Amity University MAE Newsletter 1st Issue

When GOD pushes somebody, inspires somebody, leads somebody, no power in the world can stop such a person.
- Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan
Editorial Board Messages Tech-Bytes Automech News Eclectics Electric Digest Civi-track
AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Amity School of Engineering & Technology E1-block,Amity University Uttar Pradesh,New Delhi NCR,India ,www.amity.edu/aset
AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 1, Issue 1, August 2012
Message from Acting Vice Chancellor and Director General ASET
Prof.(Dr.) Balvinder Shukla
Editor in Chief
Dr. Balvinder Shukla, Acting Vice Chancellor and Director General ASET
Amity University throws its gates wide open to innovation, and taking the opportunity to grow and learn. This initiative by all the Departments of ASET will serve as a catalyst for the exchange of knowledge and information. I once again congratulate ASET for this endeavour and hope that the news@ASET would be a huge success.
Editorial Board
Dr. Sujata Pandey HOD Research and Publication Dr. Nitin K. Upadhaye Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering Mr. Anit Kumar Asst. Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Mr. Sumeet Serawat Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Mr. Abhishek Singhal Department of Computer Science and Engineering Ms. Suchismita Pani - Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Ms. Sapna Sinha Department of Information Technology Ms. Smriti Sehgal Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Message from Additional Director ASET
Maj. Gen. AK Jain
Maj. Gen. AK Jain, It is a matter of immense pleasure to begin the first issue of this newsletter by welcoming all the new faculty members as well as new students of 2012 batch. We are extremely excited about our new venture and what possible benefits it would bring to all of us. We hope that you would share our enthusiasm and this newsletter will enrich your life both professionally and intellectually. Let me end my message with a quote that says Within me is infinite power, before me is endless possibility, around me is, boundless opportunity, why should I fear?
Message from Deputy Director(s) ASET
Prof. A.K. Jairath
Head of the departments

Maj. Gen. A.K. Jain Prof. A.K. Jairath Prof. K.M.Soni Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal Ms. Natasha Hasteer Prof. (Dr.) Malay Kishore Dutta Prof. Vivek Kumar Prof. J. Bhattacherjee Additional Director Deputy Director Deputy Director HOD CSE Acting HOD IT HOD ECE HOD MAE HOD Civil Engg.
I was looking forward to this beginning as it is the most important part of our work. So many falls because they do not get started they do not go. They do not overcome inertia. They do not begin. Now that the inaugural issue of the quarterly news letter of the Departments of ASET is out in print, it will reach its final destination, only to begin a new journey. The benefit will inspire the faculty, the students and the academic fraternity. I wish all the Departments an absolute success. Motivation is what gets you started Habit is what keeps you going.
Prof. (Dr.) K.M. Soni

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the newsletter. At ASET, we strongly believe in human values and our commitment to the nation and society. Accordingly, our teaching process is based on motivation, morals, ethical values and discipline. We emphasize on the latest technologies and on going research in the various technical fields on Engineering & Technology. We have created a secure, congenial and holistic environment for all the students who want to excel in the field of engineering. We are in the process of further development. I have no doubt that our students would attain high levels of educational and professional achievements. I congratulate all the Departments for bringing out this newsletter and wish them all the best.
Sangathan 2011
Amity University organizes an annual Inter Institute Sports competition that is driven by enthusiastic students and is marked by their vigour and will to win. It is culminated as a successful event in which the faculty members and coordinators contributed significantly. Their guidance, support and cooperation were available to one and all. Last year, a planned calendar of the month long events made ASET proud of its students. By bagging 31 Gold, 12 Silver and 10 Bronze Medals, students of ASET outperformed every other team and created history in Sangathan. Keeping up the spirit of sportsmanship, students have been practicing harder as they promise to perform even better and raise the bar higher.
Human Value Quarter Blood Donation Camp
Lord Austin Lecture at Amity

Amity University in collaboration with The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK organized Lord Austin Lecture by Mr. Alex Burns, Chief Executive Officer of Williams F-1 on the topic The Technological Challenges of Formula 1 at Amity University Campus, Sector-125, Noida. With the Formula 1 fever still to subside amongst Delhiites, Mr. Alex Burns talked to Engineers, students and general F1 enthusiasts who attended the lecture at Amity Campus, introduced himself as an intensely competitive individual who is passionate about advanced engineering and the possibilities of engineering to make a difference in the world.
To motivate and familiarize students with the importance of voluntary blood donation, Amity and Rotary Blood Bank jointly organize Blood Donation Camps. Lauding the noble initiative of donors and students, Rotarian Mr. Ajay Chauhan, Trustee, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation (RBEF) says, Nothing is more ennobling and satisfying than to donate blood and save someones life. But there are very less people who understand this and come
Tech Bytes
The Newsletter of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering and Information Technology
AMIMUN 2012
Amity Model United Nation AMIMUN conference was held at ASET from March 14, 2012 to March 16, 2012
forward to contribute their might in this life saving effort. . Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Founder President. Amity always motivates and blesses the donors during each blood donation camp. Students of ASET actively participated in this drive.
FROM THE DESK OF HODs

I take immense pleasure in introducing "Tech Bytes", the first issue of the departmental newsletter. Looking into the past, the accomplishments of the department have been progressive and impressive. The team is delighted and proud that it worked in unison and came up with the first issue. I would like to thank the DG ASET, the faculty, the students of ASET and the AMITY management for their valuable time, effort and support. "Together we can and we will take Tech Bytes to new heights"
CONFLUENCE-2011
Department of Information Technology organized CONFLUENCE 2011 with the theme: Information Storage, Security & Compliance for Business Excellence on January 27-28, 2011 in association with EMC. Confluence 2011 witnessed the presence of a few prominent personalities, such as Sh. Shankar Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, DIT, Dr. B.B. Bhattacharya, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Mr. M. Moni,
Tech Bytes
Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre, Mr. M. Thyagaraj, Former CIO, ONGC and Dr. Ajoy Kr. Ray, Vice Chancellor, Bengal Engineering & Science University. Experts from IIT Delhi, Symantec, CISCO, IBM Research Lab, Cyber Suraksha, Microsoft India, CSC, Virtual Computing Environment, ONGC and others imparted knowledge in Confluence-2011.
Contents
Lord Austin Lecture at Amity Confluence NCACT IET-PATW
Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal Head, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Bootcamp Workshops Club Activities
Tech Bytes marks an extremely energetic start for the new academic session commenced in July 2012. It signifies a firm commitment, a quest for excellence and a continuous yearning for improvement. I am sure it will prove to be a great channel for sharing the accomplishments, milestones and activities of the department. The team behind it has demonstrated exemplary initiative and perseverance to come up with the first issue of the newsletter. I would like to thank the management, the faculty and the students for their continuous support and involvement.
Faculty Publications Faculty Achievements Student Recognitions and Awards Innovation at Incubator Students Corner Alumni Call for Paper Confluence 2012
National Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Technology (NCACT) 2011
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amity School of Engineering and Technology kick started a two day National Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Technology on 8th& 9th February 2011 at Amity Campus, Sector- 125, Noida. The conference was inaugurated by Mr. Debashis Sur, President, Tata Tele Services, Mr. Tarun Singhal, Director, Oracle, Mr. Dinesh Taneja, VP , Volvo Eicher, Dr. Balvinder Shukla, Pro VC (Academics) and Director General, Amity School of Engineering and Technology and Prof. (Col.) Kaiser Singh, former HOD (CSE), ASET. Eminent speakers enlightened the two day conference by delivering their speech during the technical sessions on Emerging Trends in Data Warehousing and Data Mining, Advances in Computer Architectural Design, Applications of Computer Graphics and Multimedia Technologies , Emerging Technology Trends in Mobile Computing & Wireless Communication, Emerging Cloud Computing & Web Services and Shaping the Future of Business Intelligence. The Valedictory Function and Award Ceremony were graced by Mr. Rajeev Asija, Sr. VP , HCL, Noida, Mr. Naresh Aggarwal, CEO & CMD, AEM India and Mr. Vishnu Dusad, CEO, Nucleus Software.
Ms. Nitasha Hasteer Acting Head, Department of Information Technology
Workshops
Information Security
The Faculty Development Programme started with a session on Digital Forensics: Current & Future Trends by Dr. Gaurav Gupta, Assistant Professor, IIIT Delhi. The session was followed by a presentation on Information Security by Dr. S. K. Muttoo, HOD, CS Department, Delhi University. After lunch, Dr. M. K. Dutta, HOD, Electronics & Communication Engineering, ASET spoke about Digital Watermarking: Theory & Applications. The final session of the day was on Steganography: Graph Theoretic Approach delivered by Dr. Vinay Kumar, Scientist-E, Technical Director, National Informatics Center, Delhi. More than 55 faculty members of Computer Science & Engineering and IT department, ASET, attended the FDP . A Question and Answer session was conducted after each lecture to clear all the doubts, views and experiences of participants.
Tech Bytes
Spoken Tutorial Workshop
A workshop on Linux operating system was conducted for students through a video tutorial. 39 students participated in the event followed by an online test in the next week. Successful students were certified by IIT, Mumbai. The aggregate score of the students was 95%.
Wishes from IET Head
Drupal Workshop
The Amity CSI Student Branch organized a Hello Drupal workshop for all the student members of CSI on 17th October, 2011. It was a one day training workshop on Drupal. The idea was to educate the students about the widely used open source Content Management System and to create awareness about career opportunities in this field. The CEO, Mr. Rahul Dewan, from Srijan Technologies and Principal Engineer, Mr Jacob Singh from Acquia in Woburn graced the occasion.
The International Publishing House conferred Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal, Head, CSE Department, ASET with The Best Citizens of India Award 2012.
Project Management Workshop

On 18th-19th June, 2012, Amity School of Engineering and Technology Department of Information Technology and Amity Academic Staff College organized a two day FDP on Project Management using Effective Management Tools at Amity University, Noida. The trainer, Mr. Sujoy Dutta, Technical Director, Sis Soft Technologies is a certified trainer of PMI with 21 years of IT industry experience including international work experience. The 2 day (2 X 8 hrs.) workshop focused on the project management tool - MS-Project 2010. The programme covered the overview of Project Management and management of projects using MS Project 2010.
Congratulations to the students and staff of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Information Technology at Amity University who worked hard to bring out Tech Bytes. The e-newsletter makes a very engaging read and is a wonderful tool to keep everyone up-to-date with the happenings at Amity. I wish the team all the very best to take Tech Bytes to greater heights! Mr. Shekhar Sanyal Country Head - IET India
RSA, Rational Rose and Rational Robot

Amity School of Engineering & Technology organized a ten day workshop on RSA, Rational Rose and Rational Robot. Prof. (Col.) Kaiser Singh, former HOD CSE, ASET, welcomed Mr. Anil Mathew, Rational Specialist Core EL Technologies who conducted a detailed training on all Modules of Rational Software Architect, Rational Rose & Robot. The first set of training was from 10th-14th October and the second was from 17th-21st October. More than 300 M. Tech, B. Tech Students and faculty members of CSE benefited from the training.
LaTeX Workshop
Department of Information Technology organized a Software Training Workshop for Engineering Faculty in association with IIT Mumbai on Spoken Tutorials on LaTeX (a tool commonly used by researchers) on 28th June 2012. Workshop duration was of two hours on Latex in a group of 20 faculty members. IIT Mumbai team monitored the workshop through Skype and subsequently conducted an online exam and awarded certificates to participants.
IET-PATW Competition
On 10th May, 2011, IET-Present Around The World Competition was hosted by Amity University. Two panels of judges were present on the occasion that comprised Mr. R.K. Singh, Former Engineerin-Chief (Doordarshan), Mr. Rakesh Mishra, Project Manager at Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Dr (Mrs) Satinder Bajaj, former Principal of Lady Irwin College (Delhi University) and Dean at Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, Dr. Subodh Mahanti, a Senior Scientist with Vigyan Prasar, under Department of Science and Technology, Mr. Sanjay Gupta, the National Head-Program Management & CRM (Enterprise) at Hughes Communications India Ltd, and Ms. Sakal Bhatt, a renowned Anchor and Newsreader on Doordarshan News.
Words from Alumni
Tech Bytes
A Message from Tata Consultancy Services
Amity has given me more than I ever expected!! With a premier placement in Yatra Online Pvt Ltd and so many other awards in my kitty, I feel so contented being a part of the Amity family. Today, when I am writing this, I feel so nostalgic and miss my college days. The beautiful moments spent in Amity will always be etched in my heart. Thank you one and all for making this journey so beautiful and so memorable. Shashank Khandelwal B.Tech CSE - Batch of 2008-12 Yatra Online Pvt Ltd
I congratulate students and faculty of CSE & IT Department for the launch of their newsletter Tech Bytes. I am confident it will showcase the true values imbibed by Amity in its students. Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray Vice Chancellor, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur
Amity School of Engineering & Technology has consistently exhibited exemplary performances over the last few years while nurturing its students to lead the various industries corporate and technology forums. Now, through its Newsletter, the other institutions and the associated academia will be able to benchmark their own performances and achievements with the Amity. I must congratulate the entire student community and their mentors - the professors at Amity who have made this happen through their constant endeavours. Mr. Ashok Mehra Global Head - Business Process and Change Management Consulting Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
I will never forget the 4 years that I spent in Amity. The colorful fests, a host of extra curricula and the friends I made while being in the campus were all amazing. Thank you Amity for providing me with such a great infrastructure and amazing faculty who helped me throughout my tenure. And not to forget the Placement Cell who gave me such a wonderful and great opportunity. Rohit Goyal B.Tech CSE - Batch of 2008-12 Google India
BOOTCAMP
BOOTCAMP11 was a creative initiative by AICSC to open new gates of opportunities to students, enabling them to step out of their cocoons and exhibit their talents and creativity in the arena of science and technology. BOOTCAMP11 was a collection of exciting and fresh events ever hosted in Amity University. The main aim behind BOOTCAMP was to generate out of the ordinary innovative ideas and to help students realize their potential. Organized for 3 days, BOOTCAMP11 featured a total of seven events including star events like Tech Parliament, Tech Bidding, Android Workshops, Crime Scene Investigation Workshop, Talk Show and many more with participation from students all over amity.
Club Activities
Faculty Publications: International Journals

Abhay Bansal, Nitasha Hasteer, Security Hazards for Web Services Based Applications in The Cloud in the ASME Digital Library, and indexed by the EiCompendex and Thomson ISI Proceedings. Abhishek Singhal, Swati Chandna, Abhay Bansal, Optimization of Test Cases Using Genetic Algorithm in International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering ISSN 2250-2459, Vol 2, Issue 3, pp. 367-369. Nitasha Hasteer, Abhay Bansal, Tanya Sharma, Concerns for security in migrating to Cloud Computing in the International Journal of Research in Computer Application and Management (IJRCM) Vol. 2 , Issue 4, pp. 67-69 ISSN 2231-1009. Abhay Bansal, Nitasha Hasteer, Rachit Dua, Cloud Computing with Business Intelligence: A Solution to IT Losses in the International Journal of Science & Advanced Technology (IJSAT) Vol. 2 Issue 4, ISSN 2221-8386. Abhishek Singhal, Swati Chandna, Abhay Bansal, Application of Genetic Algorithm in Software Testing: A Survey in the International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Information Security (IJCIIS), Australia Vol. 3, No 3, pp. 38-41 ISSN: 1837-7823. Madulika Bhatia, Abhay Bansal, Divakar Yadav, Madhurima, Pritee Gupta, Implementing Edge Detection for detecting Neurons from brain to identify emotions in International Journal of Computer Science Issue Vol 9, Issue 2 ISSN 2012-9-2-2336. (Impact Factor-0.242). Kanika Arora, Abhishek Singhal, Abhay Bansal, A Study of Various Metrics for Different Quality Characteristic for AspectOriented Systems submitted in International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Information Security (IJCIIS), Australia ISSN: 1837-7823, ISSN 1837-7823, Volume-3, No. 4, pp: 25-32. Vipin Kumar Yadav, Arun Kumar, Abhilasha Singh, "Design of IEEE1588 Based Precision Time Protocol Using PSOS", International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering (IJSCE), Volume-2, Issue-3, July 2012, pp. 306-312 ISSN: 2231-2307. Rana Majumdar, Google Search: Anatomy of a Search Engine, International Journal of Computer Science & Information Technology Vol 2, Issue 6, ISBN 2231-2471, June 2012. Kanika Arora, Abhishek Singhal, Abhay Bansal, Correlation between various Quality Characteristic for Aspect-oriented Systems, International Journal of Computer applications (IJCA) USA, (Impact Factor 0.81) ISSN 0975-0888, Volume-48, No. 9, pp: 11-21, June 2012. Mayank Kumar Maheshwari, Abhay Bansal, Process Resource
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Allocation in Grid Computing using Priority Scheduler International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 8887) Volume 46 No.11, May 2012 (Impact Factor - 0.835). Parul Kalra Bhatia, Automatic Printed Circuit Board Drilling Machine, IJAEST, ISBN No-2249-913X, May 2012. Naveen Garg, An Efficient approach of Data indexing techniques in Data mining and Data warehousing, International Journal of Advanced Research in Technology, April 2012. Rana Majumdar, Anatomy of AJAX, International Journal of Computer Science & Information Technology, Vol 2, issue 4, ISBN 2231-2471, April 2012. Deepak Gaur, 3D Reconstruction of Uniform Curved Object Model From 2D Images, International Journal of Advancement in Electronics and Computer engineering (IJAECE) Volume 1, issue 1, April 2012, pp.1-3. Kanika Arora, Abhishek Singhal, and Avadhesh Kumar, A study of Cohesion metrics for Aspect-oriented Systems, International Journal of Engineering Science & Advanced Technology (IJESAT), ISSN 2250-3676, Volume-2, Issue-2, pp: 332-337, Mar-Apr 2012. Kanika Arora, Abhishek Singhal, Correlation between Cohesion and Complexity for Aspect-oriented Systems, International Journal of Science and Advanced Technology (IJSAT), ISSN 2221-8386, Volume 2 Issue 4, pp: 83-87, April 2012. Surbhi Chauhan, Kamal Kant, Abhay Bansal, Implementation of Fault tolerant Architecture in decentralized intrusion detection system, IOSR Journal of Engineering Apr. 2012, Vol. 2(4) pp: 915-922. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Ajay Rana, Arun Sharma, Usability Evaluation in Object Oriented Software System Using Fuzzy Logic Approach, International Journal of Computer Application USA, April 2012, (Impact Factor 0.835). Saru Dhir, Impact of UML Techniques in test Case Generation, IJESAT, Vol. 2, Issue 2, ISSN No-2250-3676, April 2012. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Amit Sharma and Ajay Rana, Comparison Study and Review on Object-Oriented Metrics, Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Vol 12 (7), April 2012 [Indexed in DBLP]. Surbhi Chauhan, Kamal Kant, Arjun Singh, "X.509 Authentication Services to Enhance the Data Security in Cloud Computing", International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS), ISSN: 1947-5500, Vol. 10 No. 3, March 2012,pp.123-125. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Abhishek Jain and Ajay Rana, A Model
Techinnovers Club
Workshop on Android Application Development Workshop of Virtualization Directors Cut 2012...The End???? i-TRENDS-Presentation Competition Techno Teaser - A Crossword Quiz cum Coding Competition (Preliminary round) (Final round) Peer Interaction on Data Storage & Management Chain of Thoughts Graphix Wars Bakerfox Blind Code
5th January 2012 19th January 2012 9th February 2012 10th February 2012 8th September 2011 1st November 2011 3rd November 2011 2nd February 2012 9th February 2012 2nd February 2012 11th February 2012 11th February 2012
Guest Lecture on Mobile Applications by Microsoft

