Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE)

Electronics & Communication Engineering

About ECE Department

Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) is a swiftly advancing field, with new ideas emerging at a rapid pace.

The department offers B.E. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) and M.E. programmes in VLSI Design and Communication Systems. This department has been approved as a Centre for Research by Anna University, Chennai.

The Electronics & Communication Engineering department was established in the year 2007 with an intake of 60, increased to 90 in the year 2008 and further increased to 180 in the year 2012. The department has well equipped laboratories, qualified and experienced staff to enrich the students with technical efficiency. The department prepares students for careers in this constantly evolving discipline.

Vision of ECE

To produce skilled, dedicated and research oriented Electronics and Communication Engineering professionals to face the technical and social challenges.

Mission of ECE

To impart state of art knowledge to compete in Electronics and Communication Engineering profession.

To provide adequate facilities to gain technical, management and communication skills to foster research and development.

To produce engineers with human values and professional ethics to serve the society.

Program Educational Objectives

Graduates will be able to

PEO I: To provide the students with a strong foundation in the required sciences in order to pursue studies in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

PEO II: To gain adequate knowledge to become good professional in electronic and communication engineering associated industries, higher education and research.

PEO III: To develop attitude in lifelong learning, applying and adapting new ideas and technologies as their field evolves.

PEO IV: To prepare students to critically analyze existing literature in an area of specialization and ethically develop innovative and research oriented methodologies to solve the problems identified.

PEO V: To inculcate in the students a professional and ethical attitude and an ability to visualize the engineering issues in a broader social context.

Program Specific Outcomes

Graduates will be able to

PSO1: Design, develop and analyze electronic systems through application of relevant electronics, mathematics and engineering principles.

PSO2: Design, develop and analyze communication systems through application of fundamentals from communication principles, signal processing, and RF System Design & Electromagnetics.

PSO3: Adapt to emerging electronics and communication technologies and develop innovative solutions for existing and newer problems.

Program Outcomes

Engineering Graduates will be able to

1. Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

2. Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

3. Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.

4. Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.

5. Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.

6. The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.

7. Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.

8. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.

9. Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

10. Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.

11. Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.

12. Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

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Laboratory Facilities

Electron Devices Laboratory
Electronic Circuits Laboratory
Digital Electronics Laboratory
VLSI Lab / DSP Laboratory
Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Laboratory

Optical & Microwave Laboratory
Communication Engineering Laboratory
PG Laboratory
Research and Development Laboratory
Intel supported Embedded Systems Laboratory

DEPARTMENT LABORATORIES	CURRICULUM BASED LABORATORIES	MAJOR FACILITIES & EQUIPMENTS
ELECTRONICS LAB	CIRCUITS & DEVICES LAB LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS LAB ANALOG & DIGITAL ELECTRONICS LAB CIRCUITS & SIMULATION LAB	Digital Storage Oscilloscope Function Generator Digital Trainer Kit PSPICE Simulation Software
COMMUNICATION LAB	ANALOG & DIGITAL COMMUNICATION LAB OPTICAL & MICROWAVE LAB	X Band Microwave Test Bench(Reflex Klystron) X Band Microwave Test Bench(Reflex Klystron) with 3.Horn antenna X Band Microwave Test Bench(Gunn) LED& LASER diode Module Optical Power Meter Microwave Power Meter WDM-Wave Length Division Multiplexing Kit Single Mode Characteristics set up module ST Connectorization and UV Mechanical Splice Kit Optical Fibre Trainer Kit Digital Communication Kits ANTENNA TRAINER KIT ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION CODE TRAINER KIT ADVANCED FIBER OPTIC KIT 10 MHZ PULSE GENERATOR 100 MHZ DIGITAL STORAGE OSCILLOSCOPE TRANSMISSION LINE MICROWAVE DEVICES 3 GHZ NETWORK ANALYZER
VLSI LAB / DSP LAB		DSP Trainer Kit Digital Storage Oscilloscope XILINX FOUNDATION ISE SERIES TANNER SOFTWARE 5.Xilinx Spartran Kit Implementation of 8-bit ALU in FPGA Implementation of 4-bit Sliced processor in FPGA
EMBEDDED LAB	MICROPROCESSOR & MICROCONTROLLER LAB EMBEDDED LAB	8086 Micro Processer Kit ARM Processor 8051 Trainer Kit 8085 Trainer Kit Inter Face Module Cathode Ray Oscilloscope
SPECIAL LAB	INTEL FICE CENTER	Intel Kits with ATOM processor
PG LAB		Systems with SCILAB
Research and Development Laboratory		TANNER Software Mentorgraphics Software

