BWI: Analog Devices Announces Winners of Anveshan 2010-11 Student Design Fellowships

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Source: Analog Devices, Inc
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:00 PM IST (06:30 AM GMT)
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Analog Devices Announces Winners of Anveshan 2010-11 Student Design Fellowships
University students mentored by engineers from Analog Devices to build award-winning prototypes

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Wednesday, September 14, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today announced the winners of Anveshan, ADI India's Student Design Project Fellowship, aimed at enhancing system-level engineering expertise, among engineering students. Engineering degree candidates Anvesha Amaravati and Deepesh Kamani of IITB Mumbai were presented with top honors in recognition of their project on Low-Power and Affordable Activity Monitoring for Healthcare Applications. ADI announced the winners during a ceremony in Bangalore earlier this week.

"We are committed to fostering an industry culture of innovation, particularly among the next generation of engineers," Said Howard Cheng, Vice president, Asia Sales & Marketing, Analog Devices. "Through programs like the Anveshan Fellowship, we are able to recognize, encourage and reward students who are keen to learn. We are delighted with the level of creativity and caliber of design ideas presented by all of the entrants, and we extend appreciation to all participants."

ADI India invited students from select engineering institutes including the IITs and NITs to submit a proposal for a prototype of an innovative electronic solution preferably from one of three specified applications: Affordable Healthcare, Green Energy and Automotive. Five innovative proposals were then shortlisted from many submissions, to build their prototypes using semiconductor products from Analog Devices.

"Collaboration between industry, academia, and the student community is essential to grooming talent capable of developing next-generation technologies," said Dr. S Karthik, Engineering Director India Product Development Centre (IPDC), Analog Devices India. "The hallmark of the Anveshan fellowship is the opportunity afforded to shortlisted teams to work closely with senior engineers from Analog Devices, who mentored the students over a six-month period to complete their prototypes. For ADI, it was an opportunity to reinforce the company's commitment to nurturing student talent."

The Winning Teams Receiving ADI's Anveshan 2010 -2011 Student Design Fellowships

First Place: Anvesha Amaravati and Deepesh Kamani
Prizes Awarded: Rs 100,000 and Rs 20,000 to the University guide
University: Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai - IITB
Project: Low-Power and Affordable Activity Monitoring for Healthcare Applications
Project Abstract: Designed by IIT Mumbai, the healthcare monitoring product would be a step ahead in bridging the gap between the needs of rural and urban healthcare. This affordable low-power, low-cost healthcare monitoring product based on Analog Devices precision signal processing (AD8552, AD8508 and AD8515 - low power low noise operational amplifiers, AD8226 - Instrumentation amplifier, AD7682 - low power high precision A/D converter, and ADSP-BF592 - low cost Blackfin Processor ) can be used for both personal activity monitoring as well as patient monitoring , thus addressing the needs of both low-cost consumer healthcare and in-patient hospital care applications.

Second Place: Aditya Joshi and Adarsh Giri
Prizes Awarded: Rs 40,000 and Rs 10,000 to the University guide
University: Indian Institute of Science - IISc, Bangalore
Project: Video Stitching
Project Abstract: The field of view of normal digital video? cameras is limited to a maximum of 90 degrees in the horizontal plane. The signal processing capabilities of Analog Devices' dual core Blackfin processor, the ADSP-BF561, helps to monitor video captured by multiple cameras and construct a panoramic video by stitching together multiple video. This would have application in the security, surveillance and automotive markets.

Joint Second Place: Yash Chitalia, Rashida Bohra and Pratik Virkud
Prizes Awarded: Rs 40,000 and Rs 10,000 to the University guide
University: K J Somaiya College of Engineering , Mumbai
Project: Helping Hand
Project Abstract: Helping Hand, a prosthetic arm replicates the human arm in behavior and function by virtue of interpreting the neuro-muscular signals generated by thoughts and converting them into specific movements. The design done by K J Somaiya College of Engineering uses several low-power signal processing components (AD620 - high accuracy low power Instrumentation amplifier and AD8639 - precision amplifier) from Analog Devices and aims for introducing this as an alternate low- power, low-cost technology for prosthetic arms.

Analog Devices' India Product Development Center (IPDC)
Engineering teams at Analog Devices' India Product Development Center (IPDC), Bangalore, are innovating some of today's most challenging technologies, such as high-speed DSP (digital signal processing) IC design, analog IC design, and multi-media embedded software. DSP application engineers and product and test engineers at IPDC have developed three generations of ADI's industry-leading SHARC processors.

Analog Devices' India Sales Team

Analog Devices has a well-established sales and distribution network across India which serves and supports major manufacturing and design services companies in the Telecom, Industrial, Defense, Healthcare and Automotive segments. ADI's field applications engineers interact and work closely with customers by providing technical and applications support.

About Analog Devices

Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data-conversion and signal-conditioning technologies, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "ADI" and is included in the S&P 500 Index. http://www.analog.com

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