Mr. Ashish Kumar, Senior Consultant and Advisor, Microsoft Corporation delivered a lecture on Mobile Applications to students and faculty on 24th February 2012.
E-Commerce Club
Designing Club
Books Published
Mr. S.K. Dubey is the author of a book, Basic Computer Engineering, covering theoretical and practical aspects of Operating Systems, Object Oriented Programming, DBMS and Computer Networking.
Software Engineering Club
Android Mania Technical Antakshari and Extempore Drupal Workshop Code Swap
10-11th February 2011 4th October 2011 17th October 2011 9th February 2012
CSI Club
Amity Network Security Club (Securecon) Website Designing & Coding Club
lulzsec 2012 Robotryst-2012 Hash Import A Coding Competition Quiz on PHP , Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla Seminar on SEO 2.0 Quiz on PHP , Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla Quiz on robotics or Algo designing
10th February 2012 22nd& 23rd September 2011 21st October 2011 4th November 2011 24th January 2012 15th March 2012 13th April 2012
Computer Architecture Club ALiAS, Linux Club@Amity ACE Club
Technical Competition
10th February 2012
Geek Meetup Inauguration Function Tech-Brain Algomania World Maker
14th January 2012 20th October 2011 9th February 2012 10th February 2012 11th February 2012
Artificial ntelligence Club Software Testing Club
Intelligent Programming Test Case Generation (TCG)
10th February 2012 10th February 2012
Ms. Madhulika Bhatia has authored the book 'Introduction to Computer Network' that is based on the syllabi presented by the various Indian Universities. There has been a conscious attempt to make this book valuable for beginners, intermediate and advanced users. It is written keeping several goals in mind. It is designed to provide you will all the essential Information to learn and master. It presents the fundamentals of Computer Network and all advance topics related to it.
Tech Bytes
Faculty Publications: International Conferences
Abhishek Jain, Kamal Kant, M. R. Tripathy, Security Solutions for Wireless Sensor Networks, Second International Conference on Advanced Computing & Communication Technologies (ACCT) 2012, Published on IEEE Explore, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ACCT.2012.102, pp. 430-433, 2012. Reji Mathews, Amnesh Goel, Sukanya Ray, Kamal Kant, Dynamic Angle Calculation for Fast Routing in GPS Assisted MANETS, Proceedings of The International Conference On Soft Computing For Problem Solving (Socpros 2011) December 2022, 2011, IIT Roorkee, Published on SpringerLink Books Advances In Intelligent And Soft Computing, 2012, Volume 130/2012, 207-218, Doi: 10.1007/978-81-322-04879_21,pp 207-218, 2012. D. Birdi, D. Shekhawat, S. Gupta, Survey on Code Clone: Analysis, Detection and Management, 4th International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT), June 10-12, 2011, China. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal has reviewed International Journal of Computer Science Issues (IJCSI), Mahebourg, Republic of Mauritius in 2012. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal has been selected as reviewer of Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management, Informing Science Institute, USA in 2012. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal has been selected as reviewer of 3rd International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing (ICMLC 2011) at Singapore on February 26-28, 2011. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal was editorial board member of International Journal of Advances in Engineering & Technology in 2012. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal has been selected as reviewer of InSITE2012 Informing Science & IT Education: A Conference in Four Parts: Connect, TeachIT, TeLE, and Inform from 22-27 June, 2012 Montral, Canada. Ms. Seema Rawat and Mr. Praveen Kumar introduced a new chapter, Amity IEEE Computer Society Chapter (AICSC), under IEEE Student Branch, Amity University. Ms. Nitasha Hasteer, Asst Professor & Acting HOD (IT) chaired a technical session at International Conference on Internet & Web Engineering (ICIWE 2011) held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 17 June to 19 June 2011. Prof. (Dr) Abhay Bansal and Asst Prof. Nitasha Hasteer were recognized by IIT Bombay for conducting Spoken Tutorial Workshops at Amity University. Dr. Sarika Jain was awarded PhD from HNB Garhwal University. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal chaired session of 2nd National Conference on Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Information and Communication Technology on 14-15th May, 2011 at Mahamaya Technical University, Noida. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal chaired session of National Conference on Data Management & Security organized at Amity University Rajasthan on 22nd-23rd September 2011. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal chaired session of National Conference on Information Technology for Business Transformation organized at Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College on 4th-5th Nov, 2011.
for Object Oriented Software Quality (MOOSQUA), Journal of Computing, USA, Vol. 4 (3), March 2012, (Impact Factor 0.381). Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Anubha, Ajay Rana, Integrated Model for Software Usability, International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, Vol. 4 (3), March 2012. Rana Majumdar, Tracking Scrum Project tools, Metrics & Myths about Agile, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, Vol 2, Issue 3, ISBN 2250-2459, March 2012. A Sharma, S. Gupta, An Extensible and Secure Framework for Distributed Applications, International Journal of Computer Science Issues (IJCSI), Vol 9, issue 1, February 2012. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Ajay Rana and Mridu, Analytical Comparison of Usability Measurement Methods, International Journal of Computer Applications, USA, Vol. 39 (15), February 2012, (Impact Factor 0.835). Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Soumi Ghosh, Ajay Rana, Comparison of Software Quality Models: An Analytical Approach, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, Vol. 2 (2), pp. 111-119, February 2012. J.S. Sodhi, Shilpi Sharma, Conceptualizing of Social Networking Sites, International Journal of Computer Science Issues (IJCSI) Vol. 9 Issue 1, No. 1 January 2012.ISSN (online 1694-0814). Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Amit Sharma and Ajay Rana, Ontology and Review on Maintainability Models for Object Oriented Software System, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, Vol 2 (1), pp. 23-32, January 2012. S. Gupta, P . K. Bhatia, Cognitive Spiral Model A frame work approach, International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology (IJAEST), Vol 1, Issue 1,January 2012. ISSN: 2249-913. S. Sukhija, S. Gupta, Wireless network security protocols A Comparative study, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE), January, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2012. ISSN: 2250-2459. Rana Majumdar, Agile Project Management, International Journal of Science & Advanced Technology, Vol 1, Issue 10, 180-182,ISBN 2221-8386, Bangladesh, Jan 2012. Jaya Sharma, Mammogram image segmentation, International Journal of Information technology and knowledge management, Volume 3, Issue 12, December 2011. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Arshdeep Kaur, and Ajay Rana, Early
Usability Model for Object-Oriented System, Journal of Computing, USA, October 2011, (Impact factor 0.381). Sanjay Kr. Dubey and Ajay Rana Assessment of Maintainability Metrics of Object-Oriented Software System, ACM SIGSOFT, Vol. 36(5), September, 2011. Shikha Aggarwal, Sandeep Kumar and Kamal Kant, Architecture: Noise Pollution Monitor through Wireless Sensor Network, International journal of Advances in Computer Networks and its Security (IJACN), Vol.1, Issue 1, Aug 2011. Rimmi Saini, Sanjay Kr. Dubey, Ajay Rana, Analytical Study of Maintainability Models for Quality Evaluation, Indian Journal on Computer Science and Engineering, Vol 2 (3), July 2011. Jyoti Shukla, Shweta Singh, Comparative Study of Cross Domain Models in Sentiment Mining, IFRSA International Journal of Data Ware housing & Mining (IIJDWM), July 2011. Swati Chandna, Abhishek Singhal, Abhay Bansal, Prioritization of Optimized Test Cases: An Approach, International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology (IJAET), ISSN: 2231-1963, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pp. 711-720 Vol. 3, No. 3. Abhishek Singhal, Swati Chandna, Abhay Bansal, A Novel Approach for Prioritization of Test Cases, International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering (IJCSE), P-ISSN: 2229-5631, P-ISSN: 0975-3397, Vol. 3, No. 5. Megha Rastogi, Kamal Kant Ahirwar, Abhay Bansal, Traffic Generator Based Performance Evaluation of Proactive and Reactive Protocols of Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research Volume 1, Issue 4, MAY 2012 ISSN 2277-8616 118. Narina Thakur, Shweta Gupta, Abhay Bansal, A new approach to revenue estimation in Telecommunication Industry using Linear Model International Journal of Computer Science Issue Vol 9, Issue 3 ISSN 2012-9-2-2336. (Impact Factor-0.242). Sanjay K. Dubey, Intelligent Data Mining: A Comprehensive Perception, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Editor Prof C.T. Bhunia, Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, ISBN 8189766-74-0. Sarika Jain, Round-off Stability for multi-valued maps, International Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications (Springer), ISSN: 1661-7738 (print version) ISSN: 1661-7746 (electronic version), Jan 2012.
Knowledge Sharing
Mr. Subhash C. Gupta and Mr. Vikas Deep, faculty members of CSE & IT Department, gave a briefing session on Amizone, Amitys intranet, to the new faculty members of ASET Mr. Abhishek Singhal, Asst. Professor III CSE Department, talked about neural networks and its application in software engineering area. He also threw light on neural network toolbox in Matlab on 25th May, 2012. Mr. Rana Majumdar, Assistant Professor II, IT Department, gave presentation on Agile Methodology on 18th April, 2012. Mr. Kamal Kant, Assistant Professor I, CSE Department, shared his knowledge in wireless sensor networks area on 13th Oct, 2011.
Faculty Achievements
Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal was elected as Member of Managing Committee of The Institution of Engineering and Technology (U.K) Delhi Chapter for 2011-12. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal has been selected as reviewer of International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, USA in 2011. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal has reviewed International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Information Security (IJCIIS), Australia in 2012.
FDPs/Workshops Attended
Ms. Anuranjana and Anchal Garg attended the workshop on Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms organized by Thapar University and ACM SIGACT North India and IEEE Student Branch, Thapar University held from 4th 15th June 2012. Ms. Aanchal Garg attended workshop on IT for modeling and
Student Recognitions and Awards
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Agam Dua, student of B.Tech (CSE), batch 2008-12 was selected for paper presentation on The behavioural aspect of ooda loop and network centric warfare in ICAMP 2011, an international conference on advances in military psychology. Siddhant Satija, student of B.Tech (CSE), batch 2008-12 had his project funded by AMITY University at a valuation of One Crore Rupees. Ankit Gupta, student of B.Tech (CSE), batch 2010-14 got an opportunity for Internship at The Washington Centre (TWC), USA that was fully sponsored by Prudential Foundation. Reji Mathews, Amnesh Goel, Prachur Saxena, students of M.Tech (CSE), batch 2010-12 published a paper titled Image Encryption based on explosive inter-pixel displacement of the RGB attributes of a pixel, in proceedings of the World Congress of Engineering & Computer Science, 2011.
executing business processes from 28th May 2012 1st June 2012, organized by Centre of Business Information Processing, Manav Rachna College of Engineering and sponsored by AICTE. Ms. Nitasha Hasteer, Ms. Sapna Sinha, Ms.Rachna Jain, Ms. Saru Dhir, Mr. Rana Majumdar, Ms. Shanu Sharma, Ms. Monika Bhalla, Ms. Priyanka Chawla, Mr. Farhat U. Khan, Ms. Nidhi Chandra, Mr. Rajesh Kr. Gupta, Mr. Kamal Kant, Ms. Shilpi Sharma, Ms. Abha Thakral, Ms. Rupali Rohankar, Ms. Garima Mehta, Ms. Shweta Bhardwaj, Ms. Arshdeep Kaur, Ms. Shilpi Gupta, Mr. S. C. Gupta, Ms. Rashmi Dubey, and Ms. Sumita Gupta attended 5 days workshop on Cloud Infrastructure and Services, organized by EMC Corporations, 7th 11th May, 2012. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal attended 5th IFIP World IT Forum at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi from 16th - 18th April, 2012. Ms Nitasha Hasteer, Mr. Abhishek Singhal, and Ms. Seema Rawat participated as delegates in a Workshop on Advanced System Integration and Artificial Intelligence at IIT-Delhi on 6th April 2012. Mr. Praveen Kumar attended an International Conference on Sports Biomechanics & Emerging Technologies held at IIT Roorkee on 17th 18th March 2012. Ms. Shanu Sharma attended seminar on Future Trends of Research In Computer science and Technology 2012, BITS Noida on 21st Jan, 2012. Mr. Rana Majumdar attended Campus Connect Faculty Enablement Program (FEP-2012) from 7th to 14th Jan, 2012, organized by Infosys, Chandigarh. Ms. Smriti Sehgal attended SocProS 2011, International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving organized by IIT Roorkee from 20th 22nd December, 2011. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal attended CSI 46th National Convention at Ahmedabad from 1st 3rd Dec, 2011. Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal attended the IETE Foundation Day on 2nd November 2011 organized by the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) at Delton Hall, New Delhi. Ms. Nitasha Hasteer, Mr. Abhishek Singhal, Ms. Anchal Garg, Ms. Shilpi Sharma, Ms. Rajni Sehgal participated as delegates in a workshop on Industry Academia Linkage at India Habitat Centre, Delhi from 2nd 3rd November 2011. Ms. Sapna Sinha, Ms. Saru Dhir, Ms. Anuranjana, Ms. Ritu Gupta, attended 5 days workshop on High Impact Teaching Skills, organized by Wipro Mission 10X.
Ms. K. Sundara Velrani attended AJP &CBT workshop on 7th 8th Aug, 2009 and Open Source Software Tools on 29th June - 3rd July 2009, Sri Krishna College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and attended Hack Track 2010 30th-31st March, 2010 by Hindusthan College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Saurav Vaish, student of B. Tech. (IT), batch 2008-12 wrote a book on Love happens and so does a break up which is a national bestseller. Tanya Sharma, student of B. Tech. (IT), batch 2008-12 published a paper titled Concerns for security in migrating to Cloud in International Journal of Research in Computer Application and Management on 25th March, 2012. Rachit Dua, student of B. Tech. (IT), batch 2008-12 published a paper titled Cloud Computing and Business Intelligence: A solution to IT losses in International Journal of Research in Computer Application and Management in 25th March, 2012. Nipun Jolly, student of B. Tech. (IT), batch 2008-12 stood First in Googly Google event at Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT). Ankit Chaturvedi, student of B. Tech. (IT), batch 2008-12 successfully cleared CAT with a score of 99.23 percentile in October, 2011. Prateek Chakrabarty, student of B. Tech. (IT), batch 2008-12 attended the Global MUN conference as a delegate, organized by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on 10-14th August, 2011 in Incheon Republic of Korea. Gaurav Mittal and Shivang Sharma, students of B. Tech. (IT), batch 2009-13 participated in PATW Competition at IIT Delhi on 3rd March, 2012. Sanchit Guliani, student of B.Tech. (CSE), batch 2008-12 was selected for International Archery competition to be held in China. Mansi Singh, student of B. Tech. (CSE), batch 2007-11 participated in International Skeet (12 Bore) Shooting in Australia.
Best Project Awards

