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Volume : 7 Issue : 10 October 2010 Price : Rs. 3.00

Chairman’s MessageDr. T. Thyagarajan

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From The Editor’s DeskH.R. Mohan

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Editorial TeamMr. H.R. Mohan, Dr. T. Thyagarajan, Dr. S. Salivahanan,

Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, Mr. T.S. Rangarajan, Mrs. M. Ramalatha

Esteemed Members,

I am happy to inform that a no. of newstudent branches are formed in the past 6 to 7months and the count has reached 152. Some ofthe dormant branches were also invigorated andall most all the branch counselors are activelyinvolved in carrying out various professionalactivities for the benefit of the student members.Our Executive committee members are also

making all-out efforts to participate in the activities in the form of gracingthe occasion as chief guest or as key note speaker or motivator or invitedspeaker for one of the sessions etc., When we see the statistics, majorityof the student members are from final year or pre-final year. As one ofthe first –of-its kind initiatives, the executive committee of IEEEMadras Section approved the financial assistance of Rs1,50,000/-for the final year student projects @ Rs15,000/- per project (LINKVol.7(7), July 2010). We had received 31 projects proposals for financialassistance. About 60 IEEE members helped in evaluating the projectsand recommended 10 projects based on originality, industrial/socialrelevance, practical viability etc., The list of selected projects is madeavailable on the web and the teams are informed individually. The 50%financial assistance will be sent by cheque drawn in the name ofcorresponding IEEE student branch bank account and rest of the paymentwill be made after receiving the completed project report. I take thisopportunity to congratulate the winners and wish them all the best forsuccessful completion of their IEEE funded project.

It is the time, the final year students will be planning fortheir future career — whether it is higher studies (M.S, M. E/M.Tech or M. B.A), or Core Job /IT Job Employment orEntrepreneurship. If you want to pursue MS abroad, you may haveto take up TOEFL and GRE. You have to look into updated formatsand procedures (www.toefl.org. www.gre.org) as they change time totime. Some of the other related works include:

Reco letters: The reco letters can be prepared by giving thedetails of the following aspects: Academic performance, Analyticalability, Research potential, Technical strength, Personal traits (hardwork, sincerity, getting along with team members, emotionalstability, leadership quality), Seminar/conference/pre-conf tutorialparticipation/presentation, Mini projects/ major project and co-curricular & extra-curricular activities (NSS/ NSO/YRC etc). Thereco letters can be obtained from HOI/HOD/Professors/Projectguides/Maths-Eng professors/Faculty advisors.

Dear Friends,

Our Chairman, typical of his style as ateacher, in his message has provided valuable tipson how to go about applying for higher studies. Iam sure our student members will get benefited byvisiting the sites listed in the message.

As mentioned in the chairman’s message, theselection for the financial assistance for the student

projects is over and the selected teams are being informed individuallyby our Section Office. The list of selected project is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/ieeemas-projects/selected-projects.pdf

It is heartening to note about the increased level of activities at ourstudent branches. We are flooded with reports on the activities. Due tospace constraints, we are unable to publish all of them in the currentissue of LINK. Further, we are compelled to skip our regular Info Contestcolumn in this issue. This issue of LINK reports a record no. of 27activities (last month 20) held at various student branches in our Section.

The activities reported in this issue of LINK include: IEEE COMSOCactivity and a workshop on “Missiles & Virtual Instrumentation” at M.Kumarsamy College of Engineering, Inauguration of student branches atSathyabama Univ., Thiagarajar College of Engineering and SKP EngineeringCollege, Inauguration of IEEE CS branch at MGR Univ., Inauguration ofWIE activities, Launch of student branch website and Intracollegiateevent at Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, IEEE COMSOC TechnicalLecture Series I & II held at Chennai, Guest Lecture & TechnicalSymposium held at K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Inaugurationof student branch activities at PSR Engineering College, MembershipDrive event at Meenakshi College of Engineering, Engineer’s DayCelebrations at Sakthi Engineering College, St. Xavier’s Catholic Collegeof Engineering and Sri Venkateshwara Engineering College, Inaugurationof WIE Affinity Group and the event on Membership Drive at Dr NGPInst. of Technology, Guest Lecture on “Stress on women in the corporateworld” at Kongu Engineering College, Seminar on “MainframeTechnology” & “Advancing the Profession of Engineers” organized atAVIT, Inauguration of IEEE PES chapter at VIT University, IEEE PESGuest Lecture on “Renewable Energy Sources” at AVIT, Social Activityon “Knowledge About Rights” at Arunai Engineering College and the15th Faculty Development Programme of the Section on “High Voltage inPower System and Power Quality” held at Jeppiaar Engineering College.

An interesting short article by Prof. Dr. Thiruvengadam on conservationof energy, which will help us in a long way, is featured in this issue.

We draw the attention of members to the announcements relating tovolunteer positions in IEEE PES, IEEE CS, National Conf. on Innovationsin Emerging Technologies being held at Kongu Engineering College and ahost of major conferences being planned during the forthcoming months.

LINK congratulates our senior member Dr. S. Arumuga Perumalfor receiving the Best Teacher Award from the Tamil Nadu State Councilfor Higher Education and the IETE – Brig M.L. Anand Award for hiscontributions in image processing and biometrics applications.

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IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 7 Issue : 10 October 2010

Statement of purpose can be preparedby furnishing the details of why and whatyou want to study in MS. Justify yourchosen specialization with yourscholastic achievements.

Selection of universities can be basedon your area of interest, fee affordability,reputation of the university, fundingavailability, TA/RA opportunities,response from professors, climateconditions and availability of seniors/friends/relatives etc.,

Application check list (Check theenclosures such as attested copies ofuniversity grade sheets, copies of GRE/TOEFL score sheets, reco letters,statement of purpose, documents

relevant to financial position, abstract ofproject report, rank certificate, resume,certificates showing other scholasticachievements etc.,)

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I shall share some of my thoughts abouthigher studies pertaining to MBA and ME/M.Tech in my next month message.

Affectionate office bearerDr. T.Thyagarajan

Chairman’s Message continued....

IEEE Communications Society Activities atM. Kumarasamy College of Engineering

A guest lecture on ‘Career Growth inEmbedded Systems’ was conducted by the IEEECommunications Society, in association with

the ‘EMINENCE Association’, Department ofECE of M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering,Karur for the IEEE members of the esteemedinstitution on 21st Jul 2010.

