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SPIE STUDENT CHAPTER ANNUAL REPORT

(NOVEMBER 2015 - NOVEMBER 2016)

SPIE STUDENT CHAPTER, THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY (Formerly ITM University)

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Sector-23 A, Gurgaon (ZIP Postal - 122017)

Haryana, India

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ABOUT SPIE

SPIE is a not-for-profit international professional society for optics and photonics technology,

founded in 1955. It organizes technical conferences, trade exhibitions, and continuing education

programs for researchers and developers in the light-based fields of physics, including, but not

limited to: optics, photonics, and imaging engineering. SPIE is most known for Photonics West,

held in San Francisco.

The society publishes peer-reviewed scientific journals, conference proceedings, monographs,

tutorial texts, field guides, and reference volumes in print and online. In 2014, the society provided

more than $4 million in support of optics education and outreach programs around the world.

The mission of SPIE is to serve scientists and engineers in industry, academia, and government

working in a wide variety of fields that utilize some aspect of optics and photonics, the science

and application of light.

Individuals involved with the society conduct research and apply new techniques to the design and

development of technologies such as semiconductor manufacturing, robotics ,medical

imaging, next-generation-displays,battlefield-technologies,

entertainment, biometric security, image processing, communications, astronomy, and much

more. SPIE has Members from around the world, including North and South America, Europe,

Africa, and Asia, with central offices in North America and Europe.

SPIE Conferences and Exhibitions connect optical science and the optics industry. The society is

affiliated with over 140 meetings and events each year

The society's first publication, SPIE Newsletter, was launched in 1957. In 1959, the society

published its first book, SPIE Photographic Instrumentation Catalog. The newsletter morphed

into the Society’s first journal, now known as Optical Engineering, SPIE’s flagship monthly

journal. Throughout the years, SPIE has created many publications including journals, magazines,

newspapers, websites, and books.

SPIE currently publishes:

Ten scientific online journals (Open Access materials available)

SPIE Technical Paper Proceedings (see Proceedings of SPIE)

At least 25 original technical books per year via SPIE Press

The SPIE Student Chapter of THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY has successfully completed its 2nd year.

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2015-16 Chapter Officers

CHAPTER OFFICERS NAME

Faculty Advisor Dr. Sunanda Vashisth

Faculty Coordinator Ms. Amanpreet Kaur

President Mr. Mohit Yadav

Vice-President Ms. Neha Gosain

Secretary Mr. Lakshay Kochhar

Treasurer Ms. Mahima Sharma

Co-Secretary Mr. Dhruv Pratap Singh

2015- 16 Chapter Faculty Members

Chapter Faculty Members Name

Faculty Member Dr. Sharda Vashisth

Faculty Member Dr. Mona Aggarwal

Faculty Member Mrs. Kusum Grewal Dangi

Faculty Member Mr. Naman Joshi

Faculty Member Prof. AK Yadav

List of SPIE Members (2015-16)

