Chairman’s Message From The Editor’s DeskGovernment’s initiatives in eGoveranance and the support being extended to IT/ITES companies. Mr. N. R. Panicker, Founder, Executive

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Volume : 10 Issue : 1 January 2013 Price : Rs. 3.00

Chairman’s MessageT.S. Rangarajan

[email protected]

From The Editor’s DeskH.R. Mohan

[email protected]: http://infoforuse.blogspot.comDear Members

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2013.

I hope the New Year has dawned on all ofus brightly. I am already seeing a flurry of activityfrom our student branches and institutions who,after resuming from the year-end holidays, areorganizing a number of events such as conferences

and branch level activities. Their vibrancy and enthusiasm is infectiousand inspiring.

Based on my experience as Chair during the past year, I havecompiled a wish list of what I think we must attempt to improve on themember experience of IEEE.

a. IEEE is for all. Not just one branch of engineering that has takeninitiative to create the student branch through a petition. Everybranch of engineering (and other faculties listed as eligible formembership of IEEE) can gain enormously by participating inIEEE activities. I would like to see all faculties and branchesof an institution represented in the Student Branch of thatInstitute. As an association at the cutting and bleeding edge oftechnology, it is our responsibility to embrace all faculties to shareand gain from each other in a mutually beneficial and sustainablemanner.

b. IEEE events – projects, conferences, programs etc. must bemultidisciplinary in nature. IEEE Ocean Engineering Societyconducts an annual project on autonomous underwater vehicles –where I found students from civil, mechanical, electrical, electronics,ECE, CSE all coming together to work on the prototype. This is truecollaboration. Only when we encourage different disciplines tocollaborate can we develop solutions for the society at large in thetrue spirit of IEEE’s Mission – Advancing Technology for Humanity.

c. IEEE membership must provide differentiation – In westernnations, an IEEE membership distinguishes an individual from thecrowd. It is automatically assumed that an IEEE member has moreawareness of latest developments in his / her field, is better qualified,is inclined to voluntarily contribute to his / her community andsociety and finally has a great network of support. Therefore, allthings being equal, an IEEE member is preferable over others. Thishas to happen in our country too and soon.

As we begin the New Year, all of us are already thinking of howbest we can enhance the member experience of IEEE. I would encourageeach one of you to help us by sharing your feedback and views on whatthe section can do to improve the member experience of IEEE. You caneither post your thoughts in the forum section of our website or email us.

Yours [email protected]

Dear Friends,LINK wishes its readers a HAPPY 2013 in a

very special way - to bring in Prosperity, GoodHealth, Happiness to you and your loved ones.Let the New Year be filled with new hope, newjoy, and new beginnings...... All the best and goodluck for 2013 and once again wishing you a HAPPY

NEW YEAR 2013. Pl. have a look at these inspirational clips:• The Road to Happiness: http://goo.gl/OkTV9• If Life is a Game, these are the Rules: http://goo.gl/3aojxOur chairman, in his message has provided a wish list to improve on

the member experience of IEEE and looking for feedback on the activitiesduring 2012.

IEEE India Council is being represented by three of our MadrasSection members. LINK congratulates Dr. M. Ponnavaikko - Chairmanof IEEE IC, Major V.V. Chandrasekharan (Retd) - Secretary cum Treasurerof IEEE IC and Mr. H.R. Mohan - Editor of the Newsletter of IEEE IC.

LINK is pleased to announce that the approval has come from IEEEHQ for starting the IEEE Education Society in the Madras Section under theinitiatives of Prof. Darwin and Prof. Ramalatha. One more feather on our cap.

Congrats to Dr. V. Lakshmi Narasimhan, Professor, East CarolinaUniversity, USA & ACM Distinguished Speaker whose DLP is being organizedby IEEE CS for becoming the Distinguished Speaker of IEEE CS. We canhave his lectures on a wide range of topics available at http://goo.gl/1SFMV IEEE SBs interested may pl. contact [email protected]

Abridged reports on the events held at the following institutions arepublished in this issue of LINK:

M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women; Government College of Engg,Tirunelveli; Kongu Engg College; Shree Motilal Kanhaiyalal Fomra Inst.of Tech.; Kumaraguru College of Tech.; Sri Muthukumaran Inst. of Tech.;Ranganathan Engg College; M. Kumarasamy College of Engg; SriRamakrishna Engg College; Coimbatore Inst. of Engg and Tech.;Muthayammal Engg College; Jeppiaar Engg College; Velammal EnggCollege; Aarupadai Veedu Inst. of Tech.

The other items published in the LINK include: Reports on theactivities of IEEE Computer Society during Nov & Dec 2012, FDP on“A Research Perspective Issues on Human Computer Interaction (HCI)= Ubiquitous + Pervasive + Haptic Technologies”, IEEE CS, WIE &GOLD seminar on “E-Governance for developing countries”, PathfinderWorkshop on Entrepreneurial Thinking by the Student Network & R10GOLD, an interesting article on “Solar Powered Aircraft”, Brief Reviewsof the books – “Electromagnetic Field Theory and Transmission Lines”& “Signals and Systems” and Motivational Quotes for 2013.

The AGM of the Madras Section is scheduled on 9th Feb 2013 andan announcement in this regard is also published in this issue of LINK.We look forward to seeing you all at the AGM.

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IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 10 Issue : 1 January 2013

The IEEE Madras Section in associationwith IEEE SB, National Engineering CollegeNEC), Kovilpatti organized a FacultyDevelopment Programme (FDP) on the topic“A Research Perspective Issues on HumanComputer Interaction (HCI) = Ubiquitous +Pervasive + Haptic Technologies.” on 30th Novand 1st Dec 2012. This was the 23rd FDP in aseries of programs aimed at improving thequality of teaching in Engineering Colleges inTamilnadu.

At the inaugural function which waspresided by Dr. Kn. K. S. K Chockalingam,Director, NEC, Dr. B. Paramasivan welcomed

FDP on “A Research Perspective Issues on Human Computer Interaction (HCI)= Ubiquitous + Pervasive + Haptic Technologies”

the gathering and Dr. N. Kumarappan, deliveredthe inaugural address. Dr. S. Radha Krishanan,Senior Professor/CSE, Kalasalingam Universitydelivered the special address.

