Facilities in Dept. of Mech. Engineering

The teaching and research activities of the Department of Mechanical Engineering are grouped in Thermal Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Industrial & Production Engineering and Machine Design. The major Laboratories, facilities available and the academic activities are:

• Thermal Engineering
• Combustion & Pollution Control Laboratory:
• Heat Transfer Laboratory:
• IC Engines Laboratory:
• Steam Power Laboratory:
• Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Laboratory:
• Fluid Mechanics
• Computing Systems Lab:
• Machine Design
• Industrial & Production Engg.

Current faculty interests include Aluminum based powder metallurgy composites, sintered special tool materials wear and machining behavior of sintered alloys, production systems analysis, quality control and ergonomics. A research project entitled "Development of Mobile Unit for Onsite Measurement and Monitoring of Vibration Levels Induced in Operators Performing Industrial Tasks", has been recently funded.

In addition to a modern Central Workshop, facilities such as 200 ton Hydraulic Press, Sintering and Heat Treatment Furnaces, Metallurgical Microscopes with Micro photographic attachment, Articulated Robot, CNC Lathe, Retrofitted Vertical Milling Machine with Microprocessor Control System, Electric Discharge Machine, Vibration Level Meter, Noise Disc Meter Respirometer (PC Based), Pulse Oxymeter and ECG are also available.