Back to the Future
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Report on IEEE Power and Energy (PES) Society Back to the Future 2026
Event Description
“Survive Every Era. Solve Every Challenge. Return to the Present.” is a technical team-based event organized by the IEEE Power & Energy Society Student Branch Chapter. The event is designed to challenge participants through a series of problem-solving tasks covering analog circuits, digital logic, embedded systems, and robotics.
The event will consist of three stages, with each stage representing a different technological era. In Stage 1 – The Analog Era, teams will work together to construct and analyze a differential amplifier using an online simulation platform. They will measure the output voltage and use the given conversion formula to determine the corresponding year.
After successfully completing Stage 1, each team will be divided into two sub-teams for Stage 2 – Parallel Mission. One sub-team will take up the Digital Era challenge, where participants will deduce an unrevealed logic circuit using given truth tables and convert the obtained result into Morse code. The other sub-team will work on the Robotics Era challenge, where participants will identify and correct errors in preloaded code on an ESP32, wire the required breadboard circuit, and flash the corrected firmware. Both tracks will operate simultaneously, with progress monitored through an MQTT-based event portal.
The event will encourage teamwork, logical reasoning, circuit analysis, programming, hardware implementation, and time-bound problem solving. Teams will have to successfully complete the assigned challenges in sequence, with Stage 3 becoming accessible only after both parallel tracks have been successfully completed. The event is scheduled to be conducted on 8 October, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, with teams consisting of four members.
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- EEE Department, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering
- Kalavakkam, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, OMR
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- India 603110
- Building: EEE Department
- Room Number: Advanced Power Electronics Lab