Vision and Mission of the Department

VISION

“To impart an educational platform that illuminates the minds of rural and urban students in various fields of instrumentation”.

MISSION “To develop innovative technologies in the field of Electronics and Instrumentation engineering that satisfies the industrial requirements”.

The Department

The Department of Electronics and Instrumentation

Engineering was started in the academic year 1998 with the AICTE approval for the intake of 60 students under the affiliation of Anna University, Chennai. In the span of 15 years, the department has procured equipments for 11 laboratories and established 7 laboratories. The department has a good record of research scholars with two Ph.D., holders. Five staff members are pursuing doctorates. It has organized various National conferences, Symposia and executed project works from the government as well as private agencies. It has signed an MoU with National Instruments, Bangalore during the academic year 2010 – 11. An amount of Rs. 17 Lakhs was spent to set up the NI LabVIEW Academy School. Activities like training programme, competitions, project works, research oriented project works, faculty development programme are being conducted in combination with National Instruments both for students and members of faculty. The department has produced CLAD Certified Engineers and encouraged more number of students and the members of faculty to aim for it.

The department is taking proactive actions to meet the requirements of industries by organizing workshops and training programmes through Yokogawa India Ltd., Chennai. Increase in placement opportunities has been the outcome of these programmes. The department is producing university rank holders consistently. It motivates the students to participate both in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.

Instrumentation Engineering – An Introduction

Instrumentation is an art and science of measurement and

control of process variables within a production, laboratory or manufacturing area. The concept of Instrumentation was

evolved in the process industries. The problem in the industries was to produce quality product in a short period of time with lesser manpower intervention. Advancement in the Instrumentation was identified with the terminology named “Automation”. Earlier automation system was developed using pneumatic system. Later it was replaced by electronic system because of the invention of electronics. At present, Industrial Automation is established using the popular device called PLC (Programmable Logic Controller). It functions with the help of microprocessor. Automation established without the help of PLC is identified as DCS (Distributed Control System). The benefits of any industrial automation system are as below,

It ensures safety during the operation of process.

It ensures quality products.

Quantity of the products can be increased on time without compromising.

Manpower can be reduced.

Association activities Activities of the association for the transfer of knowledge has made a learning curve for both the students as well and the members of faculty. The department is enthusiastic enough to conduct training program, seminars, guest lectures by the eminent persons from process industries, premier institutions and the familiar persons known to the society. The basic outcomes of these activities have been the initiative towards the research leading to publications in reputed journals. It also brings out the administrative skills of an individual.

List of Association Activities:

Guest Lecture on “Future opportunities of PLC, SCADA and DCS” by Mr.B.Siva Sankar, Marketing Manager, EXCEL Automation Solutions, Madurai-625 006.

Training programme by Mr. Senthilarasan & Mr. Gopi Krishnan, Yokogawa India Ltd, Chennai.

Guest lecture on “Innovative technologies in Instrumentation & Electromagnetic devices for sodium cooled fast reactor” by Mr. K.K.Rajan, Group director, FRTG (Fast reactor technology groups) IGCAR.

Seminar-cum-demo on “Radiation and NDE in Technology and Societal Applications” by Dr. B. Venkatraman , Outstanding Scientist and Associate Director, RSEG, IGCAR, Mrs. M.Menaka, Scientific Officer E, QAD, IGCAR, Mr.S.Viswanathan Scientific Officer D, RSD, IGCAR & Ms.D.N.Sangeetha , Technical Officer C, RSD, IGCAR.

Dr.S.Kavidasan,MA,MA,MA,B.L.,Phd., Director, ROOTS Industries Private limited, Coimbatore acted as the Chief guest for the One day National Level Technical Symposium YERAZIG 2K14.

Skills exposed by the students

University rank holders

S. No.

Batch Name of the student Anna

University Rank Holders

1

2007-2011

D.S.R.Meenakshi 1st rank

2 S.Preethy 3rd rank

3 A.G.Sahana priyadharshini

9th rank

4 2008-2012

S.Rosy patricia 1st rank

5 S.Poorini valli 2nd rank

6 M.Sundraeswari 8th rank

7 2009-2013

I.Hemalatha 3rd rank

8 S.Ramya 4th rank 9 K.Jayasree 8th rank

10 2010-2014

Merylin Amritha Sing.D

1st rank

11 Thiyagarajan.S 5th rank

12 2011-2015

Visali 50th rank

GATE Score (2014 - 15)

V.Vishnu Ganesh - Score - 26.67

ISTE Student chapter activities Students are motivated to explore their thoughts

which will be beneficial both to the society and the self. These thoughts are brought to the reality through competitions organized through ISTE chapter. Every semester, the department organizes competitions for the benefits of the students. Students who participate and win the competitions are encouraged with certificates which add feather to the students’ cap who look for the better livelihood.