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S.N.  NAME 

1  Mohit Yadav 

2  Manica Sharma 

3  Mehak Sharma 

4  Mahima Sharma 

5  Malvika Sharma 

6  Karan Sharma 

7  Abhijeet Kapoor 

8  Aditi Jain 

9  Aditya Yadav 

10  Akshara Walia 

11  Gaurav  

12  Anmol Sharma 

13  Ashish Singla 

14  Ayush Saini 

15  Bhumika Sharma 

16  Naman Joshi 

17  Deepanshu Gupta 

18  Druv Aggarwal 

19  Dhruv Pratap Singh Yadav

20  Garvit khurana 

21  Gaurav Singwani 

22  Neha Gosain 

23  Aatman Malik 

24  Aakansha Paul 

25  Manjeet Yadav 

26  Mudit Pathak 

27  Nankita Asija 

28  Piyush Yadav 

29  Prabhdeep Singh 

30  Sahaj Khurana 

31  Sahil Passan 

32  Saksham Arora 

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33  Sakshi Juneja 

34  Sandeep Yadav 

35  Himanshu Gupta 

36  Saurabh takkar 

37  Shubham Jain 

38  Sidharth Sharma 

39  Smridhi Seth 

40  Shivani Sehrawat 

41  Tanvi Nara 

42  Yashika Chauhan 

43  Yashna Gupta 

44  Priya Gupta 

45  Pallavi Singh 

46  Ritik Banga 

47  Mayank Yadav 

48  Lakshay Kochhar 

49  Dheeraj Khatri 

50  Chinmayi 

51  Preeti Yadav 

52  Malvika 

53  Sanjeev Kumar  

54  Anmol Singh Bassi 

55  Rashika chabbra 

56  Vaibhav Kapoor 

57  Shreya Sharma 

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We have started with 42 members along with 2 faculty coordinator in the year 2014 and now we have completed our 2 years. It feels so privileged in making this report for the 2nd year. Now we have total 62 members of SPIE Student Chapter at NCU included Faculty members.

Some Glimpses of the 1st year of SPIE Student Chapter at NCU

Inaugural Ceremony of SPIE Student Chapter At THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY

The SPIE Student Chapter at THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY (formerly ITM University) has been inaugurated on 12 November 2014. The guest of honor for the day was Dr. Virendra N. Mahajan, Adjunct Professor, College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona. The grand ceremonial inauguration was attended by all the dignitaries of the University, including Pro-chancellor, vice-chancellor, Distinguished Professor Kehar Singh, SPIE chapter Advisor Dr. SunandaVashisth, faculty coordinator Mr.Prabhat Kumar Sharma, Chapter Officers and all other SPIE members in the campus. The inauguration ceremony was followed by the first official meeting, attended by all 42 members of the SPIE student chapter

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Mr. Mohit Yadav (President SPIE Student Chapter) welcoming Prof. Virendra Mahajan and Prof.

Kehar Singh.

Our chapter was inaugurated by Dr. Virendra N Mahajan as he was visiting India during our chapter installation days. He is still in contact with a few members of our chapter and we thank him for his support

SPIE Student Chapter Members during Inaugural Ceremony

Our Faculty Advisor has been a constant support and guided us the best. All our officers were dedicated to their work and this year we had interviews for the officers’ posts and have new officers of SPIE Student Chapter NCU.

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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES 2014-2015:

Prof. Kehar Singh ( Ex. Dean And Emeritus prof. IIT Delhi ) Delivering lecture to SPIE Students Members.

Students are playing technical game related to Optics

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Demonstrative session on Holography by Prof. Kehar Singh (IIT, Delhi)

Score board during the Quiz on the occasion of Science

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Poster presented by Manica Kathuria at San Diego

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Student Going Nehru Planetarium New Delhi.

Mr. Mohit Yadav with representative of laser exhibition.

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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES 2015 - 2016:

We have started our 2nd year of SPIE Student Chapter with a Workshop on Optics to celebrate International Year of Light (IYL) in October, 2015.

1. National Workshop on Optics to celebrate International year of Light

Prof Ajoy Ghatak (formerly at IIT Delhi) and Prof Kehar Singh (distinguished Research Professor at NCU ) were the distinguished speakers. They enlightened the participants on various aspects of optics such as polarization, laser, fiber optics, holography, etc. They also spoke about some of the noble laureates in the field of optics and highlighted their contributions in providing crucial breakthroughs. Pro Vice Chancellor of NCU Gurgaon Brig. SK Sharma gave the opening address and emphasized the importance of optics in science and engineering and congratulated SPIE- Student Chapter of NCU for celebrating the International Year of Light (IYL-2015). The workshop was attended by more than hundred undergraduate and post graduate students from various colleges of NCR.

In addition to the special lecture sessions, there were demonstrative sessions on holography and polarization, in which different types of holograms, polarizer, polarizing sheets etc. were demonstrated. This was followed by a quiz based on optics and its related applications in the field of science and engineering.

The aim of this workshop was to motivate and inspire the students. Interaction with the speakers was highly enlightening for the students. The most-relevant videos, impressive presentations and real-time examples had a tremendous impact on the participants who felt excited to pursue further studies in the field of optics.

