Albertian Institute of Science and Technology in association with Department of Computer Science and Engineering, organized ESPERANZA 2K15 on September 11^th 2015, which was the first edition of AISAT’s Intercollege technical festival.Esperanza’15 aimed at finding and motivating the best talents through various highly competitive competitions in the field of Information Technology.

Mr Harikrishnan,Asst.Professor,AISAT, welcomed the gathering. The Fest was inaugurated by S.R.Nair,CEO of Team Frontline Limited and Joshy Cyriac CEO of IHTS Technologies.The event was blessed by the presence of Rev.Dr.Clement Valluvasserry, Manager AISAT and Rev.Fr.Alex Kurishuparambil, Associate Manager,AISAT.

The Tech fest was a combination of technical events and non-technical events like Coding and Debugging,Best Manager,Treasure Hunt,Web Designing, Reinvento(idea presentation) and fun zone.

Unlike any other technical festival in the state, Esperanza 2k15 featured a placement offer from Coolminds Technologies Pvt. Ltd., for the winner of the Coding and Debugging event.

A total participation of approximately 250 students for 14 competitions were recorded on the same day from different colleges in Ernakulam and the nearby districts.Validatory function was conducted on the same day which was presided over by Rev.Fr.John Christopher,Assistant Manager,AISAT and Prof.Dr.K.E.George, Principal, AISAT. The winners were given merit certificate and cash prizes.

Language Lab  is  exclusively designed for developing the communication skills of the students. Lab consists of 30 client systems with a configuration of  Intel Core i3/3.1 Ghz Processor/ 18.5″LED View sonic  Monitor and headphone ,and a Server  system with a Configuration  of Intel Xeon X3430 Processor, Clock speed 2.4Ghz, webcam and high tech-headphone gear. Language Lab uses licensed version of Orell Software .The computers are mainly windows based and the operating system used is Windows Ultimate. Language Lab for all the branches is conducted in this lab.

PROGRAMMING LAB

Programming Lab is one of the finest lab under CSE department. It is specially allotted for conducting labs for various programming languages. The lab consists of a server with  Configuration Intel Xeon E3 Processor, Clock speed 2.4Ghz and a  total 49 Client Computers with a configuration of Intel Core i3/3.1 Ghz Processor/ 18.5″LED View sonic Monitor and each system supports Linux and Windows 7 Ultimate as Operating System. The following Labs are conducted in Programming Lab.

1. C PROGRAMMING
2. DATA STRUCTURES LAB
3. OPERATING SYSTEMS LAB
4. SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING LAB
5. COMPUTER GRAPHICS LAB

The blessing ceremony of Mechanical measurements lab was held on 18^th September 2015 at 9:00 am. Rev Fr. John Christopher, Assistant Manager, AISAT, led the blessing ceremony. The lab is intended to familiarize the students regarding the various metrology and instrumentation tools and equipments.

Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager, AISAT blessed the lab and prayed for the enrichment and safety of the measurements lab and the staff and students using it. Fr. Alex Kurisuparambil, Associate Manager, AISAT, Prof. Dr. K.E George, Principal, AISAT, HoDs and faculty members of various branches were present for the function.

The blessing ceremony was followed by a brief detailing of the various equipments used in the lab to the guests by Prof. P. Premachandran, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Prof. Dr. Kanchan Chowdhary, a renowned scholar and academician from IIT, Kharagpur visited AISAT for a technical seminar on 14^th September 2015 as part of Engineer’s day celebration. He is the head of Department of cryogenics, IIT, Kharagpur.  Prof. Dr. Choudhary was accompanied by Dr. Rijo Jacob Thomas, Assistant Professor, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam. They were given a very warm reception by the HoD and faculty members of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, AISAT.

The technical talk commenced at 12.30 pm in the seminar hall and Dr. Choudhary lectured upon the concepts and applications of refrigeration and cryogenics.  He also shared his ideas on the innovations happening in the cryogenics sector. It was followed by an interactive session between the students and the resource person. Ms. Asha K R, HoD in charge, Dept. of Mechanical Engg. presented a memento to Prof. Choudhary as a token of gratitude of AISAT.

Later, Prof. Dr. Choudhary and Dr. Rijo Jacob Thomas had very fruitful discussions with the Rev.Dr.Clement Valuvasserry, Manager, Prof.Dr.Babu T Jose, Director and Prof.Dr.K.E.George, Principal of AISAT.  Dr. Choudhary was very much impressed and gave rich feed backs on the ambience and infrastructure provided by the college and thanked for the hospitality.