Shashi Kiran. K, Technical Lead, EproTechnologies (I) Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore conductedthe session interactively and explained well fromthe alphabets of embedded system to its recenttrends. Many real-time applications wereexplained on the basis of embedded system soas to make the students think innovatively onday-to-day applications. This guest lecture wasmainly helpful for the final year students

preferring to do their projects in the field ofembedded system.

With this, an inter-departmental quiz,‘The SIXTH SENSE’ was also conducted in agrand manner. The quiz prelims were held atone fine evening and the grand finale of SIXTHSENSE was conducted informatively on 27th,July 2010. Students participated actively andwere very eager not only to answer the questionsbut also to keep them stuffed and updated.

Thus the month of July had two ofactivities by the student branch chapter andproved its active participation within a within avery short period of inaugural.

Report by: Parthiban. S, Chair- IEEECOMSOC, [email protected]

Section Membership as on15th October 2010

Life Fellow - 2

Fellow - 1

Life Senior - 7

Senior Member - 78

Life Member - 4

Member - 1902

Associate - 118

Affliate - 38

Graduate Student Member - 1119

Student Member - 6139

Total - 9,408

Inauguration of IEEE Student Branch at Sathyabama University

The function held on 20th Aug 2010 gavea new start to the IEEE student Branch atSathyabama University. The programme beganwith the invocation. IEEE student Branchcounselor Dr. Suryakala delivered the welcomeaddress. The chief guest for the function wasDr. T. Tyagaragan, Chairman, IEEE MadrasSection, and the special invitees were Dr. P.

Suresh Chandrapaul, Member, IEEE MadrasSection and Mr. V.V. Chandrashekharan,Treasurer, IEEE Madras Section.

The welcome speech was followed bythe presidential address by our honorableChancellor Dr. Jeppiaar, in the presence ofUniversity Directors Thiru. Marie Johnson and

Tmt. Mariazeena Johnson. Dr. Thyagarajan inhis address appreciated the University forenrolling nearly 720 student members andinspired the Students’ Branch to maintain thesame spirit in future. He wished all success forthe international conferences (in association withIEEE Madras Section) coming up in the monthof Nov-Dec 2010. Dr. Suresh Chandra Pal andMr. Chandrashekaran in their addresses,congratulated the University for revitalizing theIEEE chapter and wished success for all itsfuture endeavors. On this occasion, CampusBlog, a monthly newsletter of the Universitywas also released. Chairman of IEEE StudentBranch, Mr. Rahul Sahay proposed vote ofthanks. The program ended with the national anthem.

Report by Dr. C.D. Suriyakala, IEEEStudent Branch Counselor

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IEEE-CS student branch inauguration at Dr. MGR University

IEEE Computer Society student branchat Dr MGR Educational and Research Institutewas inaugurated on 31st Aug 2010.

Mr. Pradeep Chakraborty, AssociatePrincipal Consultant, Infosys LeadershipInstitute, Chennai delivered the inauguraladdress.

Mr. H. R. Mohan, Chairman IEEE CSChennai Chapter and Associate Vice President(Systems), The Hindu presided over theinaugural function and delivered the presidentialaddress.

Mr. A.C.S. Arun Kumar, Vice President,Dr. M.G.R. University released “CS Times”

magazine and the first copy was received byMr. Pradeep Chakraborty.

Dr. Dinakaran, Registrar, Dr. G. C.Kothandam, ExecutiveDirector, Dr. PalamivelAdditional Registrar, Dr. S. P. Rajagopalan,Prof Emeritus), and Dr. V. Cyril Raj, HODCSE were the other dignitaries, whoparticipated and felicitated the chapterinauguration.

All the IEEE members and additional 100students who have expressed their interestto become an IEEE member attended theinaugural function. After the formalinauguration, an interesting guest lecture byMr. Arockiaraj Irudayasamy, ConsultingManager-ERP, Cognizant Technology Solutionswas organized.

Launch of IEEE StudentBranch Website ofSri RamakrishnaEngineering College

The IEEE Student Branch Website waslaunched during “PHOTON’10”, the day ofintracollegiate events held on 13th Aug 2010, atSri Ramakrishna Engineering College. Thewebsite was launched by the Principal and theIEEE branch counselor Dr. R. Radhakrishnan.

Dr. R. Radhakrishnan congratulated theIEEE student branch council for designing andlaunching the website. Nair Siddharth, a studentof final Bio Medical Engineering, gave apresentation on the contents of the website.The website can be accessed from the collegewebsite at www.srec.ac.in

Report by: R.Shanmugasundram, IEEEFaculty Coordinator & Asst. Professor

Inauguration of WIE activities at Sri RamakrishnaEngineering College

The inauguration of the activities of theIEEE-WIE affinity group of Sri RamakrishnaEngineering College was organized on 8th Sep2010. The function began with a prayer song.Mr. S. Vinoth Kumar, Chairperson of WIEaffinity group welcomed the gathering.

Dr. V. Ebenezer Jeyakumar, Director(Academics) delivered the presidential address.He stressed that women engineers are asimportant as men and need of improving theenvironment for women to shine as engineers.

Prof. M. Senthamilselvi, faculty coordinatorof WIE introduced the elected office bearers forthe year. The proposed plan of activities forWIE was presented by Ms. N. Subha lakshmi,activity co-coordinator of WIE affinity group.

The honorable chief guest Dr. V. LakshmiPrabha, HOD of Information Technology andComputer Science in Government College ofTechnology, Coimbatore gave an inspiring talk

about the role of women in Engineering. Shehighlighted the challenges a women Engineerfaces in the society. She stressed the need for asocietal mindset change towards workingwomen engineers. She appreciated the studentbranch members for their active participationand enthusiasm.

Dr. A. Ebenezer Jeyakumar presented amemento to the chief guest Dr. V. LakshmiPrabha, as a token of gratitude.

Finally the vote of thanks was proposedby Mr. K. Devaraj, Secertary. The functioncame to an end with the national anthem. Theprogramme on 8th Sep was very useful and thestudents and faculty thanked Dr. V. LakshmiPrabha for her valuable inputs. On the whole,the inaugural function of WIE in Sri RamakrishnaEngineering College was immensely beneficialto the students.

Report by: Prof. M. Senthamilselvi, Facultycoordinator (WIE)

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Intracollegiate Event “PHOTON’ 10” at Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College

A one day session of intracollegiateevents “PHOTON’10” was held in SriRamakrishna Engineering College on 13th Aug2010. IEEE faculty coordinator Mr. R. ShanmugaSundaram welcomed the gathering. The Principal

and IEEE branch counselor, Dr. R. Radhakrishnanwas the chief guest of the function. He deliveredhis address by highlighting the importance andsalient features of IEEE and the benefits forengineering student community to increase theirknowledge and networking with the globalengineering community. He also highlighted theimportance of joining IEEE and participation inthe activities. Later he launched the IEEE studentbranch website of the college and congratulatedthe team, who created the website. Dr. M.Rangasamy, HOD of Electronics andInstrumentation felicitated the gathering. Hesuggested measures to encourage more studentsto join IEEE.

