Instrumentation and Control Engineering - College of Science & Technology

✨BE4ICE Research Project 2026✨

This event was to showcase their research and innovation through oral presentation & project demonstration.
The presentations were evaluated by External Expert Mr.Deepan Sharma (CE0) from Bhutan Automation & Engineering Limited & by internal evaluator Mr.Manoj Sharma(Lecturer, EEED, CST)

The group projects this year were:
1. Design and Development of Farming Robot for Seed Sowing
2. Modeling and Simulation of 500mL Packaged Drinking Water Packaging Line
3. IoT-based Hydroponic System for Sustainable Agriculture
4. Basic Health Monitoring Station

The students’ work reflected their technical creativity, and dedication towards developing practical solutions to real-world challenges.

🎓 17th RUB Convocation 👩‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓💐
Congratulations to ICE Class of 2025 at the Royal University of Bhutan's 17th Convocation Ceremony.

Here's to new beginnings and brighter horizons ahead.

✨Mini Project Exhibition ✨

As part of the module ECD305 – Electronic System Design, third year students from the Instrumentation & Control Engineering programme successfully demonstrated their mini project prototypes.

A total of five groups presented innovative projects centered on automation, IoT applications, sensor technologies, and control systems. The showcase highlighted the students’ technical competency, creativity, teamwork, and ability to apply theoretical knowledge to practical engineering solutions.

✨ICE Graduates Employment Status 🎓

The Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation & Control Engineering programme at College of Science and Technology was launched in 2018. Since its inception, the programme has successfully graduated three batches of undergraduate students. To date, a total of 58 students have graduated, achieving an impressive overall employment rate of 96%, reflecting the programme’s academic foundation and industry relevance ✨

✨Student Research Meet 2026✨

Final year students participated in SRM organized by DRIL office at CST. The event was to showcase their research and innovation through one oral presentation and three poster presentations. The event served as an excellent platform for students to present their final year projects, exchange ideas, and gain valuable exposure to research and emerging technologies.

The project group titled “Design and Development of Farming Robot for Seed Sowing” earned the second prize 🏆 for their work and innovation.
In addition, three other project groups presented their research posters on “Modeling and Simulation of 500mL Packaged Drinking Water Packaging Line,” “IoT-based Hydroponic System for Sustainable Agriculture,” and “Basic Health Monitoring Station.” The students’ participation reflected their technical competence, creativity, and dedication towards developing practical solutions to real-world challenges.

⚙️🏭Factory I/O , PLC & SCADA⚙️🏭

Final year ICE students presented their case study projects on designs of automated production line systems developed using Factory I/O, CODESYS, TIA Portal, PLCSIM, and SCADA monitoring systems to demonstrate real-time industrial automation and smart manufacturing concepts.
They used simulation for machining, sorting, assembly, and pick-and-place operations, where sensors provide input signals to detect products while PLC logic in CODESYS controls conveyors, sorters, rollers, and actuators according to the programmed sequence.
The projects focused on PLC programming, industrial process simulation, HMI integration, and industrial communication protocols such as Modbus TCP/IP and OPC UA, while also highlighting the role of instrumentation, feedback signals, interlocks, and safety conditions in industrial control systems. By integrating PLC control with OPC UA communication, the simulation enables testing, monitoring, and visualization of automation processes in a virtual environment before actual industrial implementation, thereby enhancing practical understanding of industrial automation, distributed control systems, and smart manufacturing technologies.

Credit: Module tutor Mani Powdyel & 4ICE students