Faculty Details

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering has a team of highly qualified faculty members who have a proven record of meritorious accomplishments to their credit. The Department has doctorates and post graduates specialized in several areas and have extensive teaching experience. The strength of the staff is according to the norms prescribed by AICTE, New Delhi.Brief profile of few of our faculty members are given below.

Name:	DR. AMUTHA A
Qualification:	M.E,Ph.D
Experience:	18 Years 6 Months
Designation:	HEAD & ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Name:	MRS. GOWTHAMI K
Qualification:	M.E
Experience:	9 Years 8 Months
Designation:	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Name:	MRS. KIRUTHIKA R
Qualification:	M.E
Experience:	9 Years 8 Months
Designation:	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Name:	MRS. KOWSALYA P
Qualification:	M.E
Experience:	9 Years 8 Months
Designation:	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Name:	MR. BALASUBRAMANIAN V
Qualification:	M.E
Experience:	7 Years 5 Months
Designation:	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Name:	MS. UMAMAHESWARI P
Qualification:	M.E
Experience:	7 Years 5 Months
Designation:	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Name:	MS.MADHU SHRE R K
Qualification:	M.E
Experience:	0 Years 2 Months
Designation:	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Name:	MRS.SATHYA K
Designation:	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Qualification:	M.E.,
Experience:	7 years 3 Months

Name:	MRS.YASMIN A
Designation:	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Qualification:	M.E.,
Experience:	8 years 3 Months

Name:	MRS.KIRUTHIKA E
Designation:	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Qualification:	M.E.,
Experience:	1 year

Value Added Courses

The Value Added Courses aim to provide better employability skills of engineering students of INFO. The main objectives of the program are:

1. To provide students an understanding of the expectations of industry.
2. To bridge the skill gaps and make students industry ready.

The Courses focus on skill development and more than 50% of the time is spent on practical training and problem solving, to provide the requisite understanding towards application of academic topics from engineering disciplines into real world engineering projects. The following industry oriented value added courses with hands-on training were conducted for the benefit of students.

Year	Course Name	Description
II Year	PCB DESIGN	Basic components - Color coding of R,C - NPN,PNP Transistor’s biasing FET-Types, applications. Integrated Circuits & Sensors - IR transmitter, APR voice recorder - Power Supply - Astable - Mono stable using555 - Differential amplifier LM 358 Orcad 16.0 introduction -Different manufacturing methods of PCB board -Schematic introduction and schematic examples Checking DRC - Creating Net list Creating the circuit - Creating Net list PCB Layout Design - Manual routing method Manual PCB techniques using copper board
II Year	C ++	C++ is a general purpose programming language that supports various computer programming models such as object-oriented programming and generic programming. It was created by Bjarne Stroustrup and, “Its main purpose was to make writing good programs easier and more pleasant for the individual programmer.” y learning C++, you can create applications that will run on a wide variety of hardware platforms such as personal computers running Windows, Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X, as well as small form factor hardware such as IoT devices like the Raspberry PI and Arduino–based boards.
III Year	CCNA (CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE)	This course provides students with hands on experience using Cisco Packet Tracer to create Network simulation. This professionals has ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-size route and switched networks, including implementation and verification of connections to remote sites in a WAN and also we can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for small networks (100 nodes or fewer), including but not limited to use of these protocols: IP, IGRP, Serial, Frame Relay, IP RIP, VLANs, RIP, Ethernet,Access Lists.
IV Year	Embedded System	Emerging trends in Embedded System The embedded systems industry was born with the invention of microcontrollers and since then it has evolved into various forms, from primarily being designed for machine control applications to various other new verticals with the convergence of communications. Opportunities Embedded engineers write the software that controls the VLSI chips.To take up embedded software development as career, you need to have a working knowledge of C, C++ and Java, with some exposure to application software development.Embedded software is being developed using a variety of embedded and real-time operating systems, such as embedded NT, Windows CE and RTLinux. In addition, a variety of development tools and IDEs for C, C++ and Java are available

