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Message from Chairman Greetings and thunder wishes to all IEEE members. IEEE Region 10, Student Activities Chair, Dr. Rajesh Ingle initiated to finalyse the process of closing the dormant Student Branches, by end of June 2018. IEEE headquarters communicated that 118 Student Branches have "0" members for eight consecutive months, and thus requested take immediate action to revamp or close the student branches. I take this opportunity by communicating to the educational Institutions that they need to activate the dormant or inactive student branches of Tamilnadu and Pondichery, instead of being dormant.

It is the matter of fact that, the benefits and rights were not properly communicated or understood, closure of student branch will be the remark to the education institutions, later it may require an extra effort to form a new Student branch registration with different code number. Inactive student branch list can be obtained from IEEE Madras section, which was also circulated by the Sub Committee, Chair(SAC), Dr. S Uma Shankar. I wish IEEE Madras section to have ‘0’ inactive student branches with your support to get it realized. Around ten international conference approvals are in the pipeline to get it approved due to IEEE Meetings, Conferences, and Events (MCE) guidelines. IEEE implemented through Technical Co-Sponsorship (TCS) for the international conference approval at the cost of 1000$ and each paper publication cost of 15$. Mode of payment and other modalities to organize the Conference and digital publication are getting finalized shortly. IEEE Madras Section organizing Student Project 2017-18 proto type demo on 21.04.2018, IEEE Office, Chennai -600 025. Unique program, which was started during the year 2010, organized by IEEE Madras section continuously. Fourteen students projects are invited for live demo, meritorious project by validation will be awarded for funding. Registered participants will be paid second class train fare to attend this event. IEEE membership new registration fee is just 50% from 15th March to 15th Aug 2018, accordingly registration fee of 36$ and 13.5 $ for professional and student members respectively, members are requested to make use of this half yearly subscription. Best wishes to Society Chairs, Affinity Groups, Special interest groups, subsections and all IEEE members.

Dr. P A Manoharan Chairman, IEEE Madras Section

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Message from Editor Greetings..!

I am happy to announce the March edition of IEEE MAS News letter. The previous edition may not have all events included, but however this edition has almost all reported events during the month of February and March. I apologise for the inadvertent delay. Indeed the IEEE MAS Link mailbox has plentiful reports and some of them were reported beyond said cut-off date. Despite the cluster of mails, sincere efforts have been made for prompt publishing of information.

At this juncture, I would like to let know the Student Branch Counsellors, Society Chapter Chairs and other reporting in charges that few amendments are made to ‘Guidelines for Event Reporting’. The procedure operates in two fold namely event announcement registry and event reporting. Accordingly, the circulars / Announcements of events planned under IEEE banner shall be informed in prior by email to ieeemas.events@gmail.com. After successful completion of events, a brief report with one photograph taken during the event shall be sent to ieeemaslink@gmail.com. It shall be noted that, henceforth the reporting would be a consolidated report in a calendar month for events conducted in that month, which should be reported before 7th date of succeeding month. The newsletter would be released on 15th of calendar month for events of preceding month. The guidelines for preparation of report and size of photograph can be found in the url https://goo.gl/ySHbmA

Any awards or recognitions and important information shall be sent to ‘event announcement’ mail for possible inclusion in Newsletter.

All are requested to kindly adhere to the new norms for timely release of Newsletters. It shall be noted that inclusion of topics into Newsletter is at the discretion of Editorial team.

I extend my heartfelt thanks to all IEEE members for the support and understanding and let us work in-phase for betterment of IEEE community and bring a positive change to professionals and student community.

Dr. S. Joseph Gladwin M.E., Ph.D. Associate Professor, ECE Department

SSN College of Engineering Kalavakkam - 603 110. Chennai.

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Arignar Anna Government College, Namakkal Technical Talk Arignar Anna Government College, Namakkal in association with IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter has organized a technical talk on “Recent Innovations in Medical Physics and Career Opportunities” on 23rd January 2018. Shri. N. Nandakumar, Managing Director, Prime Bio Medical Systems, Tiruppur, gave a Key note talk on the ‘Recent developments in Medical Physics’. Report by: Dr. S.Vijayakumar, dr.vijay-vlsi@ieee.org Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology (AVIT) Distinguished Lecture The IEEE SB Chapter of AVIT, Dept. of ECE & Dept. of CSE jointly organized a Distinguished Lecture on Gamification in Business Innovation on March 10, 2018 by Dr. Fakhrul Hazman Yusoff, Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Science (FSKM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)), Malaysia). Dr Fakhrul spoke on the gamification strategies in business innovation and on the technologies involved. Report by: P Subramanian, surya602@yahoo.co.in

Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam

Symposium IEEE Student Branch organizes student symposia “IMPIRE” each year for circuit branches. It includes number of event in which students from various institutions actively participate and harvest knowledge. This year “IMPIRE 2k18” was a successful event conducted on 02.03.2018 and 03.03.2018. Report by: Mr Raajeshwar E, raajeshwar@ieee.org

Cape Institute of Technology SPECTRUM TALK IEEE SB of Cape Institute of Technology organized an event SPECTRUM TALK for the IEEE Members on February 22nd 2018. The students presented their views on various topics of the emerging technology advancements published in the IEEE SPECTRUM. The event was coordinated by Ms.V.K.Virushne, IEEE SB Chair, final year ECE , Ms. M.A.Suchitra, final year ECE and staff coordinators Mr.A.Neelambaran,AP/ECE. Report by: Ms.Virushne V K, virushvk@gmail.com `

Chettinad College of Engineering & Technology, Karur

Hands on training workshop on Arduino IEEE Student Branch organized one day hands on training workshop on Arduino 09th March 2018. More than 70 students from various polytechnics and Engineering colleges in and around Karur district attended the hands on training workshop

A Guest Lecture on “Industrial design” The IEEE Student Branch Chettinad College of Engg. & Tech. and Dept. of Mechanical Engg. conducted Industrial design on 6th March 2018. Mr.K.Vishnuraj, Senior Engineer, Product Design, Collaborative Design and Engineering Service, Coimbatore handled the sessions. Totally 225 students of Mechanical engineering department attended the lecture and also interacted with the special guest. Report by: Dr..A.Punitha: principalccet@chettinadtech.ac.in

IEEE Student Branch (SB) Activities

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Ganadipathy Tulsi’s Jain Engineering College (GTEC), Vellore Women's Day celebration at GTEC 08.03.2018

Department of CE, GTEC IEEE Women in Affinity group and GTEC Women's welfare committee jointly celebrated International Women’s day 2018 at GTEC on 08.03.2018. Dr. M. Barathi, principal, GTEC presided over the function. Dr. Mythra Bhavini, MBBS, MS (OG), Assistant Professor, Government Medical College & Hospital, Vellore invited as chief guest. Dr. Mythra Bhavini gave a special talk on women hygiene, achievement of women in various fields. The program was organized by Dr. A. Manimegalai, Professor & Head/ECE, GTEC IEEE Student Branch Counsellor, Coordinator- GTEC Women’s welfare committee. Two days IEEE & IETE Sponsored National Conference Department of ECE of GTEC in association with IEEE-PSES, ComSoc & IETE has organized a two days National Conference on “Communication & Networking”. The Conference was sponsored by IEEE-PSES, ComSoc & IETE-Student Forum. Dr. M. Barathi, Principal, GTEC inaugurated the conference. The Conference Chair, Dr. A. Manimegalai, Professor & Head/ECE & IEEE Student branch Counselor welcomed the gathering. Dr. Elizabeth Rufus, Dean, VIT University, Vellore was Chief guest for the inauguration of the conference on 20.03.2018.

He gave a special talk on technological development and placement opportunities for the engineering students in details. A project Expo has also been organized in the conference. More than 50 papers were received. Out of these 20 papers were selected for the presentation. Best three papers were identified and prizes were distributed. Dr. S. P. Subba Rao, Professor & Head/ECE, Srinithi Institute of Science & Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana was the Chief guest on 21.03.2018 for valedictory. He distributed the best paper award and best project awards. Jeppiaar Institute Of Technology (JIT), Chennai Html Workshop The IEEE student branch of JIT organized a Workshop on HTML - creating a website through DOCTYPE HTML on 5th January 2018. More than 40 members from various department were attended the event and benefitted. The SB organized 4 more events that includes T Shirt design competition, IEEE-Tech fest and blog writing workshop. They also had IEEE swearing in ceremony on 12th March 2018. Computer Jewelery Designing The COMPUTER SOCIETY of IEEE Student Branch of Jeppiaar Institute of Technology has organized the event “COMPUTER JEWELERY DESIGNING” on 15.02.2018. The event has been organized and coordinated by Mr.D.Karthikeyan. The event is featured with the activity to design the model Jewelry articles out of the basic computer parts. There were about 40 participants participated in the event in teams. All the participants were actively participated to expose their creative talents. Student members from various department of our institution had participated. The winners were selected based on their creativity and perfectness of the jewelry made.

“IEEE – Tech Fest – 2k18” The IEEE student branch of JIT organized “IEEE - Tech Fest” on 19.02.2018. The event was conducted for the students of JIT to sport their technical skills. Six events were organised which includes Tech Quiz, Mathematical Cracking, Blog Writing, Line follower, Web designing and Code.

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Blog Writing Workshop The IEEE student branch of JIT has organized the “Blog Writing Workshop” for IEEE student members on 13.02.2018. The workshop was co-ordinated by Meenakshi Sundaram, Harivignesh and Peer Mohamed. The students learnt how to create a website using online templates and also learnt how to design their own blog. The co-ordinators also taught on how to make changes in the online template according to our design and style. Students learnt on how to publish their own blog and also about how to make changes in the url in order to have convenient usage without confusion about what webpage they have created. The final session was about some general topics in the areas of Bit coin, Dark Web, Security in Web pages. The general awareness on these topics has been given to the students. A competition was conducted to the students on creating a blog and winners had been selected.

Report by: Haripriya K & et.al., hari.priyak@ieee.org K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering (KRCE) MIND BLAZE 2K18 IEEE Student Branch and CSE department organized a “MIND BLAZE 2K18”, an intra collegiate technical contest for the students of EEE, ECE, CSE & MECHANICAL departments on 1st February 2018. Around 708 students participated in the event. Various events like Technical Quiz, Code Monk, Puzzle Plus, Guess it were conducted and the winners were awarded with certificates and cash awards. INAUGURATION OF IEEE PES AND WIE AFFINITY GROUP On behalf of IEEE student branch of KRCE, Power and Energy Society student branch and Women in Engineering Affinity group student branch was inaugurated by Dr. Vaidehi Vijayakumar, Dean, Department of CSE, VIT, Chennai campus on 16.03.2018. Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor & Head, Dept. of EEE and IEEE student branch counselor welcomed the gathering and Dr. D. Srinivasan, Principal presided over the function. Office bearers and ExeCom members of IEEE PES and WIE student branch for the year 2018 were introduced. Cash award were given to the winners of general quiz competition.

Inter Collegiate Project Contest EXPROJIA’18 IEEE Student Branch and Dept. of EEE organized Inter Collegiate project contest named EXPROJIA’18 on March 20th, 2018 for final year students of all Engineering domain. Mr. S. Anand, DGM, BHEL, Trichy and IEI joint secretary, Trichy Local chapter was the chief guest for the function. The Principal Dr. D. Srinivasan addressed the gathering on the importance of doing innovative projects. In this event around 250 students from various Engineering colleges of various disciplines in and around Trichy showcased and demonstrated their projects. Technical Presentation IEEE Student Branch and EEE department has organized “Technical Presentation” exclusively for 2nd year EEE students on 15th February 2018 to improve their technical and communication skills. Around 65 students in batches presented on innovative topics. The winners of the competition are N.Mohamad Imteeyaz & team (I place), V.Pavithra & team (II place) and A. Niyaz Ahamed & team (III place) Top three teams will be awarded with certificates. The event was organized by Mr. A. Prabhu, AP/EEE and the office bearers of IEEE.

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Intra Collegiate Project Contest PROCON’18 IEEE Student Branch and Department of EEE organized Intra Collegiate project contest named PROCON’18 on March 23rd, 2018 for final year students of all discipline. Mr. Lakshmanam, IEI honorary secretary, Trichy Local chapter was the chief guest for the function. The Principal Dr. D. Srinivasan felicitated the event. In this event around 260 students from CSE, ECE, EEE and mechanical disciplines of our college showcased and demonstrated their projects. Participation certificate was provided to all students and the winners with cash awards worth Rs.10,000/-. Value Added Course On Automation Using PLC And Scada Applications IEEE Student Branch and EEE department has organized a value added course on “Automation using PLC And Scada Applications" from 26th to 28th February 2018. The course was handled by Mr. J.Jijo christo,Senior Application Engineer, AGIIT, Chennai and Mr.K.Upendran, Application Engineer, AGIIT, Chennai. The goal of this session was to enlighten the students with the importance of automation. Around 80 students attended the course. The event was coordinated by Mr. P. Parthasarathy, AP/EEE and organized by Chithran.P [Chairman] , Sivasankari.G.S [vice chair] , Alwinn.L [Secretary] and Sowmiya.S [Treasurer].

Workshop on Recent Trends in Industrial Automation IEEE Student Branch and EEE department has organized Two days National level workshop on “Recent Trends in Industrial Automation”. The resource persons of the workshop were Mr.N.Kumar, Manager, Mr.J.Jijo christo, Senior Application Engineer and Mr.K.Upendran, Application Engineer, AGIIT, Chennai. Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor & head, SBC welcomed the gathering. Inaugural address was delivered by Dr.D.Srinivasan, principal. About 160 members were attended the workshop. Students from various institutions have participated in the workshop. The workshop was coordinated by Mr.P.Parthasarathy, AP/EEE.

Technical Talk on “Raster Graphics Editor-Adobe Photoshop" IEEE Student Branch and EEE department has organized a Technical Talk on “Raster Graphics Editor-Adobe Photoshop" on 13th February 2018. The presenters for the Talk were B.Ajith (3rd Yr ‘A’), C.Dhinesh Kumar (3rd Yr ‘A’), Department of EEE. The event was organized by Chithran.P [Chairman] , Sivasankari.G.S [vice chair] , Alwinn.L [Secretary] and Sowmiya.S [Treasurer]. “Learnathon” An Inter Department Contest IEEE Student Branch and CSE department organized “NEW INDIA LEARNATHON” an inter department contest for the students of EEE, ECE, CSE & MECHANICAL departments on 2nd February 2018. Around 100 students of EEE, ECE, CSE, MECHANICAL department participated in the event.

Three Days National Level Workshop on Intelligent Simulation in Power System Studies using Mipower Software IEEE Student Branch and EEE department has organized Three day National level workshop on “Intelligent Simulation in Power System Studies using Mi Power Software”. The resource persons of the workshop were Mr.M.T.Basil, Senior Engineer, and Mr.P.Sashank narayan, Engineer from R&D Team, PRDC Bangalore. Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor & Head/EEE, SBC welcomed the gathering. About 80 members attended the workshop. Students from various institutions have also attended the workshop. The workshop was co-ordinated by Mr.G.Gabriel santhosh kumar, AP/EEE.

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Presentation on Renewable Energy Sources IEEE Student Branch and EEE department has organized a “Presentation On Renewable Energy Sources” exclusively for 2nd year EEE students on 16th February 2018. Around 65 students presented the papers on various sources of renewable energy. The main aim of organizing this event is to bring awareness among students, the need of renewable energy. The best presentation winners of the competition are B.Saravanan & team (1st place), S.Bilwa & team(2nd place), G.Iswarya & team(3rd place). The event was organized by Mr. R. Anbumozhi, AP/EEE and the office bearers of IEEE.

