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Volume : 6 Issue : 10 October 2009 Price : Rs. 3.00

Chairman’s MessageDr. S. Salivahanan

[email protected]@ssn.edu.in

Mobile: 94441 89433

From The Editor’s DeskH.R. Mohan

[email protected]

Editorial TeamMr. H.R. Mohan, Dr. S. Salivahanan, Dr. M. Ponnavaikko,

Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, Mr. T.S. Rangarajan, Mrs. M. Ramalatha

Dear Friends,

I am happy to mention here that the IEEEMadras Section has organized many eventsduring the past one month.

IEEE Madras Section in association withKalasalingam University organized a faculty development programmeon “Software Tools for Simulation and Analysis of Power System”during October 03 – 04, 2009 at Kalasalingam University. This programmewas coordinated by our Execom Member of IEEE Madras Section Dr.N. Kumarappan, Professor, Annamalai University and Dr. D. Devarajof Kalasalingam University.

IEEE Madras Section has organized a Two Day LeadershipWorkshop for IEEE Student Members Kongu Engineering College, Erodeduring September 19 – 20, 2009. There was no registration fee for theparticipants and accommodation and food were provided.

IEEE Computer Society - Madras Chapter, Computer Society ofIndia - Chennai Chapter and ISA South India Section organized a talk byMs. P. Shobhana Ravi, Chief Information and Learning officer, Tractors& Farm Equipment Limited on “Business Intelligence - The DecisionMaker’s Tool” A Case Study on September 19, 2009.

IEEE Computer Society - Madras Chapter and CIO Forum ofCSI Chennai in association with Essentia Soft Solutions organized apresentation by Mr. Jose Morales, VP (Business Development),JasperSoft, USA on “JasperReports – Business Analytics BusinessIntelligence – The Decision Maker’s Tool” on September 29, 2009.

IEEE Computer Society - Madras Chapter, Computer Society ofIndia - Chennai Chapter, Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies(RCIS), Madras Library Association (MALA) and MOP VaishnavCollege for Women organized a lecture by Dr. S.V. Raghavan, Professor,Network Systems Laboratory, Dept. of Computer Science, IIT Madras,Chairman, Technical Advisory Committee, National Knowledge Networkon “Your PET Digital Library” (Petaflops - Execution, Exabytes - Storage,and Terabits - Bandwidth) on October 14, 2009 at MOP Vasihnav Collegefor Women, Chennai.

Please inform your colleagues who are non-members of IEEE toregister for membership from August 16, 2009 to avail the benefit of2009 from the date of registration in addition to the benefits of 2010.Visit www.ieee.org for further details. The current IEEE Members arerequested to renew their memberships before 15th November 2009.

Dear Friends,LINK wishes to draw the attention of the

student readers to the new combined membershipoffer for the year 2010 in IEEE & IEEE CS withaccess to the IEEE CS Digital Library at USD 40 peryear - an irresistible offer. Inform your friends to joinand enjoy the membership for 14 months as those joinnow will get the membership benefits for the year2009 also.

LINK is pleased to report on a no. of events held at the variousstudent branches which include: Paper Presentation Contest and WIEsponsored Workshop on “Developing Women Engineers asEntrepreneurs” held at Coimbatore Inst. of Engg & Info Tech, Workshopon “PC Assembling and Troubleshooting” held at Karpaga VinayagaCollege of Engg & Tech, Guest Lecture on “Mobile Gaming, Animationand Graphics” at Arunai Engg College, SPAVE-09 and WIE Guest Lectureon “Role of Women in Engineering” held at Kongu Engg College, TechnicalSymposium — ELECZY-09 and Awareness Program and MembershipDrive held at M.P. Nachimuthu M. Jaganathan Engg College, Inaugurationof student branch at Park College of Engg & Tech, WIE & SPAC eventsheld at M. Kumarsamy College of Engg, Workshop on “EmbeddedSystems” at Bannari Amman Inst. of Tech, IPAAT-09: Creative Drawingand Treasure Hint held at K.S. Rangasamy College of Tech and the ProjectCompetition held at Sri Muthukumaran Inst. of Tech.

Two interesting articles by student members dealing with “CarbonNano Tubes” and “Red Tacton” – a new technology which makes humanbody as a communication network also appear in this issue of LINKalong with brief reports of the events by the IEEE Computer Societysuch as Workshop on “Rich Internet Applications”, Talk on “CloudComputing” and “Neuromorphic Microchips” and Presentation on “RuralDevelopment: Leveraging Global Technology and Perspectives”.

LINK congratulates Ms. L. Swathi of Park College of Engineeringand Technology and Mr. V. Sathya Narayana of Sri Venkateswara Collegeof Engineering, the winners of Info Contest - 0909 who will receive aprize of Rs. 500/= each sponsored by SRA Systems.

To be in touch with the rapidly changing technology, one needs to beconstantly updating himself. To facilitate that, we have made arrangementswith Cyber Media for special subscription rates at a discount of 31% to67% on the cover prices of their publications such as PC Quest, DataQuest, Voice & Data, Bio Spectrum, DARE & Technology Review. LINKstrongly recommends readers to avail this special offer valid till end Nov2009. Pl. see http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/cmilpubs.pdf

LINK draws the attention of readers to the four forthcominginternational conferences being planned at Chennai for paper presentationsand participation.

LINK requests the contributors to follow the guidelines (availableat the Section website at www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/madras) while submittingthe materials for publication failing which, we will be constrained toignore their contributions.

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IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 6 Issue : 10 October 2009

Technical Workshop on Rich Internet Applications

A one day technical workshop on RichInternet Applications was held at RMDEngineering College on Saturday the 5thSeptember 2009 with the support of CSIChennai Chapter and IEEE Computer Society,Madras Chapter. The programme wasorganized to celebrate Teachers Day.

The workshop was inaugurated by thePresident Elect of Computer Society of IndiaDr. P Thrimurthy, Retd. Professor of ComputerApplications, Acharya Nagarjuna University,

Guntur along with Mr. S. Ramasamy, ChairmanCSI Chennai Chapter and Mr. E.P. Subhash,MD & CEO of Springboard Solution, Chennai.

Dr. Thrimurthy in his inaugural addressspoke on the importance and necessity ofcomputer associations such as ComputerSociety of India (CSI) for the studentscommunity and highlighted the activities andbenefits of CSI. He stressed on the importanceof Innovative Projects that the students needto concentrate and perform in their career. Healso informed that CSI would help the studentsindentifying the projects and do them at theirinstitute itself with proper technical supportfrom IT industry through CSI.

