“Battle between the minds to rise above the limits”

Spectra 2017-a T e c h n i c a l C a r n i v a l celebrated in RCET campus in the month of October for a week. It’s a popular means to engage students in technical activities beyond the curriculum. Students choose a project in their spare time and use their classroom skills to design, build and test a product for the betterment of the individual and society. RCET students develop a passion for Engineering in this competitive world. We are interested in identifying and supporting those student activities that contribute to student learning. It helps to focus on research for professional development.

Rohini takes the pride in offering not only academic and social opportunities, but a variety of other unique experiences as well. SPECTRA 2017 organized from 03/10/2017 to 07/10/2017 for developing students technological interest. The ceremony commenced department wise with the group of dignitaries.

On Day 1, Prof. Prasath Sabari, Institute of Science and Technology explained the role of PLC/SCADA, its importance in Satellite, Petroleum and its related fields for the students of ECE Department. The workshop was based on the applications of PLC and SCADA. He explained how the advantages of PLC dominated over the disadvantages of Microcontrollers in terms of numbers of input and output, memory, networking. He also explained how to make a program in PLC using Ladder Logic Language.

On Day 2, Interior Designer Mr. Abdul Rahman, delivered a lecture on the significance of Modular Interior Design and Aesthetic View of Buildings for Civil Department. Modular interior design has become very popular and one of the biggest trends when it comes to interior designing. Modular furniture is highly flexible and efficient and has lots more other benefits. It is made from pieces designed to fit together in a number of different ways. It can easily put your furniture together using different pieces available to get the look you want. This allows to rearrange the objects whenever you want to without any hassle. Also, technological competitions like model making, Innovative Building Structure, Brick Bonding were conducted by the students of the Civil Department.

On Day 3, The Resource person Dr. A.S. Raja, Senior Lead / Technical Head, Envestnet encouraged the students of Computer Science and Engineering with his impressive talk on “New Inventions in the field of Computer Science like Keyboard without Keys and Board, Data Leakage Detection, I-Cloud by Apple” and about the Job Opportunities in Information Technology. In order to bring out their skills, students are encouraged to design their projects on Support system for physically challenged people, Tracking System, Efficient Vehicle Monitoring System and various other competitions like Software debugging, Technical quiz were conducted.

On Day 4, Department of EEE organized a Guest Lecture on Secret to Success by Deputy Inspector General, S. Babu Vengadesh, Indian Coast Guard Station, Tuticorin. EEE students made models on “Biometric Voting system, Curved Line Buffer shadow Alarm, Pollution Control on Vehicle, Power Generation using irrigation” and organized an exhibition on the theme Green Energy to create awareness on green environment among the Students.

On Day 5, Department of Mechanical Engineering organized various technical competitions. In this occasion, Senior Design Engineer Mr. S.R. Muthu Krishnan, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India, Bangalore gave a talk on “Research and Development in automobile Field” and motivated the students to explore the vast horizon of Technology. In his talk, he told that R&D is a strategic and long-term process; automotive R&D relies on significant investment and, increasingly, partnership with stakeholders. It takes time to carry out R&D and undertake through tests to deliver production ready technologies. Bringing them to market is yet another step, which is why vehicle manufacturers need decade-long lead-times to implement new technologies and requirements.

With the key objective of bringing out the hidden talents of students and with a focus on creating more awareness of science, technology and engineering, several programs like 15+ Guest Lectures, 75+ Projects and 10+ funded Projects has been exhibited by TARCET team. Students presented more than 100 papers on technological development and Innovation and the best 3 project groups were awarded. The function has been a result of good hard work done by the students who showed good enthusiasm to display their projects. The function was fully organized solely by the student volunteers. The function generated a high degree of excitement among the faculties and students of the college. The participants with the best project were awarded with the first, second and third prize. The other participants were awarded with the participation certificate. Every projects were highly appreciated by the industrial persons.

In RCET an Engineer’s life is full of exciting events, such as technical and cultural fests organized by colleges across the nation every year. Every student should experience this organization process at least once during the course of their undergraduate studies. The time spent in organizing these fest not only gives you a huge amount of experience, but also provides you with moments that you will cherish for a long time to come. Mechanical Students exhibited their own models to prove their individual ability on technical skill. Thus the week ended fruitfully by distributing prizes for their individual talents.