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Center of Excellence in High Performance Computing

  • About CoE: Centers of Excellence offer access to innovation and expertise in high performance computing. By offering specialized training in computational science, it will address the skill gap for increased adoption of advanced HPC in industry and academia.
  • Domains under CoE: 1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning  (Coordinator Dr. G. G. Chiddarwar). 2. Cyber Security (Coordinator Dr. S. M. Chaudhari)
  • Objectives: To organize the training and workshops addressing recent trends in industry 1.Train-the-trainer program to update the skill set of faculties 2.MOU signing with reputed industry and government entities 3.To promote Joint Certifications. 4.To organize Hackathon & competitions to explore the capabilities of students 5.To develop joint research projects addressing recent market problems
Industry Connect
Sr. No Name of industry Details of collaboration
1 Google Training for students and faculty
2 IBM
3 TCS
4 SoftTech Data Securities
5 Newton Software Pvt. Ltd Consultancy project
6 Cyber Secured India Internship and training for students
MOUs under COE
Sr. No Name of industry Date of MOU Duration
1 Snapper Future Tech  Pvt. Ltd 28/07/2022 2 Years
2 Thought River Edu group 31/01/2023 1 Year
3 India Forensic Consultancy Services 04/02/2023 2 Years
4 Cyber Secured India 13/07/2023 2 Year
Hardware Specification:
NVIDIA Education GPU Center
  • CoE contain Super Micro Workstation with 2.1 GHZ, 2 processors with 16 cores, 128 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD and 2 GPU slots with 3 GPU cards as: 1.Tesla K40 (for HPC, Data Science, Machine Learning Programming) 2.Two Titan X (Gaming and Animation)
  • New AIML lab with NVIDIA A100  GPU with 40 workers and NVIDIA SDK
Activities Conducted under CoE:
Sr. No Date Details of activities
<table AY 2023-24107-07-2023Docker Container and Parallelization210-7-2023AI/ML Workshop313-07-2023MOU with Cyber Secured India428-07-2023NVIDIA GPU Workshop526-09-2023 Guest session on “Digital Forensics Investigation with Live Case Studies” by Mr. Nikhil Mahadeshwar, Founder, Cyber Secured India AY 2022-23120/09/2022NVIDIA GTC KEYNOTE SCREENING25/10/2022Consultancy from Newton Software private Limited under C.O.D.E325/11/2022Industrial Visit ,’Newton Software Private Limited’4June 22 to April 23BE students project ongoing under CoE5March 29, 2023 Intel(R) Unnati Ignite Exclusive: Webinar on Basics of Probability Theory and Application to Generative Modelling 6March- August 2023Intel® Unnati Industrial Training – Summer 2023

Center of Excellence in Automation & Robotics (COEA&R)