The events started with the competitionfor the “Best Animation” on the topic of‘Benefits of IEEE’. It was followed by“Technocarve” which tested the technicalwriting skills of students. Later the day the“Paper Presentation” competition was held.Next event was the “IEEE Skill Test” whichtested the overall ability of the students. Atlast, the “Techno Quiz” was conducted, wherethe students put on their thinking caps. Overall“PHOTON’10” was a useful event for thestudent community of the college.

Report by: R.Shanmugasundram, IEEEFaculty Coordinator & Asst. Professor

Technical Lecture Series - I by IEEE COMSOC Madras Chapter

IEEE Communications Society MadrasChapter organized a series of three lectures onAugust 28, 2010 from 10 am to 1 pm. Dr N R

Alamelu, Chairperson, IEEE CommunicationsSociety Madras Chapter welcomed thegathering. She spoke about the Lecture Seriesbeing organized by the IEEE COMSOC MadrasChapter for the benefit of the StudentCommunity. She also informed the gatheringabout the future plan of IEEE COMSOCMadras Chapter, including the next lectureseries on September 18 and One day Seminaron Emerging trends in Communication Systemsand Technologies to be held soon. Mr PSubramanian, Secretary, IEEE COMSOCMadras Chapter introduced the Speakers.

Dr Thulasi Bai, Dean & Professor, SriramEngineering College, Chennai spoke on the topic“Bio Telematics”. Shri SrinivasanRamachandran, Director (Engg), O/o CE (SZ),AIR & DD Chennai spoke on the topic “RFTransmission – Biological Effects”. Shri RajeshRamanujam, Practice Manager, Ford ITSolutions, Chennai spoke on the topic “GeneralDiscussions to be an IT Professional”. Themeeting was well attended by about 70 studentsfrom various Engineering Colleges. ParticipationCertificates were distributed to all theparticipants.

Guest Lecture at K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology

The IEEE student branch ofK.S.Rangasamy College of Technology,

Tiruchengode organized a guest lecture on“CDMA Technology” on 22nd Sep 2010. Theday began with the ceremonial tribute to theAlmighty. Mr. S. Saravanan, IEEE Coordinator/AP, ECE, KSRCT welcomed the gathering.

Mr. B. Boopathi IEEE Graduate StudentMember introduced the Chief Guest, Mr. P.Dananjayan, Professor, Department of ECE,Pondicherry Engineering College. Prof.Dananjayan, in his talk, explained about theCDMA Technology and its current applications.

The lecture was attended by facultymembers, PG students and the talk was highlyinteractive and thought provoking. Thequestions by the participants were clarified asthe talk progressed. The function came to aformal closure with Mr. P. Kumar, CWINCoordinator, thanking everyone who made theevent a grand success.

Report by: Mr.S.Saravanan,AP/ECE,[email protected]

Inauguration of IEEE student branch activities at P.S.R Engineering CollegeThe inauguration of IEEE student branch

activities at P.S.R Engineering College, Sivakasiwas organised on 22nd Aug, 2010. Prof., S. UmaMaheswari and Prof., R. Meena Prakash wereinvited as guests.

The program has started by the Prayersong by our students then the welcome addressgiven by the IEEE student branch secretary Mr.M. Shenbagaraj. The Inaugural address was

delivered by Prof., S. Uma Maheswari, afterthat the convener address was delivered by Ms.

S. Thayammal and finally the vote of thanksby Mr. Eswara Moorthy, joint secretary.

The programme was convened byMs..S.Thayammal and Mrs .S. Gomathikalyaniand coordinated by K. Vignesh, R. Ramesh andA.Venkatesh.

Report by: K. Vignesh

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Technical Lecture Series – II by IEEE COMSOC Madras Chapter

IEEE Communications Society MadrasChapter after the successful organization ofTechnical Lecture Series - I on 28th Aug 2010

organized the second series of lectures on 18th

Sep 2010. Dr T Rama Rao, Professor & Head,Department of Telecommunication Engineering,SRM University spoke on millimeter wavecommunications. Shri K Krishnamoorthy,Director, CVRDE, Chennai spoke on theevolution of wireless communication. Mr JGanesh Amarnath, Founder of Matchpoint,Chennai spoke on interview skills, resumepreparation and career management.

The meeting was well attended by about120 students from various colleges. Earlier

Dr N.R. Alamelu, Chairperson, IEEECommunications Society welcomed thegathering. She also extended a formal invitationto the one day seminar to be conducted on 9th

Oct 2010. The Lecture series and the seminaras part of the funding IEEE COMSOC MadrasChapter received from IEEE CommunicationsSociety Headquarters. Mr P Subramanian,Secretary, IEEE COMSOC Madras Chapterintroduced the speakers and delivered the voteof thanks. The meeting ended with certificatedistribution followed by Lunch.

Engineers’ Day at Sakthi Engineering College

On Sep 15th 2010, the students of SakthiEngineering College and the members of ISTEStudents Chapter 2010-2011 celebrated the 44th

Engineers’ Day. Prof C. Uthaya Kumar,principal and the faculty advisor, Mr Chezhianparticipated in the programme.

Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal (Executive ViceChairman IEEE India Council & Chairman,Student Activities, IEEE Madras Section) and

Mr D. K. Jagdish (Senior Manager in ProductEngineering, Rane Engine Valve Ltd.Chennai)were the Guest of Honors.

In his inaugural address, Dr. Pal spoke onthe various accomplishments of Bharat RatnaSir M. Visvesvaraya, who was the” EngineeringWizard of India”, who had obsession forperfection and excellence and his mantra was“Industrialise or Perish”. Dr. Pal ignited minds

of the student participants by sharing theimportance & benefits of IEEE and also advisedthem to start IEEE Student Branch, in thecollege. The principal assured that a studentbranch will be started soon. There was excellentresponse from the students to join IEEE in largenumbers. After this, an interesting presentationon Automobile Engineering and EngineTechnologies was made by Mr. D. K. Jagdish.

