Chairman’s Message From The Editor’s Desk · Guest Lecture on “4G Wireless Technologies” at Arunai Engineering College It was a great afternoon on 31st Dec 2009 as the IEEE

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Volume : 7 Issue : 2 February 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

Dear Esteemed Members,

To begin with, on behalf of all the membersof new Executive Committee, I express mysincere thanks and deep sense of gratitude for allthe esteemed members of IEEE, for electing usto serve the IEEE community as office bearersfor the year 2010. The new Executive Committeehas assumed office, after the AGM which was

held on 12th February, 2010. With the kind permission from mycolleagues, I assure all the respected members that we shall live up to theexpectations, by following the foot steps of our predecessors whorendered yeomen service during the past.

As expressed on 12th February during installation of new officebearers, we will focus on organizing various professional activitiesexplicitly defined by the IEEE Headquarters: such as conduct of monthlytechnical meetings, effective administrative meetings, affinity groupmeetings, society meetings, faculty development programs, conferences/workshops/seminars etc.,. At times, we shall also plan to do uniquethings such as organizing the IEEE 125th year celebrations in the augustpresence of the IEEE President Dr. John Wig on 27th August.

In addition to above, we will also concentrate on increasing themembership, reviving the dormant student branches, increasing the studentbranches, obtaining PAN number, registering the section, seniormembership drive, strengthening the section library and infrastructureetc.,

As the industrial giant Mr. Henry Ford said,

“Coming together is beginningStaying together is progressWorking together is success”

LET US ALL WORK TOGETHER TO FULFILL THEOBJECTIVES OF THE IEEE PROFESSIONAL BODY.

I take this opportunity to seek the Almighty’s blessings and yourgood wishes to sustain the motivation to carryout the works to thesatisfaction of all the members.

With regardsAffectionate office bearer

Prof. T. Thyagarajan

Dear Friends,

LINK welcomes the new ExecutiveCommittee of the Madras Section for the year 2010under the chairmanship of Dr. T. Thyagarajan, adynamic personality who had organized the IEEE125th year celebrations at Chennai in a grand manner.We are pleased to publish the contact details of theoffice bearers and the committee members for

reference. The details of the various society chapters will be published inthe next issue. The detailed proceedings of the AGM for the eventfulyear of 2009 under the chairmanship of Dr. S. Salivahanan, a seasonedand soft-spoken academician, held on 12th Feb will be published in theforthcoming issue.

LINK congratulates the student branches and the society chapterswho have received the certificate of appreciation and cash incentivesbased on their activities held during the year 2009 and reported in thepages of LINK. We are seeing a trend of increased activities and alsohappy to note they are also getting reported in LINK.

LINK has reported a record no. of events held at 12 student branches– ranging from guest lectures, membership drive, awareness programmes,conferences, workshops, seminars, social activities, WIE activities,leadership meet, etc. An interesting article on “Energy harvesting throughfootfalls – powering railway stations in India” by the student membersof SVCE appears in this issue.

The proceedings of the international conference on “DigitalMillennium Goals” held at RMK & RMD Engineering Colleges andsupported by IEEE Computer Society appear in detail in this issue.

LINK congratulates Mr. C. Pankaj Jain of M.N.M. Jain EngineeringCollege and Mr. S. Gokul Raj of M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering,the winners of Info Contest - 1001 who will receive a prize of Rs. 500/=each sponsored by SRA Systems.

We draw the attention of our readers to the list of ForthcomingEvents published in this issue of LINK. They include call for papers andparticipation relating to conferences in the areas of Information & SoftwareEngineering, Latest trends in Information Technology, ComputationalScience and Engineering, VLSI, Embedded Systems, Signal Processing &Communication Technologies, Emerging Trends in ComputingTechnologies. Members, may pl. make use of this opportunity to sharetheir research experiences with the world.

We request the faculty members to encourage the students to becomethe members of IEEE & IEEE CS along with the access rights to the IEEECS Digital Library at a combined discounted rate. One can become memberat 50% discount (at USD 20) from 1st March and enjoy the membershiptill Dec 2010. Best opportunity one can get to be associated with thelargest professional body in the world.

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Become the IEEE member at 50% rate from1st March and enjoy the membership till Dec 2010.

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IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 7 Issue : 2 February 2010

Guest Lecture on “4G Wireless Technologies” at Arunai Engineering College

It was a great afternoon on 31st Dec 2009as the IEEE Student Branch of ArunaiEngineering College gathered for their firsttechnical guest lecture of this semester on “4GWireless Technologies”. The meetingcommenced at 2.00 p.m. with Dr. Mohanavelu,Principal, Dr. T.G. Palanivel, Mr. KumaravelIEEE coordinator IEEE Student Members andCSE &ECE III year students. The welcomeaddress was given by Mr. Kumaravel.

Dr. Mohanavelu, Principal honored the

guest of the day, Dr. T.G. Palanivel, Principal,Kamban Engineering College.

