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School of
MECHANICAL, MATERIALS & ENERGY ENGINEERINGIndian Institute of Technology Ropar
School of
MECHANICAL, MATERIALS & ENERGY ENGINEERINGIndian Institute of Technology Ropar
About IIT Ropar 1
School of Mechanical, Materials & Energy Engineering (SMMEE) 2
Undergraduate & Ph.D. Programs 2
Faculties & their Research Areas 3-4
Design & Analysis 5
Manufacturing & Materials 5
Thermal & Fluids 5
Bio-Engineering 5
Special Areas 6
Central Facilities 7-8
SMMEE Laboratories 9-11
List of Facilities Available in Laboratories 12-13
Research Publications & Patents 13
Placements & Internships 14
Academic-Industry Interaction 14
Other Initiatives 15
Funding Facts 15
Contact Us 16
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Indian Institute of Technology Ropar is one of the eight new IITs set up by the Ministry of
Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India in the year 2008, to expand
the reach and enhance the quality of technical education in the country. This institute is
committed to providing state-of-the-art technical education in a variety of fields and also for
facilitating transmission of knowledge in keeping with latest developments in pedagogy.
These two areas of focus enable students to gain exposure to recent trends in their chosen
domains of study and gain practical experience through a wide variety of activities the
institute facilitates in its own campus and arranges for in collaboration with industry and
other institutes. At present, the institute offers Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) program in
Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
This program is spread over a period of eight semesters and the institute admits forty
students in each branch, selected through IIT Joint Entrance Examination conducted every
year. In addition, the institute offers doctoral program in several disciplines.
About IIT Ropar
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School of Mechanical, Materials & Energy Engineering (SMMEE)
Undergraduate and Ph.D. Programs
Established with the inception of IIT Ropar in 2008, the Department of Mechanical Engineering was re-organized
as the School of Mechanical, Materials and Energy Engineering (SMMEE) in 2010 to encourage interdisciplinary
research. The school currently offers UG and Ph. D. programs in Mechanical Engineering. The school has a
dedicated faculty in all the major areas of mechanical engineering such as design and analysis, fluids and
thermal engineering, materials, and manufacturing. In addition to the conventional core courses, the school
offers state-of-the-art courses and research opportunities in areas such as product design and realization,
sustainability for engineers, continuum mechanics, medical devices and equipments, biomechanics, control
engineering, noise and vibration, finite element analysis, energy science and technology, robotics and
mechatronics, micro-manufacturing, and tribology. Various laboratories have been set up with modern facilities
for strengthening teaching and research.
Students' Strength at SMMEE Faculty Strength at SMMEEB.Tech. : 161 (40 each year), Ph.D. : 20 Total strength: 16
The School of Mechanical, Materials & Energy Engineering currently offers Bachelors of Technology (B.Tech.) in
Mechanical Engineering and Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering. Its current intake is
about 40 students in B.Tech. program every year. In addition, several Ph.D. students are admitted every year. The
first undergraduate batch of students completed their degrees in 2012.
The School focuses on teaching and research in all the core research areas of mechanical engineering,
specifically design, manufacturing, materials, and thermal sciences. Apart from the courses that are traditionally
taught as a part of mechanical engineering, as included in the GATE syllabus, the School also encourages
students to credit advanced level courses such as, finite elements, biomechanics, tribology, micro-
manufacturing and optimization methods.
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Faculties and their Research Areas
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Prof. M K SurappaProfessor & DirectorPh.D. (IISc Bangalore)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2100
Prof. Surappa's research interests include processing, characterization and application development of micro and nano aluminium and magnesium based metal matrix composites.
Dr. Himanshu TyagiPh.D. (Arizona Sate University, USA)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2119
Dr. Himanshu Tyagi works in the broad area of thermo-fluids engineering and specializes in the study of heat transfer aspects of various applications such as nanofluids, solar energy, biological systems, energy storage and micro-electronic devices. He worked extensively in these areas in industry in India and USA and has ongoing collaborations in the field of nanofluids and solar energy with academia and industry. He is interested in developing technologies to efficiently harness clean and sustainable energy resources.
