NATIONALCOMPETITIONONSTUDENT AUTONOMOUSUNDERWATERVEHICLE (SAVe)INDIA

NATIONALINSTITUTEOFOCEANTECHNOLOGY
(MinistryofEarthSciences,GovernmentofIndia) CHENNAI600100

JUNE2011

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

NATIONAL COMPETITION ON STUDENT AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE (SAVe) 2011 - INDIA ANNOUNCEMENT

National Institute of Technology (NIOT), Ministry of Earth Sciences, announced a competition for students pursuing engineering degree to visualize and design an AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE (SAVe). The focus is on developing innovative underwater technologies needed for ocean observation. Overwhelming response is shown by the students on this maiden initiative to attract young talented Engineers to Ocean Technological developments in India. As it was envisaged earlier, the role of NIOT is to sponsor the selected student team to participate in the International AUV competition in USA. Dr. M. A. Atmanand, Director, National Institute of Technology (NIOT) announced the National competition for students pursuing engineering degree to visualize and design Student Autonomous underwater Vehicle (SAVe) on 15-08-2010. The focus is on developing innovative underwater technologies needed for ocean observation.

National competition on Student Autonomous underwater Vehicle for Ocean Observation (SAVe)

http://www.niot.res.in

Inaugurated by Director, NIOT

15-08-2010

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STAGES OF SELECTION

Students through their educational institution can apply for this project Team should have 5 students and should be multidisciplinary NIOT through a panel of experts will scrutinize these entries and select the successful entries qualifying for Phase I (PDR Preliminary Design Report). The PDR report should be in PDF Format : Max 10 pages; A4 size; Arial 10; 1.5 spacing; PDF A mentor will be identified who could associate with this group in developing the concept. Conceptual Design Report CDR NIOT shall also extend his expert guidance through state- of- the- art facility and industrial experience. NIOT will appoint a Mentor who shall guide the team in preparing CDR. Then selected teams would be asked to make a presentation at NIOT. On the basis of the CDR review next level of selection (Phase II) will be done The successful teams would be asked to submit Engineering Design Model The winning team may be able to participate in the International AUV competition in USA NIOTs research vessel facility would be extended to understand the practical challenges involved while working offshore

STAGES OF SELECTION PROCESS

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WIDE PUBLICITY OF SAVe COMPETITON

This announcement was made on 15th August 2010 in NIOTs website and through leading National Newspapers. Only Students through their Educational Institution could participate in this Competition and the team should consist of five Students with multidisciplinary. Nearly 7100 had visited this site, 200 registrations were made and 55 teams had submitted their Preliminary Design Reports (PDR).
MEDIA PUBLICITY

NIOT published all leading news papers and magazines

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SAVe PAMPHLET

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY

(Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt of India)

National Competitionon Student Autonomous underwater Vehicle-SAVe

National Institute of Technology (NIOT) announces a competition for students pursuing engineering degree to visualize and design STUDENT AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHCILE (SAVe). The focus is on developing innovative underwater water technologies needed for ocean observation.

Howtoapply
Register through email auv@niot.res.in using registration form Submit application form with design documents before 15 October 2010 Please visit website www.niot.ers.in for further more information

TimeLine
Announcement Registration Submission of PDR Announcement of Phase I selected teams Submission of CDR 15 August 2010 Starts from 15 August 2010 15 October 2010 5 November 2010(NIOT foundation day) February 2011

Announcement of successful teams Phase II ( 3 TEAMS) March 2011 Orientation workshop would be organized at NIOT Development of Engineering Module Testing Chance to Participate in International AUV competition in USA July 2011 March 2011 April 2011 May 2011

The Director
National Institute of Ocean Technology Velachery Tambaram Main Road Pallikaranai, Chennai India 600100 Phone: 044-66783303 / 66783547 Website: www.niot.res.in

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LETTER COMMUNICATIONS TO COLLEGES

Director, NIOT wrote a letter to all colleges

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INTERNET PUBLICITY

http://makemycareer.com/exam-event-National-Institute-of-OceanTechnology-invites-Student-Competition-UNDERWATER-ROBOTSAVe.-1096.html - top listed http://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/126516-National-InstituteOcean-Technology-Student.aspx

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PHASE I PARTICIPANTS LIST App No 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 Registration No SRN00112 SRN00025 SRN00058 SRN00071 SRN00105 SRN00022 SRN00068 SRN00109 SRN00102 SRN00087 SRN00092 SRN00122 SRN00086 SRN00143 SRN00104 SRN00083 SRN00037 SRN00028 SRN00088 SRN00129 SRN00154 SRN00155 Name Name of AUV Team Seaczar-CMERI Manas Samudra Unicorn Bharath Team Triton Team CGI Jal Netra Edison10 The saviours Name of the College Shree Rajeshwar Institute of Engineering and Information Technology The Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology / GGSIP University Ambedkar institute of Technology National Institute Of Technology National Institute of Science and Technology National Institute of Technology, Trichy Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Maha Vidyalaya University Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Vignan's Institute of Information Technology Department Of ship Technology/CUSAT PSG College of Technology Babu Banarasi Das Institute of Technology Symbiosis of Technology Chandravati Group of Institution,Faculty of Engineering Bits Pilani Indian Maritime University Sona college of technology AMET University C V Raman College of Engineering Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology K.C.G College of Technology

