The Mechanical Engineering Workshop was established at the institute in the year 2012. The Workshop is organised into 4 sections – Fitting, Carpentry, Smithy and Foundry- and is housed at the administrative block. There is also provision for study of some basic machine tools and for obtaining weld joints. This workshop will cater to the requirements of first year students. The activities of the workshop are coordinated by the faculties of the department with the help of lab staff. The present facility can be utilized by 66 students at a time. The students get to know the conventional methods by doing the experiments on their own.

Fluid mechanics is one of the core sections in the Mechanical Engineering field dealing with the fluid properties, type of flow and the equations governing the behaviour of fluid. The students are given exposure to the various theory portions covered in the syllabus by the experiments arranged in the Lab. This well-equipped lab is suitable for conducting various experiments related to the basics of fluid mechanics, fluid flow and flow measurement. Students are given the best opportunity to clearly understand the concepts they were taught in Fluid Mechanics theory.

The Hydraulic Machines Lab provides the students an ample opportunity to familiarise with both pumps and turbines. The lab is equipped with various pumps that come across in our day to day life such as centrifugal pump, reciprocating pump, gear pump and so on… The lab is also equipped with commonly used turbines in power generation like Pelton Wheel, Kaplan and Francis Turbines. In short, Hydraulic Machines Lab helps the students to understand the working of pumps and turbines in detail.

CAD/CAM 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 nos) and Intel Xeon CPU-1225 @ 3.2 Ghz (1 no). Each one contains 8 GB DDR3 RAM, 1 GB graphics card and 500 GB HD. The systems are installed with Windows 7 professional 64 bit operating system. The lab is equipped with various engineering software like SolidWorks, Ansys, Matlab etc.  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. CAD/ CAM Lab offer the students a chance to garner knowledge in the software used in the field of engineering design.

A machine tool is a machine for shaping or machining metal or other rigid materials according to the design provided, usually by cutting, boring, grinding, shearing, or other forms of deformation. The Machine Tool lab provides the students with a chance to study and operate different machine tools like lathe and drilling machine. The students are trained to manufacture a product on the basis of a design provided that covers operations like centering, turning, thread cutting, etc. Advanced Machine Tool Lab, which is a continuation of the Machine Tool lab, is equipped with machines like shaper and slotter. The students are also given the chance for hands on experience in part programming in Computer Numerical Control machines

Heat Engines lab helps the students to familiarize with various types of IC engines (both petrol and diesel) and conducting load tests on them. The lab also has Refrigeration and Air Conditioning test rigs as well as facilities to analyse and understand heat flow during various processes. The student also can also determine the absolute and kinematic viscosity of oils.

List of Experiments

Performance test on Two-stage Air Compressor, Load test on Four-stroke Diesel engine, Load test on Four-stroke Petrol engine, Performance test on Refrigeration test rig, Performance test on Air Conditioning test rig and so on…

Mechanical measurements lab gives a technical ambience and familiarization of various precision, calibration and measurement equipment used in the mechanical industry and provides hands-on training with testing and measurement of various specimens using the precision instruments available in lab. The various parameters measured using the instruments include torque, vibration levels, sound levels, temperature, rotating speed, relative humidity and so on. Profile projector with high magnification ranges is available for measurement and accuracy testing of various threads.

List of Experiments

1. Torque measurement and calibration
2. Vibration measurement and calibration
3. Linear variable differential transducer
4. Speed measurement and calibration
5. Measurement of thread parameters using profile projector
6. Humidity measurement using sling psychrometer
7. Noise level measurement using digital sound level meter
8. Measurements using micrometer and vernier caliper
9. Temperature measurement and calibration using thermocouple
10. Polar planimeter

The student community of AISAT, with an ardent commitment towards the society collected fund among the students as an initiative to support the poor and destitute. The student community was able to collect a sum of approx. Rs 20,000, which is a proud achievement.

This inspiring initiative was formally inaugurated by Fr. Alex Kurishuparambil on 21^st July 2015 after Onam celebration near the college canteen premise. Mr. Majo Davis, Asst. Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department volunteered as the staff coordinator. Joshua M Joy, student’s community Chairman also presided over the function. Varun K Mohan, the student community member requires special mention for his unconditional support in making this initiative a huge success.