Dr. Palanivel prefaced on the drawbacksof 3G technology and its inability to keep upwith growing demands on processing speed.His flabbergasting efficiency and mind-blowingtalk on 4G and its scope on future world keptthe audience throughout the lecture. His crispdetails on the most fundamentals of today’stechnology added flavour to his lecture. Theentire session was carried on well and at theend, Dr. Palnaivel encouraged students toinculcate interest in doing projects on mobiletechnology.

The session was followed by a tech talkby two of IEEE members, Mr. Santhosh of IIIyear CSE and Mr. Parthiban of III year EEE.

Mr. Parthiban’s talk was on recent trendin microprocessors and its future enhancements.Mr. Santhosh briefed on more recent trend ofbluetooth technology, working on mobile

application programs and its various platforms.Both the students were applauded for theirthought provoking talk.

Next followed, was the selection of theoffice brears for the Women in EngineeringAffinity Group of Arunai IEEE Student Branch.Mrs. Vijaya, Branch Counsellor officiallyannounced the selected candidates.

Ms.Papitha, chairman, IEEE student’sbranch, gave a presentation on the variouscontests on technical papers invited by IITKharagpur for Techsym-2010. The studentswere encouraged to present manuscripts on theirtopic of interest.

The vote of thanks was delivered byMr.Anvesh, student member of IEEE. No doubtthe lecture and the tech talks were a delightfultech treat to the students.

Report By: Nivitha, IT 2nd yr & Preethi. G,CSE III yr.

National Conference on “Innovations in Electrical & Electronics Engineering”at MPNMJ Engg College

Association of EEE & IEEE studentbranch of M.P. Nachimuthu M. JaganathanEngineering College jointly organized 2nd oneday National Conference on “Innovations inElectrical & Electronics Engineering” on 23rdJanuary 2010 in the college campus.

Dr.C.K.Babulal, Asst.Professor, Dept.ofEEE, Thiagarajar college of Engineering,Madurai adorned the function as the chief guest.Udyog Rattan Thiru J.Sudananadhen,Correspondent presided and delivered thepresidential address. College adviser Dr.T.Shanmugam and Principal Dr. K.Jagadeesanoffered the felicitations. Mr. P.Selvan HOD/EEE welcomed the gathering. Our college IEEEstudent branch counselor Mr. D.Sabapathiintroduced the chief guest.

In his inaugural address the Chief Guest,Dr.C.K.Babulal emphasized the students andstaff to develop their soft skills. He said thatbeing a student, we should always seek toimprove our communication and knowledge byattending such type of conferences .He advisedthe students to present papers and projects.As there are many government agencies whichare ready to provide funds for standardprojects, students should use such kind of

opportunities he added. He also said that thestudents should write competitive examinations,because just a B.E. degree does not help to get ajob.

The Chief Guest stressed the staffmembers to pursue M.E. and Ph.D because theyshould be ahead of students. Finally he toldthat the world is competitive and the studentsshould be able to face such kind of competitiveworld with good knowledge. A key note addresswas also given by him on “Voltage Stability inPower System” on the same day.

In his felicitation, College AdviserDr.T.Shanmugam said that the aim of such typeof conferences is to introduce variousadvancements and innovations in the field ofElectrical and Electronics Engineering to ourstudents. Students should use this to improvetheir knowledge. In his felicitation, the Principal

Dr. K. Jagadeesan addressed that conferecesprovides a good platform to the students to sharetheir knowledge and innovative ideas. Mr.K.B.Manikandan Lect/EEE gave the vote of thanks.

At the valedictory function, during the hefelicitation offered by Adviser Dr.T.Shanmugam,he said, out of 21 papers received from variouscolleges 18 papers were presented. The studentsand participants both were benefited by this.While the Principal Dr.K.Jagadeesan said thatstudents should also participate in such type ofconferences to improve their innovative ideas.Certificates were distributed to the participantsby the chief guest Udyog Rattan ThiruJ.Sudhanandhen, correspondent, M.P.NachimuthuM.Jaganathan Engineering College, Chennimalai.

IEEE student branch secretary SelvanT.Rajesh Kumar proposed the vote of thanks.

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Very obstinate to reach the acme, theIEEE student branch of Jeppiaar EngineeringCollege had organised ‘LIGHTWORKS’workshop on 28th Jan 2010. About 500students from the nearly colleges and the hostparticipated.

The session was inaugurated by thePrincipal Dr.Sushil Lal Das and the directorMr.N. Marie Wilson addressed the gathering.

The chief guests were Mr. Bhuvanesh

Kumar, Centre Director of FrameboxxAnimation and Visual Effects, Mr. Reno. K.Subramanium, one of the top 5 animation gurusin India, Mr. Dinesh Kumar and Mr.YuvarajAnand.

Mr. Bhuvanesh Kumar gave a detailedpresentation and pipeline about animation andvfx industry, followed by Mr.Dinesh Kumarwho educated the students about the makingof films, pre-production while Mr.YuvarajAnand spoke about post-production and Mr.Reno. K. Subramanium spoke about CGanimation. The workshop concluded by abriefing by Mr. Bhuvanesh on various jobopportunities available in this booming industryof animation.

