Mapan Issue 8 - Cummins College of Engineering for Women

Editor’s Column
Each issue of the Newsletter is a team work. I
must admit that you may occasionally taken
time to read the editor’s column of the
Newsletter. So first, a big thank you to those
of you taking the time to read this column
and the contributors. In this year’s column, I
will describe what happens in the past
academic year i.e. the various activities by
the students and faculty in academic,
cocurricular, extra-curricular as well as
research & developments. This year our
department is accredited by NBA
committee with flying colors securing
highest marks among all the other
departments. This shows how the progress of
department is growing towards a new peak.
I should mention that this would not been
possible without the efforts put by all the
students, HOD, faculty members and staff.
Thanks to all of them and wish you best luck.
Jayanand P. Gawande
Editor
NBA 2011
MAPAN
THE MEASURE OF PROGRESS
HOD’s Column
ISSUE 8, JUNE.2012
MKSSS’s PUBLISHED BY
CUMMINS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL
Dear Students,
Congratulations to our department for
getting NBA accreditation for 3 years. The
department scored maximum marks
712/1000. Also I would like to congratulate
the rank holders of the department. I feels
very proud that 21 rank holders out of 30 of
the university are from our department. PG
students presented no. of papers in national
and international conferences.
We love to face challenges. This time our
college is going for NAAC accreditation
and I am bit sure that we will get
accreditation from NAAC. For this
academic year, make some resolutions and
try to improve your performance, not only in
academics but also in extracurricular and
co-curricular activities. All the best!
Prof. Ashok D. Gaikwad
Head of Department
INNOVATION 2K12

FACULTY NEWS
Our department organized one week national level
workshop on ‘MEMS Technology and simulation
practices‘ during 14-19 November, 2011. Staff and
students of various engineering colleges attended
this workshop.
Prof. Mrs. Anagha Panditrao received Cummins
appreciation award in August 2011 for international
journal publications and patent.
Prof. Mrs. Anagha Panditrao presented paper in
IEEE International Conference at Bandung,
Indonesia in November 2011.
Prof. Mrs. Anagha Panditrao was awarded with PhD
degree of University of Pune under the guidance of
Dr. Mrs. Priti Rege of Govt. College of Engg. Pune.
Prof. Y. G. Adhav attended Sixth International
conference on smart materials, structures and system
(ISSS-2012) at IISC Bangalore during 4-7 th January,
2012
Prof. A. D. Gaikwad delivered progress report of
Cummins MEMS R &D Centre Pune at IISC Banglore
on 28 th Feb.2012 in NMDC review meeting.
Prof. J. P. Gawande delivered a lecture on ‘Digital
Filters’ at National Workshop on ‘Matlab and its
applications’ organized by PDEA’ College of
Engineering, Manjari, Pune.
Prof. J. P. Gawande also delivered a lecture on ‘Fiber
Optics’ to second year students of department of
Instrumentation, VIT, Pune.
Prof. J. P. Gawande had worked as Judge for the
National Level Technical Paper Presentation
Competition, Futurizm’12, organized by PDEA’
College of Engineering, Manjari, Pune.
A paper on ‘Integrated Sensor System Framework
for Enhanced Vehicle Safety’ authored by Prof. A.K.
Joshi and KPIT Cummins staff is published in SAE
International journal in July 2011.
STUDENT NEWS
Stars of Instrumentation and Control
department
The staff and students of the department would
like to congratulate the following students for
their performance in May-June 2011 University
Examination:
S.E.
1 st Rank Ms. Rashmi Agarwal
2 nd Rank Ms. Shraddha Bhawalkar
3 rd Rank Ms. Saie Saraf
4 th Rank Ms. Pooja Deshmukh
5 th Rank Ms. Bhanupriya Achalare
6 th Rank Ms. Poorva Kuber
7 th Rank Ms. Mugdha Marudgan
10 th Rank Ms. Swarada Kshirsagar
T.E.
1 st Rank Ms. Nishita Sant
2 nd Rank Ms. Devika Oak
3 rd Rank Ms. Aditi Bhalerao
4 th Rank Ms. Divya Vasudev
5 th Rank Ms. Sweety Agrawal
6 th Rank Ms. Aditi Patil
7 th Rank Ms. Shilpa Joshi
8 th Rank Ms. Amruta Hargude
9 th Rank Ms. Divya Kadam
B.E.
2 nd Rank Ms. Shruti Lokhande
3 rd Rank Ms. Amruta Gadre
6 th Rank Ms. Roopa Nadgiri
8 th Rank Ms. Sheetal Koul
Congratulations to Ms. Aditi Bhalerao,
University of Pune declared the award ‘The
Principal G. K. Ogale Memorial Prize’ for
securing highest number of marks and standing
First at the S.E.(Instrumentation) Examination
held in May,2010.
Best Outgoing student
Ms. Divya Vasudev was awarded as best out
going student of the department for her all
round performance during the year 2011-12.
Heartiest Congratulations to all of them!