Dr. K. Sivaram, Principal and Dr. K.Dharmalingam, Dean felicitated participants toearn technical knowledge and interact with theIT industry often to know and stay at thecutting edge technology and current affairs ofthe IT Industries.

Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman IEEEComputer Society Madras Section who couldnot join at the inauguration had communicatedhis best wishes to the participants through Mr.S. Ramasamy, Chairman CSI Chennai Chapter,who welcomed the gathering and stressed onthe need of this kind of workshops to all theteachers. Dr. R.M. Suresh, local organizer andVice-Principal, RMD Engineering Collegeproposed vote of thanks.

The technical workshop started around10.30 a.m. Mr. E.P. Subhash, delivered thetechnical content in two sessions both in themorning and afternoon covering Rich InternetApplications on Microsoft, Sun Micro Systems,Red Hat based Linux etc.

The programme was attended by 55participants of which 35 were externalparticipants from various parts of the countryincluding from Hyderabad, Salem, Coimbatoreetc.

Paper Presentation Contest at Coimbatore Instituteof Engineering and Information Technology

IEEE Students Branch of CoimbatoreInstitute of Engineering and InformationTechnology had organized a one day PaperPresentation Contest at the college on 25th Sep2009.

Dr. N. Nagarajan, Principal, CIETwelcomed the gathering and inaugurated theprogramme. Mr.B.Saravanan, IEEE StudentBranch Counselor presented the past activitiesdone under the IEEE banner. In the paperpresentation contest, entries based on varioustechnical concepts and innovative works doneby the students were invited for thepresentation. Papers were invited from B.E /B.Tech Students (CSE, ECE, EEE and IT) fromvarious engineering colleges in and aroundCoimbatore. 33 papers were selected out of 45submitted papers. The students presented theirworks to an expert panel. Each student wasgiven 10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutesfor questions and answers. The presented

papers were evaluated based on the originality,concept, delivery, and communication &presentation style.

At the end of the contest, three best paperswere selected and awarded a prize of Rs.1500/-,Rs.1000/- and Rs.750 respectively as first threeprizes. Certificates were given to all theparticipants. At the end, Mr. B. Saravanan,IEEE Students Branch Counselor of the collegeproposed the vote of thanks.

Workshop on “PC Assembling and Troubleshooting”at Karpaga Vinayaga College of Engineering andTechnology

The IEEE student branch of KarpagaVinayaga College of Engineering and Technologyorganized a one day workshop for the II yearECE Students on “PC Assembling andTroubleshooting” on Wednesday, 30th Sep2009. Mr. K. Deena Dayalan, Ms. P. Dharani,Ms. R. Latha from Augument Solutionsconducted the workshop. 65 students attendedthe workshop.

The workshop was conducted in twosessions (forenoon and afternoon). In the forenoonsession the following topics were covered.

Fundamentals of Computer Basic Components of Computer External Components of PC Internal Components of PC Selecting the Components according

to the needs Assembling the Peripherals together Installing the Bridge (OS) Trouble shooting and Maintaining the

Computer

The afternoon session was an interestingpractical session. Students were divided intobatches and PC Assembling Demo was given toeach and every batch. Queries, doubts, problemswere cleared. Finally quiz & assessment programto test the student skills were also conducted.

This workshop helped the students togain knowledge in assembling the personalcomputers and to gain confidence in assemblinga computer on their own.

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Guest Lecture on “Mobile Gaming, Animation and Graphics” at Arunai

On 24th Sep 2009, Arunai IEEE studentbranch organized a guest lecture “MobileGaming, Animation and Graphics” by Mr.Vigram, Regional Manager, Image Infotainment,Bangalore.

The function started at 2.30 p.m. in the

presence of Mr. Mohanavelu, Principal, ArunaiEngineering College, Dr. M. Arumugam,Academic Director, Arunai Engineering College,Prof. T. Chellatamilan, HOD-CSE, Prof. M.Ravichandran, HOD-IT, Mr. Selvarasu, HOD-EIE, Ms. Vijaya Ravichandran, Student BranchCounselor, Arunai IEEE student members andthe final year students of CSE and ITdepartments.

The Guest Mr. Vigram was honored witha shawl and memento by the Principal and theAcademic Director. The Welcome address wasgiven by Ms. Vijaya Ravichandran andfelicitations by Mr. T. Chellatamilan and Mr.M. Ravichandran. A short talk on theexperiences of attending the “Leadership Meet

2009” at Kongu Engineering College by Ms.Malathi, Treasurer, Arunai IEEE studentchapter was followed.

In the technical session, Mr. Vigram dealtwith Animation, Visual Effects and Gaming. Thepresentation was a virtual tour to Animationand Visual Effects Industry with numerous realtime examples and applications. The officebearers for the calendar year 2009 of ArunaiIEEE student chapter were honored by Mr.Vigram.

There was a short presentation by Ms.Mithila, Treasurer, WIE on “Values of IEEEMembership”. The event ended at 4.30 p.m.with a vote of thanks by Ms. Manjula,Secretary, WIE.

SPAVE-09 at Kongu Engineering College

IEEE student branch of KonguEngineering College conducted SPAVE 09 on29th Aug 2009. It was a feast for the technicallythirsty and creatively tasteful minds of KEC.The day geared up with the paper presentationevent. Forty Five papers were proposed andtwenty papers were shortlisted for presentation.The papers presented took a wide rangeincluding most of the promising technologieslike nano electronics, Fuzzy logic, Nano solarcells, Femto cells and steganography. First prizewas bagged by a paper titled “Anti-HIV usingNano Robots” by G. Elangovan and S. GopiShankar for the first session. The winners of thesecond session were K.M. Balachander and A.Dharanidaran for their presentation on “StaticSource Code Analysis”

The afternoon session was anentertainment package which spoke on and onabout the evolving cinematographers in thecollege. Multimedia presentations centered onthemes like Recession, Energy Conservation,Text talk, Entrepreneurship was a mind blowinginstance for this evolvement.

“Disadvantages of SMS” by Mr.Balasubramaniya Prabhu and Mr.S. MohammedAasif was a thought provoking video and it wasgreatly appreciated by the judges and theaudience. The second prize was awarded to amultimedia presentation on “Recession” whichdiscussed very picturesquely the burning issueof the world. Following this event was the“Poster Presentation” which showcased the

artistic and design skills of the students. Thiscontest added extra colour to the day.

The last event was Idea Presentationwherein the students came up with innovativeand freaky ideas like “Virtual Mouse”, “FutureBus”, “GPS Integrated Cameras”, etc,.

