e-Newsletter - April 2022

From HoD’s Desk

Greetings!
Lots of physical activities and most importantly the in-semester examination was conducted in April. The in-semester examination was conducted strictly in the offline mode like conventional examinations conducted by the University. After a long period, students have written exam papers. To make students acquainted with the system a Mock In-semester examination was conducted. And, this helped students to write exam papers properly. This will enable students to appear in the final end-semester examination with full confidence. 

Department Events

Expert Session on “Power Studies and Consulting" by Mr.  Rahul Bhatt on 26 April 2022

Department of Electrical Engineering has organized an Expert Session on “Power Studies and Consulting" by Mr. Rahul Bhatt, ABB Germany and Mr. Rohit Dambhare, ABB Nashik on 26 April 2022 for SE TE and BE. The speaker delivered excellent content regarding Power system studies. They also interacted with TE students individually and informed them about the internship opportunities offered by ABB to students. A total of 163 students and faculty members attended the session. The session focused on the career which can be adopted by Electrical Engineers. The session was coordinated by Prof. Pooja Raut. 

Ideation Workshop cum Value-Added Course on “Understanding Academic Project Life Cycle” from 11^th April 2022 to 16^th April 2022

Department of Electrical Engineering has organized an Ideation Workshop cum Value-Added Course on “Understanding Academic Project Life Cycle” from 11^th April 2022 to 16^th April 2022. In this, Dr. R. K. Munje, Dr. V. S. Mane, Mr. Sarvesh Sukhatme, Dr. Ashok Varane, Dr. P. J. Pawar, Dr. S. N. Jain, Mr. J. P. Shah, and Dr. P. B. Kushare delivered sessions on various topics for SE students. All the speakers delivered excellent content regarding the concept of design thinking, literature survey, project planning, mathematical modelling, project competitions, and IPR and patents and motivated all the students. A total of 60 students from SE (Electrical) Div. B participated in this workshop cum value-added course. The session was coordinated by Prof. Dr. Mohan Thakre. 

One Day training on ETAP by Mr. Manoj Mishra on 11 April 2022

Department of Electrical Engineering organized one-day training on ETAP. This training was conducted by Mr. Manoj Mishra on 11^th April 2022 for BE students and faculty members. The speaker delivered a session on the updated modules in ETAP which will be useful for the students for their projects. This included Load flow studies, Harmonics analysis, Optimal power flow, and Short circuit studies. A total of 105 students and faculties attended the session. The session was coordinated by Prof. Rupali Ahire and Ms. Jyoti Vadje.  

Expert Session on “Instrument Transformer” by Mr. Manakchandra Gupta on 26 April 2022

Department of Electrical Engineering organized an Expert Session on “Instrument Transformers” by Mr. Manakchandra Gupta, Ex.  Executive Engineer, Testing at Maharashtra State Electricity Board on 26^th April 2022 for SE and BE. The speaker delivered a very good session on Current Transformer and Potential Transformer. A total of 73 students from SE and BE took part in the lecture. 

Rangoli Competition on “World Earth Day”

On the occasion of the “World Earth Day,” Rangoli Competition was organized by the EFFECT student Body on the 22^nd of April 2022 Friday in Electrical Engineering Department. The theme was “Invest in Our Planet” for the Rangoli competition. A criterion for the competition was Theme coverage, symmetry, color combination, creativity, and neatness.

Prof. Preeti Vaidya and Prof. Monali Mahajan judged all Rangoli. Following are the winners of the Rangoli competition.

1. First Prize: Sanika Dighe and Yogini Jadhav (FE Computer Science and Design)

2. Second Prize: Chavanke Gauri and Ohol Gayatri (SE Electrical Engineering)

3. Third Prize:  Snehal Salunkhe and Sakshi Patil (FE Computer Engineering)

This event was coordinated by Prof. Nayana Jangle along with the student committee of the EFFECT Student Body. 

Parents Meeting

Department of Electrical Engineering has organized an Online Parents Meeting on 1^st April 2022 for all the parents of SE to BE students. Around 35 parents participated in this meeting. During this meeting, Dr. Munje informed all the parents about the exam pattern and preparation by the department for the coverage of the remaining curriculum. Prof. Shewale gave information on the schedule of practical and oral examinations and Prof. Dhamal informed parents about the internship and project activities. The overall event was coordinated by Prof. S. S. Khairnar and Prof. J. P. Shah. 

Visit of Dr. B. N. Chaudhari, Principal, SPIT, Mumbai 

Prof. Dr. B. N. Chaudhari, Principal, SPIT visited the department as a subject expert for Ph.D. topic approval presentations of the newly selected students on 18^th April 2022. During this visit, he delivered a session on the ‘Dos and Don’ts of Autonomy’ for all the faculty members of the institute. This session was coordinated by Dr. R. K. Munje and Prof. Priya Vyavahare.

Student Corner

Student Placement

Following students are placed in various multinational companies. Congratulations to all the students!

