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Editor: Mrs.H.Narthana ([email protected]), Page 1 RAMCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Electrical and Electronics Engineering NEWS Letter Vol. I, Issue No. 1 Year Jun‟2014 – May2015 Editorial Desk: I am happy to inform you that, as part of our department Association activities, The Newsletter for Jun‟2014 to May‟2015 is being introduced. This Newsletter contains various activities carried out by the students and Faculty of the EEE department. - Dr.S.Kannan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 26.07.2014 - “Inauguration of electrical and electronics engineering department association function” The inaugural function of Electrical and Electronics Engineering department association RIT ELECTRA was held on 26.07.2014 at ECE Seminal Hall for the academic year 2014-2015. The program started with a prayer. Dr. S. Kannan, Prof. and Head welcomed the gathering. Dr. R. V. Mahendra Gowda, Principal, delivered the Presidential address. He explained about the importance of a Technical Association and gave guidelines to students. He also motivated the students to make good use of Association activities. He advised the students to design an affordable Electric car. Er. B. Velvendan, General Manager, Electrical, Textile Division, Ramco Group was the chief guest and gave a special lecture about Renewable energy sources that are developing in the market. It was very useful to the students. Mr. D. Karthik Prabhu, Asst. Prof., presented the Association Plan for the academic year 2014-15. The Association Logo was designed by Ms.M.Belsibai and M.Ambika, students of II year EEE. The efforts of those students were recognised and they were duly honoured. Lastly the vote of thanks was given by Mr.Aashik Ali, II year EEE, Student Secretary of the association. RIT-ELECTRA Inagural Function Standing: Mr. D.Karthik Prabhu; Sitting: Dr.S.Kannan, Er.B.Velvendan, Dr.R.V.Mahendra Gowda Report by: Mr. D.Karthik Prabhu, AP/EEE 19.07.2014 - Visit to Power House of RIT RIT-ELECTRA arranged a visit to the powerhouse inside the campus on 19.07.2014 between 3.30 and 5.00 PM for the II year students of EEE. Er. M. Rengasubramanian, Senior Electrical Engineer, RIT Power house explained the various equipment such as Power transformer, Potential transformer (PT), Current Transformer (CT), Lightning arrestor, 11 kV HV Underground Cable, Distribution system, UPS along with battery backup etc. The students showed keen interest in learning and clarified their doubts. He also explained the input and output ratings of various electrical equipment installed in the RIT powerhouse. Students Visiting RIT Power House Report by: Mr.D.Karthik Prabhu, AP/EEE ------------------------------------------------------------------- 09.08.14 - Guest Lecture on Electrical Safety and Energy Management in Lighting SystemsA Guest Lecture on “Electrical safety and Energy Management in Lighting Systems was held on 09.08.14 for 68 students of II year EEE from 1.30 PM to 05.00 PM. Dr. V. Saravanan, Asso. Prof., EEE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, delivered the lecture. The importance of Electrical safety was explained with case studies in the first session. In the next session, he discussed about the recent trends in lighting systems and energy management in lighting system. The students were motivated to interact with the guest. A Quiz was conducted based on the lecture, Ms.S.Abirami and Ms.S.A.Devi Durga, II year EEE won the first prize in it.

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Editor: Mrs.H.Narthana ([email protected]), Page 1

RAMCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Vol. I, Issue No. 1 Year Jun‟2014 – May‟2015

Editorial Desk:

I am happy to inform you that, as part of our

department Association activities, The Newsletter for

Jun‟2014 to May‟2015 is being introduced. This

Newsletter contains various activities carried out by the

students and Faculty of the EEE department.

- Dr.S.Kannan

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26.07.2014 - “Inauguration of electrical and

electronics engineering department association

function”

The inaugural function of Electrical and

Electronics Engineering department association RIT

ELECTRA was held on 26.07.2014 at ECE Seminal Hall

for the academic year 2014-2015. The program started

with a prayer. Dr. S. Kannan, Prof. and Head welcomed

the gathering. Dr. R. V. Mahendra Gowda, Principal,

delivered the Presidential address. He explained about

the importance of a Technical Association and gave

guidelines to students. He also motivated the students to

make good use of Association activities. He advised the

students to design an affordable Electric car. Er. B.

Velvendan, General Manager, Electrical, Textile

Division, Ramco Group was the chief guest and gave a

special lecture about Renewable energy sources that are

developing in the market. It was very useful to the

students. Mr. D. Karthik Prabhu, Asst. Prof., presented

the Association Plan for the academic year 2014-15. The

Association Logo was designed by Ms.M.Belsibai and

M.Ambika, students of II year EEE. The efforts of those

students were recognised and they were duly honoured.

Lastly the vote of thanks was given by Mr.Aashik Ali, II

year EEE, Student Secretary of the association.

RIT-ELECTRA Inagural Function

Standing: Mr. D.Karthik Prabhu; Sitting: Dr.S.Kannan,

Er.B.Velvendan, Dr.R.V.Mahendra Gowda

Report by: Mr. D.Karthik Prabhu, AP/EEE

19.07.2014 - Visit to Power House of RIT

RIT-ELECTRA arranged a visit to the

powerhouse inside the campus on 19.07.2014 between

3.30 and 5.00 PM for the II year students of EEE.

