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This issue

SAEINDIA Events P. 1

Southern Section P. 5

Bangalore Section P.14

Western Section P.18

The decade of dedication of BAJA SAEINDIA

took place from the 15th to 21st of February,

2017 at Pithampur, Indore. The national level

competition for engineering undergraduates,

which kick started ten years back in the winters

of 2007, brought forth All-Terrain Vehicles

(ATVs) from over 175 engineering colleges

competing for the title of the overall champions

and awards worth lakhs rupees.

The event was held in the grand premises of

National Automotive Testing and Research &

Development Infrastructure Project--NATRiP,

and attracted participation from 35 eBAJA

teams, apart from the 150 teams for the

mBAJA.

The event was divided into various stages which

started from the technical evaluation of the

vehicles followed by Static events, Dynamic

events and finally the most awaited Endurance

Race. The first day started with the registration

process for all the teams, and proceeded

towards the all-important technical evaluation

levels.

Apart from the overall inspection of the vehicle

by the specially trained Judges from the

automotive industry, the rules also constituted

the engine check and the brake test. The entire

process also continued into the second day as

teams strived to clear their technical evaluation

and henceforth become eligible for the dynamic

events at the site.

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Alongside this process were running the static

rounds of design, sales, cost etc., all of which

witnessed changes in their conduction and

methodologies. The dynamic events were

opened to the teams on the first day, and went

on for all parts of the third day too.

In addition to the existing kitty of the dynamic

events was the new armor of Sled Pull. Parallel

to the entire course, the eBAJA teams also had

their respective technical evaluations and

dynamic events at the track. Their endurance

race too was successfully flagged off on the

penultimate day of the event.

The final showdown of the endurance race took

place on the ultimate day of the event. Team

Avishkar from NIT Jalandhar, which also built

the lightest vehicle at the competition, started

at the coveted pole position during the 4-hour

extravaganza.

The race concluded with Team Nemesis, College

of Engineering Pune and Team Kraftwagen,

Sinhgad College of Engineering Pune grabbing

the title of the ‘Overall Winners’ for mBAJA and

eBAJA respectively.

The valedictory ceremony brought an official

close to the event, with various prizes being

distributed in both the mBAJA and eBAJA

categories and the simultaneous launch of BAJA

Coffee Table Book, commemorating 10 glorious

years of the existence of BAJA in India.

Upcoming Major Events

SUPRA 2017

iTECH 2017

AWIM 2017

BAJA SAEINDIA 2018

FISITA 2018

BAJA SAEINDIA 2017

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Mr. Sanjay Nibhandhe Co-Chair, Sections Board

Mr. S. Radhakrishnan Co-Chair , Membership Board

Representing SAE International Dr. David. L. Schutt CEO, SAE International Mr.Murli M. Iyer Executive Global Advisor, SAE International

Dr.R.K.Malhotra President

Dr.Aravind Bharadwaj Immediate Past President

Dr. Bala Bharadvaj Sr. VP & Chair, Finance Board & Aerospace Board

Mrs. Rashmi Urdwareshe VP & Chair Membership Board

Mr. I.V.Rao VP & Chair, Engineering Education Board

Mr. Sanjay Deshpande Secretary

Dr.G.Nagarajan Treasurer & Co Chair Engineering Education Board

Prof. Prakash Joshi Member

Dr. Arunkumar Sampath Chair Automotive Board & Vice Chair Finance Board

Mr. N.Balasubramanian Chair , Meetings and Exposition Board

Mr. P. Panda Co-Chair, Meetings and Exposition Board

Mr. Nitin Agarwal Chair, Off- Highway Board

Com.Rakesh B.Verma Co-Chair, Off Highway Board

Mr. Prakash Sardesai Chair, Professional development Program Board

Dr.R.Venugopal Co-Chair, Professional development Program Board

Mr. Balraj Bhanot Chair, Development Board

Dr. K.P.Murthy Co-Chair, Development Board

Dr.Sudhir Gupte Chair, Publications Board

Ms. Pamela Tikku Chair, Sections Board

SAEINDIA

SAEINDIA Managing Committee Members 2016 - 2018.

Presented by SAEINDIA

Publications Board

Dr.Sudhir Gupte

Chairman

Mr. Asit Kumar Barma

Vice Chair

Mr. Vasanth Kini

Member

Mr. Rajesh Kumar

Member

Mr. Saravanan Natarajan

Member

Mr. Dhananjayan

Member

Dr. Vijaykanthan Damodaran

Member

Mr. Deepak Sawkar

Member

Mr. Jitendra Malhotra

Member

Dr.S.Selvi

Member

Mr.T.Bharathiraja

Member

Ms. Swati Milind Athavale

Member

Mr. Manohar K. Chaudhari

Member

Dr.M.K. Ravishankar

Member

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SIAT 2017

The Symposium on International Automotive Technology

(SIAT) 2017 organized by ARAI in Association with SAEINDIA,

NATRiP and SAE International in January 2017 was a grand

success. The theme of SIAT 2017 was “Smart, Safe &

Sustainable Mobility” keeping in tune with latest trends and

future challenges being faced by the automotive

community.

SIAT Expo 2017displayed around 180 exhibition booths

showcasing products, technologies by automotive and allied

manufacturers worldwide in the areas such as BS VI, vehicle

safety / crash, electric mobility, vehicle telematics,

advanced T&M equipment, NVH, simulation & modelling

etc. SIAT 2017 became a memorable event in the history of

ARAI, due to Grand Finale of ARAI’s yearlong Golden Jubilee

celebrations.

SIAT 2017 & SIAT EXPO 2017 were inaugurated at the

gracious hands of Shri Sanjay Mitra, Secretary, Ministry of

Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, Govt. Of India.

The function was graced by the august presence of Dr. R. K.

Malhotra, President, SAE India, Shri Sanjay Bandopadhyaya,

CEO, NATRIP, Shri T. Mookiah, Associate Director (R&D),

VSSC and Mr. Murli Iyer, Executive Advisor – Global, SAE

International.

The function also included release of SIAT 2017

proceedings, release of India Emission Regulation Booklet,

ARAI Golden Jubilee award & prize distribution for Road

Safety Awareness–Short Film Making Contest, Release of

book on Road Safety- a collection of cartoons by Mr.

Mangesh Tendulkar and unveiling of pilot demonstration

Electric Vehicle using indigenous Lithium ion Battery.

