Vol.2 Issue 1 Janaury,2010

Editorial

As the year dawns and we usher into the new year, the editorial team wishes all members of the GNDEC family a very happy and prosperous new year. The year saw GNDEC striving forward to remain the leader. A lot of new developments have taken place and a lot more are expected in this year. With the resolve and dedication of all concerned and the leadership being provided GNDEC is sure to touch new heights. We at our end shall make efforts to apprise you of the developments. We take this opportunity to thank you for your support. Do keep mailing us your views/comments at colmag@gndec.ac.in.

Wishing you a very happy new year

Editor

Director’s Message

At the outset, I would like to wish you and your families a very happy and prosperous new year. The year gone by saw us passing through tumultuous times with recession raging large all over the world. But with grit and determination, we at GNDEC achieved our goals. As the new year dawns, fresh challenges await us. We have set up some ambitious plans and for achieving them , I seek the cooperation of one and all. Once again wishing you a happy new year.

Director

News time:

This issues is a little delayed one so we are covering the happenings from August,2009 onwards.

The independence day was celebrated on 15th August,2009 with usual fervor in the campus with Director unfurling the tricolor.

Our worthy director alongwith Dean, Training and Placement visited Canada to explore the possibilities of furthering cooperation in the technical education. The response received was tremendous and the results of the same shall be seen as the year progresses.

Our college played host to the delegates from Windsor University who briefed the students about opportunities in higher education at Windsor University on management and engineering side. The program was organized by the training and placement cell of the institute.

The cultural fiesta GENESIS’09 was organized. Over 2o colleges participated in the technical events which included Paper Presentation, Business Plan, Techno-hology, ISO soap Tricks et.al. The cultural program was for the college students only. The students showed that besides excelling in academics they have the mettle to prove in the cultural part. Cash prizes were up fro garbs in the technical events while the students vied for trophies in the cultural events. GENESIS’09 was inaugurated by Dr.Rajneesh Arora, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. Speaking on the occasion, Dr.Arora lauded the efforts being put in to maintain the highest standards of academics. He promised to extend all possible help for getting the college academic autonomy. The valedictory function was graced by Dr.Nachhatar Singh, Advisor cum Registrar, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. The prizes were given by S.Ajmer Singh Lakhowal, Secretary, NSET. The event ended with a star performance by Preet Harpal and Sippy Gill.

One day workshop on Patent awareness was organized on 18 December,2009 in the college with the cooperation from Punjab State council for science and technology and TIFAC DST. Dr.Rupinder Singh, Dean, PG & Research was the local coordinator for the event in which over 70 participants from the region participated.

Information Technology department intake was increased to 90 w.e.f current session.

A new postgraduate course Master in Computer Applications with an intake of 60 seats was started from current academic year.

Now for news from departments:

MBA Department:

Industrial visit of MBA 1st Year Students was organized to Nahar Fibres, Jitwal Kalan in October,2009.

Guest lecture was organized in the department. Prof. Monica Kansal from Regional Centre, Ludhiana of the University Business School, Punjab University , Chandigarh was the resource person. The topic of the lecture was "DERIVATIVES AND FUTURES".

Dr. Navdeep Kaur published following:

• Service Quality, its impact on customer complaining behavior and recovery efforts- A review in IMSJ, Punjabi University, Patiala, Oct,2009

• Complaint redressal system and Service quality gaps a study of white goods company in RIMT Journal of Strategic Management and Information Technology, Oct,2009

Electrical Engineering Department:

The department buzzed with activity with four of the faculty members attending international conferences to present their papers.

Dr.Y.S. Brar and Er.Rupinderjit Singh presented paper titled Use of Biomass for Gneration of Electric Power at CIGRE’09 held at Toronto, Onatrio, Canada from October 4-6,2009

Er.Arvind Dhingra presented paper titled Energy Conservation in a spinning unit in the 5th WSEAS conference on Energy, Emnvironment, Ecosystem and sustainable development EEESD’09 held at Vouligmeni Beach, Athens, Greece. Er.Dhingra was the lone Indian amongst 150 odd delegates from countries all over the world.

