The department of mechanical engineering, being one of the largest and oldest departments of the institute, caters to its students with class tutorial and state-of-the-art laboratories. The department is continuously striving to achieve excellence in education, academic and industry oriented research as well as consultancy work with service to the society.
Research in fluid and thermal engineering comprises of everything from the hydraulic pumps to the jet engines. A team of research students and faculty members work collectively to model the fluid dynamics and heat flow problems computationally to translate into real-life situations. The research areas in fluids and thermal includes: Computational methods for Incompressible flows, DNS and LES of Turbulence, Energy management and conservation, High speed aerodynamics, Interfacial heat and mass transport, Metal hydride based thermal machines, Micro and nano-scale thermal/fluid transport, Micro-fuel cells, Thermal aspects of biological systems, Thermal radiation.
Manufacturing engineering has been one of the significant focus research areas of Mechanical Engineering at IITG. Presently, the researchers investigate every aspect of the manufacturing of materials from automotive and aerospace to electronics and medical applications. The manufacturing engineering group at IITG works on diversified research areas like: Bio-MEMS, Casting, CAD/CAM/CIM, Coating, Composites, Computer Application in Metal Forming, Design and Manufacturing, Electromagnetic pulse processing, FEM, Neural Network, Fuzzy Set Application, Genetic Algorithms and Fuzzy logic in manufacturing, Mechatronics, Metal Forming, Unconventional machining processes, Welding of light weight metals, Welding Process Monitoring.
The machine design group in the mechanical engineering department is diverse consisting of experimentalists and computational experts who work on many ground-breaking as well as classical problems, inspired by materials physics, biology and automotive engineering. Some of the key research areas include: Acoustics ,Active Materials, Composites, Dynamics and Vibrations, Finite Element Method and Analysis, Fracture Mechanics and Design, Robotics, Micromechanics, Nanocomposites, Rolling Element Bearings Design and Analysis, Smart Structures, Tribology.
From HOD's Desk
The department of mechanical engineering is one of the largest and oldest departments of the institute. Till the 22nd convocation, 1120 B.Tech. students, 1121 M. Tech. students, and 183 Ph.D. students have been graduated from the department. The department is continuously growing in order to excel in the fields of teaching and research and has also achieved QS world university ranking by subject in the range of 201-250. This credit goes to all the student, staff, and faculty members with the guidance of all the previous department heads, Prof A. D. Sahasrabudhe (1994-2003), Prof P. S. Robi ( 2003-2006), Prof U. S. Dixit (2006-2009), Prof D. Chakraborty (2009-2012), Prof P. Mahanta (2012-2014), Prof A. K. Dass (2014-2017), Prof S. K. Dwivedy (2017-2020).
The department is achieving its milestones at various stages of its growth by recruiting and retaining the best faculty members, by upgrading the course-curriculum for catering the need of industry and research, by developing and maintaining state-of-art laboratories, by conducting various QIP, TEQIP and training programs for the students and participants from outside, by conducing cutting-edge research for the country and the society, etc. The department is currently focusing on creating the conducive environment for the students, staff and faculty members to give their best to society and the environment. With best wishes.
S. Senthilvelan HOD, Department of Mechanical
Engineering