Deepak Kumar Garg has developed ECGi software that helped in archival & retrieval of ECG paper records of patients in the electronic format. The main features of the project are Digitization of ECG thermal paper recording for ECG signal extraction and efficient storage (in the form of text files) and Interpretation of extracted ECG signal for assisting doctors in diagnosis. It also generates reports along with the prescription. Ms. Seema Sharma guided the project. It was deployed at Lalit Clinic & Nursing Home, Srimadhopur (Sikar), Rajasthan and Mahendra Hospital & Research Center, Srimadhopur (Sikar), Rajasthan.
AMIMUN
2012
With the ambitious tagline of Sustainable Development-In Harmony with Nature, AMIMUN 12 was a ground-breaking initiative by Amity University to spread awareness about the dire need for the sustainable development. AMIMUN 12 was a three-day conference from March 14, 2012 to March 16, 2012. Delegates from all the parts of the country participated and had an interactive session with the Guest of Honour, Mr. Mathew Hammill, Economic Affairs Officer, ESCAP , SRO-SSWA. The five councils simulated were: Economic and Financial (ECOFIN), Social, Cultural and Humanitarian (SOCHUM), United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Commission on Science and Technology Development (CSTD), and Human Rights Council (HRC).
Lavi Nigam, Shantanu Rana, Utkarsh Lokesh and Saransh Garg developed Edoool a Multi-Tenant Cloud Based Umbrella Ecosystem for Educational Beneficiaries that serves an Integration Platform for various New and Existing Services referred as Apps. These Applications include wide variety of educationally important services clubbed into single framework for plug and play. Edoool was adjudged the best project under Corporate Meet 2012, guided by Ms. Seema Rawat.
Siddhant Satija, student of B.Tech (CSE), batch 2008-12 published research paper and has featured in more than 20 newspapers and digital media internationally and also delivered workshops to engineers/managers at IIT Chennai, and Thapar University. Anuvrat Parashar and Deepak Kr Garg, students of B.Tech (CSE), batch 2008-12 secured 3rd position in programming competition in JIVE at JIIT, Noida. Mr. Dandu Bharat Raju, student of B.Tech (CSE), batch 200812 presented a poster named as Vehicular traffic density estimation on cumulative road acoustics in ICARE 2011, in collaboration with IBM. Rohit Goyal, student of B.Tech (CSE), batch 2008-12 secured second prize in Linux Quiz organized at Ambedkar Institute of Technology, IP University. Anuvrat Parashar, student of B.Tech (CSE), batch 2008-12 was invited as a speaker at OSS Camp in BBDNITM, Lucknow.
A National Bestseller
A book by Saurav Vaish of B.Tech (IT)
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Innovation at Incubator
Amity Innovation Incubator is an excellent place for students studying in Amity to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. We started our own venture in Incubator by submitting our business plans and we have been getting full support in terms of Mentorship, Guidance, Infrastructure Support and Business Development. The contacts and networking events were very helpful in getting us in touch with the people who could help us or with other business owners we could share our experiences with. The business advice we got on a regular basis helped us focus on the important tasks in front of us, and gave us invaluable feedback on our progress and our goals. But even more important than these was the support we got from the Amity Innovation Incubators management, who were always there to say a good word when we needed encouragement, and did everything in their power to help us on our way. Our batch started in 2008 at Amity University. We were not much aware about the corporate world. We gained insights into the actual market from our seniors and teachers. As we progressed through the days, we got curious about such market forces and started browsing the net although there was still much to be uncovered. Fascinated by our idea of personalized learning, Mr Divya Prakash, a sales and customer relations expert at Adobe, handling the clients at the Delhi office, also joined the team during 3rd year. In the month of March, the company Eduvative Technologies came into being. The word eduvative is an amalgamation of education and innovation with the aim of developing indigenous education solutions for educational institutions. The company adopted the motto of making its solutions available, adoptable and affordable (the 3A policy of Eduvative). The team also delivered two amazing industry projects and our University acknowledged both as the best projects.
Military Camp Student Spotlight

In the blink of an eye, my four years at Amity University have come to an end. I am truly grateful to have experienced everything this institute has provided me, including Academic, Practical Knowledge, extra-curricular activities and also a great platform to practice my Sports and participate in different tournaments. I am sure that my experiences in college will continue to lead me to new opportunities and people in every aspect of my life. Keeping the vision of the Founder President in mind, a 5 day programme had been evolved to impart military and adventure training to Undergraduate students of AMITY University, UP at the AMITY CUBS LEADERSHIP CAMP at AUR, Manesar. This training was focused towards inculcating discipline and leadership qualities in students. This training was imparted to 2nd Year, ASET students. During this training, they learned to be more disciplined and work in an organized way. Various adventure sports such as Rock climbing, Rappelling, Parachute gliding, Zombie Ball etc. were also there to make them more comfortable in the army environment. Our honourable Founder President, Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, along with his whole family, and Prof. Col. Kaiser Singh, former HOD CSE, ASET, joined in concluding ceremony. He laid emphasis on army training to students to make them strong from the heart and the soul.
Rahat Khanna CEO
Rahul Luthra Technical Head
Sanchit Guliani B. Tech CSE Batch of 2008-12 International Level Archer
Rahat Khanna & Rahul Luthra YEH Technologies
I am glad to associate with Amity University, a pioneer institution and wish good luck for publishing their newsletter Tech Bytes which will further strengthen the relationship with the Industry.
Lavi Nigam, Shantanu Rana, Utkarsh Lokesh, Saransh Garg Eduvative B.Tech IT Batch of 2008-12
Mr. R. K. Arora CEO, Broadcasting, News 24
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Experience of a Lifetime
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time on 20th January, 2012, leaving my beloved country behind for the unknown, I had no idea what to expect from my four months in the United States. Looking back, I can safely say my semester in D.C. has exceeded my wildest expectations. Never have I ever learned, seen, laughed and grown so much in such a short period of time. It truly gave me a different perspective on things and allowed me to see the world in a broader sense of theres more to the world. In a short time, I have learned a lot about US foreign policy and
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was fortunate to meet government bureaucrats, journalists and research scholars who enlightened me about the varied progress throughout. I found that my academic course called US 21st Century Foreign Policy was very informative having a unique blend of history, foreign policy and strategy. One of the most breathtaking experiences that I have ever had was to attend and speak at the United Nations General Assembly during the worlds largest Model UN conference NMUN held from 2nd to 7th April. My strategy is alienated into five categories that consist of academic development, professional development, civic engagement, leadership and personal growth. I personally came down here looking to garner the most knowledge in the world of International Politics and Foreign Policy which would help me groom as an individual and adapt a tenacity in handling and talking to new people of different ethnicities and public officials, as well as coping with the stressful schedule of a work week combined with academic seminars. I was able to amaze my boss with my hard work and dedication. Civically, I was able to increase my understanding of the misfortunes of American veterans, as I was a part of the civic engagement project for veterans. I have been a part of the lobbying group on Capitol Hill, trying to advocate a 2 state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Finally, my personal growth is where I feel I have made the most strides and without a doubt achieved my goal of being able to take on the real world with the stresses of class work and multiple activities. Being able to handle the long workweek schedule along with a night class, homework, civic engagement and providing for myself, I know I can make it in the real world. The little things that I didn't really consider to begin with, but made an impact on me while I was here is what really makes me know how far I've come while returning on 10thMay, 2012.
An attractive sweet flower with a lovely fragrance and soft, delicate petals can never be the outcome of just the plants hard work but every single element in its environment that has put in efforts during the growth of it.
A Message for Students by Ericsson
Dear friends, my success story at Amity is similar to that of the flower. The achiever in me has been created by every single member of the Amity family. And prominent among them is the contribution from my program leader, Mr. Praveen Kumar, for believing in me more than my own self and standing beside me at the time of every need and each and every faculty of Amity for having imparted their knowledge and experience to me in the best possible ways. Today, I am in the right words, a compilation of the knowledge, experience, hard work and love that Amity has in its surroundings and I promise to represent the same in the future with honour and dignity. And to all those juniors who are striving hard to perform well at Amity, I have just one small message. Whenever you face obstacles, whenever you feel that you are surrounded by troubles with situations going beyond control just remember:
I am delighted to have Aastha, Ankit, Inderjot, Parvartika, Ritika and Sahil Third Year students from Amity University, Computer Science & Engineering Department working as Interns for Ericsson Global Internal Sub Unit Project. Albeit in the nascent stage of learning Computer Science nuances, the manner the students have tried to plan, structure, innovate and implement our project on service delivery tracker tool after whetting the present day technologies and research into tools available shows up their synch with the new technologies in vogue and zeal for imbibing newer technologies. The way these students have taken up the challenge to work on the project independently speaks volumes of their positive attitude. Commitment, enthusiasm, resourcefulness and collaborative approach they have displayed while working on this project is indicative of the supportive environment of the Institution they are budding from and I am sanguine if they work like this they would make into excellent Computer Science engineers. I wish them all the best.
Ankit Gupta B.Tech CSE, Batch of 2010-14
Good timber does not grow with ease the stronger the wind the stronger the trees...
international affairs, which I could probably never have understood being in India. Thats no knock on the curriculum; its the fact that the lessons learned from a firsthand experience are priceless and most beneficial to my career field. As an intern for the Osgood Center For International Studies, I had the responsibility to work with various think tanks and professionals working on Middle East policies and write about possible solutions and events held at all organizations. Throughout my internship, I
Zia Ahmed B.Tech CSE Batch of 2008-12 Wipro, Hyderabad
Mr. Rajiv Sharma Head Operations, ITTE ESD, India
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New Faculty
Ms. Madhulika Bhatia joined as an Assistant Professor-I, Computer Science & Engineering Department on 25th June 2012. Her research interests are related to Image Processing and Video object Tracking. She is B. Tech, M. Tech, and MBA. She is pursuing PhD from Amity University, Noida.
Semantic Interportability Framework

By Ms. Aruna Chhaba Sr. Consultant, NIC SI
The Industrial revolution had created industry hubs, and re-oriented human population, whereas IT revolution has converted those hubs into a global village, in which information services can be delivered through a single window, anywhere, anytime, in a format as desired by the customer. However, quality of such services depends upon the degree of interoperability among heterogeneous ICT systems spread across the globe for seamless exchange of information not only for information delivery, but also for efficient disasters management. Interoperability Frameworks of the countries focus on technical, organizational and semantic interoperability for this purpose. In the era of the Internet, problem of information overload has made semantic interoperability most complex, requiring intensive research to arrive at quick and simplified solutions. Internationally, initiatives have been already started to build Semantic Interoperability Frameworks (SIF), whose scope /purpose is to arrive at agreed approach for building capability of the organizations (Government, Private, Business, other sectors) to: a. discover information requirements for quality services delivery b. explicitly describe the meaning of data to be shared multilaterally with other organizations c. process received information in a manner consistent with its intended purpose
The scope of SIF further includes guiding principles for addressing issues associated with: a. Data accessibility, authentication, authorization, security, transparency, accountability and privacy that constrain semantic interoperability. b. Building of metadata and data standards for mapping schemas in databases, multiple ontologies for business conceptualization of data, taxonomy and lexicon etc. c. Interoperability Governance processes like mechanisms for formulation of polices, technical standards, best practices, enforcement and compliance and conflicts resolution etc. Present day technology tools available for this purpose need to be advanced to build repositories and set multilateral contextual relationship between them. The tools should be capable of triggering alerts for conflicts during inter/intra organizations data exchange. Further, appropriate H/W and S/W tools need to be built around the semantic Interoperability Framework to encourage concept of Open data management, in line with open technologies to avoid monopoly of organizations on common data, technology dependency, and vendor lock-in and cost overruns.
I have spent the best 4 years of my life at Amity. Faculties have really inspired and motivated me a lot. It is due to their mentoring that I am able to pursue a career of my dreams. Even the infrastructure of Amity is world class. Sports and fests at Amity are extravagant itself. I take great pride in saying that I am an AMITIAN. Ayush Goenka, B.Tech IT Batch of 2007-11 Currently Pursuing Masters of Quantitative Finance at Rutgers University, USA
The time I spent at Amity was some of the best years of my life. Amity gave me lifelong friendships, wonderful mentors and the confidence to make a mark when I stepped out into the world. I am pleased to say that everyone in my organization is really impressed with my fellow Amitians and me, because of our forthcoming personalities, confidence and dedication. Ankita Aggarwal, B.Tech CSE Batch of 2007-11 Headstrong Services Ltd.
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Amity not only helped me in boosting my confidence but it gave me the opportunity to enlighten my strong points and build up a wonderful career ahead. The quality education that Amity provides not only helps us in building a solid career but it makes us a complete person with values and ethics. Mohit, B.Tech IT Batch of 2008-12 Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
Mr. Aniruddha Bhattacharjya joined as an Assistant Professor-II, Computer Science & Engineering Department, ASET, Amity University on 16th July 2012. He has an M. Tech. in IT Courseware Engineering. With the experience of more than 5 years in teaching and research, he has also served as an HOD of an Engineering Institute. He has 18 international publications to his name as on date
It is, according to me, an institution that provides its students with not only education but "complete education". And by that phrase I mean that it teaches all its children not only the bookish knowledge but also the knowledge that helps us to overcome our fears and failures and enable us to proceed sustainably towards our success and goals. Mansi Gupta, B.Tech IT Batch of 2008-12 Headstrong Ltd
Mr. Arun Prakash Agrawal Joined Amity University as an Assistant Professor-I in Computer Science and Engineering Department, ASET on 16th July 2012. He is M. Tech (Gold Medalist). Currently he is pursuing Ph.D. in Software Testing from the GGSIP University. He has 9 years of teaching experience. His area of interest includes Software Engineering, Software Testing, Computer Networks, Design and Analysis of Algorithms.
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Data Mining & Ontology Advance Mathematics/Methods for Data Acquisition Data Analysis Soft Computing Evolutionary Algorithm Autonomic Computing Grid Computing Pervasive Computing Quantum Computing Network Architectures and Protocols Virtual and Overlay Networks Ad hoc and Sensor Networks Network Storage Management Big Data Wireless Communication Ubiquitous Computing Business Clouds Service-Oriented Architecture and Cloud Computing Cloud Computing Consulting Methods Design Tool for Cloud Computing Remote Sensing & GIS Economic and Business Models for Cloud Computing Cloud Computing Architectures Innovative Cloud Applications and Experiences Software Engineering Image Processing Pattern Recognition Natural Language Processing Software Testing Artificial Intelligence Intelligent Information System System Knowledge Management Other Relevant Topics
Call for Paper

Amity School of Engineering and Technology (ASET), Amity University Uttar Pradesh is one of the pioneer institutions in the field of Engineering, Research and Technology and has been ranked 4th in North Zone by Times Of India (Education Times). Amity School of Engineering and Technology is organizing International Confluence 2012 - The Next Generation Information Technology Summit on 27th -28th September 2012 to be held at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Sector-125, Noida-201303. In January 2010, ASET successfully organized Confluence 2010 which focused on strategies for Information & Storage Management in different sectors and looked for new directions in the changing business scenario. In January 2011, ASET organized Confluence 2011 which focused on Data Storage, Information and Compliance for Business Excellence and was a huge success. And this year, 3rd in the series, ASET is organizing International Confluence 2012 - The Next Generation Information Technology Summit. Confluence 2012 intends to bring together professionals, academicians, industry experts, students and enthusiasts to discuss various emerging trends and innovations, share research results and new directions in the field of Cloud Computing and other next generation technologies. Authors are invited to submit original technical papers in any of the following topics but not limited to: Content Management Information and Knowledge Management Data Optimization Information & CRM Data Mining and Business Intelligence Web Mining Network Security & Cryptography Cyber Threats & Security Software Security & Risk Management Security Audit, Compliance and Standards Green ICT and Clouds theory, practice and experiences Cloud Security, Privacy and Compliance Challenges Experiences with Existing Cloud Infrastructure, Services and Uses Interaction of Mobile Computing, ecommerce and Clouds Standardization activity in Clouds proposals and experiences
Selected and registered papers will be published in the Proceedings of the International Confluence 2012 - The Next Generation Information Technology Summit. Extended version of selected papers will be published in International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA) (USA) Digital Library with initial indexing in Google Scholar, CiteSeerX, UlrichsWeb, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) and Scientific Commons Index, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. International Journal of Computer Applications is a voting member of CrossRef, USA and each of its research articles is allotted a unique DOI reference. The papers will also be indexed with SAO/NASA ADS Physics Abstract Service supported by Harvard University and NASA, Informatics and ProQuest CSA Technology Research Database.
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For further information, visit www.amity.edu/asetau/confluence2012 E-mail: conflunce2012@amity.edu

