WORKSHOP ON SOLAR ENERGY 6th April, 2017
BMSCE IEEE Student Branch conducted a workshop on solar energy on April 6,
2017. This workshop was open everyone. Information about the workshop was
circulated through email and WhatsApp messages. This event was free for all the
IEEE members and ₹150/- was charged as registration from all the non-IEEE
members.
This workshop was organized keeping in mind the energy shortages the world is
facing. The equipment costed around ₹300 per person but they were given away
for free by BMSCE IEEE to those students as a small move to encourage use of
non-conventional sources of energy.
The event was held in classroom 6001 PG block, BMS College of Engineering,
Bangalore from 2:00 P.M. to 5:30 PM. Everything proceeded as per schedule. A
total of 25 students participated in the Workshop. The host for the workshop was
Mr. Yashunandan Sureka. He is doing his 8th semester in Electronic and
Communication Engineering in BMS College of Engineering.
Participants were introduced to various concepts of solar radiation and
intricacies of photon and about how Solar Energy is harvested. Solar Panels were
provided for the participants. The participants were informed in detail about the
material used to construct solar panel and its working was also explained. They
were also introduced to various concept of networks and electrical systems. They
were further introduced to the topic of voltage regulation.
Objective:
● To enlighten the students about the development of Solar energy, its
basics and its future.
● To introduce the participants to various components and their assembly to
form a complete product.
Outcomes:
● Anxiousness among the students to know more about Solar Energy.
● Increased awareness and usage of non-conventional sources of energy.
Date: 08-04-2017
REPORT BY:
Sayali Patil
Secretary
BMSCE IEEE
3-D PRINTING WORKSHOP
27th April, 2017
BMSCE IEEE Student Branch conducted a workshop on 3D Printing on April
27, 2017. This workshop was open for everyone. Information about the workshop
was circulated through email, WhatsApp messages, Facebook posts and posters.
This event was free for all the IEEE members and a sum of ₹50/- was charged as
registration fee from all the non-IEEE members.
The event was held at the BSN Hall, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore
from 2:00 P.M. to 5:00PM. Everything proceeded as per schedule. A total of 28
students participated in the Workshop. The host of the workshop was Mr.
Yashunandan Sureka, an 8th semester student in Electronics and
Communication Engineering in BMS College of Engineering.
Objective:
● To enlighten the students about the development of 3D Printing, its basics
and its future.
● To introduce the participants to various software that are used
○ for designing (Solid works and Catia v5)
○ For obtaining the G-code for the particular model that would guide
the machine to process (Kisslicer)
Outcomes:
● Anxiousness among the students to know more about 3D Printing.
● Student/participate approached the 3-D Printing R&D lab for the practical
session of the same.
Microsoft Training Program
29th May to 8th June 2017
BMSCE IEEE Student Branch conducted a training program in collaboration with the Mathitis Society, India on Cloud Computing during 29th May and 8th June. This workshop was open for everyone. Information about the workshop was circulated through email, WhatsApp messages, Facebook posts and posters.
It was a 10-day certified training program by Microsoft, the certificates of which were signed by the CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella. Mr. Syed Abide, the trainer brought in was also certified by Microsoft to teach.
The event was being held at the BSN Hall, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00PM. Everything proceeded as per schedule. A total of 85 students participated in the Workshop. All IEEE members were charged a sum of Rs. 5000/-, all BMSCE non-IEEE members were charged Rs. 5500/- and all non-BMSCE students were charged Rs. 8500/-.
Participants were introduced to various concept of virtual machine network and its working and briefed about Cloud Computing using Microsoft Azure software. Participants were told about 4 mini projects and asked them to do one major project. The workshop ended with the conduction of test required to be eligible for the
certification.
Objective:
● To enlighten the students about the development in Cloud Computing, its basics and its future.
● To introduce the participants to various current technologies being used by Microsoft now
Outcomes:
● Anxiousness among the students to know more about Cloud Computing. ● Student/participate approached the BMSCE IEEE to hold more advanced
workshops like these.
Date: 15-06-2017
REPORT BY:
Sayali Patil
Secretary
BMSCE IEEE
IEEE XTREME 11.0
14th October, 2017
BMSCE IEEE conducted IEEE Xtreme a 24 hour long coding
competition on the 14th of October 2017.
IEEE Xtreme is a global IEEE tradition, exclusively for IEEE
members, where programmers and coders around the globe compete
for the top spot on the leaderboard.
Xtreme 11.0 began at 5:30 am on the 14th in the BS Narayan Hall
and went on till 5:30 am, 15th. There was a total of 70 participants.
Participants were required to form groups of up to 3 members.
The 3 winning teams were given IEEE Xtreme T-shirts and
participation certificate was given by IEEE Bangalore Section.
Tshirts were also given to volunteers.
The event was conducted online and the competition was hosted on
CS Academy.
