KSCST announces best engineering projects

SHIMOGA: A total of 11 seminars and 23 exhibits by budding engineers of 32 colleges of the state received  awards conferred by the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), Bangalore. KSCST executive secretary M Prithviraj told Express that there is scope for these unique ideas to get patented. Of the 1,300 projects, only 295 got the nod for financial assistance from KSCST. In the final seminar, 103 projects were presented of which 34 got awards.Best projects■Reduction of fatty acids in oil using solid catalysts under microwave irradiation (Biotechnology) by Gauthami R Shetty, Jane Anupama Martis, Nagashree B and Rashmi S Shenoy of NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte.■Evaluation of tribal medicine and active principle of glycosmis mauritiana tanaka for antioxidant and anticancer activity against PC-3 cell lines (Biotechnology) by Anusha H Kulkarni and Ramya MC of Shridevi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tumkur.■Studies on the development of pervious concrete (Civil Engineering) by BN Priyanka, Prabhakar Havalagi, Nagesh P and Rekha AJ of BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore.■Measurement and control of flow through box culvert as canal outlet (Civil Engg) by Gurudath N, Madhu MS, Suhas S and Vijaya Kumar R of SIIT, Tumkur.■A comparative study of modern assisted methods to enhance chemical reaction, mass transfer operation to have better green sustainable environment (Chemical Engineering) by Kishan Anavekar, Shridhar Harobelawadi, Trupti Telang, Kavita Anvekar of KLE Society’s College of Engineering and Technology, Belgaum.■Performance evaluation of chitosan and zeolite as filter media (Chemical Engineering) by Chaitra KR and Dwithiya Chandrashekhar, Sajani B and Sandeep S of Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering, Mysore.■A simple method for faster bio-diesel production (Mechanical Engineering) by Abhishek Kumar, Roshan Kereketta, Rohit Kumar Srivastav and Pinak Kumarnath of Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology, Bangalore.■ Line management software for the Akshaya Patra Foundation, Rayapur by Dharwad Akshata Javali, Pavan Jahagirdar and Pameela Bagewadi of Smt Kamala and Sri Venkappa M Agadi College of Engineering and Technology, Laxmeshwar.■ Wireless industrial hazard detection control and protection device using embedded system - Kavya MC, Mohan Raj TN, Pradeep J, Vaishali KS of SIIT, Tumkur.■ Study of energy conservation of AIT campus by energy audit and implementation of retrofits by Nandini HK, Priya BS, Prashant Jalihal, Manjunatha C of Adichunchanagiri Institute of Technology, Chikmagalur.■Design and analogue VLSI implementation of neural network by Vadiraj R Gurunaik, Rakesh N Bevinagidad, Vinayak U Gandage of BLDEA’S Vachana Pitamaha Dr PG Halakatti College of Engineering Technology,   Bijapur.