The workshop was very informative andwas of immense use to the students. Thesessions were very interactive and kept the

Lightworks Workshop at Jeppiaar Engineering Collegestudents under wrap attention .The sessions asa whole could be summarized as 3D –Discipline, Dedication, Devotion towards thefield of animation.

At the end of the workshop, gift voucherswere distributed to the students and the ABC(Animation Beginners Course) certificates werealso given. A collection of everlasting impressionsof the delegates was taken and the organizingcommittee thanked all the students anddignitaries for contributing their valuable time.

All the above mentioned activities wereactually a culmination of thoughts, actions andthe effective implementation along with theactive participation of the audience.

Report by: Newsletter Committee, IEEE student branch,

Jeppiaar Engineering College

Seminar on “Professional Sustenance & Innovative Practice” at JayaramCollege of Engineering & Technology

IEEE student branch of Jayaram Collegeof Engineering & Technology organized aseminar on “PROFESSIONAL SUSTENANCE& INNOVATIVE PRACTICE” for the benefitof students on 6th Feb 2010. Dr. A. PrabhuBritto, Professor and Dean (Research andDevelopment), Department of Electronics andCommunication and Biomedical engineering,VMKV Engineering College, Salem presidedover the programme. Students of final andprefinal year participated in the programme.

The chief guest Dr. A. Prabhu Britto waswelcomed by Dr. N. Kannan, Principal andIEEE branch mentor, who had explained aboutthe success of chief guests’ journey andmentioned that he is the youngest senior memberof IEEE.

Dr. A. Prabhu Britto addressed thegathering at which he gave a broad overview onthe topic and emphasized that IEEE will be theright platform for the students for their welldevelopment in the future and had also

presented the benefits of IEEE and about theimportance professional ethics for engineers.

The vote of thanks was given by IEEESB chairperson A.Vinoth in which he extended

his gratitude on behalf of all who had attendedthe programme

This programme was organized by thebranch mentor and Principal Dr.N.Kannan, andbranch counselor, A.Kavitha, Asst. Professor,Department of ECE.

Guest Lecture on “Stress Management” at KonguEngineering College

The IEEE Student Branch of KonguEngineering College organized a guest lectureon 13th January 2010 on the topic “StressManagement” by Dr. D. Kumaresan, Principalof Gemgates Arts and Science College, Attur.

The session, started with a welcomeaddress by Prof.K.Narayanan, Staff Advisor,IEEE-KEC. Dr. D. Kumaresan, an expert inhuman relationship, started his lecture with agleeful smile expressing his enthusiasm towardsthe students. He explained about the reasons

for stress, stress classification with real timeexamples, making the audience to bounce withenthusiasm and also he briefed about thecircumstances during which stress normallyarise. He continued to explain about “The NeedTheory”.

His talk indeed was also about theoccupational stress, its sources and the waysof overcoming them; like “job rotation”, etc.,The main coping strategies to overcome stresslike ‘Time Management’, ‘Relaxation of Mind’,were also been understood by the students. Heended his talk explaining about theconsequences of stress and concluded thatstress cannot be avoided but can be combatedto some extent.

The session turned out to be aninteractive one with a series of queries from thestudents. To express the gratitude of IEEE-KEC,Prof. K. Narayanan presented a memento tothe chief guest. Mr. Ambi Babu, Joint Secretary,IEEE-KEC proposed the vote of thanks onbehalf of student volunteers.

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Betterment of Humanity: Arunai IEEE’s Social Activity

“When men come together with commonmotive, together their powers make sun shinedim. Such is power of human mind.”

Arunai Engineeing College IEEE studentbranch with WIE Affinity group made an adventto nearby village (Chinnakalapadi’) to bringabout deal “Betterment of Humanity” on 21stDec 2009, under solicit guidance of Mrs. VijayaRavichandran, branch counselor.

The scenario of village is that they areignorant about most of the governmentalfacilities provided to village people. Animprovised middle school serves theireducational needs and for higher studies, they

need to move out of village, though womenwere snail, and never out their shells ofignorance, they were interested enough to bringabout changes in their village.

The IEEE students of Arunai, acommemoration of exuberant with real thirstof service to mankind formed two teams, oneto infotain the students and others seeking achange in villagers, predominantly women.

The program for children emphasized onhuman values, yoga, meditation, Vedic shortcutsin Maths, Hygiene & Health Care. This wastheir exact need. Value weighed education on anentirely new perspective.

As part of it, to relax them, there was atalk on savings & riddle hour. There was also apresentation on communication skills andspoken English. The students were fascinatedand thoroughly enjoyed, as entire show wasaided by videos and presentations.

Women folks were given awareness onbetter countenance of life. It was aboutempowerment of female education and exits offemale infanticide and early marriage. A demoon first aid was conducted with clearinstructions, which interested them the most.There was also an interactive about accessingbank loans and cottage industries, as a step toenhance their financial status.

