Write Up of Mech Dept for NAAC

7/29/2019 Write Up of Mech Dept for NAAC

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MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT

Growth of institution is dependent upon resources deployed by the

institute towards its growth target. Human resources play an important role in achieving

the goals and objectives of institution concerned .This is more so in the case of academic

institutions where in human resources play vital role in shaping the future course of

action. Mechanical department of SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY has been in existence

right from inception of erstwhile Sathyabama engineering college in the year 1988.Right

from the inception mechanical department has been part and parcel of Sathyabama

university growth story. Faculty of the department is well qualified and is drawn from

various streams of mechanical engineering like design, thermal, manufacturing, industrial

engineering and energy. The staff students ratio has been maintained at the rate asmandated by statutory authorities .The department is well endowed with experienced

faculty with exposure to industry environment. This goes a long way in imparting quality

education for the students and at the same time benefiting the society. The geographical

distribution of the faculty is also widespread and varied. The faculty is drawn mostly

from southern states of India.

Mechanical department is mostly male student oriented one as far

as student profile goes . Admission to the department is based purely on the rank obtainedby students in the all India entrance examination conducted by SATHYABAMA

UNIVERSITY on yearly basis .There is no restriction with respect to the geographical

distribution of the students. Majority of the students belong to southern states of India

and considerable percentage of students belongs to northern states namely UP, Bihar,

Jharkhand and north eastern states.

With a view to impart quality education, curriculum changes were

made on a regular basis by incorporating prevalent industry practices and suggestions

made by members of board of studies drawn from industry. The ground work for

preparing an appropriate curriculum would be done by faculty after going through

curriculum of NITs, IITs and various other universities. They zero in on appropriate

curriculum by interacting with industry experts and referring the suggested curriculum to

the various panels formed for the purpose of curriculum changes. The faculty is engaged


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in getting vital inputs from external examiners and consolidating these inputs in tangible

form for proper curriculum changes as mandated by industrial practices. The department

can proudly state the fact that the dropout rate of students almost zero and success rate is

showing healthy upward trend.

Mechanical engineering department boasts of state of art

laboratories for imparting practical courses to prepare students to have hands on

experience. Recently computational fluid dynamics lab has been added to existing lab

courses by commissioning 40 systems with up to date CFD softwares. SOLID WORKS

software was added to CAD/CAM curriculum apart from the existing

ProE,CATIA,Ansys. A computerized diesel engine (VCR) was installed in thermal

engineering lab for enhancing the practical exposure of the students. The department

engaged in looking after department library with 5000 books to cater to the needs of

student community. In each semester students are issued books pertaining to the subjects

specified in the curriculum. To enhance the learning experience of the students audio

visual stream is used in the form of LCD projectors and etc. Students are taken for

industrial visits for giving real time exposure for industrial practices. From time to time

guest lectures were arranged. The faculty of mechanical department for encourage to take

part in faculty development programmes conducted by various reputed institutions. In the

last five years most of the staff members availed this facility to enhance their skill set.

Faculty of mechanical department are assigned a set of students for counseling purposes

and they keep track of academic progress of assigned students and inform their parents

regarding the students wellbeing. Mechanical engineering department has bagged two

projects from IGCAR for conducting experimental studies on Pressure drop devices and

flow distribution in main vessel cooling system with an outlay of forty lakhs for two

years time period. The department of mechanical engineering offering research facility

for all the streams of mechanical engineering. This encouragement offered by theinstitution resulted in faculty publishing articles in reputed international journals and

national journals.

A continual efforts is made for providing right sort of training for

campus placement of student with active collaboration and inputs from placement cell of


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our university. The placement record of mechanical department amply demonstrates the

effectiveness of the placement training imparted to the students. More than seventy

percent of the students opting for placement have been placed during the last five years

time period. Those students who have opted for higher studies have been provided with

books required in consultation with advisory bureau for higher studies. A team of

students is designing an all terrain vehicle for taking part in an all India competition for

students being sponsored by automobiles majors like Mahindra and Mahindra, Bajaj and

JK tyres. The department is planning to offer dedicated facility for training in Robotics,

CFD and Nano Technology with active cooperation from other department like

Production, Electrical engineering, Electronics and Control systems. A dedicated research

facility for Nano Technology has been commissioned recently. Procurement activities

were initiated for undertaking various research activities and course work to be offered.

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Write Up of Mech Dept for NAAC