ASME, the student chapter of PEC hosted the 7th edition EFx event on 5th October 2019. This event is mainly designed to bring the excitement, community, innovation and vibrant experience of an ASME E-Fests¢ flagship event, to local colleges and universities around the world.
The event commenced by a lamp lighting ceremony by Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, the DSA of PEC, Mr. Rahul Vaishya, Officer incharge of ASME PEC, Dr. Siby John, Deputy Director of PEC , Rear Admiral Amulpreet Singh Sethi, Chief guest and keynote speaker of the day, Mr. Sundar Raman Mohan, GM Siemens India Ltd., followed by a few enlightening words by Dr. Sanjeev Kumar and Dr. Siby John.
Professor Rahul Vaishya, the officer incharge of ASME was called upon the stage to shed some light on ASME. He completed his PhD from PEC and has done immense research in abrasive flow machining, FRP, hydraulics and pneumatics.
PEC alumni, Rear Admiral Amulpreet Singh Sethi was felicitated by Professor Rahul Vaishya. He is 1983 electrical graduate from PEC. Lastly, the president of ASME India, Mr. Madhurkar Sharma and Mr. Sundar Raman Mohan we're called upon the stage to give a short speech, before the dawning of the event.
The events taking place were initiated with the workshop on designing human powered vehicle conducted by Mr. Sundar Ramen Mohan, followed by a lunch break and networking sessions. Soon after lunch, the design competitions were put in gear. The competitions subsumed Chassis Design, Bridge it and Aero-modeling. Teams of maximum 3-4 members were allowed to participate. These competitions were held in L1, L2 and L3.
To conclude the day, Mr. Madhurkar Sharma organized an ASME camp, thereby closing the event. After a very brief session, the winners were announced and the certificates were handed.
The cermony was held with utmost perfection and eminence, the participants happy with their performance and the speakers proud to conduct successful sessions with an intweactive audience.