L.N. Fernandes Aman Arora Deepanshu Jeswani Ashish Kumar Jha Sachin Suresh O Rakesh Lenka Anantharaghavan.s G.R.S Prasanth Sachin Sharma Anunay Inuganti Sachin Kumar Vivek Sharma.G.R Ashish Kumar Kashyap Inesh Singh Mudit Tiwari Kaushik Acharya ravi kiran Prabakaran.R Rajeev.M amit mallick Amal.B Nico Dishanth.J

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023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047

SRN00085 SRN00132 SRN00137 SRN00056 SRN00106 SRN00118 SRN00148 SRN00032 SRN00145 SRN00116 SRN00114 SRN00060 SRN00095 SRN00097 SRN00005 SRN00123 SRN00130 SRN00001 SRN00027 SRN00094 SRN00153 SRN00151 SRN00146 SRN00140 SRN00098

Deepak Prasad.L.T Venugopal.S Poondla Prashant K.Marikumar S.Jagan THILEEPAN.S Monisha Gnanachandra Nanda Gopal.R.L Ankur Anal Akshansh Ogare Cahar Ravi Kumar Chidambara raja Himanshu Chauhan Sudharsan Anandakumar Surajkumar Mokhasi Vibin.T.Gupta Rajesh.R Ajin .W.A Rajkumar N Shyamprasad.C.P vivek anand Anubhav Sahoo Shaik Abdul Waheed Ahamed Senthil Nathan Mohit Mohan Vishnawat

Team BIST IITM-AUV Unimates DNA Smart Light Weight Surveyor AUV 5 Torsion Group The Digital Destroyers Intellork Innovaters Innovative volkers Einstein'10 Jal Tarang 5 Waheed -

Panimalar Engineering College Bharath University Indian Institute Of Technology Madras Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology Kumaraguru college of Technolgoy Saveetha Engineering College Velammal Engineering College Institute of Road and Transport Techonlogy Indian Maritime University New Govt. Engg. College Raipur Padre Conceicao college of Engineering Psg College Of Technology Babu Banarasi Das Institute of Technology Sri Sairam Engineering College Nettur Technical Tranining Foundation Kathir college of engineering Panimalar Institute of Technology Maharaja Engineering College SONA college of technology Amrita School Of Engineering Kalasalingam University IIT Kharagpur Madina Engineering College Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engineering College Sir Chhoturam Institute Of Engineering & Technology

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048 049 050 051 052 053 054

SRN00073 SRN00138 SRN00126 SRN00157 SRN00141 SRN00144 SRN00117

Karthick.s Ashish Mittal suresh kumar Ragesh R Ashok Kumar.T Guruditya Sinha S.Vivekanandhan

Spark Ablazerz Robo-Scientists -

Kongu Engineering College Delhi Technological University Kathir college of engineering RMK Engineering College/ Anna University SSK College of Engineering & Technology SRM University Madras Institute of Technology/Anna University

PHASE I SELECTED LIST

The first phase of PDR result was announced during NIOTs Foundation Day Celebration on 20th November 2010.The short listed 19 teams were congratulated for their performance through website and individual letters to Students and their respective Colleges.
App No 004 009 011 013 014 016 017 019 021 026 027 028 029 Reg No SRN00071 SRN00102 SRN00092 SRN00086 SRN00143 SRN00083 SRN00037 SRN00088 SRN00154 SRN00056 SRN00106 SRN00118 SRN00148 Name Ashish Kumar Jha Sachin Sharma Sachin Kumar Ashish Kumar Kashyap Inesh Singh Kaushik Acharya Ravi kiran Rajeev.M Amal.B K.Marikumar S.Jagan THILEEPAN.S Monisha Gnanachandra Name of AUV Team Samudra Triton Jal Netra Unimates DNA SMWS - AUV Name of the College Ambedkar institute of Technology Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Department of ship Technology / CUSAT Babu Banarasi Das Institute of Technology Symbiosis of Technology Bits Pilani Indian Maritime University Amet University Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology Kumaraguru college of Technolgoy Saveetha Engineering College Velammal Engineering College

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SRN00032 SRN00145 SRN00114 SRN00060 SRN00097 SRN00151

Nanda Gopal.R.L Ankur Anal Cahar Ravi Kumar Chidambara raja Sudharsan Anandakumar Anubhav Sahoo

5 Intellork -

Institute of Road and Transport Techonlogy Indian Maritime University Padre Conceicao college of Engineering PSG College of Technology Sri Sairam Engineering College IIT Kharagpur

The detailed Conceptual Design Report and oral presentation by the selected 19 teams was held at NIOT on 10th January 2011. A High Level Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr.M.R.Nayak with members from National Institute of Oceanography, Goa; Naval Science and Technology Laboratory, Vizag; Indian Institute of TechnologyMadras, Chennai and senior scientists from NIOT evaluated the students on the basis of oral presentation, CDR Report, work done on design and development of AUV, methodology adopted, team spirit shown and ability to define their ideas etc. The successful five teams were announced through Website on 11th January 2011. The Committee expressed their sincere appreciation to all the teams involved in this Competition.