Under the auspicious of EACE a seminar was organized on 14/9/2015, “Recent trends in electronics projects and career oppurtunities”. Mr. Shahim Baker, Director, Grey Technolabs was the resource person. The company was established in the year 2004 in the name “ Grey Technologies” as a partnership firm, with its registered office at Cochin, India, with an objective to serve as a Design House for conducting R&D in the fields related to Embedded Systems & Information Technology. Despite its humble starting, within a couple of years, the name “Grey Technologies” or simply “Grey”, as called by many, became very popular among technology seekers and aspirants. The dedicated and passionate workforce of Grey was able to create a wave of reformation in the fields of Security Systems and Technology Training in Kerala. In the year 2008, we have been upgraded as a Private Limited Company and renamed as “Grey Technolab (India) Pvt. Ltd”, registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. The company is mostly known by its Service Mark: “Grey Technolabs” .In 2014, Grey Technolabs widened its geographical reach by opening a branch office at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects or “things” embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, which enables these objects to collect and exchange data.The Internet of Things allows objects to be sensed and controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure,creating opportunities for more direct integration between the physical world and computer-based systems, and resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy and economic benefit.Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing system but is able to interoperate within the existing Internet infrastructure.

Under the banner of EACE an introductory session was handled by Mr. Shahim Baker for S5 and S3 students of Dept. of ECE on the basics of IOT and its overwhelming opportunities. The students were introduced to how technology opens up the prospects of their life and how oriented they are towards these changes. Follow up activities will cut new roads for the holistic development of the students.

AISAT hosted the prestigious inauguration of the academic activities of Federation of Registered Civil engineers (FORCE), on 17^th September 2015 in the presence of the creamy layer of personalities from the Civil engineering industry of the state. FORCE is a common forum where the established Civil engineering associations including GRACE, IGS, ICI, Kerala PWD Graduate Engineers Association, Association of Structural and Geotechnical consultants and Association of Construction Engineers join hands for a common objective to elevate the glory of Civil engineering profession and also for attaining the rights of a civil engineer.

The academic activities were inaugurated by Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager-AISAT. Dr. Babu T. Jose, Director, AISAT and Dr. Anil Joseph, President FORCE conveyed the objectives behind the formation of the federation. Sri S.R.C Nair, Sri. M.D Nair, Chairman, IGS Cochi chapter, M.M Mohandas, MD, Malayil Builders, Sri. P.A Hashim, Er. Shelly Fernandez, ICI Kochi chapter, Er. Abhilash Joy offered their felicitations. The AISAT Civil engineering faculty and students were also present on this august event.

NSS Programme officer’s meeting of all engineering colleges spanning cross kerala was organised at AISAT engineering college. The meeting was organised on the backdrop of the engineering college in kerala getting affiliated to kerala technological university.  Around 120 Programme officers representing different college in kerala participated in the meeting. Dr, K.E. George, AISAT principal welcomed the gathering. The event was inaugurated by Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager AISAT.

NSS state programme coordinator Abdul Jabbar chaired the meeting. He stressed upon the importance of NSS and KTU working together in the changing scenario. A Q&A session was followed by the meeting in which doubts regarding implementing NSS activities under KTU were discussed.  Majo Davis, NSS programme officer delivered the vote of thanks.

Students of S7 and S5 ECE attended a 1-day IEEE workshop on the topic “ALTERA FPGA” at NIELIT, Calicut on 26/9/2015, Saturday. The students were guided by Mr. Sanju Alias K Varghese, Asst. Prof., Dept. of ECE. The chief resource person was Mr. Nandakumar, Scientist/Engineer ‘C’, NIELIT. There were 2 sessions, the forenoon session was based on “basics of Verilog HDL and an introduction to ALTERA FPGA”. The afternoon session was hands-on session where the students were made to work on altera PFGA cyclone III EP3CI6F484, using Quartus – ii software. The workshop was really informative and motivating for the students

Faculty in charge : Sonu K Varghese

Lab in charge : Vipin Roy

Electronics Engineering Workshop provides a basic introduction of electronic hardware systems and provides hands-on training with familiarization, identification, testing, assembling, dismantling, fabrication and repairing such systems by making use of the various tools and instruments available in the Electronics Workshop. Experiments-for the Familiarization and testing of electronic components (Active, Passive, Electrical, Electronic, Electro-mechanical, Wires, Cables, Connectors, Fuses, Switches, Relays, etc. ), instruments (Multimeter, Function Generator, Power supply, CRO); Familiarization, design and fabrication of a single sided PCB; Inter-connection methods and soldering practice; Assembling of electronic circuit/system on general purpose PCB, test and show the functioning- are the experiments conducted in this lab.

