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Wednesday 26 September 2012
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Experts talk on media issues , srm university international seminar on regulating the media.
The seminar ‘Regulating the Media?' was organised by Young Journalists Association, School of Media Studies and School of Government and International Affairs of SRM University, in association with the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), The Hindu and the Indo-Japan Chamber of Commerce.
In her theme address, Srividya Raghavan, Professor of Law, Oklahoma, U.S., said a majority of news organisations, especially television and radio channels were controlled by giant companies in the U.S. Sadly, the trend of consolidation of unregulated media was happening in India too, she observed.
Ms. Raghavan further added that politicians and their political parties started television channels and in such media houses, objective reporting would be a casualty.
Nirmala Lakshman, Director, Kasturi and Sons, said the media had to introspect on its role as a good news operator in the society. “The media plays a vital role as a tool of empowerment for the citizen to pursue a better quality of life,” Dr. Lakshman said. She regretted that issues like paid news and private treaties with companies for equity stakes had brought down credibility to an all-time low.
Monday 30 April 2012
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Students Create Award-Winning ”Green” Airplane Designs ….
Students Create Award-Winning ''Green'' Airplane Designs
The winning U.S. entry in NASA's "green aviation" college competition was this design from a University of Virginia team. Credit: UVA
More than 20 seniors from the University of Virginia contributed to the winning paper and project they called the VERDe Atrema or Virginia Environmentally Responsible Design (VERDe) Atrema. They responded to a challenge from the Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.The challenge was to submit ideas and designs for aircraft or engine concepts and technologies that would assist in meeting the project's goals for more environmentally friendly aviation by the year 2020. Those goals include better fuel economy, fewer emissions, less noise and better performing airplanes.
Judges for the competition assessed submissions from 20 national and international student teams, most of whom are studying engineering. Nine seniors from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., created the second place entry known as P6CAF-IncAR Concept Airliner, which looks more like a traditional tube and wing aircraft.
The second place college team, from Purdue University, created this aircraft concept that looks more like a traditional airplane. Credit: Purdue University
Two teams tied for third place including another group from Purdue. Nine undergraduates from the Indiana university designed the "Night Panther" airliner, while a team of eight first year graduate students from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta designed a blended wing body aircraft they called ERATO.All of the non-U.S. winners came from India. First place went to two seniors at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, for their engine concepts. Two seniors from Anna University in Chennai came in second for their blended wing body design. Third place went to four undergraduates from SRM University in Kattankulathur for their airliner concept.
NASA sponsors design contests in hopes of interesting students in aeronautics and engineering careers. Each winning U.S. college team received a cash award and an engraved trophy through a NASA education grant and cooperative agreement. Cash awards ranged from $5,000 for first place to $2,500 for third place. Non-U.S. participants received certificates of appreciation.
High school students also had the opportunity to enter a similar, but a little less academically challenging, contest. The movie "Back to the Future" may have inspired the winner of that competition.
United States winner Andrew Andraka, a senior at Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, R. I., chose to focus on "the next generation eco-friendly hydrogen airship." His was one of 34 entries from the U.S. and around the world in the "Environmentally Responsible Aviation (Green) Aviation High School Student Challenge," also sponsored by the Environmentally Responsible Aviation project.
A high school senior from Rhode Island proposed a hydrogen airship as an environmentally friendly alternative. Credit: Andrew Andraka
Andraka touts the abundance of inexpensive, environmentally friendly hydrogen as a replacement for pollution producing jet fuel. He would contain the flammable hydrogen inside chambers made of advanced composite materials filled with oxygen-consuming bacteria to reduce fire risk. The study also suggests that solar power would make up part of a unique hybrid electric engine technology.
Other teams in the high school competition also proposed hybrid engine technology as part of their green aviation solution. Some looked at the potential of solar power. Others researched biofuels as an alternative.
There was a tie for second place among the U.S. entries. Second place went to three seniors at Linwood Holton Governor’s School in Abingdon, Va. and two juniors from St. Croix Preparatory Academy Stillwater, Minn.
Students from India and Romania took top honors among the foreign entries. First place went to 11th grader Nitish Kulkarni, from the Oakridge International School Hyderabad, India. Twelfth grader teams from Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science in Bucharest, Romania came in second and third.
Winning U.S. high school entries were also eligible for cash awards and trophies. The cash award for a first place team was $1,500 and $1,000 for individual first place. Non-U.S. participants received certificates of appreciation.