Er. M. Rengasubramanian, Senior Electrical Engineer,

RIT Power house explained the various equipment such

as Power transformer, Potential transformer (PT),

Current Transformer (CT), Lightning arrestor, 11 kV HV

Underground Cable, Distribution system, UPS along

with battery backup etc. The students showed keen

interest in learning and clarified their doubts. He also

explained the input and output ratings of various

electrical equipment installed in the RIT powerhouse.

Students Visiting RIT Power House

Report by: Mr.D.Karthik Prabhu, AP/EEE

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09.08.14 - Guest Lecture on “Electrical Safety and

Energy Management in Lighting Systems”

A Guest Lecture on “Electrical safety and

Energy Management in Lighting Systems was held on

09.08.14 for 68 students of II year EEE from 1.30 PM to

05.00 PM. Dr. V. Saravanan, Asso. Prof., EEE,

Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, delivered

the lecture. The importance of Electrical safety was

explained with case studies in the first session. In the

next session, he discussed about the recent trends in

lighting systems and energy management in lighting

system. The students were motivated to interact with the

guest. A Quiz was conducted based on the lecture,

Ms.S.Abirami and Ms.S.A.Devi Durga, II year EEE won

the first prize in it.

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Dr.V.Saravanan, Associate Professor delivering lecture

on Electrical Safety and Lighting Systems

Report by: Mr.D.Karthik Prabhu, AP/EEE

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16.08.2014 One day‟ Industrial Visit to Ramco Cements

Pvt Ltd., R.R. Nagar, Virudhunagar

RIT-ELECTRA arranged a one day industrial

visit to Ramco Cements Pvt Ltd, from 10.30 AM to

5.00 PM for the II year students of EEE. The students

got an idea about the production of cement and visited

the sub-station present inside the factory. The electrical

engineers explained the voltage and current levels of

incoming and outgoing power lines and basic

functioning of the various equipments such as

transformers, circuit breakers, metering instruments,

and distribution system. The visit gave an overall view

of the functioning of various electrical machines

installed inside the premises and the students clarified

their doubts with the engineers present.

Report by: Mrs.H.Narthana, AP/EEE

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24.08.2014 & 07.09.2014 Two day‟ Workshop on “PCB

DESIGN”

A Workshop on “PCB Design” was conducted

by PG (M.Tech PED) students of Kalasalingam

University, Krishnankoil to 69 students of II year EEE on

24.08.2014 and 07.09.2014. The morning session dealt

with the theory about PCB and softwares used for PCB

designing. In the afternoon session, hands on training

was given on designing of PCB‟s. Students did PCB

design using simulation. On 07.09.2014, students

implemented small electronic circuits using PCB

hardware.

Students attending workshop on PCB Design

Report by: Mr.D.Karthik Prabhu,AP/EEE

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09.12.2014 to 13.12.2014 Five days‟ Value Added

Course on “Arduino”

A value added course on “Arduino” was

conducted from 09.12.2014 to 13.12.2014. Dr.S.Kannan,

Prof., EEE addressed the students on the „importance of

innovation‟ during the inaugural function.

Mr.G.Jaisarathy and Mr.S.Karthikeyan, Embedded

project developers from M/S. ONEYES

TECHNOLOGIES, Chennai gave hands on training

using Arduino. 64 students of II year EEE attended and

benefited from this course. The five day training

programme gave an idea about the functioning of

electronics components and dealt with the embedded C

programming using Arduino as a controller with the

applications of LED blinking, control of robots using

Bluetooth module, 7 segment LCD display, thermistor,

Buzzer and other simple application. The training was

very helpful to the students. They learnt all the industrial

applications for monitoring and controlling the

equipment using Arduino as a controller.

Students attending workshop on Aurdino Course

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The training programme was successfully

completed with positive feedbacks from students. At the

end certificates were distributed to students. In their

feedback, students said the training will be helpful to do

mini projects. The Principal Dr.R.V.Mahendra Gowda

informed the students to prepare mini-projects to be

displayed in the National Science day function to be held

on 28.02.2015. He also distributed Certificates to the

participants. Mr.Aashik Ali, Secretary, RIT-ELECTRA

proposed the vote of thanks.

Students attending hands-on training with Aurdino board

Report by: Mr.D.Karthik Prabhu & Mr.P.Ram

Prakash, AP/EEE

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STUDENT ACTIVITIES

29 Students of II year EEE participated in Workshop on

“ETHICAL HACKING” conducted by the dept. of CSE

held during 24-25 July 2014 at Ramco Institute of

Technology, Rajapalayam.

22 Students of II year EEE participated in Workshop on

“INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR)

AWARENESS” conducted by the dept. of Mechanical

Engg., held on 23rd

August 2014 at Ramco Institute of

Technology, Rajapalayam.

S.Prema Sangeetha and M.Manonmani, of II Year

EEE participated in the Blood donation camp organized

by National Service Scheme, RIT on 23rd

August 2014.