But the mission did not end there. A daycould bay foundation, but never build the fortof humanity. As we (they) bud and bloom intechnology, they never let their responsibilityas citizen down with hearts together in rhythmsof humanity, they still await, much moretransformation, still seeking BETTERMENTOF HUMANITY….

“Kindness’ is short and easily said butits echoes are ceaseless till earth exists”

Membership Drive in IEEE at AVIT

The Department of Electrical andElectronics and Electronics Engineering andInstrumentation Engineering of Aarupadai VeeduInstitute of Technology, Vinayaka MissionsUniversity, Paiyanoor, Kanchipuram District,organized a one day seminar on “MembershipDrive in IEEE”.

Dr.N.Kumarappan, Professor,Department of Electrical Engineering, Annamalaiuniversity, Chidambaram was the Chief Guestand he gave a talk on “IEEE and its Value ofMembership”.

The Highlights of his talk were

Awareness regarding IEEE Value of Membership IEEE Volunteerism Branch operation Student Branch Awards

About 300 students of first year B.E.Electrical and Electronics Engineering andElectronics and Instrumentation Engineering,attended the one day seminar and some of themwere asked to answer a questionnaire regarding

IEEE Student Branch and Electrical &Electronics Engineering Association of K.S.R.College of Engineering arranged a guest lectureon 4th Feb 2010, by Mr. P. Manickam, SeniorEngineer, General Motors Corporation, U.S.A.

IEEE student Secretary Ms. S. Janani,welcomed the gathering, Dr. A. Krishan, Deangave the presidential address, Mr. M. Rajagopal,EEEA member introduced the Chief Guest. Mr.P. Manickam in his guest lecture providedvaluable and useful information on

Guest Lecture at K.S.R.College of Engineering

Section Membership as on15th February 2010

Life Fellow - 1Fellow - 1Life Senior - 7Senior Member - 75Life Member - 4Member - 1733Associate - 106Affliate - 40Graduate Student Member - 1087Student Member - 6309

Total - 9,363

the benefits to students in join IEEE.

This was followed by motivate talk bythe senior students who are IEEE members aboutthe value of IEEE Membership and its benefitsof students.

“OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD” to thestudents. The vote of thanks was given by Mr.R. B. Rajkumar, IEEE student Vice Chairperson.

Report by: Mr, S, Ramesh, AP-EEE, IEEE Student Branch Counselor

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IEEE MAS LINKSRA Systems

Info ContestH.R. Mohan

Chairman, IEEE CS, Madras ChapterEditor, IEEE MAS LINK

AVP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai

This is the 22nd edition in the series ofInfo Contest – a regular column in our newsletterIEEE MAS LINK. The content mix nowincludes some General Knowledge questions inaddition to IT related. This, we believe wouldprovide an overall exposure and also facilitatemore participation.

TWO lucky winners who answer tomaximum no. of questions and early (selectedby lot if multiple entries qualify) will receive anaward of Rs. 500/= each, sponsored by SRASystems.

Members are encouraged to participatein the contest and win prizes. Answers are tobe sent by EMAIL ONLY. Please follow theguidelines provided at the end of the questions.

Info Contest – 1002

This contest has 25 questions in fivesections — A, B, C, D & E — each having fivequestions.

A. Select the correct answer.

A1. BlackBerry has replaced the ChallanBook and is used for issuing challans fortraffic violation in Bangalore / Mumbai

A2. The largest search engine in China isGoogle / Baidu

A3. HotSpot is the mobile retail chain of EssarGroup / Spice Group

A4. Flickr – photo sharing site belongs toGoogle / Yahoo

A5. The signaling rate of USB 3.0 is fasterthan USB 2.0 by 10 times / 100 times.

B. Provide the answer.

B1. Name the smart phone recently launchedby Google

B2. Name the recently launched Indian ebookreader

B3. Name the world’s first smart phone basedon the Snapdragon processor fromQuallcomm

B4. Name the application store recentlylaunched by Nokia

B5. Name the website being visited most afterGoogle

C. Fill in the blanks.

C1. The Telco, Uninor is the joint venture ofUnitech and ———

C2. India : NASSCOM = Pakistan : ———

C3. According to the KPMG – ASOCIOreport, the present $71.6 billion IT-BPOindustry is expected to touch ——— in2020

C4. Google is threatening to pull out of Chinabecause of ———

C5. ——— is being nominated for NobelPeace prize

D. Fill in the blanks / Provide the answer.

D1. A.R.Rahman was recently in the newsfor his ——— awards

D2. In “Bt Brinjal”, Bt stands for ———

D3. Actor Shah Rukh Khan is associated withthe IPL Team ———

D4. The most polluted industrial cluster inIndia is situated at ——— in Gujarat

D5. ——— is the brand of milk beingmarketed by Reliance Foods of RelianceRetail

E. Fill in the blanks / Provide the answer.

E1. “Respect Yourself” is the tagline of thelife insurance company ———

E2. 14th Feb is celebrated as ———

E3. ——— is the railway station whereMahatma Gandhi was thrown off thetrain in South Africa

E4. BRIC : Russia = BASIC : ———

E5. Cyberknife is used to treat Cancer. StateTrue / False

Guidelines to submit the answers to the InfoContest by email.