CSE Department Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal Abhishek Singhal Praveen Kumar Smriti Sehgal Shilpi Sharma Shweta Bhardwaj IT Department Ms. Nitasha Hasteer Sapna Sinha Parul Bhatia Seema Rawat Chetna Choudhary Sapna Shukla Rana Majumdar Sarika Jain Saru Dhir Anuranjana Students Ayush SachdevB.Tech. CSE Ankit GuptaB.Tech. CSE Yamini RanaB.Tech. CSE Anjali SinghB.Tech. CSE Gaurav MittalB.Tech. IT Shivang SharmaB.Tech. IT
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Message from HOD
It is a matter of great pleasure to introduce you the Mechanical and Automation Engineering Departments First Issue of Quarterly Newsletter AUTOMECH NEWS. I am extremely thankful to Dr. Balvinder Shukla, AVC (AUUP) & DG (ASET) for her constant encouragement and support in publishing this newsletter. I am also thankful to the faculty, staff and students support team for putting in their best efforts in bringing out this first issue of Departmental Newsletter. I am sure this newsletter will be an effective platform for all the faculty and students to showcase their innovations, achievements and talents. AUTOMECH NEWS will help students and other esteemed readers in knowing the achievements of MAE students, faculty and staff which in-turn will be a source of inspiration and motivation. Also, knowing about the future events and activities with time along with the past experiences of events, this newsletter will help them to prepare well for the upcoming activities, right from Campus Placements, Club Committee Activities and participations in outside events. Apart from technical knowhow of Mechanical and Automation Engineering Department, faculty and students will also get an opportunity to put forward their passions and interests in non-technical activities relating to art, culture and other extracurricular activities.
Special points of interest: MANFEX 2012 Space Walk: Black Holes Keep it cool Automatic tool picker machine Gen-shock Book review
Peep inside for: Message from the editorial team About the MAE department MANFEX 2012 conference Visit by Mr. Stephen Tetlow, CEO I-MechE Go mechanical go!Sangathan 2011 Students participation Activities in the department Clubs of MAE dept. Training on NASTRAN software Book review (Kane & Abel-Jeffery Archer) Space walk: Black holes Gen-shock
Prof. Vivek Kumar
Keep it cool Recession proof mechanical engineering Budding talents An innovative thought: automatic tool picker machine Concluding ceremony
The Newsletter of the Department of Mechanical & Automation Engineering

Release of Conference Proceedings of MANFEX -2012 on 29th March 2012
Overall departmental report: incredible MAE
MANFEX 2012 conference
Message from the Editorial Team

Knowledge, is an entity that cannot be simply confined in minds, it has to be shared and expressed so that it is brought to its best use. With this motto, the Mechanical and Automation Department has come out with AUTOMECH news, which is aimed at bringing curiosity and expanding knowledge about various technological innovations and happenings around the department . As a team, this issue has brought students and faculty together and has helped us to work in co ordination. The reader will find a variety of topics in the first issue, ranging from technical to non technical topics. It is an honour to be a part of the AUTOMECH team and hopefully we would come up with many more issues in the near future.
About the MAE department

Mechanical & Automation Engineering (MAE) Department is one of the founding departments of Amity School of Engineering & Technology at Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. It constantly strives to fulfill the visionary dream of our Founder President, Honourable Dr. Ashok K Chauhan and aim of ASET i.e. to facilitate Quality Engineering Education to equip and enrich young minds to meet global challenges in development, innovation and application of technology in the service of Humanity. The MAE Department has played a key role in developing an 'Engineering Science & Value based curriculum. Over the years, the CRC department has played a leading role through continuous interaction with the industry, which has led the overall focus on Industrial application of engineering principles, concepts, and theories. The Department has 42 faculty members, 1200 UG students, 35 PG students and 18 permanent supporting staff. The Department offers various academic programs like B. Tech MAE, dual degrees i.e. B. Tech & M. Tech (automobile) and B. Tech & MBA, B. Tech in evening batch, M. Tech (Automobile Engg.), M. Tech (Mechatronics) and M. Tech. weekend and Ph.D. degrees. The department will offer B. Tech in Automobile Engineering and M. Tech in Industrial & Production from academic session 2013-14. In 2011, about 81 students received their degrees. They have been engaged in research in all the classical areas of Mechanical Engineering and the upcoming areas too. The academic activities are supported by 27 laboratories. Two new laboratories, Engine component lab & Chassis component lab, both for M. Tech automobile course was inaugurated in the last year. The Department has decided to focus major research efforts in the Industrial Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Automation, New and renewable energy resources, nanotechnology. The faculty has been active in offering consultancy services to industries and conduct courses regularly to facilitate the continuing education of practicing engineers.
On 29th & 30th March 2012, following the success of MANFEX 2011, the department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering on behalf of Amity School of Engineering and Technology (ASET), Amity University Uttar Pradesh (AUUP), India organized MANFEX 2012. The international Conference MANFEX 2012 was designed with the objective to provide a platform for the industry personnel, academicians, researchers and young budding engineers to share their knowledge on the excellence in manufacturing. This knowledge will help them to keep pace with the world to know and learn the advanced technology & equip them to face the techno-economic challenges of the millennium. The conference aimed : To interact with key specialists in diversified fields. To share innovative ideas amongst the participants. To get exposed to the latest trends in Design and Development, Renewable Energy, Thermal Sciences & Engineering, Industrial Management, Materials and Manufacturing Technology and Engineering to achieve Manufacturing Excellence. MANFEX - 2012 comprised of 3 plenary sessions and 6 technical sessions. With a total of 30 speakers from various renowned organisations and institutions, MANFEX - 2012 has proved to be a great success, setting a precedent for Amity University. More than 100 papers were received and after reviewing all, 67 papers were selected for the conference
and published in the proceedings of MANFEX - 2012. There were a total of 47 papers presented during the conference. The brief summary report of MANFEX 2012 is given as under.
Day 1, 29th March 2012

MANFEX 2012 was inaugurated under the noble guidance of then Pro Vice Chancellor, D.G. (ASET) and Convener, MANFEX 2012, Dr. Balvinder Shukla and in presence of the Chief Guest Mr. Rohtash Mal, Executive Director & CEO, Agri Machinery Group, Escorts, the Guest of Honour Mr. Vikram Sharma, CEO & MD, Kobelcco Equipment and Mr. G. Sundararaman A.V.P . Quality & Sustainability, JCB India Ltd. The Guest of honour Mr. Vikram Sharma delivered a lecture on manufacturing in India with a global perspective. Mr. G. Sundararaman shared his experience of transferring engineering knowledge and skills to high end technology and higher productivity to achieve excellence in manufacturing. The inauguration was followed by a Plenary session on the theme of Global Business Environment: Key drivers for the Indian Manufacturing Sector for Global Competitiveness. The session was graced by Mr. G. Sundararaman A.V.P . Quality & Sustainability, JCB India Ltd., Mr. M. Thyagaraj, Advisor, ONGC, Mr. Sanjeev Thakar, General Manager, Maruti, Mr. Vivek Gupta, Asst. Manager, Tennecco Automotive and Mr. S. K. Pandey, Asst. Manager, Tennecco Automotive. Automotive and Mr. S. K. Pandey, Asst. Manager, Tennecco Automotive.
Editorial Board Faculty Members: 1. Dept. News: Prof. Nitin Kumar Upadhye 2. Event Section: Ms. Megha Sharma 4. Research Section: Ms. Nazma Ehteshan 4. International Section: Mr. Hemant Chouhan 5. Industry Interaction: Mr. Ashok Dargar 6. Message Section/Cultural+Article+ Sports: Lt. Col. D K Sharma 7. Sponsorship + Alumni: Mr. Ajay Sharma
Staff Support Ms. Anu Kamal (Academic Coordinator)
The plenary session was followed by four concurrent Technical Sessions. Session 1 was chaired by Dr. S.N. Pandit, HOD (ME) NIET, Gr. Noida on the theme Design & Development. Total 6 papers were presented by researchers in the areas of FEM, product design, etc . The 2nd Technical session was conducted on the themeIndustrial Management which was Chaired by Prof. S.K. Garg, Head, Delhi School of Management & Associate Head (ME), Delhi technological University 5 Papers were presented by faculty members/research scholars from different institutes at this session in the areas of lean manufacturing, six sigma and SCM The 3rd technical session was chaired by Prof. Sachin Maheshwari, Head, MP & A, & Dean (R&D) NSIT, New Delhi on the theme -Diversified fields of Mechanical Engg. And 5 Papers were presented by faculty members / research scholars. The 4th technical session was chaired by Prof. N.D. Kaushika, Director, Amity School of Green Technology. The theme of the session was Thermal Engineering & Renewable Energy. Five papers were presented.
followed by two concurrent technical sessions. Both the sessions dealt with research paper presentations. Session 5 was chaired by Prof. M. Muzammil, AMU, Aligarh. A total of 9 papers were presented during the session. MANFEX 2012 was concluded with Valedictory address by the Chief Guest Mr. V. K. Aggarwal, CEO, VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd (VECV). Certificates were distributed to the paper presenters, coordinators and student volunteers. The best paper award was given to Mr. Chaitanya Sharma (Research Scholar, IIT, Roorkee for his paper Mechanical and micro structural characterization of friction stir welded joints of AA7039. Over all MANFEX - 2012 represented a unique forum for presentation and discussion of original research and development in the broad area of manufacturing. It came at an appropriate time, when India and the whole world are going for major expansions in manufacturing technology. In its true sense MANFEX - 2012, reflected the changing scenario in manufacturing excellence and indeed has provided the much needed focus for the future growth.
Day 2, 30th March 2012

On the 2nd day of MANFEX 2012, two plenary sessions, two technical sessions and valedictory sessions were conducted. Plenary Session 2 was chaired by Prof P K Rohatgi, Head, CRC dealing with the theme of Attracting and Retaining Talents HR challenges. Mr. Surinder Kumar Head (HR) Motherson, Mr. Jagjeet Paul, Ms. Neelam Dhaka and Ms. Namrita Gupta shared their views on the topic. This was followed by two concurrent technical sessions. Both the sessions dealt with research paper presentations. Session 5 was chaired by Prof. M. Muzammil, AMU, Aligarh. A total of 9 papers were presented during the session.
Visit by Mr. Stephen Tetlow, CEO I-MechE

In the beginning of the year, Mr. Stephen Tetlow, CEO, I-MechE and Mr. Paul Arora, Trustee and Chairman, India Branch, IMechE visited the MAE Department on January 10, 2012.The team was here till afternoon. They visited various labs and facilities available at Amity University, Noida and had discussions with the panel consisting presently acting Vice-Chancellor. Pro-VC Mrs. B. Shukla, Prof. K.M. Soni, Prof. Vivek Kumar, Maj. Gen R. K. Dhawan, Dr. Alka Munjal and faculty of the MAE Department. Mr. Stephen Tetlow also guided the students of Amity University by delivering a small talk on accredited institutes and degrees and advantages of the same. Mr. Paul Arora guided the students on how to be a member and I-MechE body in India. The students particularly got interested when they come to know, how there accredited degree becomes acceptable across the globe and other benefits of an accredited degree courses .
Veteran faculty member, Lt Col (Retd) DK Sharma (64 years) has been the main stay of ASETs success story in SANGATHAN. He also won laurels as an individual in running & golf besides actively participating in tennis & badminton.
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Individual events Goldmedals Silver medals Bronze medals
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Team events Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals
Dugald Clerk (18541932)

The inventor of the two-stroke engine
STUDENTS PARTICIPATION
International Participation A team of students cleared the first round for the NASAs third lunabotics mining competition under the guidance of Ishan Kaushik . Technical Research Paper on High Performance Mechatronic Control Systems, by Hardik Makhija was selected for publication in the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE-2011), held at Colorado, USA by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME, USA) Technique for examining epicyclical gear box - The research paper of Mr. Krish Gupta was published in the International Journal of Scientific and Engineering and Research (November 2011). Inter Institutional Participation Last year, there were several participations from the MAE department the list is given below:
EVENTS BADMINTON BASKETBALL CRICKET 08 FOOTBALL HANDBALL HOCKEY 03 KHO KHO LAWN TENNIS TABLE TENNIS KABBADI VOLLEYBALL TUG OF WAR NET BALL ATHLETICS SWIMMING 03 05 04 05 01 01 01 05 01 01 03 01 01 08 04 GOLD 03 04 SIVER BRONZE
Knowledge is growing so fast that ninety percent of what we will know in fifty years time, will be discovered in those fifty years.
GO Mechanical GO! SANGTHAN 2011

Star performer of MAE department was Mr. Manit Moolchandani (5MAE1) who bagged 5 gold medals & 1 bronze Medal in swimming. MAE Department is full of talent in games and sports. Our students made a major contribution towards annexing of Inter Institutional Sports Championship Trophy (SANGATHAN 2011) by ASET with a convincing margin and all time medal tally. Our overall contribution towards ASETs Medal tally was over 25%. This figure would have been much higher, but for very few girls forming part of our department. Let us hope that the number of girls goes up in coming academic year. It will not only improve our performance in sports but will also improve the discipline of boys.
COLLEGE IIT Bombay
EVENT ROBOWARS
TEAM MEMBERS Ishan Kaushik Nishant Kaushik Ayush Mundra Atish Arora Priyash Nigam Shivansh Rajwansh Bishal Jain Shashank Bhadauria Nitish Kadwal Mainak Team 1 Abhishek Kumar Navin Jangar Harshit Vashisth Nitin Darmal Team 2 Shivansh Rajwansh Bishal Jain Shashank Bhadauria Ishant Jain
ACHIEVEMENT
Anil Kumble graduated from

Stood 14th among 167 teams Cleared the First and the Samui Second Round and Selected to the Final Round
Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE) in the functional area of Mechanical Engineering in 199192
IIT Bombay
FULL THROTLE: NITROX
IIT Bombay
MAGNETO (2 TEAMS)
Judge praised the students for their active participation, new thinking and cost efficient design.
Activities in the department

S.NO 1. LECTURES ON TOPIC Lean Manufacturing System Issues in the Indian Context Vehicle Dynamics in the context of Road safety and Fuel economics Cleaning of Space Garbage SPEAKER Prof. Nitin Kumar Upadhyay DATE Nov 3, 2011
Dr. Abhay Bansal (HOD IT Dept., ASET) Dr. C K Goel (HOD Mathematics) The complete FDP was attended by all faculty members of the MAE Dept. along with faculty from, Nanotechnology Dept. (Dr. Rakesh Sharma, Dr. Ranjit Kumar & Mr. Robin Kumar), and the MAE Dept, ASET, Amity University, Manesar (Mr. Gopal Krishan & Mr. Hardial Singh)
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Lt. Col. D.K. Sharma Mr. Keshab Dutta
Jan 5,2012 May 15, 2012
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Nicolas Lonard Sadi Carnot (17961832) physicist and military engineer
The concluding remarks and vote of thanks was presented by Prof. Nitin Kr. Upadhye of the MAE Dept. ASET. Forenoon Session The forenoon session of FDP was delivered by Prof. R.A. Khan from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. The topics which he covered are: Design of Mechanisms
Faculty Development programmes

Faculty Development Programmes on "Strategies for Student Centric Teaching in Engineering Mechanics" was organized on May 04, 2012 at E-2 Seminar Hall, Amity University Campus, Sector-125 Noida. The programme proceeded as: Dr. Balvinder Shukla, DG, ASET, Head-Amity Academic Staff College & Pro. Vice Chancellor, AUUP delivered the inaugural address. Prof. S. Prasad, Professor, GCET presented his views on the topic "Review of Fundamentals of Engineering Mechanics". Prof. Vivek Kumar, HOD, MAE, ASET talked on the topic "Mechanics of Structures (Trusses)". Prof. (Dr.) S.N. Pandit, Prof. & Head ME, NIET presented his views on Distributed Forces (Centroid / CG / MOI) & Dynamics of particles". More than 35 Faculty members from MAE Dept., Civil Dept. of ASET, AISST, AIFT, Noida and MAE, ASET Bijwasan attended the program. Closing remarks were given by Prof. A K Jairath, Dy. Director, ASET FDP on Design of Machine Elements held on 7th June2012. The Faculty Development Programme was introduced by Prof. Vivek Kumar which was followed by welcome address of Dr. Malathi Subramanian (Director, Amity Academic Staff College) and Major General A.K. Jain (Additional Director, ASET). The inaugural session of the FDP was attended by: Prof. K.M. Soni (Deputy director, ASET) Dr. Sujata Pandey (Research Head, ASET)
New developments and emerging trends in machine design
Ten cords of wood stacked 4 feet wide by 4 feet high by 80 feet long have the same heating potential as 1,400 gallons of oil.
Prof. Khan also reviewed the university syllabus of Machine Design which is a compulsory subject for MAE 3rd year students. The Afternoon Session The afternoon session delivered by Prof. U.C. Jindal, former professor DCE, New Delhi was on the design of power transmission devices. The topics included in the afternoon sessions are: Design of gear drives Design of belt, rope, chain and pulley. Remarks: The machine design is considered to be very tough and dry subject in Mechanical Engineering curriculum. But the way things were explained by Prof. R A. Khan giving examples from day to day life would definitely help faculty members to present the subject before students in a more interactive and attractive way. The experience shared by Prof. U.C. Jindal about the advancement in design methodologies of power transmission devices indeed enhanced the knowledge bank of the participants. Staff Development Programme Apart from the faculty development programmes, the department also organised various staff development programs. These programmes aimed at the improvement of the lab staff. All the lab staff was given the knowledge about all the other labs. They were also taught the theory of each and every experiment by the Dept. faculties.
Willis Carrier (18761950) Pioneered the design and manufacturing of modern air-conditioning systems
Tennis balls are fuzzy to increase air resistance to make it slower and to keep the ball on the strings of the racket a split second later for more control.
Isaac Newton used to be a member of the parliament.
Clubs Of Mae Dept.

