Events

ME 6401 KINEMATICS OF MACHINERY

(13^th to 19^th December 2017)

A Faculty Development Training Programme on “ME 6401 – Kinematics of Machinery” approved by Anna University, Chennai was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, KCG College of Technology, Chennai. This seven days FDTP programme was scheduled from 13^th to 19^th Dec 2017 with both internal and external participants from the affiliated colleges of Anna University, Chennai.

The aim of this FDTP was to provide an opportunity to the faculty members to enrich their teaching skills in the field of machines and mechanisms in order to provide outcome based education and to meet the need of the society.

The inauguration welcome address was delivered by Dr. S. Ramesh, Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KCG College of Technology, Chennai. The presidential address was delivered by Dr.Sumathi Poobal, Vice Principal, KCG College of Technology, Chennai. The programme was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. V. Sundareswaran, Professor, Retd. – Engineering Design Division, Anna University, Chennai. Also he delivered a lecture during the first session by introducing the basic concepts and inversions of mechanisms. Vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. N. Pragadish, Programme Coordinator, and Dr. Chinnaraj, Registrar; KCG College presented a memento to the chief guest.

There were other informative sessions heldby eminent faculty members. One such session was conducted by Prof. Dr. Krishnakumari, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hindustan University, Chennai. She elaborated the various types and applications of gears.

Dr. Ravikumar Solomon, Head of Mechanical Engineering department, Hindustan University, Chennai delivered a lecture on gear trains. Various types of gear trains along with their applications were discussed in detail. Also problems on complex gear trains were solved during the tutorial session.

Mr. Silambarasan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Velammal Engineering College Delivered a lecture on Cams, their applications and profiles. Cam Profiles of Knife edge follower, Roller follower & Reciprocating follower were discussed in detail.

Few technical lectures were delivered by internal faculty members. They were;

On the last day the valedictory address was given by Dr. Elango Natarajan, Faculty of Engineering, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

ABOUT RESOURCE PERSON:
Dr. Elango Natarajan is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer (CEng.) who specialises in Mechanical Engineering Design and Soft Robotics. He has been teaching Engineering courses since 1999, he has gained extensive knowledge and experience in engineering design, soft robotics relevant to soft actuator and soft robot hand. He was working as a Post doctoral research fellow for a year in Malaysia. He is a co-researcher of two funded grants under Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Malaysia, both in Soft robotics. He has published about 10 research papers in ISI/Scopus journals. He has been involved in curriculum development, accreditation, professional membership etc. His membership details as follows
• Member of Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK (MIET, No. 1100248974).
• Member of IEEE society, (No.92273161).
• Life member of Association for Machines and Mechanisms, India. (A20110033).
• Senior Member of International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), (No. 80337165).
• Senior Member of Singapore Institute of Electronics (SIE), (No. 80090014).
• Life member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), India (No. 38366)
Report;
The department of Mechanical engineering conducted a guest lecture on SOFT ACTUATORS FOR ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS by Dr. ELANGO NATARAJAN, Asst. Professor, Faculty of Engineering, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. on 19.12.2017. The lecture covered the topic of soft actuators for different robotic applications which clearlely explained types of soft actuators and how the soft actuators are fabricated and used suitably in the appropriate applications.

Project e-Yantra is an initiative to spread education in embedded systems and Robotics by IIT Bombay sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development through the National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT). The objective of e-Yantra is to provide hands-on learning to engineering students, creating the next generation of engineers in India with a practical outlook to take on challenging problems and provide solutions.

KCG College of Technology is a member of e-Yantra and has set up a state of the art laboratory under the e-Yantra Lab Set-up Initiative (eLSI).The KCG e-Yantra Robotics Lab trains students in embedded systems and micro-controller programming by engaging them through the Project Based Learning (PBL) mode.

A Workshop in Robotics was conducted for the pupils of Hindustan International School, Karapakkam. The children were of different age group ranging from Grade 6 to Grade 9. It was conducted on 20 December 2017 for a session of 2 hours for 23 pupils. They showed immense pleasure in learning about Robots. A presentation on Robots and their varieties including its working were given. A few videos on the recent trends of Robots were played. A live demonstration on Firebird V was shown. Finally the children experienced a hands-on session of an LED glowing and a Buzzer beeping though Bread board connection.

