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Outreach of Engineering Colleges around Bengaluru: A Report meeting of faculty from several Engineering Colleges in Karnataka was convened at the Dept of Aerospace A thEngineering, IISc on 4 April 2017. The main aim of the meeting was to reach out to the institutes across the state and create awareness about ISSS and its activities. Another key motivation was to seek inputs from the colleges to render

ISSS more relevant and useful to these colleges.Several ISSS governing council members briefed about ISSS activities like the International conference to be held in July, textbook authored by ISSS members, newsletter Sukshma, ISSS Journal, now part of Springer, workshops conducted, creation of NMDCs, INUP programme. Suggestions and guidance on how to start MEMS course in engineering colleges were also provided. A tour of Center for Nanoscience at IISc was also arranged to provide an exposure to the attendees. In the concluding feedback session, there was discussion on various related topics. Few important points were discussed as below.

In the first year, students can be briefly exposed on applications of MEMS based sensors followed by introduction to design of sensors in second year which can culminate in innovative projects in their final year.

Formation of ISSS nodal centers across the state, region wise Internship to students under ISSS banner Creation of a MEMS training kit and manuals for hands-on session on MEMS devices Faculty training to handle MEMS course institutes by ISSS

The points suggested were well received by ISSS governing council. Prof. Aatre suggested that some of the points can be considered by ISSS Governing Council for implementation in the near future.

Workshop on MEMS and MICROSYSTEMS Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and TechnologyProf. Veda Sandeep, NMIT, Bengaluru

GOVERNING COUNCIL

Vice President:Prof. K.J. Vinoy

Treasurer:Dr. B. Vidyashankar

President:Prof. S. Gopalakrishnan

Member Secretary:Prof. G.K. Ananthasuresh

Members:Dr. V. Natarajan

Prof. Navakanta BhatProf Anurekha Sharma

Dr. M.S. GiridharDr. P.V. Subramanium

Dr. Anjana JainSri. V. Sudhakar

Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology (VVIET), Mysuru conducted a two-day National Level Workshop - “MEMS & MICROSYSTEMS” on 10th and 11th April 2017. Padma Vibhushan Dr. Vasudev K Aatre inaugurated the Workshop. Prof. S. Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering IISc. and President of ISSS, Bengaluru, Sri Vasu, Chairman, VVIET, and MLA, Chamarajanagara constituency, Sri. Kaveesh Gowda V, Hon. Secretary, VVIET, Dr. M. Ravishankar, Principal, VVIET graced the occasion. In addition, Principals, HoDs and Faculties from several Engineering colleges were present at this Inaugural function. Dr. M. Ravishankar, delivered the welcome address. Dr. Bindu A Thomas, Professor & Head, Dept. of ECE introduced the chief guest Dr. VK Aatre. Dr. Aatre spoke about "Smart Materials and Microsystems" and illustrated how smart structures and microsystems can be developed for various applications by taking inspiration from nature.

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Inauguration of MEMS LAB was conducted on 26.11.2016 at Alva's Institute of Engineering and Technology, Moodbidri, Karnataka. Eminent dignitaries like Padma Vibhushan Dr. Vasudev K Aatre, Former DG-DRDO & Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri, Dr. Prakash D. Mangalgiri, Former Group Director ADA Bengaluru and Technical Fellow, GM R&D, Dr. M Mohan Alva, Chairman, Sri Vivek Alva, Managing Trustee, Dr. Peter Fernandes, Principal, Dr. D. V. Manjunatha, HoD, E&CE Dept. and Sri. Praveen J., Dean (Academics) graced the occasion.

Dr. Aatre gave the inaugural talk on MEMS, highlighting that Microelectromechanical systems are the technology of microscopic devices, particularly those with moving parts. The devices are engineered at the nano and microscale to develop a host of practical application systems (NEMS, MEMS). Dr. Prakash D Mangalgiri, presented briefly several application scenarios for MEMS usage. These include, Inkjet printers,Accelerometers , MEMS gyroscopes , accelerometers in consumer electronics devices such as game controllers, personal media players / cell phones and Digital Cameras. MEMS microphones, Silicon pressure sensors, Displays, Optical switching technology, Bio-MEMS applications in medical and health related technologies from Lab-On-Chip to Micro-Total-Analysis (biosensor, chemo-sensor), Interferometric modulator display (IMOD) and microfluidic devices for drug delivery.

MEMS LAB @ Alva's Institute of Engineering and Technology, Moodbidri, KarnatakaProf. Veda Sandeep

ighth edition of ISSS National Conference on MEMS, Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, ISSS-NC8, was E th thconducted at IIT Kanpur from 28 September to 30 September, under the aegis of the Institute of Smart Structures & Systems, ISSS, India. The conference attracted researchers, industries and other professionals in the field of Micro-

Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Smart Materials, Structures & Systems, across the country with special emphasis on multifunctional materials like Piezoelectric and Shape Memory materials, Actuators, Sensors and Intelligent System Design. This broad technology involving Structural Health Monitoring, BioMEMS/NEMS, RF-MEMS finds large number of applications in key areas of Defence, Aerospace, Automotive, Biomedical systems etc.. More than 70 papers and technical presentations were made by eminent scientists, researchers and engineers from premier academic institutes like IITs, IISc and R&D organizations like DMSRDE, DRDO, ISRO and NBRC.

Report on ISSS NC-8 at IIT-KanpurProf. Bishakh Bhattacharya

Inauguration by Lighting of theLamp by Mr. Mohan Alva

Mr. Alva addressing the gatheringTradition meets Technology

He also enlightened students about the emerging trends in Smart structures & Microsystems and motivated them to make India, a technology generator, rather than being a technology follower by taking up projects in this field. Sri Vasu, felicitated Dr. V K Aatre for his immense contribution to the society. Sri. Kaveesh Gowda delivered the closing remarks and gave an insight as to how students can catch the ideas, work on the technology and help fulfilling the needs of the society. Over sixty-eight students from several engineering institutions around Mysuru such as ATME, MRIT, JSS College and VVIET attended the program. During the workshop, Prof. S. Gopalakrishnan, delivered a talk on applications of MEMS & MEMS in aerospace design. Prof. Veda Sandeep gave a talk on MEMS in electronics applications. On Day-2 a hands-on session was conducted by Mr. Mohammed and his team. Valedictory function was presided by Dr. Bindu Thomas, Mr. Sundareshan, Chief Administration Officer, VVIET and Mr. Mohammed were present for the valedictory function.

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This 3-day program was inaugurated by the Director of IIT-K and Padma Vibhushan Prof. V K Aatre (former Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri) was the chief guest. During this conference, ISSS honored Prof. V Ram Gopal Rao, Director IIT-Delhi, and Prof. S B Kripanidhi, IISc Bangalore for their immense contribution to the field of smart materials and their applications. Dr. Partha Bhattacharya from IIEST, Shibpur, was awarded the Young Scientist Award for 2016. Springer India has given special awards to the best papers and posters of the conference in various categories including Structural Health Monitoring, Smart Sensors and Actuators and MEMS.

thOn 30 September, a special one day seminar was organized to focus on the Assistive technologies and Intelligent Assistive Devices for enhancing the mobility of physically challenged people. Role of smart technologies, design of intelligent systems and also the Brain-computer interface were discussed. Several eminent scientists, doctors, engineers present their work on this topic and this session was attended by more than 50 physically challenged student delegates from Dr. Ambedakar Institute of Technology for Handicapped (A.I.T.H.).

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