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IdeaSphere: Ideation Camp 2023 held at SJEC

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InnoVenture: SJEC Innovation Platform at St Joseph Engineering College - Mangaluru, in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and SJEC AICTE IDEA  Lab conducted an Ideation Camp from 13 - 15 July 2023. The ideation camp was organized for a multidisciplinary batch of 84 students. Dr Nitin Kulkai, Former Director of CTIE - KLE Tech Hubli and currently, the Program Manager of InnoVenture and an Adjunct Faculty at the Department of Business Department at SJEC, was the key facilitator for the Camp. Dr Kulkai was supported by a team of Faculty from SJEC as Co-Facilitators and Mentors.

The Ideation Camp focussed on Four Verticals: 1) Healthcare 2) Increasing the income of Small Scale Farmers 3) Cybersecurity for Women and Children in India and 4) Solid Waste Management. Students worked in teams of five for 2.5 Days as Dr Kulkai and Team led them through a proven template based approach of Ideation. Dr Madhukar S M., CEO of Innaumation Medical Devices Pvt. Ltd., Mr Pradeep Raj, Operations Manager at CEOL Incubation Center - Mangalore, and Mr Jishnu Mulachan, Technical Director and Co-Founder of Zilliot Technologies Pvt Ltd., were the members of the Jury that assessed the Business Pitch developed by the student teams. 

1. How can we create awareness among mode couples about medically appropriate practices free pre,during  and post pregnancy?
2. How can we facilitate sustainable connection between small scale farmers and consumers to promote organic agriculture and enhance accessibility to fresh produce?
3. How can we help women and children from or in solving online fraud?
4. How can we help women and children who are highly prone to identity theft? 
5. How do we analyze the general health of the youth which is sharply worsening over the years ( The risk of health)?
6. How can we help online transaction users to prevent online fraud?
7. How can we help the farmers in getting real time access to information on daily crop prices, reliable storage facilities, transport and all the general needs and information needed for easy farming on a daily basis?
8. How can we help organ recipients receive the organs on time from donors who have registered ?
9. How can we help victims of accidents that take place in remote areas and how can we provide information to the hospital and police?
10. How can we reduce people dying due to septic shock during post operative cases?
11. How can we help farmers with storage facilities to improve the shelf life of the produce? 
12. How can we help the people residing/ commercial complexes who are facing problems because of accumulation of visible and harmful solid waste in water bodies flown through sewage? 
13. How can we help small income farmers get mode equipment at an affordable charge?
14. How can we help the small scale farmers to interact with experts and understand govement schemes and increase profitability?
15. How can we help in collection and disposal of Waste in urban areas mainly focusing on apartment and commercial areas?
16. How can we help householders in urban areas for disposal of wet waste in the most efficient way?

• Jeevith K J - CSE 
• Ayush N - ECE 
• Riana Dsouza - ECE 
• Aaron Jovan Mathias - ME 
• Shishir Saja - ICBS 

• Ms Kaneeksha Kiran - ICBS
• Mr Baasil Abdullah - MBA 
• Ms Sharol Antony Feandes - ICBS
• Mr Hensal Mathias - EEE 
• Mr Rahul P Karkera - ME 

• Ms Benadecta Jacob - MCA 
• Ms Reeshal N V D'Souza - ICBS
• Ms Jovita Cutinha - MCA
• Ms A Subhashini - MCA
• Ms Keerthana - CSE

• Nihaal Y K - ECE 
• Rachan Karkera - CSBS
• Brenelle Serrao - CSE
• Sahana Ranger - CSE
• Prinson Silvan Cardoza - EEE 

ME & IIG: Awareness Program on “Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)”

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An Awareness Program on "Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)" was organised by the Office of the Dean - R&D and Industry & Innovation Group (IIG) in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering for the staff and students of SJEC in Kalam Auditorium at 12:00 Noon on 28 April 2022.

The awareness program was conducted to mark the celebration of World IP Day and Mr. Ramashish Paul, Examiner of Patents and Design, Intellectual Property Office (IPO), Chennai, delivered the presentation.  The speaker has highlighted the importance of IPR in the current day scenario.  The different types of Intellectual Property such as Patents, Designs, Copyrights, Trademarks, Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout - Designs, Geographical Indications, Trade Secrets were elaborated with examples by the resource person. The procedure for the patent registration was also explained by the speaker. The session held was very interactive with the quizzes by the speaker and prizes for the students for giving the right answer.

During the session awareness was also given on the KAPILA (Kalam Program for IP Literacy and Awareness) scheme which provides financial assistance to the institutions that are part of the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) for filing patent. Students were advised to submit their entries by last date 18 May 2022.

About 420 students and 18 faculty from MBA, MCA, E&C, CSE, E&E, Civil and Mechanical Engineering have attended the awareness session.  Dr Sudheer M and Mr Yathish Kumar have anchored the Program. 

Talk on “Managing Personal Finance”

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The Student Welfare Group of SJEC organized a talk for final year students of ME and CSE branches on the topic 'Managing Personal Finance' by resource person Mr. Anston Cleevan Pais, alumnus of 2017 (ME) batch, on 25th April 2022.

The resource person highlighted on the types of investments and finding better retus and value for money through right investments. It was an interactive session with students having worksheets to answer based on the presentation. He stressed on the importance of diversifying investments, preferably 50% in Debts and 50% in Equities and also spoke of the various types of investments based on the term plans like Short term mutual funds, Hybrid Equity Fund as a medium goal and a Diversified Equity Fund as a long term investment option. He further highlighted with actual statistics and case scenarios of how it is normal behaviour of the markets to show fluctuations in values in short term but the optimum retus of the same in a long term investment, beating inflation. The talk was a beneficial one, well received by the students who found it very interactive with video presentations.

The programme was compered by Ms. Venita Monteiro, Asst. Prof - Dept. of Physics. Mr. Rolvin Sunil D'Silva, Asst. Prof - Dept, of Mechanical Engineering welcomed the gathering and introduced the guest speaker. Chairperson of the SW Group, Dr. Shakila B. gave a floral welcome to the guest. Other members of the SW Group facilitated in the smooth functioning of the programme.

Mech: Five Days FDP on Advanced Industrial Automation – Learning with Real Time Projects

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The Five-Days Faculty Development Program (FDP) on "Advanced Industrial Automation Leaing with Real-Time Projects" was successfully conducted from 18.04.2022 to 22.04.2022. The FDP was conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in association with INDWELL Automation Mangaluru. There were about 45 registrations for the FDP and all are actively participated.

Day 1, 18-04-2022, Session 1, 9:30am - 12:30pm:

The Inauguration of the FDP was held in Fr Fred Memorial Hall Academic Block - 1 at 9.30am.  Rev Fr Wilfred Prakash D'Souza presided the inaugural function.  Mr Himanshu Kumar, Director, INDWELL Automation, Mangaluru was the Chief Guest. Dr Rio D'Souza, Principal, SJEC and Rev Fr Alwyn Richard D'Souza, Asst Director, SJEC were Guest of Honours. After the inaugural function the session was conducted in the venue: CAMD Lab, Academic block-3.

Topics Covered: Introduction to Automation, introduction to controller, micro controller vs. PLC, PLC block diagram, Ladder Diagram programming language, basic instructions NO, NC, and Coil. Basic programming tricks, basic programs based on truth table, Latch, Flag. Timer, timer-based examples and programming trick.

Day 1, 18-04-2022, Session 2, 1:30pm - 04:30pm:

Topics Covered: Practice of programs in Codesys software. Ladder simulation, Visualization.

Day 2, 19-04-2022, Session 1, 9:30am - 12:30pm :

Topics Covered: Timer-based examples, Pulse instruction, Pulse based examples, counter, counter based examples.

Day 2, 19-04-2022, Session 2, 1:30pm - 04:30pm:

Topics Covered: Practice of programs in Codesys software. Ladder simulation, Visualization.

Programming in GX Developer, communication, program upload/ download, troubleshooting, program modification, Online edit. Project development.

Day 3, 20-04-2022, Session 1, 9:30am - 12:30pm:

Topics Covered: Introduction to digital inputs/ outputs, wiring concept, SINK/ SOURCE, real time wiring of PLC. Introduction to PLC hardware and software, MITSUBISHI PLC, GX Developer software.