List of  Experiments

1.Familiarization/identification of electronic components with specifications like connectors, fuses, switches, relays, displays etc.

2. Familiarization of electronic systems like TV, DTH, CCTV, CRO, FG, CATV ETC.

3.Testing of electronic components : resistor, capacitor, diode, transistors, UJT & JFET using multimeter.

4. Interconnection methods and soldering practice.
5. LED blinking circuit using astable multi-vibrator with transistor BC 107
6. RC coupled amplifier with transistor BC 107.

ICI Crescere’15 – A Technical Quiz Programme for Civil Engineering students

 The preliminary round of – ICI Crescere’15- an intercollegiate quiz competition conducted by Indian Concrete Institute- Kochi Chapter was held at AISAT for the final year B.Tech students on October 1^st 2015. AISAT being an ICI student chapter, is an active partner of all ICI activities and was the venue of Crescere’14. The much awaited final round of Crescere’15 will be held later as a grand event.

The possibility and necessity for applying the ‘Sustainable concepts in engineering’ is a critical issue in the contemporary world. Being engineering graduates, the new generation shall be committed to build a sustainable environment. With this intension the first year Civil engineering students organized a Poster exhibition on Sustainable concepts as an extended effort in addition to their prescribed syllabus. The exhibition was opened on 8^th October by Sri M.D Nair, Chairman, IGS Kochi chapter in the presence of Dr. Babu T. Jose, HoD, Civil Engineering. The students were guided by the Faculty in charge of the subject, Asst. Prof. Jerin Joseph. This attempt was made to encourage the students to yield a better learning experience rather than merely attending their curriculum.

The Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition held at AISAT on September 23^rd 2015 was a great success with active participation from a good number of engineering colleges across the state. The competition has been organized as the part of the academic activities of the recently inaugurated forum of Civil engineers, FORCE (Federation of Registered Civil engineers). The model crafted by the students from Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Pattoor secured the first prize. The teams from AISAT and SCMS Karukutty bagged the second and third prizes respectively. An expert panel of judges including professional as well as academic experts in the field evaluated the models.

Faculty in charge

Ms. Veena V, Asst. Professor

Lab in charge

Ms. Jinitha P J

Since the inception of Geotechnical engineering laboratory, all the faculties, students and associated lab staff have dynamically contributed for the progress of the laboratory. The laboratory caters to the needs of graduate as well as post graduate (Goemechanics & structures) students of the civil engineering department. The laboratory is well equipped to execute all the necessary soil tests along with several advanced testing facilities. The facilities provided in the laboratory are such that it can undertake consultancy works. The vision of this division is to utilize the state-of-the art knowledge for solving problems related to subsurface. The results from geotechnical engineering laboratory are critical in determining the engineering behavior that are relevant to a particular project considered, assessing risks posed by site conditions; designing earthworks and foundations. There are different physical, chemical and geotechnical properties determined in the laboratory that is required for identifying the subsurface. This information is used by geotechnical engineer for designing the type of foundations, earthworks such as dams, embankments, tunnels, reservoirs, pavement subgrades, and specialized applications like waste containment systems. The preciseness of such design is entirely based on the experimental information obtained from a geotechnical laboratory. Therefore, geotechnical engineering laboratory has a great role to play in rendering the subsurface a safe and stable load bearing medium

List of instruments

• Liquid limit device
• Laboratory permeability apparatus
• Pycnometer
• Shrinkage limit set
• Split mould 50mm dia x 100 mm long
• Soil hydrometer
• Unconfined compressive strength tester
• Laboratory vane shear test apparatus
• Direct shear test apparatus
• Compaction test apparatus
• Core cutter
• Sand pouring cylinder apparatus
• Hot air oven
• Specific gravity bottle 25 ml
• Consolidation apparatus
• High speed stirrer
• Sieve shaker
• Standard penetration test set
• Infra red moisture meter
• Triaxial test apparatus
• Plastic limit set
• Sample extractor
• Split mould 38 mmx 76 mm
• Dessicator
• Laboratory cbr test apparatus
• Static cone penetrometer
• In-situ vane shear test apparatus
• Relative density apparatus
• Sieves 30 cm dia- 4.75 mm

Faculty in charge

Ms. Liji Anna Mathew, Asst. Professor

Lab in charge

Mr. Rinosh Antony

 Material testing laboratory familiarizes the students with the testing procedure of materials used in civil engineering discipline like – cement, aggregate, concrete, steel timber, bricks etc. The need for compliance with current standards and specifications for materials is also stressed in the course. The laboratory facilities are provided in such a way that it gives a clear understanding of the behavior of the materials namely the physical properties, mechanical properties; suitability of material for use in construction, material selection code provisions, etc. This knowledge is of paramount importance in order to establish the relationship between material properties and the overall behavior of a structure. The need for compliance with current standards and specifications for materials will be understood through tests on materials. The state of art facilities for concrete mix design and material testing are being utilized by various construction companies through the consultancy cell. The material testing laboratory is designed to serve the research works in concrete technology.

