Student Activities The association of Polymer Technologists (APT). An exclusive student body of the department conducts annually a national symposium, CRESMER, to bring polymer technologists together. The students from other institution are invited to participate in paper presentation, Design and technical quiz competitions. Eminent persons and experts from industry and research organizations are invited for special lectures to share their experience with the students. Such activities cultivate leadership qualities, professionalism and social responsibilities in the students. The APT also brings out a quarterly news magazine POLYLINKS which publishes the latest trends and developments in the field of polymers. The students of the department are encouraged to participate in paper presentation, Design and quiz competition organized by other institutions. Performance in such events has been highly appreciable and in fact they bag considerable number of prizes and honors every year. All the students are members of Indian Plastics Institute (IPI) and ISTE and they actively participate in the activities of IPI & ISTE. Academic Performance |
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Batch |
I
96-00 |
II
97 - 01 |
III
98 - 02 |
IV
99-03 |
V
00-04 |
VI
01-05 |
No.of Students |
29 |
29 |
32 |
28 |
32 |
24 |
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Students' placement details
The following are the major Polymer Industries where our students are placed
- GM Pens India Limited, Chennai
- Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai
- Asian Paints, Mumbai
- Supreme Plastics, Pondicherry
- SRF Polymers, Chennai
- Motherson Automotive Technologies, Chennai
- Futura Polyesters, Chennai
- Devi Polymers, Chennai
- Novar India Ltd, Chennai
- X-Mold Polymers, Chennai
- Urbane Industries, Chennai
- Bhimrajka Impex, Chennai
- Anabond, Chennai
- Carbonaire, Chennai
- Formulated Polymers, Chennai
Students' higher Studies at Abroad
About 25% of the students go for higher studies at international universities/ institutes every year. The following are few of them to be mentioned.
• Martin Luther University , Germany
• Technical University of Dresden , Germany
• Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
• Max Planck Institute, Germany
• University of Akron , USA
• University of North Carolina , USA
• University of Tennesse , USA
• University of Massachussets , Amherst , USA
• National University of Singapore , Singapore
• University of Sheffield , UK
• University of Cranfield , UK
• University of Massachsets , Lowell , USA
• Eastern Michigan University , Michigan , USA
Research Activities
Presentation in seminars / symposia / journals– Faculty
Given in the table below the no: of papers presented in conferences and papers published in international journals
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Year |
No: of papers presented in conferences |
No: of papers published in journals |
2001 |
3 |
2 |
2002 |
1 |
2 |
2003 |
5 |
4 |
2004 |
10 |
4 |
2005 |
4 |
2 |
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Not only our students are encouraged to present papers in inhouse seminars but also allowed to participate in the national seminars organized by other colleges every year. The No: of prizes won by our students in other colleges is given below.
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Year |
No: of prizes won in paper presentation contests |
2000-2001 |
7 |
2001-2002 |
16 |
2002-2003 |
7 |
2003-2004 |
6 |
2004-2005 |
15 |
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Students' Industry Oriented Research Projects :
During final year all the students are guided to do polymer/plastic industries oriented projects . The no: of projects carried out during last 5 years is furnished below |
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Total No. of Projects |
Industry oriented |
2000 |
12 |
7 |
2001 |
11 |
6 |
2002 |
15 |
9 |
2003 |
8 |
6 |
2004 |
8 |
2 |
2005 |
6 |
2 |
2006 |
11 |
5 |
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Funded projects from Tamil nadu State council for Science and Technology for students :
Department students have obtained funds for their project proposals under the guidance of Dr R.Vasanthakumari from TNSCST.