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2. We have organized a quiz and poster making competition during our college technical and cultural fest Momentum - 2015.

Participants of Quiz and Poster making competition during Momentum-2015

3. We have organized an optical phenomenon based game during the club house events at our University.

The NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY organized a 'fiesta' for club activities in the month of February. On this day all clubs and societies of the college come together and put up stalls to promote their society and make people more aware. The SPIE student chapter NCU planned a stall in which we arranged a game named "optical illusion". In this, we had a basket full of water .Inside the water there was a ring .The contestant have to drop the coin into the ring and When a coin falls in water, its trajectory is one of four types determined by its dimensionless moment of inertia and Reynolds number Re: (A) steady; (B) fluttering; (C) chaotic; or (D) tumbling. The dynamics induced by the interaction of the water with the surface of the coin, however, makes the exact landing site difficult to predict a location .This is due to the refraction of light. Refraction is the bending of a wave when it enters a medium where its speed is different. The refraction of light when it passes from a fast medium to a slow medium bends the light ray toward the normal to the boundary between the two media. And in the second game we had put another bucket which was filled with water and objects were floating in the water. In that game, each contestant have to pick 10 objects with the help of a toothpick in 30 seconds. We had nearly 50 registrations which is probably the highest among all stalls. The event was definitely a success.

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Students playing games during Club House Activity

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4. We have organized a trip to International LASER Exhibition for the SPIE Members.

5. The President Mohit Yadav attended The International Conference SPIE Optics + Photonics 2016 in San Diego, USA.

Mr. Mohit Yadav President of SPIE Student Chapter at THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY has attended an International Conference of SPIE Optics and Photonics (August 26th - September 1st, 2016) held at San Diego, California, USA. He has got a grant of $3300 for this conference. He has presented a poster of the SPIE Student Chapter NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY at Conference in San Diego. He has also attended sessions, lectures and proceedings on Nanoscience + Engineering, Nano engineering, Nanoscience, Quantum Science, SPIE Optical Engineering Applications, Advanced Metrology ,Atmospheric and Space Optical Systems ,Optical Design and Systems Engineering ,Photonic Devices + Applications ,Remote Sensing Signal, Image, and Data Processing, Special Programs on X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Particle Technologies, Organic Photonics + Electronics, Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy. He has got a very good international exposure and many internships/ higher studies offer there at the job fare with Newport technology, JPL NASA and many more. He has also Opportunities to interaction and meet Sr. Eminent prof. and high Authorities of many big industries. He has built a good network with eminent prof. and experts.

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6. Optics awareness program organized by SPIE Student Chapter at NCU.

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7. A visit to the National Physical laboratory, New Delhi India

SPIE Faculty Advisor Dr. Sunanda Vashisth and Dr. Sunita Sharma from Department of Applied Sciences 

co‐ordinated a visit of thirty B.Tech (CSE &ME Ist Sem) and PhD students to National Physical Laboratory 

(NPL), Delhi on 27 September 2016. National Physical Laboratory celebrated CSIR Foundation day in which 

scientists explained the basics and advance works in various thrust research areas  (Ferrofluids,  Thin film 

technology, atomic clock etc) being carried out at NPL. The students are gained the knowledge in the field 

of optics by seeing optical microscope, using of femto second laser and how laser is used for sputtering 

(thin  film)  etc..    Scientists  explained  the  principle,  working  and  applications  of  atomic  clock.  The 

instrument used to set international time is the caesium fountain clock, which has improved significantly 

over the decades and can keep time to within one second over 100 million years. But new, experimental 

optical clocks that work with strontium atoms at optical frequencies much higher than the microwave 

frequencies used in caesium clocks, have been shown in recent years to be even more accurate. Students 

also visited the solar cell lab and had a feel of designing of hybrid solar cells. Dr. Sunita discussed about 

her research work on Strontium ferrite material with Dr. R.P.Pant (Chief Scientist & Head, EPR & Magnetic 

Fluids) and he kindly agreed to collaborate.   