The workshop was conducted by Aida Jones (Asst. Professor, ECE), Renganayaki G (Assoc. Professor, ECE),  S. Subash Chandra Bharathi (Asst. Professor, EEE) and Feba Sosa Abraham (Asst. Professor, ECE).

A Two day faculty development programme on OBE and Accreditation was conducted on 20th and 21st December 2017. A Pamphlet was prepared and sent through post to 150 technical institutions who are involved in the process of applying for accreditation. Also, an online registration facility has been made in the college website. Around 400+ e-mail communications were sent to other engineering colleges and a total of 9 faculty inclusive of internal participants did participate in the programme and the conference room in the EEE department was the venue. The programme started with an inauguration by the Principal Dr. G.Prabhakaran. The programme included 8 sessions handled by the programme coordinators of the accredited departments. The sessions were very well received by all the participants and were found very useful. All the sessions were highly interactive and helped the participantsin clarifying their doubts from ground level. The NBA coordinators of Civil, Aero and EIE departments had a good start to face the accreditation process confidently. The external participants greatly appreciated the entire team and gave a positive feedback. They also invited us to their campuses to give invited talks about OBE and Accreditation process. The schedule summary is given below for reference.

Day 1 Session Time Events Resource Person I 9.30 am to 10.30 am Inauguration Dr. G. Prabhakaran, Principal and Dr. P. Deiva Sundari, Convenor II 10.45 am to 12.15 pm Introduction to OBE Writing Vision, Mission, PEOs, COs, Definition, Dissemination, Mapping; Programming Curriculum Grouping, Gap Identification and Analysis, Teaching Learning Process Mr. Praveen Joe I R, Associate Professor, CSE Mr. Sadasivam S, Assistant Professor – ECE III 1.15 pm to 2.45 pm Measuring POs and COs, Attainment and Action Taken Mr. Sadasivam S, Assistant Professor – ECE & Ms. Nirmala Devi, Assistant Professor, ECE

Day 2 V 9.30 am to 10.30 am Faculty Contributions and SFR Calculation Dr. Mayurappriyan P S, Professor – EEE VI 10.45 am to 12.15 pm First Year Academics, Student Support Systems, Governance and Financial Resources Ms. Sumathi R, Assistant Professor, Mathematics VII 1.15 pm to 2.45 pm Institution Level Criteria SAR Preparation and Files Presentation Dr. P.Deiva Sundari, HoD – EEE & Convenor, Accreditation Process, KCG College of Technology VIII 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm Discussion / Q&A Session Dr. P.Deiva Sundari

A two day workshop on ARDUINO was conducted by the core team of EFY KCG Tech center exclusively for students of ECE department on Thursday, 22 Dec 2017 and Friday, 23 Dec 2017.The program commenced at 9.00 am at the EFY LAB, Room No T61. The Chief Resource Person was Dr.V.Subbaroyan, Professor, ECE Department and he was well supported by the core team members of EFY KCG Tech Center, Ms.B.Thyla, Mr.T.Thomas Leonid and Ms.Jaraline Kirubavathy.  24 students attended the Program.Out of which 12 students were from EEE, 3 students from E&I,7 students from CSE and 2 students from IT department.

First session was introduction to the Arduino and how to start up with the tools. Arduino is and inexpensive, cross platform, simple and clear programming environment. After the Tea break at 10.40 am the next sessions on few sketches like LED blink and sequence of LED blink was outlined. Participants found few programs like LCD display, seven segment display and Bluetooth module very interesting and got involved in doing further programs. Many other fun filled projects were done by the participants in the afternoon session.

This workshop was organized to facilitate the student to effectively use ARDUINO software to undertake projects and research work. The sessions were completely hands on, increasing the confidence of the participants in using the tools and the trainers were adept at clarifying the questions that arose during the session relating theory concepts studied to practical issues.

Coordinators:
Mr. K. Karthikeyan, Associate Professor, Department of EEE
Mr. S.Balaji, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE
Ms. M.Ramya, Teaching Assistant, Department of EEE
The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of KCG College of Technology has organized a NSDC certified Four Day Training on “Rooftop Solar Grid Engineer” during -26-29, Dec 2017 for the Third year students at EEE Class Room G01.  The training was conducted by combining both A and B Sections. The training was aimed to create awareness on the Solar Energy in India. Being a Certified NSDC-SCGJ partner, this training helped students to familiarise with Solar PV system installation.

