KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE

( Autonomous )

Affilated to Anna University | Accredited by NAAC with A++ Grade
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Departments

Head of the Department

Dr.R.Subasri

Programmes Offered
Programme Intake
BE 120
M.E 6

Highlights

  • 52 University Ranks including 04 Gold Medals
  • Department holds ISOI Students’ chapter
  • Organized one International and four National Conferences
  • 31 sponsored and 73 self supporting seminar/workshops organized
  • 232 Papers Published in peer reviewed National and International Journals
  • 16 Books Published
  • Completed 04 R&D Projects (worth of 76.45 Lakh from DST, UGC)
  • Completed 06 Sponsored students projects funded by TNSCST
  • 03 faculty members attended International Conferences at Malaysia & Singapore with a Travel grant of Rs. 2,68,789/- from UGC
  • Bagged Best Department Award twice- 2005 & 2013
  • Bagged Best Performing Department - ENTHUSIA 2015 and 2016
  • 05 Approved Supervisors with 18 Ph.D Scholars
  • 19 scholars completed Ph.D. and 02 submitted thesis in EIE Research Centre
  • Actively involved in consultancy activities with various industries like Trend Instrumentation & Automation, Sakthi Auto Components Private Ltd., BPL India Ltd,, Maharaja world multiplex and Cordite Factory
  • 02 faculty received CLAD (Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer) certification
  • 01 student received CLD (Certified LabVIEW Developer) certification
  • Mr.R.Elangeshwaran (2015-19) represented Star Sports Pro Kabadi-2017
  • Overall best student in Extracurricular activities for the year 2015 and 2016
  • Bagged Best Agro Project in TAFE 2018
  • Bagged AICTE Chhatra Vishwakarma Award - South convention 2019
  • Best Innovator award for Agri Equipments - 2019, 1 st position in Idea
  • Spark 2019 by IIT, Madras
  • Smart India Hackathon 2020 winner & Runner-up in E-Summit 2020
  • Received a grant of Rs.2,43,000/- for EDII-IVP
  • Received a grant of Rs.93,000/- for AICTE ATAL FDP
  • AICTE grant of Rs 11.97 Lakhs sanctioned under MODROBS
  • Centre of Excellence in Industrial IoT
  • MoU signed with
    • Trend Instrumentation & Automation Pvt. Ltd., Chennai
    • Yokogawa India Limited, Bengaluru
    • VI Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., Chennai
    • ABE Semiconductor Designs, Chennai
    • Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Thiruvananthapuram
    • Micromax Technologies, Trichy
    • Pamtrons Healthcare Devices, Mumbai
    • bitsCrunch, Germany
    • Silicon Systems, Coimbatore
    • Kalchi Controls, Trichy

    Milestones

    • 1998 - B.E. (EIE) Programme started with an intake of 30
    • 1999 - Intake increased to 40
    • 2002 - EIE Association ISoI Students’ Chapter
    • 2004 - Accredited by NBA for 3 years
    • 2006 - Intake increased to 60
    • 2008 - Intake increased to 120
    • 2009 - Accredited by NBA for 3 years
    • 2010 - ME (CIE) Programme started with an intake of 18
    • 2010 - Recognized as Research Centre by Anna University
    • 2014 - Reaccredited by NBA for 2 years
    • 2016 – NBA Accreditation extended for 1 year
    • 2018 – NBA awarded Accreditation for 3 years
    • 2020 – Reaccredited by NBA for 1 year

SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS LABORATORY

This Sensors and Transducers Laboratory was established in the year 1996. This lab is equipped with Speed Measurement Trainer, Temperature Transducer Trainer, Opto Electric Transducer Trainer, Strain Gauge, Load cell, Characteristics of Thermistor Kit, Low Pressure Generation Pump, PID Controller with Motor setup, LVDT Trainer kit, Cathode Ray Oscilloscopes, Electrical Rotary and Linear Actuator. Major equipments includes Venturimeters, Orifice meters, pH meters, Viscosity meters, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, Dead Weight Tester, Thermocouple calibration setup, Differential Pressure Transmitters, Conductivity meter, Pressure to Current converter setup, Current to Pressure converter setup, Flopper nozzle setup, Ultrasonic based level measurement kit, Electromagnetic flow meter kit, Pressure measurement and Calibration using vacuum gauge, Turbidity and TDS measurement setup and Low pressure measurement using McLeod gauge. Students do their mini projects and major projects in this lab in addition to their regular lab classes.

MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER LABORATORY

Microprocessor and Microcontroller laboratory was established in the year 2001, which has 8085 microprocessor, 8086 microprocessor, 8051 microcontroller trainer kits, universal programmer downloader and Tester, PIC 16F1876A, PIC 16F877A microcontroller trainer kit. It also has interfacing devices such as ADC , DAC, stepper motor controller, traffic light controller , LED display interface , Keyboard interface devices, Printer interface, RTC, Elevator simulator, 8251 and 8253 interfaces. Dual FPAA development and trainer kit, DSO, Anadigm software, ARM7 (LPC2378) processor, ARM 9 processor, ARM7 LPC2148 development board, Arduino and Raspberry Pi kits which will facilitate the researchers in the areas of analog, mixed signal, and RF design. A two user Microversion3 Keil C software is also provided for embedding the assembly language programs and high level programming languages like C.

MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY

The Measurements and Instrumentation Laboratory was established in the year 2000, which covers instruments used for basic measurements like voltage, current, power and physical quantities. This lab has major equipments like 3-Phase Electronic Trivector Meter, Digital Energy Meter, Digital Spectrum Analyzer, Load Cell and Strain Gauge Trainer kit, 100 MHz Dual Trace Oscilloscope, AC and DC Servo motor, Universal Tester with LCR Meter and Digital Real-time Storage Oscilloscope. The students utilize the laboratory for designing Instrumentation systems and Electronic circuits related to their mini and capstone projects.

COMPUTER CENTRE

The Computer Centre was established in the year 2000, which has fully air-conditioned Computer Centre with 37 computers and uninterrupted power supply of 15 kVA. This centre is utilized for developing applications based on programming languages such as C, C++, java, and to implement the concepts of data structures & algorithms. The computer centre is equipped with 4 printers and one scanner. Apart from C and C++, the softwares available are ORCAD Release 9.2- Single User Version, MATLAB RELEASE 13 -5 user version and MATLAB R2015b - 40 user version. All the computers are provided with internet connectivity and the centre is kept open till 7.00 pm on all working days.

ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY

The Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory was established in the year 2002, which covers the advanced instrumentation field in process automation. It is one of the core laboratory in Instrumentation engineering which includes major equipment like PLC modules (Allen-Bradley, Micrologix 1000, Micrologix 1100, Siemens Step7- 200, Siemens-Logo, GE Fanuc, Modicon, ABB, Omron, Siemens S7-1200), NI- ELVIS, DAQ card, Thermocouple and Accelerometer modules, Spartan FPGA, Spartan 6, Universal FPGA Trainer Boards and CCD Camera for Imaging applications. The laboratory is effectively utilized during working hours for conducting practical courses and doing project work for UG and PG students. Beyond the working hours, the laboratory is effectively utilized for conducting value added courses for internal students, seminars and workshops for outside participants from various institutes and industries. It provides training and technical supports to students and researchers to develop the proto type model. It is a multi-instrument resource to train and educate the undergraduate and post graduate students to develop industrial instrumentation automation systems and update their knowledge to solve the practical issues in the industry.

DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM LAB

The Distributed Control System Laboratory was established in the year 2009, which mimics the most advanced control system for the process industries. The students are given training in the state of the art Yokogawa Centum Vp DCS to expose them to the modern process industries. The installed system setup is able to control parameters like flow, level and pressure that are commonly required in industries. It includes one Engineering station and multiple operator stations for human machine interfaces which will help to create a real time process industry environment. This laboratory is equipped with Industrial type Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) skid and Two tank Conical Interacting and Non Interacting systems to acquire knowledge and enhance research activities for students and research scholars of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering. It provides an opportunity to understand the concepts and control of real time Industrial Automation systems with the assistance of PLC, DCS, LabVIEW and MATLAB environments.

BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY

The Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory was established in the year 2015 to serve as a multipurpose teaching facility to support fundamental curricular objectives that include biomedical engineering concepts covered in Biomedical Engineering subject and imparted biomedical signals analysis concepts in signal processing laboratory. It includes the equipment such as, Biomedical Electrodes and Transducer, Blood Pressure Monitor, Sphygmomanometer, Pulse Oximeter, Phonocardiography, Ultra Sound Diathermy Unit, Doppler Shift Blood Flow Meter, Blood Glucose Meter, Blood Cell counter, Pacemaker, Defibrillator, Arrhythmia Simulator, Bio-Telemetry system, ECG, EEG, EMG, EOG, ERG, Respiration Rate Monitor and Audio meter. The lab includes prototype model of Heart Lung Machine, Haemodialysis Machine and Bio telemetry module. This laboratory supports the work of advanced undergraduate, master graduate, and research scholars.

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION LAB

The Industrial Automation laboratory was established in the year of 2015, which consists of advanced automation and testing instruments used in the Process Industries. This lab is equipped with Calibration Test Bench, Interacting Spherical Tank Level Control System, DPT, SIEMENS Variable Frequency Drive and HMI. Calibration test bench is used for Industrial Consultancy and Testing for calibration of pressure gauges, differential pressure gauges and safety valves. DPT, VFD, HMI and Spherical tank control system are utilized for various research projects and laboratory experiments.

Department Library

Electronics and Instrumentation department library is available for the department faculty and students for immediate reference. It has text and reference books in different disciplines. It has books in various areas like Basic Electronics, Instrumentation, Process control, Measurements, Sensors & Transducers, Control Systems, Analog and Digital Electronics, VLSI Design, Neural Networks, Fuzzy logic, Microprocessor etc. The Library has different Journals like IEEMA, IETE, Computer Society of India and Magazines like Electronics for You Competition Success Review etc. It is equipped with CD ROMS, Videocassettes in various areas like Industrial automation, Microprocessor & Microcontrollers, Linear integrated circuits etc.

DETAILS COUNT
No. of volumes 161
No. of titles 47
No. of International/National Journals / Magazines subscribed 12
No. of National Journals 24
No. of news papers subscribed 03
Project report BE and ME degree project work reports
Video/CDs 30
Others Copy of special materials / articles prepared by faculty, Kongu Newsletter, Proceedings of International conference conducted by KEC, etc.

VISSION AND MISSION

Vission

TTo become a technically competent centre in the domain of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering to take care of the National and International needs.

Mission

EIE is committed to

  • To develop innovative, competent, efficient, disciplined and quality Electronics and Instrumentation Engineers
  • To produce Engineers who can participate in technical advancement and social upliftment of the country
  • To excel in academic and research activities by facilitating the students to explore the state- of- the- art techniques to meet the industrial needs

Graduates of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering programme should be able to utilize the knowledge gained from their academic programme to

  • Excel in professional career and higher education using their fundamental knowledge in mathematical and engineering principles
  • Analyse, design, develop and maintain the instrumentation systems of an industry and also offer solutions that are technically feasible, economically viable and socially relevant
  • Exhibit Professional and Ethical code of conduct, communication skills, team work and lifelong learning to resolve societal issues

PROGRAMMING OUTCOME

  • PO1:Engineering knowledge:
    Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
  • PO2: Problem analysis:
    Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
  • PO3:Design/development of solutions:
    Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
  • PO4:Conduct investigations of complex problems:
    Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
  • PO5:Modern tool usage:
    Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
  • PO6:The engineer and society:
    Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
  • PO7:Environment and sustainability:
    Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
  • PO8:Ethics:
    Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
  • PO9:Individual and team work:
    Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
  • PO10:Communication:
    Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
  • PO11:Project management and finance:
    Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
  • PO12:Life-long learning:
    Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.