Sr. No.	Name of the Student	Placement Date	Package LPA	Batch
1	Patil Ritesh Mohan	01/04/2022	4.5 Lacs	2021-22
2	Sonawane Saurabh Baban	01/04/2022	4.5 Lacs	2021-22
3	Nilakshi Chandratre	04/25/2022	3.5 lacs	2021-22
4	Tejal Balkrushna Hadpe	04/25/2022	3.5 lacs	2021-22
5	Sarode Manish Chandrakant	01/04/2022	4.8 Lacs	2021-22
6	Gaurav LaxmanSawkare	29/04/2022	3 Lacs	2021-22
7	Mahesh Ghule	29/04/2022	3 Lacs	2021-22

BE Result

The following students are toppers in the December 2021 examination. Congratulations to all the students!

Industrial Visits

Industrial Visit of Final Year (Div. A & B) Students was arranged at Popular Switchgear Pvt. Ltd., Gonde, Igatpuri, Nashik along with Prof. S. K. Shinde and Prof. A. M. Shewale for the subject BE Electrical, Switchgear and Protection. Mr. Pramod Abhang, Plant Head of Popular Switchgear explained everything about plant to all the students

Student Participation in Connecting Dots

Connecting the Dots was an event organized by the Central Office of the K. K. Wagh Education Society. In this, all the engineering departments were requested to present their working projects at the main entrance of the engineering institute. This event was inaugurated at the hands of Hon. Mr. Shriram, MD of Ended Houser and chairman of CII Maharashtra state council on 29th April 2022. Students from BE Electrical

1. Saurabh Baban Sonawane

2. Divya Manohar Chaudhari

3. Shubham Rajesh Rasane

Have demonstrated their project on ‘Super Capacitor-based Electric Vehicle System’. Their project is well appreciated by the Hon. Shri. Shriram. This project is guided by Prof. Sudhir Shinde. This event was coordinated by Prof. Shinde and Prof. Narendra Rao.

Students Internship (Collaboration of ABB and University Young Talent)

The students from the Electrical Department Ms. Sharvari Phase (BE, Department of Electrical Engineering), along with Soheil Ansari (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Ritesh Borse (Department of I.T Engineering), Sairaj Dixit (Department of Computer Engineering) got an opportunity for three months to work on ABB Digitization project at ABB Nashik. The collaboration of ABB and University Young Talent was a great initiative taken by ABB for the students to get industrial exposure and present their own perspectives on industrial problems.

The project has been successfully completed under the guidance and support of Sibin K.V (Project mentor, ABB) and Dr. Pramod Shahabadkar (College mentor, KKWIEER).

Faculty Corner

Faculty Participation

Industrial Training/Courses done by staff during April 2022.

1. Dr. R. K. Munje and Dr. S. S. Dhamal visited Advent Engineers, Manufacture of CTs, PTs, Metering Cubicles, and Distribution Transformers on 6^th April 2022 and interacted with Shri. Manish Mishra and Ms. Premlata Mishra.

2. All the faculty members of the department have attended the sessions by Prof. N. J. Rao, Retired Professor, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore organized on various topics such as Outcome-Based Education and Curriculum Development, etc. on 6^th April 2022, 13^th April 2022, 26^th April 2022

3. Dr. Munje and Prof. Shaha attended the meeting of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Bangalore on 30^th April 2022. Prof. Shah attended a meeting of the Young Professionals Communities Committee (YPCC) and Dr. Munje attended a meeting of the Communities Committee of South Asia (CCSA).

4. Dr. Munje received a certificate of ‘Academic Affiliate’ of IET of K. K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education and Research during the visit to Bangalore on 30^th April 2022 with the hands of Ms. Neha Singh, Senior Customer Engagement Manager, IET India 

5. All the faculty members of the Department attended an offline session by Dr. B. N. Chaudhari, Principal, Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai on 18^th April 2022 on ‘Do’s and Don’ts Autonomy’.
6. Prof. Pooja Sagar Sapkade has completed a one-week Faculty Development Program on Emerging Technologies organized by the Department of Information Technology, Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College Durgapur, West Bengal 

Alumni interaction

Our alumni Mr. Pranay Malu, Mr. Chandan Pimple, Mr. Ashish Chopde, and Ms. Nikita Thakre visited the department on 27^th April 2022 and interacted with SE and TE students on Career Advancement.

Student Articles

Connected Vehicles: The future of mobility

Omkar Parkhe, BE (Electrical) Div. B
(omkarparkhe305@gmail.com)

Connected Vehicles (CV), sometimes also referred to as Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICV) are a newly emerging technology in the mobility domain that has the potential to revolutionize the whole vehicle ecosystem in terms of safety, security, comfort, and energy efficiency. Connected Vehicle mainly has two types of communication i.e. Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I). This article outlines various aspects of the connected vehicle concept and how it will affect our transportation system and urban environment shortly. 