Staff advisor of IEEE, Ms. V.R.Saraswathy thanked the juries for the variouscontests and presented them memento. On thewhole SPAVE-09 was a blast with loads ofinnovation and creativity.

An IEEE awareness program wasconducted jointly by M.P. Nachimuthu M.Jaganathan Engineering College and SenguntharEngineering College on 10th Sep 2009 at ErodeSengunthar Engineering College. The functionwas presided over by the correspondent of boththe institutions Udyog Rattan ThiruJ.Sudhanandhen. The felicitation was given bythe adviser Dr. T. Shanmugam. In line with this,

the inaugural address was delivered by thePrincipal Dr. K. Ramachadaran. The ChiefGuest of the function was Mr. Ranjith. R. Nair,R10 GINI, IEEE Madras Section.

The first session started at 10.00 a.m. forall the IEEE student members of both theinstitutions. This showcased the activities &benefits and created an awareness of IEEE.Thesession went with more interactions and queriesabout the IEEE were cleared by the Chief Guest.The morning session ended at 12.45 p.m. Theafternoon session started at 1.30 p.m. in whichthe Final and Pre-Final Electrical and ElectronicsEngineering students of both the institutionsalong with IEEE student members participated.The students utilized the session and showedtheir interest to be a part of IEEE. Finally theprogram ended at 4.30 p.m. with the valedictoryaddress.

Awareness Program and Membership Drive byM. P. Nachimuthu M. Jaganathan EngnieeringCollege

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ELECZY ’09: Technical Symposium at M.P.Nachimuthu M.JaganathanEngineering College

The Electrical and Electronics Engineeringassociation and IEEE Student Branch ofM.P.Nachimuthu M.Jaganathan EngineeringCollege organized a One Day National LevelStudents’ Technical Symposium “ ELECZYTREN TECH 2009-10” on 1st October 2009.

The Chief Guest, Dr.R.Nagaraja,Managing Director, Power ResearchDevelopment and Consultants Pvt.Ltd,Bangalore, delivered the inaugural address. Thecorrespondent Udyog Rattan Thiru.J.Sudhanandhen presided over the function.Dr.T.Shanmugam, Adviser and Dr.K.Jagadeesan,Principal of the college offered their felicitations.

In his speech the Chief GuestDr.R.Nagaraja highlighted the futureenhancements in Electricity DistributionSystems in the field of Electrical and Electronics.Further, he added a note on brief description onthe importance of practical knowledge forbudding engineers. Students from variousengineering colleges actively participated in thesymposium and presented papers on varioustopics. Totally 160 papers were received out ofthat 20 papers were selected for the

presentation. Finally, Mr.D.Sabapathi, IEEEBranch Counselor proposed vote of thanks.

Dr. P. Dharmalingam, Director, EnergyManagement, National Productivity Council,Chennai, was the Chief Guest at the valedictorysession. Mr.P. Dharmalingam in his valedictoryaddress mainly focused on the importance ofEnergy Conservation and methods involved insaving Electricity and gave a brief note onnecessity of optimal utilization of conventionalresources. Then the chief guest awarded theprizes to the winners. The First prize wasbagged by the students of Jayam EngineeringCollege, Dharmapuri and CSI College ofEngineering, Ooty. The Second prize was won

by Dr. Sivanthi Adithanar College ofEngineering, Tiruchendhur and KSR College ofEngineering and Technology, Tiruchengodu.The participation certificates were issued forall the participants. Finally, Mr.G.Mahendran,Association Coordinator proposed vote ofthanks.

Behind the success of this function, liesthe tireless work of Mr.D.Sabapathi, IEEEBranch Counselor, Mr.G.Mahendran,association Co–ordinator, Mr.K.B.Manikandan, Treasurer, Prof P.Selvan, Headof the Department & all teaching and nonteaching staff members cum young enthusiasticand energetic students.

Inauguration of IEEE student branch atPark College of Engineering & Technology

The IEEE student branch of Park Collegeof Engineering & Technology was inauguratedon Wednesday, the 7th October 2009. Dr. T.Michael. N. Kumar, Executive CommitteeMember, IEEE Madras Section and Dean (PGStudies), Karunya University graced theoccasion as the chief guest.

The function started with a prayer, IEEEstudent branch counselor, Mr. P. Chandrasekar,

AP/EEE, welcomed the gathering. Thepresidential address was given by Mrs. Anusha.R. Mahesh, Chief Executive Officer. ThePrincipal Dr. G. Mohankumar, Dr. M.Muthusamy, Dean (EEE), Prof. H. ChandraGupta felicitated the gathering. IEEE Parkstudent branch execom member Ms. Swathi, IVEEE introduced the chief guest. Dr. Michael. N.Kumar, a man of incredible hard work andenthusiasm. In his inaugural address, Dr. Kumar,

detailed out on the branch operations and thebenefits of being an IEEE member.

The student branch office bearers are,

Chairman - Mr.V.Vineeth, IV EEE

Vice Chairman - Ms.U.Darsana, III EEE

Treasurer - Mr.Aarvind S.Triveni,IV EEE

Secretary - Ms.S.Tameem Sultana,IV EEE

The plan of activities and vote of thankswas delivered by student branch chairman, Mr.V. Vineeth (IV EEE). The program wascompeered by Ms. Jitty Mary Jose, execommember IEEE Park student branch.

Join IEEE and the IEEE ComputerSociety, and receive FREE access to theComputer Society Digital Library (CSDL)for only $40. The 2010 membership yearbegins early September 2009 — mark yourcalendar now to become a member of IEEEand the IEEE Computer Society for just$40, and get access to the Computer SocietyDigital Library.Pl. visit http://w w w 2 . c o m p u t e r . o r g / p o r t a l / w e b /membership/join

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IEEE MAS LINKSRA Systems

Info ContestH.R. Mohan

Chairman, IEEE CS, Madras ChapterEditor, IEEE MAS LINK

AVP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai

This is the 18th edition in the series of InfoContest – a regular column in our newsletter IEEEMAS LINK. The content mix now includes someGeneral Knowledge questions in addition to ITrelated. This, we believe would provide an overallexposure and also facilitate more participation.

TWO lucky winners who answer tomaximum no. of questions and early (selected bylot if multiple entries qualify) will receive an awardof Rs. 500/= each, sponsored by SRA Systems.

Members are encouraged to participate inthe contest and win prizes. Answers are to besent by EMAIL ONLY. Please follow theguidelines provided at the end of the questions.

Info Contest – 0910This contest has 25 questions in five

sections — A, B, C, D & E — each having fivequestions.

