1. " Low temperature refrigeration ", by Mr. Manoj Kumar Gupta of IPR , Ahmedabad on 10th Jan,2018 2. " Refrigeration cold chain " by Mr. Dilip Sharda of Synergy Agro-tech, on 11th Jan, 2018 3." Clean room " by Mr. Vijay Panchal of Vision Air-tech on 18th Jan, 2018 4. " District cooling system " by Shri Gaurang Patel working with GIFT city project. 5."Cooling Load Estimation" by Mr. Sunil Bhatia Air conditioning consultant.
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (CoE) – WELDING (Keepsake Welding Research & Skill Development Centre) Keepsake Welding Research & Skill development Centre of Excellence has been established at L. D. College of Engineering Ahmedabad as per an MoU among, 1. Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), 2. Gujarat Technological University 3. Keepsake Engg. Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad, and 4. L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad. Facilities at CoE- Welding * The Centre is equipped with sophisticated welding machines utilized by modern industry for quality production. * The MIG welding machines are from LORCH Germany; * TIG machines are from LORCH Germany; * 8 Axis Robots from KUKA Germany; * HVOF Coating Facility * PAW (Wire & Powder) machine The summary of the training programs organised at CoE welding is given in the provided image. 1 Overview of Welding Technology and Non- Destructive Testing from 13/11/2017 to 18/11/2017 2 Fundamentals of Electricity in welding & Automation from 06/12/2017 to 31/12/2017 3 Basics of welding from 01/01/2018 to 06/01/2018 4 Hands on training on Conventional & Advanced Welding Processes from 05/02/2018 to 17/02/2018 5 Fundamentals of welding technology from 19/02/2018 to 24/02/2018 6 Fundamentals of welding technology from 22/03/2018 to 27/03/2018 7 Fundamentals of welding technology from 02/04/2018 to 07/04/2018 8 Robot Programming from 02/04/2018 to 15/04/2018 TOTAL Beneficiaries (students 128, faculty 04, industry persons 10) 142
Prof.RAJAT RASTOGI from IIT Roorkee delivered lecture on "walk and bicycle mode for sustainable transport"
Report on Kaizen ’18 Computer Engineering Department
The project fair – 2018 of Chemical Engineering Department as a part of KAIZEN – 2018 was organized on 12 th& 13th April, 2018. There were 18 groups of B. E. Final Year students and 12 M. E. Final Year students participated in the event. The projects were displayed in the laboratories of Chemical Engineering Department. The projects of the B.E. and M.E. students were displayed in the form of posters supported by the experimental setups, models and laptops. The projects were evaluated by Prof. (Dr.) Nitin Padhiyar, Professor in Chemical Engineering, IIT, andhinagar and Shri. Hemalbhai Sheth, Deedygroup Company. Principal Prof. (Dr.) G. P. Vadodaria along with media personnel and other dignitaries visited the project displayed by students. They took great interest in the projects and encouraged the faculties and students to take up more research activity in the department. Prof. J. K. Vyas, Head, Industrial Pollution Prevention, Center for Environment Education also visited the department and reviewed the projects. The students enthusiastically presented their project work to the other dignitaries and students who visited the department throughout the day. The student who visited the event got information about innovation aspects in Chemical engineering field and its importance in today’s context. All the dignitaries and students who were present during the event gave a very positive feedback about the event.
- Students displayed live projects on topics like passive dew condenser, 4d printing with programmable polymers, plastic composite railway sleepers, Fibre reinforced plastics of polyester resins using various types of natural fibre reinforcements like bamboo fibre, banana fibre, jute fibre , natural fibre with glass fibre ,developments of silica gel for thermal insulation applications and polyester/fly ash composites.
A two week Short Term Training Programme on "Innovation and Advancement in conventional industrial welding practices" is to be organized by Mechanical Engineering Department of L D College of Engineering during 25/5/2018 to 8/6/2018. Please refer the attached brochure for more details.
Team of 5 Students from Computer Engineering department won 2nd Prize in the Smart India Hackathon and winning prize of 75000 INR. Another team of 8 Students from Computer Engineering Department won 2nd prize in State Level Hackathon 2018 and winning prize of 30000 INR.