Er. Navneet Singh Bhangu presented a paper titled Applications of

reliability centered maintenance: A state-of-art review and future prospective in

thermal power plants at 7th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, IIT,Chennai, December 2-4,2009.

Er.Jaswinder Singh published a paper titled Design Automation of Microcontroller based load frequency control system at WSEAS international conference Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain.

The department organized a presentation by Conserv Energy Systems who interacted with students on Energy efficient lighting.

An expert lecture on Global Trends in Electrical Engineering was delivered by Er.Jaswinder Singh, practicing professional engineer, USA. Final year B.Tech and M.Tech students of the department were made aware of the current practices being adopted the world over.

Civil Engineering Department:

The students of Civil Engineering Department under the leadership of Dr.HS.Rai digitally mapped Gill Village.

Publications:

1. Choudhary, A.K., Jha, J.N., and Gill, K.S. “Engineering properties of high volume class F flyash-soil mixture” International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering , Vol. 2, No.4, 2009, PP 351-359 2. Jha, J.N. “Effect of vertical reinforcement on bearing capacity of footing

on sand” Indian Geotechnical Journal, 2007, 37 (1), PP 64-78.3. Jha, J.N. and Gill, K.S. “Effect of Rice Husk on Lime Stabilization” Journal

of the Institution of Engineers (India), 2006,Vol. 87, PP 33-39.4. Jha, J.N., Choudhary, A.K. and Gill, K.S. “Bearing capacity improvement of

soil using bamboo micropiles” International Conference on Advances in

Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, BITS Pilani, 2009 (CD-ROM)

5. Chouhan, R., Jha, J.N. and Gill, K.S. "Strength improvement of soil-lime and flyash mix including durability aspects" International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, BITS Pilani, 2009

6. Choudhary, A.K., Jha, J.N. and Verma, B.P. "Construction of an ashpond with waste recycled product, flyash and locally available soil" Acceptance Communicated, Indian

Geotechnical Conference, 2009, Guntur

A short term training program” Capacity Building of Engineers in Earthquake Risk Management” sponsored by MHA, Govt. of India supported by Deptt. Of Revenue and Rehabilitation & Disaster Management, Govt. of Punjab was organized by department from December 24,2009 –January 2,2010

Dignitaries on the dais during inauguration of Short term training program.

Mechanical Engineering Department:

Two of the faculty members of the department were awarded Ph.D. degrees. Dr.Parmjit Singh from IIT, Delhi and Dr.Harpuneet Singh from Panjabi University, Patiala received their doctoral degrees. Congrats to both.

Er.Ravi Inder Singh published a paper Studies in an atmospheric Bubbling Fluidized bed combustor of 10MW Power Plant based on rice husk in Elesvier Energy Conservation and Management

Dr.Sehajpal Singh delivered an expert lecture on Lack of action research in higher education at national conference on Quality in Higher Education at Khalsa College for women, Ludhiana on December 3,2009.

Production Engineering Department

Dr.Rupinder Singh received:

• ISTE Best Engineering College Teacher Award for Punjab State 2009 at 39th

Annual convention of ISTE on 18th Dec., 2009 at NIT, Surathkal, Karnataka. The award consists of cash prize, a medallion and citation.

• Travel grant for the year 2009 by Punjab State Council for Science and Technology for foreign travel to Malaysia in October 2009. The travel grant was of Rs 10,000/- only.

• Travel grant for the year 2009 by Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar for foreign travel to Malaysia in October 2009. The travel grant was of Rs 27,000/- only.

Dr.Rupinder Singh presented:

• Comparison of statistically controlled rapid casting solutions of brass alloys using three dimensional printing at International conference on Advances in mechanical engineering (ICAME-2009), Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India, Aug. 3-5, 2009

• Experimental investigations for statistically controlled rapid casting solution of zinc alloys using three dimensional printing at 7th International conference on manufacturing research (ICMR 09), University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, September 8-10, 2009

• Effect of moulding sand properties on cost effective hybrid rapid casting solution for zinc alloy and a Effect of work piece dimensions on cost effective hybrid rapid casting solution for aluminum alloy at AMPT 2009, Advances in Material and Processing Technologies, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jl. Gombak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October, 26 – 29, 2009

Applied Sciences Department:

Dr.D.S.Pathania published a paper “Some Considerations on Rayleigh Lamb waves propogation in micropolar generalized thermoplastic plates” in International Journal of Mathematical Sciences and Engg. Applications.