Inaugural Function and Membership Drive at Meenakshi College of Engineering

The IEEE student branch of MeenakshiCollege of Engineering organized the inauguralfunction and a “Membership Drive” or thefreshers on 20th Sep 2010.The inaugurationwas presided over by the college Principal andthe HOD’s of various departments participatedin the programme. The committee members were

awarded with their badges and the “IEEE MCEStudents Branch” was started successfully. Thechief guest and the speakers for the event wereMr. Felix Fedalis, Mr. Hari Krishnan, Mr.Karthik and Mr. Uma Shankar, who were Goldmembers in IEEE. All four of them were mosteffective in actuating the minds of the first years.

Mr. Felix Fedalis explained the benefitsassociated with IEEE membership. Heemphasized that networking with otherprofessionals and working united for humanitywere the main advantages and the goal of theIEEE membership. All the four speakers keptthe gathering more interactive by giving themfun activities and presenting motivationalvideos. Students displayed immense

enthusiasm and interest. They were briefed onthe e-membership and the Spectrum Magazineswhich is of immense use and importance for thedevelopment of future engineers.

It was an astonishing and astoundingsession in which students came to know about thevarious aspects of IEEE as a mentor to theirengineering dreams. In this endeavor, we wouldlike to thank our college principalMr.G.Gunasekaran and our branch counselorMr.Bala Subramanian Ravindra Kumar forarranging this program and we would also liketo thank our speakers for making the program agrand success.

Report by: J.Venkatesh,[email protected]

IEEE Computer SocietyVolunteers Positions

Members willing to opt to be volunteersfor positions in

IEEE Computer Society are requestedto send details: Name, Member No.,

& Statement of Intendto [email protected] by

15th Nov 2010.Pl. write in Subject Line“IEEE CS Volunteers”

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Inauguration of IEEE-WIE at Dr. N. G. P. Institute of Technology

Women in Engineering (WIE) AffinityGroup was inaugurated at Dr.N.G.P.Institute ofTechnology, Coimbatore-48 on 24th Sept. 2010.Prof. Ramalatha Marimuthu, Chair, WIE R10Committee adorned the function as chief guest.

The IEEE –WIE affinity group wasformally inaugurated by obeisance to the

almighty and lightening the ‘kuthuvilaku’. Thechief guest, Prof. Ramalatha Marimuthureleased the logo of IEEE -WIE. Dr. S.Dhandapani, Principal of Dr. NGPIT welcomedthe gathering. Presidential address was givenby Dr. Thavamani D Palaniswami, Secretary,Dr. NGPIT. In her address she emphasized thesignificance of women in the social andeducational environment. Ms. V. Priyadharshini,Coordinator, WIE spoke about Mission &Vision of WIE and the importance for womendevelopment. The chief guest highlighted thebenefits & activities of WIE. She also addedthat WIE plays a vital role in fortifying thewomen community.

Dr. K. Porkumaran,Vice Principal/BranchCounselor of Dr. NGPIT IEEE SB deliveredthe vote of thanks. The IEEE & IEEE-WIE

coordinators Mr. S. Prabakar Senior Lecturer/EEE, Ms. V. Priya Darshini Lecturer/ECE, Mrs.P. Pradeepa, Senior Lecturer/EEE, Mr. T. SenthilRaja Lecturer/EEE, Mr. R. Karthik Lecturer/ECE, Professors and about three hundredparticipants including faculty members, branchcounselors, IEEE WIE members attended.

Office Bearers for the Year 2010

Counselor - Dr. K. PorkumaranCoordinators - Ms. V. Priya Darshini

- Mrs. P. PradeepaChairman - Ms. M. AishwaryaVice Chairman - Ms. Hanah Ayisha_Hyder

Ali Secretary - Ms. D. UshaTreasurer - Ms. J. Hebzibabeula

Guest Lecture on “Stress on Women in the Corporate World”

The WIE affinity group of IEEE StudentBranch of Kongu Engineering College organizeda guest lecture on 20th Sep 2010 on the topic“Stress on Women in the Corporate World” byMs. S.Ruby Alice, Chief Trainer, R Academy,Chennai. The session started with ceremonial

tribute to the almighty. The IEEE student’sbranch coordinator, Prof. K.Narayananwelcomed the chief guest and the studentspresent. It was followed by the introduction tothe chief guest.

Ms. Ruby Alice enlightened the studentsabout the role of women in society and the stressfaced by them. The lecture began by throwinglight on the status of women in earlier days. Sheacted not only as home makers but alsocontributed to the family’s income. Graduallythe focus was drawn towards the new agewomen who have to face challenging jobs. Shethen pointed out the stress factors like high

demand for performance, job insecurity, andwork. She explained the various hectic workplace cultures which include adjusting to newcompany, hierarchy, workspace, behavioralpatterns of coworkers. She ended her talkexplaining the mantras to survive in stressfulcorporate life. The guest lecture was thoughtprovoking and it received excellent feedbackfrom the students.

To express the gratitude, Prof. K.Narayanan presented a memento to the chiefguest. The vote of thanks was proposed onbehalf of student volunteers and the event cameto an end by extending gratitude to themotherland through national anthem.

Seminar on “Growth and Opportunities of Mainframe Technology” at AVIT

IEEE Computer Society Branch Chapter-AVIT, Association of Information TechnologyEngineers and the Dept of InformationTechnology, Aarupadai Veedu Institute ofTechnology organized a one day seminar on“Growth and Opportunities of MainframeTechnology” by Maples ESM Technologies PvtLtd, Chennai on 16th Sep 2010.

The resources persons for thisprogramme were from Maples ESM

Technologies Pvt Ltd. Mr. K. Gopinath,Associate Vice President (Education Services)briefed about Maples ESM Technologies. Mr.Velmurugan, Manager (Mainframe Operations)focused on the features of mainframe and IBMservers. Mr. M. Rajendran, Asst Manager(Business Development) discussed the currenttrends in IT and Mr. G.S. Naveen Kumar,Executive (Business Development) highlightedon the employment & careers in mainframetechnology.

Dr. (Mrs.) N.R. Alamelu Principal, AVIT,gave away the presidential address. Dr. A.Anthony Irudhayaraj Dean (IT) AVITwelcomed the gathering and briefed on theemployment opportunities in mainframetechnology.

Faculty members and students from the

Department of Information Technologyparticipated in this programme and benefited.Mr. C. Karthikeyan Head of The Department(Information Technology) delivered the vote ofthanks.

IEEE PES & TMCVolunteers Positions

Members willing to opt to bevolunteers for positions in

IEEE PES & IEEE TMC are requestedto send details: Name, Member No.,

& Societyto [email protected] before

15-11-2010

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Inauguration of IEEE Student Branch at Thiagarajar College of Engineering

The inaugural function of the IEEEStudent Branch at Thiagarajar College ofEngineering (TCE) at Madurai, was held on 17th

Sep 2010. All the student members and otherinterested students participated in the inauguralfunction.