Dr. Jitendra PrasadPh.D. (Michigan Sate University, USA)
[email protected]+91 1881-24-2104
Dr. Jitendra Prasad has been leading the Biomedical Engineering Program at IIT Ropar in collaboration with PGIMER, Chandigarh. His research and teaching interests include biomechanics, bone fracture healing, mechano-transduction, clinical engineering (medical devices and equipment), structural and multi-disciplinary design optimization, computational mechanics, and agent-based modeling.
Dr. Harpreet SinghCordinatorPh.D. (IIT Roorkee)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2226
Dr. Ekta SinglaPh.D. (IIT Kanpur)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2165
Dr Ekta's research focuses at customized design of robotic arms. Maintaining a grasp in this field, her research works diverge into the related areas of redundant manipulators, performance measures and motion planning of robotic arms. Incorporating the concepts of modular design and evolutionary robotics, she is working for the integration of design and fabrication features into the evolutionary development of robotic structures, at micro level. Her teaching interests include robotics, design opt imizat ion, optimization techniques, mechatronics and CAD.
Dr. Ravi Mohan PrasadPh.D. (Techische University at Darmstadt, Germany)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2272
Dr. Ravi Mohan Prasad works in the field of “Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications.” His current research areas include polymer-derived porous ceramics and nano composites, Ceramic membranes for hydrogen purification, chemiresistor gas sensors, photocatalysts for wastewater decontamination, and hydrogen storage materials.
Dr. Ranjan DasPh.D. (IIT Guwahati)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2245
Dr. Ranjan Das works mainly in the area of inverse optimization related to thermal and fluid flow problems. His current research is aimed at predicting performance parameters of various practical equipments such as fins, solar collectors, wind turbines, fuel cell and cooling towers.
Dr. Ramjee RepakaPh.D. (IIT Kharagpur)
ramjee.repaka @iitrpr.ac.in+91 1881-24-2135
Dr. Ramjee works in the areas of heat transfer, bioheat transfer and energy. His research activities mainly focus on early detection of cancer using different modalities. This includes numerical and experimental investigations to detect the early traces of cancer in the skin and in the breast. His main interest is to introduce a novel methodology to medical industries and practitioners for (a) early detection, (b) staging and (c) subsequent treatment / irradiation of underlying skin cancer with minimal thermal damage.
Dr. Singh's research areas include surface engineering-degradation of materials, high temperature corrosion and its prevention, slurry erosion of hydraulic turbines and its control, bio-medical coatings for bio-implants, and coatings for several other wear and corrosion related applications. He is also working in the area of modulation-assisted machining of difficult-to-machine materials with an aim to enhance the tool-life and produce machining scrap with desirable properties. He is also working on grain-size refinement of alloys through friction-stir processing.
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Dr. Rakesh K. MauryaPh.D. (IIT Kanpur)
rakesh.maurya @iitrpr.ac.in+91 1881-24-2275
Dr. Maurya works in the areas of internal combustion engines, alternative fuels and sustainable energy utilization. His specific research areas include biofuels, HCCI and low temperature combustion for IC engines, engine emission control, engine management systems, engine instrumentation and combustion diagnostics, particulate characterization and control, engine endurance and long term durability studies, new engine designs. He is interested in development of advanced high efficiency and ultra-low emission engines.
Dr. Vishwajeet MehandiaPh.D. (IISc Bangalore)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2233
Dr. Vishwajeet works on rheology and dynamics of complex fluids, particle suspensions (active and passive), and granular materials. Other research areas include biophysics (such as active cellular processes, and dynamics of shape transformation in cells and tissues).
