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K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering

Vidyavihar Mumbai 400 077

News etter

Vol. XI No. 1 Jan June 2012



DNL Mech Vol. XI, No. 1 Jan – June 2012 2

Somaiya Mech ……

Arion, The new race car by Orion 2012

Racing Ahead ……

Team Onix at SAE Aero Design West, California

……Soaring High




Head Speaks…..

I would like to express my sincere thanks to

the college authorities for their continuedsupport and I am delighted to place on record

that Academic year 2011-12 has been an

exciting year in the department. We tried our

best to upgrade and streamline the facilities in

the department, such as:

Purchase of CNC M/C in the department

Proposal for ME Energy Engg.

Research proposal in the area of

Alternative Fuels

Expansion and up-gradation of Dept. Labs.

Student & Faculty participation at national

and International level.

Department also contributed significantly in

academics, publications and administrative

activities. Our focus is on quality projects and

innovative activities. We have promoted the

Institute Industry Interaction and faculty

development through higher studies and

research work. Department also supported

students by creating opportunities for better

placement. We are also keen to explorethe possibilities to accelerate our research

program and prepare our staff to tackle new

challenges in the years ahead. Our biggest

challenge over the next few years will be to

create infrastructure and financial support for

our activities.

Students and especially mech. engineering

students are not only showing their individual

creativity but they are also successful in group

activities of the department. These activities

serve as incubators of new ideas and develop

confidence to play for win.

One thing I hope to accomplish in coming

years is to establish a dialog with our alumni.

Incremental improvement in this direction

and change of our mindset will definitely

bridge the gap between industry and institute.

They are in better position to tell us thepreparedness of our students for their

careers. We are also ready to work hand in

hand with our alumni to ensure the

performance of our students as an ultimate

winner.

I wish to place on record, the appreciation

and contribution of Management, Principal,

staff and students at all levels, without which

the progress achieved, would have been

unattainable. I look forward for strongsupport in development and progress of the

department.

With regards...

Prof. Ajay Gangrade

Head, Mechanical

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Arise ! O man. The bright dawn

heralds a new day. Its rosy lances have

opened the golden gates of the Sun.

And lit up the path of action. The

darkness of the night is over. We have

arrived where life is carried ever

forward on the path of progress.

Rig Veda - 1.113.16




Departmental ActivitiesAdvisory Board Meeting was held on 7

th

April 2012. The following Board Members

attended the meeting:

1. Dr. B. S. Bhatt (Chairman)

2. Dr. P. P. Parikh

3. Mr. N. B. Kulkarni

4. Mr. Khetawat Swadesh

5. Dr. P. S. Gandhi

Dr. A. G. Bhave has submitted proposal to

the University for ME Mechanical (Energy

Engineering).

Demonstration of CADM was arranged by

Prof. S. N. Bansode for ME (CAD/CAM)

students on 4th

February. The software

interfaces between CAD & CAM.

Departmental Meetings

Date: 21th

January 2012 at 4:00 pm

Agenda: Semester academic planning:

Points discussed:

Department Administration

Department committees

Lab Development

General Attendance Monitoring

Date: 19th

March 2012 at 03:30 pm

Agenda: Review of academic work-

Point discussed:

Review of Academic progress

Infrastructure and Maintenance of

Department

Housekeeping of Department

Mid semester test exams

New Appointments……Mr. Abhishek Bhadauriya joined as

Assistant Professor on 1st

Oct 2011.

Mr. S. Raja Narasimha joined as Assistant

Professor on 1/03/2012.

Mr. Vijay Shejwalkar and Mr. Mansoor

Khan joined as Lecturer on temporary basis

on 13th

and 23rd

Feb respectively.

Mr. Dinesh Chawde joined as Assistant


Mr. Sachin Chopde joined as Assistant


Parent Proctor MeetingParent Proctor Meeting of Mechanical

Engineering department was organized on

March 17, 2012. More than 100 parents

attended the meeting and took an active part

in the discussion with HOD and other faculty

members regarding various issues concerning

their wards.

The Departmental activities, quality

interaction between students, parents and

teachers, time management for academics &

extra-curricular activities were few salient

points of discussion. Prof. A. K. Gangrade

answered the queries of parents to the best of

their satisfaction. Chief Proctor Prof. PrashantJain presented the vote of thanks.

Faculty Development

Activities

Participation in Workshops/

Conferences

ICT Workshops by IIT-B at KJSCE

“Writing Effective Conference Paper”

Two Days ISTE workshop on “Writing

Effective Conference Paper” conducted by

IITB was organized at our college being a

Remote Center on February 18 & 19,

2012. Prof. Prashant Jain, Prof. V.V.

Bhosale, Prof V. G. Dhore, Prof. Palsodkar,

and Prof. Ramesh Lekurwale attended the

workshop.