The function was presided over by thePrincipal & Professor, Dr. V. Abhaikumar andthe Chief Guest was Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal,Chairman of the Student Activities Committee,IEEE Madras Section.

The Vice-Chairperson of the IEEEStudent Branch, Mr. Ganesh (IV year ECE)welcomed the gathering. This was followed bylighting of the Kuthu Vilakku by the ChiefGuest, Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, the Principal,Dr. V. Abhaikumar, the Branch Counselor,Mrs.Kalyani(lecturer, ECE dept), the HOD ofECE dept, Dr. Mrs. Raju, the Chairperson ofthe IEEE Student Branch, Mr. Rajkumar (IVyear ECE) and Mr. Ganesh.

Dr. V. Abhaikumar, in his presidential

address, mentioned that the IEEE StudentBranch was started many years ago and activityhad slowed down, after some years, due to somereasons, but he was very happy that it is revivednow, with the ECE students, taking a lot ofinterest. He assured the support of themanagement and wanted all the students toactively participate in all the activities and winmeritorious awards and distinctions.

Mr.Rajkumar, S.B. Chair, presented theactivity plan for the forthcoming year.Mr.Harish (IIIyear, ECE), S.B. Treasurerintroduced the chief guest. Dr. P. Suresh ChanderPal, spoke on IEEE awareness and variousbenefits. He also gave useful tips of how onecan handle real-time situations like attendingthe interviews, acquire leadership, communication,project management skills etc., He conductedself-evaluation exercise and motivated studentsto develop their strengths with the help of IEEE,to excel in studies, update their technicalknowledge and get fully equipped to face thechallenges of life. He explained about SPAC &

SPAVe and wanted students’ involvement andparticipation. He told the students how IEEEwould help them in moulding their personalityinto qualified and competent engineers. Hestressed the role of women in society andwanted all the girl students to join the IEEEWomen-in Engineering Affinity Group. Afterhis thoughtprovoking speech, which lasted foralmost an hour, the session was concluded bythe vote of thanks proposed by Mr. VignessKumar (III year, ECE). S.B Secretary.

After the official inauguration was over,all the IEEE student members had anothersession with Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, fordiscussions and formation of various committeesfor program, publicity, newsletter, website,membership Women in Engineering etc. Thedate for launching was also fixed. He encouragedstudent members to participate in various PaperContests, Website Contests etc., and throughtheir continuous engagement, offer technologicalinnovations and qualify for awards and rewardsfrom IEEE. There was a very useful interactionwith the students, at this session.Office bearers:Ms. Kalyani, Student Branch CounselorMr. R.K.M.Rajkumar, ChairpersonMr. S.S.Ganesh, Vice-chairpersonMr. R.S.Vigness Kumar, SecretaryMr. K.C.Harish, TreasurerMs. A.Sakthi, Joint SecretaryMs. R.Shruti, Joint Treasurer

Knowledge About Rights - Arunai IEEE’s Social Activity

“Coming together is beginning. Stayingtogether is progress. Working together issuccess”

The members of IEEE student branch ofArunai Engineering College and WIE affinitygroup made a visit to the nearby village(Annamalaipuram) as part of the social activityon 25th Aug 2010, under the guidance ofMrs.Vijaya Ravichandran, branch counselor. Thecondition of the village is that the people are

unaware of most of the governmental facilitiesprovided to the rural residents. Mrs.VijayaRavichandran addressed the gathering andbriefed on the theme of the activity.

The IEEE members of Arunai EngineeringCollege, with the real thirst of service tomankind, formed themselves into teams andpresented a skit on “women’s basic rights”(right to property, right to refuse to go to thepolice station after 6 p.m. and before 6a.m.).

Mr. Amanullah, secretary welcomed theresource persons Mr. Kandha Swamy, JuniorInspector of Sericulture and Mr. SundaraMoorthy Inspector of Sericulture, TiruvannamalaiDistrict.

Mr. Kandha Swamy elaborated on thescope of the sericulture and its advantages overother small scale businesses. He inculcated tothe villagers about the procedures of installingsericulture and improving the production of

silk-moth under less expenditure and less waterconsumption.

Mr. Sundara Moorthy gave aninformative talk about the various bank loansthat are offered by the government. Hisembellished speech persuaded the villagers toincorporate the ideas of sericulture technique inthe near future.

Mr. Abdul Rahman 2nd year, EIEdepartment, gave an exuberant speech thatemphasized on the responsibilities and rightsof the citizen. He insisted on the importance ofchild education.

The guests were honored by Mrs.VijayaRavichandran with mementos. “All that begins wellends well”, on the whole this beneficial activityfilled the hearts of the people with new hope.

Report by: M. Valarmathi,[email protected] & M. Amala Suganya,

[email protected]

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IEEE Membership Campaign at Dr. NGPITDr.NGPIT IEEE Student Branch &

Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Grouporganized a membership orientationprogranmme on 24th Sep 2010.

The objective is to convey the significanceof IEEE & WIE Membership. Dr. K.Porkumaran, Vice Principal/Branch Counselor– DrNGPIT IEEE welcomed the gathering andhighlighted the benefits of IEEE Membership& WIE Group. Prof. Ramalatha Marimuthu,Chair, WIE Global Committee accentuated thesignificance of women community. She sharedvarious activities of WIE-R10 Region whichingrained a motivation for the branch to aim forthe Best WIE Branch Award.

Ms. Dharshana, Chair, IEEE Student

Branch, Ms. Shyamala Chair, WIE, Park Collegeof Engineering & Technology and members ofvarious institutions participated in theprogramme and they shared their views on WIE.They also suggested to organize variousactivities of such kind to the upliftment ofwomen education. Ms. Saranya Damodaran,CEO, Technocrat Solutions briefed the

achievements & contributions of variouswomen Engineers.

Besides the twenty seven members, tenfaculty & eighty three students registered inthe IEEE Society. Various committees viz.Website Launching, Newsletter, Guest Lecture,and Workshops etc were listed and assignedwith activities. Dr. NGPIT-IEEE has submittedtwo project proposals for this academic year.The coordinators shared their experiences andinteracted with the students. Over three hundredparticipants attended and gained knowledge onthe enrollment in a Professional body. Dr. K.Porkumaran, Vice Principal/Branch Counselor– Dr. NGPIT IEEE reminded the members tovote in the Annual IEEE Elections 2011 andthen delivered the vote of thanks.