Extracurricular Competitions
Ms. Aishwarya Chaporkar participated in
Indian Student Parliament-2012 at MAEER’s
MIT School of Government, Pune.
Ms. Shivani Matto won the second prize at
Environmental Quiz.
Ms. Ashwini Shetty won the Judges Choice
Award at National Entrepreneurship Network.
Ms. Tanvi Shah won the Viewer’s Choice Award
at National Entrepreneurship Network.
Ms. Akshika Khachroo and Ms. Ruddhi Kadam
represented the college at ROBOCON 2012.
MS. Ruchi Gupta and her football team won the
second prize at ZEST 2012, COEP.
Ms. Swarada Kshirsagar and Ms. Sanskriti
Shankare won the first prize at Pune City Zone
Intercollegiate Sports (Basketball) organized by
University of Pune.
Ms. Chaitra Kanhere won the first prizes at
various swimming sport events like Pentacle’12,
Melange’12, VIT Pune.
Ms. Rutuja Mhetre and her Volleyball team won
the first prize at ZEST 2012 and PACE’12.
Ms. Azba Sardar, Ms. Divya Vasudev, Ms.
Devika Oka, Ms. Ritika Shetty won the second
prize at Theme projects, INNOVATION 2k12.
Ms. Neha Mutha, Ms. Gauri Gaikwad, Ms. Aditi
Agarwal won the second prize for their project
on ‘Colour Transmitter: An Application for
Paper Industry’ at Firmware Project
Competition, INNOVATION 2k12.
Ms. Azba Sardar and Ms. Divya Vasudev won
the first prize at On the Spot, INNOVATION
2k12.
Ms. Shivanjali Patil and Ms. Mrunal Mone
participated in the project competition on Data
Acquisition System at ‘Technotrend-2011’
organized by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
Technological University, Lonere.
Paper/Project Presentations
Our M.E. student, Ms. Rajashree Pimputkar won
the first prize for her paper on ‘MRI
segmentation using fuzzy c –means algorithm’
at National Level Paper Presentation,
Futurizm’12, organized by PDEA’ College of
Engineering, Manjari, Pune.
Ms. Prachi Mantri, Mrs. Archana Kesti, Mrs.
Smitha Pinto and Ms. Megha Deshmukh (M.E.
students) presented their paper at National
Level Paper Presentation, Futurizm’12,
organized by PDEA’ College of Engineering,
Manjari, Pune.
Mrs. Aarti Suryawanshi presented a paper on
‘Urine Flow Rate Measurement Based on
Volumetric Pressure measurement’ at ISPTS- 1
International Syposium on Physics and
Technology of Sensors, organized by University
of Pune.
Ms. Rutuja Laulkar, Mrs. Aarti Suryawanshi and
Mrs. Smitha Pinto presented papers at National
Conference on ‘Nanotechnology and its
Applications in Electronics Engineering’ CSIR,
IETE, organized by AISSMS’ IOIT Pune.
Ms. Megha Deshmukh presented a paper titled
‘Design & Development of Thermistor Based
Sensor for Spirometry’ at IEEE Students
Conference, Maulana Azad National Institute of
Technology, Bhopal.
Ms. Krishali Penta and Ms. Disha Waghela won
the first prize for the paper on ‘Bionic Eye’ at
INNOVATION 2k12.
Ms. Priti Bora won the second prize for paper
‘Exoskeleton for Human Performance
Augmentation-Passive Design’ at
INNOVATION 2k12.
Ms. Mrunmayee Unawane and Ms. Apurva
Shintre won the second prize for paper
‘Nanotech and MEMS’ at INNOVATION 2k12.
B.E. students at Suryashibhir

NOVEL IDEA
Tailor made ADC
Prof. Atul K. Joshi
Sometimes it we fall in dilemma for selection of ADC
for a particular application so we search ADC device
on net for the desired specification. Generally we get
ADCs with resolution like 8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit, 16-bit
etc. but if the required resolution falls in between
above said commercially available ADCs, e.g. 9-bit
,11-bit, 13-bit and so on then, here is the possible
solution.
Select a microcontroller having in built:
1. 16-bit timer /counter with PWM facility
2. Analog comparator
3. IIC capability
The hardware scheme can be made as shown in
figure:
The conversion technique is based on successive
approximation. PWM block outputs a duty cycle
proportional to the count in it. It is then filtered with
Low pass filter having proper cutoff frequency. The
output of the filter is buffered and attenuated
according to desired full scale. The same is used to
drive one of the input of internal analog comparator.
The other is driven by PWM buffer. The applied
analog input voltage is compared with the output of
PWM section by setting MSB of the PWM count
register. If the comparator is triggered then, the MSB
is cleared and second MSB is set. The process is
repeated till the last bit in the PWM count register.
The last iteration will give the digital equivalent of
analog input voltage. The PWM count register can
then be transferred to IIC register or to the output
port of the controller. The software block of the
process can be treated as an ADC function.
CAMPUS PLACEMENTS 2011-12
The following students of the Instrumentation
and Control dept. have been placed in the
academic year 2011-12:
KPIT CUMMINS: Ruhi Redij, Sonali Chavan
CUMMINS INDIA LTD.: Varkha Taki, Sweety
Agarwal, Divya Vasudev, Neha Mutha
INFOSYS: Shalini Murali, Divya Kadam,
Sandhya Soni, Amruta Harugade, G.Hima
Bindu
TATA MOTORS: Romilla William
THERMAX: Shilpa Joshi, Devika Oka
HOEYWELL: Bhagyashri Nimbalkar, Chaitral
Date, Pradnya Patil, Priti Bora, Snehal More
ALFA LAVAL: Nikhita Borse
FORBES MARSHALL: Seema Waghmere,
Rasika Dharne
CAPGEMINI: Ankita Kulkarni, Namrata
Parajape
ETON: Ritika Shetty, Aditi Bhalerao, Ridhima
Pathak
ATOS ORIGIN: Triveni Kadam
WIPRO: Azba Sardar
FORBES MARSHALL AWARD
For the past fifteen years, Forbes Marshall is
appreciating the untiring efforts of the final year
students by awarding a prize to the most
outstanding final year project. This year this
prestigious award was bagged by Ms. Amruta
Joshi, Ms. Gandhali Joshi and Ms. Sharvari
Kulkarni for the project titled ‘Design and
Analysis of MEMS based Piezoresistive Pressure
Sensor’ under the guidance of Prof. Y. G. Adhav.
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