The Academic Project Exhibition and Competition for the final year students of Mechanical Engineering Department, organized under the banner TECHNOVA 2017, was held on the Friday, 26 th of May 2017. 50 projects in various streams were exhibited. The projects were divided into three separate streams: Design and Fabrication, Thermal, and Material Science.
The projects were evaluated by a panel of exteal and inteal judges from academia and industry.
Panel of Judges:
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Stream |
Exteal Judge |
Inteal Judge |
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Design |
Mr. Somshekaran.S General Manager Maintenance & Engineering MCF Email: sss@mangalorechemical.com
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Dr. Raju K Professor and Head-Research Centre Department of Mechanical Engineering - SJEC, Mangaluru 575028
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Thermal |
Dr. Shankar K S Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering P. A. College of Engineering Email: shanksks@gmail.com
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Dr. Purushothama C Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering SJEC, Mangaluru 575028
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Material Science |
Dr. Satyanarayan Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Alva's Institute Of Engineering & Technology Email: satyan.nitk@gmail.com
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Dr. James Valder Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering SJEC, Mangaluru 575028
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The prize winners are as follows:
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Prize |
Title of the Project |
Names of the students |
Name of the Guide |
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First |
Design and fabrication of Arec nut Processing Unit |
Vion J Martis Venkatesh Mayya N Gautami Shetty Deepak Divakar Naik |
Mr. Yathish K |
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Second |
Investigation of Vateria Indica Biofuel with minimum fuel processing and without any engine modification |
Joynel Pinto Aldrin J Nazareth Jayadeva P Y Anston Cleevan Pais |
Dr. Raju K Mr. Sushanth H G |
|
Innovative Project |
Multi Functional Andriod controlled robotic arm for cutting drilling and Cleaning operation |
Khalid Mohammed Abdul Razaak Mohammed Zohair Rolwin Winston Carlo |
Mr. Sharun Mendonca |
The judges were welcomed to the exhibition with a brief introduction by Dr Sudheer M, Dean - Student Welfare and HOD - Mechanical Engineering.
The parents and invitees witnessed the exhibition and appreciated the students’ efforts. The students were given useful feedback during the interaction.
The Valedictory program was held at 4:00 pm. Dr. Sudheer M welcomed the dignitaries and participants.
Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Designate Director, honoured the First Prize winners, Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa, Assistant Director honoured the second prize winners and Dr Rio D’Souza, Vice Principal - SJEC gave the award for Most Innovative prize.
Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza addressed the gathering in which he stressed upon the students’ growth and innovativeness.