List of instruments

Fatigue testing machine

Spring testing machine

Impact testing machine

Universal testing machine

Torsion testing machine

Rockwell / brinell hardness testing machine

Vickers hardness tester

Shear test attachment

Torsion pendulum

Extensometer

Universal testing machine (1000kn)

Flow table

Flame photometer

Kelly ball penetration apparatus

Water bath

Hot air oven

Compressive testing machine

Tile flexure strength testing machine

Tile abrasion testing machine

Vicat apparatus

Pyconometer

Le-chatlier mould

Le-chatlier flask

Is sieves 30 cm dia gi set

Is sieve 20 cm dia brass set

Slump test apparatus

Compaction factor apparatus

Consistometer

Longitudinal compresometer

Lateral compresometer

Crushing value apparatus

Sieve shaker

Lateral extensometer

Thickness gauge

U – box test apparatus

Concrete mixer pan type

Needle vibrator

Faculty in charge

Ms. Athira I C, Asst. Professor

Lab in charge

Ms. Omana D V

Transportation has always played an essential role in the development of society, originally with regard to trade routes and harbors, but more recently with regard to land and air based systems as well. The main objective of developing transportation engineering laboratory is to provide a platform for the B Tech students for practical implementation of Transportation engineering projects, thereby uplifting the standards of the students to industrial level. The laboratory is well equipped with latest instruments with advanced testing facilities.

List of instruments

• Aggregate impact testing machine
• Los Angeles abrasion testing machine
• Length gauge & thickness gauge
• Marshall Stability apparatus
• Centrifuge extractor
• Penetration apparatus
• Pensky Marten closed cup apparatus
• Ring and ball apparatus
• Orifice type tar viscometer
• Ductility testing machine
• Specific gravity testing apparatus

Faculty in charge

Mr. Stephen P C, Asst. Professor

Lab in charge

Ms. Sheena J

The planning and design of all Civil Engineering projects such as construction of highways, bridges, tunnels, dams etc. are based upon surveying measurements. Moreover, during execution, project of any magnitude is constructed along the lines and points established by surveying. The laboratory has modern instruments which are extensively used in order to edify the students about the latest surveying methodologies. Total stations are being used extensively for all survey works. Annual survey camps are held for 2 weeks for pre final year students.

List of instruments

Total station

Dumpy level

Prismatic compass

Levelling staff

Ranging rod

Land measuring chain 30m

Measuring tape, metalic 30m

Measuring tape, fibre 30m

Cross staff, with wooden top

Transit Theodolite

Plane table

Offset rod

Celestial sphere

Hand level

Quick setting level

Trough compass

Alidade

Sledge hammer

Faculty in charge

Ms. Sheeja M K, Asst. Professor

Lab in charge

Ms. Vidhya K B

Comprehensive Knowledge in Civil Engineering software play a pivotal role in shaping up the engineers competent to the present day construction scenario. The center has the modern computers of latest configurations. The computer center is equipped with sophisticated software facilities for training UG and PG students in areas of structural, geotechnical and project planning. The center also caters to the needs of the post graduate (Goemechanics & structures) students of the civil engineering department. The center is actively used for the research work in Computer-aided analysis, design of structures and geotechnical engineering.

Database lab is a fully air conditioned laboratory equipped with 36 work stations and one printer. The system specifications are Intel core i5 – 4570 CPU @ 3.2 Ghz (35 no) and Intel Xeon CPU-1225 @ 3.2 Ghz (1 no). Each one contains 8 GB DDR3 RAM, 1 GB graphics card, 500 GB HD. The system is installed with Windows 7 professional 64 bit operating system. The lab is equipped with various softwares like Oracle, My SQL, Turbo C++ etc. catering the requirements of database lab and programming lab. The lab also contains a multi-function printer. The row wise arrangement of the systems and the provision for ceiling mounted projector helps in conducting technical hands-on workshops in the lab.