The first program of the ASME SJCET student section was conducted on 20th December 2017 with Pre Inauguration talk on “Quality analysis in Rolls Royce”, by Mr. Abraham Tholath, Derby, UK. He demonstrated the Six Sigma Approach in Rolls Royce and motivated the students with his life journey on reaching his dream Job.

The official meeting was called off by 10:35 am and soon an induction programme was carried out by Mr Antony Lulu Elias and Mr.Jithu Paulose [ASME silver award winner ]. This programme was mainly conducted for the sake of awareness to all about ASME. Around 100 students attended the meeting .During the session Mr. Antony talked about various job opportunities mainly in the field of petroleum industry, biomedical industry and piping industry . He talked about how much mechanics of fluids and hydraulics machines are important in the life of a mechanical engineer. Later the session was handover to Mr.Jithu Paulose. He talked about importance of ASME,carrier , opportunities , E-fest , online courses and every other spheres offered by ASME to the students . The induction programme was called off by 12:30pm. After the induction programme, there was a membership drive for students. It was called off by 12: 45.

It was a dream come true day for many and also the grand occasion in the milestone of ASME SJCET. 21st March 2018 , two scientists from LPSC, Thiruvananthapuram was a privileged day for all space aspirants. The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) is a research and development centre functioning under Indian Space Research Organization. Mr.Alex A (General Manager ,MME,LPSC) and Mr. Binoy Joseph (Division Head ,CSE,LPSC)  were the heading the s. Dr.K.Vijayakumar, Principal of SJCET inaugurated the s. Dr Binoy Baby, HOD of mechanical department, Dr . Lijo Paul, staff advisor of ASME SJCET and other teaching faculty members were also present.

Mr Alex A and Mr Binoy Joseph were both serving as scientists in LPSC Valiamala. LPSC Valiamala-This unit serves as LPSC headquarters, and is involved in research and development of Earth-storable and cryogenic propulsion for launch vehicles. It delivers engines, stages, associated control systems and components for launch vehicle and spacecraft

Another milestone in the history of ASME SJCET student section was the most powerful emerging field of technology – A one day 3D printing workshop.  Mr. Sreenath P Polackal , CEO of EMI products lead the workshop session.  The workshop started at around 10 AM . We have around 60 participants. The forenoon session gave a brief idea about 3D printing, its technology, machines used and all. The afternoon session is totally a practical session. Every participant got a chance to work with 3D printing software and everyone made their own drawings on the printer. A totally interactive workshop rather than a theory based workshop. The workshop was concluded by around 4:30 PM .

Technical talk on machine learning by Dr.Bijoy, Scientist, NASA, United States

NASA! … a big dream of many , a man working associated with it may be seen as a man with ‘halo’. Same thing happened at SJCET campus on 7^th September 2018. Dr. Bijoy V.T, research scientist, SSAI/NASA, Virginia, USA become a part of our golden history. As we all know ours is an upcoming section into this zone. A personnel from NASA to spend time with us is  really a dream come alive experience .Dr. J David (Principal ,SJCET ) gave the welcome address , Dr.Lijo Paul (Associate Professor ,ME Dept) gave an introduction about the guest of honour Dr. Bijoy V.T , HODs of different departments , staff and around 200 students attended the sessions. Mr Sachin José gave the vote of thanks.

The technical sessions begin at about 9:30 am and were taken as 2 parts. The first part of the session was all about global climate change. Why is the climate change? The NASA earth observing system (EOS), EOSDIS (earth observing system data & information system), climate data- different formats, climate informatics and challenging problems for climate information was included. The second part of the session was about AI perspectives in machine learning. AIMachine learning- deep learning, different machine learning systems, clouds & earth’s radiant energy system (CERES), artificial neutral networks (ANNs) are also included. The session was concluded with a small part about various career opportunities for a graduating student in the current scenario.

A life beyond sky , dream that everyone see but only a few can come up to it .Let’s hope that some of us at least reach into those dreams .Hard work can make everything happen . As Michael Korda says “the more you can dream, the more you can do”.

The ASME SJCET section would like to conduct a half day Technical talk on the Mechanical startup companies. One of our former student and Alumni of IIT Madras, Mr.Jacob Thekkekara, Co-Founder & CTO of Pi Beam Labs Pvt Ltd , Chennai , has agreed to conduct the same for our mechanical Engineering students. We would like to conduct the programme on September 28^th , 2018 (Friday) from 11.00 to 12.45 PM.  As it is said home is where our heart is. It’s being proved by our alumni tech talk series .Today (27/09/2018) we got the opportunity to interact with our alumni Mr Jacob Thekkekara through the technical talk on sustainable mobility.

Mr Jacob Thekkekara was our 2^nd batch pass out. He is the CTO and co-founder of PiBeam that made an easy, quick and cost effective solution for moving loads. PiBeams’s developed the India’s first commercial solar pedal vehicle. PiBeams’s unique and innovative technology for battery powered, pedal assist three-wheelers provide an apt solution for freight and passenger applications in both off-road and on-road situations. It was also the first geared tricycle. He managed to handle the listeners by becoming interactive. The session gave a view about entrepreneurs in India. While he gave clear idea about successful entrepreneur in India, his batch mate gave the experience of becoming successful from a failure. The sessions was started by 11.15 am and get concluded by 1pm.

As a beginning to the E-fest participation from our college an introduction to human powered vehicle challenge (HPVC), a session was conducted. On 09/10/2018 (4:30 pm – 6:45pm) students from FISAT ASME section lead the training program. Three students (Aftan, Yadhu & Krishna) and an alumni (Shyam) from the HPVC team of FISAT gave a brief idea about what is the competition. They also gave an overall idea about all the events taking place at E-fest Asia Pacific 2019. Around 100 students participated for the same.

The ASME SJCET student section conducted a paper presentation competition on 23-11-2018. Students have submitted a four page technical note for the same and the shortlisted papers are called for oral presentation. The winners are selected for Old Guard Competition in E-Fest 2019. Also ASME SJCET congratulated the two teams who got selection for HPVC competition in EFest Asia Pacific to be held in VIT, Vellore in February 2019.