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ISSS Foundation Courses on Micro, Nano and Smart Systems

Catching up with fast-growing technologies is essential in today’s competitive world. Classroom teaching helps students get a firm hold on the basics and theory but gaining skills in contemporary topics need extra effort. To help engineering undergraduate and postgraduates, ISSS has planned a few certification courses. These courses are taught by experts in the Indian Institute of Science campus in an intense 30-hour format over one or two weeks. An examination will be held at the end of the course and a certificate will be issued. Interested students may register by paying the course fee. Those who are already ISSS members get a special discount of 50%.

Certification Course on “Microfluidics” and “Microfabrication of MEMS Devices”

 
Rajalakshmi Engineering College was established in the year 1997 by the Rajalakshmi Educational Trust, at Thandalam on the National Highway (NH-4) between Chennai and Bangalore. Over the years, the college has developed expertise in a number of niche areas such as MEMS, Machine Vision and CFD.
 
 In the year 2009, a National MEMS Design Centre (NMDC) was established at Rajalakshmi Engineering College as a centralized facility, under National Program on Micro And Smart Systems (NPMASS), Govt.of India. Later, the Centre of Excellence in MEMS and Microfluidics (CEMM) was set up in the same premises with clean room infrastructure. CEMM focuses on sponsored research projects with in-house fabrication facilities and successfully completed more than 15 projects from various funding agencies such as DST, DRDO, AERB, BRNS etc.
 
CEMM, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai in association with Institute of Smart Structure and Systems (ISSS) is offering two certificate courses namely “Microfluidics” and “Microfabrication Techniques for MEMS Devices”, on four Saturdays in the month of March and April respectively.
 
The courses are offered in both offline and online modes. Candidates can choose the mode of attending the program at their convenience. The training and hands-on sessions provided for the offline candidates will be parallelly live streamed for the online candidates.
 
Online Registration Links are as follows:
Microfluidics
Microfabrication Techniques for MEMS Devices

Past Course

Designation Name Affiliation
BioMEMS Prof. Hardik Pandya Electronic Systems Engineering, IISc 1st July 2019 to 7th July 2019 (9:00 am to 11:00 am & 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm)
IoT Dr. Ashish Joglekar RBCCPS, IISc 22nd July 2019 to 2nd August 2019 (9:00 am to 12:00 pm & 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm)
MEMS foundation course Prof. Ananthasuresh, Dean Mechanical Sciences, IISc 16th March 2020 to 30th November 2020
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Advance registration is required to attend these courses.

Venue: IISc Campus

The Syllabus for all the courses can be accessed through this link. Last Date to receive application: June 28th 2019 Fees: Students: Rs 4000|| Others: Rs. 5000 || ISSS members get a special discount of 50%

Venue: IISc Campus

Account name: Institute of Smart Structures – Systems

Account No.: 0683101018513 || ​Canara Bank, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Branch

IFSC: Code: CNRB0000683 || MICR Code 560015023

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Award Nomination & Application Form

Last date to file nominations is June 30th, 2025.

ISSS Awards

ISSS Young Scientist Award

ISSS presents a Young Scientist Award for outstanding researchers (aged below 40 years as on the nomination/submission deadline) for their work done in India in the area of micro and smart systems. From 2015, this award carries an ISSS Medal, a Citation, and a Cash prize of Rs 50,000. This award is for someone who has carried out extensive research beyond their academic programs, on a topic relevant to this area.
Nomination in the prescribed form should include the list of publications and a short description of the nominee’s contributions. Nomination by “self” should be supported by reference letters by two experts familiar with the nominee’s work. Nomination by an ISSS member should be seconded by another ISSS member or a subject expert and should contain a brief justification for the nomination. Nomination by Head of Institution should contain details of the nominee’s work at the institute and a recommendation from an expert such as thesis supervisor or a senior member of faculty.
The winner is required to make a brief overview of his/her recent research work and receive the award at a special session organized by ISSS, online or in person.
Nomination format is available to download. Nominations will be carried forward for subsequent years, provided the nominee meets other requirements of this award. Nominations may be sent to admin@isssonline.in .
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ISSS Technology Award

ISSS has initiated a Technology Award for scientists/engineers who undertake major initiatives to commercialize a product in the area of micro and smart systems.  The award will carry a Citation and a Cash prize of Rs 50,000.

