The Physics Division of Science and Humanities Department organized a 3 day FDP on “Physics for Civil engineers and Material Science” to give an insight to the faculty of affiliated colleges into the revised syllabus of Anna University under Regulation 2017 for second semester Civil and Mechanical Students.
The FDP was attended by 14 faculties from various affiliated engineering colleges apart from the KCG staff.
Day 1(10.01.2018)
Inaugural
The FDP started with the Inaugural Session. The Principal Dr.G.Prabhakaran, Vice Principal Dr.SumathiPoobal and HOD, S&H Ms M B Binduattended the function. The function started with the invocation and lighting of Lamp. HOD, S&H welcomed the gathering . The Principal and Vice Principal expressed their happiness at such a program being organized and stressed the importance of the program. Ms.Linu Sam, the convener gave an insight about the program.
Technical Session 1
This session was taken by Dr.SuganthiDevadosan, Professor in Physics, Hindustan University. She spoke about lighting in Buildings. It was interesting that the talk covered many biological aspects as well when she spoke about eye and luminescence. The talk covered luminescence, radiance and the related laws. It was an excellent beginning.
Technical session 2
In this session Dr Amrutha, Associate Professor, KCG College of Technology spoke about Phase Diagrams. The talk was aimed at giving an overview of the basics of Phase Diagrams to the participants. The session explained to as what phases are and the significance of phase diagram and interpretation of unary phase diagrams.
Day 2
Day 2 was action packed.
Technical Session 3
In continuation with the previous day’s talk. Dr Amrutha spoke about binary isomorphous phase diagram and microstructure development. An insight was also given into Fick’s Law of Diffusion.
Technical Session 4
Dr JessyRooby , HOD and Professor, Department of Civil Engineering , Hindustan University gave a talk about Seismology and Seismic Waves. The session was very interesting . She gave an insight into the recalibrated seismic zones and how they are identified apart from covering topics related tectonics, seismic waves etc.
Technical Session 5
In a Seamless follow Dr Pratheeba Paul, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering , Hindustan University spoke about Cyclone and Hazards. There was an added interest in this session given the fact that Tamil Nadu had faced two devastating cyclones in the past one year. The talk took off beautifully starting from the basic terminologies in weather and how cyclones form. It was a spell binding talk.
Technical Session 6
Dr T S Ravikumar, Professor, Department of MechanicalEngineering ,Hindustan University gave a talk on Air conditioning and Cooling systems. This talk was filled with huge information. He briefed the audience about refrigeration techniques and wonderfully connected it to air-conditioning. It was fascinating to see slides and also learn about the different air conditioning techniques.
Technical Session 7
This was an Invited speech by Dr Jawahar, Head, Production Engineering, Velammal College of Engineering. He gave a new dimension to materials when he spoke about Rubber Technology and its mechanical Properties. His widespread knowledge in this field was evident.
Day 3
Technical Session 8
Dr Siddarthan , Associate Professor, Department of Production Technology, Madras Institute of Technology gave an insightful talk into the advanced concepts of Phase Diagrams. He explained about the various laws involved and the microstructure formations and grain boundaries.
Technical Session 9
Dr Vijayalaxmi, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University spoke in this session about Thermal Performance of Buildings. This was an extremely interactive session where the speaker interacted with the participants and made a lucid presentation relating to various factors contributing to thermal performance of building. She kept the audience spell bound.
Technical Session 10
Dr Easu, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KCG College of Technology spoke about Fracture Mechanics and Tensile Strength and gave demonstrations and explanation regarding concepts like tensile strength and hardness and how materials are tested and designed.
Feed Back Session
The participants gave an excellent feed back about the 3 day program and reiterated that there were lot of take aways from the program. All of them felt that the initial apprehension they had with the syllabus existed no more. There was also a special mention about the excellent hospitality. The participants also made a special request to have a Whatsapp group to discuss the concepts and ideas when needed.
The Program ended with a vote of thanks by the Organising Secretary Dr Amrutha who thanked the Management, Principal , Vice Principal, HOD, S&H, Electrical and House keeping support and the participants in particular for making this an outstanding program