News & Events

MATLAB and its Diverse Applications in Engineering

Date: 24th February 2024

The Department of Medical Electronics Engineering organized a Short-Term Training Program on “MATLAB and its Diverse Applications in Engineering” from 12 th February to 24 th February 2024 for the final year students. The key resource persons were Mr. Rakshith B.S., Senior Application Engineer, CoreEL Technologies, Bengaluru and Mr. Nikhil, IT Analyst, Tata Consultancy Services, Bengaluru.

From Classroom to Career: Crafting your Path to Industry Ready Biomedical Engineers

Date: 02.02.2024

A Career Guidance Talk was organized by the Department of Medical Electronics Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering. Ms. Anarghya K S gave an insight about career options and titles or roles in health care. Her talk included certification courses, medical device companies, and start-ups in biomedical field.

Hands-on LabVIEW, Data Acquisition Systems and Biomedical Sensors - An Engineering Solution using Graphical System Design

Date: 19- 23 January 2024

In collaboration with VI Solutions, the Department of Medical Electronics Engineering proudly hosted a five- day student development program titled "Hands-on LabVIEW, Data Acquisition Systems, and Biomedical Sensors: An Engineering Solution using Graphical System Design." Held from January 19th to 23rd, 2024, this program aimed to equip students with practical skills and theoretical knowledge in utilizing LabVIEW as a tool for designing and implementing engineering solutions within biomedical sensor applications.

First Step into the World of IoT and Automation

Date: 30.10.2023

On the 30th of October 2023, the Department of Medical Electronics Engineering organized a day-long workshop titled "First Step into the World of IoT and Automation" exclusively for third-semester students. The event, which took place from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, aimed to provide a foundational understanding of microcontrollers, IoT, and automation, tailored to the academic needs of students in their third semester.

Gait and Dynamic Balance Measuring Device

Date: 2.9.2023 to 3.9.2023

The 6th-semester students Mr. Likhith L, Mr. K A Shree Vignesh and Mr. Venkatesh Perumal have secured Honorary Mention for their project titled “Gait and Dynamic Balance Measuring Device” under the Guidance of Prof. Nanditha H G, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Electronics Engineering, DSCE at the IEEE YESIST Project Competition held at AASTMT Institute, Alexandria, Egypt, on September 2nd and 3rd, 2023.

Workshop on "Innovative and Frugal Engineering Solutions to Health Care"

Date: 20.3.2023 to 25.3.2023

Crystalizing Problem Statements for Seeking Digital Healthcare Solutions

Date: 6th to 10th March 2023

Department of Medical Electronics Engineering organized "Crystalizing Problem Statements for Seeking Digital Healthcare Solutions" on 6th to 10th March 2023.

Placement and Higher Studies Guidance

Date: 19.12.2022

Workshop on Embedded Systems and IOT in Healthcare

Date: 14.12.2022 to 18.12.2022

Technical Symposium on Current Trends in Healthcare

Date: 1.12.2022

“Education breeds confidence, confidence breeds hope, hope breeds peace” to make learning a priority, the medical electronics department of Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering started a technical club called ‘AMEYA’ which means boundless. This club which aims to build innovation, thinking and a positive learning environment for the enthusiastic students who are curious to learn and build their knowledge, was inaugurated on the 1 st of December 2022 in C D Sagar Auditorium.

Workshop on Embedded Systems and IOT Application

Date: 14.10.2022

Awareness on Higher Studies

Date: 11.10.2022

Webinar on Current Trends in Rehabilitation

Date: 28.01.2022 Time: 11.00 Am

Objective: To provide latest technologies available in Rehabilitation engineering.

Resource Person: Dr. Shrihari Sharma K N, Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Dayananda Sagar University.

