Areas of Specialization

1. Thermal and Fluids Engineering ME 1
2. Design Engineering ME 2
3. Manufacturing Engineering ME 3


Eligibility for Admission

The qualifications necessary for admission to the various specialization are as follows :

All applicants must have First class or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) in qualifying degrees in areas mentioned below:

1) Thermal and Fluids Engineering: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aeronautical/ Aerospace Engineering or Automobile Engg. or Chemical Engg. with valid GATE score in any discipline.

2) Design Engineering: Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Production Engineering or Automobile Engg. or Machine Tool Engineering with valid GATE score in any discipline.

3) Manufacturing Engineering: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering or Machine Tool Engineering or Industrial Engineering with valid GATE score in any discipline.

Areas of Research

Thermal and Fluids Engineering:
Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Machinery, Fluid Power Control and Fluidics, Analysis of Thermal Systems, Numerical prediction of convective and radiative heat transfer, Combustion, Fluidised bed combustion, Refrigeration and Airconditioning, Cryogenics, Miniature Cryorefrigerators, Food preservation, Performance Studies on IC Engines, Alternate Fuels, Nuclear Energy and Reactor Physics, Fuel Cells, Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Electronics Cooling, Microfluidics and Microscale Heat Transfer, Transport in porous media, Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Analysis of Turbulent Flows, Low Temperature Plasma Modelling, Molecular Gas Dynamics, Enhanced Oil Recovery.

Design Engineering:
Stress and Vibration Analysis - Analytical, numerical (Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods) and experimental methods, Fatigue and Fracture­Linear elastic and elastic­plastic fracture mechanics, Fracture of composite materials, Fatigue­creep­corrosion interaction, Tribology and Machinery Maintenance, Pressure Vessel Design, Computer Aided Simulation and Design Optimization, Linear and non­linear vibrations, Chaos, Vehicle Dynamics, Rotor Dynamics, Acoustics and Noise, Active Vibration and Noise Control, Smart Structure, Robotics, Kinematics and control of Rigid and Flexible Manipulators, Microprocessor based control and automation, Mechatronics, Mobile Robots, Textile Machinery, MEMS.

Manufacturing Engineering:
CAD / CAM / CIM, CNC, Computer Assisted Process Planning, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, Manufacturing Automation & Control, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Rapid Prototyping and Tooling.

Design, Optimization and Modelling of Manufacturing Processes (Casting, Forming, Machining, and Welding), Precision and Micro­Manufacturing Processes, Computer Aided Tool Design.

Applications of IE & OR in Manufacturing, Logistics, Quality and Maintenance Systems.

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