Introduction:
A center of excellence (COE) is a laboratory or shared facility that provides training/ support, provides platform for students and researchers to do their research work. Center of Excellence in Automation and Robotics in Department of Mechanical Engineering is a resource formed to serve for academicians and industry persons in the field of Automation and Robotics. The center’s aim is to create technically sophisticated manpower for automation and robotics research, including inter-disciplinary network. In addition to the research activities, COEA&R is also involved in developing technologies that can be commercially availed by the industries.
Objectives:
  • The main emphasis of the center is to design and develop intelligent and autonomous robots and automation systems to work on research problems and innovative projects that extend the state of the art in robotics and automation
  • The vision behind is to promote and encourage student activities, research projects and relevant courses related to automation and robotics
  • Embarking Research and development activities in the areas of Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation
  • Network with other agencies, institutions, national labs and industry working in the area of Robotics and automation to create facility which will be accessible to all researchers in the country
  • Setting up inter college cooperative program in which graduate students from other colleges can come and take courses and do their research projects in the facility created
  • Running summer courses of Automation and Robotics for teachers, students and industry professionals
  • Provide platform for faculty and UG Students to perceive their interest in basic and applied research and translate their innovative ideas into prototypes
Functional Team
 Sr. No. Name Designation
 1  HOD  Dr. P. S. Purandare
 2  Coordinator  Dr. P. K. Katare
 3  Member  Mr. S. N. Belsare
 4  Member  Mr. A. V. Chavan
 5  Member  Mr. G. R. Chaudhary
 6  Member  Mr. S. S. Raut
 7  Member  Mr. R. S. Yadav
Advisory Body (COEA&R)
Sr. No. Name Organization Name Designation
1. Mr. Suhas Cholkar Renishaw Metrology Systems Ltd.Pune Director
2. Mr. Jagadish Purandare KPC Ltd. Pune DGM
3. Mr. Satish Pathak Samiep Technology,Pune CEO
4. Mr.Sunil Danekar Sua Automation,Pune Director
5. Dr. S. S. Ohol COE, Pune Professor
Industry Connect
Sr. No. Name of Industry Output
1 Sofcon India Pvt Ltd Pune Hands on workshop
2 IMTMA, Pune Industrial Visit for BE Students
3 Renishaw Metrology Systems, Pune BE Project Industrial Visit multidisciplinary students
MoUs under COE
Sr. No. Name of Industry Date Remark (Duration)
1 IMTMA, Pune 08/04/2019 24 months
2 Sofcon India Pvt Ltd Pune 06/10/2017 60 months
Facilities/ Equipments Available
Sr. No. Name of Equipment Quantity
1 Printer HP LJ 1020 Plus 1
2 INTEL CORE i5 Computer System 2
3 20′ LED LG Screen 2
4 UPS APC 600VA 1
5 FIRE BOARD V2560 4
6 SPARK V ROBOT 5
7 FIRE BOARD V P89V51RD2 3
8 FIRE BOARD V LPC2148 ADAPTERCARD 5
9 ZIGBEE MODULES 100 M RANGE 10
10 ZIGBEE MODULES ADAPTER 5
11 METAL GEAR SERVO MOTORS 10
12 SERVO MOTOR BASED GRIPPER KIT FOR THE FIRE BIRD V ROBOT 2
13 SHARP GP2Y0A- 21YKOF INFRARED RANGE SENSOR (10 cm to 80) 10
Investment:
Sr. No. Name of Equipment Quantity Total Cost
1 Printer HP LJ 1020 Plus 1 7850/-
2 INTEL CORE i5 Computer System 2 50,400/-
3 20′ LED LG Screen 2 11,900/-
4 UPS APC 600VA 1 2450/-
5 FIRE BOARD V2560 4 73,107/-
6 SPARK V ROBOT 5 23,606/-
7 FIRE BOARD V P89V51RD2 3 12,924/-
8 FIRE BOARD V LPC2148 ADAPTERCARD 5 17,606/-
9 ZIGBEE MODULES 100 M RANGE 10 16,101/-
10 ZIGBEE MODULES ADAPTER 5 11,606/-
11 METAL GEAR SERVO MOTORS 10 10,611/-
12 SERVO MOTOR BASED GRIPPER KIT FOR THE FIRE BIRD V ROBOT 2 6311/-
13 SHARP GP2Y0A- 21YKOF INFRARED RANGE SENSOR (10 cm to 80) 10 8601/-
Activities Conducted:
  • Free webinars 07 nos. from Industry expertsin association with Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA), April 2020.
  • Regional Finals of the e-Yantra Ideas Competition (eYIC 2019-20)
  • Industry 4.0 workshop at Renishaw Ltd. 22 students & 03 faculty members on 27th Dec 2019.
  • Renishaw Machine Probe basic training, 13th December 2019, for Faculty Members & w/s instructors.
  • Visit to Setco India Pvt. Ltd. Pune for collaboration & Consultancy work.
  • Workshop on “ Introduction to Robotics” attended by 4 faculties at VIT Pune
  • e- Yantra Task based training complted by 4 faculties and received Class A award
B.E. Projects:
Sr. No. Academic Year Name of Project Student connected Remark
1 2019-20 Design and manufacturing of fire fighting robot Atharva Kulkarni Completed
2 2019-20 Design and modeling of wall climbing robot Saurabh Makar Completed
3 2019-20 Enhancement in Design and Development of Compact 3D Printer     2-  Delta Type Jatin Saigal Completed
4 2018-19 Design, Development and Testing of Six Axis Robotic Arm Ishwar Shinde Completed
5 2017-18 Design and Development of Compact 3D Printer 2-  Delta Type Rohan Gaikwad Completed