Day 3, 20-04-2022, Session 2, 1:30pm - 04:30pm:

Topics Covered: Practice of programs in Codesys software. Ladder simulation, Visualization.

Programming in GX Developer, communication, program upload/ download, troubleshooting, program modification, Online edit. Project development.

Day 4, 21-04-2022, Session 1, 9:30am - 12:30pm:

Topics Covered: Introduction to HMI, interface with PLC, screen development, digital & analog data configuration, analog data scaling, password level, screen display & Industrial project development.

Day 4, 21-04-2022, Session 2, 1:30pm - 04:30pm:

Topics Covered: Introduction to SCADA, interfacing with PLC, screen development, digital & analog data configuration, analog data scaling, driver selection and configuration, tag creation and configuration & Industrial project development.

Day 5, 22-04-2022, Session 1, 9:30am - 12:30pm:

Topics Covered: Introduction to AC Drive, hardware, parameter setting, speed, direction, acceleration and deceleration time control of induction motor, interfacing with PLC, multispeed & multidirectional control project.

Introduction to Analog system, hardware, block diagram of ADC and DAC application, standard signal, channel selection, AD- DA start, scaling, TO FROM instruction, real time application. Monitored and controlled on SCADA.

Day 5, 22-04-2022, Session 2, 1:30pm - 04:00pm:

Topics Covered: Inteet of Things (IoT): Arduino ide installation, preference link selection, board manager & ASP8266 Wi-Fi driver installation, library manager and library installation, board selection, communication, different IoT platforms, webserver with local area inteet connection, BLYNK phone application for global inteet connection, LED operation through different IoT platforms, Relay operation through different IoT platforms, operation and connection of single phase appliances using IoT, room Temperature and Humidity reading through IoT.

After the session 2, Feedback and quiz was conducted in the online mode. Valedictory of the FDP was held at the venue at 4.15pm. The HOD - ME and Dean R&D distributed the certificates for the participants.

A very good feedback and appreciation about the FDP was obtained from the participants and the FDP has served its purpose. 

Five Days National Level FREE Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Academic Writing”

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A National Level Five-Days FREE Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on "Academic Writing" was successfully conducted from 04 April 2022 to 08 April 2022. The FDP was conducted by the Office of Dean (R&D) in association with the Research and Facilities Group and Department of Mechanical Engineering. There were about 380 registrations for the FDP and 225 participants have attended the virtual FDP and received the participation certificate. The certified participants were from about 60 different institutions (other than SJEC) and among them, about 10 institutions were from outside Kaataka.

Inauguration: The FDP was virtually inaugurated with Dr Ajay Semalty H.N.B. Garhwal University, Uttarakhand as Chief Guest, Dr Rio D'Souza and Rev Fr Alwyn D'Souza as Guest of Honours, Rev Fr Wilfred Prakash D'Souza as President in the presence of Dean R&D Dr Sudheer M, HOD-ME Dr Purushothama Chippar, Convener Dr Harivinod and the FDP participants.

Sessions Day 1:

Dr Ajay Semalty from H.N.B. Garhwal University, Uttarakhand spoke on topic "Academic Writing". Professor highlighted on Nine Characters of Guru, Basic Traits of Academic Writing, Leaing Academic Writing, Focus on Quality not Quantity, Importance of English, Plagiarism, Major Types of Academic Writing, Basic Rules Focusing Every Component of the Article etc.

Dr Arun M Isloor from NITK Surathkal gave virtual presentation on "Ethics in Research" and enlightened participants on Ethics Principles, Research Integrity, Code of Practice, Retraction watch, Data Fabrication, Research Misconduct, Plagiarism etc.

Sessions Day 2:

Mr Akshay Prasanna from Tuitin, Bengaluru spoke on "Academic Integrity, Plagiarism and Best Practises" covering the topics such as Plagiarism and Text Similarity, Factors Affecting Similarity, Utilizing Tuitin as a Formative Tool etc.

Dr Rajasekharan Pillai K, MIM-MAHE Manipal presented on the topic "Literature Review" covering the different related topics such as What is not a Literature Review, Purpose of Literature Review, Critical Questions and Conces, Coopers Taxonomy, Steps to Conduct Literature Review, Literature Map, Common Mistakes, Quality Check etc.

Sessions Day 3:

Dr P. Pal Pandian, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru gave a very detailed presentation on "Writing Review Papers" covering the topics such as Why/What/Where to publish, Importance of Language, Structure of the Review Paper, Abstract, Methods and Materials, Discussions, Conclusion etc.

Dr Anitha D, Thyagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai presented on topic "Research Article Writing" covering the different topics such as  Initial Steps, Deciding on the Completeness of the Work, Drafting the Title, Abstract, Construction of the Results, Writing the Main Body of the Article, Writing Introduction, Literature Review, Methods and Materials, Writing Discussion, Conclusion, References, Joual Selection etc.  

Sessions Day 4:

Dr Ligy Philip, IIT Chennai spoke on "Research Proposal Writing" and enlightened the FDP participants on various topics such as What is a research proposal? Structure of Proposal, Essential Ingredients, Identify the Funding Agency, Identify the Area of Research, Criteria Used for Selection, Questions and Answers on Research Proposal Preparation, How to Write Each Components of the Research Proposal for Funding with Example, Common Mistakes, Building Team, Budget, Do's and Don't's etc.

Dr. Paresh Tanna, R K university, Gujarath gave presentation on the title "Thesis Writing" and covered the related contents like What is Thesis? When to start?  Components of Thesis, Explanation of Writing each Components of Thesis with Examples.

Sessions Day 5:

Dr Shivaram B S, NAL Bengaluru gave interesting lecture on "Understanding Publication Metrics & Ethics" briefing on different topics such as Importance of the Academic Metrics, Data Points of the Scholarly Publications, Sources of Publication Metrics, Understanding Publication Metrics: Joual, Article, Author / Researcher / Institution, Publication Ethics etc.

Dr Anil Kumar Agarwal, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi gave presentation on "Framing the Research Problem" and covered topics such as, What is a Problem? Right Research Problem, Judging the Strength, Literature Review, Research Questions, Types of Research Etc.

A very good feedback and appreciation about the FDP was obtained from the participants and the FDP has served its purpose. 

St Joseph Engineering College gets into an MoU with NITTE (Deemed to be University)

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In an attempt to foster translational research and communication for advances in multi-disciplinary fields, St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with NITTE University Technology Enabling Centre (NUTEC), a unit under NITTE (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru.

The MoU was signed by Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D'Souza, Director of SJEC and Dr Alka Kulkai, Registrar of NITTE (Deemed to be University) on 5 April 2021 in the presence of the team from NITTE that included Dr Satheesh Kumar Bhandary, Vice-Chancellor, Dr M S Moodithaya, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dr Iddya Karunasagar, Adviser for Research, Patents & IPR, Dr Indrani Karunasagar, Director of Projects and DST-NUTEC, Dr Sudheer M, HOD of Mechanical Engineering at SJEC, Dr Dayakshini, HOD of Electronics & Communication Engineering at SJEC and Dr Mamatha Girish, Associate Professor-ECE at SJEC.

The main aim of the MoU is to develop an appropriate scientific relationship between both parties to enhance collaboration and cooperation towards knowledge enhancement by providing support and advice for developing multidisciplinary research in the field of Bio-Medical, Agri- Biotech, Environment and Technology while jointly organizing conferences, webinars, symposia on research, projects and patents etc.

Webinar on the topic "Finite Element Analysis/application in Virtual Design Process"

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The Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a webinar on the topic "Finite Element Analysis/application in Virtual Design process" for the benefit of pre-final and final year students on 14^th October 2020 from 3 pm to 4 pm using Cisco webex platform. Total 144 participants registered and 64 of them participated actively during the webinar day. Mr. Suresh Shenoy, Managing Director, Pride Engineering Bristol, UK presented the topic and enlightened the students on various real time projects he worked during his 18 years of industrial experience on virtual design/analysis using the FEA method. Some of the projects discussed included

1. Introduction to Finite Element Simulation

2. Aircraft wing in-service issue/design modification.

3. In-service issue or failure RC study.

4. Aerospace virtual pre-test simulation.

5. Seating system FE analysis.

6. ODB- Frontal Crash test analysis.

7. Rear suspension upright analysis.

8. Topology and topography optimization.

His area of expertise included CAE related projects in the automobile domain for customers like Mahindra, Ferrari, McLaren, Maseratti, GM etc and technical consultant for Airbus projects like A380/A400/A320 programs. He worked for companies like Designtech systems Pune, Altair Engineering India Bangalore/UK and Infosys Bangalore/UK. A detailed attendance report is attached herewith.