This award is intended to promote technology development, innovation and entrepreneurship in India in the area of micro and smart systems. This award is intended to recognize contributions made by (i) an entrepreneur who has set up, or is at an advanced stage of setting up start-ups pertinent to the general area devices or systems using micro and nano technologies and applications or (ii) someone who have championed the cause of commercialization with appropriate technology innovation, leading to a product or application.

Please note that the nominee is expected to have demonstrated maturity towards commercialization of the product or has made sustained progress towards commercialization during the recent years. Documentary proofs for claims may be included with the nomination form. Nominations for this award in the prescribed format may be sent to admin@isssonline.in by the deadline and may be made by self, head of organization or ISSS members.

Nomination by “self” should be supported by reference letters by two experts familiar with the nominee’s work. Nomination by an ISSS member or the Head of Institution should be seconded by another ISSS member or a subject expert. Nominations will be valid for up to three years.

Nomination format is available online.  Nominations may be sent to admin@isssonline.in.

The winner is required to make  a short presentation summarising his/her activities and receive the award at a special session at the ISSS conference.  In order to keep the standards high, the judging panel may choose not to offer this award in a given year.

ISSS presents distinguished service awards to deserving individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the research and development of the Micro and Smart Systems areas in India through their academic or professional work, service to ISSS or service to national initiatives/programs.  Nominees are selected solely by the Governing Council and no nominations or representations are solicited for this special honor.  In the past, society have recognized the following individuals

Prescribed Format
Nomination Format

Distinguished Service Awards

ISSS presents distinguished service awards to deserving individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the research and development of the Micro and Smart Systems areas in India through their academic or professional work, service to ISSS or service to national initiatives/programs. Nominees are selected solely by the Governing Council and no nominations or representations are solicited for this special honor. In the past, society have recognized the following individuals

ISSS Student Awards

ISSS has instituted special student awards for full time regular students in India to recognize their outstanding contributions in the area of micro and smart systems. There are separate categories for undergraduate (BSc, BE, BTech, etc) and postgraduate (MSc, MS, ME, MTech, MPhil, etc). To qualify for these awards, the student(s) should have completed the reported work during the respective academic programs.

A summary/synopsis of the research work during the tenure of the respective degree program may be sent for consideration for these awards.   In the case of UG award, an individual or a team of up to four members can submit their contributions. For the UG award, a three-minute video describing the project outcome and for PG and PhD award a five-minute video describing the project outcome should be submitted.

Supervisor/guide of the student(s) is required to give an undertaking that the work was carried out during the respective academic course program for which the submission is considered. The Academic supervisor(s) of award winning students will be given a Commendation Certificate.  Students of integrated degree programs may be considered for the award category based on their year of enrollment. Please note that one person will be considered only once for one category of award.

  • ISSS UG Student Project Awards: Rs. 15,000   Eligibility: Student of BSc, BE, B.Tech, or equivalent undergradualte degree programs.  Submissions are limited to 4 pages and should highlight the project work reported.
  • ISSS Post Graduate Student Award:  Rs. 20,000 Eligibility: MSc, ME, MTech, MS, or MPhil .or equivalent postgraduate degree programs.  Submissions are limited to 4 pages and should highlight the thesis/ research/ project work reported.
  • ISSS PhD Thesis Award:  Rs. 25,000  Submissions may include a synopsis of the research towards the PhD degree and a list of all publications and/or patents during the course of research.  The Award jury may select a winner who will be informed.

Submissions for these awards should be sent directly to admin@isssonline.in.

Award winners will be given a Memento, Cash prize as above, and an Award Certificate.  The Academic supervisor(s) of award winning students will be given a Commendation Certificate.

  • Student projects executed at NPMASS supported National MEMS Design Centres are specially welcome for this competition.
  • Decision of the awards committee appointed by the governing council of ISSS will be final in all respects.
  • The committee may not offer an award if it does not find a suitable candidate in a given category.
  • A second prize for up to one of the student award categories may be included in a given year.
Template for UG/PG/PhD submission
Template for certificate from guide/supervisor/advisor