Nobel Quest @ SRM
Nobel Quest @ SRM
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Nobel Quest @ SRM, first of its kind, is a part of Science Education Initiative of SRM University, designed to inspire the next generation of young scientists. It provides a unique opportunity for students and Faculty to meet and interact with contemporary Nobel Laureates. It was inaugurated on January 2011 by six Nobel Laureates.
SRM TO LAUNCH MICRO SATELLITE WITH ISRO
SRM TO LAUNCH MICRO SATELLITE WITH ISRO
SRM TO LAUNCH MICRO SATELLITE WITH ISRO: A Multi Disciplinary Research Initiative Involving Faculty And Students Of Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, Computer Science And Chemical Engineering, To Launch The Satellite By 2010…
SRM University has plans to design and develop a micro/ nano satellite within the next couple of years with ISRO,” said Mr Narayan Rao, the university’s Director of Research, at the Small Satellite Project meeting held at Kattankulathur recently.
The whole engineering faculty, and specifically, the Departments of Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering will play a major role in achieving this goal. “It will provide exciting and challenging opportunities for the students,” he added.
Dr. D.A.V. Murthy, Project Director for Satellites – ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), explained that ISRO in collaboration with SRM University would send up either a micro- or nano-satellite into space with a specific payload in mind. Stressing the fact that the students were the main think tank behind the project, he said all the Departments would have to work together in cohesion to meet the deadline of SRM University being able to launch a satellite by 2010.
With the help of a slide show presentation, Dr. Murthy explained the past achievements of ISRO, and what it plans to do in the near future. He went on to enumerate the basic features of a satellite, what it would take to design and structure one, what would be its various uses to society.
SEMESTER ABROAD PROGRAM (SAP): 104 Students Were Sponsored In 2008 For A Semester At MIT, Carnegie Mellon, UC Davis, Wisconsin And Western Australia…
SEMESTER ABROAD PROGRAM (SAP): 104 Students Were Sponsored In 2008 For A Semester At MIT, Carnegie Mellon, UC Davis, Wisconsin And Western Australia…
SEMESTER ABROAD PROGRAM (SAP)
Around 104 Students From SRM University Were Sponsored In 2008 For A Semester At MIT, Carnegie Mellon, UC Davis, Wisconsin Western Australia And Other International Universities. Here Is What The Students Had To Say About Their ‘Semester Abroad Program’ Experience…
Respected Sir,I am Mehul Oswal (Reg No: 11908025), 3rd Year Aerospace student sponsored by SRM University for a semester abroad at MIT, Boston for the Fall term 2010.
Sir, words and lines would be too small & too short to describe what SRM has done for me by selecting me to undertake a semester here and offering a financial scholarship of Rs 5 lacs to help me in the tuition fees here.
Had this encouragement not been there I would probably have not seen an institution as wonderful as M I T. But let me simultaneously convey my feelings that had my grooming of first 2 years at Aerospace dept at SRM not been there it would not have been possible for me to score a GPA of 5 on a scale of 5, here at MIT.
My performance in the fall semester enabled me to get an extension here for one more term, Spring 2011. I have just got the extension approved by MIT.
This term would get over by end of May after which I will return for my final year at SRM and would pay my regards in person then, for this wholehearted support and endeavour offered by SRM, Aerospace Dept,teachers and management staff to me.
I look forward to coming back to SRM in June 2011. 
Thanking you with warm regards,
Mehul Oswal, MIT Special Student Fall 2010
Respected Sirs,Humble Pranam from Parents of Mehul Oswal
Sir, I read the mails sent by the Hon’ble Distinguished, Renowned & Top Brass of SRM Management to my son on his performance at MIT.
Sir this acclaim and kudos belong more to SRM and the environment given to him which helped him to reach this stage in 2010 – 2011 from a Young dazed and confused lad when he joined SRM 2008.
Sir as has been tracked by us SRM and its Management believes in encouraging and supporting and as well as truly appreciating the deserved ones which acts as a fuel for them to get motivated and perform even in a challenging academic and sometimes impersonal environment like that at MIT.
Sir at SRM our Son was made really tough and all weather proof. His efforts stood perpetually motivated & appreciated by giving Scholarship virtually in every term, sponsoring him with financial support for SAP at MIT and waiving his term fees during his study there.
Sir you all at SRM are navigating the careers of young budding Engineers so that there true potential gets properly appraised, assessed and zenithed. They are made to learn values and meaning of life.
