About the Department
- The Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering was established in the year 2002 with an initial intake of 30 students for UG degree programme. The student intake was further increased to 60 in the year 2007.
- The department has a team of highly qualified, dedicated and motivated faculty and well equipped laboratories. An independent Instrumentation block in annexure building houses the laboratories, classrooms, faculty rooms, sophisticated Modeling and Simulation lab, Seminar hall, conference hall and Department library.
- The department has a wide range of teaching activities, grouped under broad areas, namely process control, Industrial Instrumentation, Transducer Engineering, Virtual Instrumentation and Computer Control Process.The classrooms are equipped with audio-visual equipment to facilitate effective learning. They are designed to promote maximum interaction between the faculty and the students.
- On a regular basis, we hold guest lectures by experts and eminent persons from various fields.
Programmes offered
- B.E. - ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING
Vision & Mission
Vision
- To become a technically competent Electronics and Instrumentation Engineers to meet the requirements of National and International needs by providing quality education.
Mission
- To impart quality education through effective teaching-learning process.
- To create a conducive environment for the Electronics and Instrumentation
- Engineering graduates to learn and pursue research activities.
- To enhance the problem solving capabilities through design projects and Internships.
PEO, PO and PSO
Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
The graduates of will be able to
- PEO1: Have successful technical and professional careers in their chosen fields such as Process Control and maintain the Instrumentation systems of an industry and also offer solutions that are technically feasible, economically viable and socially relevant
- PEO2: Engross in life long process of learning to keep themselves abreast of new developments in the field of Electronics & Instrumentation
- PEO3: To inculcate professionalism and ethical attitude towards resolving automation issues to society at large.
Program Outcomes (POs)
Engineering Graduates will be able to:
- Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
- Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)
The students will demonstrate the abilities
- To understand and apply the fundamental concepts of measurements, Calibration and Control.
- Understand and utilize programmable logic controllers (PLC), distributed control systems (DCS), supervisory control systems and Virtual Instrumentation for control of manufacturing and processing systems.
Advisory Committee
Department Program Advisory Committee (DPAC)
| SL NO | NAME OF THE FACULTY | DESIGNATION | QUALIFICATION |
| 1 | Mr.C.MATHAN | AP | M.E |
| 2 | Mr.C.R.TAMIZHANAMBI | AP | M.E |
| 3 | Mrs.M.NATHIYA | AP | M.E |
| 4 | Mrs.S.PRIYADHARSHINI | AP | M.E |
Board of Studies
Members of the Board of Studies
| S.No. | Name of the Member | Communication Address of the members | BoS Designation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mr.C.R.Tamizhanambi |
Designation : HoD Department : Department of EIE Address : Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal-637503 Phone: 9894014083 E-mail:[email protected] |
Chairman |
| 2. | Dr.I.Thangaraju |
Designation : Assistant
Professor Department : EEE Address : GCE, Bargur, Krishnagiri- 635104 Phone: 9894752362 E-mail:[email protected] |
University Nominee |
| 4. | Dr.S.Sujatha | Designation : Professor &
Head Department : EIE Address : Adhiyaman Engineering College, Hosur Phone: 9487819134 E-mail: [email protected] |
Member |
| 5. | Mr.G.Praveen Santhosh Kumar |
Designation : Assistant
Professor Department : EIE Address : Nandha Engineering College , Perundurai Phone: 7010445538 E-mail: [email protected] |
Member (Alumni) |
| 6. | Prof.K.K.Selvam |
Designation : Professor Department : Department of EEE Address : Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal Phone: 9865418595 E-mail: [email protected] |
Member (Allied Department) |
| 7. | Dr.S.Umamaheswari | Designation : Professor & Head
Department : Department of EEE Address : Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal Phone: 8825569692 E-mail: [email protected] |
Member (Allied Department) |
| 8. | Er.K.Pratap | Maintenance Engineer, Electronic jacquard, Gowtham ganga Looms, Kumarapalayam | Member (Industry) |
| 9 | Mr.S.Kesavan |
Designation : Assistant
Professor Department : Department of EIE Address : Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal Phone: 9171926669 E-mail:[email protected] |
Member (Department Faculty ) |
| 10 | Mr.D.Nandhakumar |
Designation : Final year Student Department : EIE Address : Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal Phone:9790581378 E-mail: [email protected] |
Member (Student) |
Board of Studies Meeting
Laboratory
COMPUTER CONTROL PROCESS LABORATORY
Major Equipment
- DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM
- PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER
- BOTTLE FILLING SYSTEM
- LEVEL PROCESS CONTROLLER
- TEMPERATURE PROCESS CONTROLLER
- DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
- SCADA(SOFTWARE)
Capabilities
- Simulation of first order system and second order with and without dead time using discretization method and Runge – Kutta method
- Design of Discrete P+I+D controller for a first order system
- Study of Programmable logic controller.
