EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 - 2014

ME 481

SEMINAR

Instruction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           3  Periods per week

Sessional                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             25 Marks

Oral presentation is an important aspect of engineering education. The objective of the seminar is to prepare the student for a systematic and independent study of state of the art topics in a broad area of his I her specialization.

Seminar topics may be chosen by the students with advice from the faculty members. Students are to be exposed to following aspects of seminar presentations.

Literature survey Organisation of material

Preparation of OHP slides /PC presentation Technical writing

Each student will be required to

 1.Submit a one page synopsis of the seminar talk for display on the notice board.

 2.Give a 20 minutes presentation through OHP, PC, Slide projector followed by 10 minutes discussion.

 3.Submit a report on the seminar topic with list of references and slides used.

Seminars are to be scheduled from the 3’d week to the last week of the semester and any change in schedule should be discouraged.

The sessional marks will be awarded to the students by at least 2 faculty members on the basis of an oral and a written presentation as well as their involvement in the discussions.