Organizing this event was no easy task, the student’s committee members visited each and every classes and briefly elucidated about the circumstances in which our fellow beings are living in. With this massive awareness created, every student heartily contributed to this fund to support the poor. The success of this initiative also shows the depth of sympathy and benevolence of our student community possesses.

About 400 kg of rice was distributed to the qualifying beneficiaries near the localities of NAD, Kalamassery, CUSAT, Edapally & Vazhakkala.

The student committee members visited some families at FACT, Eloor and consoled the victims paralyzed after unfortunate accidents and provided them with grocery supplies for a month.

The next destination was a Yatheem Ghana, located at Kalamassery. The committee members gave them 100 kg of rice. The committee members had still to accomplish. Despite several technical barricades they went ahead and visited restoration center for blind and sponsored food for one week.

All these gestures of leniency, shows that the student community of AISAT can do a lot more in the future. These initiatives are a matter of joy and will definitely make our institution stand apart from the rest.

Overall, this was a teamwork and this would not have happened if it wasn’t for the co-operation of student community of AISAT. Every student of our institution deserves a piece of honor of this initiative.

The IGS-AISAT Award, for the best M Tech thesis in Geotechnical engineering in Kerala was awarded to M. Kalyani of NIT, Calicut for her exceptional work on  ‘ Ground improvement of soft clay using compacted lime flyash column technique’. The award which comprised of a citation and a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/-, was presented to her, by Dr.V. S Raju, Former Director Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi during  an august function at the fourth Praphulla Kumar Lecture on October 10^th 2015 at IMA hall, Ernakulam. The event was jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society Kochi Chapter and Association of Piling Specialists, Kochi. Mr. M.D Nair, Chairman, IGS – Kochi Chapter , Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager, Albertian Institute of Science & technology, Dr.Babu T. Jose, Patron,  IGS – Kochi Chapter, Mr.Manoj Mathew, BAI Kochi Centre – Kochi Centre and Mr. B.  Chandramohanan, Secretary, APS – Kochi were the dignitaries present for this blissful event. The annual lecture was delivered on the topic “Geotechnical Professional Practices in India-The Challenges and Opportunities – some Case studies” by Dr. V. S. Raju, an exceptional talent who has contributed to the growth of Geotechnical Engineering in the country.

The selected seven finalists of the competition presented their theses before the judges for the final evaluation on 9^th October 2015 at AISAT. The authors of the best five theses among the finalists were honored with certificates of appreciation. The finalists were selected from a good lot of M-Tech candidates from all over the state.

The AISAT-GRACE awards for the best B Tech projects were presented at the fourth Praphulla Kumar Lecture on October 10^th 2015 at IMA hall, Ernakulam. The Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya award for the best project was presented to Ms. Manisha Anil, Jillu Jose, Maria Antony and Jose B Thomas of Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally by Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager, Albertian Institute of Science & technology. The award consists of an ever rolling trophy presented by the Civil Engineering Department of AISAT and a cash prize of Rs. 20,000. Mr. Amal Krishna, Joshly Johny, Shiyas V Azeez and Merin Kuriakose of SCMS, Karukutty won second prize worth Rs.15,000 and certificates. Ms. Amila Vijayan, Annet Mathew, Anchu Ajayakumar  and Vishnu Ramesh  from SNGCE, Kadayiruppu were given the third prize worth Rs.10,000 and certificates. Citations were given to the project guides of all the winning teams. Er. Abilash Joy, President, GRACE declared the winners during the august function. The final presentation of Procomp 2014-15 was conducted on 6^th June, 2015 at AISAT.  Out of the 23 abstracts received, 18 projects were shortlisted for final presentation. The winners were selected by a panel consisting of experts in the field of Civil Engineering.

AVANZA’16

Avanza, a Spanish word for “get ahead” is an annual paper presentation contest, which AISAT has been conducting since its inception. The contest is intended to make the budding engineers of our state, to get acquainted with the pioneers of the various engineering disciplines.

Avanza series

Avanza’12 – “Inspiring lives in Electrical and Electronics Engineering”.

Avanza’13 – “Inspiring lives in Mechanical Engineering”.

Avanza’14 – “Inspiring lives in Civil Engineering”.

Avanza’15 –“Inspiring lives in Computer Science & Engineering”.

Electronics and Electrical are two engineering paradigms in which revolutionary technologies have made tremendous change in all fields of life. Innovations in these fields of engineering have made our life simple, easier and smarter. AVANZA’16, the fifth in the series identifies the inspiring innovations in the field of electronics and electrical engineering.