Dr. Satwinder Jit SinghPh.D. (IISc Bangalore)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2109
Dr. Satwinder works on applied mechanics and numerical methods.
Dr. Varun SivakumarPh.D. (IISc Bangalore)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2244
Dr. Varun works on biomass gasification and combustion, aerospace propulsion - combustion instability in solid rockets, chemical kinetics-simplified reaction mechanism for CO/H2 flames.
Dr. Sarkar mainly works in product design. His specific research areas include design creativity, bio-mimicry, sustainable design and manufacturing, design methods, and design research. He is interested in supporting companies by helping them design new products, assess sustainability of products, make products compliant with international standards, create suitable tools and design methods, improve product aesthetic and ergonomic aspects, and research on design process.
Dr. Prabir SarkarPh.D. (IISc Bangalore)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2151
Dr. Anshu Dhar JayalPh.D. (University of Utah)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2149
Dr. Jayal's research interests are broadly related to advancement of sustainable manufacturing, with an emphasis on dry, near-dry and cryogenic machining. His specific research areas include: development, modeling and optimization of sustainable manufacturing processes and systems; metrics development for sustainability evaluation, tribological and thermo-mechanical issues in manufacturing processes, and microstructure alteration in engineering materials for improved surface integrity and life.
Dr. Anupam AgrawalPh.D. (IIT Kanpur)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2165
Dr. Anupam Agrawal work in the area of experimental and numerical studies of various manufacturing processes: machining, traditional and advanced material forming processes, CAD/CAM. He is involved in developing new material forming processes for creating monolithic free form objects, applicable for aerospace, automobile and other related industries.
Dr. Navin Kumar Ph.D. (IIT Delhi)
[email protected] +91 1881-24-2170
Dr. Navin Kumar's research interests are related to both theoretical and experimental aspects of mechanics and dynamics of nano and bio materials and structures, biomedical engineering, biomedical instrumentation, smart structures and materials, fault diagnosis and condition monitoring. In particular, he is interested in the areas of biomaterial and biological materials characterization, experimental and computer simulation of nano materials and structures, active vibration control and fault diagnosis.
Noise and Vibration Dr. Navin Kumar Robotics Dr. Ekta Singla Optimization Dr. Jitendra Prasad, Dr. Ekta Singla, Dr. Satwinder Jit Singh CAD/CAM Dr. Anupam Agrawal, Dr. Prabir Sarkar, Dr. Ekta Singla,
Dr. Jitendra Prasad FEM Dr. Jitendra Prasad, Dr. Satwinder Jit Singh Applied Mechanics Dr. Satwinder Jit Singh
Machining Dr. Anshu Dhar Jayal, Dr. Anupam Agrawal, Dr. Harpreet Singh, Dr. Prabir Sarkar
Tribology Prof. M. K. Surappa, Dr. Harpreet Singh, Dr. Anshu Dhar Jayal Metal Forming Dr. Anupam Agrawal Corrosion Dr. Harpreet Singh Welding Dr. Harpreet Singh Materials Science Prof. M. K. Surappa, Dr. Harpreet Singh, Dr. Ravi Mohan Prasad
Thermal Sciences Dr. Himanshu Tyagi, Dr. Ramjee Repaka, Dr. Ranjan Das, Dr. Varun Sivakumar
Optimization Dr. Ranjan DasEnergy Storage Dr. Ravi Mohan Prasad Propulsion Technology Dr. Varun Sivakumar Bio-mass Gasification Dr. Varun Sivakumar, Dr. Himanshu Tyagi Fluid Dynamics Dr. Vishwajeet Mehandia
