ISSUE 8, JUNE.2012

Editor’s Column

Each issue of the Newsletter is a team work. I

must admit that you may occasionally taken

time to read the editor’s column of the

Newsletter. So first, a big thank you to those

of you taking the time to read this column

and the contributors. In this year’s column, I

will describe what happens in the past

academic year i.e. the various activities by

the students and faculty in academic,

cocurricular, extra-curricular as well as

research & developments. This year our

department is accredited by NBA

committee with flying colors securing

highest marks among all the other

departments. This shows how the progress of

department is growing towards a new peak.

I should mention that this would not been

possible without the efforts put by all the

students, HOD, faculty members and staff.

Thanks to all of them and wish you best luck.

Jayanand P. Gawande

Editor

NBA 2011

HOD’s Column

Dear Students,

Congratulations to our department for

getting NBA accreditation for 3 years. The

department scored maximum marks

712/1000. Also I would like to congratulate

the rank holders of the department. I feels

very proud that 21 rank holders out of 30 of

the university are from our department. PG

students presented no. of papers in national

and international conferences.

We love to face challenges. This time our

college is going for NAAC accreditation

and I am bit sure that we will get

accreditation from NAAC. For this

academic year, make some resolutions and

try to improve your performance, not only in

academics but also in extracurricular and

co-curricular activities. All the best!

Prof. Ashok D. Gaikwad

Head of Department

INNOVATION 2K12

MMAAPPAANN

THE MEASURE OF PROGRESS

MKSSS’s PUBLISHED BY

CUMMINS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL

FACULTY NEWS Our department organized one week national level

workshop on ‘MEMS Technology and simulation

practices‘ during 14-19 November, 2011. Staff and

students of various engineering colleges attended

this workshop.

Prof. Mrs. Anagha Panditrao received Cummins

appreciation award in August 2011 for international

journal publications and patent.

Prof. Mrs. Anagha Panditrao presented paper in

IEEE International Conference at Bandung,

Indonesia in November 2011.

Prof. Mrs. Anagha Panditrao was awarded with PhD

degree of University of Pune under the guidance of

Dr. Mrs. Priti Rege of Govt. College of Engg. Pune.

Prof. Y. G. Adhav attended Sixth International

conference on smart materials, structures and system

(ISSS-2012) at IISC Bangalore during 4-7th January,

2012

Prof. A. D. Gaikwad delivered progress report of

Cummins MEMS R &D Centre Pune at IISC Banglore

on 28th Feb.2012 in NMDC review meeting.

Prof. J. P. Gawande delivered a lecture on ‘Digital

Filters’ at National Workshop on ‘Matlab and its

applications’ organized by PDEA’ College of

Engineering, Manjari, Pune.

Prof. J. P. Gawande also delivered a lecture on ‘Fiber

Optics’ to second year students of department of

Instrumentation, VIT, Pune.

Prof. J. P. Gawande had worked as Judge for the

National Level Technical Paper Presentation

Competition, Futurizm’12, organized by PDEA’

College of Engineering, Manjari, Pune.

A paper on ‘Integrated Sensor System Framework

for Enhanced Vehicle Safety’ authored by Prof. A.K.

Joshi and KPIT Cummins staff is published in SAE

International journal in July 2011.

STUDENT NEWS Stars of Instrumentation and Control department

The staff and students of the department would like to congratulate the following students for their performance in May-June 2011 University Examination: S.E. 1st Rank Ms. Rashmi Agarwal 2nd Rank Ms. Shraddha Bhawalkar 3rd Rank Ms. Saie Saraf 4th Rank Ms. Pooja Deshmukh 5th Rank Ms. Bhanupriya Achalare 6th Rank Ms. Poorva Kuber 7th Rank Ms. Mugdha Marudgan 10th Rank Ms. Swarada Kshirsagar T.E. 1st Rank Ms. Nishita Sant 2nd Rank Ms. Devika Oak 3rd Rank Ms. Aditi Bhalerao 4th Rank Ms. Divya Vasudev 5th Rank Ms. Sweety Agrawal 6th Rank Ms. Aditi Patil 7th Rank Ms. Shilpa Joshi 8th Rank Ms. Amruta Hargude 9th Rank Ms. Divya Kadam B.E. 2nd Rank Ms. Shruti Lokhande 3rd Rank Ms. Amruta Gadre 6th Rank Ms. Roopa Nadgiri 8th Rank Ms. Sheetal Koul Congratulations to Ms. Aditi Bhalerao, University of Pune declared the award ‘The

Principal G. K. Ogale Memorial Prize’ for securing highest number of marks and standing First at the S.E.(Instrumentation) Examination held in May,2010. Best Outgoing student

Ms. Divya Vasudev was awarded as best out going student of the department for her all round performance during the year 2011-12. Heartiest Congratulations to all of them!

Extracurricular Competitions

Ms. Aishwarya Chaporkar participated in Indian Student Parliament-2012 at MAEER’s MIT School of Government, Pune. Ms. Shivani Matto won the second prize at Environmental Quiz. Ms. Ashwini Shetty won the Judges Choice Award at National Entrepreneurship Network. Ms. Tanvi Shah won the Viewer’s Choice Award at National Entrepreneurship Network. Ms. Akshika Khachroo and Ms. Ruddhi Kadam represented the college at ROBOCON 2012. MS. Ruchi Gupta and her football team won the second prize at ZEST 2012, COEP. Ms. Swarada Kshirsagar and Ms. Sanskriti Shankare won the first prize at Pune City Zone Intercollegiate Sports (Basketball) organized by University of Pune. Ms. Chaitra Kanhere won the first prizes at various swimming sport events like Pentacle’12, Melange’12, VIT Pune. Ms. Rutuja Mhetre and her Volleyball team won the first prize at ZEST 2012 and PACE’12.