- Control of Bottle filling system using PLC.
- PC based Data Acquisition.
- Simulation of complex control systems using Matlab package.
- Operation of computer controlled liquid level system.
- Operation of computer controlled thermal system.
- Study of distributed control system.
- Design of dead beat / Dahlin algorithms.
Utilization
- Computer control process Laboratory for Final year EIE Students
Laboratory In-charges
- Mr.C.Mathan
- Mr.M.Parthiban
INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY
Major Equipment
- LEVEL MEASUREMENT TRAINER WITH TECH
- FLOW MEASUREMENT TRAINER
- TORQUE MEASUREMENT
- TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT TRAINER
- VISCOMETER
- PRESSURE MEASUREMENT MODULE
- VACUUM MEASUREMENT MODULE
- PH MEASUREMENT TRAINER
- DISCHARGE COEFFICIENT OF ORIFICE PLATE
- ECG ANALYZER
- UV VISIBLE SPECTROMETER
- DEAD WEIGHT TESTER
- CONDUCTIVITY METER
Capabilities
- Discharge coefficient of orifice plate
- Calibration of pressure gauge
- Torque measurement
- Viscosity measurement
- Vacuum pressure measurement
- Level measurement using d/p transmitter
- UV – Visible spectrophotometer
- pH meter standardization and measurement of pH values of solutions
- Measurements of conductivity of test solutions.
Utilization
- Industrial Instrumentation Laboratory for Third year EIE Students
Laboratory In-charges
- Mr.S.Kesavan
- Mr.Thayalan M R
PROCESS CONTROL LABORATORY
Major Equipment
- PRESSURE PROCESS CONTROLLER
- FLOW PROCESS STATION
- LEVEL PROCESS CONTROLLER
- CONTROL VALVE TRAINER
- DISCHARGE CO-EFFICIENT OF ORIFICE PLATE
- INTERACTING AND NON INTERACTING TRAINER
- DIGITAL PID CONTROLLER
- HIGH CURRENT VARIABLE DCPS
- AIR FLOW TEMPERATURE TEST RIG
- PROCESS CONTROL STIMULATOR
- ANALOG PID CONTROLLER
- DIGITAL PID CONTROLLER
Capabilities
- Operation of interacting and non-interacting systems
- Responses of different order processes with and without transportation lag
- Response of on-off controller
- Response of P+I+D controller
- Characteristics of control valve with and without positioner
- Operation of on-off controlled thermal process
- Closed loop response of flow control loop
- Closed loop response of level control loop
- Closed loop response of temperature control loop
- Closed loop response of pressure control loop
- Tuning of controllers
- Study of complex control system (ratio / cascade / feed forward)
Utilization
- Process Control Laboratory for Third year EIE Students. And PG students utilize for first year.
Laboratory In-charges
- Mr.C.Mathan
- Mr. P Gajendran
TRANSDUCER ENGINEERING LABORATORY
Major Equipment
- LVDT CHARACTERISTICS TRAINER
- LOAD CELL TRAINER
- STRAINER MEASUREMENT TRAINER
- THERMISTOR CHARACTERISTICS TRAINER
- RTD MODULE TRAINER
- THERMOCOUPLE CHARACTERISTICS TRAINER
- D/I &I/P CONVERTER TRAINER
- LDR/PHOTODIODE/ PHOTO TRANSISTOR TRAINER
- LINEAR POTENTIOMETER TRAINER
- HALL EFFECT CURRENT TRANSDUCER
- I TO P TRAINER
- SCHERING BRIDGE
- ANDERSON BRIDGE FOR SELF INDUCTANCE
- CROMPTON DC POTENTIOMETER
- PORTABLE KELVIN DOUBLE BRIDGE
- CALIBRATION OF SINGLE PHASE ENERGY METER
- PORTABLE WHEATSTONE BRIDGE
Capabilities
- Characteristics of Strain gauge and Load cell
- Characteristics of LVDT.
- Characteristics of Hall effect transducer.
- Characteristic of LDR.
- Characteristic of thermistor and thermocouple
- Wheatstone and Kelvin’s bridge for measurement of resistance.
- Schering Bridge for capacitance measurement
- Anderson Bridge for inductance measurement.
- Characteristics of Semiconductor diode and Zener diode.
- Characteristics of Transistor under common emitter, common collector and common base configurations.