Bio-medical Dr. Jitendra Prasad, Dr. Navin Kumar, Dr. Himanshu Tyagi, Dr. Harpreet Singh, Dr. Ramjee Repaka, Dr. Prabir Sarkar
Bio-materials Dr. Jitendra Prasad, Dr. Navin KumarBio-mechanics Dr. Jitendra Prasad, Dr. Vishwajeet Mehandia Bio-mechanical Devices Dr. Jitendra Prasad, Dr. Navin Kumar, Dr. Prabir Sarkar Bio-mimicry Dr. Prabir Sarkar
Design & Analysis
Manufacturing & Materials
Thermal & Fluids
Bio-Engineering
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Sustainable Manufacturing Dr. Anshu Dhar Jayal, Dr. Prabir Sarkar, Dr. Harpreet Singh
Eco-design Dr. Prabir Sarkar, Dr. Anshu Dhar Jayal
Energy Dr. Himanshu Tyagi, Dr. Navin Kumar, Dr. Ravi Mohan Prasad, Dr. Ramjee Repaka
MEMS and Nano-Technology Dr. Navin Kumar, Dr. Himanshu Tyagi, Dr. Jitendra Prasad, Dr. Anupam Agrawal
Product Design Dr. Prabir Sarkar, Dr. Harpreet Singh, Dr. Ekta Singla, Dr. Navin Kumar, Dr. Jitendra Prasad
IC Engines Dr. Rakesh K. Maurya
Mechanism Design Dr. Jitendra Prasad, Dr. Navin Kumar, Dr. Prabir Sarkar, Dr. Harpreet Singh, Dr. Ekta Singla
Aesthetics, Ergonomics, Design Dr. Prabir SarkarResearch, Design Creativity
Materials Degradation and Control Dr. Harpreet Singh
Composite Materials and Tribology Prof. M.K. Surappa, Dr. Harpreet Singh, Dr. Ravi Mohan Prasad
Gas Purification and Sensors Dr. Ravi Mohan Prasad
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Special Areas
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Central Library
The Central Library functions as the primary information resource centre, and repository of all printed and e-resources for teaching and research activities at the institute. Apart from textbooks and recommended reading material prescribed for each course offered at the institute, the library houses a growing collection of research monographs, reports, multi-volume reference works, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and so on. The library facilitates access to a number of journals through its participation in consortia, such as INDEST, UGC-INFLIBNET. The library also subscribes to several e-journals directly from publishers as well as through reputed subscription agencies. At present, users can consult more than 9000 books (available on shelves) and thousands of electronic books and journals. Online access is also provided to citation and scientometric databases such as Scopus, MathSciNet and ASTM.
Central Facilities
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X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Laboratory
Nano-Indentor Laboratory
The X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) laboratory of the institute has a PANalytical X'Pert PRO MPD X-ray diffraction system, which is a basic platform for a wide variety of applications in analytical X- ray diffraction, in both scientific and industrial research environments. XRD is a non-destructive analytical technique used for analyzing various materials and surface properties, especially at the atomic and molecular level. The institute offers XRD analysis services to various industries and institutions on nominal charges.
Nano indenter is one of the state-of-the-art comprehensive bio and nano mechanical characterization systems. IIT Ropar is the pioneer institute to have such unique facility in the entire North India. Nano indenter can be used to determine modulus of elasticity, hardness, yield strength, fracture toughness, scratch hardness and wear properties. It can be used for almost all types of hard and soft materials including biomaterials.