“Introduction to Research Methodologies”

Two weeks workshop on “Introduction to

Research Methodologies”, was conducted

by IITB from June 25th, 2012 to July 4th,

2012 under the National Mission on

Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of

India). Our college was remote center for

the same. Prof. Prashant Jain, Prof. M. A.

Palsodkar, Prof.R.R. Lekurwale, Prof.

V.G.Dhore participated in the workshop

from our dept.




“Computational Fluid Dynamics”

This was conducted from 12 th June to

22nd

June 2012. Prof, Vijay Shinde, Prof.

Vilas Dhore, Prof. Shivangi Thakkar, Prof.

Rajesh Pansare and Prof. Chithra Menon

attended the workshop.

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Participation outside the collegeProf. V. S. Narwane and Lab Assistant

Avinash Gorde attended a one day

workshop on “MASTERCAM Milling and

Robot Programming” at Bharti Vidyapeeth

College of Engineering on 20th

January

2012,.

A guest lecture from Godrej and Boyce on

the topic “Design and innovation” was

organized by Prof. P. S. Yelpale and Prof.

A.K. Gangrade on 15

th

Februay 2012.Dr. A. G. Bhave gave expert lectures in

Biomass, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic

Energy in a training program organized by

MITCON Research & Consultancy for the

company Brio Energy, Vashi on 26 March

2012. He conducted practical training in

Renewable Energy for trainees of Brio

Energy (organized by MITCON) on 31

March 2012. Prof. Bhusnoor and Prof.

Bhandari were also involved.

Prof. Vijay Bhosale attended the STTP

course on FEM from 2/6/12 to 6/6/12 at

Bharti Vidyapith COE New Mumbai he has

also attended two days workshop at IIT-B

on “Effective Conference paper Writing”

during 18-19 February 2012 .

Dr. A. G. Bhave finalized the syllabus for

M.E. (Energy Engineering) jointly with Don

Bosco Engg. College and sent to Mumbai

University. He also made a proposal for ME

Mechanical (Energy Engineering) andforwarded to the university.

Dr. G. V. Shah has attended the sessions

organized by the Incubation Center on 15th

and 22nd

Feb. He has Visited INTERPAK,

packaging exhibition on the SAT. 25 Feb.

2012 at Bombay Exhibition Center.

Prof. Ramesh Lekurwale attended the

workshop on “Scientific /Research Paper

Writing” held on 08-10 June, 2012

at C.I.F.E., Mumbai Sponsored by National

Academy of Science India. He also

attended the Doctorial Consortium at VJTI

on 16-03-2012.

Paper Publication /

Presentation

SPICON 2012, SPCE, Andheri, Mumbai,

May 31 to June 2, 2012

Following members presented their papers in

the conference:

Prof. Abhishek Bhadauria and Prof. A. K.

Gangrade has presented paper on 2nd

June2012 on topic “Heat & Fluid Flow

Analysis In A Seven Segment Thermal

Plasma Torch”

Prof. R. B. Pansare, Prof. M. A. Palsodkar

and Prof. V. S. Narwane have presented a

paper on “Knowledge Based Engineering

(KBE) Approach in Centrifugal Pump

Design”.

Prof. Bhusnoor S.S. and Prof. B.M.Pradhan

have presented a paper on topic “Influence

of Diesel-Biodiesel Blends on Engine

Performance and Emissions”.

Prof. Ramola Sinha and Prof.A. K. Gangrade

have presented a paper on topic “Modeling

Condensing Heat Exchanger for Efficiency

Improvement of Thermal Power Plants”.

Prof. Shivangi Ruparel and Prof. Sangita

Bansode have presented a paper on topic

“Analysis Of Transient Thermal Stresses In

A Delayed Coke Drum”.

Prof. R. R. Lekurwale, Prof. D. N. Raut, Prof.

Milind M. Akarte published a paper on topic

“Decisions in manufacturing strategy for

competitive advantages: A review”, (2012),page(s) 260-267. He also participated in the




competition on Research paper Poster

presentation at VJTI on 29/03/2012.

Prof. Vijay Khaparde and Prof. Shivangi R.

International Research Conference Attended

at St. Francis College of Technology &

Management on 05/02/2012 and “Students

Attendance Management System”.

Prof. S.R. Bhandari gave keynote address on

environmental day conference and got

appointed as examiner for four M tech

projects of IITB.

Research ActivitiesFollowing are the Research projects

accomplished successfully by our faculty and

students:

Projects by Faculty

‘Design, fabrication, assembly and testing

of a laboratory scale steam gasification unit

to produce hydrogen rich gas from

biomass’ by Dr. A.G. Bhave.