In the Subject,

Write the Contest No. (Info Contest –1002) in the subject line.

In the body of the mail,

In the first line, write the contest No:Info Contest – 1002

In the second line, write your membershipno.

In the third line, write your email id.

In the fourth line, write your name.

In the fifth line, write your college /organization name

In the sixth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section A, separatedby comma.

In the seventh line, write the answers tothe five questions of Section B, separatedby comma.

In the eighth line, write the answers tothe five questions of Section C, separatedby comma.

In the ninth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section D, separatedby comma.

In the tenth line, write the answers to thefive questions of Section E, separatedby comma.

As the evaluation of the entries isautomated, pl. ensure the above guidelines arefollowed.

Email the answers to:[email protected]

The last date to receive the answers by emailis 5th Mar 2010.

Info Contest – 1001Answers & Winners

Answers:

Disk, Design, Digital, Distributed, DecimalRaster, New Mexico, Packet, Go, user wearsglassesiSlate, 1000, unfriend, Yahoo!, SiliconChina, Burj Khalifa, Volkswagen, SBI, UjjainFord, March 22, RBI, 10%, Amartya Sen

Winners:

C. Pankaj JainM.N.M.Jain Engineering CollegeMem No. : 90697666Email: [email protected]

S.Gokul RajM.Kumarasamy College ofEngineeringMem No.: 90553396Email: [email protected]

Both the above will beawarded a prize of Rs. 500/= each. LINKacknowledges with thanks the sponsorship ofthe awards by SRA Systems(www.srasystems.com).

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INTUIT-10 at Kongu Engineering College

This one day event was organized byWIE affinity group of the IEEE student branchof Kongu Engineering College on 30th Jan 2010.It was a hang-on package of talents, enthusiasm,

knowledge, innovation and fun. INTUITconsists of events like Ignited minds, Nick oftime, Tongue teasers, U me &u, Infiniteintelligence and Tech wizards .

The day geared up with ‘Tongue teasers’which was a test to student’s verbal knowledgeand skill in English language. The next eventwas ‘Nick of Time’, which tested the generalknowledge and reasoning with shrewdness.

The afternoon session was anentertainment package with events like ‘InfiniteIntelligence’, where the synchronization andteam-wok of the participants were challenged.

Rounds like ‘Build the Bridge’ geared up theexcitement of the day.

Next event was ‘Ignited Minds’, whichis more about the students’ creative abilityfollowed by ‘Tech wizards’, which was morelike a technical quiz with interesting rounds andwas quite informative event for audience too.The last contest was ‘U, Me & U’ which was aMarketing program that manifested theCommunication skills.

On the whole, INTUIT’10 was a feastfor the technically thirsty and creatively tastefulminds of Kongu Engineering College.

Report by: Ms.Vishnupriya Viswanathan,Joint-Secretary, WIE affinity group-

IEEE Student Branch,

Awareness Program on Energy Conservation

The IEEE Student Branch of SriMuthukumaran Institute of Technologyorganized an Awareness Program on EnergyConservation for HSC first year students ofGovt. Hr. Sec. School, Kovur on 5th Feb 2010.

The SB counselor Mrs. G. Janaki and theDept Staff Mr. Bala guided us through theprogram which commenced at 10:30 a.m. TheSpeaker of the day was Prof. A. Murugesan,HOD, Dept of EEE, SMIT who has over 25

years of Industrial experience. He delivered alecture outlining Power generation,Transmission & Energy Conservation. The SBCounselor Mrs. G. Janaki then delivered a talkon Energy conservation. The Importance ofTeam Work was explained to the students andthey were divided into 15 teams and each IEEEmember took charge of a team. We arrangeddifferent competitions for the school studentson the theme “Energy Conservation”- Drawing,Poetry Writing, and Oratory. The Students weremotivated to participate in the events.

After the Lunch, the final round fororatory contest was conducted and On-SpotQuiz event was also arranged. The prizes weredistributed to the winners by the Chief GuestProf. A. Murugesan. The participationcertificate were also is provided to all thestudents. This program was co-sponsered byTamilnadu Electricity Development Agency(TEDA) and our special thanks to TEDA.

Reported by: M. S. Dinesh Kumar, Secretary,IEEE SB, SMIT

Guest Lecture at K.S. Rangasamy College of TechnologyThe IEEE student branch of

K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology,Tiruchengode organized a Guest Lecture on“TIPS FOR SUCCESFULL RESEARCH” on14th Sep 2009. The day began with theceremonial tribute to the Almighty. Dr. N.Santhiyakumari, IEEE Coordinator/Prof, ECE,KSRCT welcomed the gathering and as a tokenof our love she presented a memento to the Guest.

Mrs. M. Shenbagapriya, IEEE GraduateStudent Member, KSRCT introduced the ChiefGuest, Dr. Sridhar (Sri) Krishnan, InterimAssociate Dean, Ryerson University, Toronto,Canada. He briefly described about his home

institution and went on defining the courses andresearch programs in Ryerson University. He isa renowned person in the field of SignalProcessing. He also briefed about Artificial(Intelligence) Systems.