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) / Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) LaboratoryAnother sophisticated research tool that IIT Ropar houses is the SEM, which produces details of the surface of a given material through sample scanning with a focused beam of electrons. SEM is used for studying surface characteristics of materials, while EDS can give compositional (elemental) details. It is a very useful equipment for industrial, as well as, scientific community. Industry can use it for failure analysis. SEM / EDS services are also available for industry
SMMEE Laboratories
Bio-Nano-Mechanical Characterization (BNMC) Laboratory is dedicated to the area of Bio and Nano materials' engineering with a focus on the combined experimental characterization, as well as, computational analysis of mechanical properties, stress / strain, and micro-structure of engineering and biological materials and their applications in advancing manufacturing and materials processing technologies, engineering design analyses, and biomedical sciences and engineering.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Navin Kumar
Cell Culture & Tissue Engineering Laboratory will cater to the needs of researchers working in bio-mechanical engineering. The lab is planned to have CO incubator, bio-2
safety cabinet, fluorescent microscope etc. The current needs are fulfilled by IIT Ropar's collaboration with various institutes around Chandigarh.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Jitendra Prasad
Control Engineering Laboratory is an interdisciplinary laboratory. Main area of work is feed back control systems design and analysis, control system for biomedical applications, sensors, actuator, signal processing and various type of transducers.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Navin Kumar
Design Studio Laboratory is essentially a lab for exploring products, creating new products and displaying them to the public. It houses drafting facility, product realization facility and has a set of computers for research and design products. The lab is a focal point for academic and industry collaboration in product development.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Prabir Sarkar and Dr. Harpreet Singh
Design Research Laboratory aims at the development of methodologies, tools, and techniques for better, robust, and inclusive product design to achieve success in New Product Development (NPD). Design research investigates the process of designing products, processes, and services. It aims to help designers design better products and processes. The lab is planned to be equipped with sketching tools, collaborative design tools and design research tools.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Prabir Sarkar
Bio Materials & Nano Materials Characterization Laboratory
Cell Culture & Tissue Engineering Laboratory (Up-coming)
Control Engineering Laboratory
Design Studio Laboratory
Design Research Laboratory
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The main aim of the Indoor Environment Control Laboratory is to give practical insights and hands-on experience to the undergraduate students of mechanical engineering in developing their understanding in various air-conditioning and refrigeration processes, encountering in real life situations. Facilities available in the lab include refrigeration test rig, air-conditioner test rig, heat pump test rig, vapor absorption refrigeration setup and ice plant test rig.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Ramjee Repaka
Machine Design Research Laboratory (MDRL) contributes to educate the undergraduate students, as well as, the research related to Mechanical Design. The mission of MDRL is innovative mechanical component design, improve design quality, shorten design time, and enhance design education. This also includes machine components design, static and dynamics analysis of machine components, stress and strain analysis, computer assisted modeling and design, and component design using FEM approach.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Navin Kumar
This laboratory is equipped with several basic material engineering equipments and instruments, along with some highly sophisticated equipments such as CETR tribometer and planetary ball mill. Material testing equipments are also available, which include UTM, micro- and macro-hardness testers. Some tribological test rigs are also developed in-house by the students. The laboratory is also capable of catering to the material testing needs of industry.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Harpreet Singh
Mechatronics with Robotic Applications Laboratory endeavors to be a platform for the students interested in developing their skills in electro-mechanical aspects. The basic aim of the laboratory is to render both the thinking and the creative capabilities of the students. Facilities available in the lab include robotic arm and related tools from KUKA and SIMPRO. Building systems from LEGO and TETRIX are available to build robotic mechanisms and prototypes. Basic electronics components and practice kits are also made available for practice.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Ekta Singla
Indoor Environment Control Laboratory
Machine Design Laboratory
Materials Science & Engineering Laboratory
Mechatronics with Robotic Applications Laboratory