University Rank Holders

ACADEMIC RANK HOLDERS DETAILS 2016 (PG)

S.No	Name	CGPA	Rank	Photo
1	ANU PREETHI	8.45	40

University Rank Holders

ACADEMIC RANK HOLDERS DETAILS 2014 (UG)

S.No	Name	CGPA	Rank
1	HARINI V	8.958	20
2	SHANMUGA PRIYA G	8.730	43
3	ASHOK P	8.667	49

ACADEMIC RANK HOLDERS DETAILS 2013 (UG)

S.No	Name	CGPA	Rank
1	AISWARYA J	9.37	5
2	BRIJIT MARY J	9.13	25
3	BHANUPRIYA T	9.04	34
4	VIGNESH K	9.00	38
5	KUPPURATHINAM A	8.94	44
6	SWATHIKA A	8.90	48
7	KALAIVANI S	8.89	49

ACADEMIC RANK HOLDERS DETAILS 2012 (UG)

S.No	Name	CGPA	Rank	Photo
1	LOGESHWARI N	9.06	45

ACADEMIC RANK HOLDERS DETAILS 2011 (UG)

S.No	Student Name	CGPA	Rank
1	PRASHANTHI R	9.48	13
2	SUBHASHINI S	9.44	17
3	VINAYABABU M	9.25	36
4	MANI BHARATHI S	9.18	43

Department library

The Department is equipped with an excellent library catering the needs of UG, PG students, faculties and research scholars of ECE Department. The department library is well stocked with around 410 books and 10 magazines/Journals. Additionally, the department library also stocks laboratory manuals, PhD theses, and UG, PG project reports.

Industrial Visits

S.No.	Class	Date	CompanyName	Place	Accompanied Staff
1	IV ECE A,B & C	16.08.2016 to 19.08.2016	Traco Cable Company Limited-	Ernakulam, Kerala	Dr. M. Ganesh
2	II ECE A & B	19.08.2016 to 21.08.2016	JVS Electronics Pvt. Ltd-	Bengaluru	Mr.S.Karthikeyan
3	IV ECE A,B	16.09.2016 & 17.09.2016	Traco Cable Company Limited-	Ernakulam, Kerala	Mr.N.Suresh kumar
4	III ECE A,B & C	02.07.2015 to 04.07.2015	Vikram Sarabhai Space Center,	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala	Mr.Vijayaragavan
5	III ECE A,B & C	12.07.2015 & 13.07.2015	Ace Components & Electronics Pvt.Ltd,	Mysore	Mr. S.A.Siva kumar
6	III ECE A,B & C	12.07.2015 & 13.07.2015	Wonderla Power Plant,	cochin	Mr.S.Karthikeyan
7	III ECE A & B	22.03.2015 to 24.03.2015	Kerala State Electronic Development Corporation (KELTRON)	Trivandrum	Dr. M. Ganesh
8	III ECE A & B	11.09.2014 to 13.09.2014	Ace Components & Electronics Pvt.Ltd	Mysore	Mr. A.Kingsly Jabakumar
9	2015	29.09.2013 to 01.10.2013	K.C.Electricals	Mysore	Mr. N.Sureshkumar

Students Achievements

Academic Year 2015-2016

S.No	Student Name	Event Name	Date	Participation/Prize	Name of the Organization
1	Nandhini.N	Design Of Embedded Systems For The Automation Of Drip Irrigation Workshop	12-09-2015	III	Hindusthan College Of Engineering And Technology
2	KeerthanaPriyaa.A	Automatic Soil Irrigation System Using PIC And MicroController And GSM Technology Workshop	12-09-2015	II	Hindusthan College Of Engineering And Technology
3	S.Dhanaseelan Ilamathy.S Gnana Soundarya.S	Project Presentation	25-26 sep’15	II	Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology
4	S.Dhanaseelan Karthik.R	Line streak Symposium	19.09.2015	III	Dr.N.G.P Institute Of Technology
5	S.Dhanaseelan	Line Follower Robot Tech event	28-29 Sep 2015	II	Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology
6	Vijaya Kumar.R	Paper Presentation	13-14 Aug 2015	I	SNS College Of Engineering
7	Naven.S Mohana.S VijayaGopal.N	Zonal Round Of NRC India	26-27 Sep 2015	I	Dr.N.G.P.Institute Of Technology