During SIAT, we had 4 Plenary Sessions on Smart, Safe,

Sustainable and Future mobility. A Student Poster

Presentation Competition was organized to motivate young

brains during SIAT, wherein total 10 Posters (in the area of

Smart, Safe and Sustainable Mobility) were displayed.

The valedictory function concluded with Chief Guest Shri.

Anant Geete, Hon’ble Minister for Heavy Industries & Public

Enterprises, Govt. of India and Guest of Honour Mrs. Eva

Molnar, Director, Sustainable Transport Division, UNECE

giving away the awards for the best papers, best Expo

Stalls, release of ARAI Golden Jubilee Souvenir, ‘Young

Engineer’ Award 2016, launch of Technology for

Autonomous Driving, etc.

It was indeed a technical feast where around 1400

delegates form 21 countries participated. The next SIAT

2019 is from 16 to 18 January 2019.

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Disruptive Technology is emerging as an important part of

Research and Development in the automotive industry to be

an integrated mobility service provider enhancing the value

proposition to the end user. The mobility means are getting

redefined and people moving from owning a vehicle to

owning mobility. India is expected to play a major role to

create disruptions and hence this conference is becoming

need of the hour for the automotive world.

Dr. Aravind Bharadwaj, Chairman, FISITA 2018 Steering

committee mentioned “SAEINDIA (Society of Automotive

Engineers) is the biggest affiliate of SAE International having

membership base of over 50,000 and has been associated

with FISITA the association of Automotive Societies across

the world. As a top notch conference for automotive world,

SAEINDIA made a successful move to bid the event in India.

Advantage being growth market, India became an ideal

destination to host this conference with this appropriate

theme.

Mr. N. Balasubramanian, Chairman, FISITA 2018 Organizing

committee pointed out this conference would attract the

automotive fraternity in India & abroad including 500+

international delegates and over 1000 delegates from India.

This conference would witness over 500 research papers in

the latest technology domain to define path for future

automotive world. In addition, over 150 exhibitors are

expected across the globe to showcase their technology &

organised products. In parallel, Island of excellence is also

being for the engineering students, the future automotive

practioners.

Technical papers from experts pertaining to the theme are

welcome. More info on FISITA 2018 at www.fisita-

congress.com.

“A Confluence of International Automotive Leaders &

Experts “

The 37th edition of FISITA World Congress will take place in

Chennai from October 2nd to 5th, 2018, at the Chennai

Trade Centre. The 4 day international conference is being

organized by SAEINDIA and FISITA along with the support of

SAE International and the theme of the conference would

be “Disruptive Technologies for Affordable and Sustainable

Mobility”. The press conference was held on 15th March

2017 @ ITC Hotel, Chennai.

Dr. Pawan Goenka, MD, Mahindra and Mahindra, the 1st

Indian to be awarded “FISITA medal of honour” said, since

1947, the FISITA World Automotive Congress has been a

forum for industry experts, engineers and executives to

exchange ideas and discuss trends that will drive the

automotive industry forward. India is proud to host this

conference in Chennai organized by SAEINDIA during

October 2nd to 5th, 2018.

Talking about the theme Dr. Pawan Goenka stated, “In the

complex and diversified automotive industry landscape,

consumer behaviour and preferences dictate the industry

transformation. Traditional automobile manufacturers need

to be prepared to implement Disruptive Technology to

sustain in the market place.

This is likely to result in consolidation and new forms of

partnerships among automotive players and other

stakeholders leading to collaborative competition.” Electric

& Hybrid vehicles, advanced driver assistance, autonomous

driving, active safety, connectivity and infotainment are

becoming the distinguishing features in the market.

Software competency and capability will become the

primary prerequisite for automotive manufacturers.

PRESS CONFERENCE FISITA 2018

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AERO DESIGN CHALLENGE WORKSHOPS 2017:

SAEINDIA Southern Section conducted Aero Design

Challenge workshops at 3 locations namely GRT Institute

of Engineering Technology, Thiruttani on 7th & 8th

January then at Valliammai Engineering College,

Kattankulathur on 4th & 5th February 2017 and at

JEPPIAAR SRR Engineering College, OMR, and Chennai on

4th & 5th March 2017. A total of 300 Student Members

of SAEINDIA from various engineering Institutions across

India participated in the workshops.

In all the locations the inauguration of the event was done

by Dr. S. Senthilkumar, Champion-Aero Design Challenge

(ADC) & Professor, Veltech University, Chennai then he

welcomed the dignitaries and participants for the Aero

Design Challenge Workshops and also gave a brief outline

about the Aero Design Challenge 2017 workshop.

He highlighted that 94 teams across India registered to

participate in the SAEISS Aero Design Challenge 2017 and

also the students for their interest in continuous learning

process through SAE.

Mr. S. Shanmugam, Managing Director, DDIPL talked about

the evolution of SAE and SAEINDIA and also highlighted the

impact and outcome of SAEINDIA aero design challenge. He

motivated the students to take part in the continuous

learning process through various SAE student activities.

He also thanked the hosting colleges for hosting the ADC

workshop in their college and also presented memento to

them.

ERODE DIVISION INAUGURATION:

Dr. P. Navaneetha Krishnan invited the dignitaries, Mr. S.

Sriraman, Chairman of SAEISS, Dr. E. Rajasekar, Secretary

of SAEISS, Mr. Venkatachalam, Correspondent of Kongu

Engineering College (KEC), Dr. Kuppusamy, Principal, Kongu

Engineering College and Dr. Eswaramoorthy, Secretary,

Erode Division, to take the dais.

Dr. P. Navaneetha Krishnan, Chairman Erode Division

delivered Welcome address and Mr. Venkatachalam

Correspondent KEC welcomed all the members of SAEISS for

the inaugural function of Erode Division. Dr. Kuppusamy,

Principal, KEC explained the activities of their college.

Dr. P. Navaneetha Krishnan invited all the members in the

dais to light the kuthuvilakku. Mr. S. Sriraman, Chairman,

SAEISS explained about SAEISS. Dr. E. Rajasekar Secretary,

SAEISS explained about the activities of SAEISS. He

welcomed chairman SAEISS to present the memento to

hosting college. Mr. S. Sriraman gave the hosting college

memento to Mr. Venkatachalam. He also thanked the

hosting college for hosting such prestigious event in their

college.

Dr. E. Rajasekar introduced the Erode Division MC Members

to the participants. Dr. R. Rajendran delivered the inaugural

address for KRT Club and Mr. S. Sriraman inaugurated the

KRT club in KEC. Mr. T. Kasiraja, Treasurer, SAEISS,

expressed sincere thanks to the hosting college and

participants for Erode Division inauguration and Vote of

thanks given by Dr. P. Somasundaram, HOD, Automobile

Engg. Department, KEC.

