IEEESTEC Student project conference (2015)

Danijel Danković

The eighth student conference "IEEESTEC 8th Student project conference" was held on November 26, 2015, at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš (http://ieee.elfak.ni.ac.rs/). The conference was organized by the student branch of IEEE SB Niš, EESTEC LC Niš and Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš, in cooperation with IEEE Serbia and Montenegro Section, IEEE Electron Devices / Solid-State Circuits Chapter and IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Chapter.

At the IEEE SB Nis meeting held in February 2015, the initiative for organizing the conference "IEEESTEC 8th Student project conference" was supported. The IEEE Section Serbia-Montenegro has supported this initiative.

We sent a call for the conference to authors of papers from previous conference, all student organizations in Serbia, student branches of IEEE, members of the IEEE Section Serbia and Montenegro. The total number of submitted papers is 64 (in the field of: electronics, microelectronics, telecommunications, automatics, power engineering, informatics, physics, student mobility etc.). All papers have passed the review phase, with a minimum of three reviews being provided for each paper. 48 teachers and assistants of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš helped in the review process. Based on received reviews, awards were given:

First place
Paper: The smart home smartphone concept
Authors: N. Nikolić, M. Milić, M. Segić, D. Dimitrijević, S. Stošović
Institution: VTŠ Apps Team, The Higher Technical School of Professional Education, Niš

Second place
a) Paper: Remote control system for heating system - Smart heating
Authors: M. Džudović, D. Vučić, M. Radosavljević and V. Jocić
Institution: Technical School, Zaječar

b) Operation: Solar cells with photosensitive pigment
Authors: S. Ilić, D. Aleksić
Institution: Gymnasium Svetozar Markovic, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Nis

Third place
Paper: Realization of signal generator using microcontroller PIC16F1939
Authors: L. Vuković, A. Šljivo, A. Hrusto
Institution: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo

In the category of “The Best Practical Realization”, and based on the Decision of the Organizing Committee of the Conference awards were given:

First place
Paper: Arduino remote control
Authors: M. Nikolić, A. Rajić, I. Stanimirović, M. Sinđelić
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš

Second place
Paper: SmartAlarm - Sound Monitoring System
Authors: A. Ilić, A. Cvetković
Institution: Gymnasium Leskovac

Third place
a) Paper: Realizing 3D effects with LED cubes
Authors: M. Šutanovac, S. Stojiljković, M. Nikolić, N. Jevtović, S. Petković, D. Mitić, V. Dimic
Institution: ETŠ "Nikola Tesla", Niš

b) Paper: Clock and break indicator in school
Authors: S. Mihajlović, D. Janković, D. Danković, I. Arsić
Institution: Technical School "Rade Metalac", Leskovac

Based on the received papers, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Nis published the Proceedings "IEEESTEC 8th Student project conference", ISBN: 978-86-6125-150-4. The editors of the Proceedings are: prof. Dr Ninoslav Stojadinović, prof. Dr Vera Marković, and doc. Dr Danijel Danković. The conference was organized by the Organizing Committee consisting of: Doc. Dr Danijel Danković, President of the Conference and Dušan Vučković and Miloš Marjanović, Vice-Presidents of the Conference. The secretariat of the conference consisted students from the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš: Damir Nešić, Saša Dević, Sandra Ilijin, Miroslav Božić, Željko Kalezić, Nikola Simić, Dragana Dimitrijević, Đorđe Veličković, Miloš Mitić, Neda Dinić, Nikola Krstić and Stefan Milošević. The proceedings were technically edited by Miloš Marjanović, Miloš Mitić and Đorđe Veličković. The conference was officially opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš, prof. Dr Dragan Jankovic and the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš, prof. Dr Nebojša Dončov. On behalf of the IEEE Section Serbia and Montenegro, the participants were greeted by prof. Dr Vera Marković, President of the Section. The best papers in both categories were presented verbally. All papers (including awarded) were presented as poster works in the hall of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš. In addition to posting posters in four-hour time, the authors also used PowerPoint presentations, simulation on the computer, their models and finished products/projects. The authors themselves selected the most interesting work:

First place
Operation: Light Show
Authors: M. Ivković
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš

This year, the IEEE Woman in Engineering category was also established. Based on the decision of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, the prize was awarded:

First place
Paper: Come And Build Me - a locally based game with real-time communication Authors: P. Antić, P. Živanović, M. Janković
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš

By the decision of the Organizing Committee of the IEEESTEC Conference Best Conference Conference, proposed for the IEEE Region 8 Student Paper Contest 2016 (http://www.ieeer8.org/category/student-activities/awards-and-contests/student-paper-contest) was selected :

First place
Operation: PC-Based Pulse Signal and Blood Oxygen Level Monitor
Authors: N. Mišić, M. Tričković, B. Jovanović
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš

All authors received the IEEESTEC Conference promotional material: a collection of papers, a disc, a block and a bag. The best papers were awarded with diplomas and awards, gifts from friends of the conference.

The participants of the conference were from the following institutions: Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš, The University Politechnica of Bucharest, University of Milan, Manipal Institute of Technology, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Panasonic Lighting Devices Serbia doo, Svilajnac, Technical School "Rade Metalac", Leskovac, Technical School Zaječar, Leskovac Gymnasium, University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand, Philip Morris Operations ad Niš, Gymnasium Bora Stanković, Niš, Svetozar Marković Gymnasium, Niš, Electro-technical School “Nikola Tesla”, Niš, The Higher Technical School of Professional Education Niš.

We hope that next year this conference will be even better organized and even more massive.