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Department of Mechanical Engineering

         The Department of Mechanical Engineering was established in the NICE campus during the academic year 1995 - 96. Within a short span of thirteen years, besides an enviable progress in the academic activities, it has recorded a tremendous growth in terms of its faculty strength and equipment in the laboratories and workshops.

           The department is presently headed by Mr.K.Sudhagar. The department, as on date has twenty two dedicated and experienced staff members with four doctoral degree holders and the remaining with their PG qualifications. The staff members have more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. Currently, under graduate course in Mechanical Engineering and post graduations in M.E. (Manufacturing Engineering) and M.E. (Energy Engineering) are being conducted by the department.   The department has well furnished class rooms and an air conditioned seminar hall.
- The Department has adequate number of faculty members, which includes Four Professors, Seven Assistant Professors, Two Senior Lecturers and Seven Lecturers. Four faculty members possess doctoral degree. All the faculty members are well experienced and highly qualified with Master's Degree in various areas of Mechanical Engineering like CAD/CAM, Mechatronics, Machine Design, Machine Dynamics, Thermal Engineering, Energy Engineering, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Safety Engineering. Nine of them are pursuing their Ph.D. research work. Also to assist the staff in the laboratories and workshops, there are ten well - qualified and trained laboratory assistants. Often the members of faculty are deputed for various training and orientation programmes to keep their knowledge abreast with the latest in Mechanical Engineering. Apart from this, industrial visits and guest lectures are arranged by the department to serve as a means to our students to get familiarity with the developing and evolving industrial environment.
  Eight laboratories and seven workshops meet the requirements of the students towards practical training. There are four laboratories for thermal and fluid experiments and three laboratories for material science and other related experiments. It has five workshops to practice basic methodologies in manufacturing processes and one each for turning and special machine techniques.
The various laboratories and workshops with good infrastructure in the departments are namely.

1. Strength of Materials Laboratory
2. Fluid Mechanics and Machine Laboratory
3. Heat Engines Laboratory
4. Instrumentation and Metallurgy Lab
5. Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory
6. Metrology Laboratory
7. Mechatronics Lab
8. CAD/CAM Laboratory
9. Fitting Shop
10. Carpentry Shop 11. Sheet Metal Shop
12. Foundry Shop
13. Lathe & Special Machines Shop Lathe & Special Machines Shop
14. Smithy Shop

The facilities available in the department are copious that students can do their final year projects in the campus itself. The gross investment in the infrastructure of the department is to the tune of Rs.4 crores.

The CAD/DAM Laboratory is exclusively set for the use of the Mechanical Engineering students. It has 35 Pentium processor computer systems with special advanced software for component design, drafting, modeling and analysis. The latest software includes Ansys, Pro-E-Wildfire, Auto CAD, Master CAM, Mechanical Desktop, Auto CAD Inventor Series, CAP Stum 8.0 and CAP Smill 8.0. All the systems are provided with Internet access. Further the Lab is equipped with a CNC Trainer Lathe, a CNC Trainer Milling Machine, a special CNC Trainer with duel machining facility, Programmable TR5 Robotic Arm etc. Also there is an imported FulLand - 530 CNC Production Lathe with turrethead.

The Department has established its academic excellence and its effectiveness by the excellent performance of its students of the past and present. More than twelve university ranks have been produced in the last six years. Most of our students are well placed in various reputed organization in India and abroad.

Federal Association of Mechanical Engineering (FAME), the students' association, every year, organizes many national seminars and symposia, which in turn improve their leadership and technical skills. The department also organizes special training programmes in advanced software in CAD/CAM. Students are encouraged to present technical papers in seminars organized by institutions and industries.

The B.E. programme of the department has been accredited by NBA, AICTE, New Delhi. The department has also ISO 9001:2000 Certification for quality control and maintenance. Accreditation by the Institution of Engineers (India) is also part of the accreditation to the department.