Dr. P. Deiva Sundari, HOD/EEE welcomed and inaugurated the workshop at 8.45 am. She also highlighted the importance of NSDC solar training and the availability of green jobs in future.

Mr. K. Karthikeyan, Associate Professor/EEE in the first session of day 1 (26.12.2017) after stating the objectives and significance of the programme discussed the following topics:

• Course overview
• Scenario of Renewable Energy Technologies
• Basics of Solar PV System

Post lunch, Mr. S. Balaji, Assistant Professor/EEE gave an outline about Standards and Regulation Procedures for Rooftop Solar PV System.
On day 2 (27.12.2017), during first Session (from 8.30 am to 11.00 am) Mr. S. Balaji discussed about overview and selection criteria for Solar PV Modules and its Components. After a small Tea Break Ms. M. Ramya discussed about the different types of Rooftop Solar PV Power Plants and their operating principle.
Afternoon session was handled by Mr. K. Karthikeyan who elaborated the Mechanical and Electrical Design System for ON/OFF Grid Solar PV Systems.
Day 3 (28.12.2017) started with the lecture on installation of Solar PV system.
The following topics were dealt in detail:

• Civil, Structural and Mechanical installations
• Electrical connections
• Electrical safety
• Installation of Inverters and Charge Controllers

After small Tea break, the session started with hands on practice in Solar PV installations. The students were split into batches with 10 students per batch and asked to install Rooftop PV System. They were guided by Trainers (Coordinators). The Trainers gave an insight to various solar programmes by MNRE, SECI, NSDC-SCGJ and NISE.

On day 4 (29.12.2017), Ms. M. Ramya briefed about the importance of Health and Safety in Project Site with the aid of a video demonstration. This helped the students to gain more knowledge about the safety in Solar PV Systems. Then, the students visited the 100 kW Solar Power Plant located on the terrace of Aeronautical building. The students were explained with the string connections, inverter and ACDB connections. Finally, the students were evaluated by oral test.

The NSDC training was concluded with a discussion and feedback session by the students. The student gave an impressive feedback about the training. They also stated that this training gave them the basic knowledge and confidence in Solar PV Systems.

Department of Mechanical Engineering conducted a faculty development program on Automotive Electronics in Seminar Hall F-14, KCG college of Technology on 27th December 2017. The main objective of the program was to dissipate the latest information about the future technologies in automotive electronics industry.
The program started at 9:30 am, the resource persons, the dignitaries and participants were introduced and welcomed by the Mr. P. Jagwant. Later Our Principal Dr. G Prabakaran delivered the presidential address and welcomed Mr. Anand P. R , Assistant General Manager, Delphi-TVS to deliver first session of the FDP.
Mr. Anand took an interesting session about vehicle connectivity and its growing scope in the near future, he illustrated about the futuristic features vehicle will be possessing and why it will become the minimum requirement to ride the vehicle in road. Next session was delivered Mr. K. Balasubramanian, Head-operation & Technical Services, Migatronic, India. He took an engaging session about robotic welding and its function in the future production centres and how production centre can run with minimum man power and skilled labours. Later Mr. P. S Sreenivasan, Senior purchasing manager, Ford Motors India delivered a session about Future of automotive industry, capturing the future trend. The session was fascinating as he gave glimpse of Ford Motor’s perspective about the future, how they are going to change themselves to adapt to deliver the consumer needs in the future.
The Program was concluded by the valedictory delivered by Mr. M. Siva Shankar, Asst. Professor, KCG College of Technology. Around 40 members attended and got benefited from this program. The program was successful. It delivered the objectives as clear as possible.

