EcoGenX
IEEE PES Day 2025 – EcoGenX
Dates: 22nd to 24th April 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM (Daily)
Venue: 8th Block Seminar Hall, SVCE Tirupati
In celebration of IEEE PES Day 2025, IEEE SVCE SB proudly presents EcoGenX, a three-day event designed to inspire innovation, enhance skills, and promote sustainable energy practices among students and professionals alike. Spanning from 22nd to 24th April 2025, the event blends awareness, technical exploration, and community impact into a vibrant experience for all participants.
🔹 Day 1: Innovation & Awareness (22nd April 2025)
The event kicks off with an inaugural session led by the PES Day Ambassador and Chair, followed by a poster presentation showcasing student innovations in smart and green energy.
An awareness session highlighting the benefits of IEEE membership and its impact on career growth will be hosted by IEEE SVCE Execom members.
The day wraps up with an engaging group interaction and Q&A session, fostering networking and membership insights.
🔹 Day 2: Skill Building (23rd April 2025)
Focused on hands-on learning and technical depth, Day 2 begins with a workshop on building a solar-powered IoT device, led by Dr. V. Lakshmi Devi.
This is followed by a technical talk on Smart Grids & Sustainable Power Systems by Dr. K. Kumar.
The day concludes with an interactive PES & Power Systems Knowledge Quiz, keeping participants engaged and informed.
🔹 Day 3: Impact & Reflection (24th April 2025)
The final day focuses on environmental action and celebration.
It starts with a tree plantation drive, encouraging students to contribute to a greener campus.
A panel discussion on "The Future of Smart & Green Energy" featuring Shaik AllaBaksh provides insights from industry and academia.
Recognition of poster winners, quiz champions, and active volunteers follows, culminating in a heartfelt closing ceremony, vote of thanks, and a memorable group photo.
Join us for EcoGenX and be a part of powering a greener tomorrow!
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- Start time: 22 Apr 2025 04:30 AM UTC
- End time: 24 Apr 2025 08:00 AM UTC
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- Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering
- Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
- India 517507
- Building: 8
- Room Number: 8406
Speakers
Dr V Lakshmi Devi
Building a Solar-Powered IoT Device
The integration of solar energy and the Internet of Things (IoT) has opened new horizons for creating sustainable, energy-efficient, and autonomous systems. This presentation explores the design and development of a solar-powered IoT device, focusing on its architecture, components, and real-world applications.
The project aims to build a compact IoT device that operates solely on solar energy, making it suitable for remote or off-grid environments. The system is composed of a solar panel, a rechargeable battery, a microcontroller (such as Arduino or ESP32), sensors (e.g., temperature, humidity, light), and a wireless communication module (Wi-Fi or LoRa). The solar panel charges the battery, which powers the microcontroller and sensors, enabling continuous data acquisition and transmission without the need for external power sources.
Key challenges addressed in this project include efficient power management, low-energy data transmission, and reliable energy harvesting in varying weather conditions. The presentation also covers strategies for optimizing energy usage, such as sleep modes and adaptive data sampling rates.
Applications of solar-powered IoT devices are vast, including environmental monitoring, smart agriculture, remote weather stations, and wildlife tracking. These devices reduce carbon footprints, lower maintenance costs, and enhance the reach of digital monitoring in inaccessible areas.
By combining clean energy and smart technology, this project demonstrates how sustainable engineering solutions can be both innovative and impactful. The presentation concludes with a live demonstration or prototype overview, emphasizing the device's functionality and performance metrics. Attendees will gain insights into designing eco-friendly IoT systems and the potential for scalable deployment across various sectors.
This project encourages young engineers to think green and harness the power of renewable energy for a smarter, more connected future
Biography:
Dr. V. Lakshmi Devi, Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at SVCE Tirupati, is a distinguished academician and researcher with over two decades of experience. She serves as the Advisor of the IEEE PES Student Chapter and is a Senior Member of IEEE. Dr. Lakshmi Devi is known for her dedication to promoting innovation, research, and professional development among students. Her areas of expertise include power systems, renewable energy, and smart grid technologies. She actively mentors students in technical and leadership initiatives, playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of budding engineers through IEEE and departmental activities.
Dr K Kumar
Smart Grids & Sustainable Power System
The global demand for reliable, efficient, and eco-friendly energy systems has led to the evolution of smart grids—an advanced approach to modernizing traditional power networks. This presentation delves into the concept of smart grids and their crucial role in building sustainable power systems.
A smart grid integrates digital communication, advanced sensors, and automated control technologies with the existing power infrastructure to monitor, predict, and manage the generation, distribution, and consumption of electricity. It enhances efficiency, reduces transmission losses, and enables real-time decision-making, contributing to both energy conservation and grid stability.
The core objective of this presentation is to highlight how smart grids support sustainability through the integration of renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and biomass. These grids can handle the intermittent nature of renewables by employing energy storage systems, smart meters, demand response programs, and distributed generation. The role of technologies such as IoT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) in forecasting demand, optimizing load, and ensuring grid resilience will also be discussed.
Challenges such as cybersecurity, data privacy, infrastructure costs, and the need for regulatory reforms are addressed, along with global case studies showcasing successful smart grid implementations.
The presentation also emphasizes the impact of smart grids on achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) and sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11).
By the end of the session, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how smart grids revolutionize traditional power systems and pave the way for a greener, more sustainable energy future. This topic encourages engineering students and professionals to explore innovative solutions in the energy sector and contribute to a resilient, low-carbon economy.
Biography:
Dr. K. Kumar is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE), Tirupati. He holds a Ph.D. from VIT University, Vellore, with a specialization in power electronic applications for renewable energy systems. He completed his M.Tech in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives from SVCE, Chittoor, and B.Tech in EEE from SVCE, Tirupati. A Senior Member of IEEE, Dr. Kumar has made significant contributions to research in power electronics, renewable energy, and electric drives. He has published extensively and is committed to mentoring future engineers and promoting academic excellence in EEE.
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IEEE PES DAY 2025 CELEBRATION OF ECOGENX