The resource persons for the programwere Dr. S. Radha Krishan, Senior Professor/CSE, Kalasalingam University; Dr. V.Vijayarangan, Dean/TCP, NEC; Dr. V. Kavitha,Director/CSE, University College ofEngineering, Nagercoil; Dr. M. K. Kavitha Devi,Assistant Professor/IT, Thiyagarajar College ofEngineering, Madurai; Dr. V. Vaidehi, Professor/Electronics, MIT Campus, Anna University,Chennai; Dr. V. Gomathi, Associate

Professor(SG)/CSE, NEC and Mr. B. SenthilKumar, Usability Manager, CSC India Pvt.Ltd., Chennai. The topics covered included:Evaluation of Pervasive Computing for realworld applications; An Overview, HCI-Needsevaluation and future; Recent Trends andResearch Issues in Cloud Computing; AnOverview, Haptic Devices; Application of WSNfor Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing;Haptic Technologies and Application of HapticTechnologies.

The programme was attended by 39faculty members of colleges and universitiesfrom all over Tamilnadu. The program receivedan excellent feedback from all the participants.The FDP provided an excellent opportunity tolisten to the experts. At the valedictory function,Dr. V. Gomathi and Dr. M. WlljuiceIruthayarajan distributed the certificates to theparticipants. The coordinators of this FDP wereDr. N. Kumarappan, Professor, AnnamalaiUniversity and IEEE Madras SectionEducational Activity Chair, Dr. B. Paramasivan,Professor and Head/CSE, NEC, and Dr. M.Wlljuice Iruthayarajan, Associate professor andHead/EEE, NEC.

Report by Dr.N. Kumarappan,[email protected]

International Conference onCommunication, Computing andInformation Technology

M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women

Mr. Atul Anand, IAS, Managing Director,ELCOT inaugurated the conference and releasedthe proceedings and spoke about theGovernment’s initiatives in eGoveranance andthe support being extended to IT/ITEScompanies. Mr. N. R. Panicker, Founder,Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer

and Managing Director, Accel Frontline Ltd., inhis presidential address shared his experienceas an entrepreneur and advised the participantsto be innovative in the highly competitive globalenvironment.

The conf. aimed at fostering communicationamong Academia, Research Scholars, IndustryProfessionals and students working with acommon interest to improve the researchoutcomes. Out of 205 papers received, 88 wereselected after a careful review process. Theselected papers will be published in theInternational Journal of Computer Applications(IJCA). The conf. attracted 400 participantsfrom academia and industry from all over thecountry and abroad.

In the conf. 63 papers were presented inparallel sessions in the areas of CommunicationNetworks, Information Technology, DataMining, Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence DigitalElectronics, Computing, Cloud Computing andSoftware Engineering. Senior academicianschaired the sessions and coordinated thepresentations.

Invited talks by eminent academicians andindustry professionals were delivered as detailedbelow:

The Department of Computer Science,M.O.P.Vaishnav College for Women,Autonomous, Chennai-34 in association withNASSCOM, IEEE, IEEE Computer Societyand International Journal of ComputerApplications organized an InternationalConference on Communication, Computing and

Information Technology–ICCCMIT 2012 at thecollege premises on 21st and 22nd Dec 2012.

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• Mr. K Purushothaman, Regional Director,NASSCOM discussed in detail about thevarious e-governance programmes and howthe industry and institutes can interfacewith Government.

• Dr. R. Baskaran, Associate Prof., Dept. ofCSE, Anna University dealt with theimplications of research to the common manand also dealt with the profoundimplications of C.S research in the fields ofhealthcare.

• Dr. Nagesh, Head, High performancecomputing, HCL gave a new dimensionabout parallel and distributed systems.

• Mr. Saravanan Thambusamy, VicePresident – Technology, AllsecTechnologies Ltd. delivered a captivating/intriguing/absorbing session on theapplications of data mining to real worldproblems. An interesting snippethighlighted by him is the use of data miningtools to analyze voter opinions in the recentUS presidential elections.

• Dr. T.V. Gopal, Chairman, CSI DivisionII(Software) and Professor, College ofEngineering, Anna University enlightenedthe audience about the importance ofdesign and efficiency of software andemphasized on its impact by citing variousexamples ranging from rocket science today-to-day computer application.

• Mr.Govind Srinivasan, Head, ApplicationManagement Systems, Take Solutions,


highlighted as to how the cloud computingin future will shape the world and will resultin reduction of cost in maintaininginfrastructure.

• Dr. Devendra Jalihal, Assistant Professor,Department of Electrical Engineering, IITMadras talked about RuTAG-Ruraltechnology action group Spoke on howtechnology can be used for ruraldevelopment.

• Mr. Senthil Nallasamy, Chief Mentor,Hope Factory delivered a thoughtprovoking session on giving birth topervasive computing which is the hybridof distributed and mobile computing.

• Ms. Vidya Rajagopalan, Senior Manager –IT, Yahoo, USA elaborated on Mobilecomputing - a revolution happening inbusiness system right now.

The highlight of the conf. was a PanelDiscussion on “Industry Institute Interface”moderated by Dr. K. Nirmala Prasad, Principal,MOP Vasihanv College with the followingpanelists who had analyzing the issues andpresented solutions for better interface betweenindustry and institutions.

• Ms.Sundari Ramakrishnan, Asst. Dean,Nataional Management School

• Dr.Thangam Meganathan, Chairperson,Rajalakshmi Engineering College

• Dr.S.Vaidhya Subramaniam, IndianOverseas Bank Chair, Professor of

Management, Dean – Planning &Development, SASTRA University

• Dr. Anbu Rathinavel, Senior Vice President& Dean, Nalanda Corporate University

• Mr. Chandrasekhar Chenniappan, CountryHR Manager Global Delivery ApplicationServices-India, Hewlett-Packard

• Mr.M.C.Parameswaran, Asst.VicePresident, Aricent Group

The conf. concluded with a Valedictorysession in which Dr. V. Jayaraman, SatishDawan Professor & Senior Advisor(SpaceApplications), ISRO, Bangalore, FormerlyDirector, National Remote Sensing Centre,Hyderabad delivered the valedictory addressexplaining how the computing andcommunication which grew over the years havenow merged and become pervasive and realitiesin the over dependence of technology. Mr. H.R. Mohan, Associate Vice President (Systems)at The Hindu and the Chairman of IEEEComputer Society and Interface to technicalsocieties at ACM & CSI presided over thefunction and highlighted the importance of thetechnical associations in keeping abreast withthe ever changing information andcommunication technologies and also briefed onthe trends in ICT and how our country isprogressing to become a super power in IT.Ms. Radha, HOD, MCA presented the conf.highlights and Ms. Sakthi Kumaresh, AssociateProfessor, Dept. of Computer Science proposedthe vote of thanks.