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Product Design and Realization Manufacturing Laboratory is equipped with both manual, as well as, CNC machines, along with a non-conventional (EDM-Wire Cut) machine and a 3-D printer. A high-end Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) is also available, which is open for services to industry and other institutions. State-of-the-art tool dynamometers and modulation-assisted machining set-ups are also used for conducting R&D in the machining areas. The students are encouraged in this laboratory to manufacture their designed products, which they showcase during “Design Fair” at the of each semester.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Harpreet Singh
Sustainable Product Design and Manufacturing (SPDM) Laboratory started with the intention of conducting research, teaching and consultancy in the area of sustainable design and sustainable manufacturing. The laboratory is equipped with expertise, tools, and systems for sustainability assessment of products, standard analysis, and sustainable manufacturing.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Anshu Dhar Jayal and Dr. Prabir Sarkar
The laboratory is equipped with several heat transfer and fluid mechanics experimental setups, such as, centrifugal pump, gas turbine, convective heat transfer and boiling apparatus.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Himanshu Tyagi and Dr. Ramjee Repaka
Vibration and Acoustics Research Laboratory (VARL) is equipped with the necessary expertise and the state-of-the-art instrumentation required for measurement, analysis, and control of undesired motion and noise in structures and machinery. In addition, short courses can be designed in the field of noise and vibration control to meet the needs of industry. Presently, VARL is focusing on investigating and developing advanced methods for active and passive noise, and vibration control systems.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Navin Kumar
Product Design & Realization Manufacturing Laboratory
Sustainable Product Design & Manufacturing Laboratory
Thermo-fluids Laboratory
Vibration & Acoustics Research Laboratory
Product Design and Realization Computer Laboratory is equipped with 16 high end and 17 medium end workstations with the latest CAD modeling/analysis software, viz. Catia V6 and Solid Works 2013, Abaqus/CAE 6.11-1, and AutoCAD 2013. This laboratory caters to the needs of UG and PG students for regular course work, final year B. Tech. projects, and research work.
Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Anupam Agrawal
Product Design & Realization Computer Laboratory
SMMEE Laboratories
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Laboratory Major Facilities / Expertise Available
List of Facilities Available in Laboratories
Bio Materials and Nano
Materials Characterization
Laboratory
Cell Culture and Tissue
Engineering Laboratory
Control Engineering Laboratory
Design Research Laboratory
Design Studio Laboratory
Indoor Environment Control
Laboratory
Machine Design Laboratory
Materials Science and
Engineering Laboratory
Mechatronics with Robotic
Applications Laboratory
Material properties such modulus of elasticity, hardness, yield strength, fracture toughness, scratch hardness and wear properties by computer simulation or by experimental techniques. It can be used for almost all types of hard and soft materials including bio-materials.
Upcoming
Feed back control systems design and analysis, control system for biomedical applications, sensors, actuators, signal processing, and various type of transducers.
Product design, understanding design process, design methods, aesthetics and ergonomics of products, sketching, and collaborative design facilities.
Product design, engineering design, and drafting.
Air conditioning test rig, refrigeration test rig, heat pump test rig,ice plant test rig, and vapor absorption test rig.
Machine components design, statics and dynamics of machine components, stress and strain analysis, computer assisted modeling and design, and component design using FEM approach.
Microstructural analysis, hardness measurement, universal testing machine for stress evaluation, metal casting, high temperature furnaces for heat treatment and oxidation / corrosion studies, electrochemical corrosion testing of materials including bio-implant materials, synthesis of nano-powders, surface characterization, and tribo-testing.
Robotic arm and related tools from KUKA and SIMPRO. Building systems from LEGO and TETRIX.
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Laboratory Major Facilities / Expertise Available
Product Design and Realization
Computer Laboratory
Product Design and Realization
Manufacturing Laboratory
Sustainable Product Design and
Manufacturing Laboratory
Thermo-fluids Laboratory
Vibration and Acoustics
Research Laboratory
CAD modeling using Solid Works and Catia.
Product manufacturing, CNC machining, rapid prototyping, EDM and CMM.
Sustainability assessment, sustainable design, eco-design and standards compliance.
Centrifugal pump setup, gas turbine rig, and natural and forced convection heat transfer.
Vibration testing and measurement, active and passive vibration control, structure vibrations, noise control, noise barrier design, fault diagnosis and condition monitoring, and vibration sensors and actuators.
Research Publications & Patents
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IIT Ropar students who graduated with B.Tech degrees in Mechanical
Engineering are now pursuing careers in several well-known organizations,
such as, HPCL, Indian Oil, DRDO, Tata Motors, L&T, BPCL, and ONGC.
