FAER McAfee Scholar Awards 2017-18
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Scholar Awards Program
We are conducting the FAER scholar program to select and award "scholars" status to meritorious students from engineering colleges based on a project work with a rigorous three stage selection process referred and conducted by experts in the areas of (1) Computer Science, (2) Mobile Communications, (3) Renewable Energy Systems, (4) Signal Processing, (5) Rural Technologies, (6) Healthcare Technologies, (7) Labour Saving Technologies for Women, (8) Ecology and Environment, (9) Mobile Applications.
The objective of the FAER scholar program is to encourage creativity and innovation amongst the students in polytechnics and engineering institutions across India particularly those in rural and semi-urban areas making them to think and prepare detailed project proposals on areas and topics of relevance related to rural areas, rural communications, agricultural information systems, e-Governance, resource utilization, ecology, watershed development, renewable resources etc.,
Prize Amount
- First Prize : Rs. 100,000/- (Rs. 80,000 for the students team and Rs. 20,000 for the project guide)
- Second Prize : Rs. 75,000/- (Rs. 60,000 for the students team and Rs. 15,000 for the project guide)
- Third Prize : Rs. 50,000/- (Rs. 40,000 for the students team and Rs. 10,000 for the project guide)
Selection Process
Stage 1 : FAER will receive project proposals from students in engineering colleges, screen them with the help of experts and select projects for funding. An amount up to a maximum of Rs. 5,000/- will be reimbursed to each project team after completion of their project.
Stage 2 : Selection of "FAER -McAfee Scholars" based on the evaluation of the completed projects through a Seminar-cum-Exhibition and best projects will be awarded with Cash Prize and Certificates in FAER - McAfee Scholar Awards Presentation Function.
Dates to Remember :
Last date for receipt of hardcopy of the proposals for projects. Please send softcopy of the proposal by 10th November 2017. Email: office@faer.ac.in
Project Approvals by FAER. 20th January 2018.
The proposals duly certified by the project guide and Principal should reach the address mentioned below on or before 30th October 2017.
Foundation for Advancement of Education and Research
G5, Swiss Complex, 33, Race Course Road, Bengaluru - 560001
Rules of the Contest & Proposal Format
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List of Selected Proposals for FAER-McAfee Scholar program 2017-2018
| S.No | Project Name | College Name | Guide Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novel detection of level by level dynamics in skin cancer using BIOMEMS sensor | Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College | Padmapriya |
| 2 | Online payment system using stegaNography and visual cryptography | Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College | A.Rengarajan |
| 3 | Face recognition model using back propagation | Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College | R.Aswini priyanka |
| 4 | Automatic Breast Cancer Detection in the compressed domain | Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya memorial(NMAM) Institute of Technology | Mohammed Javed |
| 5 | Background In-painting for videos and images with dynamic objects | Srinivas Institute of Technology | Swathi |
| 6 | UWB radar for soil quality testing | Panimalar Institute of Technology | M.P.Chitra/M.Premkumar |
| 7 | Assistive Technologies for prediction of coronary artery diseases | Ramaiah Institute of Technology | Raghuram.S |
| 8 | Augmented reality concept on rural and urban areas schools education development | R.V.S.College of Engineering and technology | Harish kumar |
| 9 | A dynamic DNA for key-based cryptography | K.L.E College of Engineering and Technology | Bahubali.M.Akiwate |
| 10 | Prosthetic hand for disabled | Dronacharya College of Engineering | Chandra shekar singh |
| 11 | Remote fall monitoring system for elderly people | Ramaiah Institute of Technology | Sara Mohan george |
| 12 | Visual impairment invention-finger clamped tamil reading device for the blind | Excel Engineering College | C.Sharmila |
| 13 | Diagnosis chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) using E-Nose Technology | Erode Segunthar Engineering College | M.Karthikkumar |
| 14 | GMM based multimodal biometric verification | Ramaiah Institute of Technology | Sara Mohan george |
| 15 | Raspberry pi based smart home for physically challenged persons using andrios application | Sasurie College of Engineering | S.Govindaraj |
| 16 | Mining health care records -A graph based approach | K.L.E College of Engineering and Technology | Sunil Hebbale |
| 17 | Low power and area efficient DCT algorithm for image processing application | Ramco Institute of Technology | Mr. A.Azhagu Jaisudhan Pazhani |
| 18 | Experiment to test the effect of magnetic field on fuel consumption and exhaust emissions in internal combustion engine | Excel College of Engineering & Technology | M.Chandrasekaran |
| 19 | Robot interaction system using reiforcement learning | Dr.N.G.P Institute of Technology | K.Muthulakshmi |
| 20 | Synthesis of Bio-plastic from Prosopic Juliflora(Karuvela Maram) for Food Packing Application | Kongu Engineering College | Jaya Bharathi.J |
| 21 | Meeting the drinking water requirement of remote rural commodities by purification of brackish water by Membrane Free Electro De-Ionization(MFEDI) | Kongu Engineering College | K.Chandra Mohan |
| 22 | Smart hygiene monitoring system for public toilet | Akshaya College of Engineering and Technology | T.Boobalan |
| 23 | Cars with ears | K.C.G.College of Technology | K.Karthikeyan |
| 24 | Frequency-based detection of female Aedes mosquito using surface acoustic wave techNology | Selvam College of Technology | S.Arulmurugan |
| 25 | Detection of distracted drivers using machine learning | Dronacharya College of Engineering | Anu Rani |
| 26 | Smart village by using raspberry pi controller | Hirasugar Institute of Technology | B.R.Umarane |
| 27 | Effective utilization of micro organisms in decomposal of solid waste | Nandha Engineering College | R.Pradheepa |
| 28 | Mobile assistive app for visually impaired | Dronacharya College of Engineering | Neha verma |
| 29 | Improved network security using three level security | Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College | Anu |
| 30 | Circet bracelet for smart phones using WI-FI | Sasurie College of Engineering | S.Govindaraj |