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SAEINDIA NATIONAL STUDENT CONVENTION:

The 11th SAEINDIA National Student Convention was held

at Kongu Engineering College (KEC), Perundurai, on 25th

& 26th February 2017. Every year, the SAE collegiate

chapters get an opportunity to, discuss, display and

celebrate their success in the last one year. This year’s

event saw active participation of over 1112 students from

81 colleges.

The Inaugural function began with the welcome address by

Dr. S. Kuppuswami, Principal, KEC followed Presidential

address by Mr. S. Sriraman, Chairman SAEISS. Special

Address was delivered by Thiru. A. Venkatachalam,

Correspondent KEC. Both Mr. S. Sriraman and Thiru. A.

Venkatachalam felicitated Mr. Aravind Raman, GM, BOSCH

for being the Chief Guest for the Student Convention 2016-

2017.

On Day 1 all the existing events where the winners of Tier 2

regional events will compete at national level. This is the

battle among the 6 Divisions of SAEISS, some of the events

are Auto Quiz, Aero Modelling, Modelling and Animation,

CNC Turning & Milling, CAD & CAM and Mobile Robotics.

Similarly on day 2 the participants competed on the similar

type of 17 events and some of them are as, Mobile App

Development, Reverse Engineering, Internet of Things,

Biomimicry, Ethical Hacking and On-board Diagnostics.

SAEISS also conducted Technology Theatre for the students.

There were 3 sessions viz Digital Manufacturing, Vehicle

Design - Past, Present and Future and final session on

Lithium Ion Battery.

The students started their work on design and fabrication of

aero model as per the instruction given by the trainers using

the kits. All the UAV models have gone through pre-check

carried out by the trainers and flyers before the flight test in

order to have proper stability requirements.

The flyers tested the flight model of all the teams. The dynamic

performance of the models was depending upon the accuracy

in building the aero models. They were also be able to

understand and appreciate the importance of accuracy and

role of each control surface for a successful flight of their

models.

Dr. S. Senthil Kumar, Dr. R. Krishnakumar and other ADC

Members clarified the students’ queries after the flight testing.

The function ended up with the vote of thanks by Dr. S. Senthil

Kumar.

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Mr. S. Sriraman, Chairman SAEISS, Principal Nandha

college of Engineering, Dr. E. Rajasekar, Secretary

SAEISS, Mr. T. Kasiraja, Treasurer SAEISS and Dr.

Eswaramoorthi, Secretary Erode Division officially

inaugurated the KRT Club after the lighting the

kuthuvilakku and club board at the venue.

Mr. S. Sriraman, Dr. E. Rajasekar and other organizers

of SAEISS presented the KRT Club Certificate to the

principal of Nandha College of Engineering. Dr. E.

Rajasekar thanked the institution for hosting such a

prestigious program and joining the KRT Club.

Mr. S. Sriraman, Chairman SAEISS delivered a lecture

on Automotive Design in the inauguration of SAEINDIA

KRT – NEC. Nearly 150 members have attended that

program.

SAE TREK:

SAEINDIA Southern Section conducted the SAE TREK

program at PSNA College of Engineering &Technology,

Dindigul on 21st & 22nd January 2017. 17 student

members from 8 organization participated in the event.

The sessions were handled as,

Digital Manufacturing - Mr.Rohit Mallya, Head - Technical

Marketing, RANAL Software Technologies.

Vehicle Design - Past, Present and Future - Mr.C.Pradeep,

Principal Engineer, Mahindra & Mahindra and

Lithium Ion Battery - Mr. Kannan, Senior Lead Engineer,

Mahindra & Mahindra.

There were also Club Presentations showcasing the

achievements, strengths and unique activities of various SAE

collegiate chapters. Also Club Display competition which ran

parallel with the technology theatre at different venues with

various working mechanical models, presentations and charts.

During the valedictory function the Chief Guest Mr. R. Sridhar,

Sr. VP, Mahindra & Mahindra enlightened the students by his

lecture on “The Winning Ways”. Mr. S. Sriraman and Thiru. A.

Venkatachalam felicitated the Chief Guest with a memento.

They also thanked him for his eye opening lecture. This was

followed by the distribution of prizes and mementos. Mr. C.

Nandagopalan, Student Convention Champion SAEISS

delivered the Vote of thanks.

KRT CLUB INAUGURATION:

SAEINDIA Southern Section organized Knowledge Round

Table Club at Nandha College of Engineering on 07th

January 2017, at Nandha Engineering College, Erode. Mr. S.

Sriraman, Chairman SAEISS, Principal Nandha College of

Engineering, Dr. E. Rajasekar, Secretary SAEISS, Mr. T.

Kasiraja, Treasurer SAEISS and Dr. Eswaramoorthi, Secretary

Erode Division took the dais. Professor of Nandha College

of Engineering welcomed all the participants and the

organizer for the inauguration function.

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KRT TREK:

SAEINDIA Southern Section – Madurai Division

conducted KRT TREK hosted by PSNA College of

Engineering &Technology at Kodaikanal Hills, on 21st&

22ndJanuary 2017. Dr. R. Kannan, Professor PSNA

College of Engineering & Technology welcomed the

dignitaries and the participants and others for the SAE

KRT Trek program.

Mr. T. Kasiraja, Treasurer SAEISS conducted the

Engineering Design Process for KRT trek participants.

Every participant of trek enjoyed and learned the

engineering concepts by building a jet toy. In the

process of design a jet toy they built a toy, tested its

performance, measured its accuracy and speed it can

travel with different nozzles and different weight

loads.

Mr. S. Shanmugam, Managing Director DDIPL took the

session and shared the current activities and

upcoming activities of SAEINDIA Southern Section to

the participants. Mr. S. Selvamani Consultant, product

development process and Design to Cost, reviewed

the all jet toy vehicles of the participants.

On 22nd January2017 all the participants started to

Trek on morning 5.00 AM from the hosting college.

Mr. V. Srinivasan, Chairman SAEISS - Madurai Division,

Mr. S. Selvamani, Mr. S. Shanmugam, Dr. E. Rajasekar,

Dr. R. Rajendran, Mr. T. Kasiraja, issued the

certificate to all the participants.

The day 1 Program began with the welcome address from

Host College. They gave a warm welcome to all the

participants & the Resource person, MC Member and

Champion present at the venue.