‘Influence Of Diesel - Bio Diesel Blends On

Engine Performance And Emissions’ and

‘Design And Fabrication Of Heat Exchanger

For Exhaust Gas Heat Recovery for an I. C.Engine’ by Prof. S. S. Bhusnoor

Projects by Students

Title : Improvement of thermal

Stratification in Solar Water

Heater

Students : Sis. Mrunmayee Bhagwat

Sis. Pradyna Dhumal

Guide : Prof. A. G. Bhave

Title : Application of Hydrogen asFuel in C.I. Engine

Students : Bro. Pratik Panchal

Bro. Mihir Lakhani

Guide : Prof. S. S. Bhusnoor

Co-guide : Prof. A.K. Gangrade

Title : Optimization of Diesel-Bio-

Diesel Blends for Improved

Engine Performance And

Emissions

Students : Bro. Ivan Kasookar

Bro. Ashwinkumar PandeyGuide : Prof. S. S. Bhusnoor

Co-guide : Prof. B. M. Pradhan

Title : Design and Fabrication of

Balloon Wind Turbine

Students : Bro. Ketan Namjoshi

Bro. Hemant Panchal

Bro. Umesh PawarGuide : Dr. G. V. Shah

Power of BreathThe breath is a vitalizing, regenerating

force which you can utilize consciously

for self-development. By controlling the

act of breathing you can efficiently

control all the motions and nerve

currents running through the body. Youcan easily and quickly control and

develop the body, mind and soul. For our

body breath is like a flywheel of an

engine.

Skill in ActionSkill in action is karma yoga. It is a great

art. You have to take as much interest in

each act that you perform daily as an

artist takes in his paintings. The artist

puts the brush after keen deliberation,his entire being is focused on the

painting and he works self-forgetfully.

This should be your attitude. Take

interest in all that you do and at the

same time be detached from all your

actions.

Positive ThinkingAs you think, so you become. As are your

thought, so must be your life. The world

around you is only what you believe it to

be. The limit of your thought is the limitof your possibilities.




Student’s Academics

May - June 2011 Toppers

First Year

No. Name of Student % Marks

1 Archit kekin Dhanani V 85

2 Ankur Arun Deore M 83.87

3

Avisha Ashok Ghorpade V

Pranav Pravin Deogharkar

Karanbir Kulwant Singh G

81.37

Second Year


1 Doshi Parth D. D. 78.352 Sheth Sanchita S 78.00

3 Modi Shreyas M 77.88

Third Year


1Chari Sriram V C

Telang Disha S S

79.06

2 Rode Prashant D 76.47

3 Shah Nishit V 76.35

Final Year


1 Desai Pranav V C 79.62

2 Jayram S Desai 76.12

3 Navni Narendra Verma 72

ME CAD/CAM


1 Chitra Menon 74.9

2 Shilpa Bhambure 74.3

3 Smita Gangure 73.7

Impulse 2012Impulse is the Mech. Dept. Festival organized

by the councils SIGMA, MESA, SAE, ISHRAE

and REC. Various events (Seminars, Tech.

Paper presentation & B.E. Project Exhibition)

are held on this day and is open for

participation for all students. This year it washeld on 31st March 2012

Events of impulse 2012

ISHRE

Fuss ball

Playing football against each other on the

table with players attached to the rod. Score

more goals than your opponent to win the

game.

Winners: 1st

: Advait and aniruddh

2nd

: Ali

Coaster hunt

The ball slides down from the curve. With

proper hand eye co-ordination the player has

to hit the ball with the bat and score points

for the team.

Winners: 1st

: Niraj and Hiral

2nd

: Harsh Chande

Mock placements

A replica of actual placement condition was

made and students were given an opportunity

to get the idea about actual placements and

various aspects regarding the same. Chief

Guest and interviewer was Mr. Balakrishnan

Subbiah from L&T. Alumni Mr. Dhaval Shah(L&T) also was a guest.




Pseudo Force (Jt event with MESA)

Various breath taking events put under one

banner and teams had to compete with one

another in each event and at each level to

outsmart each other. Winner was Harsh Patel

and Jay Makhani.

SAE

IMPULSE was celebrated in grand style. SAE

Council held three techno-fun events to make

the celebrations worth remembering. The

events were:

NFS gaming

Speed thrills everyone! The NFS gaming eventorganized by our council ensured participation

from not only students but professors as well.

Snakes and Ladders RELOADED

The traditional snakes and ladders game was

modified by adding a dash of techno spice!

The participants had to answer engineering

related questions instead of rolling the dice.