Drishti Online Technical Contest IEEE Student Branch and EEE department organized a “DRISHTI ONLINE TECHNICAL CONTEST” in association with Texas Instruments-USA for the students of EEE, ECE, CSE & MECHANICAL departments on 21stFebruary 2018. Around 200 students have participated in the online contest. Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor & head, SBC and Ms.N.Vinothini, IEEE Student branch advisor organized the contest. The IEEE executive committee members Chithran.P [Chairman], Sivasankari.G.S [vice chair], Alwinn.L [Secretary] and Sowmiya.S [Treasurer]coordinated the event.

Report by: Dr. K. Dhayalini, IEEE student branch counselor, dhaya2k@gmail.com K. Ramakrishnan college of Technology Awareness Programme on Breast Cancer In lieu of World Cancer day, Dept. of ECE and IEEE, WIE Affinity group, Madras section organized breast cancer awareness programme on 7th March, 2018 in association with Dr.K.Santhas’s Breast Cancer Foundation (SBCF), a unit of Dr.GVN Speciality Hospitals, Trichy. Dr.Hemamalini Govindaraj (Director) and Dr.Arthy Vaishnavi (Consultant surgeon), gave a talk on breast cancer awareness. Many girl students and female faculty members from various departments attended the programme and found it very useful. Two Days National Level Workshop Cum Coding Contest on Verilog / VHDL Coding For improving the basic knowledge of VLSI and also to imbibe the knowledge of writing coding using HDL languages, the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering conducted “Two Days National Level Workshop Cum Coding Contest on Verilog / VHDL Coding” on 1st and 2nd March’ 2018 in association with IEEE Student Branch. Dr.A.Kavitha , Professor, KRCT, Ms.S.Devi Poonguzhali, Asst.Professor, KRCT and Ms. A. Priya, Asst. Professor, KRCT handled various sessions. Around 30 Participants from various colleges benefitted out of this programme.

Internet of Things for Agricultural applications IEEE Student Branch organized an Invited lecture on “Internet of Things for Agricultural applications” on 15-03-18. Dr. N. Sivakumaran, Professor, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy delivered the lecture. He explained about various applications and their challenges of agricultural field using IOT. IEEE students of ECE, CSE and EEE department attended and gained knowledge from this session.

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Invited Lecture on Indian Satellites and their uses, Awareness of Job Opportunities in Space Science IEEE Student Branch organized an Invited lecture on “Indian Satellites and their uses , Awareness of Job opportunities in Space science” on 10th FEB 2018. Er.J.Vasantha Kumar, Scientist ‘SC’ grade (Payload checkout Engineer) from ISAC Bangalore delivered the lecture. He explained about various types and working of ISRO launch vehicle family such as SLV,ASLV,PSLV,GSLV,GSLV Mk-III. Also, he explained about types of satellite INSAT series, IRS series, IRNSS series, Chandrayaan-I mission, future missions to MARS, VENUS, ASTEROIDS, Space capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE) Mission. Finally he gave some key notes about various job opportunities available in ISRO. IEEE students of ECE, CSE and EEE department attended and gained knowledge about the satellite system in our country from the invited lecture.

National Seminar on Image Processing For inculcating the basic knowledge of image processing technologies among the students, the Dept. of CSE conducted One Day National Seminar on ‘Image Processing’ on 27-02-2018 in association with IEEE Student Branch. The eminent personality, Dr. R. Krishnamoorthy, Professor, Department of Information Technology, University College of Engineering, Anna University – BIT Campus, Tiruchirappalli was resource person. He delivered a valuable lecture on image acquisition, image enhancement, and image compression. IEEE student members from the department of ECE, CSE, and EEE have attended the seminar and acquired the knowledge of using various image processing tools such as Image and MATLAB.

Report by: Dr.A.Kavitha Susmi_sri@yahoo.com K.S.RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (KSRCT)

Workshop on System Design Using Arduino The IEEE-EMBS student branch of KSRCT organized a Workshop on “System Design using Arduino” on 09.02.2018. Nearly 40 students attended the workshop. Dr. K. B. Jayanthi, Professor and HOD/ECE briefed about the importance of Arduino. Dr. K.Thyagarajah, Principal of KSRCT, inspired the students on the importance of developing a kit by their technical knowledge and future scope in the field of Electronics in this developing world.

IEEE EMBS Distinguished Lecture The IEEE EMBS student Chapter and Dept. of ECE hosted the Distinguished Lecture on “How to become a Medical Innovator- Needs Development, Empathy, and Tips & Tricks involving Reverse Innovation and Exponential Technologies” by Dr. Michael Friebe on 1st February, 2018. Dr. Michael Friebe explained about IBM Watson which is better than human doctors in identifying cancer; Biodesign principle and disruptive medtec use in healthcare. He explained about medical drones, smart mini clinic, star-trek and devices used for heart arrhythmia and gave brief information on chronic pulmonary diseases, pancreatic cancer and diagnostic devices. He also explained about magnetic resonance imaging and various contrast media injectors. His talk included synthetic biology, robotic surgery, 3D printing and virtual reality. 30 IEEE student members and more than 5 faculty members from the colleges of Engineering and Medicine attended the event. Report by: Dr.C.Rajasekaran, raja7ksrct@gmail.com

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Kalasalingam University IEEE Workshop on “Implementation of Machine Learning Algorithm using Matlab” on 2nd and 3rd February 2018. The IEEE Student Branch of Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education organized a two days workshop on “Implementation of Machine Learning Algorithm using Matlab” on 2nd and 3rd February 2018. 85 participants from various Engineering colleges attended the workshop. Dr. D. Devaraj, IEEE Student Branch counselor welcomed and explained the importance of Machine Learning Algorithm.

The technical presentations were made by the following resource person, Dr. D. Devaraj, Director-Academic, KARE handled the technical Sessions on “Understanding Machine Learning Algorithm” and “Artificial Neural Network for Engineering Applications. Dr. C. Devi Arockiya Vanitha, Assistant professor, SFR College, Sivakasi, took a session on “Support Vector Machine”. Ms. V. Sowmya, Assistant Professor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyalayam, trained the participants on Deep Learning. The participants of the workshop gained knowledge on machine learning and deep learning and their implementations in various applications. Finally, Dr. P. Aruna Jeyanthy, HOD-EEE, KARE proposed the vote of thanks. Reported by Dr. D. Devaraj, KLU-IEEE student branch Counselor, Mail id deva230@yahoo.com Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore Seminar on Smart Industries The IEEE SB KCE in association with Karpagam Skill Development Centre has conducted a Seminar on Smart Industries and SEMINAR ON AI & IOT for Smart Industries on 03.03.2018. Mr. Pandi Elavarasan AP/Mechanical has presented the topic on the additive manufacturing and cutting edge technologies. Mr. Arunkumar AP/ECE has presented the topic on the AI, IOT, Fuzzy and ANN. The members of IEEE SBKCE participated in the seminar Kings College of Engineering, Punalkulam Seminar on Embedded Controllers in Internet of Things The Department of EEE and IEEE Student branch jointly organized a one day seminar on “Embedded Controllers in Internet of Things” on 15th February, 2018. Dr. S. Sivakumar, Vice Principal presided and delivered Presidential address. During the session –I, Prof. S. Karthik, Assistant Professor/ECE, SSM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul shared about the fundamental ideas of IoT, Embedded controllers and Programming ideas etc. During the session –II, Mrs. M. Meenalochani, AP/ECE, ARJ College of Engineering & Technology shared on the basics of IoT, structure of IoT, applications of IoT, current status and future prospect of IoT. 71 participants from various institutions and 08 internal participants attended the workshop. Mr. R. Sundaramoorthi, AP/EEE, Mrs. N. Rajeswari, AP/EEE coordinated the event. Report – Awareness Talk Alumni association and IEEE SB organized a awareness talk on “Career Guidance” on 26th February, 2018. Mr. P. Raja Pirian, alumni coordinator and AP/ECE, welcomed and introduced the resource person. Mr. S. V. Vijaya Karthik. SAP Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore delivered awareness talk. In his lecture, he gave overview of current scenario in multi-national companies and gave tips to the students for preparing themselves to get placed.

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KINGS PROJECT EXPO ‘ 2K18 PROJECT EXPO 2K’18 was organized in association with ISRO – Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri & IEEE – RAS, Chennai on 29th March, 2018. This project Expo aims to encourage the students’ creativity and innovations on Engineering & Technology. Dr.P.A.Manoharan, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section, inaugurated the expo and delivered the inaugural address. In his inaugural address he stressed the importance of innovations in project. Currently industries are coming forward to sponsor and establish a brand new machineries like robots in the colleges to show case their product and technology for the development purpose. Dr. P. Ganesh, Senior Scientist, IPRC, Mahendragiri, offered felicitation and delivered keynote address on Career Guidance. Dr. P. Ganesh appreciated the efforts of the participants and distributed the prizes and certificates. Dr.S.Sivakumar, Vice Principal, Shri.R.Annamalai, PRO and heads of various departments were present. Dr.T.Shanthi, Project Officer, delivered Expo summary. Dr.S.Sivakumar delivered vote of thanks. More than 700 Students from various Engineering colleges of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have participated in the Project expo. Based on the experts review report, cash prizes were awarded. Best Project Award was bagged by Kongu Engineering College, Erode for the project titled Modern Foot plane. Overall Championship was bagged by E.G.S Pillay Engineering College, Nagapatinam for contributing more projects. Report by: J. Arputha Vijaya Selvi, Principal & IEEE STB, vijayas_02@yahoo.co.in Kongu Engineering College (KEC), Perundurai Technology Awareness Program - “The Purpose of Fear is to Raise your Awareness Not to Stop Your Progress”- Steve Maraboli TAP, a technology awareness program was organized by RAS, CS, PES and WIE of IEEE Student Branch of KEC on 17.02.2018 at Govt. Public Middle School, Kaundampalayam (Near kanjikovil) for school students from 6th standard to 8th standard. The Session started at 9.30 am, with a brief introduction about objective of IEEE and WIE in creating awareness towards the society, followed by talk on “Technology in Electronics” and circuit design, in which the children showcase their skills in an enthusiastic manner. Report by: M.Abinayasree, abinayasreemuthu@gmail.com Report on NS-3 for Absolute Beginners IEEE Computer Society Chapter of KEC and Self Organised Networking Group (SONG) of ECE department organized two days workshop on "NS-3 for Absolute Beginners" dated 09.02.2018 and 10.02.2018 @ Vinton Network Lab (ECE department). This workshop primarily focused on discussing recent advances, identify future directions in network simulation, and to foster Interdisciplinary collaborative research in this area. The prime highlight of this workshop includes design, modeling and analysis of wired and wireless networks NS-3. Total of 18 student members has participated in the workshop and session were handled by Prof. M. Joseph Auxilius Jude and Prof. V. C. Diniesh.

Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology (KCET)

Hands-on Training in PCB Design and Fabrication Dept. of ECE & KCET IEEE Students Branch has jointly organized a one day workshop on “Hands on Training in PCB Design and Fabrication” on 24.02.2018. Dr. K.Amudha, Mrs.T.Meenal & Mr.S.Pradeep, handled the sessions. Totally 40 participants attended the workshop. This workshop provided knowledge about complete PCB design using simulation tools to test any electronic circuit in a software environment. During the hands on session, Diptrace software tool was used for making PCB design.

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KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (KPRIET) Restructuring of Power System – Need of Renewable and Energy Storage IEEE Students’ Branch of KPRIET conducted a one day national level workshop on Restructuring of Power System – Need of Renewable and Energy Storage on 16th February’18. Dr.V.Kumar Chinnaiyan, Head of the Department & IEEE students’ branch counselor welcomed the gathering. The resource person was Er.S.Selva Kumar, Project Lead, ABB Limited, Chennai. The session started with the discussion about the various sources, cost for producing electricity and the efficiency of power plant. He also explained the higher penetration of solar and wind into the grid and the increase in the need for energy storage Nearly 50 students and 5 faculty members attended the workshop. Android App Development for Engineering Applications IEEE Students’ Branch of KPRIET conducted a one day national level workshop on Android App Development for Engineering Applications on 10th February 2018. The resource person was Mr.C.Selvaraj, Associate App Developer, Infinijith Technologies, Coimbatore. The session started with the recent trends in mobile applications, App development for Engineering Applications and its challenges & importance. The workshop provided an integrated platform for understanding the theory and real-time applications associated with various engineering fields. Nearly 50 students and 5 faculty members attended the workshop. Energy Management System for Smart Grids IEEE Students’ Branch of KPRIET conducted a one day national level workshop on Energy Management System for Smart Grids on February 24th, 2018. The resource person was Er. S. Selva Kumar, Project Lead Engineer, ABB Global Industries Ltd., Chennai. He delivered about the Energy Management Systems for Smart Grids and Micro Grid Systems. The afternoon session was handled by Er. S. Prasanth, Power System Engineer, Power Research & Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru. He discussed about the energy management in grid connected renewable energy resources. He encouraged the participant to do more projects on smart grid systems. Nearly 60 students from various institutions attended the workshop. National Science Day IEEE Students’ Branch of KPRIET celebrated the National Science Day “TECH SCIENCE 1.0” on 28th February’18 in commemoration of Sir C.V.Raman’s discovery of Raman effect. The Chief guest Dr.S.Jone Kirubavathy, Associate Professor/Chemistry, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women addressed the gathering. She gave an enriching lecture on Challenges for Science & Technologists in the present scenario. She discussed the challenges faced by technologists, need for alternate energy fuels, various energy sources, Approaches in Nanotechnology. In the afternoon session many events like paper presentation, Project expo, science quiz, science talk and short film was conducted. Students actively participated in the events and exhibited their talents.

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Hands on Training on DSLR and Adobe Photoshop IEEE Students’ Branch of KPRIET organized a one day National Level Hands on training on “DSLR and Adobe Photoshop” on 2nd March’18. The Resource person for the morning session was Mr.S.Mohana Pradeep, Final year EEE Student, KPRIET. He briefed about the evolution of photography and latest trend in camera technology. He explained the features of DSLR and various options available in the device. The second session was handled by Mr.M.Vivek, Final year EEE Student, KPRIET. He explained about the photoshop environment and various tools available for design purpose. Nearly 37 participants from various colleges attended the workshop. Modern Control Techniques for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications IEEE Students’ Branch of KPRIET organized a one day National Level Workshop on “Modern Control Techniques for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications” on 23rd March’18. The Resource person for the morning session was Dr.R.Jayapal, Independent Automation Consultant, Coimbatore. He initially started with the history of electric vehicles and the need for the change towards electrical transportation. He then briefly presented the topic “EV Landscape and the Disruption of Automotive Industry”. The second session was handled by Dr.R.Shanmugasundaram, Professor/EEE, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore. He explained about the BLDC motor construction and its working in the area of electric vehicles. Nearly 50 participants from various colleges attended the workshop.

National Conference on Innovations and Advancements in Electrical Sciences IEEE Students’ Branch of KPRIET organized Third National Conference on “Innovations and Advancements in Electrical Sciences (NCIAES’18)” on 23rd March’18. The Chief guest Dr. R. Jayapal – Independent Automation Consultant shared his valuable experience and expertise in the field of automation to the gathering. He motivated the participants to involve themselves in the field of IOT and the disruptive technologies. Prof.G.Saravanan, AP EEE presented a brief report about the conference and the conference accomplished on recent trends in the field of Electrical, Electronics, Communication and Computer Science Engineering. 46 papers were selected for the presentation after a peer review of more than 75 manuscripts. Parallel sessions were conducted on the themes such as IoT, optimization Techniques and Electrical sciences.