Dr. R. Kannan, Professor PSNA college of Engineering &

Technology welcomed the Resource person and MC Member

SAEISS. Mr. S. Shanmugam, Managing Director DDIPL

addressed Host College and gave brief Introduction about

SAE Trek.

Mr. V. Srinivasan, Chairman Madurai Division SAEISS, Mr. S.

Selvamani Consultant, product development process and

Design to Cost, Mr. S. Shanmugam, Managing Director

DDIPL, Dr. E. Rajasekar, Secretary SAEISS, Dr. R. Rajendran,

MC Member SAEISS, Mr. T. Kasiraja, Treasurer SAEISS and

MC members of SAEISS Madurai division thanked PSNA

college of Engineering & Technology for hosting the SAE Trek

program in their organization and presented the memento

to the Dr. R. Kannan, professor PSNA College Of Engineering

& Technology.

After the Inauguration of the Trek Program, the Session 1,

Engineering Design process was started by Mr. T. Kasiraja,

Treasure SAEISS. Mr. T. Kasiraja, Treasure SAEISS explaining

the various designs fundamentals to the participants.

Participants were divided into 5 teams and explained the

objective & purpose of the challenge, what are the

requirements & expectation from each team.

Teams planning & designing the Toy, using all the

fundamentals of Science to complete the task in the given

time. All the student participated in the program done their

testing, design in front of the Resource person. Students

took the note on all various parameters to compare the

results.

Mr. S. Selvamani Consultant, product development process

and Design to Cost, reviewed the all jet toy vehicles of the

participants. He suggested some review points to the

participants and thanked to all participants of SAE KRT trek.

On Day 2 all participants along with volunteers went for

trekking to Kodaikanal Hills. After completing the TREK

program Certificates and Parthiban Kanavu book were

distributed to the Participants after the Trek in middle of the

nature.

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KNOWLEDGE ROUND TABLE (KRT):

SAEINDIA Southern Section conducted the Knowledge Round

Table club inauguration at Malla Reddy College of

Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad on 27th January 2017.

Dr. R. Rajendran, MC Member SAEISS & Mr. T. Ponraj, KPIT

graced the function with the college dignitaries. L. Sushma,

Associate Professor introduced the faculties to the

participants. Dr. R. Rajendran also thanked him for being the

KRT Facilitator of the collegiate club.

35 of Faculty advisors and 190 student members of the

organization participated in the event. The program started

with the inauguration. Dr. R. Rajendran handed over the KRT

Club Certificate to the college dignitary and thanked them for

starting the KRT Club in their organization.

Dr. R. Rajendran delivered a lecture on SAEINDIA KRT and the

Activities of SAEINDIA Southern Section to the participants.

STUDENT KNOWLEDGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM:

Student Knowledge Improvement Program (SKIP) on topic of

“AUTOMOTIVE ENGINES” was organised by SAEINDIA

Southern Section on 04th & 05th February 2017 at SAEINDIA

Southern Section, Guindy, and Chennai. Totally 60 student

members of various institutions participated in the SKIP.

The program started with the inauguration of SKIP Program.

Mr. B. Srinivasan, MC Member SAEISS took over the

inauguration session of “AUTOMOTIVE ENGINES”. He

introduced Dr.M. Senthil kumar, Ph.D.to the participants.

Then he handed over the session to speaker.

Dr. M. Senthil kumar, Ph.D. started the program with a

brief Introduction about AUTOMOTIVE ENGINES. He

explained about fundamentals of automotive Engines

He also explained the Diesel Engines: Air Intake system,

Engine starting System, Fuel supply system, Exhaust

System, Cooling System, Lubricating system. Petrol

Engines: Introduction to Engines, Combustion Process,

Fuel supply system, Ignition system, Cooling System,

Lubricating System, Recent developments, Closure.

During the valedictory session Mr. Khader Basha, MC

Member SAEISS took over. Then he requested the

participants to say about their view regarding the program

and their feedback about it. All the participants shared

their feedback to Mr. Khader Basha and Dr. M. Senthil

Kumar.

Mr. M. Khader Basha, MC Member SAEISS distributed the

certificates to the participants and felicitated the speaker

with a memento as a token of appreciation for conducting

such a value added program to the student community

and making the event a grand success.

AWIM MASTER TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM:

AWIM (A World In Motion) Master Teachers Training

program was conducted successfully on 8th &9th February

2017 at Crescent School, Chennai - 48.The training was

focused on jet-toy activities of AWIM curriculum. There

were overall participations of 16 no each day.

On 8th Feb Dr. D. Murugannadam, AWIM MC Champion

welcomed all participants. It was followed by introduction

of all individuals.

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STUDENT KNOWLEDGE IMPROVEMENT

PROGRAM:

Student Knowledge Improvement Program (SKIP) on

topic of “Finite Element Analysis” was organised by

SAEINDIA Southern Section on 18th &19th February

2017 at SAEINDIA Southern Section, Guindy, and

Chennai.

The program started with the inauguration of SKIP

Program. Mr. Aiyappan Ramamoorthy, MC Member

SAEISS took over the inauguration session of “Finite

Element Analysis”. He introduced Dr. S. Shankar,

Ph.D.to the participants. He explained the speaker‘s

vast experience in the field. Then he handed over the

session to speaker.

Dr. S. Shankar, Ph.D. started the program with a brief

Introduction about Finite Element Analysis (FEA). He

explained about fundamentals of automotive Engines.

During the valedictory session Dr. D. Muruganandam,

MC Member SAEISS requested the participants to say

about their view regarding the program and their

feedback about it. All the participants shared their

feedback to Dr. D. Muruganandam and Dr. S. Shankar.

Dr. D. Muruganandam, MC Member SAEISS & Mr. B.

Senthil kumar, Event Champion presented the memento

to Speaker as the token of appreciation.

Dr. D. Muruganandam, MC Member SAEISS & Dr. S.

Shankar, Speaker and Mr. B. Senthil kumar, Event

Champion distributed the certificate to the participants.

Mr. C. Shanmugam, AWIM Trainer &Mr. D. Raguraman, AWIM

Event champion thanked Crescent School, Chennai for hosting

the Master Teacher Training Program - II in their organization

and presented a memento to the Mr. S. Yoosuf, Principal at

Crescent School.

Mr. C. Shanmugam, AWIM Trainer & Mr. D. Raguraman, Event

champion presented the Jet-toy activities and he demonstrated

the building of chassis and Jet-toy. After Initial demonstration,

there were seven teams for the event. The teams were asked to

test their chassis on a ramp with specified gradient to check the

directional stability of the Jet-toy and were asked to install the

balloon later on, to complete the jet-toy.

