Story So Far

#StorySoFar

I am a TE Instrumentation student and now I greatly appreciate this course because Instrumentation is an endless field, everyday I learn something new here. Let me introduce you all about my journey till now...

Before I chose Instrumentation as a career option

Like other students, I was very confused about my career. I was the topper of my school, topper in extra-curricular activities but still I didn’t know what to do in future. Everybody in my friend circle was dreaming about being an engineer and so I also told my parents that I am choosing engineering for life. But after releasing “Taare Zameen Par” movie, all of my friends immediately changed their decisions. But my parents always wanted me to be an engineer, they wanted me to do engineering not under any pressure but from the bottom of my heart. And hence they started making me curious about each and everything, how any simplest instrument in daily life is made, how does it work, is there any solution for its drawbacks, is there any alternative?... In this way they started making me more and more interested in engineering. And then I decided to stick to my career decision firmly. I searched about Instrumentation engineering because this field is a sandwich of electrical, mechanical, computer, chemical and electronics engineering. And I started working hard to get into this field.

First year of Engineering

I got Vivekanand college to follow my dreams. But frankly speaking I suffered through a lot of criticism for choosing Instrumentation field. According to my friends, people with good marks in JEE MAINS and HSC board have many options like :
EXTC,Comps,IT,Biomedical,Chemical,Mechanical,Electronics,Electrical,Instrumentation
( NOTE: The sequence mentioned above is the preference by PEOPLE with good marks in descending order…I mean people with highest grades go for EXTC or Comps and people with less marks normally opt for one of the three mentioned in the end )

But there was a spark inside me that someday I will do something greater than all these people and earn more respect than all of them. The more they teased the more I wanted to learn about Instrumentation. I talked to some of my seniors and I was very eager to finish my FE and to enter in Second year to get involved in Instrumentation Engineering.

Second year of Engineering

So, as I said before, I was very happy while entering in SE. I decided to do every course which will help me in building my engineering career and make proud of myself. I concentrated more on core subjects like Transducres-I and Transducers-II as well as Feedback Control Systems , Electrical Networks and Analog Elctronics.

Project : Traffic Light Controller ( Feedback Control System mini Project )

APPLICATIONS:-

ü  Increasing the traffic handling capacity of roads.Reducing collisions, and reducing waiting time for both vehicular and pedestrian.

ü  Reducing unnecessary stopping and starting of traffic - this in turn reduces fuel consumption, air pollution, noise and vehicle wear and tear.

ISA-VESIT

To get more opportunities , I joined ISA-VESIT Society. Since my seniors also went through the same criticism like me so they are also willing to Raise The Standard of Automation with the help of ISA society . This Society aims at strengthening its members’ technical skills, and giving them an opportunity to apply their technical knowledge in a practical way and gain some experience in the industry.I participated in technical as well as non-technical events such as : Junkyard wars,Armageddon ,Survivor , workshops and seminars such as : PCB workshop ,IoT workshop ,BE and Beyond seminar. Everything enriched my knowledge.  

LabVIEW Course

From the inception of an idea to the commercialization of a widget, NI’s unique platform-based approach to engineering applications has driven progress across a wide variety of industries. Central to this approach is LabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instruments Engineering Workbench ), a development environment designed specifically to accelerate the productivity of engineers.

 Instrumentation Department of VESIT organises course on "LabVIEW Core 1 and Core 2" under NI VESIT LabVIEW academy every year. Graphical programming syntax helped me to visualize, create, and code engineering systems and translate ideas into reality.

 Third year of Engineering

In this year , I wanted to go more deep in my field. The core subjects in this year are Signal Conditioning and Circuit Design, Applications of Microcontroller, Digital Signal Processing , Control System Components and Process Instrumentation Systems and Power Electronics.

Project Done : Cell Phone Detector ( SCCD mini Project )

Applications:-

1) It can be used to avoid the usage of mobile phones in examination halls, seminar halls, quizzes etc.

2) It is used to avoid video transmission in a secret or private meeting. For military and civil defence purposes to detect mobile phones by increasing its radius of range this circuit is of immense use.

AIA Course

The most amazing and innovative week of my engineering college life is the week when we were involved in AIA ( Automation Industry Association ) course to get practical knowledge of Factory Automation.

In this course I learned about different Industrial Sensors, motion control ,PLC, Integration Stand I & II and Pneumatics. Based on what we learnt in this course , there was a “Project Idea Contest” which was judged by Siemens and BnR industry experts. Also a seminar on IoT was held by those experts. Our college teachers , our HOD sir and Principal ma’am helped us in having interaction with Siemens Industry people.

Instrumentation Engineering according to me   

The scopes for an Instrumentation engineer are so wide ranging from a small factory , shopping malls to as big as nuclear reactors…everyone needs an instrumentation engineer.

 

With the development of new softwares like labVIEW( Laboratory virtual instrumentation engineers workbench),SCADA,PLC,AUTOMATIX….etc the interfacing with the DCS(digital control system) and DAQ(data acquisition systems) and with development of DSP(digital signal processors) the work has become more easier and more trustworthy.

I myself as an instrumentation  student  is proud and happy for the decision I made few years before about my career and I will always be a student in this field since this field is endless ...

No one has succeeded without criticism…!!!