Welcome to official blog of Conscientia '09!!!
Conscientia '09 was the first ever Technical Festival of IIST. The following nine events were conducted on 22nd and 23rd March 2009:
A host of other ON-THE-SPOT events and activities were conducted.
For any queries drop in an email to conscientia.iist@gmail.com
Any ideas for CONSCIENTIA '10 are welcome. Please mail to the above mentioned address.
TGPA
TGPA (The Grand Programming Arena) provides the perfect platform for programmers to showcase their abilities, by cracking some really challenging problems and attempting to solve them rapidly. This contest focuses not just on solving problems, but also on the ‘elegance’ of the solution.
Format:
1)There would be a prelim and a final round.*
2)A team of only 2 people is allowed.
3)The participants would be provided with four/five questions.
4)The maximum time allotted for completing them is 3 hours.
5)Participants can use any coding language to solve the problems.
6)The choice of the language would have to be specified at the time of registration.
7)Mathematical knowledge, upto JEE level would only be required to solve the problems.
8)The registration fee for the event is Rs. 20.
9)The solutions would be evaluated, not only on the basis of correctness, but also on execution time and length of the code.
10)Detailed format of the event would be informed at the time of the contest.
For any queries contact: Nakul
Aerospace (4th Sem.)
*Note: Prelim would be held depending upon the number of teams registered.
If a prelim is held, it would be a written round.
PRAKSHEPAN
.....prime rockets in action
Let the destruction devil in you come alive, propel your imagination, fire your thoughts... we will put them in right orbit….
Gear up!!! register yourself in the league of rocket scientists…….
“PRA]ep[” is to be an annual rocketry event in Conscientia, the technical fest of IIST. It is the only event of its kind, where budding engineers wet their hands on rocket science. Come this march; build your own water rocket, a humble beginning to start with.
Problem Statement:
Build a single stage water rocket, to achieve the maximum horizontal range.
Format:
1)Each team consists of utmost three (3) members.
2) Team Registration Fee is Rs.30/- and it is non-refundable. Conserve the payment slip for further verification. Check the event code: PRK on the slip.
3) To win rocket must reach record horizontal range using a single stage. Multi-Stage Rockets are not allowed. (Don’t let your innovation die; future competitions may give you that chance. But now, stick to single stage.)
4) Each team will be allowed to fire the rocket twice and best of the two performances will be selected for evaluation.
5) Winner will be rewarded with certificate and suitable cash prize.
Rules:
1) Rocket must be completely scratch-built using materials which are not manufactured for model rocket parts.
2) Pressure Vessel must be made from commercially available non metallic soda bottles (600ml each) that can withstand pressure of……... Maximum of two bottles can be used. Fins, if required are to be constructed from lightweight nonmetallic materials.
3) All parts of the water rocket must be attached properly. If any part (fins, etc.) are broken apart during flight, it will lead to safety concern of the spectators. Therefore, such water rockets may be debarred from the competition.
4) Each team is expected to bring two rockets of same design - one as the main rocket and other as the back-up. It is not mandatory, but strongly advised to do so. Organizer won’t be responsible in anyway if something goes wrong with your lone rocket at the sight of competition.
5) Rocket must use tap Water as its primary reaction mass. Thrust must come from expelling reaction mass, not from air discharge. Water Reaction Mass must fill a minimum of 20% of the volume of the Pressure Vessel.
6) Water Rocket must use compressed ambient atmospheric air as its energy source. The organizer will provide the bicycle pump to compress the air. The outlet of the pump will have size compatible with that of the bottle mentioned in rule-2. If design has different nozzle size, please ensure to bring your own connecting pipes. The maximum pressure of the compressed air allowed is…..
7) Rocket must be launched from a stationary launcher provided by the organizer. It will have provision to adjust firing angle as per the requirement of the participant.
8) Organizers reserve the right to modify the rules for the betterment of the competition. Suggestions are welcomed. Participants are not allowed to argue over the rules. This is a must to avoid clashes and maintain decorum of the event.
Click here to download resources.
Pragmaticus
"Come and test the product designer in you"
Dr .X. has developed a host of new materials with an equally new set of properties.
But he lacks the proximity to the real world to think of useful products out of these materials.
He hires your Company to design a product and to market it.
Think you can honour the contract??
Format:
The teams/players will be a given a brief description of properties of a some materials.
For eg. One may be:
"The coating, which is made from a derivative of vanadium dioxide, allows visible wavelengths of light through at all times but reflects Infrared light at temperatures above 303K."