The teams were provided with charts to prepare the

presentations with theme for their Jet-toy. They were also rated

aesthetic round. Each team tested their jet-toy on the

corresponding tracks for Distance, Weight, Speed, Extended time

travel & Accuracy. The results for the same were noted by the

corresponding teams.

Mr. C. Shanmugam, AWIM Trainer& Dr. D. Murugannadam,

AWIM MC Champion were briefly explained how to solve the

problems in the jet toy vehicle to participants and shared his

experience and gave some expert tips for training their students.

Dr. R. Rajendran, MC Member SAEISS came for the valediction

on 9th November 2016. He reviewed the each teams Jet-toys on

the tracks and also their presentations. And also he gave some

improvement tips for teams.

Mr. C. Shanmugam AWIM Trainer & Mr. D. Raguraman, Even

champion and Mr. Mr. S. Yoosuf, Principal at Crescent School,

Chennai, distributed the certificates to all Master Teacher

Training Program participants.

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CHENNAI DIVISION LECTURE MEETING:

SAEINDIA Southern Section Chennai Division organized Lecture

Meeting program on ‘‘Design and Applications of High Contact

Ratio Gears” on 11th February 2017, Saturday at AIEMA,

Chennai. The Speaker was Mr. R. Ramesh Kumar. Scientist E,

CVRDE, Chennai.

Mr. M. Khader Basha, Additional Director, CVRDE, Chennai

Divisional Chairman welcomed all the participants of the

lecture meeting. Mr. K. Ganapathy Subramanian, DGM,

Marketing, M/s Simpson & Co Ltd., Chennai welcomed and

introduced speaker to the participants and handed over the

session for his lecture.

Mr. R. Ramesh Kumar started his lecture by explaining the topic

of the day Design and Application of High Contact Ratio Gears.

The main problems in gear design have changed over time.

Previously size, inter changeability, strength, and efficiency

were the principal concerns in the gear design process. The

development of high performance mechanical drives with

reduced noise presented a generic problem in the power

transmission market, and especially in the various gearing

fields.

High contact ratio can be achieved by different ways namely

increasing the number of teeth, lowering the pressure angle,

increasing the addendum factor. He has also shown the case

study wherein in CVRDE high speed gear box as well as high

torque gear assembly units were developed using HCR gear

concept and successfully test validated.

Mr. K. Ganapathy Subramanian, Treasurer SAEISS Chennai

Division delivered the vote of thanks. Mr. V. Ramakrishnan

presented the memento to Mr. R. Ramesh Kumar as the token

of gratitude.

AUTOMOTIVE STUDENT ORIENTATION

PROGRAM (aSOP):

SAEINDIA Southern Section conducted the aSOP

Module I (Reverse Engineering) program at B. S. Abdur

Rahman University on 17th February 2017. Lead

Faculty for the program was Mr. G. Rajesh and Course

Faculty was Mr. S. Shanmugam, Design Desk India P

Ltd.

Students where taught on Reverse Engineering Basics.

It is the Module 1 Physical Connection of Reverse

Engineering Basics. The students where thought on

following.

• Concept of Reverse Engineering was introduced to

the students.

• Students learnt the six steps in Reverse Engineering.

• Reverse engineering was understood by the students

with a practical example of reverse

Engineering a real time product of Hair Dryer.

• Students have taken up a project of reverse

engineering a Stapler.

At the end of the day Students clearly understood the

concept of Reverse Engineering and were confident to

reverse engineer the product.

MWC DIVISION LECTURE MEETING:

Lecture Meeting on ‘‘New Automotive QMS Standard

IATF 16949 – Key Requirements and

Challenges” was organized by SAEINDIA Southern

Section Mahindra World City Division on 28th

February 2017, Tuesday at Down Town, Mahindra

World City.

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Mr. Rajavelan Manickam, Manager, M/s. American Axles India

Private Limited. Mr. Pradeep C, Chairman SAEISS MWC

Division, welcomed the speaker and the participants to the

lecture meeting. He invited the speaker for his auspicious

lecture meeting.

Mr. Rajavelan Manickam, started his lecture on the topic “New

Automotive QMS Standard IATF 16949 – Key Requirements

and Challenges” which will be the key factor in automobile

user expectation from industry. He impressed the participants

with his exemplary talks about the New Automotive QMS

Standard IATF 16949 – Key Requirements and Challenges

which can be implemented the quality and supply

management .All the participants were very much interested

to interact with him.

IATF 16949 replaces ISO/TS 16949, which was jointly

developed by the IATF and the ISO in 1999. Because ISO/TS

16949 has been widely adopted by automotive manufacturers

and suppliers, certification to IATF 16949 is expected to be a

procurement requirement for most manufacturers, thereby

creating a certification mandate for automotive suppliers

throughout the supply chain.

Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Secretary, SAEISS MWC Division

thanked the Speaker for his Eye Opening Talk & Participant’s

Involvement. He invited Mr. K. N. Balaji consultant RNTBCI,

Mr. Aiyyappan Ramamoorthy, technical Director, SIEMENS and

Mr. C. Pradeep, SAEISS MWC Divisional Chairman to present

the memento to the speaker.

Mr. Baskarasethupathy, SAEISS MWC Division treasurer

thanked all for making this session a Wonderful One.

KNOWLEDGE ROUND TABLE (KRT):

SAEINDIA Southern Section conducted the Knowledge Round

Table club inauguration at Narasimma Reddy Engineering

College, Secunderabad, Telangana on 03rd March 2017. Dr. R.

Rajendran, MC Member SAEISS graced the function with the

college dignitaries. The program was started with the

inauguration function of KRT Club in the institution. Dr. R.

Rajendran thanked the institution for hosting the event and

starting the KRT Club in their institution. He also thanked M.

Venkateshwar Reddy, Associate Professor for being the KRT

Facilitator in the institution.

23 numbers of Faculty advisors and 90 student members

of the organization participated in the event. The

program started with the inauguration function. Dr. R.

Rajendran handed over the KRT Club Certificate to the

college dignitary. He then delivered a lecture on

SAEINDIA KRT and the Activities of SAEINDIA Southern

Section to the participants.

KNOWLEDGE ROUND TABLE (KRT):

SAEINDIA Southern Section conducted the KRT club

inauguration at Vivekananda Institute of Technology &

Science, Karimnagar, Telangana on 04th March 2017. Dr.