Inauguration of IEEE SB

Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli

The inaugural function of the IEEEStudent Branch took place on 17th Oct 2012.Prof. P. Selvam, SB Counselor welcomed thegathering. Dr. D. Shalin Punithavathini, Principalgave presidential address and ignited a spark inthe young minds of all the PG students about

the important role of IEEE in enhancing thetechnical knowledge in the field of ElectricalEngineering. The SB was formally inauguratedby the chief guest Dr.A. Willjuice Irudhayaraj,Associate Professor & HOD/EEE, NationalCollege of Engineering, Kovilpatti who in his

address, briefed on the significance and benefitsof the IEEE membership and also emphasizedthe role and responsibilities of SB Counselorand OBs are encouraged for conducting varioustechnical events such as workshop, seminars.The Program ended with the vote of thanks byMs. P. Anandhi, Chairman of SB.

AVANZARE’13National Level Technical

Symposium onInnovation, Challenges in

Electronics and IT13th and 14th Feb, 2013 at Erode

Organised byKongu Engineering College, Erode

For participation, please contactN.Gokulsankar

Chairman-IEEE SBPhone: 9003704945

Email: [email protected]

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STEP Program

Kongu Engineering College

The IEEE Madras Section GOLDAffinity Group in association with IEEE SBorganized the Student Transition and ElevationPartnership (STEP) program on 15th Dec 2012to promote and encourage graduating studentsto continue with IEEE upon graduation asprofessional members. The event had anexcellent response and had a turnout of 44Graduating Student members from variouscolleges and 7 GOLD members.

Prof. K. Narayanan, Staff coordinator ofIEEE, in his address congratulated the SB forthe efforts in conducting the STEP event andexplained the benefits of GOLD membership.Prof. S. Elangovan, Vice Chairman, IEEE MadrasGOLD Affinity Group addressed the vision andmission of STEP Program and encouraged thestudents to do research in specific area and comeup with new solutions for society. The GOLDmembers during an interactive session sharedtheir experience with IEEE and how it helpedthem in their career. This was followed byactivities conducted by Mr. Jeffrin and Mr. Arun

from St. Xaviers Catholic College ofEngineering.

Mr. Indrasen Raghupatruni, RobertBosch Engineering and Business Solutions Ltd,Coimbatore in his lecture enlightened theparticipants on ‘Hybrid Vehicles’. He explainedthe safe driving and also about the variouscurrent technologies that are implemented byBOSCH. He shared with the audience, histhoughts and challenging episodes from hisprofessional life to enrich the young graduateson the challenges and risks associated in becominga professional by building a successful background.

Participation certificates were given to allthe students who attended the programme. Theevent ended with the vote of thanks by Ms. S.Pavya Bharathi, Joint Secretary, WIE-KEC.

VORDOZO’12 - An EnvironmentalAwareness Programme

As a part of creating awareness amongstudents on environmental issues the IEEE-WIE

SB organized the event “VORDOZO’12” on27th Dec 2012. About 150 students activelyparticipated in this event. The office bearersplanted saplings in the college campus.Multimedia and poster presentations on thetheme of environmental awareness andprotection were made by the students. Essayand drawing competition were conducted toexpose the hidden talents of the students on thesame field. An interesting event of naturalphotography was also conducted in whichstudents came up with good natural scenesaround the college.

Technical Awareness Program

The WIE SB conducted a TechnicalAwareness Programme for a team of studentsbelonging to a W.J Care Centre, Perundurai,Erode an orphanage home on 29th Dec 2012.About 15 members & OBs volunteered for thisevent. There were about 32 students fromvarious standards (3rd – 8th) to whom thevolunteers conducted various events like cottoncandy, musical chair, on the spot dancing,singing, minute drawing, etc. The volunteersextended their hands in helping the childrenthrough various means like funds and materialsrequired by them. At the end of the event, thewinning students were presented withcertificates and chocolates.

National Seminar on Power Quality

Shree Motilal Kanhaiyalal Fomra Institute of Technology

A one day National Seminar on PowerQuality Issues, Problems and Solutions wasconducted on 21st Dec 2012 Dr. V. T.Ramachandran, IET Vice Chairman, Chennai wasthe Chief Guest. Dr. A. Suresh, HoD/EEEpresented in detail about the programme. Dr R.Raja, Principal welcomed the gathering and Dr.

T. Srinivasan, Dean offered felicitation. About60 participants from various Engineeringcolleges and Industries attended the seminar.

Dr. C. Sharmila, Professor, Departmentof Chemical Technology, Anna University,Chennai, in her talk on Power Quality problems,

detailed about the fundamental challenges facedby power consumers and reiterated the need tobecome familiar with, and stay informed aboutissues dealing with power quality. The next talkwas about the Power Quality problems,harmonics and the customers interested inpower quality concerns, utility representativeswho deal directly with these customers andutility engineers by Dr V.Rajni, Professor, Dept.of EEE, SSN College of Engineering. In the postlunch session, Dr. A. N Arvindan, Professor,Dept. of EEE, SSN college of Engineering spokeon Power Quality solutions and IEEE Standard519-1992. After the certificates distribution, theseminar ended with vote of thanks by Mr.Miracle Ebenezer, Dept. of EEE.