The regular pawn was replaced by a RC car.

The arena was eye-catching and gathered

appreciation from all.

Laser Teaser

This event required an active mind n body.

Played in a team of two, the game involved

reflecting the laser beam on to the target

using mirrors. One participant held the mirror

while the other guided the laser.

MESA

The following were the events conducted by

the MESA council on the occasion of IMPULSE2012 which received an overwhelming

response:

PSEUDO-FORCE

This event was conducted along with KJSCE

ISHRAE. It included a number of exciting sub-

events that aimed to bring the crowds from

various branches. Prize Winners are Harsh

Patel and Jay Makhani.

ROBO SLAM

A typical robotic event in which two robots

have a go at each other for ultimate robotic

glory at IMPULSE. Prize Winners are Tony

Thomas and Raghunandar Navandar.

TECH TEASE

This event tested the analytical and technicalskills of the participants. Prize Winners are

Harsh Koticha and Aditya S.

All the events were designed to test various

skill of a grooming engineer such as technical

knowledge, logical-reasoning and team effort.

The students had fun doing something

different and unique from their monotonous

daily routine which was evident from their

active participation. The whole festival was a

success.

Technical Paper Presentation

By ISHRAEOn the 3

rd of March 2012, ISHRAE students’

chapter of K. J. Somaiya College Of

Engineering hosted a Inter-College Technical

Paper Presentation competition. The topic for

the TPP was of any interest from the field of

Thermal Engineering.

From a total of 24 teams (comprising of 3

members each) from all over Mumbai, 16teams were short listed to present their

papers. The event was judged by Dr. G.V.

Shah, Prof. S.S. Bhusnoor and Prof. Ramola

Sinha, Faculty Advisor of KJSCE ISHRAE, Prof.

V.H. Shinde and Prof. Abhishek Bhadauria

The event was inaugurated by Prof A. K.

Gangrade, the HOD and topics presented by

the students included:

Infrared homing techniques in

missilesSolar Refrigeration

Steam Gasification of Biomass

Cryogenics

Waste heat recovery using organic

Rankine cycle and many more.

1st

prize went Swapnil Jagtap & Sandeep Shah

from our college for their paper on Solar

Refrigeration.

Winners were given certificates and prize

money worth Rs. 5000/-.




ISHRAE Quiz League 2012

In the inter college quiz competition

organized by ISHRAE at FCRIT Vashi on 27th

January, 2012 out of the twelve colleges that

had participated, 6 colleges qualified for the

Finals. Our college was one of them which

were represented by Rohan Malkar and

Vishalkumar Waghela.

Prof. B.M Pradhan and Prof. V.H Shinde were

present to encourage the students. Dhruvin

Naik (G.S Ishrae kjsce), Chaitanya Joshi (PRO

Ishrae kjsce), Hardik Maniar (Treasurer Ishrae

Kjsce) and around 30 KJSCE students had

attended the function to encourage the

participants. The audiences were asked

questions too and awarded cash prize ofRs.200 for each correct answers. Sardar Patel

COE securing 1st prize. FCRIT secured 2nd

position followed by Rizvi COE. K.J. Somaiya

COE secured 4th position.

Mechanical Day - 2012

During "IMPULSE-2012" under the banner

of SIGMA (Student Integrated Group in

Mechanical and Allied areas) on 31 March

2012, Mechanical department Day was

celebrated where all the councils of the

department MESA, SAE, ISHRAE, REC along

with other department Teams viz. Orion

Racing India, Team Red Shift, ROBOCON,

Team Onix (Aero Modeling Team)

participated.

BE Project Presentation on

Mechanical Day 2012

The projects ranged from an interactive

staircase that allows you to create music onthe fly along with interactive projected

graphics and research projects on Bio-fuels,

Renewable energy (wind and solar) along with

all our Under graduate project (75 Nos. for

year 2011-12) on our showcase on this day.

SAE Engine WorkshopThe SAE Council 2011-2012 organized Engine

workshop on 18th march 2012 for the second

year students demonstrating and explaining in

detail, the different parts of an automobile

engine.SAE council purchased technical books

to help the interested students in

understanding the concepts clearly.

ARAI (Pune) in association with SAE India had

organized a seminal on vehicle dynamics .The

membership fee for the same, for a few

students were borne by the SAE council. Thus,

with the collective efforts of the entire SAE

council the activities were executed

successfully.

Alumni Meet

On 31st

March 2012 i. e. Mechanical Day, an

Alumni Meet was organized from 5 to 7 pm in

the college. Around 75 alumni of Mech dept

had attended the meet which was followed by

Dinner.

Ha Ha ….!