The lecture was attended by facultymembers, PG students. The talk was highlyinteractive and thought provoking withquestions raised by the participants andclarified as the presentation progressed. It wasan excellent opportunity to all to exchangeinformation on the research field.

The function came to a formal closurewith Ms. S. Saranyadevi, IEEE GraduateStudent Member, thanking everyone who madethe event a grand success. After the programrefreshments were served to the staff members& students.

Report by: Dr. N. Santhiyakumari, Prof/ECE,[email protected]

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The IEEE Student Branch ofK.S.Rangasamy College of Technology,Tiruchengode organized the Leadership Meet -2010 on 30th Jan 2010. IEEE student membersfrom UG and PG along with the IEEE studentmembers from various institutions participatedin this leadership meet.

The session started up with the welcomeaddress by Dr. N. Santhiyakumari, IEEE studentbranch counselor, KSRCT. The presidentialaddress was given by Dr. K. Thyagarajah,Principal, KSRCT. The chief guest of the day

was Mr. Barnasbas Muthu, Coordinator, GlobalIntegrated Network of IEEE (GINIMAS),Student Activities Committee, IEEE MadrasSection. Mrs. M. Shenbagapriya, IEEEGraduate Student Member introduced the chiefguest.

The Chief Guest Mr. Barnabas Muthuinitiated the discussion on IEEE and delivered amotivating speech and elaborated on theactivities associated with IEEE. Initiallyparticipants were splitted into teams. He gavea detailed explanation about the benefits of IEEE,

Guest Lecture on “Robotics” at RMK EngineeringCollege

The IEEE student branch of R.M.KEngineering College, Kavaraipettai organized aguest lecture on “Robotics - An Overview ofAutonomous Robots” conducted by EkalaivaaAcademy of Robotics on 30th January 2010.Mr. R.Bharat Menon, Joint Secretary, IEEEstudents’ branch welcomed the gathering. Dr.R. Sivakumar, Student Branch Councilor andProf. Raja Paul Perinvam briefed the studentson Robotics and its multidisciplinary reach inthe Modern Technology.

Mr. Tamizharasan, EKKALAIVAA –Academy of Robotics, Chennai delivered the

lecture by detailing the students on the types ofRobots, their architecture and components. Heencouraged the students to take up mini projectson Robotics and outlined the necessity ofknowledge about Microcontrollers to buildRobots. He also gave the students an overviewon designing a PCB. The lecture was followed

by an informative questionnaire session.

The guest lecture concluded with the Voteof Thanks by Mr. Kenil, student member andMr. T. Magesh, IEEE students branch in-chargeencouraged the students to take up projects inthe field of Robotics and advised the studentsto make best use of the opportunity given tothem for a successful career.

IEEE Leadership Meet-2010 @ KSRCT values of IEEE, membership details. He alsoexplained about branch operations, awards inIEEE. Finally he conducted a psychometric testfor all the participants and explained their careeropportunities. The feedback from theparticipants was collected at the end of thesession. Participation certificates were awardedto the participants. Student branch ChairmanMrs M. Shenbagapriya briefed on the activitiesorganized and conducted during the year 2009.She, then introduced the committee membersfor the year 2010.

The list of committee members were:

Chairman - Mr.P.Ponmurugan - I M.E(Applied Electronics)

Vice-chairman- Mr.B.Boopathy - I M.E(VLSI Design)

Secretary - Mr.V.Navaneetha Krishnan-I M.E (VLSI Design)

Treasurer - Mr.S.Arunprasath - I M.E (CSE)

Finally, Ms. S. Saranyadevi, IEEEGraduate Student Member proposed the Voteof Thanks and the function concluded with theNational Anthem.

Report by: Dr. N. Santhiyakumari,Prof/ECE, [email protected]

Seminar on “Windows Live” at Coimbatore Instituteof Engineering and Information Technology

The IEEE Students Branch of CIET hadorganized a one day seminar on “Windows Live”on 28th January 2010 for the benefit of all IEEEStudent Members.

Mr. B. Saravanan, IEEE Student BranchCounselor inaugurated the programme. Ms. P.Harini, (Microsoft Student Partner of CIET)pursuing III Year B.E – Computer Science andEngineering presented the seminar on the topic“Windows Live”.

Ms. Harini explained the various features,functionalities and advantages of using WindowsLive. At the end of the programme, theparticipants interacted with her and clarifiedtheir doubts.

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International Conference on “Millennium Development Goals”

The International Conference onMillennium Development Goals (MDG) – Roleof ICT and other appropriate technologies(MDGICT 2009) was held on December 27 –29, 2009 in the RMK. Engineering Collegecampus. The conference was organized by theRMK and RMD Engineering colleges inassociation with Anna University-Chennai, TataConsultancy Services, Computer Society ofIndia (Students Chapter and Div II – Software)IEEE Madras Section and IEEE ComputerSociety Madras Chapter.