Engineer’s Day Celebration at St. Xavier’s CatholicCollege of Engineering

The Engineer’s day in the memory of aneminent Indian engineer Er. M.Vishweswaraihwas celebrated by the IEEE Student branch atSt. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineeringon 15th Sep 2010.

Various competitions like paperpresentation, article presentation, wereannounced prior to the function, and theinterested names were collected.

The competitions were held in thepresence of IEEE co-coordinator, IEEEcounselor and our WIE faculty advisor.

The participants were judged by theIEEE SB Counselor Mr. John Moses and IEEESB Coordinator Mr. Darwin Jose Raju andprizes were given to the winners.

Miss. Teresa Mary George of III yearCSE won the first prize for paper presentation.Aarathy Jose of IV year ECE and AntonnyDemellow of III year EEE were selected for 2nd

and 3rd prizes respectively.

The SB chairman, R. Arshad of IV yearEEE gave a brief note on the importance andaim of the grand day of engineers.

The function, although short, reached itsutmost success and came to an end by 1.30 p.m.

Report by: Ms. Nithya, IEEE SB Secretary

LINK congratulates Dr. S. Arumuga Perumal,Sr Member of IEEE and Associate Professorand Head, Dept. of Computer Science, S.T.Hindu College, Nagercoil for having recd.Best Teacher Award for the year 2008-2009 from Tamil Nadu State Council forHigher Education for his teaching andresearch contributions. He has also beenawarded recently the IETE-Brig M.L.AnandAward (2010) in recognition of distinguishedcontributions in the field of image processingand biometrics applications

Seminar on “Advancing the Profession of Engineers” AT AVIT

IEEE Computer Society Branch Chapter– AVIT, Association of Information TechnologyEngineers and the Dept of Information

Technology, Aarupadai Veedu Institute ofTechnology organized a one day seminar on“Advancing the Profession of Engineers” on15th Sep 2010 as a part of Engineers DayCelebrations.

Mr. Srivatsan, Head, Purna CareerSolution (IEEE Registered Education Provider),Chennai and Mr. Balamurugan, Sr. Executive,Purna Career Solution (IEEE Register EducationProvider), Chennai addressed the participantscomprising of faculty members and students ofthe Dept. of Information Technology on theneed and scope of advancing in the engineering

profession and the importance of certificationprogrammes.

At the inaugural session, Dr. (Mrs.) N.R.Alamelu Principal, AVIT, gave away thepresidential Address. Dr. A.AnthonyIrudhayaraj Dean (IT) Aarupadai VeeduInstitute of Technology welcomed the gatheringand briefed the importance of professionalcertifications for advancing in the professionalcareers. Mr. C. Karthikeyan Head of TheDepartment (Information Technology) deliveredthe Vote of Thanks.

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IEEE PES Guest Lecture on “Renewable Energy Sources – An Overview” at AVITA Guest Lecture on “Renewable Energy

Sources – An Overview” was conducted underthe auspices of the IEEE PES by Departmentof EEE on 9th Sep 2010 at Aarupadai VeeduInstitute of Technology, Paiyanoor.

Mr. R.S. Rajasekar, Final Year EEE,welcomed the gathering. Mr. Vaibhav Vishal,Final Year EEE, introduced the Guest Speaker.Dr. N. Veerappan, HOD/EEE & EIE, gave abrief introduction on the various renewableenergy sources and the need for changing overfrom the conventional energy sources from fossilfuels to renewable energy sources. Prof. KrishnaSasthry, HOD/Mechanical Engineeringdelivered the Presidential Address.

The Guest Speaker, Dr. S.R.Krishnamurthy, Former Member (Generation),

TNEB, made a presentation on the variousrenewable energy sources, their utilization invarious countries across the world, includingIndia. Mr. Tathagat Jha, Final year, deliveredthe vote of thanks.

Around 300 students and Facultymembers of EEE Department attended the GuestLecture.

Report by: Er. K.V.Rupchand, Chair/IEEE PES Madras Chapter

Inaugural Function of IEEE Student Branch at SKP Engineering College

The IEEE student branch of S.K.PEngineering College, Tiruvannamalai wasinaugurated on Tuesday 28th Sep 2010 by MajorV.V.Chandrasekaran, Treasurer IEEE MadrasSection. The Function commenced with aninvocation song. Chairman K. Karunanithi,presided over the function and Mr. R. KuppusamySecretary /Correspondent participated.

IEEE Student Branch Counselor Mrs. R.Sridevi, welcomed the gathering. Principal Dr.S. Balasubramaniyam introduced the chief guest.Director-Academic Dr. C. Kumar motivated thestudents by his brief introduction of IEEEstudent chapter. He stressed and encouragedthe students to join IEEE by describing theprimary objective of obtaining the preformed

knowledge with the help of IEEE studentbranch. Mr. V. K. Dinesh Prabu introduced theoffice bearers and congratulated them. Thestudent chairman Mr. Rajkumar took oath oncode of ethics of IEEE.

The chief guest Major V.V. Chandrasekarandelivered the inaugural address stressing theneed for the students to keep in peace tocompetitive world through cultivating thecommunication skills and leadership skills. Healso highlighted the benefits of being themembers of IEEE. Further he said that 30% ofautomobile spares consist of electronicequipments and hence in future these engineerswill have better job opportunity. The interactivesession with the students was lively.

At the end, Mr. Essaki Rajavelu proposedthe vote of thanks and the function came to anend with National Anthem.

Report by Dr.C.Kumar

The IEEE student branch of K. S.Rangasamy College of Technology,Tiruchengode organized an Inter collegetechnical symposium IPAAT-10 on 9 th Sep2010. The day began with the ceremonial tributeto the Almighty. Mr. S. Saravanan, IEEEcoordinator welcomed the gathering. Dr. K. B.Jayanthi, HOD/ECE addressed the gathering.Dr. K. Duraiswamy, Dean delivered thepresidential address.

Various events like paper presentation,quiz, movie making, product promotion and

Technical Symposium at K. S. Rangasamy College of Technologydebugging were conducted. Around 45 papersin different areas such as network security, VLSI,cloud computing, image processing, nano-technology, neural networks and powerelectronics were presented.

The function came to a formal closurewith Mr. P. Ponmurugan, IEEE graduate studentmember, thanking everyone who made the eventa grand success.