A professor wore an unidentical pair

of shoes to his class. A student said,

“Sir, you know you’re wearing an

unidentical pair of shoes, right?”

The professor scratched his head

and said, “Yeah, I don’t know how it

happened. I have one more pair like

this at home.”




Students’ Mega Projects

Orion Racing TeamFaculty Advisor:

Prof. B. M. PradhanCaptain: Rehan Netarwala

In the second week of January, the

registration quiz for Formula Student

Germany was held. Orion Racing India

managed to secure the third place in the quiz

and booked itself a place on one of the

premier engineering design competitions.

After the registration, the team, having frozen

their designs in the previous month, focused

its attention on manufacturing the car. The

main aim of the team, at this point of time,

was to finish the fabrication of the car as soon

as possible in order to have more time for

testing.

In February, the team started with the

manufacturing of the chassis at the facility

provided by KLT Automotive and Tubular

Products. The enthusiastic team finished the

chassis in record time. This year, TIG welding

was used in the chassis fabrication which gave

us some really neat welds. In order to position

the suspension mounts accurately, aCoordinate Measuring Machine was used.

As the chassis was being manufactured, other

parts of the car were also being manufactured

and they started coming in. This year, we used

the radical technology of Rapid Prototyping in

order to manufacture the Airbox and the

thermostat housing for cooling.

As the month of March started, the team,

with all the manufactured products in hand,

started mounting them on the chassis. Theteam spent many sleepless nights in order to

sort out all the interferences and

manufacturing errors. The result of this

intense hard work was the first run of the car

that took place on 20th

March, 2012. The car

ran without any issues and team was thrilled

at the result of their perseverance.

Since then, the team has been rigorously

testing the car and making improvements

based on the results that have been procured.

The progress of the team has been

phenomenal and is looking forward to

perform well at Formula Student Germany.

The 2012 model Arion unveiling was done on

3rd

July 2012. The Arion is the newest of the

Orion race cars. According to Greek

mythology, The Arion is a divinely bred,extremely swift, immortal horse.

it took 60 Team Members, 10 Months and

100,000 Man Hours to build The Arion.

Budget

The cost of the entire project this year was a

whopping 17 lakhs, all of which has been

collected by students thus teaching them

marketing,budgeting and financial

management. Union Bank of India came

forward as Title Sponsors this year and helpedthe team reach their target.

Features of The Arion

The Arion uses cutting edge technology in

design and manufacturing so that the car is

not only durable, but it is also competitive.

The team uses Carbon Fibre for certain parts

to keep them light weight yet incredibly

strong. Orion Racing India has also ventured

into the field of Rapid Manufacturing,

currently unfamiliar in India, with the help oftheir sponsors Imaginarium.

0 – 100 km/h: 4.4 seconds

Power: 78 BHP

Total Weight: 240 kg

Thought to Ponder

Every job is a self portrait of the person

who did it. Autograph your work with

excellence.

Do important jobs now, before theybecome urgent.




Robocon 2012

Faculty Advisor:

Prof. A. A. Prabhudesai

Team Captain: Raunak Totla

Eleven students from our department

participated in Robocon 2012. Total 25

students formed the team of our college. Prof.

A. A. Prabhudesai from our dept is the Faculty

Advisor for this team.

This is an international competition organized

by Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union and in India

it is cosponsored by Doordarshan. The

competition took place on March 1, 2 & 3,2012. This was our second year of

participation. We improved our All India rank

from 28 to10. We stood first in Mumbai by

outscoring VJTI, SP and also other notable

opponets like IIT Delhi & IIT Kanpur. The

Mechanical team members who made us

proud were Gaurav Desai, Ivan Kasookar,

Anish Pillay, Amey Godbole, Amey Purandare,

Akshar Gujjar, Amogh Chonkar, Aarudra

Moudgalya, Jineet Lilani, Niladri Bhowmik &

Neil Chheda.

BAJA

Faculty Advisor:

Prof. S. S. Bhusnoor

Team Captain: Muzammil Hirji

BAJA team had registered for SAE ALABAMA

MINI BAJA COMPETITION in October 2011.

Under the guidance of Prof. A. K Gangrade

(HOD Mech Dept) and Prof. Bhusnoor, the

team headed by Muzammil Hirji, designed

and manufactured the car within the short

period of time. Once the registration was

complete, the designing stage of car

commenced. With the help of Mihir Pai (BE

PASSOUT and Technical Co-ordinator during

October-April 2012), various systems were

designed and verified until January. We

started manufacturing the systems designed

from 1st

week of February and the entire

march. Our car was ready in 1st

week of April

and was shipped by Air on 8th

April 2012. The

competition dates were 19th

-24th

April 2012

and was held at ALABAMA, USA. Our car has

returned India and custom clearance

procedures are going on. We are expected to

get the car on 22nd June 2012. We received

support from various sponsors the list of

which is attached herewith.