Dr. Srikanta K.Panigrahi , Adviser to thePrime Minister on National Strategic KnowledgeMission on Climate Change was the Chief Guestwho inaugurated the conference (Picture 1) andgave the key note address. The Guest of Honorswere Dr. Mannar Jawahar, Vice Chancellor ofAnna University, Chennai and Mr. A. Srinivasan,Vice President, TCS.

MDG refers to the 8 goals set up UnitedNations that respond to the world’s maindevelopment challenges and are to be achievedby 2015. The objective of the Conference wasto bring together all the stakeholders and peopleinvolved in these areas for an exchange of ideasand for charting future course of action.

Dr. Srikanta K. Panigrahi said “We arenow at the mid-point between the adoption ofMDGs and the 2015 target date. So far, ourcollective record has not been great. Even today,1.1 billion people do not have access to cleandrinking water and 30,000 children die everyday of preventable causes. One in four childrenborn today will not reach the age of five,”.According to him, rural areas of developingcountries hold the key to attainment of the goals.

He emphasized that Information andCommunication Technologies (ICTs) and cleanenergy technologies can play a crucial role throughfacets such as e-governance, rural banking, safedrinking water and disaster mitigation. “Engineeringstudents must understand that education is not

about bookish and theoretical knowledge. Theymust help create real change in society.”

Dr. P. Mannar Jawahar, said thattechnology must be used as a leverage to improvethe quality of life of people at the bottom of thepyramid. “The time has come to remind ourscientists and engineers, especially our students,of their responsibility towards ensuring theachievement of MDGs, with the vast resourcesand opportunities that science and technologyhas put in their hands,” he said.

Mr. R.S.Munirathinam, founder andchairman, RMK Group of Institutions, spoke.Other dignitaries in the Inaugural functionincluded Dr. V. Ramachandran, Vice Chancellor,Anna University, Trichy, Dr. M. S. Palanichamy,Former Vice Chancellor, Tamilnadu OpenUniversity, Dr. Sadiq, Former Vice Chancellor,Madras University and Dr. Daniel Chandran,University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Exhibition: Exhibition stalls had been setup wherein organizations like Tata ConsultancyServices, M S Swaminathan ResearchFoundation (MSSRF), DHAN Foundation,National Agro Foundation, Rotary Foundationetc showcased how they have used technologyto address social development applications likeVillage Knowledge Centers using computers andsatellite communications, Computer basedLiteracy Programs, Mobile applications forfarmers and fishermen, Low cost water purifier etc.

Students Contests: In connection withthe conference, essay competitions had beenheld earlier for college students on the topic of‘Innovative Solutions for addressing MDGs’,and for school students on the topic of ‘Howcan I contribute as an individual towardsaddressing MDGs’. The 20 winners were givenawards in the inaugural function. The studentshad set up poster displays of their winning ideasin the exhibition stalls.

Gandhian Engineering: On the advice ofDr. R. A. Mashelkar, Former Director General

of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR), and the Chairman of NationalInnovation Foundation, India , a panel discussionwas held with Dr. K. Chandrasekaran, Dean,RMK Engineering College, Dr. Sadiq, Mr.A.K.Pattabiraman, TCS and Mr. S. Ramasamy,Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapter sharing theirthoughts. Mahatma Gandhi took on the mightof the British Empire by mobilizing millions ofpeople by a different strategy of followingAhimsa and Swadeshi as his weapons. Hisstrategy fulfilled all the criteria of innovation.The panelists discussed the applicability andchallenges of this strategy for addressing allsocial issues and meeting the MDGs.

Invited speeches: Special invited speecheswere made by Dr. Hari Srinivas, Coordinator,Global Development Research Center,(GDRC), Japan, Dr. C. S. Ramachandran,Rotary International , Past District Governor,Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen of University ofBrussels, Belgium, Dr. P. Balasubramanian,Senior Technical Director, Open TechnologyCentre, National Informatics Center (NIC),Govt. of India, Chennai and other experts..

Technical Tracks: 40 papers werepresented in the 3 parallel tracks of Technicalpaper presentation sessions covering manywide ranging topics. The InfrastructureManagement Track sessions covered topics likeRural Healthcare, Rural electrification,Agricultural extension through Knowledgecenters and renewable energies. , TheManagement Track sessions covered topics likeUse of Mobile technology for e Governance,Mobile banking in rural India, and role of ICTin literacy and education. The Technology tracksessions covered topics like enablingtechnologies of communications and network,data mining and image processing.

Conclusion: The discussions andknowledge sharing among the stakeholders werevery useful and many key participants hadsuggested organizing this event regularly toeffectively address MDGs. The conferencewas a good platform for creating awareness andinterest to students who have initiated jointtechnology development projects with some ofthe organizations who participated.

