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MAEER’S MIT, PUNE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING Add On Course on Application Building Using Internet of Things Report The department of computer engineering of MIT, Pune has organised an add-on course on "Application Building Using IoT" for all students of the department. The 24 hour intensive course commenced on 21st January 2017 and concluded on 26th February 2017. It was split into sessions of 4 hours each held on weekends. Mr. Anupran Trivedi of Fizzible Tech Pvt Ltd. spearheaded the sessions and guided the students with the help of his team. Total 22 students have been registered for the course. The contents of the add-on course were introduction to Internet of Things, understanding of IoT devices, interfacing of sensors to open source hardware and a mini project in teams on IoT Application Building. The first session introduced the students to Internet of Things and what it entails. They were also taught the steps that should be followed for carrying out a project. Students learned about the various devices and sensors involved in an IoT project and PCB designing using different softwares in the second session and had a hands-on experience with soldering in the third. In the subsequent sessions, the students were divided into groups of 4 or 5 students. For the mini project, each group had to build an IoT application using the components available to them. The 5 groups were assigned one of the following topics for their mini projects- home automation through mobile phone, collision detection using ultrasonic and infrared sensors, gesture controlled automation, passive infrared sensor (PIR) based intrusion detection and radio frequency identification (RFID) based smart lock. During the duration of the entire workshop, the students were continuously assessed based on their understanding, their participation in the sessions, their respective project and on a test conducted on the last day of an add-on course. The two teams which scored the highest earned for each of their members an internship opportunity in Fizzible Tech Pvt Ltd or one of their referral companies. By the culmination of an add-on course, the students had understood principle concepts, major issues and the technologies and basic approaches in IoT.