A. In the following acronyms/ abbreviations“T” stands for what.

A1. CTI

A2. DTD

A3. POST

A4. ISTF

A5. IGFET

B. Provide the answer.

B1. Who has recently launched the world’s first3D camera

B2. Travelstar s the HDD / Notebook fromHitachi. Select the correct answer.

B3. Name the IBM Technology whichsupports both hosting and browsing voiceenabled and voice controlled mobile sitesand has the potential to bring the power of theInternet to the masses through their phones

B4. Identify the Telco from its tagline “TakingYou Farther”

B5. Name the notebook from HP which claimsto permit accessing the notebook even

when it is off and provides access to email,calendar and task and control informationwithout booting up

C. Provide the answer / Fill in the blanks.

C1. The book “The Accidental Billionaire” isabout the early life and times of ———the founder and CEO of a popular socialnetworking site

C2. In the fight over the domain name ———,Tatas have won over MakeMyTrip

C3. The job portal ——— from Naukri isaimed only at fresher and a jobsite forcampus hiring

C4. ——— is the Indian Political Personalityclaims to have the highest (190,000)followers on Twitter

C5. Name the popular sports portal launchedin 1993 by Dr. Simon King, a Britishresearcher at the University of Minnesotaand Dr Badri Seshadri

D. Provide the answer.

D1. It is considered that the Nobel Prize givento ——— is for promise and not forperformance.

D2. Dr. Venkataraman, who shares the NobelPrize in Chemistry for the year 2009 wasborn in ———, Tamilnadu.

D3. First time, the Nobel Prize, has been givenin 2009 to a women in ——— from thetime the prize was established in 1968.

D4. Name the first Michael Jackson song albumrecently released since his death

D5. “India’s International Bank” Identify thisbank.

E. Fill in the blanks / Provide the answer.

E1. Amitabh Bachchan completes 40 yearssince he started acting in 1969. Name hisfirst movie

E2. COROLLA: Toyota = TEANA: ———

E3. Find the odd man out: Kellogg, Ross,Wharton, Judge

E4. Big TV: Reliance ADAG = Dish TV:———

E5. Men : Mars = Women : ———

Guidelines to submit the answers to theInfo Contest by email.

In the Subject,

Write the Contest No. (Info Contest –0910) in the subject line.

In the body of the mail,

In the first line, write the contest No: InfoContest – 0910

In the second line, write your membership no.

In the third line, write your email id.

In the fourth line, write your name.

In the fifth line, write your college /organization name

In the sixth line, write the answers to the fivequestions of Section A, separated by comma.

In the seventh line, write the answers tothe five questions of Section B, separatedby comma.

In the eighth line, write the answers to the fivequestions of Section C, separated by comma.

In the ninth line, write the answers to the fivequestions of Section D, separated by comma.

In the tenth line, write the answers to the fivequestions of Section E, separated by comma.

As the evaluation of the entries is automated,pl. ensure the above guidelines are followed.

Email the answers to:[email protected]

The last date to receive the answers by emailis 8th Nov 2009.

Info Contest – 0909 :Answers & Winners

Answers:

Drive/Device, Display, Digital, Definition, DynamicSolar guru, idea cellular, Infosys, Ajay Bhatt,Nano GaneshDiet-SMS , Anthony Fadell, PayPal, Booklet3G, CAPTCHAConsumer, Soleckshaw, Mahendra SinghDhoni, Corby, HSBCoval office, Drass, 25, Brinjal, True

Winners:

Ms. L. SwathiPark College of Engineering and TechnologyMem No. : 90590189.Email: [email protected]

Mr. V. Sathya NarayanaSri Venkateswara College ofEngineeringMem No. : 90422869Email : [email protected]

Both the above will be awarded a prizeof Rs. 500/= each. LINK acknowledges withthanks the sponsorship of the awards by SRASystems (www.srasystems.com).

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Technical Talk on “Cloud Computing”A technical talk

on “Cloud Computing”by Mr E.P. Subhash,Head – CompetencyD e v e l o p m e n t ,Springboard CDC,Chennai was organisedjointly by IEEEComputer Society,Madras Chapter andthe Chennai Chapter

of Computer Society of India on 8th August,2009.

Mr Ramasamy, Chairman, CSI ChennaiChapter welcomed the gathering and Mr.

Pramod Mooriath, Management CommitteeMember, CSI Chennai Chapter introduced thespeaker Mr. E.P. Subhash.

In his talk, Mr. Subhash presented a highlevel view on the cloud computing with examplesand covered the following aspects:

What’s Cloud Computing?

Why should we bother about (passing)clouds?

Who is there already?

Azure

Salesforce

Google Zoho GlassFish

Service (Maturity) Models for Clouds

Will Cloud Computing make Rain?

Beyond Clouds?

His 90 minutes talk dealt with thearchitectural, business and technical aspects ofCloud Computing and generated a lot ofinteraction among the participants numberingover 70.

Mr. D. Swaminathan, Past Chairman, CSIChennai presented a memento to Mr. Subhash.Mr. B. Srinivasan, Treasurer, CSI Chennaiproposed the vote of thanks.

WIE & SPAC events at M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering

The IEEE Student Branch of M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur hadorganized two events — Inauguration of WomenIn Engineering (WIE), An Affinity group ofIEEE and SPAC’09 (Student ProfessionalAwareness Conference) on 16th Sep 2009.These events were fully organized for the firsttime by IEEE Student Members.

Prof. K. Sundararaju,IEEE BranchCounselor welcomed the gathering and thecollege Principal Dr. D. Valavan presided overthe event. The Chief Guests included: Prof.Ramalatha Marimuthu, R10 Coordinator WIEand Dr. K. Kumaran, Associate Professor,Forest College and Research Institute.

Prof. S. Chitra, Branch Mentor and Prof.V. Kavitha, Branch Advisor were also presentat the event. Mr. Gouthaman. J, BranchChairperson introduced the chief guest Prof.Ramalatha Marimuthu. She inaugurated the WIEgroup and delivered an address on the role ofwomen in society which made an awareness toall the participants from various colleges. Dr.K. Kumaran, Associate Professor, Forest

College & Research Institute, TNAU,Mettupalayam inaugurated the SPAC’09 on thetheme “Green Energy” and spoke about GreenEnergy. It was informative. Non-technical eventslike Quiz, Poster Design, Flash Presentation,Treasure Hunt (Indoor & outdoor) were alsoorganised. In the afternoon session, eminentpersonalities provided professional guidance onhigher education and the same was veryinformative. At the end, Ms. Ramya. P, BranchTreasurer proposed the vote of thanks. Over220 students from more than twenty collegesfrom various parts of Tamil Nadu participatedin the event.