Internal Training on FESTO Center for Industrial Automation

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A four-day training on the Pneumatic and Electro-Pneumatic systems in the FESTO Center for Industrial Automation was held on 21 - 24 September 2020. The training was conducted by the Faculty who had participated in the training provided by the FESTO representative Mr Ugesh, during the installation of the systems. Eleven faculty, who are a part of the FESTO - SJEC Team, participated in this training. Mr. Rahul Kumar and Mr. Ravikantha Prabhu, Assistant Professors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, along with Mr Harshith G, Mr Gunakara, and Mr Immanuel, Technical Staff in the Department of Mechanical Engineering conducted the training program. 

Webinar on "Build Your Own Robot"

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Mr Rakshith Kotian, Mr Aldin Sequeira and Mr Rajath C Kotekar, Founders, Avishkar Engineering Solutions, NITK-STEP, Mangaluru, delivered a webinar on the topic

Webinar by COEAD, Bengaluru

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'TORQUE'-Mechanical Department Association, SJEC oraganized a Webinar on "Career opportunities in Aerospace and Defence Sector" in association with Centre of Excellence in Aerospace and Defence (COEAD), Bengaluru on 11^th June 2020 from 10.00 AM to 12.00 PM for third year engineering students in an online mode using Google Meet platform. Total 55 students attended the program including students from neighboring engineering colleges like Canara Engineering College, VCET and VMIT, Pune.Dr K Badari Narayan, Industry Expert, COEAD and Scientist (Retired), ISRO explained briefly about training structure in COEAD and gave a bird eye view of Aerodynamics, Aircraft structures and propulsion system. Mr Nicky Harris and Mr Chethan, Trainers in simulation and system engineering, COEAD enlightened the participants about the 3D Experience platform and Digital Manufacturing system respectively. Participants gave positive feedback and many students showed interest in pursuing an inteship or foundation course in the Aircraft system by COEAD Bengaluru in future. 

ME & IIC: Industrial visit for Second year students to “Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited

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The Industry and Innovation Cell of Mechanical Engineering organized one-day Industrial visit for Second year students to “Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited” on 29/02/2020. Total of 26 students along with two staff took part in the visit.

The main objective of this visit is to

Inculcating the basic knowledge about steps involved in Processing of Iron ore.

Experience and understand real life situation in an industrial organization and related environment.

KIOCL Limited (Formerly known as Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited), a Flagship Company under the Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India was formed on 2 April 1976 for mining and beneficiation of low grade iron ore at Kudremukh, Kaataka, India. KIOCL has been a pioneer with over four decades of experience in operating Iron Ore Mining, Beneficiation and Iron–Oxide Pelletisation in the Country.  KIOCL is having facilities to operate 3.5 MTPA Iron-oxide Pellet Plant, Blast Fuace Unit to manufacture 2.16 lakh tons per annum Pig iron at Mangaluru, Kaataka. KIOCL is an EoU and a profit making, continuous dividend paying company with a positive net worth and Mini Ratna Category I PSU is also an ISO9001:2015, ISO14001:2015 and ISO45001:2018 certified Company.

Mr. Shiva raja, Head of training division welcomed and briefed us about the company. He showed us videos which gave us lots of information about the company and described the safety measures implemented by the company for reducing the accidents in the working area very efficiently. We then visited the ore collecting center. A stream of pellets discharged by the conveyor and pellets were stored in heaps on the ground. And finally visited the Ball mill where the ore gets crushed into fine particles. We also saw the filtration unit where vacuum filters were used to separate water and Iron Ore.

This visit enhanced students’ knowledge on

●       Idea on the working environment of the company.

Different steps involved in processing of Iron ore.

Different types of conveyors used to handle ore.

●       Implemented safety practices in the industry.

 Mr Santhosh H and Mr Raghavendra Prasad, Faculty of Department of Mechanical Engineering coordinated the visit.

Outreach Program by IV Sem Mechanical Engineering Students

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Over 40 students of second year Mechanical Engineering along with the Department faculty Mr Ashwin Shetty participated in the clean-up drive at Panambur Beach, Mangaluru on 21^st Feb 2020. The activity was conducted as an outreach program under the banner of TORQUE- Mechanical Engineering Students

Outreach Program by IV Sem Mechanical Engineering Students

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Over 40 students of second year Mechanical Engineering along with the Department faculty Mr Ashwin Shetty participated in the clean-up drive at Panambur Beach, Mangaluru on 21^st Feb 2020. The activity was conducted as an outreach program under the banner of TORQUE- Mechanical Engineering Students

A talk and alumni interaction with Mr Aston D'Souza organized by TORQUE - Mechanical Engineering Students' Association in association with Student Welfare and Alumni Group (SWAG).

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TORQUE - Mechanical Engineering Students' Association in association with Student Welfare and Alumni Group (SWAG) conducted a technical talk and alumni interaction for the IV Sem Mechanical Engineering students on 20 February 2020 at 11:00 am in Bishop Aloysius Paul Hall, AB-IV. The guest speaker and the alumnus of 2013 batch, Mr Aston D'Souza, Product Development Engineer, Ford - US delivered a talk on "A Jouey into the Real World". During presentation, speaker mentioned about the design evolution, mode manufacturing, automation and the future. Mr Aston D'Souza gave a glimpse of the projects where he used microcontroller like Arduino Uno to perform simple task when he was studying in 2nd year engineering. Speaker also briefed about the simple automation projects taken up at his research lab like tiny weather forecast for his aunt and manufacturing of components for tiny weather forecast by additive manufacturing at his lab. As our proud alumni, Mr Aston D'Souza interacted with the students and shared sweet memories of his student life at SJEC during 2009-2013. He requested the students to attend the classes regularly and have the strong foundation in subjects. Mr Vinoothan Kaliveer, Coordinator, TORQUE 2020 thanked the speaker and team and asked Mr Nitheesh D Nayak, Assistant Professor, Dept of ME to present a memento as a gesture of gratitude.

IIC & ME: Interactive Meet on Future Trends in Manufacturing

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Mr Krishnamoorthy K, the Director of Training at Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association – IMTMA conducted an Interactive Meet on Future Trends in Manufacturing on 30 January 2020. The event was hosted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at St Joseph Engineering College under the aegis of its Industry Interaction Cell in association with IMTMA – Bengaluru.

Heads of Departments and Senior Faculty from various Engineering Colleges participated in this interactive meet. A total of 24 Faculty members participated in the Interactive Meet, out of which, 11 members were from various engineering colleges of the region. The event commenced with the welcoming of the participants and introduction to Mr Krishnamoorthy M. For over 30 years of his continued engineering practice in the industry, Mr Krishnamoorthy M has acquired astute expertise in the application and use of GD&T principles in CAD/CAM, high precision CNC machining as well as conducting Technical Trainings. Prior to working at IMTMA, Mr. Krishnamoorthy has worked at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore in the field of Precision Machining of satellite on –board components. After ISRO, he was with Perfect Moulds and UMS technologies as a specialist in Tool Planning and Production and Technical Training in CAD/CAM/CAE, respectively.

The interactive meet was conducted over two sections. The first section that commenced at 10:30am was on the Future trends in manufacturing - Automation, Robotics and Industry 4.0. Mr Krishnamoorthy spoke about the changing landscape of manufacturing from the point of view of Industrial 4.0. Through a set of interesting videos, he was able to point out the dynamic growth and development in the field of Robotics and Automation. The interaction was active and a lot of enthusiasm was reserved for Collaborative Robotics that merges the human – robot workspaces. Mr Krishnamoorthy also spoke about the challenges going forward and the need for skilled workforce to meet the changing needs of the manufacturing sector.

