The
School of Engineering and Technology (SOET), ITM University, Gurgaon organized Technovation – The Annual Project Day, on 17 April 2015, to provide students a
platform to showcase their innovative ideas in the form of projects. Prof.
Ravindra Ojha, Director, SOET says, “Technovation has been planned for the
first time in the University. It has given a large cross-section of faculty and
students an opportunity to convert their conceptual thoughts into reality. It
attempts to raise technical excellence, is application oriented and brings the
industry closer to academics.” Some of the projects are explained below:-
Department
of EECE
1. A
low-cost myoelectric prosthetic hand was prepared by Ankur
Aggarwal under the guidance of Mr
Pankaj Rakheja. “The project aims at developing a low-cost myoelectric
prosthetic hand that is a prototype of an actual human hand with 15 degrees of
freedom”, says Ankur Aggarwal. ” Other
prosthetic hands, currently available in the market, are highly expensive” he
adds. Providing a prosthetic option for the half-handed amputees is a step
further towards social responsibility.
2. Suraksha-
a woman safety device has been developed by Nitish Aggarwal, Nishant
Ahlawat and Nishant Bhardwaj and guided by Ms Charu Rana. Suraksha is a
women safety device which has three activation modes i.e. voice, switch and
force sensor. The developers of the
woman safety device explained, “Once
activated Suraksha sends GPS signals to the police station and as well as to
family members”.
3. Metal
sensing using PLC and SCADA is developed by Aman Jain, Alisha, Divyanshu under the able guidance of
Ms Sheila Mahapatra. The developers observed, “The objective of the project is to design an
industry based automated model which is used for metal sensing and detection in
industries using PLC and SCADA”.
4. Du
Pahiya is a two-wheeler set in motion by Chaitanya, Dinesh and Deepanshu and guided by Ms Sheila
Mahapatra. “The Du Pahiya is an
innovative E-cycle designed using BLDC motor which provides mobility with
reduced human effort”, observed the developers.
5. Intelligent
parking system for car parking guidance and damage notification is prepared by Shubham Ahuja and Sawan Chauhan with Ms Amanpreet Kaur as their mentor. This project presents an
innovative intelligent parking system (IPS) that has two functions: Car parking
guidance and Car damage notification. Shubham and Sawan explain the system as
under:
· An advanced automatic driving system
· Proposes oriented assistance for drivers while
parking
· Low cost parking system
· Damage
notification system which is new to the market and pocket friendly
· Extension to
what existing self-parking cars have already proposed
· Interesting
functionalities that gives notification about any damage that happened while
the driver was not in the car.
6. Dexto:eka:-the
humanoid robot made
by Sumit Gupta, Himanshu Vaswani, Yash Gupta and mentored by Mr Sidharth
Bhatia. Sumit says, “Dexto: Eka: is
a tele-operated anthropomorphic robot with three modes of operation: dependent,
semi-sovereign and sovereign.” “In the dependent mode, the tele-operator has
complete control over the robot. In the semi-sovereign mode, the tele-operator
has partial control but the robot is able to make decisions of its own, should
a situation prove detrimental to its well-being,” observes Himanshu. “In the
sovereign mode, the robot has complete autonomy over its actions”, adds Yash.
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Utilization of WTP sludge
and tea waste in brick manufacturing prepared
by Prashast Gupta, Rakesh Kumar and Rounak
mentored byMs Vaishali Sahu. The project focuses on utilization of waste
material namely water treatment plant sludge and domestic tea waste in brick
manufacturing. The optimum content of these waste materials after all the
experimental results were found as 40% WTP sludge+5% tea waste+55% clay and
named as Green bricks. The student developers explained, “These bricks have
more strength as compared to conventional bricks and are thermally insulated
because of the inclusion of tea waste. They are eco-friendly, can be
manufactured in the existing plant with no additional investment and are economical.
Usage of these bricks is a step forward in the sustainable development of the environment.”
- Urban planning and management projections of Gurgaon,
for 2031, 2041 and 2051 designed by Misbah Masoodi guided by Dr AK Misra. Major
land use changes have been projected and based on that estimation a plan of
smart transport network design, management, and operation of future
requirements owing to urban expansion have been prepared. Misbah clarifies, “Major
thrust has been given on water sensitive planning, design, development of green
infrastructure and adaptation of demand management techniques owing to
excessive urban growth.
Ground water and air quality monitoring near
four landfill sites in Delhi - NCR region prepared by Bharat Gaur, Deepanshu Yadav and Himanshu
Bhardwaj, mentored by Dr Amit Shrivastava. Groundwater samples were
collected from Gazipur landfill-site to study the possible impact of leachate
percolation on groundwater quality. Students working on the project say, “Concentration
of various physico-chemical parameters including microbiological parameters
have been determined and results compared with WHO standards. From the study,
it is noted that the groundwater quality is being significantly affected due to
leachate percolation.”
- Utilization of Waste Plastic in Asphalt Roads developed by Himanshu Mittal, Lalit Kumar Singh and Mohit
Daga mentored by Mr Ankit Pachouri. The project investigates the potential
use of waste plastic as a modifier for asphalt concrete and cement concrete
pavement. The developers say, “Plastic waste, consisting of plastic markers,
carry bags, cups etc are used as a coating over aggregate and this coated stone
can be used for road construction.” Different ratios of plastic were blended
with 80/100 paving grade asphalt. Unmodified and modified asphalt binders were
subjected to rheological test. The performance tests including, Marshall
Stability, loss of stability tests were conducted using plastic coated
aggregates and polymer modified bitumen on HMA mixtures. Work was done using
plastic coated aggregates in bituminous pavements. “The results showed better
values for asphalt concrete. By increasing the percentage of plastic, the
stability values are increased and required quantities of binder contents are
decreased. This is an eco-friendly process as re-use of otherwise difficult to
dispose, plastics have been used”, the students observed.
Development of mix design and Study the strength
and durability of Self Compacting Concrete prepared by Shwetang Kundu, Sumit Ahlawat and Utsav Jain guided by Ms. Prachi Sohoni. Work
was carried out on effective replacement of cement with waste materials like
rise husk, fly ash and micro silica that increase the structural quality and
durability of concrete. The observation
of the students were, “It has reduced the dumping of waste and has also reduced
the amount of water required to prepare concrete. It has also reduced the total
cost of construction by 18% per m3. Hence it is cost effective
compared to conventional concrete, gives higher compressive strength and
reduces dependency on machinery”.