Important aspects like food and safety were ensured and thus, the
event went on in a smooth fashion.
At the end of the stipulated 24 hours, all the participants went home
sleep deprived and yet, fresh from an incredible experience.
BMSCE IEEE Student Branch BMSCE, Bull Temple Road, Bengaluru - 19, Karnataka
Email : [email protected]
REPORT ON SIGs – 2017
In a world of innovation and ever-expanding technology, the Silicon market has taken a
steep rise, paving the way for newer software, digital revolution, artificial intelligence, more
sophisticated circuits, and smarter machines. The presence of technology in our everydays
lives is undeniable, and growing at a rapid pace. With this, we also witness a challenge posed
on professionals working in the technology industy.
In the current global scenario, there is ever growing competition in the IT world. To meet
this challenge head on, it is necessary to equip our budding engineers with a unique skill-set
in a wide range of technologies. In view of this, professional educational institutes encourage
workshops and seminars to be conducted. Often, these workshops have limited effect due to
the constraint of time and, as a result, most workshops only cover the basics and essentials of
the topic.
Consequently, it is seen that most of the attendees of workshops do not get enough exposure
of the subject covered and they tend to lose interest and do not pursue further research and
experimentation on the subject.
In this context, it would be right to recollect the meaningful words of the great Chinese
philosopher Confucius-” I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
Keeping this in mind, BMSCE IEEE Student Branch came forward with an idea of forming a
Special Interest Group (SIG) within the Student Branch in 2014. The aim was to start a
learning group, where everybody interested could join and learn what they wanted to learn,
and the learning process would be more effective than a workshop as it would be spread over
a few months. There would be significant emphasis on practical knowledge apart from pure
technical knowledge to make the learning process complete.
With the advent of SIG in the year 2014, AVR SIG became the first SIG to be conducted by
Yashunandan Sureka, Ex-Chairman of BMSCE IEEE, which was a great success and it
turned out to be a motivation take up a new series of AVR sessions in the year 2015 with the
knowledge that we acquired being the participants of AVR SIG 2014.
In 2015, BMSCE IEEE Student Branch started Python SIG, which has been the most
successful SIG till date. BMSCE IEEE has received the Darrel Chong award for this
initiative.
In 2017, BMSCE IEEE conducted 4 SIGs and introduced the Cyber Security SIG. AVR SIG,
Python SIG and AERO SIG were continued as well.
AVR SIG is a learning group which aims to introduce the participants to the family of
Microcontrollers that are built on AVR architecture. The members are given the opportunity
to learn(theoretically and practically) about a powerful set of concepts and techniques using
which they can implement a wide range of embedded systems applications.
Python SIG was also continued from the previous years as it was extremely sought after and
popular among students. It aims at teaching the foundation of the powerful Python
programming language with hands-on experience. Due to the large number of registrations,
two sections, PYA and PYB were maintained for students with prior programming
knowledge and students new to programming.
Also this year, a new approach was taken, where students were taught individual concepts in
steps and used these concepts to gradually build a project by the end of their course. The
practise programs can be found on the official GitHub repository of BMSCE IEEE:
https://github.com/BMSCE-IEEE
The idea of starting an Aerospace SIG was conceived in 2015 as the subject received a lot of
interest from Mechanical students and enthusiasts of Aerospace. Various topics covered
included the principles of aerospace engineering, making drones / quadcopters and how to
design flightworthy objects.
Finally, the Cyber Security was introduced in 2017 due to the huge market demand and
popular request from student in the field of internet and system security. This SIG is being
taught to students who are expected to use this knowledge ethically and for educational
purposes. Students learn the essentials of how to safely secure their system, and how to hack
using vulnerabilities, among other things.
Registrations for the SIGs saw a great response. Due to the large number of students who
had registered for attending the SIG, preliminary screening tests and interviews were
conducted to select members. During selections, preference was given to IEEE Student
Members. In the end, a total of 50 members were shortlisted for AVR SIG, 100 members for
Python SIG (50 members for the group of students without prior programming experience
and 40 for the group with prior programming experience) and 30 members for AERO SIG
and 50 members for Cyber Security.
In conclusion, SIGs are a great way for the BMSCE IEEE student branch to interact with and
get people together on topics of common interest. Since students do not have to be IEEE
members to join, it helps to foster a community in college of technically minded people.
In the even semester, we are planning to implement Phase 2 of the SIGs which will include
3D Printing and Modelling, Machine Learning, Arm Cortex, and possibly game development
as well. We hope that these tentative plans will become a reality. As of the current situation,
we are tremendously with the interest in these SIGs and the incredible response from
students.
We believe these SIGs improve their learning curve and knowledge base, and gives an
opportunity for students to explore inter-disciplinary technologies. Also we hope that the
SIGs give the students the right kind of peer community for them to grow as engineers and
professionals. Finally, we believe that SIGs are an adept and effective step at equipping the
students with the knowledge they require for the growing demand in the market.