Report by: Dr.V. Kumar Chinnaiyan, kumarchinn@hotmail.com, hod_eee@kpriet.ac.in Knowledge Institute of Technology (KIOT) , Salem Guest Lecture on E-Mobility Trends and Applications IEEE-SB KIOT along with WIE conducted Special Lecture on 10.03.2018 for IEEE Members. The title is “E-Mobility Trends and Applications” to all the second, third and final year students of ECE Department. The resource person was Mr.P.Manikandan, Head Engineering E-Mobility solutions, Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore. He shared a lot of visions about Trending technologies that will rule the World such as IoT, Virtual Reality, Block chain & Digital Economy, Multi model Mobility & so on. Reported by: Dr.N.Santhiyakumari, IEEE SB Counselor

Spectrum Analysis on the topic of Cyber defence Tool Is an Early system for Grid Attacks The IEEE SB KIOT organized Spectrum Analysis on March 29, 2018 with the title of “Cyber defence Tool Is an Early system for Grid Attacks " to all CSE and ECE IEEE student members.

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Special Discussion on Only You can complete this world IEEE-WIE KIOT along with Women Empowerment Cell conducted Special Lecture on 08.03.2018 for women. The title is “Only You can complete this world” to all the girls of ECE and Mechanical Engineering Department.

Spectrum Analysis on the topic of Computing With Random Pulses Promises to Simplify Circuitry and Save Power on March 2, 2018 @KIOT The IEEE SB KIOT organized Spectrum Analysis on March 2, 2018 with the title of “Computing With Random Pulses Promises to Simplify Circuitry and Save Power" to all CSE and ECE IEEE student members.

Spectrum Analysis on the topic of Photovoltaics in Satellites on February 28, 2018 @KIOT The IEEE SB KIOT organized Spectrum Analysis on February 28, 2018 with the title of “Photovoltaics in Satellites" to all Electrical and Electronics Engineering IEEE student members. Spectrum Analysis on the topic Printed Sensor Monitors Tire Tread in Real Time on February 27, 2018 @ KIOT The IEEE SB KIOT organized Spectrum Analysis on February 27, 2018 with the title of “Printed Sensor Monitors Tire Tread in Real Time" to all Electronics and Communication Engineering IEEE student members. Guest Lecture on Know yourself cause, U are Unique on 23.02.2018@ KIOT IEEE-WIE KIOT along with Women Empowerment Cell conducted Guest Lecture on 23.02.2018 for women. The title is “Know yourself cause, U are Unique”. The resource person was Mrs.Deepa Priyadharshini, Specialists –Rehab, Salem Wellness Clinic, Salem. She gave insights of understanding one’s health goals also discussed about how to control one’s own health and wellbeing. Spectrum Analysis on the topic of How to fly a Drone with your Face The IEEE SB KIOT organized Spectrum Analysis on February 2, 2018 with the title of “How to fly a Drone with your Face" to all Electrical and Electronics Engineering IEEE student members.

This Seizure-Detecting Smart watch Could Save Your Life The IEEE SB KIOT organized Spectrum Analysis on February 7, 2018 with the title of “The Seizure-Detecting Smart watch could Save your Life" to all EEE IEEE student members. Reported by, ROSINI D., IEEE student branch, Membership no: 94045205

Report by, ANU K., IEEE student branch, Membership number: 94045114 M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur IEEE COMSOC Events ARTICATION wasanart follows speech program of the society and was an opportunity for chapters to event with other members, faculty advisers. The Event includes opportunities for creative thinking of the students. This event was open to the entire students of within the college. It was conducted on 24February 2018. There were 25 number of teams actively participated in this event. Report by: Ms. P.Vanitha, eesb65101@gmail.com

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Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), Coimbatore Workshop on Arduino Programming IEEE Madras Section and Dept. of ECE, KCT organized a One Day Technical Outreach Hands-on workshop on Arduino Programming: A Hands-on Introductory Workshop for Beginners on 15.02.2018 at Coimbatore Corporation Higher Secondary School, Peelamedu. 23 boy students and 35 girl students attended the Hands-on workshop. Report by: Mr.D.Allin Joe, allinjoe.d.ece@kct.ac.in

Dr.Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology IEEE- WIE Student branch 61631 organised Quizpicable me, a technical quiz event on 10.02.18. In the program, there were three rounds. The first round consists of basic concept of Electrical and Electronics, the second round consists of tech –connexions and the third round is about picture description. Selvan Akshay S Shaji, Selvan P.Yogeshwaran hosted the quiz competition. About 56 IEEE members participated and the event was conducted in three rounds. Report by: M.Jeevan Kumar, jeevankumar3112@gmail.com Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal National level Project Design Contest The Department of EEE, Mahendra Engineering College, Autonomous, Mallasamudram, Namakkal in association with IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter has organized a Project Design Contest “PDCON-2018” 27th February 2018. Dr.S.Vijayakumar, Secretary, IEEE-PSES, Madras Chapter, Associate Professor/ECE, Sreenivasa Institute of Technology and Management Studies, Chittoor along with Internal experts have juried the Projects designed innovatively and exhibited by student batches came from various colleges nationally. Report by: Dr. S.Vijayakumar : dr.vijay-vlsi@ieee.org

Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology Technical Talk Competition MVIT- IEEE student branch organaized Tech-Talk competition titled “Cutting Edge Technologies that changed the World” on Feb 7th and 19th 2018. 30 students from I,II and III year EEE has presented their ideas in the competition. Report by: Dr.R.Valli, hodeee@mvit.edu.in

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SOFT SKILLS FOR ENGINEERS The IEEE workshop soft skills development for engineers was conducted on 16.02.2018. The resource person was Mrs.Rajeshwari, Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University. The ultimate goal of the workshop was to develop soft skills that are required for an engineer so that they can have sound knowledge about soft skills. The workshop had many interesting games and works which made the students to be interactive.

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Let’s make engineer The IEEE event let’s make engineer was conducted on 17th, februrary 2018 by our student branch office bearers. The ultimate goal of let’s make engineer event was to find whether the students are having sound knowledge about circuits and microprocessors. The rounds were so chosen to make everyone to think about their knowledge on Electric circuits and microprocessors. The event had two rounds: The prelims and the final round. As it was based on basic of electronic circuits, the time given for the prelims was about 30 minutes. Five teams were short listed for the final round. MISSION MICRO The IEEE event MISSION MICRO was conducted on 18th, February 2018 by our student branch office bearers. The event mainly focused on testing on the team work, analyzing skills and knowledge of the students on microprocessors. The first section was prelims and was conducted by Veera Arjunan of III EEE , Arun Balaji of I CSE and Ancy Emima Sherin OF I ECE. Questions were put forth to the participants in the form of technical quiz to test their technical knowledge. The second section was final round conducted by Keerthana OF IV ECE and P.S.Anujah of III CSE and Ancy Emima Sherin OF I ECE. TRANSMETRON The IEEE event TRANSMETRON was conducted on 17TH, FEBRURARY 2018 by our student branch office bearers. The ultimate goal of TRANSMETRON event was to find whether the students are having sound knowledge about Transmission. The rounds were so chosen to make everyone to think about their knowledge on Transmission. PHOTOSHOP The office bearers of IEEE student chapter conducted a workshop on “PHOTOSHOP” on 27 February 2018 exclusively for 1st & 2nd year students of various departments. The main aim of this “PHOTOSHOP” workshop is to teach the students about clipping, editing, cropping etc. They were also trained to handle the extended Photoshop version and many more things in Photoshop which they are unaware of. Photoshop is one of the basic things that everyone needs to know about. A good number of students attended the workshop. The Event was headed by our branch counselor Mr.C.Kalyana Sundaram.M.E., Assistant-Professor-Department of ECE. Reported by: P.S.Anujah (IEEE STB-29861) Membership number: 93994414 Nehru Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore Women’s Day Celebration IEEE Student Branch of Nehru Institute of Engineering and Technology celebrated Women’s Day on 08th March, 2018 by lighting the lamp. The Chief Guest – Adv. P. Amutha Nagarajan and Guest of Honor, Dr. Chaithanya Raveendra, Director, Nehru Kids Academy, Nehru Group of Institutions addressed the gathering followed by the various activities conducted by the student branch executive members.

National Engineering College, K.R. Nagar, Kovilpatti On behalf of IEEE Student Branch, IEEE Computer Society Student Branch Chapter and IEEE Information Theory Society Madras Chapter, two days technical workshop on “Hands On Training on Python- - WEBY’18” has been organized from 21.2.18 to 22.2.18 at our college. Mr.Pooranan Balasubramanian, Founder & CTO of Codem software solutions private limited has consented to be the chief guest and delivered the inaugural address related to Python programming and job opportunities. Mr.Anand Subramaniam, Chief operations of officer at mazelon Technologies pvt ltd chennai was the resource person for the workshop and he gave an introduction about python and its related frameworks. Hands on session were arranged for all the participants. More than 100 UG Students and research scholars from nearby engineering colleges attended the workshop and enriched their knowledge on Python programming. Report by: Dr.B.Paramasivan, hodcse@nec.edu.in

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Industrial visit to Power grid corporation of India -Karumathampatti and Arasur substation The IEEE SB and Dept. of EEE of Dr.N. G. P. Institute of Technology organized an industrial visit to Power Grid Corporation - Karumathampatti and Arasur substation on 05.02.2018. Visit was organized for II YEAR EEE students. Mr.E.Kannapiran accompanied & guided the students during the visit. Total 34 students of visited the substation. In the substation respective Assistant Engineer gave warm welcome and also gave brief introduction about substation and its working. In power grid he brief about need for power grid, operation of power grid and maintenance under has taken in grid. Energy Conservation and Management The IEEE SB and Dept. of EEE of Dr.N. G. P. Institute of Technology organized One Day Workshop “Energy Conservation and Management” on 09.02.2018 for Electrical and electronics engineering students. The chief guests of the day was Mr. F.Sathiyaraj, Deputy director Petroleum Conservation Research Association, Coimbatore and Mr.Jayan Senthilkumar, External Faculty, Petroleum Conservation Research Association, Coimbatore. The Presentation covered various aspects of Thermal, Electrical Energy Efficiency, conservation and Excellence were all found educative and informative. The Students actively participated in the Interactive Session that followed with interesting and probing questions.

Alumni lecture series on “ How to become an Entrepreneur” The IEEE SB and Dept. of EEE of Dr.N. G. P. Institute of Technology organized alumni lecture series on “How to become an Entrepreneur” on 07.02.2018 for third year Electrical and electronics engineering students. Mr.N.Gowtham, Managing director, Copper Stripes, Tatabad, Coimbatore delivered seminar on How to become an Entrepreneur to third year Electrical and electronics engineering students and faculty members. He discussed about Brainstorm a great idea, personality, Identify the Right Business, Know Your Target, Build a Support Network, Understand Your Personal Finances and Choose the Right Kind of Money You Need for Your Business. Report by: Dr. K. Porkumaran (90534204). porkumaran@gmail.com P.A. College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi Neuron Twisters – A Technical Quiz Competition IEEE SB has organized Neuron Twisters – A Technical Quiz competition for intra college students with regard to National Science Day on 28.02.2018. 92 students have participated in this programme. IEEE Student Branch Counselor Mr.P.Mariaraja, AP/EEE and all IEEE student members have organized this event. All Prizes winners have awarded with certificates.

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Two day Workshop on Industrial Automation using PLC IEEE SB and Department of Electrical and Electronics

Engineering have organized a Two day Workshop on Industrial Automation using PLC on 28.02.2018 to 01.03.2018. Mr.G.Mahendran, Mr.P.Prakash and Mr.R.Thirumoorthy, Professors, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering have handled the classes. 25 students got benefited in this programme. Report by: Mr.P.Mariaraja, mariarajap@gmail.com

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Hands on Training - TECHNOXIAN IEEE Student Branch and Power and Energy Society of EEE Department has organized Wireless Robotics on AURDINO in association with Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and All India council for Robotics & Automation on 09.02.2018 & 10.02.2018 by R.Bala Priya, Managing Director, Times Institute of Management & Technical Studies.106 participants benefited from this Hands on training.

Social Awareness in Rural Schools for Skill Development Mr. P.Yaagesh Prasad , Mr. S.Sathyavenkateshwaren,PG-CSE student of Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai in association with IEEE computer society has delivered an awareness camp on Febuary 15-02-2018 in a rural school i.e Gomathi Hindu Elementary School, situated in Kovilpatti, Tuticorin, for improving their educational and techinical skill. The awareness was very useful for the childrens to get benefited from various sources like learning, various events taking place in major cities and also the delivering the facilities available for upgrading the skills of primary school teachers.

Big Idea Contest Big Idea Contest – a Most Innovative Tech Start-up event was organized by IEEE Information Theory Society and Department of IT on 13-03-2018. Around 47 students were participated and presented their innovative ideas in the contest.

Awareness and Benefits of IEEE IEEE student branch has organized "Awareness and Benefits of IEEE” in association with IEEE Computer Society and CSI on 16-03-18. The awareness program was graced by Dr.S.Malathi, IEEE Student Branch Counselor of Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai

Guest Lecture on Evolution Of Mobile Communication IEEE student branch has organized one day Guest Lecture on "Evolution of Mobile Communication” in association with IEEE Computer Society and CSI on 16-03-18. Dr. Rejin Bose, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology (SMIT) addressed the students by sharing his experience in Mobile Communication. He gave introduction about Origin of mobile communication and explains the Generations of Mobile Communication. The workshop coordinator Dr.V.D.Ambeth Kumar, Faculties of CSE, ECE and 30 students have participated in this workshop.

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Project Model Display IEEE Computational Intelligence society Student Branch has organized Project Model Display on Science and Technology on 13.03.18. Around 25 students have actively participated in this event. Students were presented with different innovative science and technology model. Event was conducted and also the students were taken keen on those events awfully. The inaugural function was graced by Dr. M.Helda Mercy –HOD/IT, Dr.B.AnniPrincy, Advisor for IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. Contest concluded with Mr.AkashRaghav, Student Branch Counsellor of Computational Intelligence Society. Technical Film Contest IEEE Robotics and automation society Student Branch has organized an event Technical Film Contest – IEEE on 14.03.18. Total Number of 30 students has actively participated in this event. Students presented various innovative concepts as technical presentation. Contest was conducted and also the students participated enthusiastically. Best Performers are rewarded. G.R.Anandhi of III IT who presented on the title Brain Finger Printing won the I Prize and V. Rina of III IT who presented on the title Corporate Walls have Eyes won the II Prize.

Inaguration For IEEE Robotics and Automation Society IEEE Women In Engineering IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society IEEE Society on Social Implication of Technology IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society IEEE student branch has organized inauguration function for above chapters on 19-02-2018. During inauguration Mr.H.R.Mohan, Vice Chairman, IEEE Madras Section addressed the Participants by sharing his experience and also gave his valuable ideas on how to make use of IEEE and benefits of IEEE. The inaugural function was graced by Dr.S.Malathi, PG Dean, IEEE Branch Counselor. Mrs.K.Muthulakshmi, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Branch Chapter advisor, Dr.L.Jaba Sheela, IEEE Women in Engineering Branch Chapter Advisor, Dr.C.Esakkiappan, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Branch Chapter Advisor, Dr.S.Murugavalli, IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society Branch Chapter advisor, Mr.K.Sridharan, IEEE society on social implication of technology ranch Chapter Advisor, Mr.M.Mohan, IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society Branch Chapter advisor, and other faculties and IEEE student members have participated in this inauguration function.

