Report on Two Week Online Internship for TE Students

A Two Week Online Internship Program was conducted by Mechanical Engineering Department for Third Year Students in “Solid Modeling, 3D Printing & Industrial Automation from July 6 – 18 , 2020.  The course commenced with four days of training in Solid Modelling with the use of Softwares like AutoCad and SolidWorks. Students were given online training on using the software through Google Meet. The students also had some hands on experience through the online free trial version of the software.  The resources persons were Prof Sachin Turi, Prof Saurabh Raikar, Prof Achintya Kambli, Prof Manjunath Narwate. The Coordinator of the Course was Prof Sanjeel Naik.

The next two days, students were introduced to 3D Printing and Rapid Prototyping technology. The resource persons were Prof Ajit Salunke, HOD, Mechanical who explained the concept of 3D printing and its applications especially in the Medical Field, and Mr. Ryan Vaz from Infinity 3D who demonstrated some 3D Printing. The Course was coordinated by Prof Gaurish Samant and Prof  Manjunath Narwate.

The second week was dedicated to Industrial Automations. Ms Sunaya Shirodkar and her team from Asier Solutions held sessions on microcontrollers and Robotics  from July 13- 15 , 2020. The sessions started with introduction to microcontroller, its architecture and pin diagrams. Students were introduced to basic of embedded C programing, as well as the various basic sensors. The sessions on interfacing of sensors and motor drive with the Arduino Uno microcontroller for building various robots like line follower, obstacle detector etc. were held. Online tool, Tinkercad was used, where the students could virtually develop and program electronics circuits using sensors, drives and microcontroller. The sessions on  July 16-17, 20202 were engaged by Prof. Devendra Sutar, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Tele-Communication, GEC, on Programmable Logic Controllers. Prof Sutar illustrated the salient characteristics and wide industrial applications of PLCs. The students were introduced to the basic programming on PLC using various contacts switches, relays, timers and counters, memory bits etc. Exercises on various Industrial automation applications were undertaken to develop suitable PLC ladder program for each. The course on Industrial Automation was coordinated by Prof Tanay Rege and Prof Ramnath P Bam.

The two week online internship concluded with the Principal Dr Neena Panadikar and Head of Mechanical Department, Prof Ajit Salunke, addressing the students with regard to the importance of such a course and appreciating them for their active participation and undying enthusiasm in making the most of the course to add value and skills to their academic profiles.