R. Rajendran, MC Member SAEISS graced the function

with the college dignitaries. The program was started

with the inauguration function of KRT Club in the

institution.

18 no’s of Faculty advisors and 80 student members of

the organization participated in the event. The program

started with the inauguration function. Dr. R. Rajendran

handed over the KRT Club Certificate to the college

dignitary. He then delivered a lecture on SAEINDIA KRT

and the Activities of SAEINDIA Southern Section to the

participants.

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STUDENT KNOWLEDGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM:

Student Knowledge Improvement Program (SKIP) on topic of

“Automotive Engines & Alternative Fuels” was organised by

SAEINDIA Southern Section on 18th & 19th March 2017 at

SAEINDIA Southern Section, Guindy, and Chennai.

The program started with the inauguration of SKIP Program.

Mr. T. Kasiraja, treasurer SAEISS took over the inauguration

session of “Automotive Engines & Alternative Fuels”. He

introduced Dr. E. Rajasekar, ME, Ph.D. to the participants that

he is the Secretary of SAEISS. He explained the speaker is

having vast experience in the field. Then he handed over the

session to speaker.

Dr. E. Rajasekar started the program with a brief Introduction

about Automotive Engines & Alternative Fuels. He explained

about fundamentals of IC Engines & Alternative Fuels. Speaker

covered the various titles like Combustion in CI and SI Engines,

Combustion Modelling, Knock and detonation, Emission

Reduction Technologies, Current trends in Engines like HCCI

Engines, LBE Engines, VCR Engines, Free piston Engines,

Stratified Charge CI Engines, Dual fuel Engines, Bi-fuel Engines

etc., He explained the possibilities of using alternative fuels like

Hydrogen, LPG, CNG, LNG, Alcohols, Vegetable Oils, Biodiesel

and Fuel cells. Finally he explained about the various Engine

Sensors and Electronic Engine Management System.

During the valedictory session Mr. Aiyappan Ramamoorthy,

MC Member SAEISS, requested the participants to give

feedback about the course. All the participants shared their

feedback to Mr. Aiyappan Ramamoorthy and Dr. E. Rajasekar.

Mr. Aiyappan Ramamoorthy, presented a memento to the

Speaker as a token of appreciation. He and Dr. E. Rajasekar

distributed the certificate to the participants.

TOPTECH:

Toptech program on ‘‘Engine Design and Development

on Modern days” was organized by SAEINDIA Southern

Section on 18th & 19th March 2017, Saturday& Sunday

at Hotel Lemon Tree, Chennai.

Speaker of the session was Mr. S. Krishnan, Vice President,

Ashok Leyland and his Research Team (7 Members). Mr.

C. Pradeep, DGM, M & M, MC SAEISS, welcomed all the

participants and the speaker on behalf of SAEISS. He then

introduced the speaker to participants and handed over

the session to Mr. S. Krishnan.

Mr. S. Krishnan started the session with the basic in the

Engine Design and Development on Modern days. Later he

explained them in-depth. Mr. Ganesh Prasad explained

about the design validation plan of the component. Mr.

Sundaram explained about turbocharger, how its work,

what the methods and technologies in turbocharger to

meet the upcoming engine technologies. Mr. Sunil Kumar

and Mr. Saravana venkatesh explained the combustion in

engines, 1D Thermodynamics and CFD simulation.

Mr. V. Manoj kumar explained about the Emission

measurement of engines and how to meet the upcoming

emission norms. Mr. M. Sathyanandhan explained about

reducing the fuel consumption by using electronic controls

and increasing the fuel efficiency. Mr. G. Senthil kumar

explained about the alternate fuels and finally Mr.

Manikandan explained about Engine assembly and

dismantling with proper tool usage.

Mr. B. Srinivasan MC Member SAEISS on valedictory

session thanked the participants. He also thanked the

speaker for his knowledge sharing and presented with the

memento and issued the certificates to the participants.

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MANOVEGAM VIRTUALS 2017:

SAEINDIA, Bengaluru section conducts various competitions /

activities for students to encourage them to develop a

passion for the mobility industry and gives opportunities to

challenge their inherent ability to gain a substantial real life

experience. In this context, Bengaluru section has launched

an aero design competition called “MANOVEGAM”.

“MANOVEGAM has two different categories viz,

1. Regular Class - To gain the fundamental understanding

of flight and

2. Micro Class - To engage in two conflicting requirements

namely,

• Carrying the highest payload fraction possible and

• Simultaneously pursuing the lowest empty weight.

The virtual round was held on 11/3/2017 at Siddaganga

Institute of Technology, Tumakuru. The event was

inaugurated by Mr.S. Damodaran, Convener – MANOVEGAM

by auspicious way of lamp lighting. Professionals from various

aero companies in and around nearby areas participated as

jury members to judge the presentations of the student

participants.

There were around 30 teams from various colleges of not only

from Karnataka state but from other parts of India have

enrolled for the competition and showcased their design to

the Juries on that day.

The final flight round will be held on 14th and 15th of April

2017 at the same venue.

AERO AWARENESS PROGRAM AT SIT:

An awareness program for the students of Siddaganga

Institute of Technology (SIT), Tumakuru, a renowned

college in Karnataka, was held on 19/1/2017.

The final event will be held on 14th and 15th of April

2017 at Siddaganga Institute of Technology. Nearly 230

students from branches not only from Mechanical, but

also, from Electronics, Electrical and Information

Science participated in the awareness program.

Students were very enthusiastic and were keen in

getting registered for the competition.

Mr. Munirathnam Javaji, Chairman, SAEIBS,

Mr.Krishnan.R, MC member, SAEIBS, Mr.Dinesh

Manoharan, Executive council member who is driving

the “Manovegam” event, Mr.Satykanth.T and

Mr.Shahsanth Singh.J.P interns for the section who are

Incharge of the event participated in the program.

The program started with the lighting the lamp by the

dignitaries. Mr. Munirathnam .J, Mr.Krishnan.R and

Mr.Dinesh Manoharan addressed the students and

explained the current trends in aerospace industry and

also briefed about the “Manovegam” competition.

Dr.Umashankar, HOD, Mechanical Dept., SIT and

Prof.Lohit, shared their experience about the benefits

of becoming SAEINDIA member and ensured that from

the coming academic year, SAEINDIA membership will

be made compulsory for all the newly enrolling

students of the college.