R.K.Ravi Venkatesh, R.Stephen Franz, G.Hari

Vignesh, J.Jayavigneshkumar, R.Ravi Raja,

J.Aravinth, S.Amathulla Jasila and S.Indhuja, of I

Year EEE participated in the Blood donation camp

organized by National Service Scheme, RIT on 23rd

August 2014.

M.Sivabalan of II year EEE, member of Table Tennis

Team (Zone XVIII) secured Third position in the Anna

University Zonal Tournaments for the year 2014-2015,

held at Regional Office Anna University, Tirunelveli,

during 23-24 August 2014.

S.Fazil Mehmudh and K.Mohan kumar of II year EEE

won II prize in CERBAL CORTEX Event in

“ALCONESY 14” - A National Level Technical

Symposium conducted by EEE Association of

A.C.College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi,

during 2-3 September 2014.

S.Fazil Mehmudh of II year EEE won II prize in KEEP

CALM Event in “ALCONESY 14” A National Level

Technical Symposium conducted by EEE Association of

A.C.College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi,

during 2-3 September 2014.

40 Students of II year EEE attended In-plant training in

10 different companies from 15.12.2014 to 31.12.2014.

RESEARCH

Research Scholar (Ph.D.,) Completed in this semester

(Odd Semester of Academic year 2014-2015)

Mr.R.Arun, Part-time, “Process Control”, Faculty of

EEE/RIT

Research Scholar (Pursuing)

Mr.K.Karthikeyan, Part-time, “Generation, Expansion

Planning”, Faculty of EEE/RIT

Faculty Participations / Achievements / Guest Lecture

Delivered / FDP‟s Attended

Mr.R.Arun, attended an Eight day‟ Workshop on

“Electromagnetic Theory”, at Kamaraj College of

Engineering and Technology, Virudhunagar from 12-19

June 2014.

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Mr.P.Ram Prakash attended a Two day‟ FDP on

“FPGA and BSV Programming” at SASTRA

University during 23-24 June, 2014.

Dr.S.Kannan, Professor & HoD, delivered a Guest

Lecture on “Renewable Energy Sources” in ISTE &

SRM University Sponsored Staff Development Program

Conducted at Theni Kammavar Sangam Polytechnic

College on 1st July 2014.

Mrs.H.Narthana, AP/EEE and Mrs.S.Gnanalakshmi,

JA/EEE participated in the Blood donation camp

organized by National Service Scheme, RIT on 23rd

August 2014.

Mr.R.Arun presented his Research findings through

Oral Presentation during Research Scholars‟ Day (RSD

– 2014) organized by the Department of Instrumentation

Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology Campus,

Chennai on 5th

September 2014.

Mr.K.Karthikeyan participated in a Two day‟ NPTEL

workshop on “Technology Enhanced Learning”

organized by IIT Madras, Conducted at Loyola ICAM

College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai on 19th

& 20th

September 2014.

Mr.D.Karthik Prabhu attended a Two day‟ National

Seminar on “Smart Grid Technologies and

Applications” conducted at PSG college of Technology,

Coimbatore on 10th

and 11th

Of October 2014.

Mrs.H.Narthana attended a Two day‟ Workshop on

“Soft Computing Techniques For Applications In

Electrical Sciences” conducted at PSG College of

Technology, Coimbatore on 7th

and 8th

of November

2014.

Mr.K.Karthikeyan participated in a Two Week‟ Main

Workshop on “Control Systems” organized by National

Mission on Education through ICD-MHRD (Government

of India), conducted at Mepco Schlenk Engineering

College, Sivakasi from 02nd

to 12th

of December 2014.

Mr.R.Arun, attended a Three day‟ Workshop on “Real

Time signal acquisition and processing using open

source software SCILAB” conducted during 15th

– 17th

December 2014 at National Institute of Technology,

Tiruchirappalli, organized by the Department of

Instrumentation and Control Engineering.

Dr.S.Kannan, Professor & HoD, delivered a Lecture on

“Electrical Energy Conservation through Water

Conservation” Organized by the TANGEDCO,

Rajapalayam Division, Virudhunagar Distribution circle

electrical energy conservation circle week 14.12.2014 to

20.12.2014 on 18th

December 2014.

Dr.S.Kannan, Prof & HoD, gave a speech about “Steps

to Improve the Discipline of students” and “Stress

Management and Psychology” and Mr.K.Karthikeyan,

AP/EEE delivered a speech on “Interpersonal

relationship between Class Advisor and Students” in the

two day‟ Faculty Development Programme on

“Introspection of Teaching Learning Process” conducted at Ramco Institute of Technology,

Rajapalayam on 23rd

& 30th

of December 2014.

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10.01.2015 - Half a day‟ Industrial Visit to “Sri Vishnu

Shankar Mills”, Rajapalayam

RIT-ELECTRA arranged a half a day industrial

visit to Sri Vishnu Shankar Mills, Rajapalayam between

2.30 PM and 5.00 PM for the I year students of EEE. The

students were accompanied by two faculty members,

namely, Mr.D. Karthik Prabhu, AP/EEE & Mrs.H.