S.No Date Name of the Event Winners

1 23.07.2015

Poster Presentation on “Technology will

disappear in next five years”

2 08.09.2015 Quiz Competition

Placement opportunities

Engineering without imagination sinks to a trade Job opportunities evolved in the field of instrumentation are numerous. Any process industry cannot run without the instrumentation engineer, as they have automation system. A typical process industry undergoes three phases:

Design of process and automation

Installation and commissioning (Projects)

Servicing and Maintenance Now, there is a need for instrumentation engineer in each and every phase of establishing a process industry. All these works are done by different companies.

Thermal power Stations

Steel Plant

Refineries Cement Plants

Fertilizer Plants Telecom Textiles Electronics Mechanical Research IT Consultancy

Marketing Finance Sales General Management

Hence the job opportunities evoke not only in the

process industries, but also in the companies that focus on the design of automation, installation and commissioning. Below is the list of companies which is exclusively meant for instrumentation engineers. Any graduates in B.E-Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering can find jobs in the research and development units of various public sector or private sector organizations. They can work in several areas like

Government Organizations Which Recruit Instrumentation

Engineers:

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

Indian Railways

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)

Steel Authority of India (SAIL)

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)

GAIL India Limited

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)

MENCON Limited

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)

Delhi Development Authority (DDA)

Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL)

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Power Grid

Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL)

National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)

Container Corporation of India Ltd (CONCOR)

Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL)

Private sectors which recruit Instrumentation Engineers

Placement

Eminent Alumnus

The strength of a department solely depends on the

passed-out students. The Institution helps to communicate to the Alumnus through alumni meeting conducted frequently.

The Department has signed MoU with National Instruments, Bangalore. The main intention of this

collaboration is to bring out the optimum job opportunities to the students. The company has the software product called LabVIEW that focuses the concept of virtual instrumentation. The unique

feature of the company is they display the names of those who pass the CLAD (certified LabVIEW associate developers) examination in its official website. The employers who are in need of those candidates can refer this website and contact the candidate for further processing.

Organized a three-day Training programme on LabVIEW Core1

Organized a Training-Cum-Competition on LabVIEW

Mr.Soalikutti Dhanabal, Academic Program Manager, NI Systems (India) Private Limited, Bangalore was invited as the chief guest for the two Day National Conference on “Intelligent Computing and Automation” – INSTRUVISION’15

M.Hariharasuthan J.Mathankumar A.Selvaraj Yokogawa Robert Bosch JSW Steel,Salem

N.Vigneshkumar M.Hariprasad N.Rathina Vinoth RKM Power Gen Emerson Process Yokogawa

S.Kalidas A.Jenesh Pandiyarajan JTECH Automation SAIL HCL

Ramesh J.Arunkumar Arunkumar Honeywell Jaypee Cements Chambal Fertilizer

P.Thangeswaran J.Jebaraj M.Manikandan UEC Technologies Jaypee Cements Eaton Corporation

M.Manikandaprabhu T.M. Arun Balaji A.Shanmuga Anand Petrofac Kalycito Infotech Infosys

Yokogawa India Ltd Siemens Energy

&Automation

Larsen & Tubro Ltd GE India Industrials Ltd

Honeywell Automation India Ltd

Emerson Energy and Automation

Foster Wheeler Corporation Ltd

Tata Consultancy Engineering Ltd

Texas Instruments Thermax Instrumentation

Ltd National Instruments Robert Bosch Suzlon Energy Limited Essar oil India Ltd

Mtl Instruments Ltd Enercon

Sansel Instruments and Control

Selec

Autonics Sanmar Group of Companies

Cethar Vessels I/C Sankar Cements

ACC Cements SPB- Seshayee Paper and

Boards SPIC-Southern

Petrochemical Industries Corporation

MALCO - Madras Aluminium Corporation Ltd

Academic Activities (Few Events are listed here)

S.No Date Event name Resource Persons No.of.Participants

1 09.03.15-

13.03.15

A Five day training programme on PLC &

SCADA Training by Yokogawa India Ltd

Mr.Venkat

Mr.vinay

Yokogawa India Ltd,

Chennai.