Sample Topics

• Automotive Electronics
• Wearable Electronics
• Fibre Networking
• Biomimetics and Biomems
• Lifi
• Internet of Things
• 3D Printing
• Smart Grid

Avanza’16 Brochure

Avanza’16 Brochure

Rules and Guidelines

Phase 1

• Two undergraduate students guided by a faculty can register for the contest.
• Each team should mail the Abstract of the proposed paper and duly filled entry form to avanza16@aisat.ac.in on or before Nov 06, 2015.
• The abstract should be of 250 to 500 words. The format for abstract and entry form are available in the website.
• Selected papers will be informed via e-mail on or before Nov 17, 2015.

Phase 2

• Selected teams should send camera ready paper (available for download from website) in the specified format.
• This should be essentially accompanied by duly filled Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA – also available in the website) and should reach us on or before Jan 20, 2016.
• Any paper that does not comply with the specifications will not be accepted for review.
• AISAT reserves the right to edit/amend the paper, if found necessary.

Phase 3

• Shortlisted teams should register by paying fees of Rs. 500 per team on or before Feb 13, 2016.
• Selected teams should report in the college at 9:00 am on Feb 20, 2016.
• One team member from each team should present the paper.
• 15 minutes will be given for the presentation and thereafter 5 minutes for discussion.

Paper content

• How you got inspired by this technology?
• Basic Principle
• Applications
• Future Scope

Prizes

• 1st Prize: Rs. 10,000/- with certificate.
• 2nd Prize: Rs. 5,000/- with certificate
• 3rd Prize: Rs. 3,000/- with certificate.
• Consolation Prizes of Rs. 1,000/- and certificates of appreciation for all those who present papers.

Format for Abstract

Format for Abstract

Format for Entry form

Format for Entry form

Deadlines

Last date for receiving three abstracts & duly certified entry form : Oct 26, 2015

Last date for abstract selection notification : Nov 17, 2015

Last date for receiving camera ready paper & CTA  : Jan 20, 2016

Last date for paper selection notification : Feb 01, 2016

Last date for registration :  Feb 13, 2016

AVANZA 16 :Feb 20, 2016

Correspondence

Ms. Nithya Francis

Asst. Prof , Dept. of ECE

Email : nithyafrancis@aisat.ac.in

Mobile : +919946660241

Ms. Kanaka Xavier

Asst. Prof , Dept. of EEE

Email : kanakaxavier@aisat.ac.in

Mobile : +918138060007

Library Week was celebrated at Albertian School of Engineering (AISAT) as a part of promoting and encouraging the values of reading. The Event was conducted as part of National Library Week Celebrations.

Prof. Dr. M Leelavathy, in her Inaugural address, said that a human life will become complete and meaningful only once he/she reads and understands good poetries, stories and classic novels. She also added that reading habits should not be syllabus centric, but value centric.

Rev.Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager, AISAT chaired the function. In his address, he said that “when we are reading good classic books and novels, we are also becoming a part of the events and experiences mentioned in the literatures. We are in a way becoming one among them”.

Prof. Leelavathy distributed the prizes to the winners of various literary competitions conducted.

The event was attended by Principal Prof. Dr.K.E George, Fr. Alex Kurisuparambil, Fr. John Christopher, Prof. Dr Raju Parameswaran and Librarian Mr. Jaimon Joseph and Mr.Deepak Joy. Book Exhibition was also held by Calicut Books in AISAT campus as part of the library week celebrations.

The library week is jointly organized by AISAT NSS Technical Cell and College Literary Club.

LIBRARY WEEK CELEBRATIONS 2015- WINNERS

 A surprise gift was given to Mr. Sidharth S Kumar (S5 EEE) for spending more time in library.

With Regard to the NSS social service activities, a website is being designed jointly by Kerala state youth welfare department and All Kerala NSS technical cell. They are planning to launch this website with details of nearly about one lakh blood donors. Data are sorted based on the blood group and the pin code. Details of individuals who are willing to donate their blood have been collected by NSS volunteers of AISAT in the prescribed format.

AISAT Manager Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery and Sr. Sajimol have given their wholehearted consent for donating their blood. 1350 applications has been collected and handed over to the Kerala state youth welfare department.