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PHASE II SELECTED LIST App No 004 017 028 036 044 Reg No SRN00071 SRN00037 SRN00118 SRN00097 SRN00151 Name Ashish Kumar Jha Ravi Kiran Thileepan.S Sudharsan Anandakumar Anubhav Sahoo Name of AUV Team Samudra Jal Netra DNA Intellork Name of the College Ambedkar institute of Technology Indian Maritime University Saveetha Engineering College Sri Sairam Engineering College IIT Kharagpur

INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL EXPERTS AND MENTORS NIOT extended technical support and also arranged the International Mentors who could be available to support the student teams. Each college had a lead faculty who supported the respective team. The following table shows the selected teams with their respective mentors for competing in the final phase of selection:

Sl. No. 1.

Name of College Team Indian Maritime Visakhapatnam University,

Mentor Name & address & Profile Mr.David Murphy R&D Manager, Sea-Bird Electronics, USA Mr.SeanKery Senior Hydro dynamicist at CSC and is also Vice Chair of the SNAME Marine Forensics Committee. He has expertise in launch and recovery systems from his time at Woods Hole. USA Mr.Hunter Brown University of Michigan. Head of Autonomous Systems at the Marine Hydrodynamics Lab at University of Michigan. He has a mix of AUV and ROV design, fabrication and operational experience Mr.Justin Manley Liquid Robotics. USA Director of Scientific and Commercial Business at Liquid Robotics. He has experience in Ocean Research and AUV design and operations Mr.Rafael Mandujano Vehicle Control Technologies Inc, Reston, USA Mechanical Engineer at Vehicle Control Technologies. Having background in AUV systems engineering and design

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Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur

3.

Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Delhi

4.

Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai

5.

Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai

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AUVSI FOUNDATION EXPERT VISIT TO NIOT After seeing the developments in India Mr.Daryl Davidson, Executive Director, AUVSI Foundation, USA visited NIOT on 23rd February 2011 and students of the five teams had discussion with him through person / video conferencing.

Mr. Daryl Davidson, Sponsorship-Cooperation, AUVSI Foundation, USA

NIOT TEAM EFFORT

June2011

May 2011

Aug 2010

Sep 2010

Nov 2010

Dec 2010

Competition Announcement Media advertisement PDR selection Result Announcement CDR Selection Result Announcement Chief guest from AUVSI Foundation,USA Mentor & Model Review Final Result Visa Preparation Final Competition Preparation

Apr 2011

Activity/Month

July 2011

Mar 2011

Feb 2011

SAVe-Time Chart
Oct 2010 Jan 2011

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Final competition
The final AUV competition was held on 13th June 2011 at Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT), Aquatic Complex, Velachery, Chennai.

Inspector General Satya Prakash Sharma, PTM, TM Commander Coast Guard Region (East) was the Chief Guest. In his speech he motivated students to work in challenging areas of underwater technology and emphasizing need for developing such newer technology for safe guarding the country. He also announced the winning team.

Dr M A Atmanand, Director, NIOT appreciated the participants and colleges and he also explained about the initiative by NIOT in conducting this national event and its importance in the creating awareness and interest among the young engineers. He also expressed the success of such a competition towards a team building activity

Dr R Venkatesan Coordinator of the competition delivered the Vote of Thanks and thanked all students who participated in different stages of selection and four teams in developing different designs of AUVs.

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A National Committee comprising of experts from: National Institute of Oceanography, Goa Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Vishakhapatnam Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai Senior Scientists of NIOT were involved in selecting the winner.

Nearly 7100 had visited this competition web site, 200 registrations were received and 55 teams submitted their Preliminary Design Reports (PDR). Out of which 19 teams were invited for interview by NIOT. And finally 5 teams were selected to demonstrate their AUVs. The working AUV developed by teams were demonstrated for evaluation by the National committee. Following student teams from the below given colleges had demonstrated their AUVs in the finals:

1. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal

2. Indian Maritime University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

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3. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, New Delhi

4. Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai

WINNER NATIONAL COMPETITION ON STUDENT AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur, West Bengal.

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The winning team would be sponsored by NIOT to participate in the International Competition organized by AUVSI Foundation, USA to be held at San Diego, USA during 12 17 July 2011. PRESS RELEASE The information about the Final SAVe Competition held on 13th June 2011 was published in a Regional Newspaper.

OUTCOME The aim of this competition is to attract young talented Students to work on under water technology and NIOT to support this national cause has been successfully fulfilled. The overwhelming response and interest shown by the students and interest seen from the students from all over India has been very encouraging and can help in ocean technological development in a long way. For further details please contact Dr R Venkatesan Coordinator - SAVe Competition Group Head- Ocean Observation Systems, NIOT, Chennai 9444399829; 044-66783535 venkat@niot.res.in

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