The department of mechanical and automation engineering, ASET has various clubs and we expect the students to actively participate which will enhance their practical knowledge and their ability to apply them in practice.
Propulsionzz (The Automobile Club)

Propulsionzz provides students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge of mechanical engineering practically in automobiles and make it work. Faculty Head: Mr. Narendra Singh
DATE 2nd February, 2012 16th February, 2012 1st March, 2012 EVENT Workshop on Solid Works by final year students Designing of Mechanical Concepts prototypes using Raw Material Paper Presentation on new advancement in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Processes PARTICIPANTS 60 83
Golf balls have dimples because they help reduce drag, this allows the ball to fly
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Robotics Club
This club of the mechanical department was setup keeping in mind the changing scenario of the modern mechanical engineering. At the current stage the industry is not only demanding the mechanical engineers to make machines but make them autonomous as well. The robotics club of the department provides the student a platform to think practically about the robotics. Faculty Head: Mr. R.P .S. Sisodia Events organised last semester:
DATE 2nd February, 2012 9th February, 2012 15th March 2012 EVENT Workshop on Advanced Robotics Pick and Place Robots Competition Bulls Eye (Robotic dart-gaming competition) 22nd March 2012 8th March, 2012 Robo Racing Competition Maze Solving Robot Competition 30-50 30-50 50-60 PARTICIPANTS 100-120 50-60
Andr Citron (18781935) Founder of Citron automotive, known for application of double-helical gears
further than a smooth ball
SAE INDIA Collegiate Club

This club is the affiliate Society of Automobile Engineers India. This club provides students with a platform to compete on the national level and conducts various competitions for students to test their mettle.
Training on NASTRAN Software

Following MAE Faculty members attended a two day (4th to 5th June, 2012) Training Programme on Nastran software at the Tata Technologies, Delhi Office, organized by Tata Technologies. 1. Mrs. Nazma Ehtesham 2. Mr. Hemant Chauhan 3. Mr. Ajay Sharma 4. Mr. Ashok Kr. Dargar 5. Mr. Kuldeep Narwat This training was preceded by two phases held from 25th27th April 2011 and 4th 6th July2011. During the last two phases of training, a familiarization with user interface and pre-processor was developed. MD Nastran file management system and bulk data selection were explained. Linear static analysis and buckling, etc were explained. Patran was covered and basics of Nastran were discussed. Dynamic analysis, Optimization, MARC software (Non Linear Analysis) and ADAMS software were left for this last phase of training during 4th 5th June2012. Training started with solver capabilities of Nastran. The solution sequence of structural analysis (static & dynamic analysis and optimization) and thermal analysis were discussed in brief. The input file (Bulk data file) and the output file were explained. Nastran card format for nodes, elements, forces, constraints and materials were explained.
Mechanical engineering and modelling club

Activities of the Mechanical Engineering and Modeling club are focused on various models having application of thermal/fluid mechanics principals. This helps the students to realize the practicalities of the theoretical part, they learn in the classroom. Faculty Head: Mrs. Megha Sharma
DATE 2nd February, 2012 16th February, 2012 1st March, 2012 EVENT Workshop on Solid Works by final year students Designing of Mechanical Concepts prototypes using Raw Material Paper Presentation on new advancement in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Processes PARTICIPANTS 60 83
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Book review (Kane and Abel-Jeffery Archer)

Wladek Abel Rosnovski and William Kane were both born on the same day in 1906, but on completely different ends of the earth and side of the tracks. While William was born to a wealthy Boston family, Wladek was found in the woods near a castle in Poland, where he was raised by a poor family already saddled with nine mouths to feed. The story chronicles their lives growing up in an era of war, where William used to deal with the loss of his father in the Titanic and Wladek losses the only family he knows in World War 1. He became a prisoner of the Russians, but eventually escaped to Turkey where he was rescued and soon sent to America to start a new life. While William continued to grow in wealth, Abel worked his way up from being a simple waiter at the Plaza in New York City, to eventually being in charge of a hotel chain. The two men eventually met when Abel needed backing for his failing business and needed the help of William's bank. Unfortunately, things didnt go as planned and Abel soon blamed William for the loss of his mentor and friend, Leroy. This personal vendetta went on for years between the two men, who did all they can to bring each other down financially. But fate can play a cruel role, as it led these enemies to do good things for each other without even knowing about it. This type of book is good for mature readers, readers who are into suspense, drama, intrigue and romance. I especially liked the attention and detail paid to each character as we are taken into their lives. By the end of this story, you feel drawn to Abel or Kane, wanting each man to snap out of their stubbornness to see what is so obvious. Their lives are enriching and heart-breaking. I recommend this book because you will be unable to put it down. If you are looking for a book that talks about life in the early 1900s, to see how ruthless and cutthroat the business world is, and especially to see the impact of friendship and family, then this is the story for you.
Space Walk: Black Holes

Introduction The term black hole is of very recent origin. It was coined in 1969 by the American scientist John Wheeler. A star which is sufficiently massive and compact has a very strong gravitational field that not even light can escape from the surface of that star, is known as a black hole. A black hole, according to the general theory of relativity, is a region of space from which nothing, including light, can escape. It is the result of the deformation of space-time caused by a compact mass. Around a black hole there is an undetectable area which marks the point of no return, called an event horizon. It is called black because it absorbs all the light that hits it, reflecting nothing, just like a perfect black body in thermodynamics. Despite its invisible interior, a black hole can be observed through its interaction with other matter. A black hole can be inferred by tracking the movement of a group of stars that orbit a region in the space. Astronomers have identified numerous stellar black hole candidates, and have also found evidence of super massive black holes at the centre of galaxies. After observing the motion of nearby stars for 16 years, in 2008 astronomers found compelling evidences that a super massive black hole of more than 4 million solar masses is located near the Sagittarius A* region in the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. This additional heat also increases pressure of the gas until it is sufficient to balance the gravitational attraction, and the gas stops contracting. Stars remain stable like this for a really long time, with heat from nuclear reactions balancing the gravitational attraction. Then after few years, the star runs out of its hydrogen and other nuclear fuel. When a star runs out of fuel it starts to cool off and no enough energy left inside the star to withstand its strong gravitational attraction. So it starts contracting. This state is the final state of a star called white dwarf which has a radius of a few thousand miles and density of hundreds of tonnes per cubic inch. Owing to this extremely high density, the gravitational attraction of that star increases and it starts attracting everything lying closer to it and not even let the light to escape. This is called a Black Hole. The parts of black hole are horizon, singularity, photon sphere, ergo sphere. The methods of detecting black holes are through Gamma ray burst, gravitational Lansing, accretion of matter. Formation of the Black Hole To understand how a black hole might be formed, we first need to understand the life cycle of a star. A star is formed when a large amount of gas (mostly hydrogen) starts to collapse due to its gravitational attraction. As it contracts the atoms of the gas collide with each other more and more frequently at greater and greater speeds - the gas heats up. Eventually, the gas becomes so hot that when the hydrogen atoms collide they dont bounce back, instead they coalesce to form helium. The heat released in this reaction, which is like a controlled hydrogen bomb explosion, is what makes the star shines.
What if the Sun becomes a Black Hole? The Sun has no intention of doing any such thing. Only stars that weigh considerably more than the Sun end their lives as black holes. The Sun is going to stay roughly the way it is for another five billion years or so. Then it will go through a brief phase as a red giant star, during that time, it will expand to engulf the planets Mercury and Venus, and make life quite uncomfortable on Earth (Oceans will boiling, atmosphere will escape). And then, the Sun will end its life by becoming a boring white dwarf star. What if the Sun did become a black hole for some reason? The main effect is that it would get dark and cold around here. The Earth and the other planets would not get sucked into the black hole; they would keep on orbiting in exactly the same paths they follow right now. Why? Because the horizon of this black hole would be very small -- only about 3 kilometers -- and as we observed above, as long as you stay well outside the horizon, a black hole's gravity is no stronger than that of any other object of the same mass.
Priyash Nigam 5MAE1(2010-14)
Abhishek Patial 4MAE1(2009-2013 )
GEN-SHOCK
Revealed by a team of researchers led by "Shakeel Avadhany" (an undergraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) at Boston's Levant Power Corporation, the mechanical engineers managed to develop a system called "GenShock", which represents "a shock absorber that has the ability to partially power a vehicle driving through pothole-plagued locations. "(Pothole means hole or pit, here: pit on the road). The invention is installed on a car. "When hitting a small pothole in the road, hydraulic fluid spurts into a turbine, which afterwards starts rotating as fluid runs through it. In such a way the turbine powers a small electric generator". Electronics incorporated in the system make the ride of a car through bumps smoother. Application in Military: With improved fuel efficiency, the military cars will consume less fuel when driving through war zones. Besides, a smoother ride, it would be easier to handle the vehicles, making it possible for soldiers to drive them faster through areas. If used on a military "Humvee", the energy recuperated can be used to increase fuel efficiency by "3 to 10 percent," which corresponds to up to a "4 mile-pergallon" increase in fuel saving.
Colin Chapman (19281982) Automotive engineer, founder of Lotus Cars
The cooling mechanism of the car mainly consists of three most important parts the coolant, the radiator, the fan. Coolant is generally air, water+ethylene glycol solution or oil. The basic function of the coolant is to take the heat form, the cylinder head and deliver it to the radiator. The radiator is not literally a radiator as the name suggests; actually it is a convector. It is a bit confusing why a fan is used, as the air is coming to the radiator to take the heat away when the car is moving. The answer lies right there in the previous sentence the air is coming to the radiator only when the car is moving. This is the reason why a fan is used. If a fan is not used, the air around the radiator will get heated up and the cooling will not take place. Due to this the engine might cease. In an F-1 car, there are no fans for the radiators. This is the reason why the drivers do not start the engine more than 2 min before the race. I hope that after reading this section, you would have a fair idea about what a radiator is for.
Recession proof Mechanical engineering

The recession is a threat to everyone. Whether you are in a big business, an entrepreneur or an employee, it affects everyone. Mechanical engineering is one of the safest college majors in terms of salary and job security.The reason this major is recession-proof is because of all the categories that it fits into; the job possibilities are limitless.Mechanical engineers can get jobs in many different areas since the skills you learn as an undergraduate are transferable. Mechanical engineers can work on gas turbines to newspaper presses; the options are limitless.The job expectancy is expected to grow along with ever rising salaries. Mechanical engineering is a solid recession proof major that will not be phased out anytime soon. The skills that are learned at the undergraduate level are transferable into many fields and highly valuable. Priyash Nigam 5MAE1 (2010-14)
Ayush Mundra 5MAE3(2010-14)
Kumar Rohit 5MAE1(2010-2014)
Keep it cool
Ever wondered where all the heat generated by the combustion inside the engine goes? Combustion which is the most important process of the IC engines is itself a villain. The temperature inside the cylinder head of an IC engine reaches as high as 4000 K during high performance. We all love to pull the throttle and listen to the lovely roar of the engine but it would not have been possible without one of the very important systems of the car The cooling mechanism. If the engine is not cooled properly then the piston expands considerably and the engine ceases and stops working.
Thomas Russell Crampton (18161888) The inventor of the Crampton locomotive and an early advocate of the Channel Tunnel
Mark Twain was born in 1835 when Haley's Comet came into view. When he died in 1910, Haley's Comet came into view again.
Budding Talents
People generally have a perception, that engineers cannot be good musicians, and they are only meant to be working with tools and machines. But Parthajeet Gogoi , who is pursuing mechanical engineering has been proving this perception wrong ever since he grabbed his six string bass guitar This budding musician definitely knows how to make full use of the talent he has, he makes flawless movements of the fingers on the fret board of the guitar and produces enchanting music. For Parthajeet, its all started at the age of 11 at his school, Delhi Public School , Duliajan. He later took private bass guitar lessons at home and was tutored by some of the best musicians and artists of his hometown Dibrugarh and Duliajan. He was Guided by various professional musicians including the singer Monisha Bordoloi and his grandfather Hiren Gohain (a well-known composer/musician/ lyricist of Assam and also the tutor of Jitul Sonowal,an award winning Assamese singer who introduced the western trend in the Assamese music industry). Parthajeet has definitely made these eminent people proud. Personally for him, music, is the best healer next to time, its the best way to bring peace and a good option for relaxation. He plays the guitar not only to produce good music for others but mostly for his own personal satisfaction. He believes in giving his 100% to music, because music is what that ultimately brings a smile to his face. He began his musical journey with the bass guitar as a member of his school band, he has also played for ASET's music club (DASP) and band "The Octalz". Currently he is playing as a full time bass guitarist/composer/lyricist for Delhi's well known rock band Daksh, which gave the official soundtrack for an online short movie named "Kuch Spice to Make it Meetha" featuring Purab Kohli and Nauheed Cyrusi. Parthajeet believes that a true musician should be versatile with his/her genre and so he has developed himself in such a way that today he is comfortable in playing a variety of both Indian and western music, ranging right from metal to Indian semi classical. And if you thought that this guy could only play a guitar, then heres this for you, Parthajeet is also a former state level Taekwondo player and silver medalist and holds diploma in fine arts. He is a man of many talents and we wish him luck and hope that he achieves what he craves for, or should we say every musician craves for, and that is the ability to keep producing music that is pleasant to everyone and the most importantly to himself.
An Innovative thought: Automatic Tool Picker Machine

The final year students of B. Tech. (MAE) 2008-2012 designed and developed an Automatic Tool Picker Machine (AVR-I) during their Final year Project. AVR-I is developed to use it in mechanical engineering labs and workshops. At such places, a person is required to constantly supervise the use and maintenance of the tools required in the lab. The project reduces the burden of storage, maintenance and supervision for the person(s) responsible for the above mentioned workload by making it automatic. Now instead of the lab assistant, keeping the record of the tools, by writing them down in a register, issuing them to the students and keeping track of any damage, this machine will perform all the above mentioned tasks. While working on this project, the team was able to achieve storage and issuing of six machine tools. The team completed the design and working of a robotic arm which would pick and place the required tools to be provided thereby providing access to the tools required. Its a unique concept. The team came across this idea while walking past a vending machine at Rajiv Chowk Metro station. The team modified its concept in the sense that instead of inserting money and selecting a commodity, in the machine they can implement a card scanner which would scan the identity card of the person who wants to issue a tool, thereby storing the data of that person in a data storage device provided in the machine. The operation of this machine is similar to that of an ATM machine. The machine is controlled by microprocessors in which the commands and instructions to perform specific operations would be stored. The machine, like an ATM machine, would ask to show the identity cards. The identity cards would be of specific frequencies so that other cards would not operate the machine. Once the card is scanned and access is granted it would display and store the details of the persons identity stored in the card. It would enquire about the number of the person and type of tools required. Once the input is provided, a robotic arm would pick the tools from its position and drop it in a drawer. The machine also stores the time and date of issuance of tools and would keep track of whether the tool was returned back or not. The workers will also be given a receipt containing a special code. While returning the tools, the person must enter the code so that the machine retrieves the data from the database about all tools that were taken and have to be returned back. The person then places the tools in the drawer and the robotic arm will pick the tools up one by one from the drawer and put them back in their positions. This device can significantly be installed in various labs of schools and colleges. It can also be used in industries where inventory is more and manual labour is less. Project Team : 1. Ishan Kaushik 2. Ravi Sharma 3. Abishai Kothapalli 4. Varun Kandelwal 5. Alumni B Tech (2008-2012 batch).
Our very own R.K Narayan, Syed Aamir Ahmed of class 5MAE1 (2010-14) drew this cartoon depicting his class people in their most frequently observed state.
Compiled by: Priyash Nigam & Soumi Bandyopadhyay 5MAE1(2010-14)
Concluding Ceremony
The Concluding Ceremony was hosted on 26th April, 2012 in the E1 auditorium. The passing out students of 2008-12 gathered in the auditorium to be showered with their provisional degree which was in response to their four years hard work. It commenced with the inspiring address of our beloved Founder President Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan and Acting Vice Chancellor Dr. Balvinder Shukla, who also blessed the students with their wishes. The Ceremony proceeded with the distribution of the Provisional Degree to each student. Special awards were handed to the meritorious students in their respective fields of achievement as per the list.
NAME OF AWARDSTUDENT NAME

