Report on Visit to the Schools

Venue: Hayagreeva School & Sri B.V.S.R.M.C.H School, Payakapuram

The whole team reported to the principal and formally introduced ourselves. We requested to arrange a interactive session with the students.

• The 5^th & 6^th standard students gathered in a room.
• Firstly a small game was conducted for the students.
• The students introduced themselves and shared their aims with everybody.
• Chocolates were given to the students for encouragement.
• Gayatri addressed the students:

            o Told them the story of Archimede's victory cry "EUREKA" to explain the importance of density of a substance.
            o She explained that "Anybody can become great" by giving the example of Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
            o Motivated students to learn and teach others.
            o Encouraged them to learn by doing things practically.
            o Motivated them to learn, teach, develop and make India "developed" country.

7^th, 8^th & 9^th students gathered in a room for interaction session.

• The students introduced themselves and shared their aims with everybody.
• We asked the students if they knew what they had to do to achieve their aims. We explained a few of them what their further steps should be.
• Gayatri motivated the students not to be disappointed with the failures but to proceed till they reach the success.
• We explained the importance of developing their strengths and exhibiting their talents.

After the interaction, we had a meeting with the Correspondent and the Science Teachers. This meeting was more of an interaction with them and little of professional talks.

The Correspondent's advice to the team:
o Create awareness among the students and open them up to the outside world.
o Motivate them to learn more & aim higher.
o Show them that they have a lot of opportunities awaiting them.

Talk on SPDC 2014

Mr. CH. Karteek initiated the presentation regarding SPDC and discussed a few points.
- SPDC-Student Professional Development Conference will be held at BITS Pilani from
March 28th to 30th, 2014.
- SPDC District G will be held for the first time in India.
- This time SPDC India and SPDC District G will be held simultaneously and the winners will compete in the finals that are to be held at IMECE, Canada.
- Each Participating member should be an ASME Member.
- For Oral Guard Oral Presentation only 2 papers are eligible per student section.
- Internal Competition will be held for Paper Presentation and the deadline for submission of abstracts will be 5th March 2014.
- The papers which are not been promoted to SPDC will be converted into Poster Presentation.
- For Poster Presentation the participant need not be skilled in Photoshop but can also prepare it using a PowerPoint Presentation.
- SDC problem statement was explained.
- Water Rocketry competition introduced by the BITS Section. Design, aerodynamics, accuracy are tested.
- Elections will be held for the following posts which provide an opportunity to represent in SDOB-Student District Operating Board ,India

• Vice-Chair
• Programs In-Charge
• Communication In-Charge
• Memberships at-Large
• Webmaster
• Public Relation Officer ( eligibility only for girls)

- Interested Students can book their tickets in one of the following trains. The availability status as on date is also given.

Trains	Availability
	26-03-14	31-03-14
GT-Express	WL- 10	268
Tamilnadu Express	WL- 1	4
Kerala Express	WL- 9

      Prof. K. Shyam Prasad clearly explained the major competitions and discussed a few points  regarding the rules and restrictions related to certain competitions.

Events	Participation	participation	Number
OGOP	Yes	No	2 papers only
OGTP	No	Yes	No Limit
OGWP	No	Yes	No Limit
SDC	Yes	Yes	No Limit
Water Rocket	Yes	Yes	No Limit

- Candidates participating in OGWP can take guidance from Mr. Kartheek , Ms. Sunanda , Mr. G.B. Prasad.

- The Participants should not aim only at winning the competition. They should be able to gain the concepts acquired during the process and during the competition by learning from other teams.

- Extend you Professional Network.

- Members have the advantage to participate in BITS Pilani Techno Fest APOGEE-14 too.

 

 

Talk by Mr Jayadev Galla

Mr Jayadev Galla is the Vice-Chair and the Manging Director of Amara Raja Batteries Limited, a leading manufacturer for advanced Lead Acid batteries for Industries and Automotive applications. The company was awarded with Ford World Excellence Award in 2004 under his leadership. He has received many awards including Young Indians National Branding Chair .

Ms Gayatri has initiated the talk introducing the chief guest Mr jaydev Galla and his achievements. Later Ms Sushmita has given a presentation on ASME and the Diversity Action Grand program “Sci-Tech School Fest”.

Mr Jayadev Galla had an interaction session with the students.

Talk on Robotics at Amrita Sai Institute of Science and Technology

In continuation with the policy of sharing technical knowledge and creating awareness amongst other institutions about ASME, the KLU ASME organized a one day workshop on robotics at Amrita Sai Instittute of Science and Technology, an engineering college affiliated to JNTU Kakinada. The expert talks were delivered by Prof. Shyam Prasad, the faculty advisor of KLU ASME student section.

The workshop was conducted in three sessions from morning 9:00 am till 4:30 pm in the evening. The first two sessions were utilized for knowledge sharing on various issues related to the fundamentals of Robot kinematics and current research in the area. The sessions were attended by students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering.

The third session was dedicated to introducing ASME and the services it offers to both students as well as professionals. The procedure for starting a student section was also briefed and the students were invited to visit KLU to witness the activities being taken up by KLU ASME student section.

The day was concluded with a question and answer session followed by felicitation of the resource person Prof Shyam Prasad.

Women in Engineering for school children-Ratnam Public school

The girl students of Ratnam Public School were given an opportunity to understand the various streams they can continue their higher studies. The students visited the mechanical labs and were given a overview of all the machines and tools.

Prof. Shyam Prasad interacted with the students regarding their ambitions and spoke on the importance of understanding your passion and following it.

Talk on DAG

• Prof. Shyam Prasad initiated the talk giving the outline of HPVC and its achievements – getting 5th in design event with the help of pictures
• KLU- ASME works for the goals of every individual
• Sir has pointed out the importance of attending as many workshops as possible and understanding your field of interest.
• Emphasized on the advantage of participating in SPDC

                - Networking - Able to interact with like- minded people
                - Winners of the India level will be awarded prize money and a partial funding to compete with the best in America

• For paper presentation, an internal competition will be held within the college to select 2 best papers.
• Failure to be selected in paper presentation will be provided guidance to convert their paper into a poster and participated in poster presentation.
• The KLU-ASME student section has being awarded $2000 for a project on Scitech Fest targeting Students of Financially Weak Schools.
  
• Under the program ,

                - The participating children will be having a direct advantage from the fabrication of the project.
                - The participating schools strength will be provided to watch the projects while the projects are exhibited
                - Awareness programs and opportunities for the parents
                - Better teaching methodologies for the teachers

• Through DAG the participating students will be benefited by

                - Strengthening their fundamentals
                - Learning to interact, manage and coordinate with small children

• Every volunteer will be guiding 2 to 5 students in making a project
• The time frame that is expected to be completed is 15-20 days which requires 2 Saturdays , Sunday and 5 weekdays
• Every participating volunteer must be a member of ASME and will be given 2 certificates.
• Interested students are required to send a mail.

Report on HPVC

HPVC is an international competition and is being held in India by IIT Delhi for the first time. Three events were included – Design Event, Drag Event and Endurance Event. The Rose-Holman team which has won eight of the past nine ASME east or west coast competitions have taken up the role of judges.

HPVC 2013 had 38 participating teams. K L University competed with elite colleges like IIT Bombay, NIT Rourkela, NIT Patna, and Bits Pilani

KLU ASME HPV was much appreciated by the judges especially in the design. The team had secured 5^th position in the design event and 2^nd position in Innovation.