Report by: Mr.V.P.Ramsampath,[email protected]

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A unique programme on “StressManagement through Meditation andMusic” to realise the power of the mind for ahealthy life & role of music in controlling themind comprising of a lecture on” Body, Mind,Stress, Disease and Music Therapy based onChakras” delivered by Dr. P. S. Lalitha, ReikiGrandmaster & Acupuncturist and Founder-Art of Healing and a guided meditation for self-healing and for relaxing the mid & body throughfamous Tamil compositions rendered by PadmaSeshadri Sisters Randhini-Roshini. PadmaBhushan, Kalaimamani Smt. P. Susheela,Playback singer was the Chief Guest at theevent held on 17th Nov 2012.

A presentation on “Business ExcellenceThrough Sustainable Change Management”by Dr. Manu K. Vora, Chairman and President,Business Excellence, Inc. & Past Vice President,American Society for Quality was organized on24th Nov 2012 by IEEE CS, TMC, CSI & ASQ.

Activities of IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter during Nov – Dec 2012A “Techie Music Festival” was

organized by CSI, IEEE CS and PDMA Chennaion 8th Dec 2012 in which two IT professionalspresented concerts which included a VocalConcert by Sri Mohan Santhanam and a FluteConcert by Sri K. Bhaskaran & Party.

A one day seminar on “E-Governancefor developing countries” was organized atKumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatoreon 11th Dec 2012 by the Dept. of IT, KumaraguruCollege of Technology, Coimbatore incollaboration with IEEE CS, GOLD and WIE. Adetailed report appears elsewhere in this issue.

A presentation by Mr. Harjinder SinghLallie, Senior Teaching Fellow (Cyber-Security),University of Warwick, UK on “The ChangingCyber-Security Landscape” was organized asa part of Computer Security Day celebrationson 6th Dec 2012 by IEEE CS, IEEE TMC, CSI,ASQ and ISACA.

An International Conference on“Communication, Computing and InformationTechnology” was organized by the Dept. ofComputer Science, M.O.P.Vaishnav College forWomen, in association with IEEE, IEEEComputer Society, NASSCOM and IJCA on21st and 22nd Dec 2012 at Chennai. A detailedreport appears elsewhere in this issue.

NCVESCOM 20136th National Conference on

VLSI, Embedded Systems, SignalProcessing & Communication

Technologies3rd April 2013 at Chennai

Organized byDepartment of ECE

Aarupadai Veedu Institute of TechnologySupported by

IEEE Communications SocietyIEEE Computer Society

IETE Chennai CentreComputer Society India (Div IV)

Broadcast Engineering Society, ChennaiLast Date for Paper Submission : 23.02.2013

For details, pl. contactProf. D. Vijendra Babu

Email: [email protected]: www.avit.ac.in

THE INSTITUTE OFELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC.

MADRAS SECTION

Major V.V. Chandrasekharan, SecretaryIEEE Madras Section, Room No: 3, ISTE Professional Center,

Gandhi Mandapam Road, Chennai – 600 025Ph: 2442 3939 Cell : 93823 28776 Email ID: [email protected]

PROGRAMME• Welcome Address- Chairman • Installation of the new Office

Bearers• Approval of the Minutes of the Previous AGM. • Appointment of Auditors• Presentation of - Secretary’s Report • Vote of Thanks

- Treasurer’s Report

Dear Members,

The Annual General Body Meeting of the IEEE Madras Section is scheduled tobe held on Saturday, the 9th of February 2013 at 6.00 p.m. at Conference Hall,Alumni Centre, College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai – 600 025. The meetingwill be followed by dinner. Kindly make it convenient to attend the same.

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A one day seminar on “E-Governance fordeveloping countries” was organized atKumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatoreon 11th Dec 2012 by the Dept. of IT incollaboration with IEEE Computer Society,GOLD and Women in Engineering.

Mr. John Walz, President of ComputerSociety, IEEE USA was the chief guest andaddressed the participants on “E-Governmentthrough Information & CommunicationsTechnology (ICT)” and provided a globalperspectives.

Mr. H.R. Mohan, Associate VP Systems,The Hindu and Chair of IEEE ComputerSociety, Madras was the guest of honour andpresented a session on “Indian E-GovernanceInitiatives” and highlighted the various schemesimplemented by the Govt. of India.

In a panel discussion, moderated by Dr.S. Thangasamy, Dean (R&D), Kumaraguru

Seminar on “E-Governance for developing countries”College of Technology, the panelists Mr. JohnWalz and Mr. Mohan dealt with various issuesand challenges associated with E-Governancesuch as: E-Governance meaning and applicability;Reasons for adopting E-Governance; Nature ofIndian citizens response to E-GovernanceInitiative; E-Governance Plan and Implementation;India’s preparations for E-Governance; IEEEE-Governance Initiative; National E-GovernancePlan; and Applications and their impact onIndian Citizens.

A number of key messages and outcomeswith recommendations devised as a result ofthe seminar like,

• E-Governance initiative of IndianGovernment should be made publicallyaccessible.

• Actions should be taken while planningand implementing E-Governance systems

with due consideration for poor anddowntrodden people.

• Involvement of engineering/Computerscience based students is mandatory forpopularizing the E-Governance initiativeamong the rural population of thecountry.

• The participants were urged to takeu p p r o j e c t s o n E - G o v e r n a n c eimplementation.

Dr. Ramalatha Marimuthu, Chair, WIEand Prof. S. Karthik, Dept. of IT at KCTcoordinated in orgnasing this seminar.

IEEE XTREME 6.0

IEEE SMIT SB organized the IEEEXtreme event, which puts the programmingskills of students to challenge on 20th Oct 2012.In this 24-hour programming event, 14 teams of3 members each took part. Students were tensedand overjoyed at the same time. It was a greatsense of pride for SMIT management, staff andfellow students when the team ‘WildCodes’with members Vikash Koushik, G. Aparna andS. Viknesh from the CSE department, securedthe 427th rank at the international level andbagged the 2nd place in Madras Section. Theevent was hosted under the guidance of thePrincipal Dr. Sankara Narayanan and theDirector Mrs. Kalyani.