Academic Year 2014-2015

S.No	Student Name	Event Name	Date	Participation/Prize	Name of the Organization
1	Aparajitha Brahmani.B	Robotics Workshop	04.01.2015	II	Kumaraguru College Of Technology
2	Gayathiri.A	Robotics Workshop	22-23 Jan 2015	II	INFO Institute of Engineering, Robospecies Technologies Private limited
3	Keerthana.V	Robotics Workshop	22-23 Jan 2015	II	INFO Institute of Engineering, Robospecies Technologies Private limited
4	Ashwin Kumar	MIB	08.01.2015	I	Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology

Academic Year 2013-2014

S.No	Student Name	Event Name	Date	Participation/Prize	Name of the Organization
1	Arun Kumar.K	Brain Teaser Symposium	21.02.2014	II	SNS College Of Technology
2	R.Kowshika	Citronics event Symposium	20-21 Feb 2014	I	Park College of Engineering and Technology
3	Arun Kumar.K	AZAP Symposium	21.02.2014	I	SNS College Of Technology
4	Hemalatha.K	General Quiz Symposium	24-25 Jan 2014	III	Coimbatore Institute of Technology
5	Hemalatha.K	Brain Teaser Symposium	21.02.2014	II	SNS College Of Technology
6	J.Maheswari	Citronics Symposium	20-21 Feb 2014	I	Park College of Engineering and Technology

