Electrical Dept News 1997-98

1. General Departmental News :
(i) Prof. Dr. H.P.Inamdar has taken over change as Head of the Department from Prof. Dr. A..V. Risbud since 1st October, 1997.
(ii) A grant of Rs. 2.5 lakhs is sanctioned by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi for carrying out the following project : Induction Heating using Resonant Inverters rated at 10 KW, 20 KHZ - Microprocessor - based. Principal Investigators : Shri. Y. R. Atre, Shri. P. M. Diwan

2. Papers / Books Published : Prof. Dr. H. P. lnamdar presented the following papers :
(i) "Fuzzy Expert System for Diagnosis Leukemia" at National Conference on Biomedical Engineering held at Model College of Engineering, Cochin during 4th-6th September. 1997.
(ii) "Fuzzy Application for 2-D Image Analysis" at National Conference or Biomedical Engineering held at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal during 9th-1 1th Apr. 98.
(iii) "Conservation of Electrical Engineering in Industry" at workshop on "Industrial problems in Machines and mechanisms" organised by Mechanical Engineering Department of W.C.E., Sangli in 1997.
(iv) Prof. Dr. Inamdar has also written a book on "Electrical Manufacturing systems" published by M/S. Vrinda Publications, Jalgaon.

3. Achievements of Persons :
(i) The M. E. Dissertation guided by Shri. Y. R. Atre titled "Electrodynamic Forces occuring at Electrical contacts and some considerations from the point of view of contact welding of a contactor used in :Motor Satrter" of Shri. C. G. Jawale is awarded Best M.Tech. Thesis National Award in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the year 1997 instituted by Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi and M/s. Larson and Toubro, Mumbai. The Award was given on 19th December, 1997 during 27th I.S.T.E. convention held at M.A.C.T. Bhopal.

(ii) Shri. A. P.Vaidya got selected for Ph.D. Research under Quality Improvement Programme (Q.I.P.) at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

(iii) Shri. N.G.Savagave and Shri. D.S.More have passed M.E. (Electrical) With first class distinction.

4. Testing and Consultency Work : The Department is offerring Testing and consultancy services to the various industries located in the surrounded area. Dr.V. N. Bapat is looking after this activity.

5. M. E.Desertation :
1. D. N. Pawar Dr. H. P. Inamdar Optimisation of Dynamic Control System using non-linear programming mehtod.

2.. R. Tarambale Based Energymeter and maximum Demand Indicator. Dr.H. P. Inamdar
3. D. S. Bhangavi Dr.H. P. Inamdar Temperature and flow controller using computer.

4. V. S. Nimbalkar Dr. A. V. Risbud Computer aided Design of Multi-variable controll systems using Matlab.
5. H. Y. Thosare Dr. A. V. Risbud Transformer Fault Dignosis using Artificial Neural Network.
6. F. X. Fernandis Dr. A. V. Risbud Effects of Harmonics on the performance of Three phase Induction Motor.
7 L. S. Patil Y. R. Atre PC - Matlab Based linear Control System Design and Analysis package.
8. M. S. Hanchate Y. R. Atre Neural Network Implementation for Nume-rals.
9 Mrs. S. C. Ha- nchate Dr. V. N. Bapat Parameter Estimation and condition Monito-ring case studies.
10. T. N. Sawant Dr. V. N. Bapat A study on Demand side Energy manage-ment and control.
11. N. W. Angaitkar S. M. Ainapure Study of Reduction of Distribution losses.
12. M. S. Gavali D. R. Patil Binary sequentially switched 11 KV capacitor Banks and protection at sub-station.
13. V. M. Deshmukh Dr., V. N. Bapat Fault Diagnosis using system Identification.
14. M. S. Chavan Dr. V. N. Bapat Precision Measurement of capacitance and Tand. 15. T. B. Rabedi Dr. V. N. Bapat Calibrator for Alternatives voltage & current.
16. A. M. Mulla Y. R. Atre Computer aided analysis of Harmonics and Ferro-resonance in power system.

6. Papers / Projects by students :
1. P. S. Kale T.E.(E) A.V.Navare T.E.(E) A.P.Vaidya SCADA : A solution to the power system operation and co-ntrol problem
2. A.D.Joglekar T.E.(E) D.D.Bhoge S.E.(E) N.V.Patel Fuzzy Logic Based Power System Protection Relays
3. G.Y.Joglekar T.E.(E) Y.R.Atre S.S.Jangam T.E.(E) Recent Trends in HUDC
4. S.S.Salunkhe T.E.(E) Neeraj Gupta T.E.(E) Direct Current Cu-rrent Transformer
`Avishkar' at college of Engg., Karad - First
'Avishkar' at college of Engg., Karad - Second
'In-Search' at coliege of Engg., Aurangabad- First
M.A.C.T., Bhopal Second

7. Appointments :
(i) Mrs. K. V. Naik and Miss. Shinde were appointed as Lecturer on Polytechnic wing. (i) Shri. P.M.Diwan and shri. M.S.Gavali were appointed as Lecturer on Degree Side.

8. Other Activities :
(1) The Department had organised a two day workshop on -Electrical Appliances Handling and Precautions" fpr the supporting staff of the college on 23rd and 24th August, 1997. More than 40 staff members had participated in the workshop.

(ii) Shri. P.A.Kulkarni had arranged a special lecture series on '`Electro-Magnetic Theory" and "Linear Algebra" for the benefit of our college students.

9. Education :
(i) Shri. A.P.Vaidya organised Degree Student's Technical visit to Radhanagari Hydro Electric Power stgation and 220 KV M.S.E.B. sub-station, Mudshingi (Kolhapur)
(ii) Shri. A.P.Vaidya and Shri. D.S. More arranged Degree student's Technical Visit to Kanya Hydro Eldctric Power Station.
(iii) Shri. N.G.Savagave and Shri. N. G. Apte organised an Educational visit for Diploma students to Kanya Hydro Electric station.
Dr. H. P. Inamdar Head of the Department.