52

2 04.07.2015 Guest Lecture on “Importance of Resume

Preparation and Practical Knowledge”

Mr. R.Senthilraja, Software

Engineer,

Robert Bosch, Coimbatore

Third-Year Students

3 10.07.2015 Guest Lecture on “Opportunity for

Instrumentation Engineer”

Mr. R.Senthilraja, Software

Engineer,

Robert Bosch, Coimbatore

Final-Year Students

4

07.07.2015

to

14.07.2015

One week Training Programme on Adobe

Photoshop

1. Mr.C.Pravin Kumar, Tech

Tune India Ltd, Bangalore.

2. Mr.A.Sathish Kumar, III –

EIE.

39 Students from various

departments

5

27.08.2015

&

28.08.2015

Design and Simulation of Electronic

circuits using software package

1. Mr.A.Rajavel, AP/EIE

2.Mrs.M.Vigneswari, AP/EIE

3. Ms.Kavitha, AP/EIE

34 Students from various

department

6 08.09.2015 Guest Lecture on “Role of Programmable

Logic Controller (PLC) in Industry”

Mr. Rajasekara Krishnaswamy,

Engineering Manager Total

Plant Engineering & Design

Pvt Ltd.,

Final-Year Students

7

10.09.2015

&

11.09.2015

A Two-day workshop on “Soft Computing

techniques using MATLAB”

1. Dr.S.Kalyani, AP/EEE

2. Dr.S.Jeyadevi, AP/EIE

3. Ms.L.V.Revathy, AP/EIE

4.Mr.M.Duraishanmugapriyan,

AP/EIE

5. Ms.R.Santhiya, AP/EIE

6. Mrs.M.Rajalakshmi, AP/EIE

22 Students from various

colleges

8

23.09.2015

to

25.09.2015

A three-day training Programme on

“Industrial Automation on Programmable

Logic Controller”

Er. Ramaiah Chidambaram,

Head - Operations,

AROBOT, Chennai

31 Students from various

departments

9 30.10.2015 EIE-MTR Science Expo --- 122 Students from

various schools

10

30.11.2015

to

04.12.2015

A five-day Faculty Development

Programme on “Digital signal processing

using LabVIEW”

1. Mr.G.Dhanabalan AP/EIE

2.Mr.M.Duraishanluga priyan

AP/EIE

3. Mr.G. Srinivasan AP/CSE

4. Mr.P.Aravind AP/ECE

5. Mr.C.S Karthikeya AP/ECE

6. Mr.J. Prabeen Jose AP/ECE

11 Faculty members

participated

-Mrs.M.Rajalakshmi AP/EIE

Engineering Education – An overview

The term “Education” was absent by the time the world existed. The mankind was happy with the basic amenities like food, water and shelter to have a peaceful life. However, the act of gratification motivated to look for varieties in terms of food and shelter. By the way, the verbal communication mode among the people also developed. This attitude was in the peak to live a sophisticated, comfortable with optimistic expectations in all aspects of life. On the other side, integrity among the people collapsed and they started to live as different groups with different perspectives

and characters. The unregulated activities of the people brought unexpected and destructive results. The art of education came to existence when they were able to speak, read and write and there was no engineering education at the beginning. The well-wishers of the society started to insist on the control as well as regulation of the sense gratification. This has led to the disciplined act among the people and hence the society. The act of preaching later emanated as education which has developed a specific system to bring moral values to the human being.

The culture of Invention started when the mankind struggled to fight against the diseases they faced in day-to-day life. Inventions were also targeted to live a sophisticated and comfortable life. Inventions have opened-up a new broad area called science and engineering in the field of education.

Some of the familiar scientists known to the societies are Albert Einstein, Issac Newton, Galileo, Marie Curie, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison etc., The study about the history of these scientists reveals that they have not undergone any science or engineering education to become a scientist. Rather, they were identified as “Scientists” because of their societal contribution in terms of the discoveries and inventions in the field of science and engineering. An interesting fact about the science / engineering education is that we study the concepts developed by those scientists and claim as we have become as an engineer / scientist. Engineers / Scientists can really own this designation only when they contribute to the society in terms of their discoveries, inventions and innovations.