International Conference for Phoenixes on Emerging Current Trends in Engineering And Management Panimalar Engineering College, IEEE Student Branch in association with IEEE Computer Society has organized "International Conference for Phoenixes on Emerging Current Trends in Engineering And Management" (PECTEAM) on 9th & 10th February 2018. The Guest of Honour Dr. P. Sivakumar, Director, DRDO, Dr. P. V. Venkitakrishnan, Asso. Director/VSSC, ISRO, Special Guest Mr.Keisuke Yamamoto, General Manager, MAC Inc, Tokyo, Japan, Keynote Speaker Dr. Krishna M. Sivalingam, IEEE Member and Professor from IIT Madras, Dr.P.Chinnadurai, Secretary & Correspondent and Chief Patron, Mr. C.Sakthikumar, Director and Patron, Dr. K.Mani, Principal and Co-Patron, PECTEAM Convener and IEEE Student Branch Counselor Dr. S. Malathi preside in the inauguration.

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PECTEAM is a forum to bring together business people, researchers, scientists, and industral professionals to discuss innovative ideas and diverse topics on next generation of technologies and services. More than 150 scientific papers were presented by delegates and research scholars. Invited Speakers from IIT's, Anna University and reputed organization shared their knowledge and rich experience during the Conference.

Report by: Dr.D.Karunkuzhali, karunkuzhali@ieee.org Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai (PIT)

Workshop on Antenna Design using ADS Department of ECE, PIT IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, IEEE APS, EMC & MTTS SBC’S conducted Workshop on Antenna Design using ADS on 21st Feb 2018. Around 35 students participated and benefited. A total of 24 events were conducted through IEEE SB.

SYMPOSIUM- PRAYUDH 2K18 – IT Department of Information Technology, IEEE ITS, CSI conducted the symposium PRAYUDH-2K18- IT on 21.02.2018. Several events are conducted as part of the symposium includes paper presentation, Technical Connextions, Gaming, etc., About 120 Students from various colleges in and around Chennai Participated and Benefitted.

Workshop on IoT- Arduino Based Household Application PIT-IEEE-SB, Power & Energy Society, Control Systems society and Power Electronics society in association with department of EEE organized workshop on “IOT-Arduino based household application” on 21st February 2018. Jagan Bose Vincent- Founder & CEO- Boodskap solution conducted the workshop.

Workshop on IoT Technologies in Smart Farming PIT-IEEE-SB, Power & Energy Society, Control Systems society and Power Electronics society in association with department of EEE organized WOKSHOP on “IOT technologies in smart farming” on 18th & 19th January 2018. Dr. A. Abdul Rahman-Professor/EEE- Sairam Engineering College along conducted the workshop. Topics covered includes Precision Farming, Livestock Monitoring, Smart Greenhouses.

Workshop on PCB Design PIT-IEEE-SB, Power & Energy Society, Control Systems society and Power Electronics society in association with Department of EEE organized workshop on “PCB DESIGN “conducted by Mr.R.Ganapathy, Product Analyst and Promoter, EPR Labs, Chennai on 21.02.2018.

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National Level Workshop on IOT Based Smart Cities PIT-IEEE-SB, Power & Energy Society, Control Systems society and Power Electronics society in association with Department of EEE organized Two days National level workshop on “IOT Based Smart Cities” conducted by Mr.Prabhu, EPR labs PVT ltd, Chennai during 4th & 5th January-2018.

Guest Lecture on Higher Studies Department of IT & CSE in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS , IEEE ITS & Computer Society of India organized Guest Lecturer on Higher Studies for Third year students on 14.02.2018. Mr. Murali Karthikeyan, Head - Academics (GATE), T.I.M.E Education Chennai Private Ltd, elaborated the various opportunities available after higher studies and how to prepare for it. About 350 students participated and benefited.

Guest Lecture on Web essentials Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS , IEEE ITS & Computer Society of India organized Guest Lecturer on Web essentials for First year students by Mr. M. Arun Prakash, Founder & CEO Guvi Geek Network Pvt Ltd.,Chennai on 21.03.2018. He delivered a talk on extends Visual Studio with a lot of new features. About 122 students participated and benefited.

Technical Quiz Program IEEE, IEEE CS, Dept. of CSE of PIT organized a Technical Quiz Program on 21st March 201.Students of First Year CSE participated in the quiz competition.

Guest Lecture on Higher studies at Europe Department of ECE, PIT IEEE SB, IEEE PCS,TEMS, WIE organized Guest Lecture on Higher studies at Europe for Third year students on 16th Feb 2018. Mr. Ramesh, Director, Videsh consultz, Chennai delivered the lecture.

PROJECT DEMO IEEE Computer Society student branch has organized Project Demo on 10th February 2018 in PIT. Dr.A.Muthumari, M.E., Ph.D., Associate Professor from Anna University, Ramanathapuram addressed the Participants. In this, many innovative projects were demonstrated by participants on various domains like Clouds& Grids, Network Security, Image Processing, Big Data Analysis, Data Mining, Security in Clouds etc., The presentation is reviewed by experts and they are queried by both the expert panel and audience.

IEEE Photonics Society Inauguration IEEE Photonics Society Student branch chapter was inaugurated by Dr.Subash, Chairman IEEE Photonics Society Madras Chapter on 09th March 2018. He inaugurated the SBC and spoke about the Benefits of IEEE Photonics society. Around 35 students Participated and benefited.

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Guest Lecture on Bank Sector IEEE, IEEE CS Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Panimalar Institute of Technology organized a Guest lecture on Bank Sector on 21st March 2018 by S.Sam Herald Singh. Students learnt about banking backend services. The session is initiated by Dr.V.Subedha HOD/CSE, coordinated by Mrs.T.Ani Bernish Asst.Prof/CSE, Mrs.I.Jenitto Asst.Prof/CSE, and Mr. Irudaya Paul Raj Vinod Asst.Prof/CSE. Workshop on IoT Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS ,IEEE ITS & Computer Society of India organized a workshop on IoT for First Year, Second Year and Third Year students around 60 students attended the workshop on 21.03.2018 by Muhammed Ilyas Founder & CEO of DIYALAB. He delivered a emerging topic of technical, social, and economic significance on IoT followed by Hands on session.

Industry Experts and Students Interaction on Robotics Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS, ITS & Computer Society of India organized Industry Expert and students Interaction on Robotics for Third Year and Second Year on 22.03.2018,Experts from Prag Robotics Private Limited, delivered the talk.

Guest Lecture Oracle Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS , IEEE ITS & Computer Society of India organizedGuest Lecture on Oraclefor Third year students by Mr. Abdul NaafiUnn,Infosys,Chennaion 12.03.2018. The session aimed to introducing the latest Knowledge of Oracle database technology with working industry environment and their importance in the student’s professional growth in the IT industry About 122 students participated and benefited.

Guest Lecture-Motivational Talk Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS , IEEE ITS & Computer Society of India organizedGuest Lecturer on Motivational Talk for second year and Third Year students by Mr.SVK.VasanCEO,Abirami Groups on 01.03.18. About 220 students participated and benefited.

Workshop on .Net Department of IT&CSE in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS , IEEE ITS & Computer Society of India organized a workshop on .Net for Third year students on 22.03.2018 by Industry Experts Mr.Kannan from Infosys. This course covered the practical aspects of multi-tier application development using the .NET framework. About 30 students participated in the hands on training.

Workshop on IOT using Node MCU (ESP8266) Department of ECE, PIT IEEE SB, IEEE RAS,WIE organized Workshop on IOT using Node MCU(ESP8266) in association with ResPro Labs, Chennai for Second year Students on 16th ,19th & 20th Feb 2018.A team from ResPro lab trained the students with Automation using IoT. Around 55 students participated and benefited.

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Guest Lecture on Robotics Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS , ITS & Computer Society of India organized Guest Lecture on Robotics on 12.02.2018. Mr.H.Balaji Chief executive Officer, Prag Robotics Private Limited, delivered the talk. About 122 students participated and benefited.

Workshop on Cyber Security Dept. of CSE PIT CSI, IEEE SB, IEEE CS, ITS SBC’s organized One Day Workshop on Cyber Security for III Year CSE on 13-02-2018. Resource Person of the event was S.P.Vasantha Kumar, Infoziant Systems Pvt Ltd. Around 70 participants participated and benefitted. The workshop was conducted to familiarize about the anti-virus, anti-spam and anti-spyware tools currently available, to learn the latest Internet security techniques, firewalls etc…

Guest Lecture on Microstrip Array Antenna Department of ECE, IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, and IEEE MTTS, APS & EMC conducted a Guest lecture on Microstrip Array Antenna was organized by the department of ECE for third year students on 23rd Feb 2018. The lecture was delivered by Dr.P.H Rao, a renowned scientist from SAMEER CEM, Chennai. The session disseminated basic knowledge on antennas and its advancements to all the participants. Around 195 students Participated and benefited.

Workshop C Programming Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS , IEEE ITS & Computer Society of India organized a workshop on C Programming for First year students on 22.03.2018 by Industry Experts Mr.D.Arun Prakash Founder & CEO GUVI Geek Network Private Ltd The course is crafted to help the participants in identifying the best solution for a given problem About 60 students participated in the hands on training.

Guest Lecture on Breathing Technology in Young Minds Robotics Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS , ITS & Computer Society of India organized Guest Lecture on Breathing Technology in Young Minds Robotics for third year students on 16.02.2018.The lecture was delivered M.Premnath, Founder & CEO, RoboticsTM. Around 200 students participated & benefitted.

Workshop on Robotics Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEE ITS& Computer Society of India organized Workshop on “Basics Program on Robotics for second & third year students on 21.02.2018. Mr.Udaya, Founder& CEO of Diyan Lab conducted the event. About 200 students participated and benefited.

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Workshop on Production & Maintenance of Websites Department of Computer Science and Engineering of PIT in association with IEEE, IEEE CS,CSI – Chennai organized a Workshop on Production & Maintenance of Websites from 26th to 27th March 2018 by Mr. P.Arumugaperumal, Web Developer, Mr.Jothi Annamalai, Web Designer, Mr.S.Manikandan, PHP Developer, Infoziant Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Guest Lecture on Breathing Technology in Young Minds Robotics Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS , ITS & Computer Society of India organized Guest Lecture on Breathing Technology in Young Minds Robotics for third year students on 16.02.2018.The lecture was delivered M.Premnath, Founder & CEO, RoboticsTM. Around 200 students participated & benefitted.

Guest lecture on Amazon Web Services Department of Computer Science and Engineering of PIT, IEEE, IEEE CS organized a Guest lecture on Amazon Web Services on 26th March 2018 by Adhitya Ram M, Software Program Analyst, Agilysys Technologies India Private Limited and Karthikeyan J, Software Program Analyst, Agilysys Technologies India Private Limited. Students of CSE participated in the Guest Lecture. They learnt about expert System Administrators, how to configure AWS services in real time, Developers.

Technical Quiz Competition Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS, IEEE ITS & Computer Society of India organized a Grand Master Quiz Competition for First year students on 26.03.2018 by experts from IIT Madras. This Programme is conducted to motivate the students to improve their subject Knowledge.

Guest lecture on GATE Preparation & its Opportunities IEEE-SB & Department of ECE organized a Guest lecture on GATE Preparation & its Opportunities for Second Year ECE Students on 13th Feb 2018. Mr.Syed Saleem, Regional Head, The GATE Academy Pvt. Ltd. Chennai delivered the lecture. The lecture had interactive sessions with the students to help them gain knowledge and clarify their doubts regarding the GATE examination preparation. Around 185 students participated & benefited. Guest lecture on Preparation for GRE /TOEFL Department of ECE, IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE organised a Guest Lecture on Preparation for GRE/TOEFL exam preparation on 14th Feb 2018 for Second Year Students. Mr. Mervyn Rajesh & his team from Manya Education Pvt., Limited Chennai delivered the lecture. The aspirants with the aim to establish a deeper understanding of how to respond to TOEFL and GRE exam tasks which had overwhelmed response from the students of the department. Around 185 students participated & benefitted.

Workshop on Mobile Application Development Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEE ITS & Computer Society of India organized Workshop on Mobile Application Development for II & III year students on 21.02.2018. Mr.Monish Sinthala, CEO & Co-Founder, Pyramidion Solution, Chennai conducted the event. About 200 students participated and benefited.

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Workshop on Image Processing using MATLAB Department of ECE, PIT IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, and IEEE COMSOC SBC conducted a Workshop on Image Processing using MATLAB on 21st Feb 2018. The event was sponsored by IEEE Communication society madras chapter. The topics covered are basics of Image Processing, Image Enhancement Techniques, and Image Segmentation Techniques with hands on training. Around 40 participants from various colleges participated and benefited. Workshop on Antenna Design using ADS Department of ECE, PIT IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, IEEE APS, EMC & MTTS SBC’S conducted Workshop on Antenna Design using ADS on 21st Feb 2018. The workshop had a merge of Presentations and Hands on Training increased inquisitiveness to appreciate the Engineering that makes the RF Systems work. The event had participants from various colleges. Around 35 students participated and benefited. Workshop on Web Designing Department of Computer Science and Engineering of PIT in association with IEEE, IEEE CS, CSI – Chennai organized a Workshop on Web Designing from 23rd to 24th March 2018 by Mr. P.Arumugaperumal, Web Developer, Mr.Jothi Annamalai,Web Designer, Mr.S.Manikandan, PHP Developer, Infoziant Solutions Pvt. Ltd The course focused on planning and creating webpages using HTML. Short Term Course on Antenna Design Department of ECE, Panimalar Institute of Technology along with IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, and IEEE MTTS, APS & EMC conducted a short term course on Antenna Design using ADS for Third year students during 19th & 26th Feb 2018. The topics covered during the course are Design of Rectangular Patch antenna, Slot antenna & Antenna Array. Around 195 students participated & benefitted.

Workshop on Arduino Programming Department of ECE, PIT IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, IEEE SP, IEEE RAS SBC’S organized Workshop on Arduino Programming on 21st Feb 2018. Mr.Sabarinath, Director Respro Lab & his team conducted the course. Around 35 participants from various colleges participated & explored Programming concepts using Arduino.

Workshop on Web Designing Department of Computer Science and Engineering of PIT in association with IEEE, IEEE CS, CSI – Chennai organized a Workshop on Web Designing from 23rd to 24th March 2018 by Mr. P.Arumugaperumal, Web Developer, Mr.Jothi Annamalai,Web Designer, Mr.S.Manikandan, PHP Developer, Infoziant Solutions Pvt. Ltd The course focused on planning and creating webpages using HTML.

Workshop on RF Amplifier Design using CST software Department of ECE, PIT and IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, and ISTE arranged one day workshop on RF Amplifier Design using CST software on 15th Feb 2018. Mr.Jayanthan, Director Tesla minds, Chennai and team conducted the workshop. 50 Students of second year participated and benefited.

