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NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

NITT – SPIE STUDENT CHAPTER National Institute of Technology

Tiruchirappalli – 620 015 Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

www.nitt.edu E-mail: nitt_spie@yahoo.com

ANNUAL REPORT January 2008 – December 2008

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter: Connecting Minds, Advancing Light.

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

THE ARIAL VIEW OF NIT TIRUCHIRAPPALLI

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

Outline of the Report:

Chapter Leaders and Advisor - 2008

New Office Bearers - 2009

List of Current Student Chapter Members

Chapter Activities (since last report)

<A> Chapter Meetings (MMM) <B> Guest Lectures <C> Invited Lecture Programs <D> Outreach Program <E> SPIE Scholarships

NITT-SPIE in Asia – SPIE conference

Activities Planned for the Future

Election of Office Bearers

Research Areas of our Student Chapter Members

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

Chapter Leaders - 2008:

Mr. Petchimuthu Rajarajan Mr. Renganathan Baluswamy Mr. Srinivasan Ramaswamy President Vice-President Secretary

prrajan@gmail.com renga@rediffmail.com srinivasanphysics@gmail.com

Mrs. Michael S.L. Shanthi Ms. Sathya Sheela Subramanian Ms. Sowmya S

Treasurer Co-Secretary I Co-Secretary II phk0602@nitt.edu sathya_sheela1985001@rediffmail.com sowmya787@yahoo.co.in

Faculty Advisor

Dillibabu Sastikumar sasti@nitt.edu

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

New Office Bearers – 2009 President : Mr. Renganathan Balusamy Vice-President : Ms. Sathya Subramanian Treasurer : Mr. Periyannan Jegatheesan Secretary : Mr. Krishna Kumar Krishnamurthy Joint Secretary : Ms. Saranya

List of Current Student Chapter Members:

1. Mr. Alagan Viswanathan viswa_nitt@yahoo.com

2. Mr. Petchimuthu Rajarajan prrajan@gmail.com

3. Mr. Gobi Govindan ggobi_rect@yahoo.co.in

4. Mrs. Michael Shanthi shanthi_ml@yahoo.co.in

5. Mr. Franklin Savarimuthu researcherfrank@gmail.com

6. Mr. Balakrishnan Subramanian phk0605@nitt.edu

7. Mrs. R. Malarvizhi malar_abc@yahoo.com

8. Mr. Renganathan Balusamy b.renga@rediffmail.com

9. Mr. Ramesh Rathnam ramesh_rath2001@yahoo.co.in

10. Krishna Kumar Krishnamurthy krishnainoc@gmail.com

11. Mr. G. Balakrishnan bala_physics76@yahoo.co.uk

12. Mr. Balamurugan Subramaniyan sbala_198@yahoo.co.in

13. Mr. Parthasarathi Lekshmanan nlpartha@gmail.com

14. Mr. Srinivasan Ramasamy phk0604@nitt.edu

15. Ms. Rajeswari Navaneethapandian nava_priyamalu@yahoo.co.in

16. Ms. Sathya Subramanian sathya_sheela1985001@rediffmail.com

17. Ms. Jeyachitra Ramasamy Kandasamy rkjcmano@yahoo.co.in

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

18. Ms. Srimathy Balasubramanian bsrimathy@gmail.com

19. Ms. Leona Felicia leona_felicia252@yahoo.co.in

20. Mr. Shankar Govindan shankar_govindan@yahoo.com

21. Mr. S. Kazhugasalamoorthy skmoorthy08@yahoo.co.in

22. Ms. Latha Krishnamoorthy lath_phy@yahoo.co.in

23. Mr. V. Mahendran chamy_mahend@yahoo.com

24. Ms. Mehala Muthukrishnan nellaimehala@yahoo.co.in

25. Ms. M. Neethu neethu_haran@yahoo.co.in

26. Ms. R. Nalini Pratibha pratinalin87@yahoo.co.in

27. Mr. Suresh Babu Ramasamy sureshkrishna1982@yahoo.co.in

28. Ms. Z. Senthamizh Pavai senpavai_86@rediffmail.com

29. Mr. Khasim Shaik khasimsaheb2005@gmail.com

30. Ms. Anbumozhi Somasundaram angai_anbu@yahoo.com

31. Ms. S. Sowmya sowmya787@yahoo.co.in

32. Ms. Neethu Purushothaman neethuavailable@yahoo.com

33. Mr. Jayaraman Elanchezhiyan je_chezhiyan@yahoo.com

34. Mr. Natarajan Balasubramanian

35. Ms. Rekha Brammanathan

36. Mr. Gnanavelbabu

37. Mr. C.K. Gopakumar

38. Ms. Jain John

39. Mr. Surender Kannaiyan

40. Saranaya Loganathan

41. Suganya Madivanan

42. Jegatheesan Periyannan

43. Talakonda Prasada Rao

44. Ilavenil Rajasekaran

45. Vasumathi Ravishankar

46. Moovendan Sundaram

47. Selvalakshmi Thangaraj

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

Chapter Activities (Since Last Report): [A] Chapter Meetings:

Monthly Members Meet (MMM)

8th March 2008: Our Chapter member Mr. S. Franklin, Research Scholar, Department of Physics, delivered a lecture on “HYDROGEN BONDS - The Arts and Facts”.