Report by: Gouthaman.J, IEEE SudentBranch Chair, [email protected]

WIE Sponsored Workshop at Coimbatore Instituteof Engineering and Information Technology

IEEE Students Branch of CoimbatoreInstitute of Engineering and InformationTechnology had organized a two days workshopon “Developing Women Engineers asEntrepreneurs” for the benefit of 40 IEEEstudents of the college on 21st and 22nd August2009. The workshop was sponsored by theIEEE – Women In Engineering (WIE).

Dr. N. Nagarajan, Principal, CIETwelcome the gathering and inaugurated theworkshop. Prof. K. Smiles Mascarenhas, Dean(Academic Affairs), in his keynote address,spoke on the importance of training the girlengineers in the entrepreneurship. Mr. B.Saravanan, IEEE Student Branch Counselorproposed the vote of thanks.

In the first day, Prof. K. Arumugam,Advisor, CIET addressed the participants. In hisspeech, he dealt with the need of entrepreneurs,entrepreneurship definition, qualities needed forentrepreneurs, choosing business in thecompetitive market. In the afternoon session,Prof. A. Krishnamurthy, Executive Secretary

of Coimbatore Institute of Management andTechnology (CIMAT) addressed theparticipants. He said that risks to be analyzedbefore choosing the business. He also highlightedon the Government schemes available for womenentrepreneurs.

In the second day, Prof. C. Chandrasekar,President, JCI Coimbatore Cosmo, Coimbatoreaddressed the participants about bankingsupport available for entrepreneurs and businessethics. He quoted some success stories anddemonstrated risk analysis games, price decisiongames and team games. At the end of theworkshop, certificates were distributed to allthe participants.

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Workshop on “Embedded Systems” at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology

The IEEE Student Branch in associationwith the Dept. of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineering of Bannari Amman Institute ofTechnology organized a workshop on “EmbeddedSystems” as a joint venture with EmbeddedSystem Solutions Pvt Ltd. on 7th October 2009.Mr Subhendu Sekhar Satpatty, R&D Engineerof the company presided over the functionwhile the inaugural address was delivered bythe Student Branch Counselor Dr G Gurusamy.

The workshop aimed to foster good

knowledge about the most happeningtechnological revolution on Embedded Systems.Topics such as the overview of 8051Architecture, a glimpse on ARM, KEILdevelopment tools along with real time solutionswere discussed. The session started with a crispintroduction to Embedded Systems and areasof applications with examples such as theiPhones. The designing process of an EmbeddedSystem was also discussed from scratch.

The discussion about ARM Architecture

which is a 32 bit RISC architecture was alimelight on the students as it explained thelatest superfast controller units than the usual8 bit and 16 bit MCU’s. Many real timeapplications of the ARM architecture werediscussed. A complete analysis of the softwareKEIL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS launched bythe company Embedded System Solutions PvtLtd was presented. The analysis gave a detailedview about the various aspects of the softwaresuch as the extended 8051 memory support,Cx15 code, Optimization and micro vision.

A practical demonstration of the TargetDebugging and Target Monitors and the widerange evaluation boards made the session moreinteractive. The IEEE Student members of theinstitution also attended the workshop. Theworkshop as a whole improved the inquisitivenature of the students since it made the studentsaware of the new technological trends.Certificates were given to all the participantsby the Student Counselor.

I-PAAT ’09: Creative Drawing and Treasure Hunt atK.S. Rangasamy College of Technology

I-PAAT ‘09 (IEEE ProfessionalAssociation for the Advancement of Technology)was held on 19-08-09 at K.S.RangasamyCollege of Technology, Tiruchengode. IEEEstudent members of M.E. (VLSI DESIGN)organized a “Creative Drawing” as a part of IPAATcompendium. In this intra college competition,many creative engineers participated with greatenthusiasm. In the prelims, 22 membersparticipated and the topic was “Past and PresentIndia”. Eight members were short listed for thefinals on topics — Colors of India; AwesomeSunset at Beach; Today’s Youth; Chasing theClouds; and Daring Sea Waves. Participantspresented lively pictures with their owncreative ideas. Students were benefited fromthis activity and reported a positive feedback.The following were the blooming artists:

C. Sreeram (IV-ECE-B), “Colors ofIndia”.

R.Monica (IV-ECE-A), “Today’sYouth”.

A.Sri Janani (III-ECE-B), “AwesomeSunset at Beach”.

In the Treasure Hunt event, 42 membersfrom various departments participated in theprelims and 12 members (6 teams) were selectedfor the finals, which consists of 4 divisions suchas:

General Knowledge, Logies & Manias andTrue or False.

Eye Teaser, Personality Identification(who Am I) and Taglines.

Fun World - Movies, Word in Word andDumb-C”.

Rapid Fire where the questions are basedon Sports, Science, History, Inventions

Section Membership as on15th October 2009

Life Fellow - 1Fellow - 1Life Senior - 7Senior Member - 69Life Member - 4Member - 1569Associate - 97Affliate - 40Graduate Student Member - 740Student Member - 4506

Total - 7,034

and Technology and Current Affairs.

The result were announced by the IEEECoordinator Dr. N. Santhiyakumari and Mastersof the Treasure Hunt were:

J. Sarath Vignesh and S. Sri Krishnan (IIIEEE- B)

J. Albert Raja and D. Jagadeesh (IV ECE-A)

S.Xaviel Arokiyaraj and C. Prabu (IVECE- B)

Report by: Dr. N. Santhiyakumari, Prof/ECE,[email protected]

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Red TactonSujithra. S

III Year , ECEDhanalakshmi College of

EngineeringE-mail: [email protected]

Technology is making many things easier;I can say that our concept is standing examplefor that. So far we have seen LAN, MAN,WAN, INTERNET & many more but here isnew concept of “RED TACTON” which makesthe human body as a communication networkby the name — .HAN (Human Area Network).

We may have imagined the future as a placecrawling with antennas and emitters, due to thehuge growth of wireless communications. Andit is seems that the current means of transferringdata might already have a very serious competitornone other than the human body.

NTT labs from Japan has announced thatit is currently testing a revolutionary technologycalled “Red Tacton”, which use the electric fieldsgenerated by the human body as medium fortransmitting the data. The chips, which willembed in various devices, contain a transmitterand receiver built to send and accept data indigital format. The chips can take any type offile such as mp3 music file or mail and convertit in to the format that takes the form of digitalspulse that can be passed and read through ahuman being electric field .The chip in receiverdevices reads these tiny changes and convertthe file back into its original form.