C- Coding Contest: To make students industry ready and to enhance their problem solving abilities department of ECE Panimalar institute of technology with IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, IEEE CS, ITS SBC’S organized a C coding contest on 14th Feb 2018. A team of Mr. Paruchuri Yogesh & Mr.Yashwanth Babu won the first prize. A team of Miss. Shiny Kirubaseel.J.E and Miss.S.Sneha & A

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team of Miss. Indhumathi.G & Miss.M.Deepika won the second prize. A team of Miss.A.Shiny & Miss. D. Vidhya won the third prize. Extempore Extempore enriches quick thinking and reasoning and to instil the same skills in every individual, an initiative was taken by the dept. of ECE in association with IEEE SB, IEEE PCS & IEEE TEMS SBC’S to conduct Extempore contest for the students on 8.02.2018 that sharpened their communication and oratorical skills. Miss.S.Priyadharshini of second year bagged the first prize in the contest. Essay writing contest To communicate with clarity and depth, nothing is better than the real language, with words. To stress the above, the department of ECE with the collaboration of IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, IEEE PCS,IEEE TEMS conducted an Essay Writing Competition during Feb 2018 for students to bring out their creative writing skills and widen up their thoughts by penning their ideas in best way possible. The topics given for essay writing contest includes Role of IEEE in Developing Technology, ICT for Digital India, Engineers Role in Vision 2020, The Role of Youth in Society,etc., Miss. N. Thenmozhi of Second year won the first prize.Miss V.Nivetha of Second year ECE won second Prize and MsMerlene L of second Year EEE won third prize. Circuit Debugging Department of ECE IEEE PIT SB, IEEE EDC organized Circuit Debugging Contest on 13th Feb 2018. A team of Miss. Sinega.S and Vihasini won the First prize. A team of Mr. Yuvaraj.R ,Mr.Vivein Xavier & Mr.Rakesh won the Second prize and A team of. A team of Mr.Benhur Rodriguez.M, Naveen.K and Suresh.S won the third prize. Guest Lecture on Expert System-Artificial Intelligence Department of CSEIEEE SB, IEEE Computer society, CSI organized a Guest lecture on Expert System-Artificial Intelligence on 07th FEB 2018. Dr.S.MuthuRaj Kumar, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Technology, Anna University, MIT Chennai delivered the lecture. Sudents of CSE,IT,ECE, EEE participated in the Lecture. They learnt about expert system, AI Architecture, AI problem of MYCIN and Knowledge Acquisition. General quiz contest: IEEE SB, IEEE PCS & IEEE TEMS SBC’S organized General Quiz contest was conducted by department of ECE for the students on 12th Feb 2018. A team of Mr. S.Suresh & Mr.T.Raakesh won the first prize. A team of M.Janani & I Iswarya won Second prize. A team of Miss.S,Malathi & S.Harshitha won the third prize.

Project Expo Department of IT in collaboration with IEEE, IEEE CS , IEEE ITS & Computer Society of India organized a Project Expo for Second Year on 22.03.2018. The 10 best project Batches get the chance to present their project idea. The participants with the best project exhibited were awarded with first, second and third prize. Motivational Guest Lecture A motivational guest lecture was conducted by Department of ECE in association with IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, and IEEE PCS & TEMS SBC’S for Second & Third year students on 23rd Feb 2018. Dr. Usha Easwaran, Motivational Speaker, Entrepreneur, Academician & Career Counselor graced the occasion by sharing her interesting experiences and anecdotes that motivated students to get acquainted and accustomed to the changing world with optimistic thinking. Around 350 students Participated and benefited.

Workshop on Communication Systems using MATLAB Department of ECE, PIT IEEE-SB, WIE, IEEE COMSOC & IEEE SP SBC’S conducted a Workshop on Communication Systems using MATLAB during 26th Feb 2018 to 28.02.2018 for IEEE Members. The topics covered during the workshop include generation of signals, Various Types of Modulation & Demodulation Techniques, Noise Performance of Analog Communication systems. Around 35 members participated and benefited.

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Workshop on 3D printing and Rapid Prototyping Department of ECE, IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, and IEEE RAS arranged a Three day Workshop on 3D Printing and Rapid Prototyping in association with IIITDM Kancheepuram during 22nd Feb 2018 to 24th Feb2018. The course details includes Introduction to Rapid Prototyping, CNC machines, 3D printing, Hands - on Rapid prototyping / CNC machine session at TLC lab, IIITDM & Basics of Arduino, programming, Hands-on Workshop, Advanced Arduino Hands-on Workshop (contd.) followed by Brainstorming session / Project presentation. The sessions were held at Panimalar Institute of Technology & IIITDM. Around 35 members participated and benefited. Awareness program on IEEE XTREME 12.0 On 17th February 2017, “Awareness program on IEEE XTREME 12.0" was conducted at PIT. The chief guests Mr. Prasanth Mohan, Ms. Ruba Mohan and the winners of IEEE XTREME 11.0. Mr. Murugappan and Mr. Chandramowli were introduced to the audience. Then, Dr. M.P.Chitra, Head ECE department felicitated the guests by presenting mementos. IEEE Computer society Madras chapter sponsored this event. This was followed by talk by Mr. Prasanth Mohan, Vice Chair, Student and Young Professional Activities, IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Board, IEEE CS (2015-2017). During his talk, Mr. Prasanth gave a detailed description about the entire process and evolution of IEEE XTREME over years to widen the scope and reach of programming. He gave a vivid picture on the opportunities available in coding at present and in future. And then Ms. Ruba Mohan, who is the CS ambassador of IEEE XTREME, engaged with the audience by giving a general talk on IEEE. Meanwhile a coding contest called “MindX" was conducted to the participants who took part in it with enthusiasm. NOBICOM’18 Department of ECE PIT IEEE SB hosted a National level Technical Symposium NOBICOM’18 on 21st Feb 2018 that hosted myriad of diverse events to bring out the talents of the young minds with the band of activities comprising of idea pitching, paper presentations, technical quiz, circuit debugging involving participants from various colleges acting as a healthy platform to establish a touchstone of their skills. Around 200 participants participated and benefited.

Model making contest Department of ECE, PIT IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, and IEEE PCS,IEEE TEMS SBC’S conducted a model making contest on 21st Feb 2018 where the students showcased their talents and imbibed many insights Models. Models includes models of Satellite, IC’S, Smart City, Etc,. Mr.Hariharasudhan & his team from Third year bagged the first prize. Chart making contest Department of ECE with the collaboration of IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, IEEE PCS,IEEE TEMS SBC’S conducted a chart making contest that inclined participants to come up with their technical ideas unveiled in colourful charts etched technically. The event was conducted on 21st Feb 2018 with the aim of making students more creative and innovative. Technical quiz To encourage students look beyond their textual knowledge and establish a relationship between theory and application of the learnt concepts, Department of ECE PIT IEEE-SB, IEEE-WIE, and IEEE IMS & OES SBC’S organized a Technical Quiz contest on15th Feb 2018. A team of Miss.M.Deepika & Miss.L.Oviya won the first prize. Miss.S,Priyadharshini & Miss.S.S.Sangeetha won the second prize. Miss.Mandiyam Vaishnavi & Miss.P.Prithi won the third prize. Report by:M.Arun, arunmeieee@gmail.com Prathyusha Engineering College, Chennai

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Women’s Day Celebration Madras IEEE Women in Engineering, in association with Yuvashakthi, a Youth Welfare Organization, organized an Inter-collegiate Conclave on “Celebrating Womanhood”, at Prathyusha Engineering College, on 10th March 2018. The present Chair of Madras IEE Women in Engineering delivered the Welcome address and talked on the importance of Women. Report by: Dr.Vydeki Vijayakumar PSNA College of Engineering and Technology (PSNACET), Dindigul

Creating Awareness - Village People IEEE-EMBS SB chapter and IEEE SPS student branch chapter of PSNACET organized an awareness program on February 17, 2018 for village people of kamblinayakanpatti near moolachathiram at Dindigul district. During the camp, our student members visit nearly 150 households. Usage of natural fertilizers and methods to produce manure from food and animal excretory wastes were explained to them. Recycling of polythene covers and their advantages were also explained to those people. Report by: Mr.P.Mohan Kumar, mohankumarp@psnacet.edu.in Technical Talk The IEEE student Branch organized a Technical talk on Power System Operation using Hybrid Optimization Techniques on 02.03.2018 for faculty, PG students and final Year students. Dr. S. Sivasubramani, Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology, Patna addressed the gathering on Power System operation using Hybrid Optimization Techniques. He also motivated the young minds in the use of optimization techniques and carry forward the research work on these. He also highlighted the potential on these areas. Around 45 members attended and were benefitted by the technical talk.

Image Networking The IEEE student branch of EEE department organized a “Image Networking” event on 13th March 2018. The event was organized for the new members joining IEEE. Around 13 teams of 2nd year EEE students participated in the event which was a pictorial technical quiz and had two rounds.

Line Follower Event The Control System society of IEEE student branch organized a “LINE FOLLOWER” event on 12th March 2018. Dr.S.Muthukumaran, SB counselor and Professor/EEE inaugurated the event and briefed the students in bringing up innovative ideas in the field of Robotics. Around 45 teams of various departments participated in the first round and 13 Shortlisted teams took the final round. The SB Chairman Mr.Karunakaran organized the event along with Mr Nagaraj, Mr Kowshik, Ms. Shruthi and Ms. Sushmitha, IEEE society chairs. The participants were felicitated and best three teams were awarded by Dr.V.Rajasekaran, HoD/EEE. Report by: Dr.S.Muthukumaran, muthu2kumaran@yahoo.co.in Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology (RIT), Chennai

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Two-days workshop on Internet of Things using Raspberry Pi and a Project demonstration IEEE SB and ECE department in association with The Centre for internet of Things, RIT celebrated the Raspberry Jam Big Birthday Weekend in the name of RIT RASPBERRY JAM on 2nd and 3 rd March 2018. The workshop was inaugurated by Mr D.Arunkumar Bharathy, Sr. Manager from Sarvam Safety Equipment Pvt. Ltd. As a part of this celebration ,Two-day workshop on Internet of Things using Raspberry Pi and a Project demonstration sessions were conducted. Total of 125 participants including students, faculty and industry persons have participated in the RIT Raspberry Jam Celebration.

Guest Lecture on Transmission and Distribution IEEE SB and EEE department organized a Guest Lecturein the area “Transmission and Distribution”on 28th February2018. 51 students benefitted by the Guest Lecture given by Dr.R.Kalavani, Professor, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai. The event was coordinated by Mr.R.Elavarasu, Asso. Prof./EEE and supported by student coordinator, Ms.B.M.Sharmila.

Report by: Dr.R.Rajeswari, rajimaniphd@gmail.com Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC), Chennai Guest Lecture – Automotive Antennas To expose the students in the field of Antennas, the department of ECE, REC in association with IEEE student’s branch has organized a guest lecture on Automotive Antennas on 2nd March 2018. Students from III year ECE were participated. Dr. M.Gulam Nabi Alsath, Associate Professor, SSN College of Engineering, Member-IEEE, delivered the lecture on Automotive Antennas. They also organized a workshop on electronics in mobiles and troubleshooting.

Medical Electronics Expo To enhance the student’s knowledge in the Elective course Medical Electronics , the department of ECE, REC in association with IEEE student’s branch has organized a MEDICAL ELECTRONICS EXPO on 28th March, 2018. Students from III year ECE were participated. Dr.V.Rajkumar, Professor/Head, Biomedical Engineering, REC reviewed the projects and best project were awarded.

Project Expo on Arduino The department of ECE, REC in association with IEEE student’s branch has organized a PROJECT EXPO ON ARDUINO on 15th March, 2018 for third year ECE students. This mini project event is aimed to improve the hardware skill of students in Embedded domain.

Workshop – PCB Based Product Design To encourage the students to design with PCB board, the department of ECE, Rajalakshmi Engineering College in association with IEEE student’s branch has organized two days workshop on PCB BASED PRODUCT DESIGN during 5th & 6th February 2018. Students from II year and III year ECE were participated. They learned about PCB and circuit design, basics of hardware and software. Also students had hands on experience in designing PCB for various applications, making board layout, safety precautions, etching and cleaning processes.

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Workshop- Analog Systems Learning Kit (Aslk) To strengthen the Linear Integrated Circuits lab using Analog System Learning Kit (ASLK). The department of ECE, Rajalakshmi Engineering College has organized two days WORKSHOP – ANALOG SYSTEMS LEARNING KIT (ASLK) during 16th & 17th February, 2018. Students from II year ECE were participated. HANDS–ON training was provided to the students in various field including Design of Function generator, Differentiator, Integrator, Astable multivibrator, Monostable Multivibrator, Analog Filter, LDO, Digitally controlled and Gain Stage Amplifier using ASLK.

Electronic Design Challenge To stimulate student’s interest in the field of electronics, the department of ECE, Rajalakshmi Engineering College in association with IEEE student’s branch has organized ELECTRONIC DESIGN CHALLENGE held on 13th February 2018. Students from II year ECE were participated. The design specification was given on the spot, the students were designed the circuit using PSpice within the stipulated time. All the projects were reviewed by Internal and External experts and the best design was awarded.

Guest Lecture – Signal Processing in Wireless Communication To expose the students in the field of signal processing in wireless communication, the department of ECE, Rajalakshmi Engineering College in association with IEEE student’s branch has organized a guest lecture on SIGNAL PROCESSING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION on 14th February 2018. Students from IV year ECE were participated. Dr.Sabitha Gauni delivered the lecture on signal processing in wireless communication.

Workshop - Electronics in Mobiles and Troubleshooting To enrich the knowledge in the field of Mobile Communication, the department of ECE, Rajalakshmi Engineering College in association with IEEE student’s branch has organized two days workshop on Electronics in Mobiles and Troubleshooting during 7th & 8th March, 2018. Students from I year ECE were Participated. They were learned about Basic Electronics, Mobile Accessories, Mobile Diagrams and Applications, Assembling and disassembling a mobile, Unlocking of handset through codes and software, Steps of repairing hardware and software problems.

Hands-On Training Programme on VLSI Design System Using Cadence Tool To enhance core skill knowledge of students in VLSI domain, the department of ECE, Rajalakshmi Engineering College in association with IEEE student’s branch has organized a one day HANDS-ON TRAINING PROGRAMME ON VLSI DESIGN SYSTEM USING CADENCE TOOL on 22nd March, 2018. Students from III year ECE were participated. Mr.K.Arunkumar, AP, Saveetha Engineering College, handled the hands-on session with relevance to the industrial standards.

Guest Lecture – Study of Dynamics and Control through Aero Space Pendulum The department of ECE, Rajalakshmi Engineering College in association with IEEE student’s branch has organized a guest lecture, Study of Dynamics and Control through Aero Space Pendulum on 27th March 2018. Students from II year ECE were participated. Dr. M.Senthilkumaran, SSNCE, Chennai, delivered the lecture and shared his research experience.

Report by: Dr.M.Palanivelan, velan.research@gmail.com

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RVS Technical Campus, Coimbatore Workshop on “Game Development using HTML The Department of Computer Science and Engineering and IEEE Student branch of RVS Technical Campus organized a one day “Workshop on Game Development using HTML” on 07.02.2018 for second, third yearstudents and Faculty members of RVS Technical Campus, Coimbatore.Resource person was Mr.T.Vigneshwaran, CEO, NandhaInfotech. A total of 63 students and 10 faculty members attended this programme. Report by: Dr.S.Smys, smys375@gmail.com S.A. Engineering College, Chennai

Guest Lecture on Key Traits That Corporate From Employee The Dept. of EEE and IEEE Student branch jointly organized the Guest Lecture on “Key Traits That Corporate From Employee” on 24.02.2018. Mr.P.Karthikeyan, Assistant Manager, IFF India Pvt. Ltd, Chennai Addressed the students on the smart cognitive networks and the connected sensors will find their way into vehicles (smartcards), into urban areas (smart cities) and into our infrastructure (smart grid).