He also published following papers:

• Influence of Gravity in a rotating generalized thermoelastic medium with two temperatures subjected to Ramp Type Heating and loading in Int. Jornal of Ultra Scientist for Physical Sciences.

• Hybrid Satisfiability techniques in International Journal of Engg. Research and Industrial Applications.

Computer Science and Engineering & Information Technology

DepartmentS:

The departments organized EPSCSIT’09 on September 4-5,2009. The conference received an overwhelming response from all over the country with over 100 delegates presenting their research findings at the conference.

Electronics and Communication Engineering Department:

Continuing his literary pursuits, Er.Kanwaljit Singh released his new poetry book “Kunja” at a well attended gathering at Punjabi Bhawan, Ludhiana.

Training and Placement:

The training and placement department under the guidance of worthy director and leadership of Er.K.S.Mann, Dean and Sandeep Singla, Deputy Dean continued to reach higher echelons. Even in times of recession we had the campus buzzing with recruitment activity. Following companies visited our college for campus recruitment

COMPANIES Students Selected VARDHMAN GROUP 4ACC CONCRETE 3SOMA ENTERPRISES 8VEXSYS SOLUTIONS 6GTECH SOFTWARES 6 SEMINARS CONDUCTED BY HCL TECHNOLOGIESOSSAGHO SOFTWARES

The central library saw a facelift and a new block is going to be ready pretty soon. A new feature in shape of blogs was introduced by Ms. Kanwaljit kaur Dhindsa, college librarian.

http://gnelibrary.blogspot.com/ Description:Contains every type of Information useful for students & faculty including Newspaper Clippings, Price list of publishers, Online book

recommendation form,online catalog, student dues,open access Repositories, question papers, syllabus & Application Forms for Summer School/Conference & seminars etc.

http://ptuquestionpapers.blogspot.com/ B.tech, M.Tech & MBA question papers

http://onlinefulltext4gne.blogspot.com/ Open access Journals/articles from reputed Institutions along with subscribed journals.Now we are online subscribers for Science direct journals also.

Sports Department

As always our students held the GNDEC flag high winning at almost every PTU championship. The details are:

BOYS

1. Winner in PTU Inter-college Handball Tournament2. Winner in PTU Inter-college Cycling Competition3 Runners’up in PTU Inter-college Swimming Competition4 Runners’up in PTU Inter-college Football Tournament5 Runners’up in PTU Inter-college Cross-country Meet Amit Kumar of D1-Civil gained FIRST place individually in PTU Inter-college Cross country Meet.6. Third in PTU Inter-college Lawn tennis TournamentGIRLS

1. Winner in PTU Inter-college Cycling Competition 2 Runners’up in PTU Inter-college Basketball Tournament 3 First in PTU Inter-college Cross country Meet 4. Harjot Kaur of D2-IT-86032 gained Second place and Sukhpreet Kaur of D3.I.T- 604 gained Third place individually in PTU Cross-country Meet

INTER-UNIVERSITY PARTICIPATION

The following students represented PTU, Jalandhar in North Zone/All India Inter-Varsity Tournaments:

FOOTBALL:-1 Amartejpal Singh D3.E.E-72072. Sulakhan Singh D4 E.E.-6255 3 Jaskaran SinghBhattal D2.CSE-850534. Amanjot Singh D2E.E-821055. Nimratpal Singh D4.Mech.-61216. Dalwinder Singh D2.ECE-830477. Jaskaran Singh D2ECE-83003

SWIMMING:-1. Jagbir Singh D3 - Mech.-71022. Kultar Singh D3- Mech.-71623. Prabhjot Singh D2-Civil-7058CYCLING:-