– G.Dhanabalan AP/EIE

PUZZLES:

1. What has a neck, but no head? 2. Can you find something which has keys that open no locks, with space but no room, and allows you to enter but not to go in? 3. What occurs twice in a lifetime, but once in a year? Twice in a week but never in a day 4. Which word in the English language is most often pronounced incorrectly? 5. Which word if pronounced right, is wrong, but if pronounced wrong, is right?

Answer : 1. Bottle 2. Keyboard 3. Letter ‘E’ 4. Incorrectly 5. Wrong

- Mr.M.Duraishanmugapriyan AP/EIE

Scope of Instrumentation Engineering In Newspaper &

Magazine:

'Make in India' expands scope for Instrumentation

Engineers

Jayalekshmi Nair | Fri, 19 Jun 2015-07:30am , dna (Daily

News Analysis)

Any manufacturing demands Automation which requires sensing, monitoring and controlling of variables.

After passing the entrance test, students often face the real test of character in choosing the branch of engineering course. While going with the trends and glamour, they sometimes overlook certain streams which have good potential. One such avenue is Instrumentation engineering. Any manufacturing demands Automation which requires sensing, monitoring and controlling of variables. With the buzz of 'Make in India' gathering pace and growing employment opportunities in the horizon, it's time students took a serious note of it. India is definitely in the radar when it comes to manufacturing. Areas like factory automation, process automation, system engineering, manufacturing industries (design, testing, and quality control), consultants (solution providers / turnkey projects), embedded systems and electronic circuit design covers the ambit of job for instrumentation engineering. Exposure to the latest technologies of Distributed Control System (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and virtual instrumentation gives an extra edge to instrumentation students.

The interdisciplinary nature of the course gives opportunities in various other exciting fields of Biomedical, Nuclear and Aerospace applications also. This course stands out because it gives students a good combination of hardware and software domains and also gives a very good base in electrical, electronic and control fields. After completing the graduation and post-graduation, they can work as control engineers to provide leadership in the process, product development and support.

Going by the track record of many colleges, the graduates get pay packages between Rs 3 and 5 lakh per annum. Over the past three years, the placement at VES Institute of Technology has been 73% in instrumentation, while 10% have opted for software jobs. Out of the total job offers made in the last three years 62% has been in the core instrumentation field.

Some of the key recruiters were Aker Solutions, Chemtex, G S Consultancy, Jacob Engineering, Larsen and Toubro Ltd., Reliance industries Ltd. Petrofac Ltd, Siemens Ltd, Tata Consultancy Engineers, Tata Power, Tecnimont ICB, Toyo Engineering, UHDE India Ltd, Chemtrols and Emerson. Instrumentation jobs are not only in demand within the country but it is also high in the Gulf countries, because of high concentration of the oil and natural gas firms.

Instrumentation Engineering: A Vast Field That’s

Growing:

First published on: 1-10-2013 http://electronicsforu.com/electronicsforu/circuitarchives/view

_article.asp?sno=1558&b_type=new&id=12431&group_type

“Instrumentation has been the fundamental engine

for catalysing R&D in India. Segments like communication, aerospace and defence, industrial, computers and semiconductors, education and academia, and general-purpose electronics also use instrumentation to validate their

devices, designs and deployment,” informs Jyotsna Kukreti Dobriyal, HR operations, Agilent Technologies India.

Task & responsibilities of an Instrumentation Engineer

- Develop concept designs and feasibility studies

- Design or update specifications and designs of electrical

systems and equipment

- Design ways to generate and manage electricity

- Devise ways to control processes using automation

techniques and computers

- Examine safety aspects of the planned work

- Plan manufacture or use of equipment and appliances

- Oversee testing of new systems and correction of faults

- Supervise the installation and maintenance of systems and

equipment

- Design new control systems, and develop, maintain and

modify existing systems

- Work collaboratively with design engineers, operation

engineers, purchasers and other internal staff

- Contact clients, suppliers, contractors and relevant

authorities

- Project management within cost- and time-constrained

environments

- Write computer software

- Develop new business proposals

- Liaise with clients, suppliers, contractors and relevant

authorities, e.g., the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

- Understand and ensure compliance with health and safety

regulations and quality standards of the country in which work

is undertaken

Hemant Kamat, Chief Technology Officer, Shalaka Technologies, too believes that instrumentation is a very important aspect of manufacturing industry. “Instrumentation is applied in R&D, process, manufacturing and quality departments of manufacturing organisations. It is also important in building management systems—a market that is growing significantly in India,” he shares.

Do You Know these Facts:

Animals:

All Insects have 6 Legs.