30th May 2008: Our Chapter member Mr. T. Prasad Rao, Research Scholar, Department of Physics, delivered a lecture on “Transparent Conducting Oxide Thinfilms (TCO) – Basics”.

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

29th July 2008: Our Chapter member Mr. K. Krishna Kumar, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, delivered a lecture on “Synthesis & Characterization of Optically Active new Mannich bases” As an appreciation of the speaker in MMM talks, we provide them a certificate of honour. The model of the certificate is below:

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

[B] Guest Lectures:

25th February 2008: Dr. K. Anbarasu, Principal, National College, Tiruchirappalli, delivered a guest lecture on DYNAMIC EARTH”.

24th September 2008: Prof. M.Daniel, Chairman, School of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, delivered a guest lecture on “THE BEAUTY OF NON LINEAR PHENOMENON IN PHYSICAL SYSTEM”. (The invitations of the Guest lecture programs can be seen at in the photograph section.)

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

[C] Invited Lecture program:

Prof. Anand Asundi from School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore visited our chapter under SPIE Visiting Lecture Program during 7 – 9 December 2008.

He delivered a talk on “Digital Holography - A New Paradigm in Imaging and Microscopy” to our student chapter members on 8th December 2008 followed by a dinner.

He also visited various laboratories of our department and motivated for good research work as well appreciated our chapter activities. Thanks to SPIE visiting lecture program.

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NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

Invited Lecture program:

♣ R. Virendra N Mahajen, Scientist from Aerospace Corporation, California, USA visited our chapter under OSA Visiting Lecture scheme during 18–19 November 2008.

♣ He delivered a talk on “OPTICAL IMAGING AND ABERRATIONS” to our

student chapter members on 18th November 2008 followed by a dinner.

♣ He also visited various laboratories of our department and encouraged our chapter activities.

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

[D] Out reach Program

o Our student chapters’ volunteers conducted an “Awareness Program on Physics Education And Research (APPEAR ’08)” in Thanthai Hans Roever College, Perambalur on 1st March 2008.

o A pamphlet containing information about various examinations conducted

in India to enter into research institutions is prepared and distributed. The pamphlet also conveys message about the chapter activities and student chapter benefits. More than 1oo students are benefited from this program.

The Program Schedule Invitation of the Program

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

[E] SPIE Grants and Scholarships

Our President Mr. Pechimuthu Rajarajan was awarded a travel grant to participate in the ASIA 2008 student chapter leadership meeting followed by

a conference on “9th International Symposium on Laser Metrology (LM 2008)”, Singapore.

Our President Mr. Pechimuthu Rajarajan was awarded a travel grant to participate in the student chapter leadership meeting followed by a conference on “Optics and Photonics 2008”, San Diego, CA, USA.

The following two members of our chapters were awarded the “SPIE Educational Scholarship - 2008”.

1. Mr. Krishnakumar Krishnamurthy 2. Ms. Rekha Balasubramaniam

NITT-SPIE in Asia – SPIE conference

Our chapter president Mr. Petchimuthu Rajarajan represented our chapter in Asia – SPIE conference held in Singapore during.

With Mr. Dirk Fabian, Student coordinator, SPIE With Dr. Kevin, President, SPIE

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

Future Chapter Activities:

Incorporate new members

Organize lab visits

Arrange visits to optical industries

Renovate chapter’s library

Complete student chapter web page

Conduct orientation programs on research awareness Election of Officers:

February 1, 2008: New Office bearers were elected for the calendar year

2008. It was held in the Department of Physics in consent with the Faculty Advisor Dr. Dillibabu Sastikumar. The 2007 President Mr. Viswanathan Alagan presided over the function. The new officer’s names were nominated

and seconded as per the by-laws.

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

Lab demonstration to school students

Research Groups

Lasers and Optics Crystallography & Crystal Growth

Thin Films Laser Materials Processing,

Fiber Optic Sensors Nanomaterials

Polymers and Biomaterials Ultrasonic Studies

Chaos and Materials Modelling Quantum Computation

Nanomagnetism Ferroelectrics and Spintronics

NITT - SPIE Student Chapter Connecting Minds, Advancing Light

NITT-SPIE Student Chapter, Department of Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamilnadu, INDIA. Phone : +91 431 2503604, Fax : +91 431 2500133, Email: nitt_spie@yahoo.com, Web site : www.nitt.edu

Financial Report (Calendar Year 2008) Activity Grant Received USD 1350 Expenditure Monthly Members Meet (3) USD 150 Guest Lecture (2) USD 325 Invited Lecture (2) USD 275 Outreach Program USD 350 School Students Awareness Program USD 250

Total USD 1350 In Short……. NITT – SPIE Student Chapter aims to motivate the student community in and around its locality in the Optics related Research and Development. We are shedding the light on the younger generation to work in Optics.

The slogan of our chapter is

“Seek The Success Through Synergy”