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AERO AWARENESS PROGRAM AT CHRIST UNIVERSITY:

An awareness program for the students of Christ University

was held on 27/1/2017. Awareness was regarding the

“Manovegam” an aero design students’ competition launched

by Bengaluru section, which will be held on 14th and 15th of

April, 2017 at Siddaganga Institute of Technology.

Students were very enthusiastic and were keen in getting

registered for the competition. Mr. Munirathnam Javaji,

Chairman, SAEIBS addressed the students and briefed them

about the latest trend in aerospace industry.

Mr.Venkata Krishna. Mr.Rakesh.D.R, Mr.Satykanth.T and

Mr.Shahsanth Singh.J.P interns for the section participated in

the program and briefed the technical aspects and the

guidelines of the “Manovegam” to the students. Also, the

students were briefed about the SAEINDIA and benefits of

becoming its member.

AEROSPACE SEMINAR:

“Aerospace- then, now and future” was held on 13/2/2017 at

Fortune Select JP Cosmos Hotel, Cunningham Crescent road,

Bengaluru.

The event started by an welcome address by Mr.

Munirathnam Javaji, Chairman, SAEINDIA, Bengaluru section

and vice chair, SAEINDIA, Aerospace board followed by the

lighting of lamp by the dignitaries.

The inaugural address was given by Mr. David Bradely,

Executive Director, Assystem SA. An overview of

SAEINDIA, Aerospace board was given by Mr.

Damodaran Subramanian, Sr.VP, Safran Engineering. This

was followed by a talk on ‘Innovation in Aircraft Systems

Integration’ was delivered by MS. Karla Wallace,

Executive Director, Central Engineering, UTC Aerospace

Systems.

A panel discussion on ‘Aerospace and defence – then,

now and future’ was held at the event. The discussion

was moderated by Mr. Ravi Nuguri, Chief Delivery

Officer, L&T Technology services.

The participants were Mr. Mikael Erdos, Head Of

Engineering, Airbus India, Mr.Ashok Baweja, Head, Quest

Global, Defence , Engineering services Pvt.Ltd.,,

Mr.MichaelJones, APAC Business Director, Eaton, Mr.

Pawan Kumar ,MD, Altair Engineering.

After the lunch break, ‘ Industry 4.0 for Aerospace

Industry’ was spoken by Mr.Sundaresh Shankaran,

Associate vice president and Head of core Engineering ,

Infosys.

The event was summed up by Dr. Bala Bharadwaj, Sr.vice

President and Chair, SAEINDIA Aerospace board.

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TECH TALK:

On 11/2/2017, a technical talk on “Automotive trends,

policies in India, IC Engine trends & Challenges, Future

Propulsion Technologies” was conducted at Siddaganga

Institute of Technology by Mr. Ravi Babu Navuluri, Assistant

Chief Engineer, Small Diesel Engines, from General Motors

Technical Centre, Bengaluru.

The session drew more interest and enthusiasm from the

students since it was a live demo of an IC engine. The session

not only just demonstrated the engine , but also the engine

was tear down live, one of its kind approach to bring the

professional and students closer in the collegiate club

activities.

MEMEBERSHIP DRIVE:

A membership drive at Acharya Institute OF Technology was

held on 7/3/2017. Mr.Purushotham.S.Joshi, briefed about

SAEINDIA, benefits of becoming its member and student

competitions held by SAEINDIA to the students and

addressed the students’ doubts.

TECH TALK:

A tech talk on ‘Applications of aerospace technologies

in Auto Industry’ was organized at General Motors

Technical Center India, Whitefield, Bengaluru.

Speaker for the day was Mr. Damodaran Subramanian,

Vice President, Safran Engineering Services and his

team members as Mr. Aby Alexander Vaidyan, Mr.

Mahesh Madhavan Nair, Mr. Saravana Kumar

Rajasekaran and Mr. Rajesh Shahapur.

The talk covered the topics such as,

1. Introducing the Latest technological trends

currently been followed in the Aero industry

which can be horizontally deployed in the Auto

industry.

2. Application of Lightweight materials in aero

industry & its manufacturing process.

Possibility of using the lightweight materials

used in Aero industry in Auto sector

3. Virtual Testing & validation methods used in

aero industry

4. Advanced software used in Aero industry which

can be used in auto industry

5. Safety aspects considered in aero industry

while designing

6. How Auto pilot technology is diffident then

autonomous driving?

7. Quality requirements for designed parts for

auto Industry College.

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TECH TALK:

A technical talk on ‘Power trains was conducted at Dayanand

Sagar College of engineering on 13/3/2017. Mr.Sheril

Verghese, senior manager, power train engine systems,

Continental Automotive components (India) Pvt.ltd.

delivered the talk.

Prof. Shekar of the college received the speaker and

welcomed to the session. The talk was well received by the

students and the college expressed to have more such

sessions in future.

MC MEETING - SAEIBS:

GMTCI hosted the MC meeting of SAEIBS on 11/3/2017.

Prior to the MC meeting, GM team lead by Dr.Vijayakanthan

Damodaran, also a MC member of the section, presented a

frame work of a 4 wheeler hybrid vehicle competition for

students to be launched by SAEIBS in association with GM.

The MC of the section agreed to take the program forward

and if possible, to unveil during the FISITA conference -2018.

Later, the brochure of the ‘EGA- Electrifying Green

Aspiration’ a 2 wheeler competition was unveiled by Mr.

Brain McMurray, VP, Engineering & Operations, General

Motors Technical Centre India, where, competition ‘EGA’ has

been launched by the Bengaluru section for the students in

association with TVS Motors.

Guests from companies like ASM Technologies, XTRA

Reinforced plastics Pvt.Ltd. TVS Motors, Continental

Automotive Components were also present on the occasion.

WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS - SAEIBS:

Mr. Munirathnam Javaji, Chairman of SAEIBS was a part of a

panel discussion for the women’s day celebration at GMTCI

on 8/3/2017.

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AWIM ORIENTATION PROGRAM:

Last 10 years we have been conducting AWIM events

successfully covering 5th & 6th standard students. Recently

the AWIM activity has been spread to Solapur, Ahmedabad,

Talegaon and Thane. This year we wish to extend this activity

to more schools in Gujarat, including Kutch.

In this initiative we had conducted presentation on AWIM

activity at Shree Vidyanagar Primary School, Ahmedabad on

1st Feb 2017 & 3rd Feb in Army Public School, Bhuj. Dr. K.C.