Narthana, AP/EEE. One of the supervisor explained the

fire safety methods in the industry for creating awareness

among the students. The chief electrical engineer took the

students into the mill and explained the different sections

of the mill starting from the power house, transformer, bus

bars, circuit breakers like oil circuit breaker, air circuit

breaker and generators. He also explained the fuel used

for the generators. Finally, one of the supervisors took the

students to the section where the thread is made from the

cotton. The information given to the students was

informative and their doubts were clarified. Finally, the

visit came to an end at 5.00 PM.

Report by: Mrs.H.Narthana, AP/EEE

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06.02.2015 to 07.02.2015 - Two day‟ Industrial Visit to

“GD Electrical equipments”, Coimabatore

RIT-ELECTRA arranged a two day industrial

visit to “GD Electrical equipments”, Coimabatore for

the II year students of EEE. Two faculty members from

EEE dept, Mr.K Karthikeyan, AP/EEE and Mrs.H.

Narthana, AP/EEE accompanied the students during the

visit. Mr.G.D. Gopal Raja of GD Electrical equipments

explained the manufacturing of a.c. and d.c. motors. The

various sections in which the machines were

manufactured were explained practically. The students got

an idea about the windings, stampings, stator, rotor,

commutator and brushes present inside the motor. The

components inside the motor were shown clearly for

demonstration to the students. The students benefited from

the visit by clarifying their doubts regarding machines.

Lastly the industrial visit successfully ended with a visit to

GD Naidu Museum, Coimbatore where the students learnt

about inventions made by the scientist, Mr.G.D. Naidu.

Report by: Mrs.H.Narthana, AP/EEE

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16.02.2015 - Half a day workshop on “PLC Course”

A Half a day workshop on “PLC Course”

was conducted on 16.02.2015 for 68 students of EEE

from 2.15 pm to 5.00 pm. Mr. G.Raghuramraja, Lead

Engineer, from Stonehat Technologies, Coimbatore

delivered a lecture on PLC basics, Architecture, system,

input, programming, basic ON/OFF control using switch

or sensor, concepts of timer and counter, PLC output,

Data flow and scan process to the students with the help

of PLC Trainer kit. The students were informed about the

availability of many example programs, instructions and

experiments in the website for their reference and use.

The concepts of PLC were explained with different case

studies while executing the programs. The students

benefited out of the course as it provided useful ideas for

doing mini-projects.

Report by: Mrs.H.Narthana, AP/EEE

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28.02.2015 – One day “National Science Day

Celebration”

Ramco Institute of Technology organized the

one day National Science Day celebration for all the

students of RIT on 28.02.2015. The program started with

a prayer. Dr.S.Rajakarunakaran, Prof. & Head,

Department of Mechanical Engineering, RIT welcomed

the gathering, Dr. R.V. Mahendra Gowda, Principal,

delivered the presidential address. The inaugural function

started with the release of the book of abstracts by Shri. P.

Chandrasekar Raja, MD, Rajalakshimi Accessories Pvt.

Ltd. As part of the celebration, events like Paper

presentations in the domain of Science and Technology

and Mathematics, aptitude test in C programming,

Mathematical Rangoli, Model Making and Drawing,

Mathematical Aptitude, Collage and Project Exhibition

were conducted.

Inaugural Function of National Science Day Celebration

The Project exhibition was held at the respective

department laboratories. 57 students of II year EEE and

10 students of I year EEE participated and presented

projects. V. Sri Janani Jayapratha, G.Poornima,

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M.Tharanya & B.Gayathri of II year EEE participated and

won the I prize. A.Aashik Ali, M.Murali Kumar &

R.Vignesh Balaji won the II prize and M.Hari Prasath &

G.Ramkumar of I year EEE won the III prize. Finally the

vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. S. Kannan, Prof. &

Head, Department of EEE.

Students explaining their mini-project during project

exhibition

Winners of National science day project exhibition

Report by: Mrs.H.Narthana, AP/EEE

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06.03.2015 to 07.03.2015 - Two day National Conference

on “Innovations in Engineering, Science and

Technology (NCIEST-2015)”

A two day National Conference on “Innovations

in Engineering, Science and Technology (NCIEST-

2015)” was held on 06.03.2015 and 07.03.2015. The

programme was organized by Dr.R.V. Mahendra Gowda,

Principal, RIT, Faculty Co-ordinators,

Dr.S.Rajakarunakaran, HoD/Mech and

Dr.S.Periyanayagi, HoD Incharge/ECE. Dr.S.Kannan,

Prof & Head/EEE, Mr.K.Karthikeyan, AP/EEE,

Mr.D.Karthik Prabhu, AP/EEE and Mr.P.RamPrakash,

AP/EEE presented papers. A paper titled “Energy based

Reliability index – A Tutorial was presented by

Mr.K.Karthikeyan, AP/EEE & Dr.S.Kannan, Prof &

Head/EEE. Mr.P.RamPrakash, AP/EEE presented a paper

titled “Modified PWM Technique for Harmonic

Elimination in Modified Cascaded Inverter”.

