Activities

Under the esteemed aegis of IIChE (Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers), the student chapter at SASTRA has projected the chasm of opportunities, the field of chemical engineering holds. Below are the activities of our student chapter.

CAPE

The Conference on Advances in Process Engineering is an initiative to unearth the talents of budding engineers and inculcate in them the essence of Chemical Engineering. The first edition happened in the year 2013. The exposure gained by participants, through the two-day conference was enormous. The conference is centered around the basis of student interaction. The paper and poster presentations are the fitting zones for students to unravel their practical talents imbibed through fruitful lectures. The industry delegates, academicians and the research scholars invited are of such eminence, that the mere attendance of the conference equates access to knowledge which otherwise takes years of experience to gain.

PRAKRIYA

Prakriya is the symposium of the IIChE SASTRA Student Chapter. It renovated the face of the symposium. It brought out the best in a chemical engineering aspirant. It hosted technical quizzes in addition to the paper and poster presentations. Prakriya was conceptualized and first conducted in 2011, in the same year of establishment of IIChE student chapter at SASTRA. The second edition of Prakriya happened in 2012. Followed by the enthusiasm and response received from student members, prakriya pave way for the conference on advances in process engineering from the year 2013

Chemical Engineering Commemoration Day - George E. Davis Memorial Lecture - 27 July

George E. Davis, the eminent father of chemical engineering, is a pioneer widely known for his revolutionary works in initiating the field of chemical engineering. Honoring his work, the student chapter celebrates his birth anniversary every year on 27th July as the Chemical Engineering Commemoration Day. The pioneers of the present day are invited deliver the "George E. Davis Memorial Lecture" to enlighten our students in the current status of the industry and the developments that the students can bring about in the field.

IDP (Industry Defined Problems) and Oral Presentations

Apart from hosting inter-college fests and conferences, the student chapter also conducts exclusive intra-college fests. Competitions like IDP and Oral Presentations brought out the crisis solving techniques that ought to be second nature to a chemical engineer, given the oblivious risks posed by the field. The presentations also served as a platform to inculcate the application of the academic knowledge on a practical basis.

Engineers' day

The birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya is celebrated as "Engineers Day" throughout India. Taking in the pride of this day, the student chapter introduced flow sheeting event called "Develop your Flowsheet". Process Flow Diagrams hold eminence throughout the industrial journey of a process engineering.