- Characteristic of FET,UJT, SCR, DIAC and TRIAC
- Photo diode, phototransistor Characteristics and study of light activated relay circuit.
- Static characteristics of Thermistors.
- Single phase half wave and full wave rectifiers with inductive and capacitive filters.
- Differential amplifiers using FET.
- Study of CRO.
- Series and Parallel resonance circuits.
- Realization of Passive filters.
Utilization
- Electronic devices Laboratory for First year EIE Students.
- Transducer and measurement Laboratory for second year EIE Students
Laboratory In-charges
- Ms.S.Aiswarya
- Mr. M.Yuvaraj
Faculty & Staff
| S.NO | NAME OF THE FACULTY/strong> | DESIGNATION | QUALIFICATION |
| 1 | Mr.C.MATHAN | AP | M.E |
| 2 | Mr.C.R.TAMIZHANAMBI | AP | M.E |
| 3 | Mrs.M.NATHIYA | AP | M.E |
| 4 | Mrs.S.PRIYADHARSHINI | AP | M.E |
| Sl. No | Name of the faculty | No. of research publication |
| 1 | Dr.M.Muthuvinayagam | 10 |
| 2 | Mr.S.Kesavan | 2 |
| 3 | Mr.C.Mathan | 2 |
| 4 | Mr.C.R.Tamizhanambi | 2 |
| 5 | Ms. S.Aiswarya | 2 |
| 6 | Mr.P.Gajendran | - |
| 7 | Mr. M.Yuvaraj | - |
| 8 | Mr.M.Parthiban | 2 |
| 9 | Mr. Thayalan M R | - |
| S.No | Name of the Supporting Staff | Qualification | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr.G.Murali | B.E. | Lab Technician |
Credentials
Credentials of the Department
- More than 45 students and faculty members have been trained. 32 students passed Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD) examinations conducted by National Instruments, Bangalore. Best Performing LabVIEW Academy for year 2017 won by our students and faculty member’s team.
- NPTEL Local Chapter is established for students and faculty members appearing for NPTEL courses online examinations.
- Faculty members are Faculty Advisors of IEEE, ISTE & IETE (ISF) chapters.
- Our Students have undergone Internship in various Government / reputed Private Industries / Organizations.
- Undertaken students incubate projects funded by MSME, New Delhi.
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
Short-Term Courses
Short-Term & Value-Added Courses organized in the last three academic years 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17
| S.No | Name of the Short-Term Courses /Value-Added Courses | Number of students benefited |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Programmable Logic Controller & SCADA | 42 |
| 2 | Residential Wiring Practices | 50 |
Events
RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY WORK
Mous
Memorandum of Understanding signed during last three academic years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-2017
| S.No. | Name of organization | Domain / Area of Activities | Contribution | Activities & Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19.05.2011 | Eastern Institute for integrated Learning in Management (EIILM),Kolkata - Lifetime | HOD, Pharmaceutical Management, EIILM | Research and Development |
| 2 | 27.09.2010 | .Ponni Sugars,Erode - Lifetime | Mr.Arun G Bijur, General Manager, Ponni Sugars,Erode |
Industrial Training, Industrial Visit, Seminars, BoS |
| 3 | 31.10.2010 | VI Microsystems,Chennai - Life time | Mr.M.Tamilmaran, General manager VI Microsystems,Chennai | Industrial Training, Industrial Visit, |
| 4 | 16.06.2011 | Advanced Research Centre for Health Environment and Space(ARCHES)- Lifetime | Dr.Renato Toffanin, President, ARCHES, 70013 Castellana Grotte, Italy | Research activities, Publications |
| 5 | 30.06.2011 | NIT , Hamirpur- Life time | Prof. R.L. Sharma, Director, NIT Hamirpur-177005 | Project Work, Up-gradation of qualification of Faculy |
| 6 | 09.02.2012 | Yokogawa India Limited,Bangalore - Life time | Mrs.R.Mahalakshi Yokogawa India Limited,Bangalore | Industrial Training, Industrial Visit, Seminars |
| 7 | 13.02.2012 | NI System(India) Pvt,Ltd, Bangalore | Mr.Viveshewaren, NI System(India) Pvt,Ltd, Bangalore | Training and Internship |
| 8 | 30.03.2015 | MECTON Training& Technical Services,Chennai - 3 Years(From 2015) | Mr.Y.Syed Ibrahim, MD, MECTON Training& Technical Services,Chennai | Training & Placement |
Contact
Department of ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING
Mahendra Engineering College (Autonomous),
Salem- Thiruchengode Highway, Mahendhirapuri,
Mallasamudram,
Namakkal-637503,