The second session was focused on Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association and about its training modules. IMTMA has been conducting Finishing School and related training programs in modelling and manufacturing aimed to bridge the gap in practical knowledge of fresh graduates. A well-established training center at Bangalore is also a hub for inteships and training programs. The association has also set up online training services through their online portals that are beneficial for faculty, students and industry personnel.

The event concluded at 1:30 pm. The interaction reveals the urgent need to train our students on advanced manufacturing technologies and contribute the workforce towards Industry 4.0. Post lunch at 3:30 pm, a discussion was held with My Krishnamoorthy in the Board Room that was attended by Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal – SJEC, Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa, Assistant Director – SJEC, Rev. Fr Alwyn D’Souza, Assistant Director, Prof Sureshnath M L, Head – TPC, Ms Sangeeta Ferrao, Placement Officer – SJEC, Mr Chiranth B P, Coordinator – IIC, and Mr Sathyendra Bhat, Chairperson of Industry Interaction - SJEC. Mr Krishnamoorthy delivered a presentation on the functioning of IMTMA and its multitude of training programs. The members agreed on the need to pursue an MOU between SJEC and IMTMA that works for the benefit of student community of the region. The meeting concluded with the promise of collaborations and an intent of visit to IMTMA. 

Team SJEC Wins Championship at International Robowars Event at IIT Bombay

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A team comprising of alumni and students of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC) brought laurels to the college by winning the Overall Championship at Inteational Robowars event held at IIT Bombay. Robowars at IIT Bombay’s annual Techfest is India's Largest Robot Combat Competition where participants from around the globe battle it out for the coveted Robowars Champion Title.

This year, at Techfest 2020, a new weight category of 8kg was introduced in Robowars for the first time in India. SOLIC, a start-up company based out of SJEC, which mainly deals with Electronic and Robotic projects, in association with Team Terrorbull Robotics, a collegiate club at SJEC, built a combat Bot named ‘Raptor’ and competed in 8kg category at Robowars 2020. On the way to the podium finish, the team had to face the challenge of 32 teams that took part in the competition.

The Bot that was praised for its stability, looks, aggression and the unique weapon design was designed by Joyson M D’Souza, Mechanical Designing Engineer at SOLIC. Though building the bot with a weight limit 8kgs was a challenging task, the team managed to implement the full-fledged Electronics setup thereby making the bot completely ready for the combat. The Electronics design was done by Christon Kenneth D’Souza and Sujan Shetty, Co-Founders of SOLIC. The Bot was controlled by Veekshith Shetty, a student of SJEC and a member of Team Terrorbull Robotics.

The management of St Joseph Engineering College is proud of the team and congratulates them on their outstanding efforts. 

TEQIP 1.3 Sponsored Five-Day Faculty Development Program on Outcome Based Education and NBA Accreditation

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The Department of Mechanical Engineering of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, organized TEQIP 1.3 Sponsored Five-Day Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Outcome Based Education (OBE) and NBA Accreditation for faculty members of engineering institutes from 30 December 2019 to 3 January 2020. The FDP was organized in association with Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)-Belagavi, Aryabhatta Knowledge University-Patna, Biju Patnaik University of Technology-Rourkela.

The five-day FDP included sessions on effective implementation of OBE from several perspectives. More specifically, it was intended to address the implementation of the OBE system at affiliated institutions. Specific responsibilities of institution-level administrators, heads of individual programs and individual faculty were addressed through specially designed interactive sessions.   

The FDP was inaugurated on the first day by the Chief Guest, Dr Umakanth P Kulkai, Professor & Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad. Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa, Incharge Director of SJEC, Rev. Fr Alwyn Richard D’Souza, Assistant Director of SJEC, Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal of SJEC, Dr Shreeranga Bhat, Inteal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Coordinator at SJEC, Mr Rakesh Lobo, HR Manager at SJEC were also present on the occasion.

Dr Rio D’Souza spoke about the importance of OBE and described the necessity of imbibing it at engineering colleges. He briefly spoke about the accreditation process and remarked that practicing OBE at grassroots levels does assist in getting accredited by statutory bodies like the NBA.   

Dr Umakanth Kulkai, speaking about the implementation of OBE mentioned that it is directly proportional to the leaing that takes place inside the classroom. He urged the participants to embrace mode teaching pedagogies which eventually enhances the overall teaching-leaing process.

Fr Rohith D’Costa in his presidential address mentioned that the implementation of OBE has helped SJEC in maintaining the quality standards and getting accredited by NBA for 3 cycles. He assured that the participants of the workshop will have a lot to take back to their respective institutions and called upon them to take an active part in the five-day program.

Dr Shreeranga Bhat welcomed the gathering. Mr Joel D’Mello, compeered the inaugural.

Several sessions on OBE and NBA accreditation were scheduled on all five days of the program. The resource persons for the FDP were Dr Umakanth P Kulkai, Professor & Head, Department of CSE at SDM College of Engineering and Technology-Dharwad, Dr ESM Suresh, Professor & Head, Department of Civil Engineering at NITTTR-Chennai, Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal of SJEC, Dr Shreeranga Bhat, Inteal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Coordinator at SJEC, Mr Sathyendra Bhat J and Mr Ragesh Raju, Assistant Professors-MCA at SJEC and Dr Claire Komives, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering at San Jose State University USA and Secretary of Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE).

Mech &IIC: Industrial visit to “Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited”

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The Industry and Innovation Cell of Mechanical Engineering organized one day Industrial visit for Second year students to “Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited “on 18/11/2019. Total of 35 students along with three staff took part in the visit.

The main objective of this visit is to

1. Give an overview of the different sections in MRPL.
2. Enhance their knowledge on processing of crude oil.

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), is an oil refinery at Mangalore and is a subsidiary of ONGC, set up in 1988. The refinery is located at Katipalla, north from center of Mangalore city. The refinery was established after displacing five villages of Bala, Kalavar, Kuthetoor, Katipalla, and Adyapadi.

The refinery has a versatile design with high flexibility to process crudes of various API gravity and with high degree of automation. MRPL has a design capacity to process 15 million metric tonnes per annum and is the only refinery in India to have two hydrocrackers producing premium diesel (high cetane).It also has a Polypropylene unit with a capacity of 4,40,000 MT/annum. It is also the only refinery in India to have two CCRs producing unleaded petrol of high octane. Currently, the refinery is processing about 14.65 million tons of crude per year and had a tuover of US$9 billion during last year.

Mr Satish, Chief Manager of Materials welcomed the students. During the visit he showed various sections of the plant. He briefed about the history, operations occurring at various sections, reactors, crude oil storage, products that are produced in MRPL and showed us how control of the entire plant is done.

This visit enhanced students’ knowledge on

●       Idea of the working environment of the refinery plant.

●       Knowledge gained on Byproducts of crude oil.

Mr Chiranth, Mr Santhosh H and Mr Akshay N H, Faculty of Department of Mechanical Engineering coordinated the visit.

Mech - IIC- Industrial visit to “New Mangalore Port Trust, Panambur”

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The Industry and Innovation Cell of Mechanical Engineering had organized one day Industrial visit for Third year Mechanical Engineering students to  “New Mangalore Port Trust, Panambur” on 25/10/2019. Total of 48 students along with staff took part in the visit.

The main objective of this visit is to

1. Give an overview of the various sections in the port. 
2. Enhance their knowledge about the different machinery used to handle.

NMPT was officially opened in 1975. In the year 1962, projects that were associated with the port were initiated. It is the only major port in Kaataka and ninth biggest port of India.

NMPT imports and exports iron ore concentrates and pellets, iron ore fines, LPG, fertilizers, phosphoric acid, crude and petroleum products and liquid chemicals

Ms Sushma, Safety Engineer of NMPT welcomed the students. During the visit she showed various sections of the port. She briefed about the history, operations occurs at various terminal, loading, unloading and tracking systems of the container and disaster management system established at the port . She also explained the working of stackers, offshore cranes and Excavators systems. 

The visit has enhanced the students’ knowledge on shipping, loading, customs formalities, and storage facilities in the port. Also, they understood different machinery used in the port to handle the materials. Overall the visit was educative and informative.