Guest Lecture on High Voltage Direct Transmission Systems The Dept. of EEE and IEEE Student branch jointly organized the Guest Lecture on “High Voltage Direct Transmission Systems” on 02.02.2018. Totally 115 students are participated in this programme. Dr.N.Booma, Professor, Department of EEE, Jerusalam College of Engineering, Chennai, Address the students, she explicated that the HVDC solutions offer an excellent opportunity to support and improve the power supply of sustainable, efficient and reliable future grids.

Guest Lecture on Professional Ethics in Life The Dept. of EEE and IEEE Student branch jointly organized the Guest Lecture on “Professional Ethics in Life” on 20.02.2018. Swamy. Prygyanandha, Motivation and Discourse Speaker, Assistant Engineer, TNEB (Retd), Chennai, started with introduction on Yoga and Meditation. Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. Among the most well-known types of yoga are Hatha yoga and Raja yoga. Yoga has been to promote relaxation, reduce stress increasing general health and stamina, reducing stress, it is particularly promoted as a physical therapy routine, to strengthen and balance all parts of the body.

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IEEE Awareness Progamme The Dept. of EEE and IEEE Student branch jointly organized the IEEE Awareness Progamme on 21.02.2018. Mr. Aravindhan Anbazhagan, Chair of IEEE Computer, Society India Council, Students Activities Committee, Chennai, Addressing the gathering he inspired the students by explaining the benefits of IEEE society and shared his experience with the students and staff about the scholarship and awards for the students, volunteering activities and travel grand fund that can be utilized for student’s growth. He also explained about free webinars, technical available for the students and spectrum discussion for the staffs along with the ideas for the submission of proposals to IEEE organization. Report by: R.Mahendran, mahendranr@saec.ac.in SCAD Institute of Technology, Palladam Seminar on Entrepreneurship Development The Department of Computer Science and Engineering and IEEE Student branch of SCAD Institute of Technology organized one day one day technical talk on “Entrepreneurship Development” on Feb 10, 2018 for Graduates of SCAD Institute of Technology, Palladam. Resource person was Mr.PP.PHF.Nagarjuna, from Thai Exports, Tirupur. A total of 63 students and 10 faculty members attended this programme Report by: Dr. M. Durai Pandian, hodcse@scadtech.ac.in Shanmuganathan Engineering College, Pudukottai Workshop on “Importance of Switching and Routing in Computer Networks Using Cisco Packet Tracer” The Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Shanmuganathan Engineering College, Pudukottai-622507, Organized a one-day workshop “Importance of Switching and Routing in Computer Networks Using Cisco Packet Tracer” on 16th February 2018 in association with IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter. Dr.V.Jayaprakasan, Chairman, IEEE-PSES, Madras Chapter, in his session, he briefed about the Recent trends and Challenges in Communication and Networking. Report by: Dr. V.Jayaprakasan, jprakasan@gmail.com Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering, Tiruchendur Techno Test Contest On behalf of IEEE Student Branch (61401), Techno Test contest was conducted on 22nd February 2018 for the students of second year ECE department. Totally thirty students had attended the preliminary test. Finally fourteen students were selected for contest. Various rounds like tech quiz, techs connect and identifying electronic symbols were conducted for the participants. Finally two students were selected for prizes based on their performance. The prize winners are Bagam Priyal N. of II ECE-A and Aswini N. of II ECE-A. Report on Electronic buzz Contest On behalf of IEEE Student Branch, Electronic Buzz contest was conducted on 21.02.2018 for the students of third year ECE department. Totally forty one students had attended the preliminary test. Finally sixteen students were selected for contest. Various rounds like circuit debugging, true or false were conducted for the participants. Finally two students were selected for prizes based on their performance. The prize winners are B.Bavani of III ECE-A and N.Lakshmi of III ECE-A.

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Crazy Papers Contest On behalf of IEEE Student Branch (61401), Crazy Papers contest was conducted on 1st February 2018 for the students of third year ECE department. Totally forty two students had attended the preliminary test. Totally sixteen students were selected for contest. Various rounds like technical quiz, train your brain and lock with logics were conducted for the participants. The prize winners are S.Ramalakshmi of III ECE-B and J.Jacquline sheela of III ECE-A.

Sherlock Holmes Contest On behalf of IEEE Student Branch (61401), Sherlock Holmes contest was conducted on 20th February 2018 for the students of third year ECE department. Totally thirty students had attended the preliminary test. Finally fifteen students were selected for contest. Finally two students were selected for prizes based on their performance. The prize winners are S.Ramalakshmi of II ECE-A and J.Jacuqline Sheela II ECE-B.

Lock with Logic Contest On behalf of IEEE Student Branch (61401), Lock with Logic contest was conducted on 15th February 2018 for the students of second year ECE department. Totally thirty students had attended the preliminary test. Finally ten students were selected for contest. Finally two students were selected for prizes based on their performance. The prize winners are M.Mangaleshwari of II ECE-A and M.Muthu Lakshmi of II ECE-B. Report by: Dr.R.Manjith, manjithkmr@gmail.com SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore Technical Talk SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore in association with IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter has organized a technical talk on “Growing Trends in Medical Electronics and Safety Aspects” at Seminar Hall, Department of E&I 12th January 2018. Shri.N.Nandakumar, Managing Director, Prime Bio Medical Systems, Tiruppur, has given a Key note talk on the Recent Trends in Medical Electronics.

Report by: Dr. S.Vijayakumar, dr.vijay-vlsi@ieee.org Sri Eshwar College of Engineering Home Automation Workshop IEEE Student Branch and Embedded & IOT club of SECE organized “One Day Workshop on Home Automation” on 27th March 2018. 48 students from II ECE and IEEE student members were actively participated the event. Hands-on experience has given on “Home Automation” using 3 technologies (RF remote control, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi). The workshop was resourced by Mr.A.Ramesh, Mr.M.Vivek Kumar, Mr.C.Udhaya Kumar, and Mr.E.Venugopal, faculty members of ECE. The workshop ended with the certificate distribution. Sri Chandrasekharendra SaraswathiViswa MahaVidyalaya, Kancheepuram

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Project Expo-2018 IEEE SB was organized a “Project Expo-2018”on 14th March 2018. Project Exhibition was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. V. S. Vishnu Potty, Vice chancellor, SCSVMV. The keynote address was delivered by Prof.Dr.T.Sengodan, Department of EEE, SVS Engineering College, Coimbatore. more than 220 projects were displayed in the project expo Report by: Dr.M.Rathinakumar

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Industry Oriented Training In PLC The objective of the course is to understand the basic designing of PLC and the circuit design. The Course was focused on PLC Configuration and Programs & Proteus professional delivered by Mr. Mano Moorthy, Executive Engineer, VLANDS THE BEST HUB, Coimbatore. Students learned the applications of PLC software’s like OMRON and its usage in the current industries.

Smart Solar System The seminar aims at providing overview of smart solar system design and its usage. Participants can have deep knowledge of solar panel and its role in renewable energy with key session delivered by Mr.A.Raguram, Co-Founder of Cares Renewable Ltd, Coimbatore. The seminar aims at providing overview of smart solar system design and its usage.

Report by: Ms. T. Dharanika,, dharanika.t@skct.edu.in Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology (SKCET), Coimbatore IEEE Students Branch - Membership Initiation Program The Dept. of ECE of SKCET conducted “IEEE Membership Initiation Program” On 08th March 2018. Dr.S.Elangovan presided over the function and delivered the presidential address on IEEE Membership Benefits. Dr.V.Nandalal, IEEE Counselor- SKCET delivered the Welcome address. The membership initiation program was attended by 180 Students from all the circuit branches SKCET. Mr. V.Karthik, Assistant Prof. /ECE proposed the vote of thanks.

IEEE Women Empowerment Program IEEE Student Branch of Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore has conducted "IEEE Women Empowerment Program" on 23/03/2018. Dr.D.Sridevi from MBA department has given a Guest lecture on ‘Glass Ceiling”. Additionally Essay Writing, Drawing and Speech Competition has also been conducted. Prof. Azhagu Ramyaa. V.R, Assistant Prof. /CSE delivered the Welcome address. Over 150 students from various departments have participated in the event. Prof. Sophia. B, Assistant Prof. /CSE proposed the vote of thanks. Sri Sai Ram Engineering College (SSREC), Chennai

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Technical Seminar "User Interface Design" A one day workshop on “User Interface Design using Angular 4” was organized by IEEE Computer Society-SBC,Sri Sai Ram Engineering College in order to create the awareness among the students about User Interface Design which was held on 10.03.18. Ms.Malavika N, Senior Application Engineer, Bank of NewYork Mellon Technology was invited as the Resource Persons. 27 students participated in this event Computer Awareness Programme One day Computer Awareness programme was organized by IEEE Computer Society-SBC, Sri Sai Ram Engineering College to create the awareness among the students who belongs to rural area, about basic knowledge in Microsoft Office on 13th February , 2018. IEEE members were asked to gather in Tambaram from where the bus departures. The program was organized in Government Higher Secondary School, Thandalam, Perumbakkam. The 6th, 7th and 8th grade students of the school attended the program. The students were provided with basic knowledge in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Paint and were also given hands-on training. Technical Seminar "User Interface Design Using Angular 4" A one day workshop on “User Interface Design using Angular 4” was organized by IEEE Computer Society-SBC, SSREC in order to create the awareness among the students about User Interface Design which was held on 10.03.18. Ms.Malavika N (Senior Application Engineer, Bank of NewYork Mellon Technology) was the Resource Persons. Ms.Malavika, took a seminar on "User Interface Design using Angular 4". She gave a fair amount of idea on the User Interface Design and the need for an efficient User interface. The Angular 4 is a interface tool that can create a project, add files, and perform a variety of ongoing development tasks such as testing, bundling and deployment. Internet of Things workshop The two days workshop on IOT by “One Yes Technologies” was organized by Department of Information Technology in association with IEEE Computer Society-SBC, SSREC in order to create the awareness among the students about Internet Of Things, on 14.02.18 and 15.02.18. Mr. Vadivelu S and Mr Jayasarathy G were invited as the Resource Persons. Dr. T. Sheela delivered welcome speech. Mr. Jayasarathy, Embedded Project Developer, One Yes Technologies, took a seminar on "IOT". Mr.Vadivelu S, Training Placement Head, One Yes Technologies, took a seminar on “Databases and PHP” which are the core topics of the developing technology. Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai (SSNCE) Workshop on Basic Electronics The Department of ECE in association with IEEE Communication Society Student Chapter organized a two-day workshop on "Basic Electronics" during 19-20 Feb., 2018. Around 100 students attended the event

Workshop on Arduino and Rasberry pi The Department of ECE in association with IEEE Communications Society SB chapter organized a workshop on “Arduino and Rasberry pi” on 19 March, 2018. Around 75 participant attended the event.

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Workshop on Basic Robotics The SSN IEEE Student Branch in collaboration IEEE Control Systems Society, Madras Section and S4S – The tech club of EEE organized a workshop on Basic Robotics on 1-3 February, 2018. 12 teams of four members each from various colleges attended the workshop. On Day 1, the participants were given an introduction to Arduino in which they were taught the basic commands and the structure of the program and concepts including Pulse Width Modulation, use of Push Button in circuits, Analog to Digital Conversion and working of Ultrasonic and Infrared sensors. On Day 2, the working of components including L293D, 7805, that were integral to the line follower robot were taught. This was followed by a hands-on session in which the participants constructed the robot and tested the working of the same. The maze solving algorithm was then introduced. On Day 3, there was a lecture on PID Controller which was followed by a guest lecture from Mr. Ramasheshan, Research Scholar, IITM. He gave insights on the application of Mathematics in Robotics. A one day Workshop on Research Documentation - LaTeX The workshop on “LaTeX” was organized by Dept. of CSE, in association with IEEE and CSI students chapter during 9th February, 2018. The first session was engaged by Dr. S. Sheerazudhin , Associate Professor, SSN CSE covered the topics, Introduction to LaTeX, Mathematics, Typesetting, Macros. Dr. J. Suresh, Associate Professor, SSNCE, delivered a talk on mathematical equations.

In the next session. Formatting Text, Verbatim, and Images topics was handled by Dr. K.Valli Devi, Associate Professor, SSN CE. In the afternoon the first session was handled by Dr. R.Kanchana Associate Professor, SSNCE. She discussed on Preparation of Journal article / Reports: Abstracts, bibliographies, and graphs. The last session was handled by Dr.R.S.Milton. He gave a talk on Presentations: Beamer package, LaTeXiT. Hands on training was given in all the sessions. Workshop on MATLAB The SSN IEEE SB in association with IEEE Computer Society student chapter organised a workshop on MATLAB on 8 February, 2018. The number of students participated were 34 and gaining benefits with hands on practice. The workshop was co-ordinated by Deepak V, Member, IEEE SB and handled by Gokulakrishnan A, Karthik K and Janani SR.

The agenda for the day included two sessions. The morning session covered the basics – MATLAB from scratch, basic syntaxes, MATLAB as a calculator, matrix operation like addition, multiplication and transpose, signal generation and manipulations, control structures and functions. The afternoon session included topics on image processing – basic filtering operations, edge and corner detection using canny and sobel method, introduction to object detection, basic manipulations of images and ideas on various applications of MATLAB in today’s world. On the whole, the workshop gave a basic idea of MATLAB and image processing. Awareness Tech Talk in IoT Career Path The event titled “Awareness Tech Talk in IoT Career Path” was conducted on 16.02.2018 at SSNCE. The event was focused on the booming career path paved by the IoT- Internet of Things for now and future. This session was split into two parts. One focused on the technological stack of IoT and its recent advancements. The second was completely focused on the career evolution in IoT and the recent startups across the country. The main focus of the event was to deliver the importance of the currently trending career for the future engineers. The former topic was covered by Mr. R. Vinob Chander, AP/IT, SSNCE. He gave the audience insight about the human to human and human to computer interactions with examples along with the solution to various problems using IoT. The career development session was handled by Dr. N. Bhalaji, ASP/IT, SSN CE. The session was very beneficial to the students and the valedictory included presenting memento to the speakers. The response to the event was amazing during the feedback session.

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Hands on Workshop on Arduino Programming The Department of EEE organized Hands on Workshop on “Arduino Programming” during 15-16 February, 2018 under the banner of IEEE student branch. The gathering was addressed by Dr. R. Ramaprabha, Associate Professor/EEE. The hands-on training session includes the interfacing the analog signals and generation of different pulses for power electronic converter circuits.

Interactive challenge of innovator of the year The Department of ECE in association with IEEE ComSoc Student branch organized an interactive challenge of "Innovator of the year" contest on 21 February, 2018. Proposals were invited from the students and eight proposals were chosen for the final presentation. Dr. M Gulam Nabi Alsath and Dr. B. Ramani, Associate Professors, SSN College of Engineering, were the judges. Finally from the eight one winner and one runner up were selected. The participants got a lot of benefits as they learned how to write a proposal, how to present, in what aspect they should think, how to implement their idea, etc.