Event List

S.No	Event Date	Programmee Name	Guest Name	Description
Academic Year: 2016-2017
1	31-08-2016 & 01-09-2016	TWO DAYS WORKSHOP ON “MOBILE PHONE SERVICE AND TRAINING”	B.KRISHNAKUMAR Mobile Service & Training Institute 613,Kamarachar Road,, Singanallur, Coimbatore	The first day sessions dealt theory related topics on Mobile Phone by Mr.Karthi.R, Technical Engineer, New technology, Coimbatore. Second day session was handled by Mr.Karuppu Samy, Technical Engineer, New Technology, Coimbatore. The participants were demonstrated to work with hardware & software Tools.
2	02-09-2016	LECTURE ON “DSP PROCESSOR”	DR.A.VASUKI Professor Department of ECE, Kumaraguru College of Technology.	She started the session with a very interesting note by explaining about DSP PROCESSOR and its real time application. She explained DSP is a specialized microprocessor that has an architecture which is optimized for the fast operational needs of digital signal processing and the basics of digital signal processing theory to the students in a captivating manner, A Digital Signal Processor (DSP) can process data in real time, making it ideal for applications, which was very well liked and appreciated by all the attendees.
Academic Year: 2015-2016
1	05.03.2016	One day Workshop on “VLSI Design and Testing”	Dr.P.VIJAYAKUMAR Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore Mr.SARAVANAKUMAR Caliber Embedded Technologies, India Private limited, Coimbatore	The lecture in the forenoon session was delivered on Low Power VLSI design and their methodologies by Dr.P.Vijayakumar. In afternoon session, Mr.Saravanakumar, demonstrated about TANNER EDA Tools.
2	05.03.2016	Seminar on Electromagnetic Fields	Dr. P.HANUMANTHARAO Senior Scientist in Society for Applied Microwave Electronic Engineering and Research – SAMEER.	He explained about basics concepts of Electro Magnetic fields and its real time applications. He shared his knowledge and expertise on vector analysis and the basics of EM field theory to the students in a captivating manner. This lecture received a high appreciation from the Second year ECE Students.
3	24.07.2015	Digital Image Processing	Dr. S. ESAKKIRAJAN Associate Professor, Department of Instrumenation and Control Engineering, PSG College of Technology	His lecture covered topics on Image Segmentation, Image Enhancement, Image Restoration and Image Compression. He also provided valuable inputs to final year students pursuing projects in the field of Image Processing. The students feedback about the session was highly commendable.
4	04.09.2015	Scope of Embedded Engineers in Automobile Industries	Mr. B. NAMASHIVAAYAM Product DevelopmentEngineer, Ford Motor Company	The guest lecture was about the recent developments on Embedded Processors and its applications for automotive electronics. He illustrated the concepts with a lot of real time applications and the session was livelier. Students from III year ECE attended and benefited from this Lecture. The students found the session very useful and interesting.
Academic Year: 2014-2015
1	21.01.2015	Learn Engineering Better	Mr. VIGNESH SAKTHIVEL Research Associate,.	He elaborately briefed about Role of Engineers in Learn Engineering. He discussed how engineers play a vital role within every country in the world. He discussed on society benefitted by the presence of top quality engineering graduates who possess highly inter disciplinary skill sets. The speaker received a vast acknowledgement from the student community.
2	16.04.2015	Advances in Technology and Science	Dr.C. VASANTHANAYAKI Associate Professor, Government College of Technology-Coimbatore	Her lecture focused on the role of science and technology in the day today scenario. She advised the students to periodically and continuously update their general knowledge on current trends in Science and Technology. The speech was highly motivational for the student community and was well appreciated.
3	11.10.2014	Workshop on Tanner Tool	Mr. BHARANI Technical Engineer TannerEDA	The chief guest started with a brief introduction to MOSFETS and CMOS gates fabrication. He explained how to draw layouts for analog VLSI circuits, to map the layout on to schematic and simulation for the layout design. He has given a nice exposure about industry expectations and various opportunities for VLSI Design engineers. The Certificates of participation were awarded to all the participants by the resource person and Head of the Department.
4	09.08.2014	one day workshop on “MENTOR GRAPHICS TOOL”	Mr.M.K.VIDHYASAGAR Zonal Manager – University Program, CoreEL Technologies India Private Limited	The forenoon session dealt topics on VLSI design and their methodologies and in afternoon session participants were demonstrated to work with MENTOR GRAPHICS Tools. The valediction function of the workshop was conducted at 4.30 pm and the Certificates of participation were awarded to all the participants by the resource person and Head of the Department.
Academic Year: 2013-2014
1	29.01.2014	Wireless Communication	Dr.K.GUNASEELAN Professor, Anna University Chennai	He elaborated on the basic concepts of Wireless communication to transfer information. His lecture also covered topics on “Role of Engineers in WIRELESS COMMUNICATION & its Growth”. The Third year and Final year B.E (ECE) students were the participants for this lecture. This lecture received a vast acknowledgement from the students.
2	13.09.2013	Digital image processing	Dr.VASUKI Professor,KCT-CBE	The chief guest started the session on a very interesting note by explaining the correlation between what we see on the display screen and how it is perceived by the human eye. She highlighted the impact of Digital Image Processing techniques such as image enhancement, histogram, image subtraction, gray scale, windowing and also guided the students to build a MATLAB program convincing practical implementation of its theoretical knowledge. The students had an open interaction with speaker to clarify their doubts.
3	7.10.2013	Memory design & Testing	Dr.N.M.SIVAMANGAI AP/ECE,Karunya University,CBE	She shared her expertise in the area of Semiconductor Memory Design and Testing. She presented various memory architectures with the capability of self-testing and self-repairing to the students in a captivating manner to M.E VLSI Design and Final Year B.E (ECE) Students of our department. The participants appreciated the lecture and interacted with the guest speaker.
4	11.10.2013	Embedded system	Mr.B.MOHANKUMAR AP,PSG Arts-Coimbatore	He explained about the recent developments on Embedded Processors and its platforms for programming. He quoted a lot of real time examples and made the session an interactive and lively one. Students from III & IV year ECE attended and benefited from this Guest Lecture. These students found the session very useful and interesting.

Meet Our Alumni

S.No	Student Name	Organization/Sector	Designation
1	DANIEL CHRISTO.A	Infoview Technologies	Trainee Engineer
2	RESHMA.D	Vuram Technologies	Associate Process Consultant
3	SRIVIDYA.S	HP	Graduate Development Programmer
4	DINESH KUMAR.G	L&T Technology services	Executive Trainee
5	ARUN KUMAR.K	NTT DATA	Application Software Developer( Sr.Associate Consultant)
6	DEEPAK. J	Infoview Technologies	Trainee Engineer