Report by: Pooja Vijayaraj,[email protected] &

M. Prasanth, [email protected]

SURVELUTION Event

The ultimate success of SURVELUTION(survey + solution) Event started up with agreeting message from Mr. RamakrishnaKappagantu, IEEE Region 10 Director Elect2013-2014. The main intention ofSURVELUTION event is to minimize theelectricity consumed by the CSE departmentSMIT. Various ideas regarding energyconservation were brought out by the buddingengineers and the methods to implement thoseideas were discussed.

Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology

The IEEE Computer Society SBorganised this event on 14th Nov 2012. The IEEECS members after calculating the total powerconsumed in the CSE department, suggestedways to reduce unwanted consumption. Themembers were so active enough examining thenumber of ceiling fans, tube lights, computersand printers running in their department andthe amount of power it is consuming per hour.Each student was given a chance to express theirown and innovative ideas and solutions andmethods to implement their ideas. Finally, thereports were prepared and submitted to themanagement. The entire event was hosted underthe guidance of the Mrs. B. Thenkalvi, ChapterAdviser IEEE CS and Mr. S. Govindan, HOD/CSE.

National Energy Conservation Day

The National Energy Conservation Daywas celebrated with many online events on 14thDec 2012. The online events included

Conservation Quest (Quiz), Green Plan Contest(Idea to conserve energy), Catchphrase Contest(slogan) and Photography Contest. The winnersand the runners of the online events as follows:Conservation Quest: Winner: V. Praveen Kumar(3rd year CSE), Runner: N. Venkata Vignesh (3rd

year EEE); Green Plan Contest: Winner: E. Pari(4th year CSE), Runner: Tribhuban Jha (2nd yearCSE); Photography Contest: Winner: D.Mahendran (3rd year CSE). The winners andrunners of the online events were presented withmerit certificates.

Report by: K. Sindhuja,[email protected]

The IEEE Madras Section’s 24th FDPwill be on “Electronic Design Automationfor VLSI and Graphical System Designfor communications & DSP” at JeppiaarEngineering College. Formal announcement& communication will be sent to all shortly.

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FDP on “Virtual Instrumentation UsingLabview”

A faculty development program on“Virtual Instrumentation Using Labview” wasorganised during 4-6, Dec 2012. 23 facultymembers from EEE, ECE & MechanicalDepartments participated. Mr. Kamalakannan,Academic Trainer from National instruments,

Ranganathan Engineering College Bangalore was the resource person andtaught the faculty the basic concepts in “LabVIEW” software. He also explained the core1and core 2 programming including the threeinstructions “Acquire, Analyze & Display”.He also covered how the connections are doneusing a virtual instrumentation in an automationsystem.

Report by: J. Mohan

Talk Show

M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering

Student Awareness Lecture on “Vision forFuture”

A Student Awareness Lecture on “Visionfor the Future” by Mr. T.P. Govindan Director,Electrical Research & Development Association(ERDA), Baroda was organized on 27th Nov2012. Dr. N. R. Alamelu, Principal deliveredthe presidential address and Prof.S.P.Raj

Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College Kumar, HoD/EEE welcomed the gathering.Around 130 participants (including ResearchScholars, UG Students) attended the programmewhich was coordinated by K. BalamuruganSB Counselor. The objective of the programwas to train engineers in design & study onexperimental analysis behavior strategicallywith verification and test suiting themselves asan personnel for the industrial environment.

Report by: K Balamurugan

IEEE Communications Society SB hosteda non- technical event ‘TALK SHOW’ on

various current and innovative topics on 28th

Dec 2012. The event was conducted

meticulously and successfully by the staffcoordinators Mr.G.ShanmugaVadivel Lect/ECEand Mrs. V.Nirmala Lect/ ECE. Mrs. MalligaAHoD of ECE presided over and Mr. C.Nandagopal Lect/ECE was the chief guest ofthe occasion.

The talk show saw over fifty participantsand 25 finalists were selected to presentthemselves. The student aspirants rose to theoccasion and gave a commendable show. In theend of a tough competition a winner and tworunner ups were decided by the judges and wereawarded with cash prizes. An individual BESTCOMMUNICATOR award was also presented.

Report by: Ms. S. M. Bhuvani,[email protected]

Section Membership as on1st January 2013

Life Fellow - 3Fellow - 2Life Senior - 10Senior Member - 110Life Member - 4Member - 2397Associate - 256Affliate - 22Graduate Student Member - 1005Student Member - 8312Total - 12121

Seminar on “Android Development”

Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and TechnologyChief Guest, Mr.Venkatesan, Director, KCSInformation Pvt. Ltd., Trichy who in hisaddress covered the following:

• Introduction to Android, Basic AndroidUser Interface Components

• Other Android Components, AndroidDevelopment Tools

• Android Application Architecture,Android Applications

The seminar was attended by about 60participants and they were given theparticipation certificate at the end of the seminar.

Report by: Saravanan.B,[email protected]

A one day seminar on “AndroidDevelopment”, sponsored by IEEE MadrasSection was organized on 5th Nov 2012. Mr. B.Saravanan, SB Counselor welcomed thegathering and Dr. N. Nagarajan, Principaldelivered the presidential address. Mr. VivekSrikumar, Student Coordinator introduced the


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FDP on “Latest Trends in EDA forCommunication, Electronics and VLSITechnology”

The IEEE SB in association with TridentTechlabs Pvt. Ltd., Chennai organized a oneday FDP on “Latest Trends in EDA forCommunication, Electronics and VLSITechnology” on 21st Dec 2012. Dr. S. Nirmala,HOD/ECE welcome the gathering and Dr. M.Madheswaran, Principal inaugurated the eventand advised that the faculty should improve

MuthayammalEngineering College

their practical skills by using the latest toolslike Electronic Design Automation (EDA).

Mr. S. Shivananth, Regional Manager andMr. M. Ganesh, Application Engineer fromTrident Tech Labs Pvt. Ltd., Chennai were theresource persons. They gave demonstration forlatest trends and experiments in VLSI Designlab, Electronic System Design lab,Communication System and Digital SignalProcessing lab. The hands on training includeddemonstration of recent software like Visim,Tanner and Mentor Graphics. About 50participants from various institutionsparticipated in this FDP. At the valedictory

function, Mrs. K. Priyameenakshi AssistantProfessor/ECE proposed the vote of thanks.