Vora Chairman of SAEIWS explained about AWIM to school

teachers and principals.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE:

Membership Drive was organized for the employees of

Mercedes Benz. Mr. Prakash Sardesai, Mr. M. K. Chaudhari,

Mr. Ramesh Pasarija and Mr. Sagar Murugkar were also

present along with 90 participants.

EMINENT SPEAKER SERIES LECTURE:

Eminent Speaker Series Lecture by Mrs. Rashmi

Urdhwareshe was held at IET DAVV Indore on the

topic of “Building Professional Career for Women

Engineers”. There were around 40 participants in this

lecture.

TWO DAY WORKSHOP:

Two Day Workshop on “Latest Trends in Sustainable

Automotive Technology” was jointly organized by

ARAI, NATRiP and SAEINDIA Indore Division on 20th

and 21st February 2017 at Institute of Engineering and

Technology, DAVV, Indore.

The program witnessed participation from engineers,

students and faculties from various engineering

disciplines. There were 27 participants with 7 speakers

from the Industry for the workshop.

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Mr. Ramesh Pasarija welcomed all the participants. Mr. K.

Venkataraj introduced speakers and welcomed them for

the workshop. Following were the speakers for the

workshop: Mr. Sachin Agrawal, VP – PD at V E Commercial

Vehicles; Mr. Vikas Manjrekar, Exe.VP, AVTEC; Dr. N.

Karuppaiah, AD, NATRiP; Dr. K. C. Vora, Chairman, SAEIWS;

Mr. Sanjay Tiwari, Head – Cabin and Adv. Engg, V E

Commercial Vehicles; Mr. Thangaraj Mathuraiveeran, Engg.

Manager at Cummins Emission Solutions (CES) and Mr.

Ramesh Pasarija, Dy. Director, SAEIWS.

The Topics covered under this workshop were as follows:

Trends in Engine Emission Control Technology

Indian Emission Regulations

Trends in K & C Vehicle Dynamics & Validation on

Test Tracks.

Engine Design & Development

Trends in Powertrain Technology

Trends in Two Wheeler Technology

Trends in Commercial Vehicle Technology

The background and objective of this workshop was the use

of automobiles for personal & goods transport is inevitable

for the Mobility. Much of the automotive industry’s focus

on improving its sustainability performance has been

through technical innovation in low emission vehicles,

powertrain technologies, turbocharging, after treatment

devices, testing & validation. Vehicle dynamics & stability

and its validation on test tracks will also be elucidated in

this workshop.

The topical focus lies on latest advances in two wheelers,

cars, commercial vehicles & Off Highway Applications. A

holistic understanding of the different technology options

and methods for design, system integration and verification

will drive the market introduction of new sustainable

mobility solutions.

Mr. Shreekant Geete felicitated all the speakers with a

memento as a token of appreciation later on.

ONE DAY WORKSHOP:

One Day Workshop on “Current State of the Art -

Random Response and Fatigue Technology” was jointly

organized by ARAI, CAEfatigue and SAEINDIA Western

Section on 27th February 2017 at ARAI, Kothrud, Pune. It

witnessed participation from engineers, and students

and faculty in the discipline of engineering. There were

24 participants in this workshop. Speaker for the

workshop was Dr. Neil Bishop of CAEfatigue Limited.

The background and objective of this workshop is of

Frequency domain technology for the analysis for

vibration response, fatigue analysis and loads processing

has developed at a slow pace during the last 40 years.

These new methods will fundamentally change the way

analysis and design is done in many industries

(automotive, aerospace, defence, ground vehicle, etc.).

Taken together, these new methods represent a

breakthrough in dynamic analysis, which makes the

frequency domain more practical (for both random

response and fatigue).

This workshop highlighted the key topics where

significant new tools have been created. For each topic

the background technical advancement was set out

followed by a practical CAE based examples. The

following topics were covered viz;

• Base Shake with Superimposed Sine Sweep in

Frequency Domain.

• Simultaneous Sines Plus Random in Time Domain.

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• Multi Input Frequency Domain Strain-Life Fatigue.

• Non-linear Response using Linear Random Data.

• Semi-Automatic Loads Conditioning from Road Load

Data.

• Random Response, XY Output, and Collision Detection.

• Seam Weld Fatigue Caused by Random Loading.

• Defining Surrogate (and Accelerated) Loads from Road

Load Data.

• Software Solvers usage such as Nastran, Abaqus,

Optistruct, Ansys, CAEfatigue VIBRATION

• Introduction to Frequency Based FE Fatigue & Dynamics

Topics (Transfer Functions)

• What is PSD & Fatigue from PSDs.

The workshop was very interactive and was well appreciated

by participants. Mr. Ramesh S. Pasarija felicitated the Dr. Neil

Bishop with a memento as a token of appreciation.

ONE DAY WORKSHOP:

One Day Workshop on “Off Highway Machinery – Standards

& Regulations” was jointly organized by ARAI and SAEIWS on

20th March 2017 at ARAI, Kothrud, Pune witnessing 17

participants as students and engineers. Speakers for the

workshop were Mr. Krishnat Patil & Mr. Karthik Kaliappan

from John Deere.

The background and objective of this workshop is to

provide a deep dive learning on global regulations and

standards which are followed by the off-highway

industry across globe.

Today Indian Off-highway industry is above 2 Billion USD

which is more than 60,000 machineries per annum.

There has been significant increase in infrastructure

development, road development and mining sectors

across country. Due to continuous change in global

norms, technology advancement, safety, environmental

& emission control the standards and regulations related

to off-highway industry products are changing at much

faster pace than ever.

This workshop highlighted the standards in Off-highway

machinery. In this workshop following topics were

covered:

• Around 100 plus Indian & Global Standards were

covered briefly.

• Current and Future Emission regulations for Off-

Highway sector of various countries.

• Machineries like Backhoe Loader, Wheel Loader,

Skid Steer Loader, Excavator, Dozer, Motor

Grader and Roller were covered.

• Test methods relating to safety, machine

performance, ergonomics and general

requirements.

• Terminology, commercial nomenclature,

classification and ratings.

The workshop was very interactive and was well

appreciated by participants. Mr. M. K. Chaudhari,

Governing Board Members of SAEIWS felicitated the Mr.

Krishnat Patil and Dr. Sudhir K. Gupte Governing Board

Members of SAEIWS felicitated Mr. Karthik Kaliappan

with a memento as a token of appreciation.

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Supported by

K.Venkatraj,

Deputy Director General, SAEINDIA.

D. Seshadhri,

Executive Director, SAEINDIA

Created by

R.Srinivasa Raghavan,

Dy.Manager– Projects, SAEINDIA