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Energy harvesting through footfalls:Powering railway stations in India

D.AdityaElectrical and Electronics Engineering

Karunakar NooneyMechanical Engineering

Sri Venkateshwara College of EngineeringEmail: [email protected]

Abstract

The article explores the possibility ofharvesting energy from footfalls of peopleentering public places like railway stations usingpiezoelectric device. This device can tap thefootfalls and convert it to useful electrical energyfor use in the waiting rooms of railway stations.The energy that generated using these devicescould be stored in batteries or super capacitorand can be used later on. With such a device,the railways could save substantial costs onlighting through a sustainable energy sourcewhich is probably now wasted and isdisappearing into the ground.

Introduction

The history of energy harvesting datesback to the times when windmill and thewaterwheel were used by humans to createenergy. In recent times, the driving force behindthe search for new energy harvesting deviceshas been the desire to power sensor networksand mobile devices using energy from humans.

The human body at rest on an averageemits about 100 watts into the environmentand while moving at a reasonably brisk speedcould produce 5 watts of power [1]. Thustransforming human movement into electricityand making use of the energy generated duringthe impact of the foot while walking is anexciting idea. In countries like India , on anyordinary day, about 200000 people enter arailway station, for example, Chennai Central . Calculations indicate that a 55 kg personwalking at a brisk pace would generate about4W of power that could be collected usingenergy harvesting devices built into the floor ofthe entrance to the railway station. 10 peoplewalking through the entrance could light upabout 2 LEDS. Even if only 70% of the energyfrom the footfalls of the visitors is convertedto electrical energy a considerable number oflights could be powered in the waiting area andalso in some other passenger utility centres.

The present paper envisages apiezoelectric device at the entrance to the

station that converts at least 50 percent of the 4to 5 watts from each person’s footfalls toelectrical current which can be stored in batteriesor super capacitors.

Recently, PZT power generation has beendemonstrated in certain types of sensors/actuators, telemetry, MEMS devices [2] asblood pressure monitors [3], and Piezo filmfitted shoes [4]. Tracking migratory birds [5],designer Villarreal’s ‘Bright Walk’, a humanpowered self illuminating shoe from Mexico [6]and Artists Croft& Hartman’s newly designedpair of Heely shoes with wheels to generateelectricity [7] are some of the latest energyharvesting designer devices. A very usefulapplication imagined would be shoes embeddedwith a GPS to help wandering Alzheimerpatients. NTT, Japan has designed shoes thatgenerate 1.2 watts of electricity - enough topower an iPod continuously as long as thewearer keeps walking.

In all these studies however, the powergenerated by PZT is far smaller than requiredreal field applications and the time required tocharge power storage devices is long. In addition,the low efficiency (from both the PZT and thecircuit) is a critical issue identified. Our idea isbased on the study of Sodano et.al. for deviceapplications in real world [8]. In this study, theenergy produced by the PZT was stored in twodifferent ways. The first was in a capacitor thatallows for immediate access to the stored energy,and the second method is to charge a suitablebattery. The battery charging method providescertain advantages over the capacitor method.

The energy harvesting is initiated asfollows: A coir mat on a wooden ramp fittedwith a series of aluminum plates with a piezo-ceramic (PZT) ( at least 6 pairs over a distanceof about 2 metres) bonded to its surface placedat the entrance of the station is expected toabsorb the vibration energy from people walkingon it and convert it to usable electricity (Figure 1.)

Fig .1.

In the capacitor method the circuit(Figure 2) for storing energy is similar to thatdescribed by Sodano [8].

Fig.2.

In the second method, a battery is usedto store the power [8]. This methodincorporates a simpler circuit.

Applications Area:

In a large place like the Chennai centralwith an average waiting area of 25000 m2, about100 light fittings will be used to illuminate thearea. The energy cost estimated would be aboutRs.140160/- per year assuming each light fittingis 100 Watts working at 80% efficiency for 12hrs a day and at a modest energy cost of Rs.4/-per kWhr.

In the proposed method , assuming only50% of the 200000 visitors of average weight55 kgs use the specially designed entry port,and assuming energy created per passengermovement is 4 watts [10] , total energy generatedwould be 400 kWhr. the value of which wouldbe Rs.5, 84,000 /- [400X 4 X365 (@ Rs4/- perkWhr.]

There is thus net saving of energy cost.These calculations are based on the assumptionthat PZTs are 100% efficient. Even if the PZTswork to 25% efficiency the above method ofharvesting electrical energy could meet lightingrequirements in the waiting area of the railwaystations. The capitol costs of installations arenot taken into account here which can be spreadover few years of operation. This sustainableenergy source can be created from any type ofvibrations such as in railway stations, airports,roads and public thoroughfares and the powergenerated can be used to augment existing energysources.

Acknowledgements

Suggestions and guidance from Prof. K.R. Santha and Mr. S. Kumaravel, Departmentof Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SVCEare acknowledged.

References

1. http://en.allexperts.com/e/a/Energyharvesting

2. Umeda, M., Nakamura, K. and Ueha, S.,1996, Japanese Journal of Applied

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3. Starner, T., 1996, IBM Systems Journal,Vol. 35, pp. 618

4. Kymissis, J., Kendall, C., Paradiso, J.,Gershenfeld, N., 1998,Second IEEEInternational Conference on Wearable

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