Tinkering
Lab in The NorthCap University was
inaugurated by Prof B K Kuthiala,
Chairperson Haryana Higher Education Council, Govt of Haryana, on 21st July
2018. The EECE dept. maintains the Tinkering Lab for the usage of all members
of the university to promote innovative and interdisciplinary project work.
The primary objective of the Tinkering lab is to spur the spark of creativity,
foster curiosity and imagination in young minds, which go beyond regular
curriculum and textbook learning. It is equipped with facilities such as
Soldering station, PCB designing kit, equipment/components for Electronics development,
Robotics, Internet of Things and Sensors, Electrical and measurement tools,
Power supplies, Consumables, Computers, Printer, etc. Students of any
discipline with a bend for invention and innovation can come together under one
roof to give shape to their new ideas. Students can design, create and engineer
prototypes, new products, etc. Moreover, the Tinkering lab is also used
for fostering entrepreneurship and utilized by the students as incubators and
accelerators for business start-ups.
Tinkering lab provides support in
terms of manpower and resources. The dedicated technical staff and faculty
members provide hands-on different emerging areas such as IoT, Big data, cloud
computing, Robotics, etc. The in-charge of the Tinkering lab is an expert in
making all kinds of electronic projects and is always ready to guide students.
Students are motivated by the faculty members to work in the Tinkering lab;
thus, students are making full use of the lab. Students of all disciplines such
as ECE, CSE, ME, CE, Law, and Management work in this lab on different
electronics based and mechanical projects using electronic circuits, Arduino
boards, other microcontrollers, different types of sensors, motors, ICs and
control circuit modules. Students work in the Tinkering lab by making groups,
which enhances their peer to peer interaction with students of other streams as
well, and this promotes interdisciplinary projects.
Some of the projects on which students have worked in the
tinkering lab are Hydraulic bridge, Electronic quiz, Automatic gas stove
controller, Air purifier, Automatic street light, Automatic emergency light,
Floor cleaner, Automatic curtains, Home automation, Earthquake resistance
building, Drone delivery system, Smart classroom with automatic room lock,
light On-off system, Gesture controlled Car, Automatic smart parking system,
Secret coded door lock, Portable emergency light, Musical alarm and many more.
Approximately hundreds of projects are worked upon the tinkering lab. The lab
is always open during the university timing. Students of all years are welcomed
to work on basic to advanced levels of projects.
Project exhibitions and competitions
are organized towards the end of each semester, and good projects are awarded
through cash prizes and appreciation certificates to motivate students of the
university to work on innovative and interdisciplinary projects. During the Student Project
Exhibition conducted in the Tinkering Lab in December 2019, Automatic gas stove controller, Smart dine-in system,
Home automation system using Google assistant and NodeMCU projects received cash
prizes and certificates of appreciation.
Automatic car management system
(with features of automatic type puncture detection in types of the car and
automatic lifting of a car by lowering the jacks already attached the car body)
project sponsored by the university under VC innovation fund was designed and
given shape in the tinkering lab only.
Law students also visit tinkering lab to give shape to
interdisciplinary projects. One of the projects included a bakery model
representing Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) such as Patent, Copyright,
Trademark, and Designs act, with the help of a small electronic circuit.
Written
by
Dr. Vandana Khanna,
Assistant Professor,
EECE Department
at The NorthCap
University, Gurugram.
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