BEST ALL ROUNDER STUDENT FIRST POSITION SECOND POSITION THIRD POSITION FOREIGN LANGUAGE-FRENCH FOREIGN LANGUAGE-GERMAN AMITY YOUTH FEST 2012 PLACEMENT INDUSTRY INTERACTION SPORTS COMMITEE CULTURAL COMMITEE BEST SUMMER TRAINING BEST PROJECT MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MODELLING CLUB ROBOTICS CLUB AUTOMOBILE CLUB BEST IN INTERPERSONAL SKILLS & TEAM SPIRIT BEST IN TECHNICAL INNOVATION BEST IN PERSONALITY ENHANCEMENT BEST ORGANIZING ABILITIES ADITI CHANDRA ADITI CHANDRA (9.64) ISHAN KAUSHIK (7.26) PULKIT DEWAN (8.04) BHAVNEET SINGH MINHAS ADITI CHANDRA ISHAN KAUSHIK TARUN KUMAR KUMAR ABHISHEK JASKARAN SINGH PULKIT DEWAN SAMRIDHA SHARMA ISHAN KAUSHIK
MRIDUL MATHUR HARDIK MAKHIJA SUDHIR KUMAR
MRIDUL MATHUR
ISHAN KAUSHIK
PULKIT DEWAN ISHAN KAUSHIK
ECLECTICS
The Newsletter of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Compiled by: Soumi Bandyopadhyay 5MAE1(2010-14)
HOD Speaks
It is my pleasure to bring out the first newsletter of the ECE Department which reflects the updates of the departmental activities. I, as the Head of the Department, would like to mention that the pursuit of excellence is an ongoing process and we are passionate about meeting the broad objectives of the University. Now as the University is being A graded by NAAC, UGC, we have more responsibility to ensure high quality academic delivery and research for all. The Department has taken an initiative to form a Research Cell which will foster organized research in the Department. Students will be encouraged for research related projects which will enhance technical skills in them. Internationalization is one aspect the Department is keenly looking at. I wish all the readers of this newsletter the very best and invite them to share it with their friends and to contribute items for the forthcoming issues. Good wishes to Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni and all readers.
Departmental Updates
Guest Lectures by International Speakers
ECLECTICS
Contents
Guest Lectures Knowledge Sharing Sessions Faculty Development Programmes International Collaboration and Student Exchange New Labs Established Placements Research Updates Department Research Cell Funded Projects & Patents Conferences Industry Academia Interface Human Values Quarter Club Activities Amity Youth Festival Achievements Alumni Speaks
Dr. Tan Cher Ming, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore delivered a lecture on the topic "Physics of Electromigration in ULSI Interconnection" at Amity School of Engineering and Technology on 3/15/2012. Dr. Tan Cher Ming is also the General Chair of IEEE International Conference on Nano-electronics 2008, General Co-Chair of International Symposium of Integrated Circuits 2007 and 2009, Founding Chair of IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies Nano-electronics.
Prof. Madhu S. Gupta San Diego State University
A lecture on RF (Radio Frequency) and Microwave Engineering was organised on 27th Feb 2012 at 3 pm. Our guest, Prof. Madhu S. Gupta, Chair Professor in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at San Diego State University, San Diego, California conducted this lecture. This was a fruitful lecture for all students as it encouraged and enhanced the knowledge of aspirants in the field of RF and microwave. All B. Tech & M. Tech students attended the Lecture. The guest was honoured by Dr. M. K. Dutta, HOD ECE with a memento.
Knowledge Sharing Series

The idea of knowledge sharing was conceived and implemented by Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla (DG, ASET & Acting VC (A), AUUP). The aim of this knowledge sharing was that faculty expertises in a particular subject or field share their knowledge with all other faculty members so that every faculty of the department becomes well versed with the latest technologies and at the same time identify the potential research areas. The faculty members from the department who delivered lectures in the knowledge sharing series recently are as follows:
Dr. M.K. Dutta

S.N 1 2 3 Date 29.09.11 09.12.11 30.4.12 Speaker Dr. M.R.Tripathi Prof. P . Banerjee Dr. M.K. Dutta Topic Current trends in wide band antennas Time and Time transfer Blind Source Separation of signals: The cocktail party problem
Departmental Updates
Faculty Development Programmes
Conceived and implemented by Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla (DG, ASET & Acting VC (A), AUUP , the faculty development programmes were aimed to train faculty members with the experts on a particular subject from AMITY and outside, so that faculty becomes well versed with the latest technologies and at the same time identify the potential research areas. The FDPs organized by the department are as follows:
Research Updates
Department Research Cell (DRC)
A Department Research Cell (DRC) was formed at the department level to foster the feel of research and development in electronics and communication engineering in students and faculty. Responsibility of these research groups is to conduct workshops, seminars, guest lecturers in their respective areas. These groups explore opportunities/possibilities, if joint projects can be done with other schools/ departments of the university. The academic organization of the department was done in 6 research specialization groups which are as follows: 1. Robotic Automation & Control system group 2. VLSI & Microelectronics group 3. Communication & Microwave group 4. Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, Multimedia tools & Applications group 5. Embedded System group 6. Instrumentation, Interdisciplinary & Misc. group
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Patents Filed
1. Dr. M. K. Dutta A System and Method for the joint ownership of Digital Signals Patent Number: 8/DEL/2012. 2. Dr. M. K. Dutta A System and Method for reverse digital watermarking in audio signals Patent Number: 1550/DEL/2012
New Labs Established
S.N 1 2 3 4 5
Date 16-17 May 2012 23 May 2012 28-29 May 2012 06 June 2012 7-8 June 2012
Programme Director Dr. M.R. Tripathy Dr. M.R. Tripathy Dr. M.R. Tripathy Dr. J.K. Rai Dr. Anu Mehra
Topic / Theme Labview PCB Design MATLAB Micro Controllers and Robotics CAD Tools in VLSI
With an objective to upgrade our students skills to meet industry demands new courses has been included in the M. Tech Curriculum and the following three labs have been set up the last year: 1. Cadence Virtuoso Lab 2. Robotics Lab 3. Real Time Operating Systems Lab
Funded Project
A Project Titled Biometric Based Unique Key Generation for Authentic Digital Watermarking was sanctioned by Department of Science & Technology (DST) under Technology System Development (TSD) Programme on 17 May 2012. Value: 14.9 Lakhs (P .I. Dr. M. K. Dutta & Co-PI. Dr. K.M.Soni)
Placements
Placements record of the department is excellent. For the current passing batch (2008-2012), the placement record was about 100% with the exception of a few students who went for pursuing higher education or were interested in joining family business. Following is the summary of B. Tech ECE placement for the 2008-12 Batch.
International Collaboration and Student Exchange

1. Dr. Pyung Soo Kim of National Polytechnic University, Republic of Kora and Dr. Debejyo of General Motors, Warren USA agreed to Co-Supervise PhD students with Dr. M.K.Dutta. 2 students have applied for PhD under their Co-Supervision. 2. Naseem Haldar of M.Tech ECE batch 2011-2013 went to Carleton University, Canada to pursue and complete his dissertation under Prof Ram Acharya. 3. Abhijeet Das Gupta M.Tech ECE batch 2011-2013 went to University of Gavle, Sweden to pursue and complete his dissertation under Prof Daniel Ronnow. 4. Prof. Tan Cher Ming of NTU Singapore has agreed to guide 6 MTech students and 2 PhD scholars of ECE Department in the area of reliability Engg and interconnects. The students who will be going to Singapore for their M.Tech Thesis are Mr. Harshit Chaturvedi, Mr. Yash Mathur, Mr. Udit Narula, Mr. Preetpal Singh, Mr. Manvinder Sharma, Mr. Ankush Gupta. 5. Mr. Addwiteey Chrungoo (B.Tech 4th year) was selected for 3 months internship with a scholarship in the area of machine vision at CMU, USA.
Conference (VMN-2012)
The Department has organized four national conferences in the last two years. The latest international conference (VMN- - 2012) was organized in the month of January 2012. Ms Neeru Aggarwal was the organizing secretary of this conference. This conference was a huge success. There were about 34 guest speakers of related field from the top most Industry/academia like Mr. Ganesh Guruswamy, Vice President and Country Manager, Freescale Semiconductor, Prof. Jagdish Narayan, North Carolina State University, Prof. R. Sooryakumar from Ohio State University, USA, Dr. S.C. Bose, Scientist F, CSIR, CEERI Pilani, Rajasthan, Dr. N.S. Murty, NXP Semiconductors, Bangalore. There were about 280 research/review papers received by organizing committee out of which 52 papers were selected & published in the conference proceeding. The conference was a great success owing to very positive emphasis and inclination by our Chancellor Mr. Atul K. Chauhan to use our cutting edge technology & lab facility to match with the latest innovation in the technical world and great support by Prof. (Dr.) K. M. Soni, Prof. (Dr.) M.K. Dutta, HOD, ECE, Prof. A.K. Jairath, and Dr. Sujata Pandey.
Company Wipro Technologies Headstrong HCL Technologies CSC ITC Infotech HCL Axon HCL Comnet Fiserv iGate Patni Steria India Syntel LandisGyr Total
No. of Students Placed 37 9 75 1 17 11 20 2 47 1 1 1 222
Activities & Events

Human Values Quarter
Donation Drive (19 28 March) It was a weeklong activity (19 March-28 March 2012) in which students donated old and unused clothes and shoes. Donations were received from all the Department of ASET where students came forward to lend a helping hand for the underprivileged people. All the items were handed over to PAHEL NGO that distributed them to the needy people
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Club Activities
Industry Academia Interface

Sponsored Lab ATMEL MCU Centre
An initiative by Dr. K.M. Soni, Dr. J.K. Rai and Mr. Neeraj Khera resulted in establishment of ATMEL MCU Center in Department of ECE, ASET, AUUP . ATMEL has sponsored 20 ATAVRXPLAIN (Evaluation Kit for ATXMEGA 128A1, 5 ATEVK1100 (AT32UC3A0 Series Evaluation Kit) and 20 ATAVRDragon (AVR Dragon JTAG Debugger).
There are four clubs in the department namely Embedded & Robotics club, Signal & Image Processing, Communication System Design and VLSI Design. In each club, a senior faculty from the department is designated as the chairperson and a student from the final year is nominated as the president of the club. Several technical events are organized by the students of the respective clubs under the supervision of the chairperson. The participants include - students of ECE, institutes of Amity University and other disciplines of ASET. Some of the events organized last year are:
S.NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EVENT HELD CROSSRONICS ELECTROLABSTER INTEL INSIDE FUN FIESTA Quiz competition Paper Presentation (Recent Trend in DSP and DIP) QUIZZILA Online Logo Design Competition Tarang Quiz Insight Episteme Logix 2012 Insight Episteme Tech Inventions MOBIQUIZ DATE OF EVENT 22nd Dec 2011 12th Jan 2012 1st Mar 2012 15th Mar 2012 20th Oct 2010 20th Jan 2011 19th Jan 2012 22nd Sept 2011 20th Oct 2011 12th Jan 2012 5th Jan 2012 12th Jan 2012 23rd Feb 2012 22nd Mar 2012 CLUB Embedded & Robotics Club Embedded & Robotics Club Embedded & Robotics Club Embedded & Robotics Club Signal & Image Processing Club Signal & Image Processing Club Signal & Image Processing Club Communication System Design Club Communication System Design Club Communication System Design Club VLSI Design Club VLSI Design Club VLSI Design Club VLSI Design Club
Green Day (1 March) 1st March 2012 was celebrated as green day by Amity school of Engineering & Technology in the Amity University campus. The main aim of the campaign was to create awareness amongst students about importance of the environment. Students moved in a procession with banners and raising slogans in the campus. The march was concluded on reaching plaza area where questionnaires were distributed to students aimed at judging their understanding of 101 attributes of Amitian. The Green day campaign was sponsored by Rotary Club of Vaishali district.
The objectives of ATMEL MCU Center are: To give exposure to students about ATMEL MCUs. Design and development of systems using ATMEL MCUs. To aid students doing their Undergraduate Projects and Postgraduate thesis Work. To train the faculty and student on ATMEL MCUs.
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Amity Youth Festival

Amity Youth Festival 2012 (TECHNICAL-CUM-CULTURAL Festival) Annual Cultural and Technical Festival was organized on 9th, 10th and 11th February 2012 by Faculty and Students of our various Institutions. Amity Youth Festival was a technical-cum-cultural festival that reflected Amitys zeal for fun and frolic apart from academic excellence. Amity Youth Festival provided a perfect platform for students from Amity University and various other Institutions to participate in various competitions, both cultural and technical, besides enjoying the glamour of star-night. This year, more than 100 gruelling technical events were organised during the Amity Youth Festival. These events were organised by the students of ECE under the banner AYF 2012 at different venues in their respective Institutions at Amity University, Noida.
Poetry Summit (1 March 2012) On 1 March 2012, Poetry Summit was organised in the E2 Seminar hall between 2 PM and 5 PM. Budding poets of the university showcased their talent by reciting poems based on values such as truth, patriotism, care for the disabled, respect for each others etc. There was a participation of 14 students from various departments of Amity University. The audience were left captivated by the beautiful lines recited by the poets.
To organize workshop and seminars on applicationsof MCUs.
Some of the events organized by ECE are: Humanoid SCHOLAR-GIRI IN MATLAB Controller Design Contest Simulate LA VHDL FLASHBACK DIGIBUZZ Dimag Ki Batti Think Hatke DIGI QUIZ Unlock the Puzzle Transformers in Action Electro Infosta Out Of Box competition
An entry from the Robotics Event Humanoid
An entry from Out Of Box competition
Some Achievements Awards & Recognitions