Mr. AlbinThambi of S5 Civil Engineering won 1^st position in Kerala state in “BIM Design – Autodesk Revit Challenge” as part of 3D Student Design Challenge-2015 conducted by Auto Desk, India. Autodesk Revit Challenge persuades students to create innovative building and construction designs using Autodesk Revit building design software, specifically built for BIM, with features for Architectural design, MEP, Structural Engineering, and Construction.Students were asked to create building designs by using the Autodesk Revit Architecture which was judged by industry experts. The award was presented in a function held at DayanandSagar University, Bangalore on 7^th November 2015. The award consists of a medal and certificate in addition to a cash prize worth Rs. 21,000.

Department of Civil Engineering AISAT is so proud since only 16 got shortlisted from 7 states of India. Congrats AlbinThambi

As part of activity-based teaching &learning, Fifth Semester B.TechCivil Engineering students had a “Model Making Competition II on Footing” as part of Design of Concrete Structures on 9^th November 2015.The students got an excellent chance to interact with site workers as well as with the practicing Engineers. Students were asked to form three groups and to prepare design documents along with model of an isolated footing. The models were evaluated by Prof. Dr. Babu T. Jose (Director/HoD CE), Prof. Dr. K. E. George (Principal), Prof. Vincent K. John (Vice Principal), Prof. Dr. Jimmy Thomas, Assistant Prof. Veena V., Dr. Renjitha Mary Varghese and other Civil Engg. faculty members. The event was organized by Assistant Prof. Divya L, who is handling Design of Concrete Structures-I.

The evaluation was done based upon the perfection of model, presentation of design concept and standard detailing practices. Winning team was announced and will be awarded in the coming AISAT Civil Engineering Association(ACEA) Day.If students are provided the opportunity to explore by their own and provided an optimum learning environment, then the learning process becomes joyful and long-lasting. This model making event was a proof for the same.

Department of Electrical and Electronics had organised a visit for the faculty to the newly installed Solar Power Plant Site of Cochin International Airport Ltd on November 18, 2015. Cochin International airport, the country’s first greenfield airport built under public private partnership is a trendsetter and a path- breaker in aviation infrastructure development.It is the first airport in the world that completely operates on solar power.

The total plant capacity is 12 MWp, comprising of 46,150 solar panels laid across 45 acres of land. The power plant  is producing approximately 60,000 units of electricity per day to be consumed for all its operational functions, which  technically makes the airport ‘ absolutely power neutral’. The project components include PV modules of 265Wp capacity manufactured by Renesola, and Inverters of 1MW capacity manufactured by ABB India.This is a grid connected system without battery storage. Here CIAL gives as much power it produces in day time to KSEB and buy back the power from during night.

The DC output produced by the plant is fed in to an inverter which converts DC to AC. There are 10 inverters of 1MW capacity. The outputs of these inverters are connected to transformer where the voltage is stepped up and is fed to 110/11kV substation. From the substation power is distributed to the required areas of the airport.

Dr.Jimmy Thomas, Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, AISAT has been greatly honored for his exceptional contributions in the field of Geosynthetics by the Central Board of Irrigation of Power, Govt. of India and the International Society of Geosynthetics, India Chapter. The annual appreciation awards are instituted for the invariable talents in the field of research particularly in the field of Geosynthetics and this year five personalities in the field were selected for the same from across the country. The AISAT family appreciated him in recognition to his great achievement during a joyous moment in the faculty meeting held on 21^st November 2015.

Department of Computer Science & Engineering organized a talk on “How  to Approach  Doctoral Research” on 15^th December 2015. The talk was conducted for the faculties of all departments. Dr. John Jose , Assistant Professor , IIT Guwahati  was the invited resource speaker. He has expertise in the fields of Computer Design , Interconnection Networks and Design Automation. He is a recipient of ACM-SIGDA, IEEE-CEDA, Indian Association for Research in Computer Science and DRDO grants for various research presentations held in various international venues. He is a reviewer for many national and international peer reviewed journals and member of technical program committee for many IEEE/ACM national and international conferences.

The session covered topics related to How to Apply for Ph.D/Doctoral Research and  Art of Technical Paper Writing. Faculties were given guidelines to build a roadmap for their doctoral research in their respective fields. Various opportunities to collaborate AISAT with IIT Guwahati  such as Student Summer Internships and Faculty Development Programs were discussed.

Rev. Dr.Clement Valluvaserry, Manager, AISAT presented memento and certificate of appreciation to the resource speaker as a token of gratitude from AISAT family.