1. The teams are expected to suggest an application (as a fully fledged product) for the material described.
2. They are supposed to write their answers on paper as a product description brochure.
3. This should describe how their application utilizes the properties.
4. It should also elaborate on how their suggested application will benefit humanity.
5. The team with the best product will win. The best product will be selected by a panel of judges.
6. Two or more teams may come up with the same application. In such a case, the team with the better product brochure will win.
A good brochure will give detailed information of the product and its utilities with a neat sketch. An attractive caption to market the product may help too.
This event may either be a team event or an individual event. It is preferred to have it as a team event (maximum number of three members) as group discussion among them may help to bring a better answer.
Event Organizer: Vijith Mukundan
II year Aerospace
PanchMantra
Bring together the best of your engineering aptitude, scientific knowledge and simple common sense and logic to puzzle your way out of seemingly meaningless clues and ‘brain’staking tasks when time is running out for every wrong step you take!
EN ROUTE
The RACE comprises of 5 tasks. Each TASK has a particular mission, based on the application of engineering, science, logic or mathematics etc. The team is allowed to go ahead to the subsequent task only if they complete a task fully.
In case a team is not able to complete a particular task, they will be given a PENALTY – maybe a physical task or a time penalty, before they can move on.
The team that reaches the last checkpoint in the SHORTEST TIME, successfully finishing the tasks and penalties, wins!
SAMPLE TASK
Given a set of 5 resistors (4 known, 1 unknown), a battery and an LED, find out the value of the unknown resistor.
SAMPLE CLUE
Crack the code to find the location of your next task:
6398 8275 28 6246 28453464 6334231 (Hint: Saralta Mein Samajhdari)
PEP TALK
1. Pick a team of a maximum of 3 members (choose your team wisely, pick a blend of aerospace, avionics, and the sciences, combined with a good mathematical and logical ability).
2. Familiarity with the campus and a keen eye for details should help!
3. Registration Fee: Rs. 45/- per team.
To know more buzz:
Abhinav Goel, Apoorv Mehta, Kanav Setia, Prakhar Agarwal
One Night Stand !
General rules:
1. 12 players per team.
2. Each player must participate in at least in 2 game rounds, can be either in CS, AOE or both.
3. No Tie-breaker. Points are split in case of tie.
4. In case of technical failures, match will be restarted except in cases of foul play.
5. In cases of foul play, the opposing team will be awarded all the points.
6. Teams will be decided by an auction. Captains will bid for the players.
7. Headphones are to be brought by the players themselves.
8. Bidding will be done on 18th March 2009 for teams.
9. Registration Fee: Rs 30 per person
Individual Events
Counter Strike:
1. Version 1.6 will be used.
2. Maps: Aztec, Dust-2, 3rd will be decided by draw – inferno, nuke
3. 6 players per team, per match.
4. Buy time: 90 secs
5. Freeze time:0 secs
6. Game time: 3 rounds @ 15 mins per round
7. Friendly fire on.
8. Starting money: 800$
9. Initializing time: 5 mins
10. Shields off.
11. Bonus: Win match with thrice the score, + 10 points.
12. Winning team gets 10 points.
Age of Empires- Conquerors:
1. Random Map will be selected by a draw.
2. Civilization will be picked through a toss. 1-2-2-2-1. Huns and Aztecs banned!!
3. Population: 150
4. Starting Age: Dark age
5. Victory: Conquest
6. Game speed: Fast
7. Teams together on
8. Lock teams on
9. Lock speed on
10. Cheats off
11. Bonus: Win a game in under 1 hour 20 min game time +10 points.
12. Winning team gets 10 points.
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ritwick - 9961310876
Lord of the Wings
This event would test the practical thinking of the participants and their innovativeness in using the resources to the fullest. This would be an on spot event.
Problem statement
Using the given materials like thermocol sheets, small bamboo sticks, polythene sheet etc make a glider. Since it is an on spot event the materials might have an element of surprise. But since all participants will be at the same platform having similar resources what would matter is how fast you are able to come up with an idea implementing it.
Scoring
Points will be given on the basis of the distance the glider is able to glide and how fast the glider is built in the ratio of 3:1
Points = 3x (distance flied (in cm)) – (time taken to complete (in minuets))
All teams will be given three trails during which they could make some changes, and the best out of the three trails will be taken as the teams score. The event will be held at the badminton court.
The glider will be hand launched from the badminton court first floor. To have no confusion about the force given and the mannerism of launch, gliders of all participants will be launched by the event co-ordinator so that no team has an undue advantage.
There are no restrictions on the size of the glider or its design or on its weight. You are free to come up with any design than you think would complete the task. But in case of a tie the better design will be awarded.
Maximum number of members per team is 3.
EVENT COORDINATOR:
A.John Vivian Prashant (Aerospace II year)
Sandeep Devarapalli (Aerospace II year)
JUGAAD!!
