OUR WORK
INTRODUCTION
As we are all aware of, India is steadily gearing up to be a Developed Nation by 2020 towards which Science and Technology are major pillars of the society. Technological developments are taking place at a revolutionary pace. Towards this endeavor, quality Engineering education compiled with the research institute and industrial participation are the vital elements for meaningful growth of young engineering community.
Research and Development Cell in Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology aims to cultivate research culture in the College by promoting research in newly emerging and challenging areas of Engineering, Technology, Science and Humanities. It encourages the students and faculty to undertake the research in newly emerging frontier areas of Engineering, Technology, Science and Humanities including multidisciplinary fields. This enhances the general research capability of budding technocrats by way of participating in conferences, seminars, workshops, project competition, etc.
AIM
- To promote research and Research Projects including Multidisciplinary departments
- To enhance the Research Papers Publication / Presentation in referred journals and conferences
- To develop Institute- R&D Organization- Industry Collaboration
OBJECTIVE
- To create awareness and opportunities in Research and Development among the students & faculty and to create Research and Development atmosphere in every department
- To create interest and atmosphere among the staff members to take up Research projects and improve their knowledge, skills and qualifications by registering Ph. D’s
- To motivate the faculty members of the group for R&D activities in the area of their specialization
- To encourage staff members and students to publish technical papers for publishing in National and reputed International Conferences/Journals
- To encourage faculty members of all the disciplines in engineering/science /humanities in R&D activities for their professional growth
- To assist the students to apply funding for conducting research under student project scheme to various funding agencies like TNSCST, IEI (I), DRDO, etc.
- To assist for applying and getting funds for conducting Seminar/Workshop/FDP from various available funding agencies
- To facilitate the growth of research activity among the activity, including developing mechanisms and targets to achieve this
- To facilitate the growth of research activity among the activity, including developing mechanisms and targets to achieve this
- To develop and coordinate strategies for maximizing the faculty’s success in gaining external research funding
- To maintain and disseminate current information about relevant research policy areas and initiatives in government, in the professions and in relevant industries, including external funding opportunities
- To develop strategies to foster research collaborations within the faculty, across faculty and institutes, and with agencies outside the college
- To work with various departments to establish and develop faculty research priorities on interdisciplinary areas
- To interact with industry, government, professions and the wider community on all research matters promote faculty research activities to external stakeholders
- To interact with industry, government, professions and the wider community on all research matters promote faculty research activities to external stakeholders
- To encourage development of activities to attract the best research higher degree students
- To maintain effective links with government departments, authorities, business, and commerce and industry organizations relevant to the college research activities.
R & D RESOURSES
- Qualified and experienced members of faculty
- Laboratories with updated research oriented facilities
- Both internal and external funding for conducting research and organizing workshop/seminar/conference from various agencies.
R & D INITIATIVES
INITIATIVE FOR STUDENTS
- Students are encouraged to participate in workshops, seminars, paper presentation and project competitions.
- They are motivated to undertake both in house and industry based projects.
- Guest lectures, workshops and industrial visits are regularly arranged to focus on thrust areas.
- Financial assistance is provided for publishing and presenting the paper in a peer reviewed journal and conference.
- Financial assistance for developing the experimental setups for the innovative/socially relevant project work.
- Students are encouraged to submit research proposal under student project scheme to external funding agencies on the topic of their project work.
INITIATIVE FOR FACULTY
- Financial assistance in terms of registration fees, TA/DA, etc for participation in National & International conferences (India and Abroad), Workshops, Seminars, FDP, etc.
- Faculty members are sponsored for pursuing higher studies.
- Incentives for publishing papers in refereed impact factor journals.
- Incentive to faculty for receiving research grant from external funding agencies of Government of India.
- Faculty members are encouraged for interacting with the outside world such as chairing technical session/invitation as keynote speaker in National/International Conferences, Seminar, Workshop and Guest lecture
- Management extends full supports for the fund required for procuring facilities to do the research.
RESEARCH FACILITIES
- Details of Faculty Pursuing Ph.D.
- Details of Paper Published by Faculty in national/international journals
- Details of Paper Presented by Faculty in national/international Conferences
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN DEPARTMENTS
- Funded Projects
- Students Projects
- Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/FDP/Summer/Winter Schools Organized
WORKSHOP/CONFERENCE/SEMINAR/FDP ORGANIZED
- R & D Cell organized National Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Technology (NCRTET-2013) 2013 on 1st April 2013.
- R & D Cell organized one day workshop on research methodology on 15th November 2012.
- R & D Cell organized Intra College Conference on Emerging Trends in Science, Engineering and Technology (CETSET-2013) 2012 on 14th November 2012.
FUNDING RECEIVED
- Dr.P.Balamurugan, Principal, Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology received Rs. 50,000/- from Ministry New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) to conduct three days National level workshop on “Recent Trends in Hybrid and Renewable Energy Systems” during May 2013
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology received Rs.1,49,830/- from Ministry New & Renewable Energy(MNRE) to conduct Ten days ISTE Workshop on “Engineering Thermodynamics” during Dec 2012.
- Department of Computer Science Engineering, Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology received Rs.1,98,700/- from Ministry New & Renewable Energy(MNRE)to conduct ten days ISTE Workshop on “Database Management System” during APR2013
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology received Rs.1,22,200/- from Ministry New & Renewable Energy(MNRE)to conduct ten days Workshop on “Analog Electronics” during MAY2013.
- BE students (CSE) received Rs. 10,000/- from Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology for their project titled “Design of a robotic hand for paralyzed using a brain computer interface” during May 2013