Mr Chiranth and Mr Sushanth, Faculty of Department of Mechanical Engineering coordinated the visit.

Mech – IIC: Industrial visit to “GWASF - Quality Casting Pvt Ltd, Baikampady”

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The Industry and Innovation Cell of Mechanical Engineering had organized one day Industrial visit for all Second years on four different days to “GWASF - Quality Casting, Baikampady”. Total of 154 students along with staff took part in the visit.

The main objective of this visit is to

1. Give an overview of the Manufacturing Process particularly Metal Casting.
1. Patte Section.
2. Molding section.
3. Melting Section.
4. Fettling and cleaning.
5. Inspection. 
2. Enhance their knowledge on Heat Treatment, Welding, machining & Nondestructive testing.

GWASF manufactures a range of castings in a large variety of alloys from a weight range of 10 kg to 450 kg. The castings are designed and manufactured to meet inteational safety standards such as the European PED for pressure vessel castings and Lloyds/DNV for marine applications. They manufacture a product like pumps casing and safety valves. GWASF has a large base on sub-contractors and in-house machining facilities. The company has high end machining capabilities to meet tight tolerance components. Components are surface finished, painted and pressure tested according to our customers’ requirements.

The visit has enhanced the students’ knowledge on Metal casting manufacturing process. Mr Rudolf  D’Souza, Mr Chiranth, Mr Sushanth, Mr Rolvin D’Silva, Mr Akshay, M Rahul, Ms Ramya, Mr Jinu, Mr Santhosh, Mr Nitheesh Faculty of Mechanical engineering coordinated the visit. 

Mech: Technical Talk and Alumni Interaction

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TORQUE – Mechanical Engineering Students’ Association in association with Student Welfare and Alumni Group (SWAG) conducted a technical talk and alumni interaction for the III Sem Mechanical Engineering students on 17^th Oct 2019 at 3:00pm in Prerana Hall. The guest speaker and the alumnus of 2007 batch, Dr Vijeesh Vijayan, presently working as Asst. Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAMIT Nitte delivered a talk on “Challenges and advances in resistance spot welding of advanced high strength steels and aluminium alloys for future electric car vehicles”. During presentation, speaker mentioned about the basics of resistance spot welding, influencing factors and challenges in welding advanced high strength steels and aluminum alloys. Dr Vijeesh Vijayan gave a glimpse of the Welding research lab set up by him at NITTE and various research activities going on as on date. Speaker also briefed about the industrial consultancy projects taken up at his welding research lab.

As our proud alumni, Dr Vijeesh Vijayan interacted with the students and shared sweet memories of his student life at SJEC during 2003-2007. He requested the students to attend the classes regularly and have the strong foundation in subjects. Dr Vijeesh appreciated the infrastructure and the growth the SJEC has shown in the last one decade.

SAE-SJEC team members have also interacted with speaker to get the solution to their specific problems which they used to encounter during the welding of ATV vehicles for BAJA competition. Dr Vijeesh Vijayan invited all to visit his research lab at NMAMIT Nitte. SJEC wishes him all the best in all his future endeavors. 

Mech-IIC: Industrial visit to “Varahi hydro power plant, Hosangadi and Mani Dam,Yadur”

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The Industry and Innovation Cell of Mechanical Engineering organized one day Industrial visit for Pre final year students to “Varahi hydro power plant, Hosaangadi  and Mani dam, Yadur”. Total of 49+49 students along with five staff took part in the visit. Visit was scheduled on two slots, First visit was on 17/09/2019 & second visit was on 05/10/2019. Mr. Chiranth B.P, Mr Santhosh, Mr Vijay V.S, Mr Sushanth & Mr Prashanth Kumar, Assistant professor, Dept of ME coordinated the visit.

The main objective of this visit is to

1. Give an overview of the different parts in the hydro power plant.
2. Enhance their knowledge on the working of hydro power plant.

Varahi Hydro Electric Project is a four Units x 115MW = 460 MW hydro power plant. The river Varahi takes its birth at a height of 730 m in the Weste Ghats at Hebbagilu, near Agumbe in Shimoga District. Varahi is Kaataka's first underground powerhouse – a key milestone in the corporation history of KPCL.

Varahi Hydro Electric Project initially conceived as a surface powerhouse at the blueprint stage. Later converted into an underground Powerhouse due to Economical and Conce for environment protection.  Varahi was started with two different stages. Stage I of the Varahi Hydro Electric Project has a total installed capacity of 230 MW and Stage II of the Varahi Hydro Electric Project has a total installed capacity of 230 MW contributing 1100 MU annually. This consists of 4 x 115 MW generating Units at Varahi underground Powerhouse. We also visited Mani Dam (Dam attached power plant) where two 4.5 MW units are set up.

This visit enhanced students’ knowledge on

●       Idea of the working environment of the hydro power station.

●       Parameters considered for the selection of turbine in the plant.

●       Working principle of Pelton and Kaplan turbine.

"Swachhata He Seva" Workshop and Exhibition on "Plastic Waste Management" Organized by CIPET : SARP-APDDRL, Bengaluru

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A team consisting of Alumni's and a Student of St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor Mangaluru led by Mr Noel Deepak Shiri, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SJEC had participated in the program titled "Swachhata He Seva" and Workshop and Exhibition on "Plastic Waste Management" organized by Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), a Govement of India Undertaking in the Department of Chemicals, Petrochemicals and Fertilizer. The Workshop was conducted in KASSIA Auditorium in KASSIA Udyog Bhavan, Bengaluru with the support of Kaataka State Polymer Association (KSPA) and Kaataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) on the 2nd October 2019. The program was inaugurated by Honorable Union Minister for Chemicals, Petrochemicals & Fertilizers Shri Sadananda Gowda along with Director General CIPET Dr S.K Nayak, Joint Secretary Mr Kailashnath Jha, Department of Chemicals, Petrochemicals & Fertilizers and KSPA President Mr Vijaya Kumar and KASSIA President Mr R Raju.

The Workshop was attended by more than 200 people represented by Polymer Industries captains, recycling entrepreneurs and supporting technicians along with students of CIPET, Mysore and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) officials. The workshop covered topics of Recycling, Plastic Waste Management, Single Use Packaging products, Entrepreneurship in Recycling. In the same workshop, Mr Noel Deepak Shiri presented a invited guest talk on the topic "Development of Waste Plastic Lumber and Bricks using Commingled (Mixed) Waste Plastics and Single Use Waste Plastics". The Honorable Union Minister Shri Sadananda Gowda and dignitaries appreciated the efforts of the team led by Mr Noel D Shiri and encouraged them after visiting the display stall and wished the team success for their innovation to get into reality by helping the nation in recycling single use products for alteatives to sustainable development. The project collaborator Mr Wolfram Thurm from the German Funding Agency who has supported the Project Work was present in the workshop and the stall and was specially thanked by the Honorable Union Minister for supporting and funding the project.

The teams members participated in this Exhibition are: Mr Noel D Shiri, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering along with the Alumni's Mr Glen Pinto and Ms Vishikha Keshav and a student named Mr Mohammed Sinan along with Mr Wolfram Thurm, Project Collaborator from the German Funding Agency from Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Dresden, Germany. 

Mech: Talk on “Opportunities in Merchant Navy for Mechanical Engineers”

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On Thursday, 05^th Sept 2019, Mr Prathap Rai, visiting faculty from Mangalore Marine College and Technology, Kuppepadav, Mangaluru delivered a presentation on “Opportunities in Merchant Navy for Mechanical Engineers”  for  the final year Mechanical Engineering students in Prerana Hall from 12:00 Noon to 01:00 PM.  

During presentation, Mr Prathap demonstrated a video on types of ships and the various jobs handled by engineers in the ship. Mr Rai mentioned about various advantages of career at sea. Less competition, high salary, tax free income, high rate of savings, free world trips, inteational job, versatile practical engineer, no migration from birthplace were some of the advantages of becoming marine engineer.  Speaker gave idea about career profile at sea ranging from 5/E to 2/E and the necessary training and the experience required at all levels. He shared his marine experience of 15 years and his exposure as a Chief Engineer of the ship. Mr Prathap also mentioned about the post-marine opportunities to take up shore jobs as tech superintendent with shipping companies, surveyors with classification societies, insurance surveyors, port logistics, shipyards and at teaching institutes. The presentation has given students a good idea about career prospectus in merchant navy. 