Department of Civil Engineering Organized a Two-Day Workshop on “Modern Surveying”. The Workshopwas conducted from 28th to 29th December 2017. The objective of this workshop was to train and upgrade the participants on the advancement in the field of modern Surveying. A total of 104 participants were trained through this Workshop in which 91 students and 4 faculty members registered as internal participants and 7 students along with 1 faculty attended as External Participants from HIET Polytechnic College.
The Chief Guest invited for the Programme was Dr. D.Thirumalaivasan, Professor & Director, Centre for Disaster Mitigation Management. The Inauguration of the Event began with the welcome address given by the Convener of the Event, Dr.V.Vandhana Devi, HoD-Civil Engineering followed by which the presidential address was delivered by The Principal, Dr.G.Prabhakaran and Dr. Sumathi Poobal, Vice Principal, felicitated the event and the department.
The first day of the workshop had three sessions handled by three eminent guest speakers. The first session of the day was addressed by Dr.D.Thirumalaivasan, who took over the session with interesting and informative recent advancements and techniques happening in the field of surveying and about the best equipment used in extreme conditions.
The Second session was delivered by the guest speaker Prof. E. Velappan, Associate Professor, Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University and gave his informative lecture on the significance of Total station and explained in detail the functions involved in angle, distance and co-ordinate measurements and how the data processing is done and also explained the features and the types of total station used in the field in recent times.
The third and last session of the day was taken over by Dr.K.Yogeswari, Associate Professor, B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology. The topic for the session was on Hydrographic surveying, its methods and equipment used in this type of surveying along with the importance of nautical charting were explained in detailed.

The second day of the workshop (29.12.17) had two sessions in the morning which was followed by a demonstration session with leading experts on Total station. The key note speaker for the first session, Mr.D.Ragavan, Head of operations, Indian Geo informatics Centre gave his informative lecture on case studies in differential global positioning system and made the participants to understand the real ways in which this type of positioning system is practically used.
The second session of the day was led by Dr.K.Srinivasaraju, Associate Professor, Institute of Remote sensing, he enlightened the participants in this session about the Global Positioning System, tools used in GPS and the history behind the satellites that each country owns for their military purposes made this session more interesting. Detailed explanation on the features, principles, characteristics with relevant examples were also given.
A Demonstration session with hands on training was given by the experts from Amil Limited on Total Station for all the participants. Experts explained the uses, features and operation of a Total Station and then the participants were taken to the field for a practical hands on training with the instrument. This oppurtunity created a great chance for every participant to experience, learn and develop their skill in using a total Station in a Practical Environment.

RESOURCE PERSON        : Dr.B.S.Sundar Daniel,

Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Center of Nanotechnology, IIT Roorkee

Report on Guest lecture by Dr.B.S.Sundar Daniel, Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Center of Nanotechnology,IIT Roorkee on 29/12/2017. Venue: Hall S13 Time: 11 a.m.

The department of Mechanical Engineering has organized a guest lecture on “Recent Trends in Material Science” for second year mechanical engineering students and staff members of mechanical and physics department. Professor Daniel started the lecture from the basics of materials science and explained the importance of the molecular structure of ferrous alloys, the importance of vacancies, dislocations in surface, volume and in the edge  deformations  and its  influence on the material properties . He highlighted the ductility and brittle nature of materials, the investigation of the orientation of the slip plane with respect to the applied stress and slip as a result of simple shearing stress. Also,he illustrated the  resolution of the axial tensile load along the shear plane, normal to the tensile load and the slip movement in the direction of shear on the shear plane. It was pointed out that close-packed rows are farther apart from each other than rows that are not close-packed, therefore they can slip past each other with less interference. Since the atoms are not bonded directly together, but are merely held together by the free electron gas, these close-packed rows of atoms could slide past each other particularly easily without coming apart. In addition, less displacement is required to move the atoms into unstable positions from which they will be pulled forward into stable ones, when these stable positions are closer together. After the lecture session Mr.Shiva Shankar from the department of mechanical engineering and staff members from the physics department interacted with Professor about their research work.

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Organized a Guest Lecture on “Mobile Communication – New Trend – from 2G to 5G” by Mr. A. S. Saravanan, Director, Vestel Telecom Services, Chennai, accompanied with Mr. Eazhumalai, for the second year ECE Students on 5 th Jan 2018 (Friday) between 11.00 a.m. and 12.50 p.m., at F14 Seminar Hall, KCG College of Technology. Mr. Saravanan conveyed the features of mobile communication from 2G to 5G with various parameters such as data rate, reliability, etc. and demonstrated the working of software defined radio using 2G communication. Mr. Eazhumalai discussed the concepts of MIMO communication, TDMA, FDMA, CDMA and OFDM technology. He discussed about the types of antennas and its pros and cons, with various propagation methods. The talk was very useful for the students.