EXPERT TALK ON INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL APPROACH FOR DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN

An expert lecture on “Introduction to Industrial approach for Digital System Design” was organized by the department of Medical Electronics Engineering on 12/09/2020 at 11.00 am

ONLINE EXPERT TALK ON 'SOFTWARE SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE

An online expert lecture on 'Software Systems in Healthcare' was organized at the department of Medical Electronics Engineering on 29.9.2020 at 10.00 am

ONLINE EXPERT TALK ON "ONLINE EXPERT TALK ON “MANAGEMENT 360⁰”

An online expert lecture on 'Software Systems in Healthcare' was organized at the department of Medical Electronics Engineering on 29.9.2020 at 10.00 am

ONLINE EXPERT LECTURE ON ULTRASOUND IMAGING IN HEALTHCARE 09.10.2020

Objective: The objective of the lecture is to gain knowledge about the ultrasound imaging and its applications in healthcare.

ONLINE EXPERT TALK ON NARRATE YOUR STORY THROUGH YOUR RESUME

Objective: The objective of the online expert talk is to give an insight on how one can write the resume to the students

ONLINE EXPERT LECTURE ON MEDICAL DEVICES AND IMPLANTS 28.11.2020

Objective: The objective of the lecture is to gain knowledge about the various Medical Devices and Implants used in healthcare.

GATE AWARENESS PROGRAM BENEFITS & CAREER (Opportunities with GATE) 19.12.2020

A webinar was organized on Saturday, December 19th, 2020 at 9:30 am to give awareness and benefits of GATE exam. The speaker was Mr. Akash Pushkar, M.Tech – IIT Kanpur, Data Scientist in Accenture, Co-ordinated by Shruthi B. Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Electronics Engineering.

EXPERT LECTURE ON MICROFLUIDICS-FREE HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS

THREE DAY ONINE WORKSHOP ON PROTEUN SIMULATION TOOL

EXPERT LECTURE

The department of Medical Electronics had organized an online expert lecture on 'Software as Medical Device' by Mr. Arun Kohli on 20.05.2020 at 11.00 a.m for the students of 4th semester, 6th semester and 8th semester in association with the student chapter of Instrument Society of India, Department of Medical Electronics, DSCE. Mr. Arun Kohli has 16+ years of experience with Siemens, Cerner and Philips. He is an IIT Madras certified professional on Regulatory requirements for medical devices and IVDs in India, Microsoft certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate. He has played leadership role for establishing quality management system based on standards like ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and ISO 27001 and published an article on Regulatory and Quality Strategy for Digital Health Solutions. He is an Engineering graduate in Computer Science and PG Diploma in Advance Computing. He is currently working as a Consultant in Circularlogic, Bangalore. Mr. Arun Kohli started his session by highlighting how the world is moving towards digital platform. He emphasized on importance of digital connectivity in healthcare. He gave an example of CHAMP app and then discussed about the various process elements in Medical device regulatory (ISO 9001:2015 standard). Mr. Arun Kohli gave a real time example and explained in detail the use of AZURE DevOps software platform. He also emphasized on the importance of testing automation. He discussed about system testing: V model used for software testing. Mr. Arun Kohli also clarified the questions posed by the students on Job opportunities in India, Certification courses that can be taken up by the students, Projects that can be carried out by the students.

Effectiveness:

• The talk helped the students to understand the importance of software in the filed of Medical device design, process and testing.
• The talk focussed mainly on Azure DevOps software platform used for system testing.
• There was a real time example which explained in detail the use of this platform.

EXPERT LECTURE

The department of Medical Electronics had organized an online expert lecture on 'Medical Devices and Regulations' by Mr. Bhaskar Chikkanna on 28.4.2020 at 3.30 p.m for the students of 4th semester, 6th semester and 8th semester in association with the student chapter of Instrument Society of India, Department of ML, DSCE. Mr. Bhaskar Chikkanna is an alumnus of the Dept. of Medical Electronics at DSCE, Bangalore. He is currently the Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Intelligent Ultrasound Ltd, United Kingdom. He has more than nine years of experience in the R&D department. He started off his lecture by giving a description of Medical devices and their categories based on their application in various domains. He then gave a description of the different stages of development of a medical device starting from the idea generation stage to market distribution stage using real time examples. He gave insights on the current quality management systems including the regulations of USA, Europe and India. He also briefed about the Harmonized quality standards which have quality standards based on the different aspects of the functionalities of a medical device such as risk management, electrical safety, usability etc. He also explained the different regulations at three different jurisdictions which include USA, European countries and India and their classifications of medical devices based on the patient’s condition or the complexities of the disease.