SJEC shines at IPLEX 2019

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The faculty members, alumni and students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, were invited and given a chance to display their recycling projects at 10th Edition of Inteational Plastics Exposition 2019 (IPLEX 2019) held in Bengaluru Inteational Exhibition Centre (BIEC), from 23rd to 25th August 2019.

The following projects were exhibited during the event:

1) Development of Waste Plastic Lumber & Bricks using Commingled (Mixed) Waste Plastics and Single-Use Waste Plastics

2) Development of Low-cost building materials using composite made from Demolished Building Material (DBM) Waste and Waste Plastic

The exhibits drew a very good response from the audience that included participants from Govement, Industry, Investors, general public and foreign delegates from Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Canada, Germany, etc. who very much appreciated and commended the efforts of the college in developing the systems in upcycling of waste plastics.

Mr Noel D Shiri, Assistant Professor-Mechanical Engineering, along with alumni of Mechanical Engineering, Mr Darryl D’Souza and Mr Keegan Dion Santhmayor and current students namely Mr Mohammed Sinan and Mr Grenvil Noronha participated in the exhibition. From the Department of Civil Engineering Mr Prashant Kurdekar, Assistant Professor and alumni Ms Vishikha Keshav were also present.

Important delegates who visited SJEC stall included Shri D V Sadananda Gowda, Honourable Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizer, Govement of India, Convenors and Organizers of IPLEX 2019, KSPA President Mr Vijaya Kumar and KASSIA President Mr R Raju among others.

Mech: International Conference eTIME-2019

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The Department of Mechanical Engineering at St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, organized its Second Inteational Conference under the banner of Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering eTIME-2019, on 9^th and 10^th August 2019. The conference was organized in association with AIP Conference Proceedings as Publishing Partner.

The inteational conference was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Ir. Dr Haji Kamarul Arifin Bin Ahmad, Head, Aerospace Malaysia Research Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia in the august presence of Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Director of SJEC, Rev Fr Rohith D’Costa & Rev. Fr Alwyn Richard D’Souza, Assistant Directors of SJEC and Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal of SJEC. Dr Sudheer M, Head of Mechanical Engineering & Organizing Chair of eTIME-2019 and Dr Purushothama Chippar, Organizing Secretary of eTIME-2019 were also present.

Dr Sudheer M welcomed the gathering and presented a brief report about the achievements of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Delivering the inaugural address, Ir. Dr Haji Kamarul Arifin Bin Ahmad briefed about the need for more collaborative research. He requested the delegates to take active part in the proceedings and go back enriched.

Dr Rio D’Souza spoke about the need for collaborative research on any discipline of engineering. He called upon all the participants to have a productive time at discussing the emerging trends in Mechanical Engineering.

In his presidential address, Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza put forward the challenges posed by emerging technologies and the need to identify technological interventions to address these issues. He wished all the participants a happy time at SJEC.

Dr Purushothama Chippar offered the vote of thanks.

Apart from exciting pre-conference workshops, the conference is scheduled to witness 40 papers presented across all tracks.

Mech: MoU with CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore

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St Joseph Engineering college has signed Memorandum of Understanding with CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, on 11 June 2019, under the leadership of Dr Purushothama Chippar, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, SJEC and Rev. Fr Joseph Varghese Kureethara, Associate Professor, CU. The MoU was signed by Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’souza, Director, SJEC Mangaluru and Dr Anil Joseph Pinto, Registrar, CU Bengaluru. The Purpose of this covenant is to build friendship, goodwill and foster a relationship that will promote mutual intellectual exchanges between students, faculty members and administrators of SJEC and CU. This agreement is anchored and monitored by the Mechanical Department and also is open to all the departments to work under on exchange program that seeks to promote an academic exchange and to provide collaboration in research efforts.

ME: IIEDC Industrial visit to “Varahi hydro power plant, Hosangadi and Mani dam, Yadur”

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The Industry Interaction Cell of Mechanical Engineering organized one-day Industrial visit for final year students to “Varahi hydro power plant, Hosaagadi and Mani dam, Yadur”. Total of 21 students along with one staff took part in the visit. Visit was scheduled on 25/02/2019 at 6.30 A.M - 7.00 P.M. Mr. Chiranth B.P Assistant professor, Dept of ME coordinated the visit.

The main objective of this visit is to

1. Give an overview of the different part in the hydro power plant.
2. Enhance their knowledge on the working of hydro power plant.

Varahi Hydro Electric Project is a 4 Units x 115MW = 460 MW hydro power plant. The river Varahi takes its birth at a height of 730 m in the Weste Ghats at Hebbagilu, near Agumbe in Shimoga District. Varahi is Kaataka's first underground powerhouse – a key milestone in the corporation history of KPCL.

Varahi Hydro Electric Project initially conceived as a surface power house at the blueprint stage. Later converted into an underground Powerhouse due to Economical and Conce for environment protection.  Varahi was started with two different stages. Stage I of the Varahi Hydro Electric Project has a total installed capacity of 230 MW and Stage II of the Varahi Hydro Electric Project has a total installed capacity of 230 MW contributing 1100 MU annually. This consists of 4 X 115 MW generating Units at Varahi underground Powerhouse. We also visited Mani Dam (Dam attached power plant) where two 4.5 MW units are set up.

This visit enhanced students’ knowledge on

●       Idea of the working environment of the hydro power station.

●       Parameters considered for the selection of turbine in the plant.

●       Working principle of Pelton and Kaplan turbine.

ME: SJEC Signs MoU with KGTTI

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St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Vamanjoor, Mangaluru, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kaataka German Technical Training Institute (KGTTI) on Monday, 25^th February 2019. The MoU was signed in the presence of Mr Giridhar Salian, Director of KGTTI, Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Director of SJEC, Dr. Rio D’Souza, Principal of SJEC, Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa, Assistant Director of SJEC, Mr. Amar Saxena, GIZ Expert at KGTTI and Dr Sudheer M, Professor & Head of Mechanical Engineering at SJEC. The two organizations expressed their intention to cooperate within the scope of their mandates and sphere of competences to work with youth and for youth, towards skill development of engineering students. The MoU is made for imparting skill development training under different training programs organized by KGTTI at SJEC for its students and staff.

According to MoU, the overall objective of the KGTTI is to provide skill development, hands-on-training in advanced technology and to enhance employment opportunities of engineering students.

ME: Alumni Interaction with Mr Allen Joel Fernandes

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Mr Allen Joel Feandes passed out during 2017, presently serving as sub-lieutenant in Indian Navy gave presentation on “Opportunities and Life in Indian Navy”. Mr Allen briefed about procedures in SSB interview and he shared his experience in qualifying different rounds during the interview process. He also shared about his stage 1 flying training in Air Force Academy, Hyderabad from June 2018-Dec 2018. Currently Mr Allen is undergoing Stage 2 flying training in Air Force Station, Yelahanka and is expected to complete by June 2019.

During interactions, Mr Allen shared few interesting points like, he applied though online applications to SSB interview, with no family background in defense he could get selected purely based on merit and performance in selection process. He gave tips to students not to miss a single class and keep their teachers as role models in their life. Mr Allen also shared that the discipline and the attitude towards studies has helped him to achieve his position and he is happy with this  and his family also got lot of respect and recognition after he joined Indian Navy. 

FDP: Integra & Cornea Series January 2019

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The Department of Mechanical Engineering organised a two day Faculty Development Programme INTEGRA-2019 on the 22nd & 23rd of January, 2019. It was held in Spoorthi Conference Hall.

DAY 1:

Session 1: Curriculum Gap Analysis, Modalities for DAB & PAC Meetings, Framing Effective Action Items.  Dr Shreeranga Bhat, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering was the resource person.  Dr Shreeranga Bhat shed light on Gap Analysis and its relevance to SAR.  He mentioned the key steps to follow regarding gaps in syllabus as: Identify the Gap, Create the syllabus, Get approval from the HOD and Stakeholders, Implementation and finally Assessment.