1. Development of polyaniline based in – situ conducting nano composites by M/s S.Nirmala, T.J.Asker Ali, B.Mukthiar Basha and B.N.karthick . 2003- 2004
The same project after completion of the work was presented by the students in the seminar organized by TNSCST at American college, Madurai and bagged I prize during Sep17-18, 2004
2. Development of fire resistant / flame retardant fibre reinforced plastic for roofing application by M/s Sabitha Devi, R.Sheela Ramani, R Senthil kumar and D Durai babu, 2004-2005. The project details have been handed over to M/s Urbane Industries, Chennai. This project was presented in the seminar organized by TNSCST during 19-20, Aug , 2005 at Oxford Engineering College , Trichy and bagged I prize
Seminars / Workshops / training programmes / Exhibition organized
• Department of Polymer Technology in coordination with Small Industries Service Institute , Guindy had organised 2 Week training programme on “Fibre Reinforced Plastic products for new entrepreneurs” during Nov. 19-30 , 2001 . The training programme was intended not only to educate the participants on the development of various engineering products using FRP but also to counsel and guide new entrepreneurs in their business ventures. 26 participants from all over Tamilnadu have participated the programme. They evinced very keen interest in attending the lectures, the laboratory classes and the industry visits
• Organised one week “Mold Flow analysis Module I” during 7-11, March 2003 for the teachers and students of the department
• A short term evening course on “CAD /CAE for Injection Mouled Products “ for one month was organized during Aug-Sep 2003. Mr.A.Rajendran, Manager, CIPET, Mr.Moses Vasanthakumar and Ms.Zeenath handled the classes for the course.
• Conducted one day workshop at SRF limited and gave lectures to create awareness on polymers to their supervisors on 24 th Jan 2004
Organised 2 days National Seminar on “Emerging trends in Biodegradable plastics” during 15-16 Sep 2004.
• It was partly sponsored by AICTE and TNSCST and more than 150 delegates from industries and academic institutions participated in the Seminar. 12 eminent speakers in the field both from industries and academia were drawn for the seminar.
• An Open house exhibition was arranged by the department for 3 days during 18-20Dec 2004 in the college premises . Polymer products collected from industries such as M/s SRF Limited, GM Pens, L & T, Anabond Ltd, Cori Engineers Ltd, X Moulds Ltd, Valqua Products, Sahasra Polymers , Urbane Industries, etc . Large no:of charts and exhibits were displayed for the benefit of students of other colleges and visitors.
• Organised one day lecture cum exhibition ‘POLYVISION 2005' an exposition of millennium materials on 15 th October, 2005 for +2 school children .
Industrial Consultancy and Funded Projects
1.The department is continuously involved since 2002 in providing support in trouble shooting and testing of their samples to polymer industries such as M/s SRF Ltd, Valqua Products, VIP Industries, Noveon, Galon Electricals, Motherson Automotive Technologies ltd, TVS Electronics, Bhimrajka Impex India Ltd, Urbane Industries etc.
Revenue earned during the last 3 years (2001-2004) through consultancy and testing is ~Rs3 lakhs .
2. Completed a funded project (Rs 25000 ) on “Development of nano silica filled polyolefins “ for M/s Cabot Sanmar Ltd , 2002-2003 – Investigator DrR.Vasanthakumari
3. Dr R.Vasanthakumari & Nalini Uthaman obtained a 3 year funded research project for Rs 17.5 lakhs from AICTE under Taptec scheme to work on “Development and characterization of conducting polyaniline based nano composite” Oct 2003
4. Dr S.S.M Majeed and Dr R.Vasanthakumari obtained a consultancy project for Rs one lakh to develop Silicone – EPDM blends for high voltage insulation application from M/s Lamco, Hyderabad and MoU signed, April 2005 .
5.Dr R.Vasanthakumari is a consultant (2004-2005) to SRF Polymers Ltd to develop nylon6 natural grade SXXIN Nat with reduced unit operation . The product is developed at a reduced cost by 20% and the approximate sales of the product is ~40T per month.
6.Obtained a consultancy project to develop an oil obsorbing magnetic polymer from M/s. Arudra Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Chennai and MoU signed April 2006 .
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