Center of Excellence in Advanced embedded Systems and Signal Processing

Vision : To serve industry and society through Advanced Embedded Systems & Signal Processing
Mission :
–  Fostering excellence through Strategic Industry Collaborations. –  Empowering Future through Cutting-Edge Research ,Innovation and education. –  Catering the needs of society and industry through excellence in Advanced Embedded Systems and Signal Processing.
Objectives:
    1. To facilitate projects in Advanced Embedded Systems & Signal Processing
    2. To promote projects particularly relevant to the upcoming IoT domain
    3. To train students in various tracks of Advanced Embedded Systems & Signal Processing
    4. To enhance employability of students through effective Industry Institute Interaction
    5. To serve industry & community in realizing the Smart City Dream
    6. To encourage Research Publications, Patents/IP
Activities:
      • Sponsored Projects
      • Product Development
      • Prototype Development
      • Consultancy
      • Skill Development
      • Research and Patents
      • Project Competitions
Collaborations:
      • B&R Automation
      • Whizkey Pvt. Ltd. LLP
      • Linked Loops
      • Epitage
      • Mathworks
      • TMCS
      • Brose
      • Digitech
      • Texas Instruments
Associated Professional Chapters and Clubs:
      • Robocon
      • RC Club
      • eYantra, IIT, Bombay
Hardware Facilities:
Raspberrypi,ESP8266, STM 32 Boards Boards,TM4C123,Portena H7 Boards,Teensy Dev. Boards, Arduino Boards, 24 lead EEG Machine,3 Lead EMG Machine,4 channel ECG Machine, DIY Robotic Kits (B&R)
Software Facilities:
MATLAB, Proteus,MPLAB,Keil, CCS, Cadence
Activities Conducted Under CoE
Details of Skill Development Programs:
Sr. No. Course Name Class Trainer Associated Industry Students Benefited
1 Process Mining Fundamentals TE, BE Mr. V. B. Deokamble Celonis Germany 18
2 HFSS workshop on Antenna Design TE, BE Ms. R.R. Malekar Ms. H. N. Burande ISTC Pvt Ltd 20
3 Aptitude: Qualitative and Quantitative BE Dr. N. N. Thune Ms. R.R. Malekar Friends Union for Energizing Lives 150
4 Essential of Mathematics for DS and ML SE, TE & BE Dr. N. N. Thune Dr. A. B. Kanwade Bharat Soft 13
5 Embedded and VLSI TE, BE Ms. M.R. Pangaonkar Ms. H. N. Burande Athena Automation Ongoing
6 Robotics & Automation SE, TE & BE Dr. N. N. Thune B&R Automation Proposed
7 VLSI Design Using Cadence SE, TE & BE Ms. M.R. Pangaonkar Entuple Technologies Proposed
8 Biomedical Signal Processing SE, TE & BE Prof. Anup Dakre DeeDee Labs Proposed
CoE Sponsored By:  B&R, WhizKeys,Linked Loop, KPIT, Sunshine Power Tronics