Mr.P.RamPrakash, AP/EEE & Mr.D.Karthik Prabhu,

AP/EEE presented a paper titled “Performance

Evaluation of Nine-Level modified cascaded Inverter

with different PWM techniques”. The top 10 students

of I year and II year EEE participated in the conference.

Report by: Mrs.H.Narthana, AP/EEE

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04.04.2015 - Two Hour‟ Local Visit to “Mudangiyar

Sub-Station (110/11kV)”, Rajapalayam.

The EEE Department arranged a local visit to

Mudangiyar Sub-Station (110/11kV) on 04.04.15 from

11.00 AM to 1.00 PM for 62 students of II year EEE. The

Assistant Engineer in the substation explained about the

overall layout and how power is distributed among

various places. The layout gave the idea about the control

unit, lightening arrestor switch, group control breaker and

low voltage breakers. The students were taken to the

battery room consisting of 55 cells of a dc battery for

back-up which is a combination of acid and distilled

water. The purpose of battery back-up was explained

clearly to the students. The control panel for all the

feeders with the metres, type of relays and circuit breakers

was shown. Finally, the students were explained about the

distribution stage i.e. from 110 kV to 11 kV, type of

insulators, isolator switches, step-down transformer,

instrument transformers like CTs and PTs and feeders

taken out for distribution. The students understood the

concepts of substation and also clarified their doubts.

Report by: Students of II year EEE

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04.04.2015 – A RIT-ELECTRA Valedictory Function

The Valedictory function of RIT ELECTRA was

held on 04.04.2015 at ECE Seminal Hall organized by the

department of EEE. The function started with a prayer. 69

students of II year EEE and 55 students of I year EEE

participated in the function. Dr.S.Kannan, Prof., &

Head/EEE, delivered the welcome address, Dr. R. V.

Mahendra Gowda, Principal, delivered the presidential

address and honoured the chief guest. The introduction to

the chief guest was given by Ms.S. Amirtha Priya, of II

year EEE. The annual report for the academic year 2014-

2015 was delivered by Mr.D.karthik Prabhu, AP/EEE,

faculty incharge for RIT ELECTRA association. The

annual report included various programmes (Guest

lectures, value added courses) conducted, industrial visits

and in-plant training organized for the students.

RIT-ELECTRA Valedictory Function

Standing: Er.G.V.Palanivel; Sitting: Dr.S.Kannan,

Dr.R.V.Mahendra Gowda

Er.G.V.Palanivel, Executive Engineer,

TANGEDCO, Kottaipatti, Srivilliputhur was the chief

guest and gave a special lecture on crisis of power

generation in Tamil Nadu and the requirement of land for

the construction of towers. The students were advised on

how to trouble shoot the problems happening in the field

of electricity using wireless technology. The function was

interactive and informative with the few puzzles and

riddles. Certificates and prizes were distributed by the

chief guest to the winners of National Science Day

Project Exhibition held on 28.02.2015. V. Sri Janani

Jayapratha, G.Poornima, M.Tharanya & B.Gayathri of II

year EEE received the I prize, A.Aashik Ali, M.Murali

Kumar & R.Vignesh Balaji of II year EEE received the II

prize and M.Hari Prasath & G.Ramkumar of I year EEE

received the III prize. Finally, the vote of thanks was

proposed by Mr.A.Aashik Ali, II year EEE, Student

Secretary of the association.

Student of II year EEE getting prize for national science

day project exhibition

Report by: Mrs.H.Narthana, AP/EEE

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20.05.2015 to 31.05.2015 Twelve days‟ Value Added

Course on “Raspberry Pi”

RIT-ELECTRA conducted a 12 day value added

course, Certification programme on “Raspberry Pi” from

20.05.2015 to 31.05.2015 for 61 students of II year EEE.

Dr.S.Kannan, Prof., & Head/ EEE, delivered the welcome

address during the inaugural function. The trainers

Mr.S.Satheesh, Mr.S.Pradeep & Mr.M.Narendra Babu,

from M/S. BETA TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PVT LTD,

Coimbatore gave hands on training using Raspberry Pi.

The first day went on with the introduction about the

basics of embedded system, history and various types of

architecture in microprocessor and peripheral interface

controllers. They discussed about the version and

applications of Raspberry pi, power supply diagram,

bridge rectifier, transformers, python programming

concepts and installation of library files using software.

The programming concepts like modes of operation,

simple programs using conditional and looping statements

were explained in detail.

Trainers delivering lecture on “Raspberry pi” course

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The students also got an idea about hardware

component of Raspberry pi, pin diagram of BROADCOM

2835 ARM II, new animations, games using python shell,

switch and relay circuits, different types of sensors such as

fire sensor, gas sensor, PIR, IR sensor, Humidity and

vibrating sensor etc. The last day of the session dealt with

the interfacing of external hardware with the software,

wireless protocols such as zigbee, Bluetooth and wi-fi.

The entire course molded the students to do their mini

projects by using raspberry pi in real time applications.

The training programme was successfully

completed with positive feedbacks from students. At the

end certificates were distributed to students. Mr.Aashik

Ali, Secretary, RIT-ELECTRA proposed the vote of

thanks.