Team structure for mini baja, usa was

Team Captain:- Muzammil Hirji

Team Vice-Captain :- Shrutika Singh

Technical Co-ordinator:- Mihir Pai

Manufacturing Head: - Salman

Memon.

Other team detail is attached.

The Overall Rank of our team is75th

Our design, being first year team was highly

appreciated by the Judges in the competition.

Team Red Shift Racing was best Indian team in

the Static event. We could not participate in

the dynamic event as our brakes failed during

the test in the competition. The result sheet is

attached for your reference.

The fresh team is ready. The Team Captain is

Hardik Joshi, Technical Co-ordinator is

Anirudh Pai.and Manufacturing Head is Varun

anadkat. The team has registered for the SAE

INDIA BAJA event to be held from 26th to 28th




AUGUST 2012 at Bangalore (design event) and

Main competition to be held from 14th

to 17th

February at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

THE SOMAIYAAEROMODELLING CELL(Team ONYX and Team THROTTLE)

Faculty Advisor:

Prof. Prashant Jain

Team ONYXCaptain: Neil Sinha

The Team Onix

Team Onyx is a team of zealous students

dedicated to the hobby of aeromodelling. It

was established in year 2011 for the design

and manufacture of radio controlled, heavy

lifting aircraft model and also a platform to

exhibit our practical knowledge and grow as

confident individuals for a stronger

tomorrow.

What’s an RC Aircraft?

A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC

aircraft or RC plane) is controlled remotely by

a hand-held transmitter and a receiver within

the aircraft. The receiver controls the

corresponding servos that move the control

surfaces based on the position of joysticks on

the transmitter, which in turn affect the

orientation of the plane.

SAE Aero Design West, USA

The team represents the college and the

country by participating in an international

event named “SAE Aero Design West” in U.S.

In our very first year, Team ONYX stood 25th

all over the world (5th

in Presentation) and 3rd

in INDIA in regular class competition.

We would like to express our deepest

gratitude to Prof. A.S. Thosar, Prof. A. K.

Gangrade (HOD) and Prof. Prashant Jain

(faculty incharge) for their support and

wishes.

Team THROTTLECaptain: Chandan Pathak

This year witnessed the formation of ‘Team

THROTTLE’, a group of 8 passionate FE

mechanical students (now in SE) dedicated to

the hobby of aeromodelling. The objective is

to get the most out of the basic concepts of

engineering and applying the same. Our team

members are Aditya, Avisha, Bhaumik, Chirag,

Deep, Gaurangi and Harshal. Aeromodelling is

a wonderful hobby, and we wish to promote

the same in our college.

About the RC Superhero Project

Our current project ‘RC Superhero’ aims at

designing and fabricating a Radio-Controlled

(RC) human shaped superhero. It is a unique

aerobatic human shaped aircraft with

maximum maneuverability . With this we can

create an illusion of a superhuman flying in

the sky. The shape of the model being itself a

challenge created many aerodynamiccomplications during the designing process.

The model has a good market potential and

can be used in science fiction movies.

The design is over and fabrication is expected

to be over by the third week of this month. By

the end of this month test flight is expected to

take place.

We are thankful to the Principal, Prof. A. K.

Gangrade (HOD Mech) and our faculty advisor

Prof. Prashant Jain for their wholeheartedsupport.




ONYX Experience at SAE

Aero Design West, USA

On 13th

March 2012 Tejas Purandare (TE

Mechanical) and Sohrab Mistry (SE

Mechanical) left for the SAE aero design west

event to be held at Van Nuys, California on

behalf of TEAM ONYX, KJSCE. The fact that we

were stopped and questioned at the Mumbai

airport for carrying 14 kg brass (our payload)

added to our fear of facing a USA immigration

officer. Much to our amuse the immigration

officer was very co-operative. Soon after we

came out of the airport, a policeman greeted

us and helped us get a cab.

The next two days were spent in the motel

room preparing for the presentations and

completing the finishing work on the model.

We were staying along with 10 students of

VJTI, Mumbai. The only reason to go out was

for food. Being vegetarians we found it hard

to find a good place to eat. Even a local

McDonalds was not having any veg burgers!

Pizzas were the only rescue .