Faculty
DST funded project of 14.9 lakhs was sanctioned to Dr. M. K. Dutta & Dr. K. M. Soni Dr. M. K. Dutta filed 2 patents Dr .K. M. Soni was awarded Phd Degree from Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi. Dr. M. K. Dutta was nominated as Associate Editor of Journal of Signal Processing: Theory and Applications Columbia Publishers, USA Dr. M. K. Dutta is a Reviewer of Springer Verlag Publishers, Germany and Elsevier Publishers, Netherlands Dr. J. K. Rai is a reviewer of International Journal published by Springer Verlag Publishers, Germany Dr. J. K. Rai and Mr. Neeraj Kumar were instrumental in setting a sponsored lab in ASET with ATMEL collaboration Dr. P . Banerjee is contributing as a Reviewer of IEEE Transaction Instrument & Measurement Dr. P . Banerjee was nominated as a Project advisor for DRDO Project on Studies of GLONASS Visibility Prints. Reliability and Accuracy sponsored by RCI (DRDO) to Physics Department, Burdwan University, Burdwan Dr. Sujata Pandey received appreciation award from IEEE Delhi Section. Dr. Sujata Pandey guided for PhD degree from GJUST. Mr. Gaurav Chitranshi wrote a book titled "Infrared Remote Control for Controlling Home Appliances" which was published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany
Alumni Speaks
Messages
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Students
Mr. Ankit Ahuja from 4th year was Awarded Best in Organizing Abilities during the concluding ceremony of class 2012. Mr. Ashish Sen from 4th year, Student President, Amity Human Values Activities Committee was Awarded Shri Baljeet Shastri for Best in Human and Traditional Values during the concluding ceremony of class 2012. Mr. Atriya Gosh from 4th year cleared GRE with score of 1460 out of 1600 and Scored 119 out of 120 in TOEFL. Mr. Addwiteey Chrungoo from 4th year Got Summer Internship at Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh and has Published 2 National and 2 International paper (ICIE, Kyoto and 6th ICWCSN). He was Awarded Best in Technical Innovation during the concluding ceremony of class 2012. Mr. Pradhmanyu Yadav from 4th year was Student Security Head, Amity Youth Festival 2012 and Awarded Best in Interpersonal Skills and Team Spirit during the concluding ceremony of class 2012. Mr. Neeraj Kumar from 4th year Won Young Scientist Award in 99th Indian Science Congress and was Awarded Excellence in Knowledge Creation during the concluding ceremony of class 2012. Ms. Namita Rajesh from 2nd year Participated in WorldMUN12 as Delegate of Libya in Arab League at Harvard, Vancauver. Mr. Saurabh Singh Bhadauria from 4th year Got First Prize in Essay Writing Competition organised by All India Essay Writing Competition and was also Awarded Best in Personality Enhancement during the concluding ceremony of class 2012. Mr. Satyam Kumar from 4th year was the Student Core Committee Member and Student Technical Head, Engineering and Technology Domain, Amity Youth Festival 2012. He was Awarded Mr. ASET (Mr. Popular) during the FAREWELL of Class 2012. Also Awarded Best All-Rounder and best in Leadership Qualities during concluding ceremony of Class 2012.
Amity nurtures talent. This is a statement that totally suits every students life in Amity University and I am no exception to it. My journey in Amity began on 4th August 2008 and in the last 4 years, I have experienced many ups and downs, some filled me with enthusiasm to work harder and some gave me ample opportunities to enjoy the sweet taste of success. Starting as a fresher and reaching to a Super-Senior level not just by passing semesters, but with a lot many Co-Curricular activities was never an easy task but the guidance provided to me by Dedicated Faculties and Mentors made me complete this very difficult task with flying colours. Behind every success, there are many idols that make it possible. In that list, first of all, I would like to thank my parents because of whom I made it to Amity and was able to reach to these heights. I thank Director General Prof. (Dr.) Balvider Shukla, Deputy, Directors Prof. KM Soni and Prof. A K Jairath and our HOD Prof. (Dr.) M K Dutta. The list will be incomplete if I dont include the dedicated faculty members and staff members and many others. I cant miss to thank all my friends, seniors and juniors who were with me all the time providing me emotional support as well as important feedbacks in my work. And last but not the least; I say thank you to the almighty set a perfect platform for me. Satyam Kumar Mr. ASET and Mr. Popular of Batch 2008-12
I feel absolutely privileged to be a part of this esteemed institution that helped me thrive not just academically but also, sink in the ocean of vast opportunities and excel at extracurricular activities like the college festivals, Sangathan, technical Conferences, Corporate Meets, Flash mobs at H gallery. In my journey of four years, I celebrated the grandeur of education at Amity that instigates a holistic insight to life and career, eventually developing nurtured, well-spoken individuals of society. I am elated to be in the abode of vibrant enthusiastic faculties and friends who inspired and blessed me with magnificent days at college with a sincere gratitude, I salute the supreme administration that is a guardian to students in the campus. Jasmine Kaushik B.Tech ECE (2008-12)
Message from HOD
ELECTRIC DIGEST
It am happy to present you the first newsletter of Electrical & Electronics Department, Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Noida. The ELECTRIC DIGEST is one further step to showcase the ongoing activities and achievements of the department. Apart from this, it will showcase the new technologies from the best of electrical and instrumentation news journals so that readers are always in touch with the perpetuate world of technology. I appreciate the efforts made by the newsletter team, and wish readers all the best.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Message from Deputy Director.2 Message from HOD(EEE)..2 Dept. Colloquiums.3 Papers and Books...4 Trainings & Workshops.5
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Dr. H.P .Singh Head of Department Electrical and Electronics Engineering Amity School of Engineering & Technology
Labs6 Student Achievers.7 Up Coming Events...11
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST Coal Still King...8 Plugging in offshore wind power..9
The largest solar energy generating facility (354MW) in the world. Mojave Desert, California (USA).
Department Colloquiums
Papers and Books Published
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26th September 2011: SCADA workshop organized. November 2011 : Seminar given by M. Tech (Power System ) students. 15th January 2012: Workshop organized on DIGSILENT . Feb 2012 : Involvement with ECE Dept in organizing and conduct of conferences VMN-2012, MECON, SPIN 11th May 2012: Knowledge Sharing Lecture given by Mr. P .M. Tiwari on Latex: An Innovative Typesetting Tool for Academia and Research 16th May 2012: Two day FDP on LabView software 21st May 2012: Five day work shop organized on MiPower for faculties and M. Tech students. 28th May 2012: Two day workshop FDP on MATLAB with ECE Department
Papers published
Prof. A. K. Jairath Prof. Bhopendra Singh, Prof. A. K. Jairath, Navdeep Sharma, IT Infrastructure management: Guidelines and Standards, International Journal of Research in IT, Management and Engineering, ISSN-2249-1619, Dec-2011, Volume-1, Issue-3. Mr. Deepak Balodi 1. Deepak Balodi, Dr. Chumki Saha, Prof. P .A. Govindacharyulu, Effect of Parameter Optimization Effort over MOSFET Models Performances in Analog Circuits Simulation, International Journal of Nanotechnology and Its Applications, ISSN 0973631X, pp 435-446, Number 4 (2011), volume 5. 2. Deepak Balodi, Prof. P .A. Govindacharyulu, Modeling and Comparative analysis of BSIM (level-13) Vs BSIM 3v3 (Level-49) models for Analog CMOS circuit design and simulations, International Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems, ICDCS 2012, serial no: 3, Paper ID: 291 Mr. P . M. Tiwari 1. S. Janardhanan, M. Nabi and Pyare Mohan Tiwari, ``Attitude Control of Magnetic Actuated Spacecraft using Super-Twisting Algorithm with Nonlinear Sliding Surface", Proc. 12th IEEE International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems (VSS2012), pp. 46--51, IIT Bombay, India, Jan. 12-14, 2012 2. Pyare Mohan Tiwari, Sivramkrishnan Janardhanan, Mashuq Un. Nabi Finite Time Convergent Sliding Mode Controller for Spacecraft Attitude Control, Proc. 11th IEEE International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems, pp. 399-403 Mexico City, Mexico, June 26-28, 2010. 3. Pyare Mohan Tiwari, Mohammad Ayyub The Global Stable Tracking Error Based Adaptive Fuzzy Control of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems with Fuzzy Universal Function Approximator, Proc. International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Networks, pp. 1-6, Computational Intelligence Laboratory, Jagadhari, Feb23-25, 2007. 4.Pyare Mohan Tiwari, Mohammad Ayyub Design and Analysis of Takagi- Sugeno Fuzzy Model Based Controller of Nonlinear Systems, Proc. National Conference on Energy, Communication & Computer Systems, pp. 167-173, MAIT, Rohini Delhi Feb 2-4, 2006. 5.Pyare Mohan Tiwari, Nitin Malik Neuro-Fuzzy Systems: an overview, applications and key issues, Proc. National Conference on Communication & Computational Techni ques: Current and Future Trends, pp. 164-167, DIT, Dehradun Feb 10-11, 2006. Ms. Anajli Jain 1. Jain A., Nadir A.k., A control Strategy to improve using Shunt Active Filter, Proceedings of National Conference on Emerging Trends in Power System and Energy Management, pp. 206-210, 2010 2. Jain A., Nadir A.K., Vohra P ., Steady State Modelling and Cost Estimation of Hybrid Energy System, Lingayas Journal of Professional Studies, Vol. 3, pp. 1-7, 2009 3. Jain A., Jain D., Aggarwal S., Location of SVC to improve first swing stability limit of a power System, Proceedings of National Conference on Emerging Trends in Power System and Energy Management, pp. 23-27, 2010 4. Singh M., Rai A., Jain A., Image Enhancement Techniques Proceedings of National Conference on Emerging Trends in Power System and Energy Management, pp. 285-286, 2010 5. Jain A., Nadir A. K., Need of Renewable Energy Sources in Rural Area Proceedings of CTSD pp. 114-120, 2009
Mr. Navdeep Sharma, Assistant Professor, was selected as Indias Distinguished Visiting Researcher, University of Nottingham from 26th June 2011to 17th September2011.
Books published
Brig. A.K. Jairath Circuit and Systems by Ane books Signal and Systems by Ane books Control Systems Problems and Solutions (Sixth Edition) by CBS Publishers Control Systems- The State Variable Approach by Taylor and Francis and Ane Books Mr. P . M. Tiwari Advance Control Systems by KATSON Publishers, 2009 Mr. Deepak Balodi Electric Circuits & Networks( Problems & Solution), by ANE books, 2012 Brig. A.K. Jairath, Mr. Navdeep Sharma, Mr. Bhopendra Singh Digital Signal Processing by Paragaon International Publishers
The largest wind power generating state was Tamil Nadu accounting for 30% of installed capacity, but Gujarat is estimated to have the maximum gross wind power potential in India, with a potential of 10.6 GW.
Trainings & Workshops
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Labs
SCADA Workshop : On 26th September 2011, the two day workshop was organized by the Department of EEE on SCADA and PLCs. The aim of the workshop was to acquaint students about SCADA and programming of Programmable Logic Controllers. This workshop was attended by all the faculty of department of EEE and all second year students of B. Tech and first year students of M. Tech (Power System) DigSilent Workshop: On 15th January 2012, a two day workshop was organized for the faculty of Department Electrical and Electronics and M. Tech Power system students on the DigSilent Software. In this workshop, on the first day, the introduction and capabilities of the software were discussed while on the second day hands on training was given. FDP on LabView: On 16th May 2012, a two day faculty development programme was organized in association with the ECE department. It was attended by all the faculty of EEE as well as the ECE department. The first day was reserved for the introduction of the software and interfacing of LabView. On the second day, hands on training of the software was rendered. Workshop on MATLAB: A two day workshop on MATLAB was organized on 28th May 2012. On the first day, MATLAB programming was introduced and basics of SIMULINK was discussed. On the second day, Mr. Saket Kumar from the EEE Department gave training on GUI and SIMULINK. Workshop on Mipower: The department of EEE organized five workshops. It was held by engineers from Power Research and Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Some of the topics touched upon were: Load Flow Analysis, Short Circuit Studies, Transients in Power System , Power System Stability, Power Quality, FACTS and HVDC. All the topics were discussed and analyzed with examples and exercise on MiPower Software. This workshop was attended by M. Tech Students and the faculty of EEE .
Machine Lab
A Machine Lab is being established and expected to be ready by the next semester. The lab is equipped with different types of AC and DC motors with the panels wherein all the necessary experiments can be performed.
India plans to generate 1 GW
Telemetry Lab
A Telemetry Lab is one of the newly established labs, which is equipped with modern measurement kits.
of power by 2013 and up to 20 GW grid-based solar power, 2 GW of off-grid solar power and
India's network losses exceeded 32% in 2010 including nontechnical losses, compared to world average of less than 15% .
Transducer Lab
A Transducer Lab is developed for students of electronics and instrumentation engineering. The lab has water level measurement kit using PLC, Piezo Crystal based pressure measurement kit. LVDT based rpm measurement kit.
cover 20 million square meters with solar energy collectors by 2020.
Despite climate change coal remains the king
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Student Achievers
Mr. Shivaksh Rustagi, B.Tech(EEE), Mr. Rohan Bajaj, B.Tech(EEE) played hockey representing ASET in SANGATHAN 2011 and secured first position. Mr. Shivaksh Rustagi, B.Tech(EEE) participated in Talent Hunt during orientation program 2011 and secured Second position. Ms. Ranjana Kumari participated in event of WALL-E held at Techfest 2012, IIT Bombay.
Coal has been used as a useful fuel resource for more than 2,300 years since the time of the ancient Greeks. From those humble beginnings, it has grown to a level where excess of seven billion tonnes are burnt to generate more than 40 per cent of the world's electricity. Despite its less than glowing environmental credentials, the use of coal is set to soar over the next decade, driven by the economic growth of the emerging nations, particularly China and India. Seemingly flying in the face of global attempts to curb carbon, coal already the single largest source for generation of electricity is predicted to grow by 600,000t a day over the next five years. "Global demand for coal will continue to expand aggressively over the next five years despite public calls in many countries for reducing dependence on high-carbon fuel as a primary energy source," International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Maria van der Hoeven says. "For all of the talk about removing carbon from the energy system, the IEA projects average coal demand will grow by 600,000 tonnes every day over the next five years." There is no hiding from coal's importance in the energy mix. It is the world's most abundant and widely distributed fossil fuel, with globally proven reserves totaling nearly 1,000 billion tonnes. At present coal is burnt to produce in excess of 40 per cent of the world's electricity, although this rises significantly in some countries, with South Africa and Poland both topping 90 per cent and China pushing 80 per cent. Even the highly, economically advanced US uses coal for almost half of its power generation. Despite the climate change concerns and legislation, the role of coal in the energy mix is indelible and indispensible owing to the continued economic growth in regions such as China and India. "Demand for coal has grown rapidly over the last decade, outstripping that for gas, oil, nuclear and renewable energy sources," van der Hoeven adds. "But this comes at a cost. Coal contributes to over 40 per cent of global anthropomorphic CO2 emissions and more than 70 per cent of CO2 emissions that arise from power generation are attributed to coal. "To play its role in a sustainable energy future, its environmental footprint needs to be reduced; using coal more efficiently is an important first step. Beyond efficiency improvements, carbon capture and storage (CCS) must be deployed to make deep cuts in CO2 emissions."
COAL IS STILL THE KING

Coal has traditionally been lambasted as an environmental evil, but its use within the power generation sectors will keep growing in the next decade. In India, despite having 14 percent of the worlds recoverable reserves of hard coal, it has been unable to meet its domestic requirements and is having to resort to large imports, which were nearly zero five years ago. As much as 70 percent of the countrys electricity is derived from coal, for major consumers including the state-owned NTPC, Reliance Infrastructure, JindalPower, Torrent Power, Essar, SAIL and Lanco. Infratech and CIL.
The Achievers Section