Center of Excellence in Automation & Control

Outcomes
  • Design and development of Control and power panel
  • Training of students, faculty and industry personnel in conventional automation technology and digital technology
  • Development of automated system using Programmable Logic Controller
  • Instrumentation of industrial processes
  • Development of supervisory control and data acquisition system for substation automation
Benefits of Stake Holders
  • Trained manpower for industry
  • Consultancy and research facility
  • Facility for startup
  • Internship for aspirant in automation technology
  • Need based services
Investment Plan
Year Investment
2018-2019 20 Lakhs
2019-2020 10 Lakhs
2020-2021 10 Lakhs
2021-2022 10 Lakhs
Knowledge Partners
Sr. No. Type of Institute Name of Institute Nature of collaboration
1 Academic Institute College of Engineering, Pune Nodal Centre MoU for virtual terminal unit
2 Research Organization Buildtrack Automation Updating COE with latest automation technology, Joint research publication
3 Industry Shree Systems Internship, B.E. Projects, sharing of resources
4 MNC Industry Autonics Certificate programs
INDUSTRY RESOURCE PERSON
Dr. S. D. Agashe
  • Experience: 25 + Yrs
  • Expertise: Instrumentation and Control
  • Professor, College of Engineering- Pune
Mr. S. Panditrao
  • Experience: 30+ Yrs Industries + Academics
  • Expertise: ANN, Instrumentation
  • CEO & Director, San Techno Mentors
Mr. Swapnil Thorve
  • Experience: 8+ Yrs
  • Expertise: Sensors
  • Branch Manager, Autonics India Pvt. Ltd
MULTIDISCIPLINARY NATURE
Projects on conventional and digital automation need to involve people from discipline like Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Agriculture and Electronics. These projects include hardware and software development, training curriculum etc.
VISITS TO INDUSTRIES FOR SETTING CoE
  • Meeting with Mr. Rajendra Joshi ( Proprietor Adroit Autotech) Date: 23/02/2018 Time: 1600 to 1745 Venue: AdroidAutotech Office, Kothrud.
  • Meeting with Prof. S. D. Agashe( Professor at COEP, Pune) Date: 01/03/2018 Time: 1200 to 1315 Venue: COEP, Pune.
  • Meeting with Mr. Shekhar Lokhande, Mr. Mandar Puranik , Mr. Satish Ujjainkar, Mr. Nilesh Pohekar ( SMC Pneumatics India Pvt. Ltd. ) Attendee: Dr. V. N. Gohokar, Prof. S. C. Jadhav Date: 06/03/2018, Time: 1030 to 1200, Venue: SMC Pneumatics off. Kothrud.
  • Meeting with Mr. SanishDubey , Mr. Satish Ujjainkar, Mr. Nilesh Pohekar ( SMC Pneumatics India Pvt. Ltd. ) Attendee: Dr. V. N. Gohokar, Prof. S. C. Jadhav, Dr. Shital Kulkarni, Dr. V. R. Deulgoankar, Mr. M.R. Tarambale, Mr. S. M. Harite Date: 07/03/2018, Time: 1030 to 1200, Venue: MMCOE.
  • Meeting with Mr. Ganegaonkar (Shree Systems)Attendee: Prof. S. C. Jadhav, Dr. Shital Kulkarni, Prof. B. B. BhureDate: 09/03/2018, Time: 1030 to 1330, Venue: Shree Systems, Pirangut.
  • Meeting with Mr. Danish Dubey , Mr. Satish Ujjainkar, Mr. Nilesh Pohekar, Mr. Rahul Kulkarni( SMC Pneumatics India Pvt. Ltd. ) Attendee: Dr. V. N. Gohokar, Prof. S. C. Jadhav, Dr. Shital Kulkarni, Date: 12/03/2018, Time: 1430 to 1630, Venue: SMC Pneumatics
  • Meeting with Mr. Sudhir Panditrao Attendee: Dr. V. N. Gohokar, Prof. S. C. Jadhav, Date: 12/03/2018, Time: 1515 to 1615, Venue: Office: San Techno Mentors.
  • Meeting with Mr. Swapnil Thorve (Autonics Automation India Pvt. Ltd) Attendee: Prof. S. C. Jadhav, Mr. S. Bhise Date: 19/03/2018, Time: 1515 to 1615, Venue: Office: Autonics Office Bund Garden.
ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:
a. Focused Area for CoE
  • Distribution Automation
  • Substation Automation
  • Home Automation
  • Building Automation
  • Agriculture Automation
  • Smart Grid
  • LV Control Panel Design
  • Energy Management Systems
b. Perspective Plan:
2017-2018
  • Conventional Automation
  • PLC Based Automation
  • Hands on training for Students
2018-2019
  • VFD for Control
  • Digital Automation
  • Catering training need of Industry
2019-2020
  • Consultancy services
  • Research activity
C. Present Curriculum
Program Code Training Program N0. of hrs Programs Content Objectives
MME01 AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES 12
  • Control and power panel
  • Electromechanical devices
  • Automation technologies
  • Microcontroller based automation
  • Introduction to Programmable Logic Controller
 Participants will be able to:
  1. Design and implement hardware, power and control circuit for various applications
  2. Implement different automation technologies
  3. Troubleshoot PLC Based automation
MME02 AUTOMATION INSIGHTS 18
  • Programmable logic controller
  • Instrumentation- PID Controller
  • Variable frequency drive
  • SCADA Systems- Development
  • Interfacing PLC and SCADA
 Participants will be able to:
  1. Develop PLC based automation
  2. Integrate  and control VFD through PLC
  3. Develop SCADA systems for various applications
MME03 POWER ELECTRONICS PROTOTYPE MAKING 15
  • Power Electronics Standards, Selection of Components
  • P.E. Component Testing
  • Hands on Practice on to the modern tools/ Freeware
  • Designing Aspects of PE circuits
  • Prototype making & Testing of D.C. Controlled Rectifier
  • Prototype making  & Testing of AC Controlled Rectifier
 Participants will be able to:
  1. Select the proper components
  2. Test the electronics components
  3. Use the modern tools for circuit design
  4. Create the prototypes using power electronics components
MME04 MATLAB AND ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTS 30
  • Matrices and plotting operations
  • MATLAB Programming
  • Simulation of electrical circuits, Thevenin’s theorem, superposition theorem, Ohms Law, KCL, KVL, Star/Delta relations
  • Simulation of Half wave, full wave and bridge rectifier on R and RL load
  • Measurement of R, L and C using multimeter, LCR meter. Current and voltage measurement by voltmeter, ammeter, multimeter, true RMS meter
  • Power Measurement using analog and digital wattmeter.
  • Measurement of various electrical quantities by function generator ,CRO & DSO
 Participants will be able to: 1. Develop simulation for electrical and electronic circuit 2. Use electrical and electronics measuring equipments 3. Apply FG/AFG signals to CRO/DSO and measure various quantities