On 16th

March at 2.00 pm we reached the

Airtel Plaza Hotel for our presentations. Thereception area was specially decorated for the

event. Large size model aircrafts were on

display. Our technical inspector, Bob - a 60 yr

old guy, amassed with experience, was quick

to start his work – checking the presence of

baffle plates in the engine, ensuring the

engine was an OS61FX as prescribed by the

rulebook, measuring all the major dimensions

to ensure they were as per the design report

submitted by us and also ensuring that

SPYTHUN V (our plane name) was flyingworthy and won’t cause any harm to the

spectators. In about 45 minutes the inspection

got over – we were given an ALL OKAY

certificate and permitted to fly on the

following two days.

Soon we were called in for the presentations.

As we began the judges introduced

themselves as from Lockheed Martin,

Solidworks, Ansys and Boeing. It was a

wonderful experience to market SPYTHUN V in

front of them. Followed by the presentation

were a 5 min question and answer session and

finally the payload loading and unloading

demonstration which was to be completed in

60 seconds each. Later that evening we learnt

that we were placed 18th

for the design and

presentation scores with a 5th

best design

score!

On 17 th

morning, much to our dismay it was

raining pretty heavily and so flying was

postponed. The next day as well it was cloudy

with just a slight drizzle. Sadly the number of

rounds of flying got reduced from 9 to just 3.

In the third round because of the wet runway

and the payload our SPYTHUN V slipped off

the runway. So in the final standing we got

declined from 18th

to 25th

position. After the

competition was over, specialist pilots were

called for flying large size RC jets as well as 3-

D flying RC planes to mark the closing

ceremony of the event. We also witnessed the

world’s largest paper plane flying high into the

LA sky.

Overall the event was excellent and well

organized. In spite of rain playing a spoilsport,

the organizers managed to get 3 rounds of

flying. It was also a great opportunity for us to

interact with personalities from Boeing and

Lockheed Martin which otherwise would nothave been possible. The event was played in

right spirit where the motto was not just to

win but to improve. All the teams were very

helpful to each other and open for discussions

regarding their work. The trip also enabled us

to witness the way of living of the Americans,

their discipline and their patience.

Towards the end we had a 2 day off which we

spent by visiting the much acclaimed Universal

Studios, the Kodak theatre (the home of the

Oscar Awards), lake balboa host of tons of

ducks and swans and a little shopping.




Industrial Visits

Long IVs

1.SAE council organized a Long Industrial visit

to Aerocity, New Delhi on 4/1/2012, BajajAuto Ltd, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand on

7/1/2012, Auto Expo 2012 Exhibition, and

New Delhi on 9/1/2012. Prof. Bhushan

Pradhan and Prof. Sangeeta Bansode had

accompanied the students. Delhi Metro on 4th

January venue Aerocity, New Delhi. The

agenda for the day included taking a ride on

Metro Train and study its working and make

certain useful technical observations. Bajaj

Auto Ltd on 7th

January, 2012. Bajaj auto ltd

greenfield plant, pantnagar, uttarakhand. Theagenda for the day included visit to Bajaj Auto

Ltd, Pantnagar which is approximately 96 km

form Jim Corbett National Park. Auto Expo

20129th

january, 2012. Pragati maidan, new

delhi. The agenda for the day included visit to

Auto Expo 2012 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

2. MESA arranged a Long Industrial visit cum

tour of eight days to HMT tractors Chandigarh

and Swaraj Engines Panchkula on 15to

23

January 2012 as an integral part of the

mechanical engineering. 66 students in the

second year and third year attended an

industrial visit. Prof. V.G.Dhore & Prof.

P.R.Patankar had accompanied the students.

First industry of the visit in Chandigarh, HMT

tractors. The students got tosee various

engineering processes in that industry right

from foundry section to final assembling of

engine and tractors. Next they went to Soham

Steels in Manali which was cancelled because

of a heavy snowfall in the area. The last

industry was Swaraj Engines, Panchkula. Thesupervisor in the factory took the students to

the various sections. They visited raw

material, gear manufacturing section, engine

assembly etc. Then they left for the Ambala

station where they had train back home.

Short IVs

1. M.E.S.A Council conducted the following

Industrial Visits for students of First,

Second, Third and Final Year Engineering

of Department of Mechanical Engineering:

1) JSW Power Plant, Tarapur (Held on

25/02/12 for SE students)

Accompanying faculty:

Prof. V. G. Dhore, Prof. V. H. Shinde

2) JSW Steels, Tarapur (Held on

25/02/12 for SE students)Accompanying faculty:

Prof. V. G. Dhore, Prof. V. H. Shinde

3) Volkswagen India, Pune (Held on

14/03/12 for BE students)

Accompanying faculty: Prof. B. M.