Ms. Azba Sardar, Ms. Divya Vasudev, Ms. Devika Oka, Ms. Ritika Shetty won the second prize at Theme projects, INNOVATION 2k12. Ms. Neha Mutha, Ms. Gauri Gaikwad, Ms. Aditi Agarwal won the second prize for their project on ‘Colour Transmitter: An Application for Paper Industry’ at Firmware Project Competition, INNOVATION 2k12. Ms. Azba Sardar and Ms. Divya Vasudev won the first prize at On the Spot, INNOVATION 2k12. Ms. Shivanjali Patil and Ms. Mrunal Mone participated in the project competition on Data Acquisition System at ‘Technotrend-2011’ organized by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere. Paper/Project Presentations

Our M.E. student, Ms. Rajashree Pimputkar won the first prize for her paper on ‘MRI segmentation using fuzzy c –means algorithm’ at National Level Paper Presentation, Futurizm’12, organized by PDEA’ College of Engineering, Manjari, Pune.

Ms. Prachi Mantri, Mrs. Archana Kesti, Mrs. Smitha Pinto and Ms. Megha Deshmukh (M.E. students) presented their paper at National Level Paper Presentation, Futurizm’12, organized by PDEA’ College of Engineering, Manjari, Pune. Mrs. Aarti Suryawanshi presented a paper on ‘Urine Flow Rate Measurement Based on Volumetric Pressure measurement’ at ISPTS- 1 International Syposium on Physics and Technology of Sensors, organized by University of Pune. Ms. Rutuja Laulkar, Mrs. Aarti Suryawanshi and Mrs. Smitha Pinto presented papers at National Conference on ‘Nanotechnology and its Applications in Electronics Engineering’ CSIR, IETE, organized by AISSMS’ IOIT Pune. Ms. Megha Deshmukh presented a paper titled ‘Design & Development of Thermistor Based Sensor for Spirometry’ at IEEE Students Conference, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. Ms. Krishali Penta and Ms. Disha Waghela won the first prize for the paper on ‘Bionic Eye’ at INNOVATION 2k12. Ms. Priti Bora won the second prize for paper ‘Exoskeleton for Human Performance Augmentation-Passive Design’ at INNOVATION 2k12. Ms. Mrunmayee Unawane and Ms. Apurva Shintre won the second prize for paper ‘Nanotech and MEMS’ at INNOVATION 2k12.

B.E. students at Suryashibhir

NOVEL IDEA Tailor made ADC Prof. Atul K. Joshi

Sometimes it we fall in dilemma for selection of ADC for a particular application so we search ADC device on net for the desired specification. Generally we get ADCs with resolution like 8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit, 16-bit etc. but if the required resolution falls in between above said commercially available ADCs, e.g. 9-bit ,11-bit, 13-bit and so on then, here is the possible solution. Select a microcontroller having in built:

1. 16-bit timer /counter with PWM facility

2. Analog comparator

3. IIC capability

The hardware scheme can be made as shown in figure:

The conversion technique is based on successive approximation. PWM block outputs a duty cycle proportional to the count in it. It is then filtered with Low pass filter having proper cutoff frequency. The output of the filter is buffered and attenuated according to desired full scale. The same is used to drive one of the input of internal analog comparator. The other is driven by PWM buffer. The applied analog input voltage is compared with the output of PWM section by setting MSB of the PWM count register. If the comparator is triggered then, the MSB is cleared and second MSB is set. The process is repeated till the last bit in the PWM count register. The last iteration will give the digital equivalent of analog input voltage. The PWM count register can then be transferred to IIC register or to the output port of the controller. The software block of the process can be treated as an ADC function.

CAMPUS PLACEMENTS 2011-12

The following students of the Instrumentation

and Control dept. have been placed in the

academic year 2011-12:

KPIT CUMMINS: Ruhi Redij, Sonali Chavan

CUMMINS INDIA LTD.: Varkha Taki, Sweety

Agarwal, Divya Vasudev, Neha Mutha

INFOSYS: Shalini Murali, Divya Kadam,

Sandhya Soni, Amruta Harugade, G.Hima

Bindu

TATA MOTORS: Romilla William

THERMAX: Shilpa Joshi, Devika Oka

HOEYWELL: Bhagyashri Nimbalkar, Chaitral

Date, Pradnya Patil, Priti Bora, Snehal More

ALFA LAVAL: Nikhita Borse

FORBES MARSHALL: Seema Waghmere,

Rasika Dharne

CAPGEMINI: Ankita Kulkarni, Namrata

Parajape

ETON: Ritika Shetty, Aditi Bhalerao, Ridhima

Pathak

ATOS ORIGIN: Triveni Kadam

WIPRO: Azba Sardar

FORBES MARSHALL AWARD

For the past fifteen years, Forbes Marshall is

appreciating the untiring efforts of the final year

students by awarding a prize to the most

outstanding final year project. This year this

prestigious award was bagged by Ms. Amruta

Joshi, Ms. Gandhali Joshi and Ms. Sharvari

Kulkarni for the project titled ‘Design and

Analysis of MEMS based Piezoresistive Pressure

Sensor’ under the guidance of Prof. Y. G. Adhav.

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