Report by: N. K. Shankar,[email protected]

Inauguration of WIE AG

Jeppiaar Engineering College — Activities held during the year 2012

Adding another feather into its cap, IEEESB of JEC inaugurated its Women inEngineering (WIE) Affinity Group on 19th

Jan 2012. A debate contest was organized withto evoke the already enlightened students. In asession “AN INSIGHT ON WIE”, inviteesenlightened the audience with the mission ofWIE “To facilitate the recruitment and retentionof women in technical disciplines globally” andthe scope of WIE. In the afternoon, whileinaugurating the event, Mrs. RamalathaMarimuthu, Chairman, WIE, R10 spoke abouthow her association with WIE started and alsoelaborated on the STAR program and SangamamProject. This was followed by an informativeand thought-provoking talk by Ms. Helene HoiYing Fun, strategic planning manager, IEEESingapore.

The SB organized a tech film on 27th

Jan 2012 with a view to inculcate technicalknow-how among its student members. Thethemes such as i-phone5, roll top, computerpens, and transparent smart window wereillustrated by Mr.Krishna and Mr. Sanjay (EIE).The manufacturing section of Mercedes Benzwas explained by Mr. Sam Sanders and Mr.Santhosh (EIE). Eye fi’s features was handledby Ms. Madhu Bala and Ms.Sri Lakshmi

(CSE).The participants explained the conceptsto the extent. Mr.Vijayraghavan (EEE)highlighted the event with his video presentationon Eurofighter typhoon.

A group of nearly 30 IEEE studentmembers of JEC IEEE SB attended “IEEEstudent congress” at Thiagarajar Collegeof engineering, Madurai on 28th Jan 2012. Ourcollege students, Mr. JEFFRIES (EEE) wonthe first prize of Rs. 1500/- in hardware contestand Mr. MANOJ PANDIAN (CSE) wonthe first prize of Rs: 1500/- in softwarecontest.

A group of SB members participatedin the event INDUSTRYUS‘12, a tech feastof creativity, technology and industry whichwas organized by All Kerala StudentCongress (AKSC) and hosted by FederalInstitute of Science And Technology (FISAT),Angamaly, Cochin, Kerala and held during 10-12, Aug 2012.

Nine students from JEC IEEE SB tookpart in the All India Student Congress 2012hosted by the Bangalore Section at the RevaInstitute of Technology and Management during27-30, Sep 2012.

IEEE COMSOC: Hands-on Verilog HDLWorkshop

The IEEE ComSoc Chapter conductedits very first workshop on VERILOG-HDL on19th Oct 2012. The workshop conducted bythe ECE final year students-Mr. Nivas R, Mr.Sam Gladio, Mr. Sabareeshwar, Mr. Rajesh andMs. Apoorva P Naidu was attended by thirdyear ECE students.

Global Humanitarian TechnologyConference 2012

Mr. Anand B, Mr. Antony Venus A J,Mr. Freddy Simon P, active and vibrant studentmembers from JEC IEEE SB who had co-authored the paper “Stand-Alone RenewableHybrid Power Generation System”, representedthe section and branch in the GlobalHumanitarian Technology Conference 2012(GHTC’12) presented by IEEE and held inSeattle, Washington, USA during 21-24, Oct2012. Apart from this paper, this team membershave also won in various other stages like IEEERegion 10 Humanitarian Technology Activities

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2012 project award with $480 for their project,IEEE Region 10 Student Paper Contest 2012(Under Graduate) paper award with $150 fortheir paper & First place in IEEE HumanitarianPage Contest 2012, conducted by IEEE SpecialInterest group on Humanitarian Technology(SIGHT).

The Induction Program for the 1st yearstudents was held at JEC on 2nd Nov 2012.Students spanning over five departments thatincluded CSC, EEE, E&I, ECE and IT attendedthe event. The session was officially introducedby the Chairman Mr. Manoj Reddy G. Ms.Shoby G, WIE Vice Chairman gave a briefoverview about IEEE which was then explainedin detail by Ms.Madhuri Pendyala. The SBVideo by Ms.Nivedhita R, WIE Treasurer andMs.Shalini S which highlighted the events andachievements of the SB since its inception wasthen screened. Mr. Sharon Roy, Treasurer andMs.Kamakshi Kaviarasu highlightrd on thebenefits that can be garnered through IEEE. Afteran ice breaking activity was conducted byMs.Shoby and Ms.Krithika. Ms.Madhuri K P,WIE Chairman and Ms. Apoorva P Naidu, WIESecretary explained about WIE Affinity Group.Mr. Jeffries P, Our Treasurer gave out the detailsregarding the membership registration. Thesession ended on a high note with a succinct

video presented by Mr. Nivas Ravichandranwhich dispelled the myth that IEEE membershipfee is expensive.

Grace Hopper celebration of Women inComputing India

Grace Hopper celebration of Women inComputing India was presented by AnitaBorg Institute for Women and Technology andACM India during 12-14, Dec 2012 atBangalore. Five of IEEE-WIE volunteers,Harini Vasu, Fathima Nargis, Niveditha R,Tracey, Wafa Waheedha from Jeppiaarengineering College represented the IEEEMadras Section and its branch in this

productive conference. It was a greatpleasure in having discussion with TelleWhitney, Co-Founder, Grace HopperCelebration, President & CEO ABI for Womenand Technology. Workshop on Innovationby Anthropology by Lalit Ravishankar,

Goldman Sachs was extremely useful inknowing better about the costumer to identifytheir needs and satisfy their requirements.The participants were overwhelmed in joyfor getting gifts and goodies and the luckydraw prizes from different sponsor of theconference.