Report by: Mr. S. Saravanan, AP/ECE, [email protected]

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FDP on “High Voltage in Power System and Power Quality”

The IEEE Madras Section in associationwith the Dept. of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineering, Jeppiaar Engineering College,Chennai organized a Faculty DevelopmentProgramme (FDP) on the topic “High Voltagein Power System and Power Quality” on 3rd

and 4th Sep 2010. This was the 15th FDP in a seriesof programs aimed at improving the quality ofteaching in Engineering Colleges in Tamilnadu.

The programme was attended by 22faculty members of colleges and universitiesfrom all over Tamilnadu. The co-ordinators ofthe program were Dr. N. Kumarappan,Professor, Annamalai University and IEEE

Madras Section Educational Activity Chair,Excom Member and Dr. V. Rajendran, Professorand Head of EEE, Jeppiaar Engineering College,Chennai.

The programme was started with aninaugural function. Dr. M. A. Panneer Selvamformer Dean, CEG, Anna University deliveredthe inaugural address, Mr. N. Marie Wilson,Director, Jeppiaar Engineering College presideover the function in the presence of Dr. SushilLal Das, Principal, Jeppiaar Engineering College,Chennai.

The Resource Persons for the programwere Dr. N. Kumarappan, Annamalai University,Dr. M.A. Panneer Selvam, Anna University, Dr.C. Christober Asir Rajan, Pondicherry Engg. Collegeand Dr. V. Rajendran, Jeppiaar Engineering College.

The topics covered included: Causes ofover voltages, Generation of over voltage, Overvoltage in power system and its analysis,Effects of over voltage in power quality, Extrahigh voltage AC transmission system and HVDCtransmission system.

The participants were also given Demoon EMTP by Mr. Venkatesulu Racharala,Application Engineer, Lanika Solution Pvt. Ltd.,Bangaluru and CYME-Power engineeringsoftware and solution by Mr. Sampathkumarand Mr. G. Premkumar, Supporting Engineers,ImageGrafix Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.,Chennai. IEEE Madras Section thanks both thecompanies for their sponsorship.

The program ended with a valedictoryfunction. Dr. S. Salivahanan, immediate pastChairman IEEE Madras Section, Principal, SSNCollege of Engineering delivered the valedictoryaddress, Mr. N. Marie Wilson, Director,Jeppiaar Engineering College preside over thefunction in the presence of Dr. Sushil Lal Das,Principal, Jeppiaar Engineering College,Chennai.

The program received an excellentfeedback from all the participants. The FDPprovided a great opportunity to listen to theexperts and also to discuss various high voltageengineering issues.

Small SavingsDr. S. Thiruvengadam,

Dean & Professor (Retd.)NIT Kozhikode and SVCE, Chennai

An old adage says “Small drops maketha mighty ocean”. In tune with this, smallquantum of energy saved, will add up andcontribute to substantial savings of energy. Thisarticle aims to focus on saving of energy bytiny and small consumers. It may be surprisingto perceive that the simple acting of ‘switchingoff’ of ONE KW of power (when not needed)at the consumer end will be equivalent to savingor not generating more than 1.5 to 2 KW powerat the generation end. This is tantamount tojust removing that much of load off the system.It will become clear if the path of the currentthat contributes, to the delivery of this ONEKW of power to the consumer, is visualized.From the load end to the generating source, thereare at least four to five sections through whichthe current flows. They are HT transformers atsending end, transmission lines and then LTtransformers at the distribution end, followedby distributors. This flow of current causesveritable losses- resistive and magnetic. Theselosses may add up to about 0.6KW for deliveringa load of 1KW at consumer’s end depending onthe age and quality of equipments used.

Furthermore, by switching off this load, thesaved power /energy and corresponding fuel(when viewed from a global perspective), canbe used to generate power for power starved“someone else”. This will go a long way inarresting fast depletion of the limited rawsources of energy. This non- burnt fuel due tothis deferment of load of 1KW will also help toreduce global warming in the long run.

Hence “small savings” in energy is aconcept worth adopting. “Charity begins athome”- the proverb says. Similarly, ‘smallenergy savings’ should begin at home i.e. atdomestic or small consumer level. Some simplehouse keeping measures will help plug the leak-holes of energy. Aged equipments like motorsand pumps need replacement as the older theequipment, more will be the losses in frictionand similar ways. Electric motors should beoperated at rated voltage and as far as possibleat near full load to ensure maximum efficiency.For example, pumping of water can be deferredto the time of the day when voltage is normal.Another energy guzzler is the lighting load.Replacement of filament lamps by CFL will goa long way in saving considerable energy. TheROI in such cases is not too delayed.

Yet another sector where hidden scopefor energy saving exists is in the judicious useof electronic equipments like entertainment

gadgets and computers. One may thinkelectronic equipments consume less power(compared to motors, heaters and lightingequipments) and hence there is little scope tosave energy. This is not true. Normally usersneglect to switch off/ remove from power pointsthese electronic equipments like TV, CDplayers, Computers etc. They are left tohibernate in the so called waiting mode overeven 24 hours. All these equipments are fittedwith step-down transformers which consumepower in the form of magnetic losses. Theselosses though small in quantity will aggregateto large energy loss over hours. By the simpleact of switching off supply, this energy losscould be avoided. Even though very small, whileconsidered separately, the energy saved couldswell to large quantities because of the largenumber of TV, Video Players, Computers andsimilar equipments in wide use.

In conclusion the author wishes to exhortall the readers of this article to attemptimplementing the above suggestions at theirhouse level and thus derive the relevant benefitsand also spread this message of “SMALLSAVINGS”.

Acknowledgement: The author wishesto record his thanks to Ms T. Ramya for her

help in preparing this article

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NCOIET-11National Conference onInnovations in Emerging

Technology16 - 17 Feb 2011

Kongu Engineering College

CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION

The goal of NCOIET’11 is to bring togetherresearchers, academicians, students and otherignited minds to stage their ideas.

Papers are invited in the fields of Electrical,E l e c t r o n i c s , I n s t r u m e n t a t i o n ,Communication, Computation andInformation Technology covering thefollowing topics but limited to: Advancednetworks; Satellite , microwave & mobilecommunications; Embedded systems; Digitalsignal processing; Computationalintelligence; Data mining; Optimizationtechniques; Advanced computing; Humanarea network; Information system andsecurity; Ontology and semantic web; Opensource system; Neural network and fuzzylogic; PLC , DCS and SCADA; Powersystems and facts; Wireless technology;Advanced biomedical instrumentation;Virtual instrumentation; VLSI design;Advanced control system; and Industrialautomation and application

Important Dates: Full Paper Submission:10th Nov, 2010; Acceptance Notification:15th De, 2010; Submission of Camera ReadyPaper: 5th Jan, 2011; Deadline forRegistration: 15th Jan, 2011

Registration Fee: IEEE Student Members:Rs. 300/=; Non-IEEE Student Members: Rs.500/=; IEEE Staff Member: Rs. 500/=; Non-IEEE Staff Members: Rs. 700/=

Venue: The conference will be held at theKongu Engineering College campus on 16thand 17th of February, 2011. Accommodationfacility is available in the college if needed atadditional charges.