Students attending training on “Raspberry pi” Course

Report by: Students of III year EEE

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STUDENT ACTIVITIES

P.Premkumar of I year EEE participated in the Cavalier

Dr. G.K. Devarajulu Memorial Inter – Collegiate Quiz

Competition held on 04.02.2015, organized by

G.Venkatasawamy Naidu College, Kovilpatti.

57 students of II year EEE and 10 students of I year EEE

participated and presented their projects in the One day

“National Science Day Celebration”, held on 28th

February 2015, organized by Ramco Institute of

Technology, Rajapalayam.

Top 10 students of I year and II year EEE Participated in

Two day‟ National Conference on “Innovations in

Engineering, Science and Technology (NCIEST-

2015)”, held on 06.03.2015 and 07.03.2015, organized by

Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam.

A. Athmanathan, T. Balachandar, P. Gomathee

Sivaram, K. Murugesan P. Pradeep, N.S.

Ramakrishnan, S. Sambandham, G. Sri

Ramakrishnan and M. Rishikesan, II Year EEE

participated in the Blood donation camp organized by

National Service Scheme, RIT on 19th

March 2015.

R. Stephen Franz and A. MohamedSameer, I Year EEE

participated in the Blood donation camp organized by

National Service Scheme, RIT on 19th

March 2015.

V.Roshan, G.Hari Vignesh, R.K.Ravi Venkatesh,

S.Marieswaran and P.Prem Kumar of I year EEE

participated in a Two day National Level Technical

Symposium, “ORACLE-15” held during 19-20 March

2015, organized by EEE and E&I Dept., Government

College of Technology, Coimbatore. G.Hari Vignesh

and P.Premkumar won the I prize in the events,

VENDOSALE and TRESURE HUNT.

G.Hari Vignesh and P.Premkumar of I year EEE

participated in the event „CIRCUITRIX‟, R.K.Ravi

Venkatesh participated in the event „POWER CLASH‟,

V.Roshan participated in the event „CONTROL GURU‟

in a Two Day National Level Technical Symposium,

“ORACLE-15” at Government College of Technology,

Coimbatore held during March 19-20, 2015.

V. Roshan of I year EEE presented a paper on

“Graphene Coated Solar Plates” in A Two day

National Level Technical Symposium, “ORACLE-15”

organised by EEE and E&I Dept., Government College of

Technology, Coimbatore, during 19-20 March 2015.

R.Ravi Raja, N.Sathesh, M.Sivaprakash and

J.Jeyavigneshkumar of I year EEE participated in events

like TRACKING and Line followers in a two day

Technical Symposium, “XION-2015” held during 19-20

March 2015, organized by SRM University, Vadapalani

Campus, Chennai.

T. Balasubramaniyan and K. Mohan Kumar won the II

prize in the event SUDOKU and S. Fazil Mehamudh and

K. Mohan Kumar won the III prize in the event

VENDOSALE in “ORACLE 15” – A Two day Technical

Symposium held during 19-20 March 2015, organized by

Government College of Technology, Coimbatore.

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A.Aashik Ali and M.Murali Kumar of II year EEE

participated in the events TRACKING and line followers

in Technical Symposium, “XION-2015” at SRM

University, Vadapalani Campus, Chennai held during

March 19-20, 2015.

A.Aashik Ali and V.Kamalakkannan of II year EEE

participated in the events PROJECT PRESENTATION,

MIND TEASER, Mr.BRAIN and BEST MANAGER in

“TEXPERJA‟15 - A Two day National Level Technical

Symposium held during 19-20 March 2015, organized by

SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore.

A. Aashik Ali and V. Kamalakannan of II year EEE

presented a paper on “HVDC AND FACTS” in

“TEXPERIA‟15 – A Two day Technical Symposium,

held during 19-20 March 2015, organized by SNS College

of Technology, Coimbatore.

7 students of II year EEE attended a One hour “C

aptitude program” held on 23rd

March 2015, organized

by RIT-CLUSTRA Association – Ramco Institute of

Technology.

T.Prasad, R.Dinesh kumar, C.Pandiyarajan,

R.Vignesh, S.Kathir, V. Karthikeyan, M.

MadhanKumar, S. Mohamed Asfar, A.

MohamedSameer and K. Muthukrishnan of I year

EEE participated in “AspireX‟ 15” – a One day National

Level Techno Management Fest, held on 27th

March

2015, organized by Tamilnadu College of Engineering,

Coimbatore.

V. Karthikeyan, M. MadhanKumar, S. Mohamed

Asfar, A. Mohamed Sameer & K. Muthukrishnan of I

year EEE won I prize in the event „AD-ZAP‟ in

“AspireX‟ 15 – A One day National Level Techno

Management Fest, held on 27th

March, 2015, organized

by Tamilnadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore.

V. Karthikeyan, M. MadhanKumar, S. Mohamed

Asfar, A. Mohamed Sameer & K. Muthukrishnan of I

year EEE won II prize in the events Buisness Quiz and

Buisness management in “AspireX‟ 15” – A One day

National Level Techno Management Fest, held on 27th

March, 2015, organized by Tamilnadu College of

Engineering, Coimbatore.

