An Intradepartmental Mini Project Challenge was organized on 28th Feb 2020, and witnessed a massive response from students of all programmes. More than 400 students participated in the Challenge, displaying 144 innovative projects, reflecting an impressive array of path-breaking ideas. It provided students an opportunity to interact with experts from industry and build on their existing knowledge.
CSE
93 students comprised into 31 teams participated in the event and the projects were presented and demonstrated to the judges in Charles Babbage Laboratory. Each team was assigned a mentor and the projects were evaluated based on parameters like technical competency, social relevance, articulation / presentation and business perspective by the following two industry experts: Ms. Priya Damodaran, Senior Technical Lead, HCL Technologies, SEZ, ELCOT, and Ms. Vidhya Boopalan, Technical Manager, HCL – CISCO Offshore Development Centre.
The prize winning projects were “Early Detection of Sepsis”, “E –Commerce platform for selling handicrafts”, and “Bill Prediction”.
IT
Ten teams participated in the event. Projects were presented in the Steve Jobs laboratory. Each team was assigned a mentor and the projects were evaluated based on parameters like technical competency, social relevance, articulation / presentation. The members of the jury panel were Divyapriya V, System Engineer, Mind Tree Pvt Ltd, and Amreen S, System Analyst, IBM.
The prize winning projects were Water Reminder App, AL Based Crop Field Identification Mobile App, and CARE-YOU.
MECH
15 teams participated in the EVENT. Projects were demonstrated in the Sir Isaac Newton Dynamics Lab. The projects were adjudged by Mr. A. Robinson, Manager, CJ Titanium. Three teams were selected based on their Idea generation, Design, working and presentation.
The winning projects were Agribot, Design and Fabrication of Collision Avert System, Design and Fabrication of Hybrid Jet Turbine.
AERO
A preliminary screening of mini project competition was conducted on 25th February 2020.After the review 18 teams were selected for the final exhibition. Screening was done under the presence of project mentors and subject experts. Final Exhibition and review was on 28th February, 9am at Wright brothers Aero Hanger. All the 18 projects were displayed informatively and various department students of first year and second year visited the exhibition.
The final round judgement was made by the following experts Mr. A Mohammed Azurarudeen, Technical illustrator, Boeing India Pvt Ltd Prof. R R Elangovan, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, KCG College of Technology.
The winning projects were Desktop Wind Tunnel, Refrigerating Bottle, Computational Analysis of Grid Fins.
EEE
A total of 22 batches participated in the event. The projects were demonstrated in Nyquist Electronics & Instrumentation Laboratory of EEE Department. The projects were judged by two eminent personalities, one from Industry and one from academia: Ms. C. Karthick, Senior Design Engineer, Schneider Electric, Dr. G. Sambandan, Faculty Advisor, Department of Electrical Sciences.
The winning projects were Solar Powered Pottery Making Assembler, Design and Development of Gate Driver circuit using IR2110, Anomalous Waste Segregation System.
EIE
7 teams took part in the challenge and demonstrated their projects in the CDCE Automation Lab. Each team was assigned a mentor The projects were adjudged by Mr. Suresh Kumar M, Senior Manager, Digital EPCS Pvt Ltd. The winning projects were Emergency Safety for car, Home Automation, Smart Irrigation system.
ECE
30 teams took part in the Mini Project challenge held in the Optical Laboratory. A review was done by the mentors of each project before the final presentation. The projects were adjudged by Mr. Rajadurai Samuel, Senior Technical Lead, HCL Technologies. The winning projects were Water Consumption Monitoring System, Sun Tracking solar Panel, Crop Protection from Animals.
CIVIL
12 teams took part in the challenge and displayed both static and working models. Many of them reflected innovative thinking on part of the students. The projects were adjudged by Mr. Mendu Gopi Parthasarathy, Vice Chairman – Indian Plumbing Association, Managing Director – D & L Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. The winning projects were Water Filtration using Bio Char, Hydraulic Ram Pump, Piezo Electric Walkway.
Outcome
- It was an opportunity for students to apply their theoretical knowledge which ensured that exponential learning took place. It has instilled in them the ability to learn independently beyond the confines of the curriculum.
- Interaction with industry experts helped them to understand how to scale up their projects.
- This challenge also provided them an opportunity to enhance their communication skills, interpersonal skills, and time management. This in turn has given them more confidence.
The panel Judges were impressed with the work of the students. They gave suggestions to each team on how to improve their research work.