Working:

Using a new super-sensitive photonicelectric field sensor, Red Tacton can achieveduplex communication over the human body ata maximum seed of 10 mbps. The Red Tactontransmitter induces a weak electric field on thesurface of the body. Communication starts whenterminals carried by the user or embedded indevices are linked in various combinationsaccording to the user’s communication usingany body surface. The Red Tacton receiversenses changes in the weak electric field on thesurface of the body caused by the transmitter.Red tacton relies upon the principle that theoptical properties of an electro-optic crystalcan vary according to the changes of a weakelectric field. Red Tacton detects changes inthe optical properties of an electro-optic crystalusing a laser and converts the result to anelectrical signal in an optical receiver circuit.The transmitter sends data by inducingfluctuations in the minute electric field on the

surface of the human body. Data is received usinga photonic electric field sensor that combinesan electro-optic crystal and a laser light to detectfluctuations in the minute electric field.

The naturally occurring electric fieldinduced on the surface of the human bodydissipates into the earth. Therefore, this electricfield is exceptionally faint and unstable. Thephotonic electric field sensor developed by NTTenables weak electric fields to be measured bydetecting changes in the optical properties ofan electro-optic crystal with a laser beam. RedTacton works on natural, physical movements.

Prototype:

Features of Red Tacton:

Red Tacton has three main functional features.

1. TOUCH: Touching, gripping, sitting,walking, stepping and other humanmovements can be the triggers forunlocking or locking, starting or stoppingequipment, or obtaining data.

2. BROADBAND & INTERACTIVE:Bandwidth does not deteriorate even withduplex operation(maximum speed of10Mbps) and simultaneous access by manyusers. Taking advantage of this speed,device drivers can be downloaded instantlyand execute programs can be sent.

3. ANY MEDIA: In addition to the human body,various conductors and dielectrics can beused as transmission media. Conductors anddielectrics may also be used in combination

Application fields:

Many applications using Red Tacton areintroduced. Some are:

Enable one-to-one services tailored to theuser’s situation and tastes

Market in g appl icat ions -Tou chadvertising and receive information

Instantaneous private network via personalhandshake

Communication in new domains-Potential for use as communicationmethod in outer space and under water

Conclusion:

So we can clearly say that, thistechnology will spawn revolutionary changesin the modern communications and become apivot technology. When we compare Red Tactonwith other technologies, Red tacton will give abetter performance over other. Red tacton afterit’s coming into market will make a great change& will be adopted by many people.

Reference: www.redtacton.com

LISTEN UP for Better CommunicationThe secret of being a great communicator

is to listen a whole lot more than you speak.Whether you are communicating withcustomers, coworkers, or other people, be thebest listener you can be.

Learn: View every listening experienceas an opportunity to learn something.

Identify:Look for ways to identify withwhat you are hearing.

Say nothing: Keep quiet and listen.

Tune in: Give your full and undividedattention to the speaker.

Empathize: Put yourself in the speaker’sshoes, and show understanding andempathy.

No judging: Remain neutral while you arelistening to the message.

Utilize the information you received toprepare your response.

Pause before you answer. Always thinkbefore you speak.

Security Devices:(Development completed)

Portable Card-Size TransmitterTransmission rate: 230KbpsProtocol: Proprietary protocolTransmission method: Unidirectional

Embedded ReceiverTransmission rate: 230KbpsProtocol: Proprietary protocolTransmission method: UnidirectionalExternal device interface:10/100BASE-T, RS232C

Data Transmission Devices(in Development)

PC Card TransceiverTransmission rate: 10MbpProtocol: TCP/IPTransmission method: Half-duplexTerminal interface: PCMCI

Embedded ReceiverTransmission rate: 10MbpProtocol: TCP/IPTransmission method: Half-duplexExternal device interface: 10BASE-T

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Carbon Nano TubesManiyarasan. M

BE(ECE), Annamalai Universitye mail : [email protected]

INTRODUCTION TONANOTECHNOLOGY:

Nanotechnology, shortened to“nanotech”, is the study of the control ofmatter on an atomic and molecular scale.Generally nanotechnology deals with structuresof the size 100 nanometers or smaller, andinvolves developing materials or devices withinthat size. Nanotechnology is very diverse,ranging from novel extensions of conventionaldevice physics, to completely new approachesbased upon molecular self-assembly, todeveloping new materials with dimensions onthe nano scale, even to speculation on whetherwe can directly control matter on the atomicscale.

CARBON NANO TUBES:

A carbon nanotube is a nano-size cylinderof carbon atoms. Imagine a sheet of carbonatoms, which would look like a sheet ofhexagons. If you roll that sheet into a tube,you’d have a carbon nanotube. Carbon nanotubeproperties depend on how you roll the sheet.In other words, even though all carbonnanotubes are made of carbon, they can be verydifferent from one another based on how youalign the individual atoms. With the rightarrangement of atoms, you can create a carbonnanotube that’s hundreds of times stronger thansteel, but six times lighter. Engineers plan tomake building material out of carbon nanotubes,particularly for things like cars and airplanes.Lighter vehicles would mean better fuelefficiency, and the added strength translates toincreased passenger safety.

Carbon nanotubes can also be effectivesemiconductors with the right arrangement ofatoms. Scientists are still working on findingways to make carbon nanotubes a realisticoption for transistors in microprocessors andother electronics.

BONDINGS IN CARBON NANO TUBES:

The nature of the bonding of a nanotubeis described by applied quantum chemistry,specifically, orbital hybridization. The chemicalbonding of nanotubes is composed entirely ofsp2 bonds, similar to those of graphite. Thisbonding structure, which is stronger than thesp3 bonds found in diamonds, provides themolecules with their unique strength. Nanotubes

naturally align themselves into “ropes” heldtogether by Van der Waals forces. Under highpressure, nanotubes can merge together, tradingsome sp² bonds for sp³ bonds, giving thepossibility of producing strong, unlimited-lengthwires through high-pressure nanotube linking.

PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES:

Carbon nanotubes are the strongest andstiffest materials yet discovered in terms oftensile strength and elastic modulusrespectively. This strength results from thecovalent sp² bonds formed between theindividual carbon atoms. In 2000, a multi-walledcarbon nanotube was tested to have a tensilestrength of 63 gigapascals (GPa). (This, forillustration, translates into the ability to endureweight of 6300 kg on a cable with cross-sectionof 1 mm2.) Since carbon nanotubes have a lowdensity for a solid of 1.3-1.4 g·cm-3, its specificstrength of up to 48,000 kN·m·kg-1 is the bestof known materials, compared to high-carbonsteel’s 154 kN·m·kg-1.The strength of the sp²carbon-carbon bonds gives carbon nanotubes

amazing mechanical properties. The stiffnessof a material is measured in terms of its Young’smodulus, the rate of change of stress with appliedstrain. The Young’s modulus of the bestnanotubes can be as high as 1000 GPa which isapproximately 5x higher than steel. The tensilestrength, or breaking strain of nanotubes can beup to 63 GPa, around 50x higher than steel.These properties, coupled with the lightness ofcarbon nanotubes, give them great potential inapplications such as aerospace. It has even beensuggested that nanotubes could be used in the“space elevator”, an Earth-to-space cable firstproposed by Arthur C. Clarke. The electronic

properties of carbon nanotubes are alsoextraordinary. Especially notable is the fact thatnanotubes can be metallic or semiconductingdepending on their structure. Thus, somenanotubes have conductivities higher than thatof copper, while others behave more like silicon.There is great interest in the possibility ofconstructing nanoscale electronic devices fromnanotubes, and some progress is being made inthis area. However, in order to construct a usefuldevice we would need to arrange manythousands of nanotubes in a defined pattern,and we do not yet have the degree of controlnecessary to achieve this. There are several areasof technology where carbon nanotubes arealready being used.

Under excessive tensile strain, the tubeswill undergo plastic deformation, which meansthe deformation is permanent. This deformationbegins at strains of approximately 5% and canincrease the maximum strain the tubes undergobefore fracture by releasing strain energy. CNTsare not nearly as strong under compression.Because of their hollow structure and high

aspect ratio, they tend to undergo bucklingwhen placed under compressive, tensional orbending stress.

IMPLEMENTATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES:

Carbon nanotubes have beenimplemented in nanoelectromechanical systems,including mechanical memory elements(NRAM being developed by Nantero Inc.) andnanoscale electric motors .Carbon nanotubeshave been proposed as a possible gene deliveryvehicle and for use in combination withradiofrequency fields to destroy cancer cells. A

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nanoradio, a radio receiver consisting of a singlenanotube, was demonstrated in 2007.Carbonnanotubes are said to have the strength ofdiamond, and research is being made into weavingthem into clothes to create stab-proof andbulletproof clothing. The nanotubes wouldeffectively stop the bullet from penetrating thebody, although the bullet’s kinetic energy wouldlikely cause broken bones and internal bleeding.A flywheel made of carbon nanotubes could bespun at extremely high velocity on a floatingmagnetic axis, and potentially store energy at adensity approaching that of conventional fossilfuels. Since energy can be added to and removedfrom flywheels very efficiently in the form ofelectricity, this might offer a way of storingelectricity, making the electrical grid moreefficient and variable power suppliers (like windturbines) more useful in meeting energy needs.The practicality of this depends heavily uponthe cost of making massive, unbroken nanotubestructures, and their failure rate under stress.

Today, nanotubes are used as a type ofcarbon fiber for lightweight tennis rackets,hockey sticks, flat-panel displays, scanningprobe microscopes and sensing devices. Theunique properties of carbon nanotubes willundoubtedly lead to many more applications.Applied Nanotech recently demonstrated a 14"monochrome display based on electron emissionfrom carbon nanotubes.

IMPACTS OF CARBON NANO TUBES:

Once the process is perfected, costs willgo down, and the high-end market will startbeing filled. Shortly thereafter, and hand-in-handwith the predictable drop in price of CNTs,production economies-of-scale will enable thecosts to drop further still, at which time we willsee nanotube-based screens in use everywhereCRTs and view screens are used today. SeeApplied Nanotech demonstrates carbonnanotube TV. As the electronic circuits oncomputer chips become smaller and smaller,

conventional transistors run into physicallimitations caused by extreme miniaturization.Nanotubes hold the promise of creating noveldevices, such as carbon-based single-electrontransistors, that will allow the miniaturizationto continue beyond the limits of current silicon-based device technology. IBM scientists are nowexamining the basic properties of carbonNanotubes and the feasibility of using them as thebasis for a new class of nanoelectronic devices.

CONCLUSION:

The most immediate challenge innanotechnology is that we need to learn moreabout materials and their properties at thenanoscale. The carbon nanotubes are basicmaterials of nano technology with excellentproperties. In future carbon nanotubes will beusing in all the fields.

REF:

www.google.com, www.howstuffworks.com

Faculty Development Programme on “Software Tools for Simulation andAnalysis of Power System”

The IEEE Madras section in associationwith Department of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineering, Kalasalingam University organizeda Faculty Development Programme (FDP) onthe topic “Software Tools for Simulation andAnalysis of Power System” on 3rd and 4thOctober 2009. This was the 11th FDP in a seriesof programs aimed at improving the quality ofteaching in Engineering Colleges in Tamilnadu.

This programme was attended by 41faculty members of colleges and powerengineering industries from all over Tamilnadu.The coordinators of the program were Dr. NKumarappan, Professor, Annamalai Universityand IEEE Madras Section Execom Member andDr. D. Devaraj, Professor, KalasalingamUniversity.

The programme was inaugurated by Dr.S.Radhakrishnan Director (Students Affairs),Kalasalingam University and the inauguraladdress was delivered by him.

The resource persons for the programwere Dr. N Kumarappan, Annamalai University,Dr. D. Devaraj, and Dr. S. Durairaj,Kalasalingam University. The Klgsystel,Chennai and Power Research & developmentconsultants Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore presented indetail about the software tools. The topicscovered included Modeling of power systemcomponents, Load flow analysis, Transientstability analysis, Optimal power flow analysis,Load frequency control and Reactive power andvoltage control. The participants were also givenhands on training on Mi-Power, ETAP &PSCAD and Matlab simulation tools.

The program ended with a valedictoryfunction which was presided by Dr. P.S Kannan,Professor, Thiagarajar College of Engineering,Madurai.

The program received an excellentfeedback from the participants. The FDPprovided an excellent opportunity to listen to

the experts and also the participants couldinteract and discuss on various power systemproblem issues.

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Presentation on “Rural Development: LeveragingGlobal Technologies and Perspectives”

A presentation on “Rural Development:Leveraging Global Technologies andPerspectives” by Mr. R. Sampath, Director,Quanta Consulting, Inc. USA and Chairman,IEEE Orange County, California, USA wasorganised jointly by IEEE Madras Section, IEEEComputer Society, Madras Chapter, IEEEMadras WIE affinity group and the ChennaiChapter of Computer Society of India onSaturday, 12th Sep 2009.

Dr. S. Salivahanan, Chairman, IEEEMadras Section welcomed the gathering andintroduced the speaker Mr. R. Sampath.