A connected car can be defined as “the presence of devices in an automobile that connects devices within the car/vehicles together or with devices, networks and services outside the car including other cars, home, office or infrastructure”. As discussed earlier CVs comprise mainly V2V and V2I communication. V2V communication means a wireless network where automobiles send information to each other about what they are doing. This data includes speed, location, the direction of travel, braking, and loss of stability and the range is up to 300 meters in 10 seconds at highway speeds. V2I communication consists of wireless communication between traffic signals and other stationary devices. In the early 2000s, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) developed the Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration (VII) Program as a part of its Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Program. 

The main goal of VII was the development of wireless V2V and V2I communication to significantly improve safety and mobility on the nation’s roadways (ITS Joint Program Office RITA, 2010). To achieve this goal, the U.S. DOT proposed the use of dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) for V2V and V2I communications. DSRC works by using one-way or two-way short- to medium-range wireless communication radio channels tuned to the 5.9 GHz frequency (AASHTO, 2011).  The main objective of connected vehicle technology is crash avoidance which potentially warns drivers from dangerous situations which may lead to a crash in which drivers will be able to see, hear, and even feel hazard signals through the vibration of the seat and moreover, in case of intelligent vehicles, a car can also apply brakes by itself in a hazardous situation. CV technology will also impact the design of highways, the capacity of roads and traffic operations, highway safety, and the environment. There are issues with CV technology like the privacy of the owner when it comes to sharing critical information with other vehicles and infrastructure, and security issues like the ability of a hacker to capture the data and alter the records which must be addressed before deployment of the technology, cost of the vehicle may increase due to implementation of these advanced technologies. There are some challenges in the deployment and application of CV technology like the difference in life cycles of the automotive and mobile industry i.e. new features, and operating system upgrades are provided almost constantly for smartphones, whereas car manufacturers work on five-year cycles, and objectives of mobile and automotive industries are different and they need to find ways to collaborate to satisfy customer connectivity needs and one more major challenge is tech-savviness of car dealers and salesperson, a salesperson need to spend an hour or two to teach the customer how to use this advance technology. 

In conclusion, CV technology has the potential to reduce accidents on the road and improve the safety of drivers, it could stabilize traffic flows during congestion periods, reduce delays at signals, etc. If used with proper planning it could also positively impact our environment. CV technology has some issues and challenges which need to be addressed before deployment of the technology to achieve maximum benefit of this technology.

Wireless Power Transfer using Inductive Power Transfer

Bondarde Ashwini Sham, BE (Electrical) Div–B, 
(ashwinibondarde24300@gmail.com)

The future situation is where an electric-motor vehicle (EV) requires an automatic charging system without human intervention. Nowadays inductive power transfer (IPT) based EV battery chargers (EVBCs) are used as it is a convenient and safe solution. WPT is a futuristic technology with the advantage of flexibility, convenience, safety, and the capability of becoming fully automatic. Nowadays, contactless inductive power transfer (IPT) based chargers expanding their market because of their safety, convenience, performance, reduced battery size, and adaptability. The Electrical Power is transferred using IPT by using the concept of EMI and ultimately the LI-Ion battery is charged. By using the Electromagnetic Induction (EMI) principle, the e.m.f. is induced in the Secondary coil using the Primary coil.

Wireless Power Transfer consists of actually Primary Side Circuit, Induction Coil, and then a Secondary Side Circuit. This new technology can be used in various wireless power transfer applications with different specifications, necessities, and restrictions such as Electric Vehicles and consumer electronics. Wireless Power Transfer is to transfer electric power from one point to another through an air gap without any direct electrical contacts.

This technology has been used for applications such as in Electric Vehicles (EVs), consumer electronics, biomedical, etc. where conventional wires are inconvenient, hazardous, unwanted, or impossible. For instance, supplying electrical power using mechanical slip rings in rotary applications results in a system with a reduced life span because of the frequent maintenance requirement due to wear and tear caused by friction. Moreover, mechanical slip rings are associated with arcing, which makes them unsafe to operate in the presence of explosive gases. Increasing the lifespan, reliability, and low maintenance operation can be achieved by eliminating the cables, mechanical slip rings as well as plugs and sockets.

Currently, the main areas of wireless power transfer applications can be-

Industrial (operation in a harsh environment, e.g. mining, next to explosive gases)

Automotive (electric cars and general battery charging)

Aerospace (transferring energy to moving parts)

Consumer electronics (charging a cell phone or a laptop wirelessly)

Biomedical (inductive interface to power implantable biomedical devices)

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Content in the e-Newsletter is checked and compiled by Newsletter Committee. Suggestions and inputs leading to the improvement of this newsletter are highly welcomed. Please write to engg-hod-elct@kkwagh.edu.in. 

Newsletter Committee

Chief Editor:             Dr. Ravindra K. Munje, Professor and I/C HoD, Electrical Department

Faculty Editors:             Prof.Saravanan. S, Assistant Professor

                                        Prof.Priya Vyavahare, Assistant Professor

Student Editors:       Anuj Paul (BE-A)

VedikaDharaskar (BE-A)

Sharvari Phase (BE-A)

Abhishek Jadhav (BE-A)

RutujaKapile (BE-A)

VaibhavDhanokar (TE-A)

HuzaifSayyed (TE-A)

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