The first NSS special Camp of seven days was held on 16^th December 2015. 50 NSS volunteers participated in this seven day camp. Camp was conducted in Moolampilly of Kadamakudy grama-panchayat. Pre-orientation class was given by Dr. P.X. Joseph, Professor ASH Department.The Camp was flagged off from the AISAT Technical Campus by  Mr. Majo Davis NSS Programme officer AISAT.

The First Mission of  the NSS volunteers was spending time with “Ayalkoottam – Group of senior citizens” and shared their lunch with them. Students and members of Ayalkoottam were engaged in cultural activities.

The inauguration function of the seven day camp started at 2:30 pm.  AISAT Manager Rev.Dr. Clement Valluvassery delivered the presidential address. Camp was officially inaugurated by Rev. Fr. Rony Joseph Manakkil, Vikar St. Augustine Church Moolampilly. After the inauguration an orientation class was given by Mr. Majo Davis NSS Programme officer AISAT.

On the following day  after the flag hosting, A survey was conducted by dividing the volunteers into 6 different groups. Volunteers visited each house in moolampilly and collected information about their education, health, availability of drinking water and power consumption. Afternoon a talk was conducted about Moral obligation of youth by Mr. Rens Thomas, System Admin AISAT. NSS state Coordinator Jabbar Ahmed visited the camp and gave a good opinion about the camp.

A Class on Practical Psychology was conducted by Mr. Tiju Baby, Asst Professor, AISAT. Medical Camp was organized and inaugurated by Shalini Babu, Panchayat President Kadamakudy , Moolampilly ward member Treesa Manual and Associate Manager Fr. Alex kurisuparambil. Medical camp was organized in association with Lourdes Hospital,Ernakulam. Two doctors and three technicians were present in the camp. About 110 children  participated in the camp. Afternoon a group dynamics session was conducted by Mr. Shynoj O.V. Programme officer Govt HSS Arreparamb.

As a part of Swach Bharath Campaign, the courtyard of the church was cleaned by the NSS volunteers which was headed by Rev.Fr. Alex Kurishuparambil.

A talk on “Importance of education in our society” was given by Ms. Roshini K. NSS programme officer SN College Alathur . Afternoon an expert’s session on House hold items maufaucturing was conducted by Mr. Varghese Paul, Director Bhadha Geevatha Margam. Assistant Manager Fr. John Christopher conveyed his Christmas message to the students.

Validatory function was inaugurated by Sindhu Shalju, Panchayath Vice President Kadamkudy. Ms. Treesa Manuael member Moolampilly, Rev. Dr. Clement valluvasery,Rev. Fr.Alex kurishuparambil, Dr. K.E. George, Prof. Vincent K. John, Fr. Rony Joseph Manakil, felicitated the gathering.

The Department of Civil Engineering in association  with InterCAD Sytems Pvt. Ltd.,organized a 5-day intensive training program on Autodesk Revit Architecture from 11th to 15th January, 2016. Autodesk Revit is a building information modeling software for architects, structural engineers, MEP engineers, designers and contractors. It allows users to design a building and structure and its components in 3D, annotate the model with 2D drafting elements, and access building information from the building model’s database. Revit is 4D BIM capable with tools to plan and track various stages in the building’s lifecycle, from concept to construction and later demolition.

Final year students of AISAT strenuously participated in this program and were given the authorised certification from Autodesk. It helped the students to visualize the conceptual model in parametric three dimensions. Finally, the students were able to prepare the Building Information Modelling workflows. It aids the real construction in developing more accurate designs.

An Industrial Visit was organized for the fourth Semester students of Computer Science(2014-2018 batch) on 25th January 2016 to UST Global, Vismaya Building, Info Park, Kakkanad. UST Global is a leading provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions for Global 1000 companies.

The first session was a Managers session where the practices followed in UST Global to ensure customer satisfaction were explained.The session helped the students to realize that along with professional growth, they have opportunity for social and moral growth in an IT company like UST. The students had a very fruitful interactive session which helped them in gaining information regarding the work culture in an IT company. The session was followed by a bay walk in the work space of UST Global, arranged by Mr. Akhil Dev Anilkumar.

The students were accompanied by three faculty members of Computer Science & Engineering Department: Ms. Indu M T, Ms. Renjini H and Mr. Thomas Jimmy.