It was a great platform for the young minds to  interact with the scientists and exposure to the recent 

research work in the field of Physics. After the visit, students will be able to bridge the gap between basic 

Physics theory and applied aspect of the same in research.  

 

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8. SPIE Member Mrs. Anshul Vats Phd. Scholar has attended OPTRONIX, 3rd International Conference on Opto-Electronics and Applied Optics, 2016 under the Chapter Activity grant of SPIE student Chapter.

Mrs. Anshul Vats, University Research Fellow, Electronics & Communication (Ph.D.) in THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY has attended 3rd International Conference on Opto-Electronics and Applied Optics (August 18th – 20th, 2016) held in Kolkata, India. She has also presented a oral presentation of research paper and awarded by best paper award in the session. She has also attended sessions, lectures and proceedings on Optical communication Engineering, Nano-photonics, Opto-electronic materials, Terahertz Technology, Fiber optics and devices, Silicon Photonics, Quantum Optics and information Processing, Optical and Digital image processing, Application of Solar Energy, Adaptive optics and its Applications, Opto-Mechatronics, Bio-Photonics, Opto-Electronic Designs, Fabrication and Testing, Photonics for Space Applications, Organic Photonics, Micro-Electronics and VLSI, E.M. Radiation Theory and Antenna, Biomedical Optics. She has got a very good technical exposure and many research opportunities offered. She has also got the opportunities to interact and meet Graham Reed, Professor of SIlicon Photonics at University of Southampton Guildford, United Kingdom, Motoharu Fujigaki, Professor of Human and Artificial Intelligent System Course, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui, Japan, Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan Professor of Optometry (Vision Science), Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo, Canada Visiting Scholar of Physics, University of Michigan, Takeo Sasaki Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan, Toyohito Yatagai President Elect, SPIE University of Utsunomiya, Japan and other high Authorities of many big education industries.

9. Industrial Visit to Roop Automotive to show Engineering Students that how Laser technology use in the industrial process and manufacturing.

An industrial visit to ROOP Automotives, Sohna was organized by the Department on 7th May, 2016 for Mechanical and ECE students. The Company was established in 1990 in Sohna Gurgaon and is one of the largest OEM Suppliers of auto components like steering yokes, automotive connecting rods, automotive housings, proportionating valves, special bolts, automobile housing, PTO and gears etc. The company has a strong presence in TIER-II segment of the industry. The Visit was well organized by the company started with an orientation conducted by Head HR followed by the visit to the Plant 1 and 2.The students visited the manufacturing division of the company in which various machining process like turning, boring, Knurling, Thread cutting etc were explained. The company has a semi automatic CNC Lathes for these operations. Later the students visited the assembly department in which the steering assembly was explained to the students. A pep talk from Director ROOP Automotives Ltd., Mr. Gaurav Jain was a bonus which has boosted morale of students. He also opened the door for future engagements not only ROOP but also the companies lying in the vicinity.

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10. One day workshop on Optical fiber and optical communication by Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ghatak, Emeritus Prof. IIT Delhi and SS Bhatnagar Awardee.

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Research and publications:

1. A.K.Yadav, Sunanda Vashisth, H. Singh and K. Singh, An asymmetric cryptography system for watermarking of phase-images using gyrator transform, Asian Journal of Physics, International, 2015, Dec, Volume 24, No 12, 1611-1624, indexed in Indian Citation Index.

2. Hukum Singh, A. K. Yadav, Sunanda Vashisth, and Kehar Singh , Optical Image Encryption Using Devil’s Vortex Toroidal Lens in the Fresnel Transform Domain, International Journal of Optics, 2015, Dec, Volume 2015, Article ID 926135, 13 pages

3. Malvika Negi and Sunanda Vashisth Image encryption using the photon counting technique in gyrator domain, International Conference on Engineering Physics Materials and Ultrasonics (June 3-4 2016), International, Organised by Department of Applied Sciences The NorthCap University, Gurgaon, 2016, June

4. Sunanda Vashisth, IYL-India,(special issue by Optical Society of India), One-day workshop on Optics: To celebrate International Year of Light IYL-2015, June 2016, page79

5. Bharat B. Sharma, Munna Khan, Sharda Vashisth, “ Assessment of Blood pooling in Forearm of an Aircraft Pilot”, to be presented in 87th Annual Scientific Meeting of Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) , April 24-28, 2016 at New Jersy, USA.

