April 2015 Volume I Issue II

Campus News 2Flappy Bots 3Augmented Reality Helmets 3Hobby Circuits Report 3NG SPICE Workshop 4Juse - Perpetual Power 4Puzzle 4 U 4Photo Of The Month 4

Inspiring MindsWhat was the main aim of the NITs Scholars In-Residence Programme at Rashtrapati Bhavan? The main objectives of the programme were to provide the participants an insight into the working of the Rashtrapati Bhavan as well as that of our government, opportunities to interact with officers and civil servants from various ministries and to motivate us to contribute towards the growth of our country.

How did you feel when you got an invitation to stay at Rastrapati Bhavan? I was excited. I gave my application during December, contacted by Sameer Sir. I had forgotten about it since there was no reply from their end for a long time. It was in the first week of March that I received a mail from the Rashtrapati Bhavan inviting me for a week long in-residence programme. I felt elated and blessed on knowing that I was given an opportunity to take part in such a prestigious programme at the official residence of the President of India.

Can you describe your interaction with the President? The interaction with the President took place in the Cabinet Room of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. We were given two minutes each during which we introduced ourselves, shared our experiences during our stay and our vision for ourselves and for our country.I also got a chance to gift a souvenir from Kerala to the President, on the occasion of Vishu, the Malayalam New Year.The President began his address by pointing out the historical significance of the Cabinet room and the maps that were painted on the walls of the room, depicting the marine routes linking India and the rest of the world. He described the youth as the light of the nation and called upon them to fulfil their dreams by marching ahead with confidence and determination. His words were highly motivational.

NITC Students Bag Top Ranks In GATE’15

We congratulate other achievers too.

Why, in your opinion, did you get the ‘Prof. P.M Jussay Award for the Best Outgoing Student’?I believe that my overall academic performance as well as my involvement in various co-curricular activities fetched me this award. I’ve worked on a few innovative projects one of which came in the top 50 teams in the Texas Instruments India Innovation Challenge 2014, with Vinayak and Varghese as my team mates. I have published two technical papers, one in a National conference and the other in an International conference. I have also been an active volunteer in the IEEE Student Branch of NIT Calicut and served as its Vice Chairman and Chairman in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

What message would you like to give to your juniors?‘Develop a passion for learning and everything else will fall into place.’

HIGHLIGHTS

I N T E R V I E W W I T H K E V I N J E R O M EParticipant of NIT Scholars In-Residence Programme at Rashtrapati Bhavan

George JoseRank 93Roll No: EC11072S1251

RosemaryRank 332

Roll No:EC11070S3194

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IEEE, in collaboration with the National Institute of Technology, Calicut organized an International conference on Signal processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems – IEEE SPICES 2015 - on the NITC campus from February 19 to 21. The conference was a forum for sharing technical innovations amongst researches from academia, research laboratories and industries in various emerging fields of signal processing, communication, computer science and power systems among other fields. After a thorough review process around 246 papers were selected for oral and poster presentations from 506 technical papers received. About 300 delegates from various parts of the country and abroad attended the conference.

CAMPUS NEWS

IEEE SPICES

RAGAM, The largest cultural fest of South India conducted by NIT Calicut was held during 26th March to 29th March 2015. It was inaugurated by Sangeeth Shivan, Film Director on the evening of 26th. About 100 colleges competed in various cultural events and VIT Vellore became the champions. The main attractions of Ragam ’15 were Prodezza and the proshows featuring Eluveitie, Ankit Tiwari and Diego Miranda.

On 12 March 2015, Ragam made an attempt to re-write record books as the students of National Institute of Technology Calicut made an effort to break the World Record for the Worlds Largest Selfie. With a crowd of 2151 students inside the Open Air Theatre in the campus, the selfie was taken by popular Malayalam actor and director Sreenath Bhasi.

Women In Engineering, NITC celebrated women’s day on 11th March 2015. The function was inaugurated by artist John Mathew.It was followed by a presentation on ‘India’s daughter’ and a street play on ‘Women empowerment’ by the students of NITC. Various competitions like poster designing, collage making and picture captioning were conducted.

WOMENS DAYCELEBRATION

The launch of ILLUMINARE - the first newsletter released by ECEA was held at ECE Seminar hall on 19th January 2015 at 5:15pm. Dr. C K Ali, HOD, Electronics and CommunicationEngineering, inaugurated the function. The guests of honour were Dr. G Abhilash, Dr. Sreelekha and Mr. K J Dhanaraj, faculties of ECE Department. An interactive session on the scope of Electronics and Communication in our day-to-day life was given by Dr. Sathidevi P S. She also emphasized on the prospects for the students aspiring this course.