Sir, we may be just the Janamdattas but you all are his Karmadatta, this contentions gets exemplified by your appreciating his efforts and sanctioning of additional scholarship of Rupees Five lacs instantly right in the mid of the night.
Sir I and my family are over whelmed by this response of supporting my son and your feeling genuinely happy with his performance and looking forward even to help him in future when he returns is very soothing and rare in this Ghor Kalyug.
Would it not be too naive to record that if the above facts are perused it would get suggested that the True and Real recipients of all the kudos and acclaim /respect should belong to SRM Management, Staff & Each & Every body who has helped Mehul to give this performance at MIT.
We hope that these Blessings and Words of Appreciation are available to him in future and always, in turn I assure you all that he & we both would remain obliged for life for this extraordinary help / support & understanding.
Once again do accept our Thanks & Deep Gratitude for shaping the career of my son Mehul and thousands like him so selflessly and devotedly and with passion unlimited.
With very very Warm Regards & Deep Appreciation,
Shirish and Namitta Oswal, Parents of Mehul Oswal
Hi ,Thanks for your kind words. Pranav Sood’s team just came in second (by less than a second) In the 6.270 robots contest, and he was very helpful to me yesterday at the orientation.
Best,
Anne, Administrator, EECS Undergraduate and M.Eng. Programs
I’m happy to share with you that Sahil and I have started working on the ‘Mars Gravity’ project. This project is a five week mission aimed at sending a student designed satellite into orbit with mice in it and observe the effect of micro gravity on mammals. The long term aim of the project is to send man to mars. We are designing the lixit water system for this satellite. The payload is being designed at MIT and we are in the hardware development team. The launch vehicle for the satellite is being developed at Georgia Tech. The satellite is currently scheduled to be launched next year in June and you can get more details about the project on the following website: http://www.marsgravity.orgAnd for this purpose the project team had requested us to stay back and work on it for the next semester as well. It would have been great if we could stay back and work on this really exciting project but due to financial constraints and SRM obligations, I guess we will have to return in February. All of us would hopefully gain extension soon for the Interactive Activities Period in January. Having spent a semester at MIT, we are eligible to attend the IAP at no extra cost.
I got the result at MIT – and have scored 4.3 on 5.0 again.
Agrim (Mech) at MIT, USA
We got the result and my GPA now stands at 4.7 on 5. Thank you so much for everything! All this would not have been possible without your help! Prathna Srinivas & Deepika (BioTech) at MIT, USA
My experience here has been amazing. I have met so many passionate souls here who really want to change society. Their thinking and ideas are so revolutionary. I have been so busy here with all my work that I didn’t realize that I have already spent four months here. Thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity. I really appreciate your support, as you have helped me realize my potential.
Abha Sharma (ECE) at MIT, USA
I just wanted to let you know that everything is going fine here. Everyone is busy now that it is mid term time. We have all completed our applications and are hoping for really good results.I was thinking that SAP students could give a presentation, to their respective departments, about how SAP has influenced their lives and how it is helping with the admissions. It is a great boon in many ways…
Priyatha Premnath (Biomedical) at UC Davis, USA
A few of us have started working on research projects here. When the research paper is published, our names would be on it. It would also help the professors to get to know us better, thus enabling us to gain recognition.On a personal front, I am doing really well. I have settled in well and have started feeling at home here. I have made so many friends here. Americans are so easy to befriend. From an academic perspective, all the three professors who are handling courses for me now know me personally. I have been doing well in class and in assignments too. I have started a project under Dr. Ludaeschar, Data Management, Dr. Kenneth Joy, graphics and Prof Su, programming languages.
They have asked me to add my current research experience to my profile. So it all looks very encouraging.
Ajay (CSE) at UC Davis, USA
We have completed our first quarter at UC Davis and as we move on to our second quarter, we are excited about our projects as we will be doing them here. I wanted to thank you for your continuous support and encouragement and the wonderful opportunity provided. I am taking the projects for credits and I am taking just one more subject so that I can dedicate more time to the lab. Poornima (Genetic Engg) at UC Davis, USA
We have settled down well and are doing good. Our regular classes are going on in full swing. We have got accustomed to studying 20 hrs, which was hectic initially. The people here are extremely polite and helpful. Apart from academics, there is so much more, we’ve learnt. It’s like the whole personality gets molded better. It feels good to be independent, though it requires a lot of work too. Varshaa (CSE) at UWM, USA
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