6. Saloni, Sharda Vashisth, “Cellular radiations effect on human health”, ICTIS 2015, presented in the conference 28-30 November 2015, Ahmadabad, India, will be published in SIST Springer series

7. Sharda Vashisth, Munna Khan, Ritu Vijay, and Ashok K. Salhan," A review of high G-stress induced problems and their solutions”, International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 47-60, 2017

8. Sharda Vashisth, Munna Khan, Ritu Vijay, and Ashok K. Salhan," Non-invasive measurement and subsequent analysis of human carotid pulse for ground based simulation of G-stress”, International Journal of Biomedical Research Applications, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 227-237 , 2016

9. Bharat B. Sharma, Munna Khan, Sharda Vashisth, “ Assessment of Blood pooling in Forearm of an Aircraft Pilot”, Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 183-184, March 2016.

10. Munna Khan, Sharda Vashisth, Ritu Vijay, Ashok K. Salhan, “Computer based real time systems for analyzing cardiovascular response to orthostatic stress”, Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 232-239, Available online at www.sciencedirect.com, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbe.2015.01.001

11. Munna Khan, Sharda Vashisth, Ritu Vijay, Ashok K. Salhan, “Assessment of heart rate variability during simulated push-pull maneuver using tilt-table”, Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, Vol. 86, No. 3, pp. 297, March 2015.

12. Pankti Brar, Sharda Vashisth, “Piezoelectric sensor to non-invasively detect age associated changes in human carotid pulse”, International Journal of Biomedical Engg. & Technology, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 40-52, 2015.

13. Suman Sharma, Sharda Vashisth, “ Entropy analysis based differential evolution approach for emotion classification for EEG”, Current trends in signal Processing, Vol. 5 , No. 3, pp. 15-22, 2015

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14. Mohit Yadav, Kusum Dangi presented a paper on “Cellular Generations: Comparative Analysis” in The International Journal of Modern Embedded System (IJMES).

15. Mohit Yadav, Kusum Dangi presented a review paper on Survey of “A Survey of Bluetooth & Zig-Bee WPAN Standards” in IJEDR (IJEDR Impact Factor: 3.97)

16. Mohit Yadav, Dr. Sharda Vashisth, Paper entitled “Comparative analysis of Visible Light Communication & Radio Frequency Communication: Li-Fi vs Wi-Fi” accepted in the International Asia Student Photonics Conference 2016.

Future Activities of this year

1. National Seminar on Optics by Prof. Virendra N Mahajan in the Month December under the faculty travel grant. 2. Faculty Advisor and President of SPIE Student Chapter NCU will present their in Asia Student Photonics International Conference. 3. Mohit Yadav (SPIE Student Chapter NCU) is invited by NIT Goa SPIE Student Chapter for a talk on “How to build a strong Student Chapter”.

Financial Status:

Annual expenditure from the chapter activity grant of $1500 (approx. Rs. 100,000 INR) for activities.

S.N. Activities Amount (Approx) 1 Lecture Series Rs. 20,000 2 Conference (Student) Rs. 35,000 3 Workshop Rs. 20,000 4 Excursion Trip Rs. 10,000 5 Quiz and Games Rs. 10,000 Total Rs. 95,000

Our New Officers for the year 2015-16

CHAPTER OFFICERS NAME

Faculty Advisor Dr. SunandaVashisth

Faculty Coordinator Mrs. Amanpreet Kaur

Faculty Members Prof. AK Yadav, Dr. Sharda Vashisth ,

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Dr. Mona Aggarwal,

Mrs. Kusum Grewal Dangi

Dr. Phool Singh

President Ms. Mohit Yadav

Vice-President Ms. Neha Gosain

Secretary Ms. Yahika Chauhan

Treasurer Mr. Rahul

Co-Secretary Mrs. Anshul Vats