The document announces a paper presentation competition called ACUMEN to be held on January 4th, 2014 by the Mechanical Engineering department of Vasavi College of Engineering. It provides rules for participation including submission of a 500-word abstract by December 27th, submission of the full paper in MS Word format of up to 6 pages adhering to formatting guidelines, and a 7 minute presentation time followed by 3 minutes for Q&A. Accepted topics are related to mechanical engineering, with 2 students allowed per team. Participation certificates will be awarded.

1. IE(I)STUDENTS’
CHAPTER PRESENTS
PAPER
PRESENTATION
COMPETITION,
ACUMEN
th
(4 Jan-2014)
ACUMEN is a one day festival. The
event seeks to achieve communication of
innovative ideas that promote the cause of
the technological advantage among the
students and also to keep them abreast with
the latest advances in their respective fields.
It also opens a window to the participants to
interact with people from different
backgrounds and upgrade their knowledge.
SUBMISSION RULES
RULES AND REGULATIONS
TOPICS
A maximum of 2 students per team
.
The participants must not deviate to any topic
other than those listed above but however other
papers related to the above mentioned topics are
accepted. Presentations should be in Power
point Microsoft Office 2003.
For the presentation a LCD projector, Laser
light indicator, a computer and a mike will be
provided.
Each team will be allotted 7 minutes for
presentation and 3 minutes for queries.
The participants should bring their presentation
on CD/USB drive along with 2 hard copies for the
judges. Participation certificate will be awarded
to all the participants who are presenting paper.
Participants must compulsorily bring their college
ID cards.
PAPER FORMAT
VASAVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF
MECHANICAL ENGG.
IBRAHIMBAGH, HYDERABAD-500031
Abstract: 500 words (maximum).
Single column with 1.5 line spacing in A4 size page
Content of the paper in MS-Word with 12 Font
Size (Times New Roman)
Title - Bold, Upper-case in 14 Font Size (Times New
Roman) followed by the Participant's name and
affiliations in 10 Font Size (Times New Roman) in
Lower-case with e-mail ID.
Final paper must contain maximum of 6 pages.
In the mail to be sent, name of the abstract
should be title of your the paper. Abstract
should be mailed to
papervcemech2k14@gmail.com . An e-mail
will be sent confirming the selection of the
paper.
Thermal Engineering
Manufacturing Processes
Robotics
Refrigeration
Automobile Engineering
Tool Design
Computer Aided Engineering
Material Sciences
Fluid Mechanics
Theory of Machines
Any topic related to Mechanical Engineering
CONTACT NUMBER
V.G.Kushal - 9949169747
M.Srikanth - 7416368039
REGISTRATIONS
For a Team of two participants : Rs. 200/Individual
participant
: Rs. 100/-
IMPORTANT DATES:
Last date for submission of abstract: 27.12.2013
Notification of acceptance: 29.12.2013
Event: 04.01.2014.