R. Vignesh & S. Kathir of I year EEE presented a paper

on “Hydrogen fuel cells” in “AspireX‟ 15” – A One day

National Level Techno Management Fest, held on 27th

March 2015, organized by Tamilnadu College of

Engineering, Coimbatore.

R. Dinesh Kumar, C. Pandiyarajan & T. Prasad of I

year EEE presented a paper on “The E-Bomb” in

“AspireX‟ 15” – A One day National Level Techno

Management Fest, held on 27th

March 2015, organized by

Tamilnadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore.

S.Amirtha Priya of II year EEE from Emerald team

won the I prize in the events Hammer Throw and

Tennicoit doubles. V.Sri Janani Jayapratha and

T.Saahithya of II year EEE from Sapphire team were

the winners in the event Volleyball. S.Amirtha Priya of

II year EEE from Emerald team was the runner in the

event Volleyball. S.Indhuja of I year EEE from

Emerald team was the winner in the event Throw ball.

T.Pavethra of I year EEE and S.Prema Sangeetha of

II year EEE from Ruby team were the runners in the

event Throw ball.

M.Siva Prakash of I year EEE from Invincible team

won the I prize in the events 100 meters and 200 meters.

J.Jeyavigneshkumar of I year EEE from RIT Avengers

team won the III prize in the event 5000 meters.

P.Mathan Raj of II year EEE from commandos team

won the I prize in the event 4 × 100 meters relay.

P.Tamilselvan and P.Sudharson of II year EEE from

the challengers team won II prize in the event 4 × 100

meters relay. G.Hari Vignesh and M.Siva Prakash of I

year EEE from Invincible team won III prize in the event

4 × 100 meters relay. P.Mathan Raj of II year EEE

from Commandos team won the I prize and M.Siva

Prakash of I year EEE from Invincible team won the III

prize in the event 4 × 400 meters relay. M.Selva Mani of

II year EEE from RIT avengers was the runner in the

event Carrom. S.Fazil Mehamudh, M.Sivabalan,

T.Bala Subramaniyan and V.Karpaga Sivanandam of

II year EEE from RIT Challengers were the winners in

the event Table Tennis. K.Mohan Kumar and

P.Mathan Raj of II year EEE from Commandos team

were the winners in the event Volleyball. A.M.Abinesh

of II year EEE from RIT Avengers was the winner and

K.Kalidas, S.Krishnakumar of II year EEE,

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S.Marieswaran of I year EEE from RIT Challengers

were the runners in the event Cricket. S.Fazil

Mehamudh, M.Sivabalan and P.Tamil Selvan of II

year EEE from RIT Challengers were the winners in the

event Football. R.Vignesh Balaji and

K.B.Ragaventhiraa of II year EEE, M.Siva Prakash

and K.Varun Kumar of I year EEE from RIT

Invincible were the runners in the event Football.

LIST OF STUDENTS PROJECTS IN

NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY

II Year Electrical and Electronics Engineering:

Automatic switching of water tank motor

Wireless system

7805 IC Voltage Regulator

Driver Fatigue accident prevention Using

Sensor

MOSFET based Inverter

Solar Energy to Electrical Energy conversion

Intelligent Lighting System

Accident Preventer using IR eye blink sensor

Battery charging using SCR

Current Producer from pressure

Curtain Opener and Closer Using Clap switch

Automatic plant irrigation system

Mosquito repellent circuit

Line Follower

Smart Traffic Control System

Tunnel Circuit wiring

Portable mobile charger

LED Services Connection

I Year Electrical and Electronics Engineering:

Automatic in feeding water for agricultural land.

Power Factor Improvement

Blood Flow Indicator

BFO Metal Detector

IN-PLANT TRAINING

Our Students underwent In-Plant Training during the odd

semester (2014-2015) holidays in the following

Industries:

Sterlite India Private Limited, Spicot Complex,

Tuticorin.

Energy Electricals

Code Bind Technologies

Thalaiyuthu substation (TNEB)

Sundaram Textiles Limited

TVS Training And Services Limited

The Ramco Cements Limited, Thulukapatti

The Ramco Cements Limited, Alathiyur.

Energe Capacitor Pvt. Ltd.

STUDENTS CONTRIBUTION IN

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

Class Committee Members:

II Year I Year

Ms.M.Tharanya Ms.S.Amathulla Jasila

Ms.B.Suga Priya Ms.S.Angel Josepha

Ms.R.Ponjothilakshmi Ms.S.R.Deve Kala

Mr.G.Sri Ramakrishnan Mr.M.Hari Prasath

Mr.S.Sambandham Mr.N.Sathesh

Mr.M.Rishikesan Mr.M.Siva Prakash

Association Members:

President : Dr.S.Kannan, HoD/EEE

Faculty Coordinator : Mr.D.Karthik Prabhu, AP/EEE

Secretary : Mr.A.Aashik Ali, II year/EEE

Joint Secretary : Ms.R.Ponjothilakshmi, II year/EEE

Faculty Participations / Achievements / Guest Lecture

Delivered / FDP‟s Attended

Dr.R.Arun, AP(Sr.Gr.)/EEE delivered a lecture on

“INTERNAL MODEL CONTROL”, in the National

Seminar on Recent Trends in Controller Design and

System Identification ‟15, Organized by the Saveetha

Engineering College, Chennai on 21st February 2015.