NEWSLETTER LAUNCH

Campart, inter year literary and cultural competition conducted by Students Affair Council, NITC was held on 28th February and 1st March 2015.There were participants from BTech, MTech and MCA. This sporadic cultural event which give an artistic spin to the technically vibrant campus were received ardently by the student community. The event concluded with the BTech third years bagging the first prize.

CAMPARTApple watch The newest product introduced by Apple has become a cultural phenomena when about 1 million of these were ordered the first day the device went on sale! The watch relies on a connected iphone to perform many of its default functions like calling or texting.

It is capable of receiving messages and calls as well as track fitness, run apps and even act as a walkie-talkie, a viewfinder and gives the user directions via Maps app. It also comes with ‘Siri’, Apple’s personal assistant app.

It’s an iphone you can wear

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Based on the mechanisms adopted by birds, bats, insects and snakes, 14 distinguished research teams have developed solutions to some of the common problems that drones could face when navigating through an urban environment and performing novel tasks for the benefit of society. Whether this is avoiding obstacles, picking up and delivering items or improving the take-off and landing on tricky surfaces, it is hoped the solutions can

Flappy Bots lead to the deployment of drones in complex urban environments in a number of different ways, from military surveillance and search and rescue efforts to flying camera phones and reliable courier services. Drones need exquisite flight control, and hence bio-inspired flight control.

A group of researchers from Harvard University have

developed a millimeter-sized drone with a view to explore extremely cramped and tight spaces. The microrobot which was the size of a one cent coin, could take off and land and hover in the air for sustained periods of time.

Hobby circuits, the flagship event of ECEA was conducted on March 14. The single day workshop was intended to provide the first year ECE students with hands on experience on basic electronic circuits.More than 50 students turned out to attend the workshop. Students were divided into groups of 3 and the classes were conducted in parallel in Logic Design Lab and Circuits Lab. Third year ECEA executives along with Second year

executives handled the classes.Students were given a brief

introduction about basic circuit elements before heading into circuit basics. Classes were provided based on 3rd semester Workshop and Electronics Lab syllabus. The main circuits dealt with was transistor switching circuits, multivibrators using transistor, 555 timer and Logic ICs. Hands on experience with lab equipments such as CRO and Function Generator was also included.

Hobby Circuits Workshop HANDS ON EXPERIENCE ON BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS.

KEEN AND ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS

LATEST TRENDS

AUGMENTED REALITY HELMETDeveloped by the team at Skully, it has a 180 d e g r e e rear facing camera and a little screen that is palced on the bottom right portion of your field of vision. The screen allows you to see everyting behind you no matter where your helmet is facing without any blind spot.The screen moves forward and backward and swivels slightly so that you can have the display where you need it. The helmet also features GPS navigation, It is scheduled to be released on May 2015.

The final rounds of Electroquiz conducted for the first years by ECEA was held on February 2nd 2015 at 5pm. K Christina Perimbam and Anand G of S4 BTech were the quiz masters. Ahammed Sabir, Mohammed Sahal and Unnikrishnan M of S2 BTech came up as the winning team.

Electro QuizFinals ?

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A workshop on the simulation software NG Spice was conducted by the ECEA for second year ECE students on 19th January 2015, The class started off with an introduction to NG Spice, followed by the details of its working.Students were taught the associated nomenclature and the method to enter data for different kinds of circuits(netlist). The curiosity and enthusiasm of the second years made the class more vibrant. On 29th, the class resumed and it went into the depths of circuit simulation. The session was taken under the suggestion of faculties in the department so as to aid the students in laboratory experiments.

NG SPICE Workshop

As most of the global population is concentrated on getting mobile phones as a medium of communication , the power required to charge these phones is becoming a matter of concern as it finally relies upon fossil fuel and thereby the environment. This mobile case – JUSE – that uses solar energy to charge the phones features Photo Voltaic Cells (PVC) which are at least twice as efficient as those used in other external mobile chargers. These cells are able to work in low light, absorbing power which is transferred to a nano battery. The battery is connected to a power management system, which perpetually powers your phone.

Juse - Perpetual Power

Identify X such that the bidirectional buzzer beeps continuosly from t=0 to t=2s.

Where A and B are Since X and X-OR should produce complementary outputs at every instant, X should be X-NOR

PUZZLE 4 YOU SOLUTION

The winning photo was captured by Vinod Jacob, B120269EC

PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

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