USING MATLAB”, won the first prize of Rs 1000/=. The2nd place of Rs. 750 was shared by two teams,
comprising Arun Noel Victor and Sharon Roy,2nd year EIE for their presentation on “NEWPOSSIBILITIES OF PRODUCINGSUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESOURCES”along with Vijayraghavan V, 2nd year EEE, forthe topic “MODIFIED RAM AIR TURBINEFOR ENTIRE AIRCRAFT OPERATION ®(PATENT pending) ”. The 3rd prize of Rs. 500/= was again shared by Shoby and KarunyaShobha, 2nd year EEE, for the presentation on“ZIGBEE” and Suganya, 2nd year, IT dept.
These events were organized with thesupport of the branch counselor, Mr.Sellakumar.
Detailed Report at: http://goo.gl/UXtx9
Report by: Apoorva P Naidu
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ITPED-11: National Conference on Innovative Techniques in PowerEngineering and Drives at Velammal Engineering College
The Fourth National Conference onInnovative Techniques in Power Engineering andDrives ITPED ’11 was organized by theDepartment of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineering, Velammal Engineering College on24th and 25th March 2011 in association withIEEE Madras. Dr. Sheilaa Haran, HOD/EEEwelcomed the gathering and introduced the ChiefGuest Mr. R. Chellappan, Managing Director,Numeric Power Systems who inaugurated the
conference and also released the ConferenceProceedings. Dr. K. Thirunavukkarasu,Principal, Velammal Engineering College,presided over the inaugural function and
delivered the presidential address. Dr. P.
Chidambaram Professor, EEE, VEC highlighted
about the conference.
The conference stressed the popularity
and developments on Power Electronics and
Drives, Power Systems. In the conf. 70 paperswere presented in four parallel sessions in theareas of Power Electronics and Drives, PowerSystems, VLSI and Embedded Systems.
Dr. Christober Asir Rajan, Prof, EEE,PEC delivered a keynote lecture on “Smart GridTechnology” and chaired the Session I on PowerSystems. Er. S. Madivaanan Deputy Director,CVRDE delivered a keynote lecture on “SmartGrid City” in the Session II.
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