Dr.S.Kannan, Prof & Head/EEE, Mr.K.Karthikeyan,

AP/EEE, Mr.D.Karthik Prabhu, AP/EEE and

Mr.P.RamPrakash, AP/EEE presented papers in the Two

day National Conference on “Innovations in

Engineering, Science and Technology (NCIEST-

2015)”, held during 6-7 march 2015. A paper titled

“Energy based Reliability index – A Tutorial was

presented by Mr.K.Karthikeyan, AP/EEE &

Dr.S.Kannan, Prof & Head/EEE. Mr.P.RamPrakash,

AP/EEE presented a paper titled “Modified PWM

Technique for Harmonic Elimination in Modified

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Cascaded Inverter. Mr.P.RamPrakash, AP/EEE &

Mr.D.Karthik Prabhu presented a paper titled

“Performance Evaluation of Nine-Level modified

cascaded Inverter with different PWM techniques”.

Mr.K.Karthikeyan, AP/EEE presented papers titled

“Application of MOEAD Algorithm to multiobjective

generation expansion planning” and “Application of

NSGA-II, Modified NSGA-II and IGDE-3” in the joint

international conference on Communication, Computing

and Power Technologies (ICCCPT‟2015) and Artificial

Intelligence and Evolutionary Computations in

Engineering Systems (ICAIECES 2015), Organized by

department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,

Velammal Engineering College, Chennai on 22nd

& 23rd

April 2015.

Mr.P.RamPrakash, AP/EEE attended a Two day‟

Seminar on “Harmonics” conducted at Rajapalayam

Mills, Rajapalayam on 28th

and 29th

April 2015.

Dr.S.Kannan, Prof & Head/EEE, delivered a lecture on

“Power System Planning – Generation Expansion

Planning” and “Power System Planning –

Transmission Expansion Planning”, in AICTE

Sponsored Two Weeks FDP on “Topics of Research in

Electrical Engineering” (TREE‟15) organized by

department of EEE, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College,

Sivakasi on 13th

May, 2015 (during 11- 24 May, 2015).

RESEARCH

Research Scholars (Pursuing)

Mr.K.Karthikeyan, Part-time, “Generation, Expansion

Planning”, Faculty of EEE/RIT

Mr.P.Ram Prakash, Part-time, “Grid tie inverter using

FPGA”, Faculty of EEE/RIT

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Faculty Development Training Programme

The EEE Department has planned a 5 day training

programme on “NI LabVIEW Hardware and

Software”, from 15.06.2015 to 19.06.2015 for faculty

members of EEE, ECE, CSE, Mechanical and Civil

departments.

Students Training Programme

The EEE Department has planned to organize a 2 day

training programme on “NI LabVIEW Hardware and

Software”, from 22.06.2015 to 23.06.2015 for the

students of EEE and ECE.

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS For the year of 2014-15

TOP 10 STUDENTS II Year

VIGNESH S

(953613105057)

BELSIBAI M

(953613105011)

AMBIKA M

(953613105005)

AMIRTHA PRIYA S

(953613105006)

SUGA PRIYA B

(953613105051)

MANONMANI M

(953613105029)

PUNITHA C P

(953613105040)

AASHIK ALI A

(953613105001)

PONJOTHILAKSHMI R

(953613105035)

DHIVYA B

(953613105016)

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS For the year of 2014-15

TOP 10 STUDENTS I Year

PREM KUMAR P

(953614105035)

PAVETHRA T

(953614105032)

DEVE KALA S R

(953614105010)

RAVI RAJA R

(953614105039)

AMATHULLA

JASILA S

(953614105003)

PONRAJ M

(953614105033)

JEYALAKSHMI J

(953614105018)

SATHESH N

(953614105043)

PRASAD T

(953614105034)

ANGEL JOSEPHA S

(953614105005)

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Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Academic Year 2014-2015

TEACHING FACULTY MEMBERS

Dr.S. Kannan, M.E.(PS), Ph.D.

Professor and Head of the

Department

Mr. P. Ram Prakash, M.E.(PED)

Assistant Professor and

Senior Grade

Dr. R. Arun, M.E.(IE)

Ph.D. Assistant Professor and

Senior Grade

Mr. K. Karthikeyan, M.E.(HVE)

Pursuing Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Mr. D. Karthik Prabhu, M.E.(HVE)

Assistant Professor

Mrs. H. Narthana, M.E.(PED)

Assistant Professor

NON-TEACHING STAFF MEMBERS

Mr. V. Jothibass,

DEEE.

Lab Technician

Mr. P. Vijaya Kumar,

DEEE.

Lab Technician

Mrs.S. Gnanalakshmi,

B.C.A., B.Ed.

Junior Assistant

Mr. B. Muthukumar,

HSC.

Office Assistant

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