Camel's milk doesn't curdle.

Cats spend 66% of their life asleep.

A Giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue.

The world’s smallest bird is the 'Bee Hummingbird' found in Cuba.

Famous Personalities:

It took Leonardo Davinci 10 years to paint ‘Monalisa’.

Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity.

Human Body:

Stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

Your most sensitive finger is your index finger (closest to your thumb).

The human body of a 70 kg person contains 0.2mg of gold.

You take over 23,000 breaths every day.

1 Square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands.

The fingerprints of koala bear are indistinguishable to that of a human.

New born babies have 350 bones (by age 5 the amount of bones merges to 206).

Women’s heart beats faster than men’s.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.

A Person produces enough saliva to fill 2 average size swimming pools during his/her lifetime.

Inventions:

The drinking straw was invented in 1886.

Volleyball was invented in 1895.

Shakespeare invented the words ‘assassination' and 'bump'.

The first toothbrush was invented in 1498.

Inspirational Quotes:

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.

“When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.”

“The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure.”

“You are your master. Only you have the master keys to open the inner locks.”

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.

Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.

We become what we think about

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why

The best revenge is massive success

Believe you can and you’re halfway there

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it - S. Ramesh Prabhu AP/EIE

Innovative Ideas:

Wheel chair convertible to crutches

The idea is to have a modified wheelchair that can be folded and converted into a crutch so that it is easy to take on stairs as well use on flat surface.

Pen to check concentration

A pen with pressure sensors on the grip to indicate loss of concentration when the grip loosens.

System to detect levels of oxygen/ carbon dioxide in the closed car and open windows when oxygen level drops or carbon dioxide level rises, thereby preventing accidental deaths of children or pets locked inside the car.

Password protected purse and an electronically paired watch, which alerts if user gets away from these or someone steals the purse.

Reminding the owner if keys are forgotten in the vehicle

A system in vehicle, which intimates the driver through a phone call if the keys have been forgotten in the vehicle; also prevents theft.

Electrical Quotes:

Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

Iron which is brought near a spiral of copper wire, traversed by an electrical current, becomes magnetic, and then attracts other pieces of iron, or a suitably placed steel magnet

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

Quotes:

To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, twice as big as it needs to be.

The glass is the most important thing is to keep the most important thing the most important thing.

A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible.

Most times your computer is not responding as you expected - first try to find out if the "ERROR" is not sitting right next to the computer.

A good scientist is a person with original ideas.

Quotes About Engineering:

When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart.

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.

Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of small minds.

One man’s “magic” is another man’s engineering.

Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.

New Innovations:

1. IBM’s SyNAPSE chip creating a neural computer like our brain.

2. The Strati : a 3D printed electric car that could be built in 24 hours.

3. Liquid light finds use for polluting Co2 gas 4. A container sized generator that converts waste heat

into energy 5. Blood grown from stem cells could transform

transfusion.

Awesome innovations:

1. Fun caution signs shaped like slippery bananas. 2. Trash cans where you can slam dunk your trash. 3. Batteries, you can charge via USB. 4. Car parks that show if a space is free or taken by

using red and green lights. 5. A coaster that uses hot or cold drinks to charge your

device. 6. Headphones that will never tangle 7. Benches that you can rotate using the handle so you

can sit on a dry area if it has rained. 8. An outlet that has USB sockets 9. A mug that catches drips with a simple groove in the

middle. - J.K.Sneha Laxmi IV EIE

FUN ANIMAL FACTS:

1. Dog can actually diagnose cancer. 2. The male ostriches can roar like lions. 3. Tigers not only have stripes on their fur, they also

have them on their skin. No two tigers ever have the same stripes.

4. Koala bears almost exclusively eat only eucalyptus leaves and nothing else.

5. Sea otters hold hands when they sleep to keep from drifting apart.

6. In China, killing a Panda is punishable by death. 7. Rats laugh when tickled. 8. Crows are so intelligent they can play pranks. 9. Dolphins have names for each other. 10. Squirrels will adopt other squirrels babies if they are

abandoned. - S.Vigna Laxmi - IV-EIE

- R. Arun prabhakaran IV – EIE

Staff Editors: Mr. G.Dhanabalan Mr. S. Ramesh Prabhu Ms. I. Hemalatha

Student Editors: J.K. Sneha Lakshmi – IV-EIE S. Vigna Lakshmi - IV – EIE S.Thangarajan - III EIE