2018 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Biosignals, images and instrumentation (ICBSII 2018) 2018 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Biosignals, images and instrumentation, was organized by the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Centre for Healthcare technologies between 22nd and 24th March, 2017 which brought together scientists, engineers and researchers from various domains to interact and exchange ideas in biomedical field. The organizers of the conference were Dr. A. Kavitha Professor and Head/BME, Dr. S. Bagyaraj Asso.Prof/BME, Dr. V. Mahesh Asso.Prof/BME and Ms. M. Dhanalakshmi AP/BME. Dr. Paul W-Brandt-Rauf, Distinguished professor and Dean, School of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA graced the event as chief guest along with the guests of honor Dr. Sriram Balasubramanian, Professor, Drexel University and Dr. Dinesh Bhatia, Prof, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. Expert keynote speakers Dr. Dinesh Bhatia Prof, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Dr. G. Saraswathy, Scientist, CLRI, Chennai, Dr. Minimol, Professor, Govt. Model engineering college, Cochin and Dr. C. J. Ravishankar, Managing director, Sagitec healthcare and life sciences invited talks on wide range of topics. Research papers were received from diverse areas such as Physiological Modeling, Medical Imaging, Medical Robotics, Biomechanics, Biomedical Instrumentation and Nano-materials amounting to a total of 69 papers. After a rigorous review process by an expert review committee, 29 papers that displayed quality in idea and work were selected for final presentation at the conference. International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET 2018) The department of ECE, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, hosted the IEEE international conference on Wireless Communications, Signal processing and Networking (WiSPNET 2018) during 22-24 March, 2018. Dr. S. Radha was the conference chair and Dr. R. Kishore, Asso. Prof/ECE was the conference co-chair and Mr. N. Prabagarane, AP/ECE was the organizing chair for the event. This edition has received 286 submissions from 11 different countries and 110 papers were accepted.

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The acceptance ratio is around 38.46%. Totally 96 papers were registered. All the accepted papers were presented in 12 technical sessions conducted in four parallel tracks in three days. Dr. Norbert Schwesinger, Chair, Department of Micro-Mechatronical Systems, Technical University of Munich, Dr. Josep Miquel Jornet, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Dr. Ala' Khalifeh, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Communication Engineering department, German Jordanian University, Mukesh Jewariya, Scientist, CSIR-National Physical laboratory, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, Shajahan M, Scientist/Engineer, Space Physics Laboratory (SPL), Department of Space, Trivandrum, Kerala, S Vijay Anand, Assistant Vice President – Technology, Aricent were the Speakers of the conference. Dr. P A Manoharan, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section participated in the conference inauguration and addressed the gathering. A total of 7 key note talks were delivered by the speakers. Report by: Dr. T.Sree Sharmila, sreesharmilat@ssn.edu.in St. Joseph’s Institute of Technology Two days training Program on IoT in Medical Applications The IEEE EMBS organized a two days training program on IoT in Medical Applications was held on 5/03/18 & 6/03/18. Totally 35 students attended the training program and tremendously benefited. The resource person is Mr.E.Arunkumar, M.E (Ph.D.), Vice president, RETECH SOLUTIONS Pvt. Ltd, and team. The main purpose of this program is developing the knowledge on implementation of IoT in medical applications. The students are trained to work in various sensors like heartbeat, temperature, and Vibration sensor.

Soft Skills training for Placement The IEEE EMBS organized a Soft Skills training for the improvement of personality skills on 3/03/2018, time 8.00 am - 12.20 pm. Totally 58 students attended the training program and tremendously benefited. The resource person is K. Muthukumaran, Soft Skills Trainer. The main purpose of this program are Personality development, Stress management, Career guidance, Communication skills, English language skills and Interview skills Technical code contest on Arduino III Department of ECE, IEEE EMBS society organized a Technical code contest on Arduino III on Feb 13 & 19 2018.The main intention was to enhance coding knowledge among the students. The seven batches had participated in the contest. Four tasks were given for each batch with a 120-minute time limit. The judging criteria were based on number of tasks completed by the batch members, and the winners and runners were selected. The winners of the event were Asitha P., Aljin Shoba S.L., Joshua D. & Jebin Gnanadas H. Soft Skills training for Personality Improvement The IEEE RAS organized a Soft Skills training for the improvement of personality skills on 3/03/2018, time 1.00 am - 3.30 pm. Totally 93 students (II year IEEE students) attended the training program and tremendously benefited. The resource person is K. Muthukumaran, Soft Skills Trainer. The main purpose of this program are Motivation, Time management, Work ethics, Business etiquette, Team building, Leadership and Team work

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Technical Seminar on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence The IEEE (Robotics & Automation Society) of St. Joseph's Institute of Technology, Chennai-119 organized a Technical seminar on “Robotics and Artificial Intelligence” on 12.03.2018 by Dr.P.V.Manivanan Ph.D, Associate Professor, IIT Madras. We created the Opportunity to learn the basics of robotics, sensors, actuators, mechanism, and Artificial Intelligence. The speech elaborated about the features of advanced in robotics and intelligent, Totally 153 IEEE students attended the seminar. Student Workshop on IoT The IEEE RAS & Department of ECE organized a Two days student workshop on Internet on Things (IoT) held on 15/03/2018 &22/03/2018. Totally 35 students attended the training program and tremendously benefited. The resource person is Mr.E.Arunkumar, M.E (Ph.d), Vice president, RETECH SOLUTIONS Pvt. Ltd, and team. The main purpose of this program is developing the knowledge on basic concepts of IoT interfacing with different analog sensors. Technical Event on Obstacle Avoiding Robot Dept. of ECE & IEEE RAS society conducted an event “Obstacle Avoiding Robot" on 23rd March 2018. The participants should design a robot which can automatically sense and overcome obstacles on its path. It contains of a Microcontroller to process the data, and Ultrasonic sensors to detect the obstacles on its path. Each team could consist of a maximum of three members. The senior students conducted training sessions on constructing the robot. The winners of the event were Gowtham V, Danny Solomon N, Dhaneshwar M and the runners are Deepika R S, Gowdhami T U, Kannika M. Short term training Program on Proteaus & Ardunio The IEEE RAS organized a short-term training program on Arduino and Proteus software was held on every Thursday of the week. Totally 65 students attended the training program and tremendously benefited. The resource person is Mr.E.Arunkumar, M.E (Ph.d), Vice president, RETECH SOLUTIONS Pvt. Ltd, and team. The main purpose of this program is developing the knowledge on basic concepts of hardware and arduino programming. Training classes conducted dates: 21/12/18, 4/01/18, 11/01/18, 25/01/18 and 8/02/18. Report By : Dr. GnanaKousalya C, eceieeeadvisor@gmail.com St. Peter’s College of Engineering and Technology IEEE Women In Engineering Affinity Group Guest Lecture on “ I can Win” The IEEE Women In Engineering affinity group of St. Peter’s College of Engineering and Technology organized a guest lecture titled “I can Win”, by Dr. Chandrika Ganesan , Consultant , Kotak Mahindra Bank, Chennai, on 1st February , 2018. The guest lecture was attended by 80 students.

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Seminar on Bigdata IEEE SB Surya Engineering College, Erode organized a seminar on Big Data on 19 th March 2018. Cheif Guest was Mr. Mohankumar from Skypro Technologies, Bangalore. He briefed on the importance and impact of big data analytics. The resource person also highlighted on its major significance with respect to cloud computing. 60 students were benefited from this seminar.

International Conference on Computing Methodologies and Communication (ICCMC 2017) held during 15-16 February, 2018 at SEC The SEC IEEE SB and department of EEE, hosted an International Conference on Computing Methodologies and Communication (ICCMC 2017) during 15-16 February, 2018 under the theme of Next Generation computing. This conference was technically sponsored by IEEE Madras section AES Society. A total of 589 papers were received out of which 221 papers are accepted and 211 papers are presented in the conference. List of Speakers: Dr.A. Nagappan , Chair - IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems (AES) Society, Madras Section, Dr.R.Harikumar, Professor, Dept. of ECE, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Dr. P. Karuppusamy, Professor/EEE and Dr.S.Vijayan, Principal, Surya Engineering College, Erode. Report by: Dr. P. Karuppusamy, pkarrupusamyphd@gmail.com Syed Ammal Engineering College (SAEC), Ramanathapuram

Workshop on Recent Trends and Challenges in Communication and Networking Using Cisco Packet Tracer The Dept. of ECE, SAEC organized One-day hands-on workshop on “Recent Trends and Challenges in Communication and Networking Using Cisco Packet Tracer” on 17.02.2018 in association with IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society and IEEE Communications Society. Dr.V.Jayaprakasan, Chairman, IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter, briefed about the importance of Switching and Routing concepts of communication and Networking with different addressing concepts, using Cisco Packet Tracer Simulation Tool. Report by: Dr. V.Jayaprakasan, jprakasan@gmail.com St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering IEEE Technical Gathering The IEEE Technical gathering was conducted by the IEEE Education Society Student Branch Chapter on 27-03-2018 under the guidance of Prof. A. Darwin Jose Raju, IEEE SB Coordinator. The meeting commenced with the Code of Ethics read by Ms. V. Evangelin of II EEE. A technical talk on “Application of Gallium in Engineering” was delivered by Ms. N. Nandini of III ECE. She signified the importance of Gallium in the field of Engineering and its usage as a semiconductor device. Ms. A. S. Karthika presided over the meeting and addressed the gathering about the importance of Patience and Perseverance. Report By: E. G.Sajithra, Vice-chair of IEEE Education Society SBC 62851, sajithra61097@gmail.com A Technical Gathering was conducted by the IEEE SB on 20-03-2018. It was organized by Ms. Sudha A. P., Joint Secretary of IEEE SB. The meeting started with the Code of Ethics read by Ms. Shelfa Lambert H. L. of Third Year ECE. Mr. A technical talk on the Piezo electric effect and its application in the field of transport was delivered by Mr. Abhishek R. of Third Year ECE. In his speech he briefly expressed his views on that field with his new idea to implement this effect in the railways to have highly secured journey. Report By: Lincy Theresa C, IEEE #94302775, lincytheres3@gmail.com

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IEEE Awareness Program The IEEE Student Branch of St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering organized the IEEE awareness program for the student members on 17th March 2018. The IEEE student members of pre-final year gave a presentation about IEEE, its benefits, IEEE Student Branch, WIE Affinity Group, Education Society SBC and the Student Branch activities. Prof. Darwin Jose Raju A. gave an overview of IEEE, including the awards, scholarships and member benefits. This provided a clear idea about IEEE to the student members and inspired them to take part in all the IEEE activities. Following this an interaction session was held between the senior IEEE delegates and the budding IEEE volunteers. In this session, Er. Sharath B. and Er. Vishnu P. R. shared their experience in IEEE and about the SYWL congress which they have attended. Mr. J. G. Benny Jackson made us know the experience he gained, on participating in SS12 project contest. Ms. Kavyashree Prakasan, Chairperson of IEEE EduSoc chapter discussed her experience in writing paper and gave guidelines to write paper. Ms. Karthika A. S., Vice Chairperson of IEEE StB conversed about how to get involved in IEEE. Finally, Ms. Ankayarkani R, Chairperson of IEEE WIE AG conveyed the role of IEEE in improving her talents. Along with this, all senior members revealed about how they entered into IEEE and acquired awards and scholarships. At the end of the day, Mr. J. G. Benny Jackson conducted idea contest activities for the IEEE student members. Report By: Sudha A. P., IEEE #94068657, Joint Secretary of IEEE SB 62851, sudha1998ap@gmail.com TECH FEST The IEEE Student Branch 62851 of St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering, setup a technical stall during the Tech Fest-2018 held on 14th February 2018. The arrangements were carried out under the guidance of the IEEE SB Coordinator Prof. A. Darwin Jose Raju. Around 136 Students and Staff members visited the stall. Ms. Ankayarkanni R., Chairperson of WIE SBA, gave a technical explanation about the Raspberry pi technology. The games like IEEE says and Electrical Circuit Debugging were conducted by Ms. Sudha A. P. and Ms. Abisha Raju A. for the students, and prizes were distributed to the winners. Report By: Abisha Raju A., abisharaju1998@gmail.com Women’s Day Celebration The IEEE Student Branch of St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering celebrated Women’s day on 17th March 2018 in the Seminar hall. The event was organized by Ms. Lincy Theresa of 3rd Year ECE, under the guidance of Prof. Darwin Jose Raju A., IEEE SB Coordinator. Around 30 delegates attended the event. The Chairperson of IEEE WIE Affinity Group Ms. Ankayarkanni R. delivered a talk on Women’s day. She enlightened how the women achieved in different sectors. She also mentioned that if the path chosen is right to reach the destination then women will not be restricted to achieve their goals. Prof. Darwin Jose Raju A. wished all the women to shine in different sectors. Ms. Abhi Sharon M. M. of 2nd Year CSE conducted the gaming section for the student members and Prizes were distributed to the winners. The meeting formally came to an end with the vote of thanks rendered by Ms. Evangelin V. of 2nd Year EEE. Report By: S.JhonuEvangelinJenifa, jhonuevangelin98@gmail.com Technical Gathering The IEEE Student Branch organized a technical gathering on 06.02.2018. The meeting was presided over by Ms. Kavyashree Prakashan, Chairperson, IEEE EduSoc SBC. Around 27 students attended the meeting. Mr. Micheal Robi. C of 2nd year EEE delivered a talk on the Hybrid Technology. Under this topic he explained the working principle and the advantages of Hybrid Technology. He insisted to follow the Hybrid Technology for a Better Tomorrow. Report by: Sherlin Nishi J,

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IEEE Technical Gathering A Technical Gathering was conducted by the IEEE Education Society Student Branch Chapter of St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering on 20.02.2018. It was organized by Ms. Jhonu Evangelin Jenifa S., Joint Secretary of IEEE Edu Soc SBC under the guidance of Prof. A. Darwin Jose Raju, the IEEE SB Coordinator. The meeting started with the Code of Ethics read by Mr. Sarath P. V. of Second Year CSE. Ms. Jhonu Evangelin Jenifa S. welcomed the gathering. A technical talk on the Internet of Things was delivered by Ms. Sudha A. P. of Third Year ECE. She briefed about the IoT and its applications in current world. Report By: Lincy Theresa C., lincytheres3@gmail.com The IEEE Student Branch of St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering organized a technical gathering on 27.02.2018 at the IEEE cabin. 36 student members attended the meeting. Ms. Anu Maria of 3rd Year CSE delivered a talk on the Ambient Intelligence. Under this topic she explained the scope of ambient intelligence in day today life and the future applications of it. It helped the student members to get a clear idea about this technology. Report By: Anu Maria, anumaria121@gmail.com The IEEE Student Branch 62851 of St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering organized a technical gathering on 6th March 2018 at the IEEE cabin. Around 15 delegates attended the meeting. Ms. Sajithra E. G. of 3rdYearECE delivered a talk on RFID chip. She explained the unique identification method using RFID chip. It helps the students to gain knowledge on RFID chip. Report By: Sudha A. P., sudha1998ap@gmail.com Vaigai College of Engineering Technical Talk on Recent Scenario in Software Industries The Dept. of ECE and IEEE Student branch of Vaigai College of Engineering organized one day one day technical talk on “RECENT SCENARIO IN IT INDUSTRIES” on 02.02.2018 for Graduates and Faculty members. A total of 63 students and 10 faculty members attended this programme. This programme is mainly intended to learn about the recent trends and research scenarios in IT industries. The importance of Internet of Things in today’s world is emphasized through this programme. Report by: Dr.A.Pasumpon Pandian, vaigaiprincipal@gmail.com Valliammai engineering college Guest Lecture The Department of EEE and IEEE Valliammai Student branch conducted Guest Lecture on the topic of “Recent Trends in Soft Computing Techniques” on 06th February 2018. The session was presented by Mr.Elavarasu Ramachandran, Project Manager, IBM India Pvt.Ltd, Chennai. Students gained sound knowledge in this and will make their focus better towards their practical implementations via projects. The lecture was attended by EEE students of II, III, IV years and faculty members along with Head of the Department Prof. Dr.K.Elango. Report by: T.Santhoshkumar Velalar College of Engg. & Technology Technical Guest Lecture Program on "Deep Learning in Health Care" on 28th March 2018 at Velalar College of Engineering and Technology, Erode in association with IEEE EMBS organized Induction Program on "Awareness of IEEE EMBS Membership" & Technical Lecture on “Deep Learning in Health Care”. Dr.K.B.Jayanthi B.E.,M.E.,PhD., Secretary, IEEE EMBS (Madras Section), Prof& Head, K.S.R. College of Technology, Tiruchengode was the resource Person.. Report by: Rajaram AP/EEE, Branch Counselor