Mr. Sampath, in his presentation dealtwith the needs, oopportunities and trends inthe rural development and associatedtechnologies such as Biometrics & Unique ID;Renewable Energy (both wind & solar) andMobile/Cell Apps. He toched up on the Metricsfor measuring the success of implementation fthese developmental projects and discussed onthe issues relating to scalability, strategies andpartnerships and execution.

Mr. Sampath presented examples basedon his real world experiences in this area andalso provided the insights. He was of the opinionthat the typical success factors are a blend ofculture, buy-in, stakeholders, seamlessprocesses, previous learnings, and a touch of

technology. He told that there have been manysuccessful pilot programs across India, but fewof them have scaled up significantly. Mr.Sampath also covered some of the best methodsof navigating the system, to make sure that thebig picture goals are preserved from start tofinish. What is the optimal team? In essence, itis ultimately not about the technology itself -but about the perceived benefits and valuestemming from technology. The session washighly interactive with participants sharing theirviews. The presentation was attended by over65 participants.

Mr. S. Ramasamy, Chairman, CSIChennai Chapter presented a memento to Mr.Sampath ad Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEECS proposed the vote of thanks. Mr. Mohan inparticular thanked the speaker Mr. Sampath foralso agreeing to deliver an invited talk in theInternational Conference on MillenniumDevelopmental Goals: The Role of Informationand Communications Technologies to be heldat Chennai during 27-29, Dec 2009.

Technical Talk on “Neuromorphic Microchips”

A technical talk on “NeuromorphicMicrochips” by Dr. N. Kumarappan, Professorof Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineeringand Technology, Annamalai University wasorganised jointly by IEEE Madras Section,IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter andthe Chennai Chapter of Computer Society ofIndia on Saturday, 22nd Aug 2009.

Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CSwelcomed the gathering and Mr. S. Ramasamy,Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapter introduced thespeaker Dr. Kumarappan.

Dr. Kumarppan, in his talk, dealt in detailon Neuromorphic Microchips — Compact,efficient electronics based on the brain’s neuralsystem could yield implantable silicon retinasto restore vision, as well as robotic eyes andother smart sensors. He highlighted thattoday’s computers can perform billions ofoperations per second, but they are still nomatch for even a young child when it comes to

skills such as pattern recognition or visualprocessing. The human brain is also millions oftimes more energy-efficient and far morecompact than a typical personal computer. Hesaid that neuromorphic microchips, which takecues from neural structure, have alreadydemonstrated impressive power reductions.Their efficiency may make it possible to developfully implantable artificial retinas for peopleafflicted by certain types of blindness as wellas better electronic sensors.

Dr. Kumarappan, concluded his talk thatsomeday neuromorphic chips could evenreplicate the self-growing connections the brainuses to achieve its amazing functionalcapabilities.

His talk generated a lot of interest amongthe participants numbering 50 and some of thestudent participants were keen in doing projectsin this area.

Mr. S. Venkatakrishnan, Past EducationDirector, CSI presented a memento to Dr.Kumappan and Mr. S. Ramasamy, Chairman, CSIChennai Chapter proposed the vote of thanks.

Project Competition at Sri Muthukumaran Instituteof Technology

SYNCHRO-09, the Annual TechnicalSymposium was conducted by the Dept. ofElectrical and Electronics Engineering, SriMuthukumaran Institute of Technology on 9thSep 2009.

It consisted of various events such aspaper presentation, Ad-zap etc. This event wasorganized by IEEE Student Branch and WIE inwhich the technical advancements weredemonstrated in the form of projectcompetition. In this competition, participantspresented their innovative ideas.. The programstarted at 10:30 a.m. at the college premisesand was graced by the presence made by the

Principal, Dr. M. Sundar and HOD(EEE), Prof.A. Murugesan.

The first prize was awarded to BELLAND LIGHT CONTROLLERS by J. DineshKumar (IV –B), and second prize went to USBPOWER SOCKET and was shared by S.Balaragavendra (II-A), M. Bhuvaneshwari(II-A), A. Sathish (II-B) and Deepak (II-A).Other interesting projects such as toy keyboard,robotics, automatic fire detectors, and mobilebattery chargers were also presented and wereawarded with participation certificates.

Report by: Jamuna Kannan, Student Member

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WIE Guest Lecture at Kongu Engineering College

WIE, an affinity group of IEEE studentbranch of Kongu Engineering College organizeda guest lecture on “ROLE of WOMEN INENGINEERING” by Mrs. RamalathaMarimuthu, IEEE R10, WIE Coordinator &IEEE Madras Section WIE Chair on 16th Sep2009. Prof. K.Narayanan, staff coordinator,welcomed the gathering.

Mrs. Ramalatha Marimuthu presentedthe lecture. She installed the minds of theaudience with a thought of responsibility thatevery Engineer should have a moral commitmentto contribute something to the society. She thenlisted out the praise worthy contributions ofWIE to all the sectors of the society, as follows.

The top universities in US add 2% ofWIE Student’s GRE mark to his/her annualresult. This news was a delight to the studentfraternity.

WIE arranges technical talks every monthand facilitates easy networking between thebudding engineers and the establishedprofessionals.

IEEE foundation lends a helping hand tothe worthy projects by funding them.

WIE acts as an avenue for the innovativeengineers to showcase their works in contestslike “SANGAMAM”.

A 5 days workshop on “COMPUTERS”was carried out for the government girl students.

She concluded her presentation with anote that “WIE connects the resources withneeds”. It was a great opportunity for thestudents to know about the benefits of being aWIE member. Ms. K. Aruna, Vice Chairperson,WIE proposed the vote of thanks.

Report by: R. Shankari, Chairman,WIE

Forthcoming EventsICGCAC 09: International Conferenceo n G l o b a l C o m p u t i n g a n dCommunications: 9 – 11, Dec 2009,C h e n n a i . C o n t a c t : E m a i l :[email protected] Web:www.hindustanuniv.ac.in/ICOGCAC09

CONSEG 09: International Conferenceon Software Engineering: 17-19, Dec2 0 0 9 , C h en n a i . C on t ac t E m a il :[email protected] Web:www.csi-chennai.org/conseg09

In t ern a t i on a l C o n f er en ce onMillennium Developmental Goals: TheR o l e o f I n f o r m a t i o n a n dCommunications Technologies: 27-29Dec 2009, Chennai. Contact: Email:[email protected] Web: www.rmkec.ac.in/mdgict

International Conference on WirelessC o mmu n i c a t i on a n d S e n s o rComputing: 02 -04, Jan 2010, Chennai.Contact: Email: [email protected]: www.ssn.edu.in/icwcsc2010

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