Pradhan, Prof. S. S. Bhusnoor

4) TATA Power Ltd., Trombay (Held on

31/03/12 for SE students)

Accompanying faculty:

Prof. Shilpa Bhambure2. ISHRE Council conducted the following

Industrial Visits for students of First,

Second, Third and Final Year Engineering of

Department of Mechanical Engineering:

1) Reliance Thermal Power Station,

Dahanu on 17/03/12,

Accompanying faculty: Prof. B. M.

Pradhan & Prof. Ramola Sinha.

2) Three days IV to Hydroelectric Power

Plant Ukai (surat) , Thermal Power

plant and J. K. Mills during 23/3/12 to

25/3/12.

Accompanying faculty: Prof. Prashant

Jain, Prof. Vijay Shinde and Prof. J.S.

Rane

3. Heavy Engineering Division L& T Powai on

3/3/12 was arranged for ME students. Prof. S.

N. Bansode had accompanied the ME student.

4. MSPGCL Power Plant, Ghatghar on 23/3/12

Prof. Abhishek Bhadauria had accompanied

the TE student.

5. MSPGCL Power Plant, Ghatghar on

05/04/12 Prof Abhishek Bhadauria and Prof

Vijay Shinde had accompanied the TE

students.

Thought to Ponder

Leadership is like moving a string. You

cannot move it by pushing from behind.

What you have to do is to get ahead and

pull.




Placement

Departmental Placement record during Jan-July

2012 is as follows:

Sr Name of Company Students Placed

1 L & T 13

2 Godrej & Boyce 6

3 MGL 2

4 Accenture 1

5 MUKAND LTD 3

6 J K Files 2

7 Other 33

New Responsibility

Prof. V. S. Narawne: Incharge ARC- KJSCE

Prof.S.N.Bansode: Co-ordinator, CAP-KJSCE

Prof. Shivangi Thakkar: Dept.Representative

for ISTE Teacher’s Chapter.

Departmental

Responsibilities

2012-13

Class Advisors:

FE: Prof. P. R. Patankar

SE: Prof. Shilpa Bhambure

TE: Prof. Chitra B. Menon

BE: Prof. V. M. Khaparde

ME: Prof. S. N. Bansode

TT Incharge:

Prof. S. V. Thakkar

Prof. Shilpa Bhambure

Chief Proctor: Prof. V. H. Shinde

B.E. Projects: Prof.V. G. Dhore

Dept. Alumni Incharge:

Prof. J. S. Rane

Prof. C. B. Menon

Faculty Activities:

Prof. R. B. Pansare

Dept. Library Incharge:

Prof. S. V. Thakkar

Web Site Incharge:

Prof. V. S. Narawane

Prof. V. V. Bhosale

Departmental News Letter:

Prof. Prashant Jain

Prof. Jyotsana Rane

Placement Coordinator:

Prof. A. A. Prabhudesai

Laboratory Coordinator:

Prof. Ramola Sinha

Prof. S. S. Bhusnoor

Students’ Activities

SIGMA: Prof. S. V. Thakkar

MESA: Prof. V. G. Dhore

SAE: Prof. B. M. Pradhan

ISHARE: Prof. Ramola SinhaREC: Prof. S. R. Bhandari

Students’ Mega Projects

ORION: Prof. B. M. Pradhan

BAJA: Prof. S. S. Bhusnoor

ROBOCON: Prof. A. A. Prabhudesai

ONIX: Prof. Prashant Jain

Prof. B.M.Pradhan

Controller of

Examination

KJSCE

Prof. A.K.Gangrade

Chairman

ISTE Teachers’ Chapter

KJSCE

Lokxre~

Dr. Shubha Pandit

Our New Principal

KJSCE, Vidyavihar



DNL Mech Vol XI No 1 Jan – June 2012 16

Book Shelf

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Delhi.

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A Word from the

Newsletter TeamReporting of departmental activities and

events is no doubt the main objective of a

newsletter. But we feel that, along with

addressing work life at the institute, a

newsletter should touch upon

psychological, emotional and spiritual

aspects of our personality too, which are the

very foundation of our performance at work.

This newsletter is an outcome of our

conscious effort to achieve this end, of

course, without preaching or being pompous, just by creative use of filler

spaces.

We hope you would appreciate this

endeavor of ours and enrich us with your

valuable feedback.

Editor

Prof. A. K. Gangrade, HOD

Executive Editors

Prof. Prashant Jain

Prof. Jyotsna Rane

Assistant

Ms. Shilpa Jagdhane

Office Address:

Department of Mechanical Engg.

Room No: 313, Main Building,

KJSCE Vidyavihar (E)

Mumbai – 400 077

Email: [email protected]

Tel.No: (022) 66449475

Shri V. K. Tiwari (Office Assistant)

Tel. No: (022) 66449476

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