A Guest Lecture programme was organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the conference hall of Vickram College of Engineering on 27thJuly, 2011. The Resource Person was Er. S.Sankaran, President Indian Welding Society . He gave his presentation on 'Overview of Welding Process and its Trends'. The Presidential address was given by the Principal of the college- Dr. S. Kathirrvelu. The resource person started the session with a brief introduction to welding and explained about the applications of welding. He said that welding has a wider application, as it is almost used in every area, right from the domestic uses to transports, boilers, pipelines, spacecrafts and war ships. He gave a detailed description about the process of welding and its basic requirements.The second half of the session was on recent innovations in the welding process and the job opportunities in the field of welding. He briefed about the challenges and energy consumption factor in the welding process. He gave an overview of joining methods and said that Qutub Minar in New Delhi is one of the finest example of welding of the iron pillar. He gave the historical perspective of welding and said that it has it own history and was started 400 years ago. He concluded the session by motivating the students to explore this area of study. This interactive session was an eye opener for 180 students.
We Congratulate our students R.M.VENKATESH (IV MECH) and U.ARAVIND(III MECH) for bagging the FIRST PRIZE in INNOVATION X, an INTER college competition conducted by Angel College of Engineering , Tirupar on 23/07/11.
We are glad to inform that the Department of Mechanical Engineering will organize a guest lecture on "OVER VIEW OF WELDING PROCESS AND ITS RECENT TRENDS".
DATE: 27/07/11
TIME:9.30 AM
VENUE: CONFERENCE HALL
TOPICS COVERED: 1. ROLE OF WELDING IN GDP
2.OVER VIEW OF WELDING PROCESS
3. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
SPEAKER:Mr.S.SANKARAN
PROFILE:
Mr. S Sankaran graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, (Now NIT) Tiruchirapalli. He took a special interest in Welding Technology right from his student days. and started his career in the Welding Technology Department of BHEL Tiruchirapalli.
He was trained in advanced welding methods for manufacture of high pressure boilers in USA. He played active role in implementing latest welding processes for higher capacity boilers and development of indigenous welding consumables.
When the Welding Research Institute was started at Tiruchirapalli, he was involved in establishing the School of Welding at WRI and organising its Educational and Training programs.
He joined Larsen & Toubro Limited as Head of Welding Engineering Department of Heavy Engineering Division at Powai, Mumbai. He handled fabrication of several critical equipments for Nuclear, Aerospace, Ferilizer, Refinery, Petro-chemical and Defense projects for both domestic and overseas customers.
He is a life member of the Indian Welding Society from its inception and First Chairman of IWS - Western Zone. He organized the first meeting of the Asian Welding Federation (AWF) in India at Lonavla, Mumbai in October 2005. He is current President of Indian Welding Society.
He retired from active service in August 2007 and is settled in Bangalore.
A national Level technical Symposium - INTELECTIUM 2011 was organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering on 24 th March 2011.
Er. V.APPAVU SAMRAJ , Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, Madurai was the Chief Guest for the Symposium.
The Inaugural function started with Tamil thai Valthu at 9.30 AM,and followed by the Welcome Address by the Head of the Department , Prof. S.ABDUL KARIM SAIT.
The Presidential Address was delivered by the Principal , Dr.S.KATHIRRVELU. In his address he has emphasized the importance of conducting the symposium.
The Chief Guest Er.V.APPAVU SAMRAJ in his address stressed the students to update their technical knowledge in recent trends by interacting with the Industries which will be helpful for them in future.
Finally the Vote of Thanks was proposed by M.IYYAPPAN , III year Mechanical Engineering.
Around 30 Participants from various college attended the symposium
In the Symposium the following events were conducted namely POSTER PRESENTATION, QUIZ TECH, WHO AM I? and MIND BLOW.
The following are the Prize winners:
S.No
Name of the Event
I Prize
II Prize
III Prize
1.
Poster Presentation
P.Praveen
P.Rajesh Kumar
Sethu Institute of Technology,Kariapatti
P.Moovendan
C.Prabhakaran
Raja College of Engineering, Madurai
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2.
Quiz Tech
Ankur Hazra
R.Sethuraman
Sri Jayaram Engineering College,
Cuddalore
K.Mohamed haroon
S.Pownraj
Pandian Sartaswathi Engineering College ,Arasanur
N.Mather Husain
S.O.Abdul Rahman
Sethu Institute of TechnologyKariapatti
3.
who Am I?
P.praveen
P.Rajesh Kumar
Sethu Institute of Technology,Kariapatti
S.Sivaraman
V.S. Bhereth Meimozhi
Bharat Niketan Engineering College,Aundipatti
K.Mohamed Haroon
S.Pounraj
Pandian Saraswathi Engineering College, Arasanur
4.
Mind Blow
K.Mohamed Haroon
S.Pounraj
PSYEC
R.Sethuraman
Ankur hazra
Sri Jayaram Engineering College, Cuddalore
Sammed ArbaazAnjum
M.Jagatheesh
Sri Jayaram Engineering College,Cuddalore
The Valedictory Function was started by 3.30PM. Mr.WEE BOON KUANG , Manager , Machinery Engineering, Murata Electronics Singapore Pvt.Ltd, Singapore was the Chief Guest and Distributed the prizes to the winners.
On 25/03/2011 the PROJECT DISPLAY contest was conducted for all the Departments.
I Prize was bagged by Samad Arbaz Anjum, M.Jagatheesh, Ganesh Babu of Sri Jayaram Engineering College and the II Prixe was bagged By E.Suresh And P.Praveen Kumar of the Same college.
Congratulations!!!.. to the winners PURUSOTHAMAN.G , S.ANANTH (III MECH ) from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering for winning the SECOND prize in the PAPER PRESENTATION held at CHENDHURAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY at the national level technical symposium “TORSION 11” on 23.03.2011.