Effectiveness:

• The lecture helped the students to gain knowledge about the Medical devices and regulations along with the steps included in the development of medical devices in general.
• The lecture focussed on quality management systems and descriptive knowledge of the regulations in medical devices followed in three different regions of the world and the different classification of medical devices according to the respective regions.

ONLINE TECHNICAL TALK

The department of Medical Electronics had organized an online technical talk on 'Computer aided diagnosis systems for CT images' by Mr. Rahul Ramesh on 24.4.2020 at 2.30 p.m for the students of 4th semester, 6th semester and 8th semester in association with the student chapter of Instrument Society of India (ISOI), Department of Medical Electronics, DSCE. Mr. Rahul Ramesh is an alumnus of the Dept. of Medical Electronics at DSCE, Bangalore. He was a research intern at Siemens Healthineers, USA. He initially briefed about the concepts of artificial intelligence, deep learning and the various applications in the field of biomedical imaging for the same. He demonstrated his research on colour image segmentation using artificial intelligence to recognise a wound and to differentiate the skin and a wound using the Pulmonary Emboli detection algorithm. He gave insights on the current COVID-19 pandemic and how artificial intelligence can be used for drug discovery that could save lives during the crises. He also spoke about the wide range of websites that could be used to learn artificial intelligence, including pre-requisites, courses and certifications required and also other resources which would help students in pursuing a career in Artificial Intelligence in healthcare.

Effectiveness:

• The lecture helped the students to gain knowledge about the application of artificial intelligence and deep learning with its recent advancements in biomedical imaging systems such as computed tomography (CT).
• The lecture focussed on analysis of computer aided systems for the imaging systems and how it could compete with the current pandemic as well.

IEEE – Event Talk

An IEEE- Event talk on walsh and wavelet transforms applications in Image Processing was delivered by Srinivas Halvi at E & C Department, DSCE on 4th October 2019.

Volleyball Tournament

Ms. Sonal Priyadarshan of 7th semester Medical Electronics has participated in the B.S. Narayan Memorial Volleyball Tournament held from 1st to 4th of October 2019 in BMS College of Engineering and won the 2nd prize.

Workshop on Chatbot Design

Workshop was organized on Chatbot Design on 12-10-2019 in association with ISOI student chapter, Medical Electronics Department, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering. The workshop was conducted by Shri. Raghuram Nidagal, Senior engineering manager at Walmart E-commerce. The objective of the workshop was to give practical exposure and hands on training to design chatbot using advanced software tools.

Teachers’ day celebration

Teachers’ day celebration was celebrated in the Medical Electronics Department on 5th September 2019, by the student club “AIKYA”. The students shared their opinion on the role of Teachers contribution in shaping their lives.

Sagar Hospital Visit

The students of V Sem visited Sagar Hospital as part of the hospital visit program on 5th, 12th & 26th of September 2019 between 2 to 5 pm. They visited radiology department and were exposed to machines & got the practical knowledge of the working of these machines.

Arduino workshop

A two-day workshop on 'Hardware Interfacing with Arduino' was conducted at the Department of Medical Electronics, DSCE in association with the student chapter of Instrument Society of India on 24.9.2019 and 25.9.2019 for the students of 3rd semester. The workshop focussed on training the participants in interfacing various sensors with the Arduino microcontroller. The students gained exposure to different sensors interfaced with Arduino through practical experiments and projects. The workshop was conducted by two faculty members, Prof. Pushpalatha B G and Prof. Shruthi B of the Department of Medical Electronics. They were assisted by Mr. Bharath Kumar T, Assistant Instructor, Department of ML, DSCE. Dr. Sateesh Kumar, Professor, Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering , DSCE was invited to train the students in interfacing Arduino with Simulink.