Additionally, several of our graduates are pursuing higher education and
research at world-renowned institutes in India and abroad.
Thirty-eight current UG students from SMMEE have recently completed
summer internships from organizations such as Zeus Numerix, Aston
University UK, Bloom Energy, AECOM India, Max India, NFTDC, TimeTooth
Technologies, National Fertilizer, Hero MotoCorp, Maruti Suzuki, DCM
Engineering, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, Alstom and foreign universities in
Germany through DAAD support. The feedback about our students from
these organizations has been overwhelmingly positive.
The School of Mechanical, Materials, and Energy Engineering is keen to
collaborate with industries and other academic partners, both within India and
outside, to develop new products, processes, and services for society. In
particular, we invite industries to contact us for any possible collaboration or
working on technical issues. IIT Ropar, being one of the Government of India
funded institutes, is mandated to aid companies to help them grow and thus
support the Indian economy. With expertise ranging from nano-technology,
manufacturing, thermal, automobile, design to biomechanics, SMMEE is
equipped with highly qualified faculties, who are eager to take up challenging
problems. Additionally, the faculties have good access to both internal and
external funding, faculties of other departments such as computer science,
electrical, physics, humanities, mathematics, chemistry, and local and
national companies. Moreover, IIT Ropar currently has active collaborations
with many national (such as, IIM Lucknow, IIT Delhi) and international (such
as, Aston University, University of Cambridge, Imperial College and Simon
Fraser University) institutes and research labs/centres (such as, DRDO, CSIO
and PGIMER) to work on high-impact research areas. In addition, the
students of the institute are highly inspired, intelligent and hard working, who
always look forward for some exciting and challenging industry-based
projects.
Placements and Internships
Academic-Industry Interaction
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Other Initiatives
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Funding Facts
INR 1.3 Crore of Internal Grants
More than INR 1 Crore budget of the department
for the last year
INR 2.46 Crore of External Funding
INR 17 Lakh from Consultancy Funding
The National Knowledge Network
(NKN) is a revolutionary state-of-
the-art multi-gigabit pan-Indian
resource-sharing network aimed
at digitally connecting all national
un ivers i t ies, co l leges and
research establishments to create
country-wide virtual classrooms. To begin with 1,200 major
institutions including the IITs, CSIR laboratories, space research
and atomic energy institutions will be connected digitally. The
infrastructure bandwidth will facilitate high speed classroom
sessions. One can even transmit satellite television programmes
using the facility. With just 4 megabit connectivity an institution
can simultaneously conduct up to 250 classroom sessions.
The vision of the Rural Technology
Action Group (RuTAG) Centre is to
become an innovative rural
technology development group
compr is ing academic ians ,
scientists, personnel from NGOs,
governmental agencies and
technical institutes, traditional craftsmen and artisans, farmers
and social entrepreneurs with a passion to serve the rural people.
Its mission is to develop state-of-the-art science & technology
resources, equipments, human resources and research facilities
to innovate rural technologies by utilizing the existing and creative
know-how with the involvement of people from rural areas and
NGOs. Several projects are in-progress under this scheme at IIT
Ropar.
NKN
RuTAG Centre
For possible Collaboration, Consultancy, Joint
Collaborative Funding, Research and Teaching
Opportunities:
Office SMMEERoom No. 103, School of Mechanical,
Materials & Energy Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Rupnagar - 140001 (Punjab) INDIA Phone: +91 1881-242227Email: [email protected]
To know more about the Department, Facilities and Expertise available:
Co-ordinator, SMMEE Harpreet Singh, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Room No 103, School of Mechanical,
Materials & Energy Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Rupnagar - 140001 (Punjab) INDIA
Phone: +91 1881-242226
Mobile: +91-98557-09052
Email: [email protected]
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Alternatively, you can directly contact individual
faculty members: Visit us @ SMMEE website:
http://www.iitrpr.ac.in/smmee
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