Compiled by: Apoorva P Naidu,[email protected]

DLP on “An Overview of Issues in NanoComputing”

Velammal Engineering College

Nano computing, technical issues in Nanocomputing, how Nano computing can be donethrough molecular computing, How Nanotechnology is applied in IT, Energy, Medicine,Consumer goods, NASA mission needs,Semiconductor nano materials, Significance ofnanowires, Carbon nanotubes fluoresce at rightwave length for seeing internal organs, Nanotechnology in Sports, Military applications ofNano technology, Nano computing throughNano memory, Health and environmentalconcerns of Nano technology, Potential humanhazards of Nano scale particulates, Nanosoftware, Atomistix toolkit, etc.,

His talk had appropriately educated allthe audience about the niceties and issues inNano technolgy and Nano computing. It wasquite well prepared talk and the presentationwas extraordinary and appreciated by all theparticipants. The knowledge and style of deliveryhas attracted everybody. Mr. Saravanan, facultymember of VEC proposed the vote of thanksand appropriately acknowledged the IEEEComputer Society for sponsoring this programmeto our College with a particular mention aboutthe efforts of its Chairman, Shri. H.R. Mohan.

Report by: Dr. V. Yegnanarayanan,[email protected]

The IEEE Computer Society MadrasChapter supported ACM Distinguished LectureProgramme by Dr V. Lakshmi Narasimhan,Professor, Computer Science, East CarolinaUniversity, USA on the topic “An Overview ofIssues in Nano Computing” was held on 8th Jan2013.

Dr. V. Yegnanarayanan, Senior Professor,VEC and Senior Member IEEE welcomed thegathering. Dr V. Lakshmi Narasimhan began histalk mentioning about ACM and the advantagesof joining ACM. Then during the course of hislecture, covered the following aspects ofNanotechnology and Nano computing: Nanoscale, Nano material, Brief history, Nanotechnology for Nature, broad areas of Nanotechnology, Challenges and opportunities in

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Workshop on Android and its applications

Aarupadai Veedu Institute of TechnologyIEEE Computer Society Branch Chapter,

AVIT and Dept. of IT organized a one daynational level workshop on “Android and itsapplications” on 8th Jan 2013. Dr. J. Shanmugam,Principal, AVIT delivered the presidentialaddress. Dr. A. Anthony Irudhayaraj, Dean (IT)briefed the theme of the workshop andimportance of Android and its applications. Mr.C. Karthikeyan, HoD/IT welcomed the gathering.

Around 50 delegates including facultymembers and students participated in theworkshop. Mr. Senthil Murugan, Team Lead,Pantech ProEd Pvt.Ltd., Chennai, gave anoverview of J2ME and Mr. Arunkumar,Sr. Software Developer, and Mr. Selvakumar,FAE, Pantech ProEd Pvt.Ltd., Chennai,dealt with Android and its advantages. Theworkshop end with the vote of thanks by Ms.J. Mary Praveena Asst. Prof. (IT).

Electromagnetic Field Theory andTransmission Lines

Author: Gottapu Sasibhushana Rao,Published by: Wiley India, Pages: 436. PriceRs. 349/=

This is a comprehensive textbook designedto cover almost all the topics of electromagneticfield theory, transmission lines and waveguides.The theoretical basics are analyzed and physicalinterpretations are presented in an appropriatemanner. The concepts are explained with thehelp of illustrations, diagrams and appropriateexamples that follow the topic. Key equationsand formulae have been highlighted. In addition,each chapter includes summary, multiple-choicequestions and review questions that greatlyassist in revision of the chapter. A useful Glossaryis also presented at the end of the book.

Books The subject is covered in 10 chaptersnamely: Review of Coordinate Systems andVector Analysis; Electrostatics; Magnetostatics;Maxwell’s Equations; Electromagnetic WaveCharacteristics I; Electromagnetic WaveCharacteristics II; Guided Waves; TransmissionLines I; Transmission Lines II; Waveguides.

This book serves as both text andreference book for students and teachers of UG,PG courses in Electronics & Communication,Electronics & Telecommunication, Electrical &Electronics Engineering, Computer Science &Engineering, and Information Technology.

Signals and Systems

Author: V. Krishnaveni & A. Rajeswari,Published by Wiley India, pages: 664. Price Rs.449/=

This book presents the theory andconcepts of Signals and Systems through

analytical examples in a simple and lucid manner.This book is designed for a one-semester UGlevel course in Signals and Systems, for studentsin Electronics and Communication, Electricaland Electronics and Computer Science &Engineering, Information Technology,Instrumentation & Controls and BiomedicalEngineering programs.

The book is also valuable for PG studentsand practicing engineers for reviewing the basicsof signals and systems. This textbook coverstopics ranging from Introduction to signals andsystems, Continuous-time (CT) and discrete-time (DT) signals and systems, Analysis of linearand time-invariant systems, Continuous-timeFourier series, Continuous-time Fouriertransform, Discrete-time Fourier series, Discrete-time Fourier transform, Sampling andquantization, Laplace transform and z-Transform.MATLAB codes for all the chapters are givenalong with a brief introduction to MATLAB.

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Congratulations

LINK congratulates Dr. M. Ponnavaikko,Past Chairman of IEEE Madras Section

for becoming the Chairman ofIEEE India Council for the year 2012

Congratulations

LINK congratulatesMajor V.V. Chandrasekharan (Retd)

Secretary of IEEE Madras Sectionfor becoming the Secretary cum Treasurer of

IEEE India Council for the year 2012

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[email protected]. A. Suresh, Dean - EEE, SMK Fomra

Institute of Technology, [email protected]

The dream of powered airplane only bythe sun’s energy has long motivated scientistsand hobbyists. The concept of the solar airplaneis quite simple which is equipped with solarcells covering its wing, retrieves energy fromthe sun in order to supply power to thepropulsion system and the control electronics,and charge the battery with the surplus ofenergy.

An aircraft, even if it is unmanned and itcarries a small payload, may have applicationssuch as atmospheric monitoring, communications,and reconnaissance. A fundamental problem isto determine the conditions under which theaircraft should be determine the conditionsunder which the aircraft should be flown sothat the ratio of potential energy stored to energyproduced by the motor is a maximum.

The simplest flight plan for a solar-powered aircraft is to maintain constant altitude.The amount of solar energy received by theaircraft depends on the length of day, theattenuation of the solar energy by theatmosphere (the so-called “air mass effect”),and the relative angle between the Sun’s raysand collector.