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Velammal College of Engineering & Technology, Madurai Intercollegiate IEEE Project Contest The IEEE SB conducted Intercollegiate IEEE Project Contest for the students in the title “Emerging Trends in Engineering Applications” on 09.02.2018. Dr.A.Shunmugalatha Prof & HOD / EEE welcomed all the participants and Dr. N.Karpagam, Prof/ EEE – IEEE Student Branch Counselor organized the event. Sixty two batches of students from various departments presented their projects. Dr.G.Vinoth Chakkaravarthy, Associate Professor/CSE, Dr.M.Maran, Associate Professor/MECH and Dr.P.Rajeswari, AP/ECE were the chairpersons for the contest. Three Prizes were announced based on innovation, technical content and communication skills. Principal Dr. P.Alli gave the certificates and prizes to the winners and appreciated the prize winners and participants. Report by Dr.N.Karpagam: n.karpagam@vcet.ac.in Vetri Vinayaha College of Engineering and Technology One Day National Level Workshop on SMART GRID IEEE Student Branch and Dept. of EEE jointly conducted one day National level workshop on SMART GRID on 09th Feb 2018. The Chief Guest was Dr.P.Manimekalai, Associate Professor/EEE, Selvam College of Technology, Namakkal, and she gave the addressed on the importance of this workshop program and also give advice to learning the latest Technology. The Special Guest was Mr.A.Aravindan, CEO, INSIGHTS Electronics, Rasipuram, and also gave the hardware demo in this workshop. More than 200 students participated and benefited from this program. Report by:Prof.P.Arulkumar, ieeesbvvcet@gmail.com

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IEEE CIS Madras Chapter Distinguished Lecturer’s Seminar IEEE CIS Madras Chapter and IEEE Student Branch, FEAT, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar take pride in informing the distinguished lecture on 20th Feb 2018 at 11 am. The Distinguished Lecturer Dr.CesareAlippi Professor of Information Processing Systems, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy gave the lecture on “Neural networks: what did we learn from the theory and where are we going?” The event was started with a prayer song and then welcome address was given by Dr.C.Antony Jeyasehar, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University. The special address was delivered by Dr.N.Kumarappan, Chair, IEEE CIS Madras Chapter, Chennai. Report by: Dr N Kumarappan

IEEE SIGHT IEEE SIGHT survey at Senapattinam village, Tandrampattu Taluk, Tiruvanamalai. Date: 04th February 2018- Report: We a group of 4 students, one from Jeppiar College and three from Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, started the journey on 04th February 2018 by morning 7:00am at perungalathur and reached the venue at about 1pm. We did survey in that village for about 2 hours. The number of people in the village was 120 which includes 25 school going children. People have been living there for about three or four generations. Their main source of income is agriculture. They grow crops such as red chilli, rice, papaya etc. But their level of income is not satisfactory. There is a lack of electricity in all houses. Their houses are built of mud. The people suffer a lot due to the lack of electricity. The school going children are the main sufferers. They could not study in the evening as there is no sufficient light. So they could study only in the morning. In exam time they study with the help of kerosene lamps which is used as an alternative source of light. But these lamps are not used constantly as they could not afford it. (Kerosene-Rs.30 per litre). Also the children have to travel to Perungalathur for their schools which are about 8km from the village. There is no light in this path. Many students are dropped out of school due to this issue. Women in the area also suffer a lot. They could not walk in the night time without lights. They cook without electricity in a mud stove. As the ground of houses is made of red and black soil, many insects and snakes come inside the house. As there is no light it is a difficult task for them to identify it and it is a pathetic situation. As said earlier their main profession is agriculture. But as there is no power supply they use diesel or oil motors for water extraction from wells and it costs them more. This affects their income a lot. The men have mobile phones but could not charge them. They charge their mobiles by giving it in shops of perungalathur. They could not even contact the people outside the village in case of an emergency by mobile phones. There are no solar lamps in this area. Also the people are not supported by any government schemes and Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO). Due to the lack of education the people dwelling in the village are unaware about the outside world and the children do not have any exposure to the outside world. In spite of all oddities faced by them, the people are stubborn about doing agriculture and staying in their own place. It shows the love they have for their place. If they are given electricity they could be benefited a lot. The children could study from their home, the men could take water from wells by using solar motors and women could feel safe in the night time. It could

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solve their day-to-day issues. The women also could indulge in small scale business if they are provided with electricity. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Reported by, R.Magarajeswari, EEE Department, IEEE Member: #94011441, Volunteer| IEEE Madras section. magarajeswari@gmail.com

IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter Technical Workshop on Arduino Based System Design A Two days National level workshop was organized by IEEE Student Branch of Ganadipathy Tulsi’s Jain Engineering College, Vellore on 28th & 29th December 2017 in association with IEEE PSES and IEEE COMSOC of Madras Chapter. Dr. A. Manimegalai, Head & Professor / ECE, GTEC-IEEE Student Branch Counselor welcomed the gathering. Dr.M. Barathi, Principal, GTEC presided over the function. Dr. S. Vijayakumar, Secretary, IEEE – PSES, Madras Chapter and Professor in ECE, SITAMS (Autonomous), Chittoor was the chief guest and he shared his thoughts on recent trends in Nanotechnology, Fundamentals of Arduino Based System Design and basics of Sensors and interfacing. Dr.A.Manimegalai handled the after-noon session with Embedded Systems in detail. and Mr.C.Kumar, AP/ECE, IEEE Student Chapter Advisor (GTEC) and IEEE-PSES Web Admin handled the programming of Arduino with interface of sensors. On second day, Mr.Venkata Kamesh, Managing Director of Sri Vignan Technologies, Bangalore gave a practical exposure to the gathering about the techniques used to interface the GPS, GPRS, GSM, and Wi-Fi with Arduino. The participants were actively interacted with the guests and gained a good experience in designing a project on Arduino. The workshop was successfully concluded with a vote of thanks by IEEE Student Branch member. A total of 53 student participants from various institutions got benefited through this technical workshop.

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One-day Workshop on “Importance of Switching and Routing in Computer Networks Using Cisco Packet Tracer” The Department of CSE of Shanmuganathan Engineering College, organized a one-day workshop “Importance of Switching and Routing in Computer Networks Using Cisco Packet Tracer” on 16.02.2018 in association with IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter. Dr.K.L.Muthuramu, Principal, SEC, presided over the inaugural session and Dr.K.Krishnamoorthy, HOD/CSE, gave the welcome address and he delivered a benefits and brief introduction about the workshop. Dr.V.Jayaprakasan, Chairman, IEEE-PSES, Madras Chapter, in his session, he briefed about the Recent trends and Challenges in Communication and Networking. He delivers the difference between wired and wireless communication, and the complexity in the design and establishment of wireless communication in real-time, because the frequency is a scare resource in wireless communication and the same can be used many places effectively without interference. In addition, he elaborated the importance and challenges in Switching and Routing Concepts used in Communication and Networking with Cisco Packet Tracer Tool. Dr.K.Krishnamoorthy, delivered the vote of thanks and appreciated the participants. More than 65 students from Shanmuganathan Engineering College got benefited through this programme.

One-day hands-on workshop on “Recent Trends and Challenges in Communication and Networking Using Cisco Packet Tracer” The Department of ECE Syed Ammal Engineering College, Ramanathapuram Organized One-day hands-on workshop on “Recent Trends and Challenges in Communication and Networking Using Cisco Packet Tracer” on 17.02.2018 in association with IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society and IEEE Communications Society (Madras Chapter). Dr. M. Periyasamy, Vice Principal, SAEC, presided over the inaugural session and gave the welcome address and he delivered a brief introduction about the workshop. Dr.V.Jayaprakasan, Chairman, IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter, briefed about the importance of Switching and Routing concepts of communication and Networking with different addressing concepts, using Cisco Packet Tracer Simulation Tool. In addition he explains important role of Cisco Networking Devices and different routing protocols used to transfer the data packets from one device to another device. Finally Dr.G.Mahendran, HOD/ECE delivered the vote of thanks and appreciated the participants. Dr.V.Jayaprakasan distributed the participation certificates to all the participants. More than 65 students from SAEC and other nearby institutions got benefited through this programme.

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National level Project Design Contest – PDCON-2018 & Key Note Talk on E-Waste Management and Pollution Control The Department of EEE, Mahendra Engineering College, Autonomous, Mallasamudram, Namakkal in association with IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter has organized a Project Design Contest “PDCON-2018” at Circuits and Devices Lab of EEE Department on 27th February 2018. Dr.S.Vijayakumar, Secretary, IEEE-PSES, Madras Chapter, Associate Professor/ECE, Sreenivasa Institute of Technology and Management Studies, Autonomous, Chittoor along with Internal experts of Mahendra Engineering College have juried the Projects designed innovatively and exhibited by student batches came from various colleges nationally.

During the afternoon session Dr.S.Vijayakumar, has given a Key note talk on “E-Waste Management and Pollution Control”. He has delivered his views on Electronic Waste Management and the importance of Waste recycling in a safe manner. He has motivated the gathering to avoid plastic consumption for an Eco-friendly Earth. During the valedictory function, Dr.Umamaheswari, Co-convener and Head of EEE Department has welcomed the gathering. Dr.M.Madheswaran, Principal has given the valedictory address. The Chief Guest along with the Principal distributed the certificates. Prizes have been given to the best projects. Dr.Umasankar, Prof./EEE Coordinated the design contest in a pleasant manner. Dr.P.Sureshkumar, Prof./EEE, delivered the vote of thanks. Over 50 batches from various institutions, on various concepts participated in the contest. Technical Talk on Growing Trends in Medical Electronics and Safety Aspects SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore in association with IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter has organized a technical talk on “Growing Trends in Medical Electronics and Safety Aspects” at Seminar Hall, Department of Electronics and Instrumentation on 12th January 2018. Dr.S.Poornachandra, Dean and Head of E&I has welcomed the gathering and appreciated the participants for attending Technical activities and encourage the students to utilize the facilities offered by the department. Brief points related to Medical Electronics and its growing requirements have been shared among the audience by him.

Shri.N.Nandakumar, Managing Director, Prime Bio Medical Systems, Tiruppur, has given a Key note talk on the Recent Trends in Medical Electronics, Its Contribution to Human Health Monitoring and Safety Aspects. He has delivered the key points on various Bio Medical Equipment manufacturing companies, the Recent Trends in Medical Instrument Sector, Services and career opportunities in the field. Mr.K.Sambasiva Rao, Department of E & I has coordinated and arranged the technical talk. Over 100 students participated in the event. Technical Talk on Recent Innovations in Medical Physics and Career Opportunities Arignar Anna Government College, Namakkal in association with IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, Madras Chapter has organized a technical talk on “Recent Innovations in Medical Physics and Career Opportunities” at Department of Physics, on 23.01.2018. Dr.A.Leela Glory Bai, Principal, AAGAC, Namakkal has Presided over the function. She has advised the students to involve themselves in the technical activities to widen their knowledge in current issues in the technology pertain to various domains for the career growth. She has conveyed the potential opportunities in Medical Physics and its growing requirements to the gathering.

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Shri. N.Nandakumar, Managing Director, Prime Bio Medical Systems, Tiruppur, has given a Key note talk on the recent developments in Medical Physics, it’s continues changes and the career opportunities in the field of medical devices. He has delivered the key points and the information related to companies involving in Medical Equipment Services. His speech has motivated the students about desire in medical physics. Dr.N.Sethupathi, Coordinator of the technical talk has organized this function in which over 250 students participated and benefited.

Two Days workshop On Brain Machine Interface Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, VInayaka Mission’s Research Foundation organized a Two days workshop on Brain Machine Interface during February 7-8, 2018 in association with IEEE EMBS Student Chapter in association with the IEEE EMBS, IEEE Communication Society, IEEE Product Safety Engineering, Madras Chapter and IEEE Young Professionals Group of Madras Section. Dr.P. Shankar, Principal, AVIT presided over the inaugural session and insisted the students to get more exposure of Recent technologies related to artificial Intelligent. Prof. Vijaydrababu, HOD/ECE gave the welcome address and he delivered a brief introduction about the workshop. Dr Vijay K Varadan, Professor, Penn State University, USA and Director, GINTEM, USA was the resource person. In his technical speech, briefed about the neural network operations and its applications, recent trends in brain machine interface in medical field and he provided the demo on measurement of brain waveform using intelligent systems. He delivered the innovations made in the area of Brain anatomy and functionality, Neurons and nero-science, Brain dynamics, Nano-materials and nano-structures, Nano-sensors and microelectrode arrays, Flexible bioelectronics and thin film transistors, Integration of nanosensors and electronics, Wireless Nano-engineering systems for brain controlled activities and their applications. Finally, Dr.P.Shankar appreciated the participants and distributed the certificates to all the participants. More than 150 students from various institutions got benefited through this workshop program. Finally Prof P Subramanian, ECE Department & IEEE EMBS Student Branch Counselor gave the vote of thanks.

IEEE Women in Engineering Madras IEEE Women in Engineering, in association with Yuvashakthi, a Youth Welfare Organization, organized an Inter-collegiate Conclave on “Celebrating Womanhood”, at Prathyusha Engineering College, on 10.02.2018. The present Chair of Madras IEE Women in Engineering delivered the Welcome address and talked on the importance of Women. The event had two parts, one is the presentation competition for college students, on several topics such as ‘Women-led development, Young Women Entrepreneurs, Challenges of Young Women’ etc. The registered students from various colleges presented their views by means of Video or Power point presentation. The noteworthy presentations were provided with certificates and prizes.

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During the second part of the event, Ms.Vijayanthi, an active Yuvashakthi Volunteer, delivered a talk on ‘Women as the Soft Power of India’, that was well received by the audience. Dr.Moorthi, Professor/ECE, Prathyusha Engineering College thanked the organizing units. Report by: Dr.Vydeki Vijayakumar, SM-80410495 Chair, Madras IEEE WIE Special Recognition

STB60551- Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Initiative Lead of IEEE Computer Society India SAC

Ms. Ruba M, Secretary, SSN IEEE student branch, has been selected as an Initiative Lead of IEEE Computer Society India SAC. A maximum of 20 students per batch, chosen after a rigorous selection process, across the nation would be selected for a 6-day program. Before the start of the program, the students will be provided with a problem statement. This problem statement has to be solved using design thinking approach in different ways during the program. Students will be taken inside the companies and will be allowed to be there for one entire day in order to learn their problem solving approach and mechanisms. During the program, each day will be spent in a different company. In the end, the students would be coming up with MVPs (Minimal Viable Product) under industrial mentors.

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IEEE MAS Membership details

As on April 2018,

Affiliate 11

Associate Member 35

Fellow 5

Graduate Student Member 542

Life Member 7

Life Senior 12

Member 1153

Senior Member 222

Student Member 3301

Total 5288

Editorial Team

Dr. S. Joseph Gladwin (Editor)

Dr. P.A. Manoharan, Chairman IEEE MAS

Dr. S. Umashankar, Vice Chairman IEEE MAS

Dr.T. Michael N Kumar, Secretary IEEE MAS

Dr. N.B. Muthu Selvan

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