Media Release
Mangaluru, Nov 29: Technova-2025, the annual final-year UG project exhibition of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, was held on November 27. The event presented final-year engineering projects across eight disciplines, covering design studies, analytical work and applied research. The exhibition ran under the coordination of Divya K Pai, assistant professor of the department of electrical and electronics engineering.
The principal, Dr Rio D’Souza, opened the programme with a brief address outlining the academic role of final-year projects and the objective of Technova as a structured platform for project display. He stressed the importance of treating all project teams with equal attention. Speaking to the press, the principal stated that this year’s exhibition displays the capstone work completed by final-year students during the academic cycle and demonstrates the knowledge and skills developed across disciplines. He noted that lower-semester students may observe the exhibits to understand project standards and strengthen their own future work. He added that judging focuses on technical quality, originality and clarity of presentation, with awards for the top entries and a dedicated ‘Most Innovative Project’ prize.
Most innovative projects from various disciplines included RC controlled lake/water surface cleaner (ME), synergistic effects of induction steel furnace in alkali-activated slag composites (CV), real time face recognition and content projection using smart glasses (CSE), real-time soil analysis and crop recommendations using IoT technology(EEE), real time spatial and navigation of pedicle probes (ECE), AI driven adaptive signal control for optimizing traffic flow and congestion (AIML), camera-based sound-tracking servo (CSDS) and multimodal agentic framework for behavioural profiling (CSBS).
Senior administrators, including the director, Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, the assistant director, Fr Kenneth Rayner Crasta, the vice principal, Dr. Purushothama Chippar, and the chief administrative officer, Dr John Edward D’Silva, visited the exhibition along with the deans, heads of departments and project coordinators. They reviewed the exhibits and interacted with student teams and expert evaluators.
Twenty-five external experts from industry, research organisations and academic institutions joined internal faculty to assess more than 183+ projects. Each department declared first, second and third prizes, along with a separate Innovative Project Award. The event reaffirmed the college’s emphasis on innovation, research orientation and practice-driven engineering education.