Session 2: Question Paper Review using Bloom's Taxonomy.  Mr Keith R Feandes, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication was the resource person.  He stressed upon student centric leaing cycle and urged us to spend more than an hour’s time to prepare a question paper having the first four levels of Bloom’s taxonomy.

Session 3: CO-PO Mapping and TLOs.  Mr Rolen Rodrigues, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics was the resource person.  He clarified the various doubts that arise in the mind of the course instructor while preparing a course plan. Furthermore, he provided guidelines that a course instructor could follow to formulate assessable and measurable Course Outcomes.

Session 4: Effective Lecture Delivery, Design Thinking for OBE, Quality Circles.  Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal, was the resource person. He said that course planning includes the study of course goals and objectives, to identify specific sections that can be used for independent study and collaborative projects, to identify textbooks and multimedia resources for the course and to recognize class projects that will be relevant to the industry.  Tips on how to introduce the course to the students on the first day of class were highlighted. The session concluded with a brief discussion on the implementation of ‘Quality Circles’ and its importance in institutional growth.

Session 5: Performing Impact Analysis.  Ms Supriya Salian, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering was the resource person.  She highlighted the importance of obtaining impact analysis for any of the events/workshops being conducted by the departments.  She also stressed upon the importance of conducting impact analysis for industrial training and technical talks.

Session 6: Collaborative Activity in Class.  Mr Vijay V S, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering was the resource person.  The basic element of collaborative leaing which is accountability of individuals working in a project team was touched upon. The advantages of adopting collaborative leaing in a classroom were highlighted and the audience was also informed that it helps in attaining higher order PO’s.

DAY 2:

Dr R.C. Hiremath, Former Principal at K L E Society’s S.Nijalingappa College, Bangalore conducted a half day session on NAAC Accreditation.  The Session started with the resource person comparing the NAAC with NBA and the functioning of NAAC. He also mentioned that before applying for NAAC, it is very important to understand NAAC’s vision and relate our institute vision with theirs.  He listed the various benefits of NAAC Accreditation and also the NAAC marks distribution patte, the seven main criteria’s and their sub criterions were presented.

The Department of Master of Computer Applications organised a two day Faculty Development Programme “CORNEA-2019” on the 23rd and 24th of January, 2019.  It was held in Spoorthi Conference Hall.

DAY 1:

Session 1: Useful Apps for Education/Profession.  Mr Akshay N H, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering was the resource person.  The recent teaching methodology called as gamification was highlighted upon. Various fields in which gamification are presently being used were explained such as such as business, education, recruitment, marketing. Gamification is using game dynamics in non-game applications. A hands on session was conducted as to how to create a mobile app using the MIT App Inventor.

Session 2: Emotional Intelligence.  Dr Anjali Ganesh, Professor, Department of Master of Business Application was the resource person.  She said that EI is a gateway to better leaing, friendships, academic success and employment. One technique to impart EI in the classroom could be the use of

techniques such as Design Thinking, Flipped Classroom, Self Leaing, Gamification and Story Telling.

Session 3: Customizing Google Apps with App script.  Ms Vijetha U, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering was the resource person.  The hands on session started by the resource person highlighting the importance of knowing scripting using google apps since it makes our work much more effective and time efficient.  She showed how app script can reduce the work in searching multiple documents for a specific task.

Session 4: Effective Use of Social Media.  Mr Ajeeth B, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering was the resource person.  A hands on session was conducted where in the audience had to create theri own Twitter and Instagram accounts.  The resource person shared the effectiveness of using hashtags and how these can be used for the upcoming events being held at our college for publicity.

DAY 2:

Dr Manohar Pai M M, Professor, Department of Information and Communication Technology, and Dr Manjunath K N, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science Engineering, MIT, Manipal, conducted a full day session on “Writing Good Research Papers”.  The moing session started with Dr Manohar Pai enlightening the audience on the difference between invention and innovation and how to apply for patents. He gave us an idea about where to publish

research paper and how to make research visible.

The session was then continued by Dr Manjunath who briefed the audience on the structure of a technical paper.  A hands on session was held in the afteoon where the audience were taught how to edit the IEEE format paper template

ME & IIEDC:Industrial visit to “Udupi Power Corporation Ltd, Padubidri”

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The Industry Interaction Cell of Mechanical Engineering organized one day Industrial visit for second  year students to “Udupi Power Corporation Ltd, Padubidri ”. Total of 45 students along with two staffs took part in the visit. Visit was scheduled on 12/11/2018 at 10.30 A.M.  Mr. Chiranth BP-Assistant Professor, ME and Mr Akshay-Assistant Professor, ME coordinated the visit.

The main objective of this visit is to

1. Give an overview of the different sections in the plant. 
2. Enhance their knowledge on the steps involved in the generation of the power.

Udupi Power Corporation Limited is a 2 X 600 MW imported coal based power project in the Udupi District of Kaataka. Situated in the weste coastal region of India, the plant is situated in the village of Yellur, between Mangalore and Udupi.

UPCL is the first independent power project (IPP) using 100% imported coal as fuel in the country and was awarded the Gold Shield award for early completion of Thermal power project Unit-1 from Ministry of power, Govement of India in FY 2010-11 and also the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award in FY 2014-15.

The Udupi Power Project supplies 90% of the power it generates to the State of Kaataka and 10% to the State of Punjab.

Mr. Vineeth, UPCL welcomed and explained main parts of the UPCL. Following were the sections which he briefed.

1. Coal Handling Plant (CHP)

2. Water handling plant (DM)

3. Ash handling plant (AHP)

4. Switch yard

5. Cooling house

6. Flu gas De-Sulphurisation (FGD)

7. Effluent treatment plant (ETP)

This visit enhanced students knowledge on the architecture of the power plant, the way various units in which they are linked and the way how whole power plant is controlled. It has allowed an opportunity to get an exposure of the practical implementation to theoretical fundamentals.

eTIME-2018: International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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Inauguration of First Year BE 2018-2019

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The inauguration of First Year BE classes for the academic year 2018-19 was held at Kalam Auditorium on Monday, 6 August 2018.

Fr Dionysius Vas SJ, Rector, St Aloysius College and Educational Institutions was the Chief Guest. Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Director - SJEC, Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa, Assistant Director-SJEC, Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal-SJEC, Dr Ramananda HS, Coordinator for First Year BE, Dr Vincent Crasta, Coordinator of the Induction programme, and Ms Pramila D’Souza, Convener of the programme, were present on the dais.

Dr Vincent Crasta, Coordinator of the Induction programme 2018-2019, welcomed the gathering.

Addressing the newcomers, Dr Rio D’Souza said, "We, the Management of SJEC are happy to welcome this new batch and their parents. We are thankful to you for selecting our campus for your studies. Definitely we will provide you a wonderful study atmosphere. SJEC not only focuses on the studies, but the academic curriculum also gives value-based education, which is helpful for every student’s personal growth. We want the students to grow with responsibility and with human values. It is a great campus to lea and make a successful career."

Rev. Fr Dionysius Vas SJ inaugurated the ceremony and felicitated the students for their PUC and CET achievements. In his inaugural speech, Fr Dionysius said, "Leaing to do, leaing to lea, leaing to become person of character and leaing to live is called education. Today’s world gives three main challenges to students or the young generation. Firstly, it says do not lose your identity. Be original without losing the identity. Secondly, it calls you to be responsible. You are responsible for your own life, family, society and the nation. Thirdly, you need to sacrifice. Without scarifies you cannot achieve milestones in your life.” He further added, “As per my knowledge, SJEC is mainly concentrating on this type of education. That is why every year it succeeds to get talented batches. This college is giving complete freedom to explore, flourish, and extend”.

In his presidential address, Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, said, "It is my pleasure to welcome you all newcomers to this beautiful campus. Our College understands the challenges of the present students and helps them face it and be successful. With an experienced and professional module, SJEC will help the students to meet their educational needs. I invite students to use the mode infrastructure and green surrounding and do well in their studies. If you are not determined to lea, no one will help you and if you are determined to lea, no one will stop you,”

Ms Pramila D’Souza rendered the vote of thanks. Ms Salma Shabnam from the Department of Chemistry and Ms Smitha D’Souza compered the programme.