Center of Excellence in Computational Intelligence

Computational Intelligence is the ability of a computer to learn a specific task from data or experimental observation. Generally, computational intelligence is a set of nature-inspired computational methodologies and approaches to address complex real-world problems to which mathematical or traditional modeling can be useless for a few reasons: the processes might be too complex for mathematical reasoning, it might contain some uncertainties during the process, or the process might simply be stochastic in nature.
VISION
  • Provide breakthrough solutions with the use of Computational Intelligence in varied domains
  • Application oriented R&D and innovation jointly with industry
MISSION
  • Capacity building through training and application development
  • Create synergy among Academia and industry for advancement in knowledge related to Computational Intelligence
  • Address technical challenges faced by students
OBJECTIVES
  • To encourage Research Publications, Patents/IPR and Funded Projects
  • Collaborate with R&D organizations to acquire and disseminate knowledge among stakeholders
  • To provide platform for BE projects groups to solve real life problems
FACILITIES AVAILABLE

Software Development (By Faculty) :

e-Defaulter: e-defaulter application is an academic monitoring software developed in-house by the faculties of IT Department. The software can be accessed by all the faculties in the department for attendance filling, defaulter list generation, roll call list generation, sending daily SMS to parents of absent students, etc.

Software Development (By Student) : Fingerprint Spoofing :

Computational Thinking: For the purpose of developing computational thinking, few games (listed below) have been made available in the lab, along with rules and regulations of the game and its computational details are also provided along with it.

Following games are available in the lab:

Abalone – An award winning board game

Rubik’s Cube (Classic, Mirror Cube, triangular) – Classical brain scratching puzzle Metal Puzzles – MW and others Mastermind – A unique code breaking game Triangle – Color Match
Logic Building Games
FUNCTIONAL TEAM Functional Team is formed to administer and steer the Project Management activities.
Sr.No. Name Qualification Area of Interest Responsibility
1. Ms. Shital Kakad M. E. (IT), Ph. D. (CSE) (Pursuing) Security , Database Coordinator
2. Mrs. Rashmi Bhattad M. E. (CSE) Machine Learning Member
3. Mr. Nikhil Dhavase M. E. (IT), Ph. D. (CE) (Pursuing) Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Member
4. Mrs. Preeti Joshi M. E. (IT), Ph. D. (CSE) (Pursuing) Networking Member
5. Mr. Pratik Kamble M. E. (IT), Ph. D. (CE) (Pursuing) Data Mining Member
ADVISORY BOARD
Sr.No. Name of Person Designation Company Category
1. Dr. Nilima Bhalerao Neurologist Private Clinic Medical
2. Mr. Mahesh Bodhgire Managing Director ecoRise Software Solutions, Pune Industry
3. Mr. Harshal Tupsamudre Researcher TRDDC Researcher
4. Dr. Manesh Kokare Professor (Post doc fellow, Univ. of California) SGGS, Nanded Academician
5. Dr. Sasikumar M. Director CDAC, Mumbai Industry
INDUSTRY CONNECT
Sr. No. Name of Industry Output
1 ecoRise Software Solutions, Pune Project Guidance, Knowledge Partner Expert Sessions, Faculty Development Program
2 Kasnet Technology Pvt. Ltd. Sponsored Project completed
MOU UNDER COE
Sr. No. Name of Industry Date
1 ecoRise Software Solutions, Pune 07/12/2017
Activities Conducted:
  1. Mr. Mahesh Bodhgire,Managing Director, ecoRise Software Solution, Pune, has delivered an expert lecture on the topic “Database Management Systems” on 07/10/2019 for TE students.
  2. Mr. Anurag Sangale, ecoRise Software Solution, Pune, has delivered an expert lecture on the topic “Applications of Data Structures in Software Industry” on 03/03/2019 for SE students.
  3. Faculty development program on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning” on 06/06/2018 -10/06/2018
  4. Two days workshop on “Android App Development in associaton with Aakar IIT Bombay under Techradiance 2019” on 27/07/2018 by Mr. Vaibhav Jadhav
  5. Four days training program on “Data Science” on 09/10/2018 by Mr. Suresh Pal, Mr. Bipul Kumar Shahi ATS Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
  6. Guest lecture on “Introduction to DevOps” on 15/07/2017 by Mr. Nitin Bhide (Program Director, HCL Technologies, Pune) Kedar Deo (Group Project Manager, IBM
  7. Guest lecture on “Data warehousing and related Concepts” on 09/09/2017 by Mr. Shashank Diwan (Project Manager, Yardy So?ware, Pune)
  8. Visit CDAC, Mumai(Kharghar) 7/3/2018
  9. Two days workshop on Cloud Computing by Geeks Lab Technologies on 15-16 July 2016
  10. Session on Challenges and issues on cloud computing by Mr. Bhavik Ambani and Mr. Vishal Menon from Progressive Infotech on 17/09/2016
  11. Two days National Level Workshop on Cloud Computing & Big Data sponsored by BCUD SPPU on 13-14 Dec 2016
  12. One day workshop on cloud basics and setup by Mr. Pranav Sahastabuddhe 4/10/2015
  13. Cloud server setup on OpenStack was done by faculty members on Dec 2015
  14. Attended session on Vmware on Cloud and Virtualization at VIIT on Jan 2016
Ongoing/ Completed Projects:
Sr. No. Academic Year Name of Project Student’s/ Faculty Name Remark
1 2019-20 Automatic Sketch Colorization Varsha Kirve Vrushali Gore Vaibhav Mane Shubham Patil Vaibhav Ongoing
2 2019-20 Text Summarization Mr. Pratik Kamble Ongoing
3 2019-20 Ontology Construction Ms. Shital Kakad Ongoing
4 2018-19 Stylometry Based Authorship Attribution for Social Media Forensics Akmal Ziyad Manoj Baviskar Vishal Marhatta Completed
5 2018-19 Music Recommendation using emotion detection Prasad Agashe Rajas Bhide Veerbhadra Bilagi Yashashri Dange Completed
6 2018-19 Malware Detection and Classification using Decision Trees and Random Forests Aditya Phadke Mohit Kulkarni Pranav Bhavalkar Durape Nikhil Completed
7 2017-18 Fingerprint Spoof Detection Mr. Chiranshu Adik, Mr. Amey Waze, Ms. Samrudhhi Tendulkar, Ms. Akansha Agrawal Completed

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