Jugaad is a “DESI” version of engineering. Here we test your skills of finding an optimum solution “JUGAAD” to a real life problem. You have to prove your mettle as the best mechanic here and have to design the most apt, optimum, and practically possible mechanism!!
For example:
The competition between Pepsi and Coke is on. The sales of Coke are going down as Pepsi launches a new fruit beer called ‘Youngbeer’ in order to be in the market. Coke also has to launch its own fruit beer as a better substitute to Youngbeer. The production has to be quick hence the bottling of the beverage should not take much time. Design a mechanism for bottling the beer if the bottle is filled in 5 seconds and the motion of the belt on which the bottles are moving is not to be stopped during the filling of one of bottle.
Note: you can use as many bottle fillers as you want (one after the other). The mechanism should include the procedure of placing empty bottles on the belt also (try making the whole production require as few men to supervise as possible, i.e. if some problem arises in placing bottles on the belt it can be handled). The design should be purely mechanical with no electronic stuff in it. You can use different belts for movement of bottles before and after the filler.
Hint: the filler can be given a vertical motion for picking the bottle and filling it.
Rules
1.At most two people per team.
2.There will be a screening test before the main test.
3.The registration fee is Rs. 20 per team.
4.The main test will be of 1 hrs and 30 minutes duration, while the screening will be of 30 minutes duration.
5.More points will be given on the basis of ease of practical realisation of your mechanism. (Ex. Ease of manufacturing).
In case of any queries contact
Ankit Mittal- 9947686146, ankit5633@gmail.com
Dheeraj Agarwal- 9946526858, dheeraj.iist@gmail.com
iDEAS INC.
Can you take up the challenge of proving your mettle in engineering aptitude, management skills and entrepreneurship?
iDEAS INC. is launching operations in India. It has been approached by promoters of projects catering to various fields involving technology, business, administration and entrepreneurship. For this, the company calls upon the young talent of India to share its challenges of helping realise these dream projects effectively.
Come and join the league by handing in your solution quote to the problem statement of the company, which has been released.
On the big day, the best four solution statements get an opportunity to present their proposed solution in an Open-House Board Meeting before the Board of Directors with the audience as shareholders!
There’s more to it: if your team is short listed, you get a straight share holding of 10% in the public holdings of iDEAS INC.! The Directors together have 40% of the shares, and the audience has 20%. They are all willing to offer you their shares if you can convince them that your solution is the best.
Prove yourself as the best, earn the rest of the shares from them, and take home a prize proportional to your percentage of shares!
Come and join the league by handing in your solution quote to the problem statement of the company, which has been released.
On the big day, the best four solution statements get an opportunity to present their proposed solution in an Open-House Board Meeting before the Board of Directors with the audience as shareholders!
There’s more to it: if your team is short listed, you get a straight share holding of 10% in the public holdings of iDEAS INC.! The Directors together have 40% of the shares, and the audience has 20%. They are all willing to offer you their shares if you can convince them that your solution is the best.
Prove yourself as the best, earn the rest of the shares from them, and take home a prize proportional to your percentage of shares!
Rules:
1.Each team can comprise of 3 members.
2.Registration fee: Rs. 45/- per team.
3.Solution Quotes once submitted will not be permitted to be changed.
4.Registration once made, cannot be revoked.
Get the Problem Statement!
Deadline for Submission of Solutions and Registration: 17th March 2009(1700hrs)
Announcement of Final Shortlist: 20th March 2009
HR Managers: Prakhar Agarwal, Prateep Basu, Srikar Paavan
G.M.D.
The blinking lights, the ringing buzzers, and all the crap you’ve seen... Time beckons you to show your genius and make your own version of stuff with the Hexapeds and strings at the G.M.D.-Geek’s circuit Making and Debugging contest.
Rules:
Teams of maximum 3 members are allowed.
5 teams to qualify for the final round after preliminary round.
A maximum of 5 problems to be solved in 2 hrs.
All electronic components and coloured wires will be supplied.
Final working circuit on breadboard will have to be shown.
No text, components, cell-phones or any other type of helping material will be allowed.
Data sheets of the components will be provided.
Each team gets a maximum of 1 breadboard.
Team making the maximum number of working solutions to problem statements wins. In case no team is able to complete even a single problem then the team closest to a viable solution will be declared the winner.
Stationery will be provided.
If a tie occurs, a tie breaker of maximum 30 minutes will decide the winner. The first team to finish the problem wins.
Participation fee of Rs. 30 has to be deposited at the time of registration.
Participants of the final round can take away their circuits and breadboard.
For details contact,
Amit Kumar- 9847554806
Pradyumna Sharma- 9744756405
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