For details pl. visit the conf. website athttp://ieeekec.org/ncoiet11/ OR contactMs. V.R. Saraswathy, Senior Lecturer,Department of ECE, (The OrganisingSecretary, NCOIET’11), Kongu EngineeringCollege, Perundurai, Erode-638052.e-mail: [email protected] Telephone:04294-226642.

Inauguration of IEEE PES Student Chapter atVIT University

The IEEE PES Student Chapter at VITUniversity was inaugurated by Mr. K.V.Rupchand, Chair, IEEE PES Madras Chapteron 8th Sep 2010. He also released the IEEE PESVIT website which will be established soon inthe web pages of VIT University.

Dr. D.P. Kothari, Advisor to Chancellor,VIT University and Hon. Chancellor Dr. GViswanathan, enlightened the students about

the recent problems pertaining to power in India.

Mr. K.V.Rupchand, made a presentationon ‘Prospects and Perspective for Engineers’,giving an Overview of IEEE PES andvarious aspects of power projects. StudentChairman of IEEE PES, Prateek Jain assured tospread awareness about ‘Energy Conservation’.

Report by: Er. K.V.Rupchand, Chair/IEEE PES Madras Chapter

Engineers’ Day function at Sri VenkateswaraCollege of Engineering

The IEEE student branch of SriVenkateswara College of Engineering,Sriperumbudur, celebrated Engineers’ day on15th Sep 2010. Former Vice Chancellor ofBharathidasan University, Prof. P.S. ManiSundaram, presided over the function as thechief guest.

The event started with an invocationfollowed by a welcome address by Prof.E.G.Govindan, Vice Principal. The Chairmanof the IEEE – SVCE student branch, C. MathewCherian, briefed the gathering about SirVisvesvarayya and his achievements. After thisinformative briefing, Prof. M.J.S.Rangacharintroduced the chief guest, Prof. P.S. ManiSundaram to the gathering.

The chief guest, Prof P. S Mani Sundaramgave a thought provoking speech on the topic‘The need of a Paradigm Shift in Engineering

Education” which was followed by aninteraction with the staff and students of SVCEwith the Chief Guest.

The Vice Principal, Prof. E.G.Govindanpresented a memento to the chief guest,SP.Venkatachalam, Vice Chairman of IEEEStudent branch proposed the vote of thanks.

Report by: S.Ganesh Vaidyanathan,IEEE Student Branch Counselor

Forthcoming EventsNCMAN-2010: National Conference onMobile and Ad Hoc Networks, 29-30, Oct2010 at Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineeringand Technology, Pollachi. www.mcet.in/ncman2010

ICoAC 2010: 2nd International Conferenceon Advanced Computing, 14-16, Dec 2010at Anna University Chennai, MIT Campus,Chennai. www.annauniv.edu/icoac2010

ICSIP-2010: International Conferenceon Signal and Image Processing, 15 – 17,Dec 2010 at RMD College of Engineering,Chennai www.rmd.ac.in/icsip2010/

ICCF-16: 16th International Conferenceon Condensed Matter Nuclear Science,6-11, Feb 2011 at Chennai. http://www.iscmns.org/iccf16/

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Workshop on “Missiles & Virtual Instrumentation”at M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering

IEEE Communications Society of M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering organizeda National level one day Workshop on ‘Missiles& Virtual Instrumentation’ on 22nd Sep 2010.This event was sponsored by IEEE MadrasSection & IEEE Student Branch of MKCE.More than 180 participants including staffmembers from various colleges participated inthis workshop.

The conference hall was full with younginnovative minds from more than 25 colleges inand around Tamil Nadu. The workshop wasdivided into 2 sessions. Morning session wasdedicated for Missiles & Satellites and theafternoon session was on Virtual

Instrumentation based on LabVIEW coveredboth in theoretical & practical aspects.

The day started with an inaugural sessionwhich was done innovatively by the past vicechair of our MKCE IEEE student branch S.Gokul Raj of Final ECE & his team. The Diaswas glorified by our Principal Dr. D. Valavan,Vice-Principal/IEEE Mentor Dr. S. Chitra, MBADirector Dr. S. Kuppusamy, workshop Convenor/ IEEE Advisor and HoD/ECE Prof. V. Kavitha,IEEE Counselor and HoD/EEE & EIE Prof. K.Sundararaju. Major M. Suresh Kumar (Retd.)added a gem to this crown as the eminent chiefguest. Inauguration started with lightening the‘Kuthuvilaku’ followed by the felicitation addressof the dignitaries on the Dias. After this, thesession was handed over to the chief guest.

With his on track first hand experience,Major Suresh took the session interactively andmaintained the tempo till the end of session. Atthe end, participants came up with a no. ofquestions and ideas and the chief guest explainedthem easily though questions were fired at himas a shower. The later part of the session wasfocused on the topic ‘Satellites’ by Mr. M.Manoharan, Production Engineer, ITI Ltd,

Bangalore. He briefed about the technologies insatellites and its guidance mechanisms..

The afternoon session was fully on theVirtual Instrumentation based on LabVIEWsoftware. Mr. Cinil Abraham, ApplicationEngineer-NI, Trident Techlabs Pvt Ltd, Chennaipresided over the session and briefed about thebasics on LabVIEW platform and also conductedan hour of hands on training which was held inDSP lab. He helped the students in the livedemo and clarified their doubts. Meanwhile toenergize students, IQ event and Quiz wasconducted with attractive gifts.

During the valedictory, certificates weredistributed to the participants. The winners ofvarious events conducted by IEEE COMSOCin this academic year were awarded with prizesand certificates. The vote of thanks wasproposed by S. Parthiban, chair/ IEEECOMSOC. He thanked all the organizingcommittees and the student volunteersespecially the staff co-ordinators of COMSOCMs. S. Sathya, Lec/ECE and Mr. G.Shanmugavadivel, Lec/ECE. The first big eventconducted by IEEE COMSOC of MKCEbecame a great success and this turned out to bethe latest sensation in MKCE.

Report by: Parthiban. S, Chair- IEEECOMSOC, [email protected]

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