A solar-powered aircraft must fly abovethe altitude reached by clouds, which is usuallyaround 14 km. Today, the highest energy ratiofor rechargeable battery is around 200 Wh/kgfor Lithium Polymer technology which provideshigher capacity, greater operational time, lighterweight, wider operating temperature range andgreater cycle life than other technologies. Theminiaturization of fuel cells will also make themsuitable for small solar UAVs.

Figure 1 Solar powered aircraft

Design features may be incorporated tomaintain the solar collector normal to the Sun’s

Solar Powered Aircraft rays. The variable features are the Aspect ratio,Wingspan and Total mass. An energy storagesystem with three to five times the specificenergy capacity of that assumed for rechargeablebatteries (72800 to 121000 J/N) would beadequate and would make a solar-poweredaircraft practical. The assumed specific powerof the motor, 168 W/N, is high for currenttechnology, particularly if the weight of thegearing and propeller is included with the motor.

Mach number is a dimensionless quantityrepresenting the ratio of speed of an objectmoving through a fluid and the local speed ofsound. During the data-gathering portion of theflight, the flight-test plan may call for the aircraftto exceed the Mach number (most likely atreduced lift coefficients). The result of exceedingMach could be a large loss of lift and acorresponding loss of altitude. The Reynoldsnumber Re is a dimensionless number that givesa measure of the ratio of inertial forces to viscousforces .The Reynolds number expresses the ratioof inertial (resistant to change or motion) forcesto viscous (heavy and gluey) forces. As Reynoldsnumber is proportional to free stream velocity,the low wind speed flows corresponds to lowReynolds number at which the airfoils generateless lift and higher drags. A low ReynoldsNumber gives laminar flow while a highReynolds Number gives turbulent flow. As yougo up in altitude, the density of the air decreases.Because of the lower temperatures, the viscosityincreases. All this only slightly changes theReynolds Number.

The values of total energy for 24 hr offlight form the basis for the calculations of solar-cell area and battery weight. Total energyincreases as the square root of the wing loadingand increases linearly with drag coefficient.Because the energy varies inversely as the squareroot of the air density, the energy requiredincreases rapidly with increasing altitude. Theratio of the weight of solar cells to total weightvaries as the square root of the wing loading andis always much less than 1.0 over the range ofwing loading up to 100 N/m2. Therefore, theweight of solar cells does not place a limitationon the feasibility of the aircraft, even with valuesrepresentative of current technology. Area ofsolar cells required, varies as the 3/2 power ofthe wing loading. A solar-cell area equal to thewing area appears to be a reasonable upper limitwithout unduly compromising the aerodynamicor structural design.

The ratio of motor weight to total weightfor level flight is less than 0.05 for all conditions

in night. The motor weight required does notdepend on the length of the night. The ratio ofbattery weight to total weight which assumes abattery capable of providing 24 278 J/N in thedischarge cycle, exceeds 1.0 for all except thelighter wing loadings and lowest altitudes.Current rechargeable batteries therefore place alimit on the feasibility of solar powered aircraft.Projected improvements in energy-storagesystems using different approaches such ashydrogen-oxygen fuel cells give promise ofreduction in weight by a factor of 10. The batteryweight for a system is capable of providing242780 J/N. The Influence of Technologies onthe feasibility are considerations about batterytechnology, considerations about airplanestructure.

Regions of the feasible conditions can bedetermined from design parameters. Thepossible limiting actors are:

• Airspeed equals the wind speed.

• Ratio of solar-cell area to wing area equals1.0.

• The sum of weights of the componentsequals the total weight corresponding toa given wing loading.

• Mach number is sufficiently low to avoidaerodynamic losses.

The regions of feasible operations occurin the range of 15 to 30 N/m2. This requirementresults from the premise that the minimumaltitude should be above the clouds and abovethe altitude at which the wind’s velocity is likelyto exceed the airspeed. Rapidly increasingaverage wind velocity and density below about20 km tend to establish this value as a minimumaltitude. One way to maintain the solar cellsnormal to the Sun line is to mount the cells.

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IEEE Pathfinder Workshop on Entrepreneurial Thinkingbuilding an effective business plans and therevenue stream. Manik and Sitash then threwlight on the processes that needs to be followedto build a long running start-up. Incorporation,Sales/Marketing, Human Resources, FinancialManagement and Governance were a part ofthis session. Manik emphasized the importanceof effective documentation and on-time paymentof Government taxes.

The one-day workshop came to a formalending with the note of gratification by NivasRavichandran, Lead of Chennai Hub – IEEEMadras Section Student Network. Theprogramme had wonderful feedback from all theparticipants and we hope to see a lot of youngentrepreneurs and successful startups in the nearfuture. Both Manik and Sitash were quiteengaging and answered the questions of theparticipants. The Slide Deck of the presentationcan be downloaded from the following link -http://goo.gl/vECYd

In continuation to this event, the GOLDAffinity Group of IEEE Madras Section isplanning to start a Special Interest Group onEntrepreneurship (IGM-SIGE) which wouldeffectively focus on continued support to anyonewho would want to venture into a start-up.

To cater the need of many new startupsand to guide budding entrepreneurs, IEEEGOLD Affinity Group of Madras Sectionorganized a Pathfinder Workshop in associationwith the IEEE Madras Section Student Networkand IEEE Region 10 GOLD Committee on 29th

Dec 2012.

About 50 delegates from differentAcademic and Industry backgroundsparticipated in the Workshop which was flaggedoff by Mr. T. S. Rangarajan, Chairman of IEEEMadras Section and Mr. H. R. Mohan, Vice-Chair of IEEE Madras Section. Mr. Srivatsava– Co-Founder and CEO of JadeMagnet and Mr.Manik Kinra – Co-founder and CMO ofJadeMagnet were with us to guide the

delegates to take baby steps in the path ofEntrepreneurship.

After a brief session in which theparticipants introduced themselves and sharedtheir expectation out of the workshop, Manikand Sitash took the delegates to a different levelof thinking by elucidating the concepts ofEntrepreneurship in an interactive manner. Theygave an insight on how to identify themegatrends at a given point of time and use it tothe benefit of the startup. They also explainedon how to solve problems and how to takeexamples from the experiences of globalorganizations running successful business modelin the respective domains.

The Post-lunch session featured on

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