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Anam Aggarwal B.Tech (E&I)
Plugging in offshore wind power
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Efficiency
In coal-fired power generation, efficiency is an important performance parameter. Clearly raising efficiency will reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a 1 per cent improvement in overall efficiency can result in up to 3 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. There are also side benefits such as a reduction in the emission of conventional pollutants and extending the life of coal resources. The fossil-fuel industry has made considerable progress in increasing efficiency with supercritical (SC) and ultra supercritical (USC) pulverised coalfired (PC) technology. While sub critical plants can achieve efficiencies of almost 40 per cent, state of the art USC plants produce a far superior performance. USC plants operating at high-steam conditions, with temperatures of 600C to 620C and pressures over 25MPa (250 bar), result in design efficiencies of 45-46 per cent on bituminous coals in some parts of the world. Unit capacity for such plants has reached up to 1100MWe. If ongoing developments in materials are successful, the efficiency of the best PC plants may approach 50 per cent in the next 10 to 15 years. Progress is also being made in the development of circulating fluidised bed combustion (CFBC) plants. These can make use of low rank fuels and result in lower emissions of conventional pollutants. The first SC CFBC plant of 460MWe size was commissioned at Lagisza, Poland, in 2009, and designs for larger units exist. For CFBC, there will continue to be a significant market, particularly for lower-grade coals, high sulphur coals, opportunity fuels and biomass. Successful operation of the supercritical unit at Lagisza should pave the way for the construction of such units in other countries, particularly China. As far as integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) power generation is concerned, there are only six coal-based units in the world. However, a small number of new projects have been initiated llenges to be overcome, however, such as improving the cost and availability of IGCC, before the
technology can be more widely deployed. An important factor is that IGCC is well placed technically to capture CO2. Though additional costs will be significant, some consider they may be lower than for pulverised coal systems. worldwide, each at some stage of planning or construction. There are challenges to be overcome, however, such as improving the cost and availability of IGCC, before the technology can be more widely deployed. An important factor is that IGCC is well placed technically to capture CO2. Though additional costs will be significant, some consider they may be lower than for pulverised coal systems. Another challenge for increased efficiency is the poor quality of coal. Around 45 per cent of available coal is either high moisture or high ash, which often results in inefficiencies in power plants . The traditional solution to this is drying coal pre combustion, but this is a highly energy-intensive process that has its own technology challenges. There is a concerted drive to develop less energy intensive coal drying technologies, with research underway in Australia, Germany and the US, but till date there are no plans to accelerate these efforts into large scale commercial plants, to reduce its ash and sulphur content. Success in developing more efficient coal drying and beneficiation technologies will promote the wider use of low rank coals in both ultra supercritical pulverised coal and IGCC applications.
The transmission of power from large, offshore wind farms is a considerable technical challenge. It is similar to that faced by oil exploration companies in 1960s when they first began to exploit offshore oil and gas reserves in the North Sea. A reliable, modern and efficient grid, both onshore and offshore, is required. Offshore, the challenge is to more efficiently connect power harvested at the sea with the onshore transmission system, while at the same time building a system that can actively contribute to stability and security of supply by enabling further integration of the European power market. This was the dilemma mulled over by global renewable energy consultancy 3E when it analysed the situation in a report for the OffshoreGrid project, co-financed by the European Commission under the EU's Intelligent Energy Europe programme. The consultancy published its final report late last year. Not surprisingly, the technical solution deemed most viable was a meshed grid consisting of linked hub connections. This would entail connecting projects located in close proximity so that they could share a single transmission line to shore. The
report predicted that this would shave 11.5bn from the original 67bn. The Hub Hub connections generally become economically viable for distances above 50km from shore, when the sum of the installed capacity in a small area (about 20 km around the hub) is relatively large, thenstandard available HVDC Voltage Source Converter (VSC) systems can be used. Wind farms situated closer than 50km to an onshore connection point are virtually always connected individually to shore. "Apart from the costs savings, offshore hubs can also help to mitigate the environmental and social impact of laying multiple cables through sensitive coastal areas and allow for more efficient logistics during installations," Geert Palmers, chief executive officer at 3E, explains. If these hub connections were combined with an even more interconnected meshed grid, the necessary additional costs of 3.5bn-4.5bn would be compensated by 13-17bn of additional benefits over 25 years of grid operation.
Future plants
When it comes to selecting technology to be used in future coal-fired power plants the method of selection is key. While there are several proposals for further commercial demonstrations of IGCC and some are being constructed, SC and USC pulverised coal plants continue to dominate new plant orders. It is possible that IGCC, with or without CCS, may penetrate the market on a large scale only where the co-production of power and chemicals can be economically demonstrated.
ELECTRIC DIGEST
The project outlined two potential cost-efficient grid designs, that they called the Direct Design and the Split Design. In the Direct Design, interconnectors are built to promote unconstrained trade between countries and electricity markets as average price difference levels are high. Once additional direct interconnectors become non-beneficial, tee-in, hub-tohub and meshed grid concepts are added to arrive at an overall grid design. Tee-in connections are when a wind farm or hub is connected to a pre-existing or planned transmission line or interconnector between countries, rather than directly to shore, while hub-tohub involves the interconnection of several wind farm hubs to form transmission corridors. The Split Design is essentially designing an offshore grid around the planned offshore wind farms. As a starting point interconnections are built by splitting the connection of some of the larger offshore wind farms between countries. These split connections establish a path for trade, and the offshore wind farm nodes are further interconnected to establish an overall meshed design where beneficial. Which connection concept is best depends on several factors, such as the distribution of the offshore wind farms, the distance to shore, and in the case of interconnecting several wind farms and/or countries, the distance of the farms to each other. Technical solution One solution to connecting offshore wind farms is a concept developed by ABB - self-installing gravity-based structure (GBS) platforms. The company is currently working on a contract worth around 600m for TenneT, the Dutch-German transmission grid operator, to create the DolWin2 power link that will connect offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the German mainland grid. DolWin2 is the largest power transmission project in ABB's history. It will feature the world's largest offshore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system with a rating of over 900MW, keeping electrical losses to less than 1 per cent per converter station. On completion in 2015, the link will be capable of supplying more than one and a half million houses with clean wind-generated electricity. DolWin2 is ABB's third offshore wind connection order for TenneT, following the 800MW Dolwin1 link awarded in 2010 and the BorWin1 project. Both the BorWin1 and Dolwin1 projects feature conventional fixed platforms to house the offshore converter stations. However, the DolWin2 platform will be based on a new GBS design concept, building on experience gained from semi-submersible floating platforms for the oil and gas sector.
experience gained from semi-submersible floating platforms for the oil and gas sector. Wind farms in the DolWin cluster will be connected by 155kV AC cables to the HVDC converter station platform situated in the North Sea. This will then transmit the electricity at +320 kV DC via 45km of subsea cable and 90km of land cable to the HVDC onshore station at Drpen-West on the German mainland grid, where it will be converted to 380kV AC. "ABB pioneered HVDC technology in the early 1950s and is a world leader in the field," Peter Jones, engineering manager grid systems ABB UK, explains. "In total around 140GW of HVDC transmission capacity is installed in some 145 projects worldwide." HVDC Light transmission technology deploys a new Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor converter in combination with XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) DC cable systems. This innovation complements the traditional bipolar semiconductor-based converter technology to provide a state-of-the-art power system with increased controllability. "It is easy to install and offers a number of environmental benefits, such as neutral electromagnetic fields, oil-free cables and compact converter stations," Jones adds. "It is ideal for connecting remote offshore wind farms to mainland networks and overcoming distance limitations and grid constraints, while ensuring minimal electrical losses and efficient performance. The continuous development of HVDC Light has increased the power range from tens of megawatts up to 1,200MW at 320kV." Initially, HVDC Light had losses of around 3 per cent per converter station. In the latest generation the losses have been reduced to about 1 per cent. Improvements in reliability have also been driven by dynamic performance, harmonic generation and the flexibility to accommodate changing grid conditions. The latest generation of converters is based on cascaded twolevel converter topology, eliminating the need for AC filters and enabling a more compact converter design with low harmonics and audible noise. With a footprint of 220m x 150m, the new converter stations are substantially smaller than previous generations. The first HVDC link to connect an offshore wind farm with an AC grid is the #400MW BorWin1. Based on HVDC Light technology, this 200km link connects the Bard Offshore 1 wind farm off Germany's North Sea coast to the HVAC grid on the German mainland.
Once complete, the BARD Offshore 1 wind farm will consist of 80 wind generators, each with a capacity of 5MW. These will feed their power into a 36kV AC cable system. This voltage will then be transformed to 155kV AC before reaching the HVDC Light converter station on a dedicated platform. Here the AC is converted to '150kV DC and fed into two 125km sea cables, which then continue into two 75km land cables to the landbased converter station at Diele in Germany. The conventional fixed platform featured on BorWin1 is a well proven concept which is reliable and fully certified. There is also the added advantage that there are a number of shipyards around the world with experience in fabricating this type of platform. The drawback of the fixed platform is that installation/lifting is only possible in better sea conditions during May to September. Furthermore, with a 1,000MW HVDC station weighing in at around 10,000t, it requires the world's largest crane vessel, which has implications for both costs and availability, and multiple offshore lifts. An alternative is the jack-up self-installing (floating) platform. This does not require a large crane vessel to install and there are many yards with the capability to fabricate platforms with no design risk. However, experience is limited with large platforms. A complex design of jack-up system and platform is also required to handle offshore jack-up operation for this weight. The GBS platform is mainly intended for use with wind farms in sea depths of between 15m and 45m. It is constructed onshore and all the platform systems fully commissioned in dock. This minimises offshore hook up works. Offshore commissioning is limited to energisation and trial runs after installation of the
HV cables. onshore and all the platform systems fully commissioned in dock. This minimises offshore hook up works. Offshore commissioning is limited to energisation and trial runs after installation of the HV cables. The platform is towed into position by tugs and secured on the seabed by its own weight and ballasting. This approach significantly reduces the weather dependence of the installation operation. The GBS platform is designed to reduce environmental impact. There are minimal marine operations required for installation, with only limited seabed preparation required, while the elimination of noisy piling operations ensures there is no impact on wildlife. The platform is also easy to remove and decommission at the end of its service life.
Upcoming Events
Machine Lab is being established and is expected to ready in next semester. Industry visit to POWER GRID, Gurgaon is planned in month of September. Industry visit to NTPC, Dadri is planned in month of October.
Of the 1.4 billion people of the world who have no access to electricity in the world, India accounts for over 300 million.
Message from HOD
Civi-tr
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The Newsletter of the Department of Civil EngiMessage from HOD (Civil Engineering Department) As the country gears up to upgrade infrastructure, demand for quality civil engineers is on the rise. This calls for an optimum blend of industry exposure and technical know-how in the students-to-be-engineers. At Amity School of Engineering and Technology, we groom the students to be industry-ready professionals. It is our continuous endeavour to produce systematic thinkers and problem solvers. The course curricula is a mix of analytical insights, quantitative abilities and experiential learning which is updated regularly, based on recent advances and demands of the industry. The student is evaluated based on a number of criteria including classroom participation, assignments, presentations, teamwork and continuous periodic exams. I am happy to present to you the first issue of CIVI.TRACK, the newsletter from the Civil Engineering Department. The issue contains information about the events hosted by the department in the last academic session. An article by Mr. R K Tomar (Assistant Professor) highlights the importance of energy optimization in the buildings, a topic very relevant to the burning issue of global warming. The research areas being pursued by the faculty members of the department have also been mentioned.
The Newsletter of the Department of Civil Engineering
Cheers!
Prof. J.Bhattacharjee HOD, Civil Engineering Department Amity School of Engineering & Technology
Faculty Development Program (FDP) conducted by the Department of Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering Dept, ASET held its first FDP on the topic Computer Applications in Civil Engineering on 15th May 2012 in E2 Seminar Hall which included presentations on software applications in Civil Engineering both directly related to Civil Engineering faculty and industry professionals. Major General AK Jain, Addl Director & HOD (CE) started the event by giving an introductory speech followed by an inaugural address speech by Dr. Balvinder Shukla, DG, ASET, Head, Amity Academic Staff College & Pro Vice Chancellor (A), AUUP along with other faculty members of Civil Engineering Department faculty and other departments namely IT, Amity School of Architecture & Planning, Amity School of design, Computer Science Dept. & Mechanical Engineering marked their presence. A total of 39 members participated in this event.
Presentation in Knowledge Sharing Series

As a part of knowledge sharing series, Mr. J. Bhattacharjee (Professor) gave a lecture on Rehabilitation of Structures. The topic Rehabilitation of Structures covered the present state of construction and maintenance of buildings in India; various modern methods were made available for diagnosis of deterioration of structures & assessment of repair/rehabilitation requirement of structures. The deliberation includes various modern materials including polymers/admixtures available for repair/rehabilitation of structures and steps involved in formulating schemes for rehabilitation of structures. The special advantages of using modern repair materials were brought out. The difficulties encountered and lessons learnt in actual execution of rehabilitation of various types of structures were explained with photographs from real-life situations.
Designing the GREEN AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON GREEN BUILDINGS

On 22nd July 2011, a one day Awareness programme on Green Buildings was organized by Amity School of Engineering & Technology at its Noida campus. The training programme was conducted by ICMQ (Construction Training Academy) in association with ISTE and certified by the Government of India. Guests of honours, Prof. Ranjit Singh, Executive Secretary and Dr. Cesare Saccani, Managing Director, ICMQ, addressed the seminar. Speaking at the inaugural session Dr. A.K.Tripathy, Director, solar thermal division, (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy) MNRE said that solar energy has a vast potential to save power and commitment of the industry in setting up Green Buildings in the coming future is inevitable to promote the usage of renewable energy. The theme of the programme was Sustainability and Green Buildings. It focused on the design of green building, its site layout and external development. The (Energy Conservation Building Code) ECBC code for energy efficiency was well elaborated and explained to all. They also discussed on water conservation and management, waste reduction, health and comfort.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRENDS & RECENT ADVANCES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (TRACE 2012)
The National Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering is being organized by the Department of Civil Engineering at Amity School of Engineering & Technology on 27th September, 2012. In the era of globalization and liberalization, the construction scenario of the country has undergone a revolutionary change. The new techniques, new concepts, new materials, highly sophisticated construction equipment & machinery are finding its place in the construction industry. Its the right time to make a concerted move and adopt all these developments in the building industry. This seminar will provide a platform where academicians, researchers and industry experts can exchange their know-how about the application and adoption of various innovative materials, machinery and techniques in the field of civil engineering. It will include: Keynote speeches, presentation of select papers by researchers and academicians Invited talks by experts from academia, R&D centers, industry and Government
Amity Civil Engineers (ACE) Club organises quiz

ACE held its first event of Quiz Competition on 16th March 2012 in E1-209 which included questions from theory and general knowledge both directly related to Civil Engineering. The event was inaugurated by Major General AK Jain, Addl Director & HOD (CE) by giving an introductory speech and motivating students about the scopes in field of Civil engineering. Along with other faculty members of Civil Engineering Department namely J bhattacharjee, Amit Kumar, Madhuri, Mayank Mishra, Shailendra Kumar Jain, RK Tomar, T Visalakshi showed their presence. The results of the Quiz competition are given below: Winners: (1) Prasoon Pushkar (2) Rahul Shrivastava 1st Runner ups: (1) Ashish Chaturvedi (2) Daksh Bhandari
Energy and Environmental Management in Buildings For Sustainable Development

New faces in Civil Engineering Department

The civil engineering department is growing day & night. During the last one year, faculty strength has increased considerably. The new faculty members of the department are:
R K Tomar Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering Sustainable Development

The GDP of developed nations like USA, UK and Germany is significantly more than that of the developing nations like India, China, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The energy consumption of developed countries is also more than the developing countries. This shows a positive correlation between the energy consumption pattern and the GDP . The developing countries should, therefore, use more and more energy to reach in the category of developed nations. The conventional sources of energy in present day scenario are fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) and nuclear fuels. And electricity is the most convenient form of energy. The fossil Fuels & Nuclear Fuels are the major means of power generation in the present day world. The resource magnitude of these fuels is finite. With present rate of consumption they will be exhausted as follows: - Fossil fuels : 40-100 years conversion efficiency of the power plant is 40% thus 60% of heat of the combustion of coal goes to air and water. The carbon dioxide and heat added to atmosphere has resulted in the increase of earths planetary temperature which leads to Global warming, due to global warming reduction in polar snow cover and raising of the equatorial ocean level to flood the low laying island and coastal regions. Furthermore, in technical terms, we can say that the excessive use of fossil fuels is an approach of the present generation at the cost of future generation. This, therefore, is not a sustainable approach. In clear terms, we can say that we can regard only that development as sustainable development which is technologically and environmentally acceptable.
Mr. Abhishek Verma Assistant ProfessorStructural Engineering Integrated Dural Degree (IIT Varanasi) 09 Jul 2012
Research Areas of faculty members

All faculty members are engaged in research activities in their respective specializations. In the realm of Civil Engineering, the areas of research are diverse in nature such as disaster management, prediction of precipitation for a complex terrain, application of smart materials to detect corrosion in structures, modeling of solar energy, Human Health Risk Assessment Ranking of waste disposal sites and twodimensional movement of water in saturated soil condition. The faculty members showcase their research periodically in conferences and publish the research findings in peer-reviewed journals.
Ms. Vaishali Kaul Assistant ProfessorTransportation Engineering M.Tech. (IIT Delhi) 23 Jul 2012
Mr. Ujjwal Bhardwaj Assistant Professor Structural Engineering M.Tech. (NIT kurukshetra) 30 Jul 2012
Sustainability in Building
Buildings are the most proximate and visible symbols of present day lifestyles. The objective of a building is to provide suitable 1. Thermal 2. Luminous 3. Atmospheric 4. Aqueous 5. Sonic environment for its inhabitants. In general, the climate inside a building is different than outside. So a building is a man made environment. In the language of environment, we call it built environment. If we want the climate inside the building to be comfortable, the indoor parameter such as mean lumens, radiation temperature, air temperature, humidity and air velocity which are controlled by artificial lighting, air conditioning and air disinfection
- Nuclear fuels (Uranium &Thorium) : 200 years Mr. J Bhattacharjee (Professor, Civil Engineering) has published three papers in journal/conference proceedings this year: 1. Strategies for Disaster Management to reduce the impact of Natural Disaster in India in International Journal IRJMSH (International Research Journal of Management sociology & humanities) in Volume-2 of 2012 (Page no 90-103). In the present days, we drive energy from fossil fuels and nuclear fuels. For this purpose we have to convert the fuel in the usable energy. This conversion process involved many energy transformations. All these transformations adversely affect the environment. Let us consider the case of electric power plant using coal as fuel. The coal is extracted by mining. It may be surface mining or underground mining. During this process, top soil of the land is damaged, ridges and valleys are formed and form huge refuge banks occupying hundreds and thousands of acres of land. The other process is combustion of coal which adds fly ash, smoke, soot, gaseous oxides of sulphur , nitrogen and carbon to the atmospheric air and more over
Faculty Publications
2. Emerging Trends in utilization of Pre-engineered buildings in National seminar of IBC (Indian Buildings Congress), at Kolkata on 25 & 26th May 2012, Volume nineteen, No-1 of 2012 (page 246-250). 3. Earthquake effect on buildings including lessons learnt in India & its remedial measures in International Journal of IRJMST (International Research Journal of Management Science & Technology) in Volume-3, Issue-1 of 2012(Page 66-78).
systems have to be applied which are powered by electricity. So a building in general is specified by its electrical energy demand. The common aspirants are invariably linked to making buildings as comfortable and convenient as possible. It is in this pursuit that the present day buildings have become the third largest consumer of fossil energy and power after industry and agriculture. About 30% to 40% of the total global basic resources are invested in the building sector, which is growing at a rapid pace.
Sustainable building materials must provide comfort and health to its inhabitants and should not give rise to the production of harmful emissions and wastes in terms of materials and energy consumption. Selection of the building materials in a sustainable manner for the development is, to preserve the natural environment and resource generating base for the future, protecting earths life support system.
In conclusion we can say that

The building processes are excessively degrading the environment and are depleting the resources at an alarming rate. Penalty is in terms of pollution and environmental as well as ecological imbalances. These activities of the present generation are adversely affecting the resources for the future generations. We must therefore turn to adaptation of a sustainable way of living. Reduction of the consumption of coal, oil, and wood fuels and their conservation is an obvious approach to combat environmental degradation. It is referred to as Energy Conservation in Resource Conservation Terminology.
Concept of Sustainable Materials

The manufacturing of conventional building materials, process of construction generates pollution in terms of wastes and emissions which destroys the world ecological balance.
The life cycle of building materials involves the collection of raw material, manufacturing, distribution, installation of desired products, reuse or disposal of the material and the most important factor is its impact on the environment. The entire life cycle of a building material is classified in to Three Categories
Suggested readings: 1. N.D. Kaushika and Kshitij Kaushik , 2004. Energy, Ecology and Environment, A Technological Approach. Capital Publishing House, New Delhi. 2. Duffie, J.A. and Beckman,W.A. 1980. Solar Engineering Processes. Johan Wiley and Sons,New York.
Recycle Reuse
Pre-Building Phase
Manufacture Extraction Processing Packaging Shipping
Building Phase
Use Construction Installation Operation Maintenance
Post-Building Phase
Disposal Recycling Reuse
Waste

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AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

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Volume 1, Issue 1, August 2012

Message from Acting Vice Chancellor and Director General ASET

Prof.(Dr.) Balvinder Shukla

Message from Additional Director ASET

Maj. Gen. AK Jain

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Human Value Quarter Blood Donation Camp

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Project Management Workshop

RSA, Rational Rose and Rational Robot

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Words from Alumni

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Faculty Publications: International Journals

Guest Lecture on Mobile Applications by Microsoft

Software Engineering Club

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10th February 2012

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Student Recognitions and Awards

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