SAEINDIA SJEC Collegiate Club: Five-Day Orientation Programme on Aerospace and Defense Domain

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SAEINDIA SJEC Collegiate Club in association with Centre of Excellence in Aerospace and Defence (COEAD), Bengaluru organized a 5-Day orientation programme for students of third and final year engineering disciplines. The orientation programme began on 9 July 2018, Monday at 9:30 AM with the welcome of resource person Mr Ramesh, Advisor and Chief Trainer, COEAD - Bengaluru by Dr Sudheer M, Head, Department of ME.

Mr. Ramesh, with 44 years of experience in the field of Aerospace field from reputed institutions like NAL, HAL and Jet Airways, handled the entire first day on the topic Aircraft Mechanical Systems. On the second day, Mr Ramesh continued his session till afteoon and later the workshop was taken forward by Mr Gautham, an expert in the field of 3D experience platform of Dassault Systems.

On the third day, Mr Prasanna Venkatesh, Technical expert in the field of Aerospace Simulation demonstrated the modelling and analysis software Delmia. Experts like Mr Movin Furtado, Mr. Taranisen and Mr Debashish dedicated the 4th and 5th day of the orientation program to the lab trainings on latest topics like Electrical Haess, Design value stream, and Landing gear design from COEAD. Total of 28 students participated from third and final year of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department. Mr Yathish Kumar and Mr Vijay V.S, Faculty Advisors and Mr Darryl D’Souza, Student Coordinator organized the program successfully.  SE

Technova 2018: Project Exhibition

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The College-Level Final Year BE Project Exhibition Cum Competition, held on 18 May 2018 to evaluate the final year B.E Projects, began by welcoming the judges in the boardroom at 9:00 am. There were 30 judges, 15 exteal and 15 inteal. The members of the Management, HOD’s of various Engineering Departments and the Coordinators were present.

Mr Joel Antony D'Mello, Coordinator, TECHNOVA- 2018 welcomed the gathering and discussed the evaluation criteria for the projects. The HOD’s of various departments along with the Department coordinators escorted the judges to their respective Departments. A brief inaugural program conducted in the respective departments, where the judges were introduced to the students by the coordinators and welcomed florally, after which the evaluation of the projects were carried out in the various labs. Eight judges evaluated Computer Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering projects. Four judges evaluated Civil Engineering and Electrical & Electronics projects. Six judges evaluated the projects of Electronics and Communication Engineering.

A cash prize of Rs 5,000/ for the First prize, Rs 3,000/ for Second Prize and Rs 3,000 for Innovative Project were distributed in their respective Departments.

Total of 143 projects were exhibited and evaluated. The exhibition was kept open for parents and visitors till 5:00 pm.

ME: Aloha 2018 Farewell to the Class of 2018

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The Department of Mechanical Engineering organised ALOHA 2018 - Farewell to the Class of 2018 on 15^th May 2018, at 02:00 PM in Bishop Aloysius Paul Conference Hall. Dr Joseph Gonsalvis, Principal, SJEC was the Chief Guest for the programme. Dr Sudheer M, Dean-Student Welfare and HOD of the Mechanical Engineering Department was the Guest of Honour, and Dr Raju K., Research Head, Mechanical Engineering at SJEC presided over the function. Mr. Pavana Kumara B, Assistant Professor in the Department convened the function. Mr Jokshith D’souza, Student of VI semester (ME) and Master of Ceremony, formally welcomed the gathering. Dr Shreeranga Bhat, Associate Professor, Mechanical Department raised the toast where he spoke many aspects which will help students to excel in their life. In reply to the toast, Mr Aman Magwin D’Souza from VIII semester M1 section, Ms Nileema Blanch Pereira from VIII semester M2, section and Mr Akash Rai from VIII semester M4 section, evinced their experiences at SJEC during the past four years. 

Next, mementos were distributed to students of M1 and M2 section students by Dr Shreeranga Bhat and Dr Binu KG, Associate Professors of Mechanical Department.

Dr Sudheer M, Dean - Student Welfare and HOD of the Mechanical Engineering Department addressed the gathering. He advised students to be grateful to all the faculties who taught them in their entire engineering studies. He also gave a presentation related to eight rules which must be incorporated in life to be a successful person. He advised the students to take up responsibilities to create a better environment in our society.

This was followed by distribution of mementos to students of M3 and M4 section by Mr. Rudolf Dsouza and Mr. Sushanth Gowda, Assistant Professors of Mechanical Engineering Department.

The President of the function Dr Raju K, delivered the presidential address, congratulated the students for completing their graduation, and wished them all the best for all their future endeavours.

After the presidential address, the office bearers and the association members of SAEINDIA SJEC Collegiate Club, ARC-SJEC, and Torque association received their certificates. The mementos to Turtle-3.0 were also presented during this occasion. 

The chief guest for the day, Dr Joseph Gonsalvis, addressed the gathering where he expressed his experiences teaching the outgoing batch and advised students not to forget the teachers who taught them and also wished them good wishes.

In conclusion, Mr Pavana Kumara, Convener proposed the vote of thanks. 

After the formal program the refreshments were served, and the informal program started at 3:45PM. Students of second and third year had organised various games and activities where all the outgoing students actively took part. The program ended at 5:00PM. 

ME: Computational Fluid Dynamics – Hands-on Training using ANSYS-FLUENT

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The Department of Mechanical Engineering conducted a one-day workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics – Hands-on Training using ANSYS-FLUENT at CAED Laboratory on April 14, 2018. The resource person was Dr Purushothama Chippar, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering. 50 students participated in the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to impart basic knowledge of CFD Modelling using ANSYS FLUENT. 

ARC-SJEC: Workshop on PCB Design and Fabrication

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The Automation and Robotics Club (ARC-SJEC) of SJEC conducted a workshop on PCB Design and Fabrication on 7 April 2018 for its members. Mr Vijay Ganesh, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at SJEC and a Faculty Coordinator of the Club, conducted the Workshop as Resource Person.

The workshop commenced at 9:15 am in the CAMD Lab on third Floor of Academic Block III. Students received a brief introduction about the benefits of PCB design, its applications and detailed insights into the options available for PCB design software in the market.

The session also included discussions on various parameters considered while designing a robot including battery selection, power consumption, size of robot, component placement etc. This formed the basis for the design of the PCB at this workshop.

Students also received a hands-on walkthrough session on Fritzing v0.8.7b - an open-source software for designing PCBs – where they were taught in detail, the various aspects involved in designing a PCB, including placement of component slots, connections between components, wiring thickness, good grounding practices, do’s and don’ts etc.

A brief introduction to double-sided PCBs, its advantages over single-sided PCBs and disadvantages were also dealt with. The workshop concluded at 3:30 pm.

Mr Santhosh H.., Faculty Coordinator of the Club, Mr Uttam Bangera – President and Mr Mohammed Hussainer – Secretary, were also present for the Workshop.

ME: Safety Awareness Program for III year Mechanical Engineering Students at MCF Mangalore

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A Safety Awareness Program for III year Mechanical Engineering Students was conducted section-wise at MCF Mangaluru in the first and last week of April 2018 under the guidance of Prof Somashekaran S., Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at SJEC. This visit to a chemical industry was arranged as a part of the new CBCS syllabus of elective subject - Industrial Safety, for III year students.

The program started with an overview of the industry delivered at the the Leaing and Development Cell at MCF Mangalore. This was done under the supervision of Mrs Jacintha from MCF Mnagalore.  Mr Somashekaran then elaborated on the various departments, the layout, possible hazards and the safety measures present in the industrial setup. This also included several safety measures taken by MCF for the well-being of the general public in the vicinity of the industry. After this brief introduction, Mr Ravichandran explained about how the facility operates during emergency. Students were then taken to the fire safety and control section and the medical facility which was well equipped to overcome fatal incidents. Towards the end, students were taken to the incident safety room where a demonstration about the various tools like oxygen masks, fire resistant suits, alkali resistant safety wear, boots and helmets was given to the students.

The Safety awareness program provided students a good insight into the safety aspects that followed in a processing industry.