1. Gauravdeep Singh D4.Prod.-64362. Amit Kumar D2 Civil-800713. Harsimranjeet Singh D3 Mech.-71314. Anurag Choudhary D2 CSE-850595. Gurjot Kaur M.Tech.1st yr (ECE-903)6. Navjot Kaur D4. I.T-66137. Sukhpreet Kaur D3.I.T-6048. Namrita Ahluwala D3E.E.-7233

TOURNAMENTS ORGANISED1. PTU Inter-college Swimming Competition (15&16.9.09)2 PTU Inter-college Zonal & Inter-zonal Football Tournament(22 to

25.10.09)

3 PTU Inter-college Cycling Competition at Punjabi University, Velodrome, Patiala

NEW JOININGMr. Paramvir Singh Grewal joined as Director Physical Education w.e.f Aug’09

PUBLICATIONS:-Dr (Mrs.) Gunjan Bhardwaj got the following paper published in different referred journals:

1 “Prolonging Old Age Cardiac Patients Life Through Exercise Programme” Indian Journal of Sports Science and Physical Education; Vol.18, No.1 & 2, Jan. & July 2009.

2 “Effect of Recreational Programme on Physically Disabled Children” Scientific Journal In Sports and Exercise; Vol.1, No.5, Jan. – July 2009.

STUDENT Activities:

Students under banner of SCIE organized SPARK-09 a two week long extravaganza covering varied areas and organizing competitions.

Students under banner of ISTE organized a technical week IGNITE-09 having a variety of technical events including paper presentation, quiz etc.

Our student Rahul Kaul was awarded the best student award at ISTE student convention Minerva held at RIET, Railmajra.

Students of ISTE won the second prize in quiz at ISTE student convention.

Students of SCIE won the PTU zonal quiz competition.

And now for some interesting piece of information:

Watermelon Juice: The New Fuel?

Michael Reilly, Discovery News

A staple of backyard barbecues and summer time snacks, watermelon is also a promising new source of renewable energy. According to a new study, leftover watermelons from farms' harvests could be converted into up to 9.4 million liters (2.5 million gallons) of clean, renewable ethanol fuel every year destined for your car, truck, or airplane's gas tank. Agriculturally, watermelon is a peculiar fruit -- each year farmers across the country leave between 20 and 40 percent of their crop to rot on the ground. These are the ugly ducklings of the lot; though perfectly fine on the inside, the misshapen or blemished melons simply won't sell at the grocery store."If a crow lands on a melon, takes two pecks at the rind, and then flies away, it's no good," Wayne Fish of the United States Department of Agriculture in Lane, Oklahoma said. "I had farmers telling me, 'I'm leaving one-fifth of my melons on the land. Is there anything I can do with them?'"Across the United States, he estimated that 360,000 tons of watermelons spoil in fields every year.Some local growers wondered whether the waste melons could be turned into ethanol, the clean-burning fuel derived from plant sugars. In a series of new experiments published yesterday in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels, Fish and a team of researchers showed that they can.

Watermelon juice is about 10 percent sugar by volume, about half the concentration that manufacturers consider right for producing ethanol. But it's

chock full of amino acids that provide a crucial source of nitrogen for yeast to feed on during fermentation.On its own, the team calculated they could make about 2.5 million gallons of ethanol each year from waste melons, a drop in the bucket of an industry that last year produced 9 billion gallons from corn and other feedstock in the United States alone.But both corn and molasses require lots of water, and sometimes nitrogen supplements to prepare for fermentation. The team suggests that watermelon juice from reject melons could drastically cut down on water usage, supply needed nitrogen, and even add some sugar to the mix, cutting the amount of corn or molasses by up to 15 percent."This is not going to replace corn. In that sense it will remain a niche source of biofuel," said Jim Rausch, president of the College Station, Texas-based company Common Sense Agriculture, LLC, which is developing a prototype watermelon juice-to-ethanol processing plant."But unlike algae biodiesel or cellulosic ethanol, it's a right now thing. There's no new technology that needs to be developed to make it economical."

Once again wishing u all a very happy and prosperous New year 2010.