Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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Undergraduate Term Projects

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Dropwise condensation on textured surfaces and multi-scale modeling

Dropwise condensation is a heterogeneous
phase-change process in which vapor
condenses in the form of discrete
liquid drops

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Droplet Hydrodynamics during Lysozyme Protein Crystallization

A team of researchers at IIT Kanpur
has studied experimentally the fluid
flow pattern inside the droplet

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Energy optimal walk of an 8 DOF compliant biped robot

A team of researchers at IIT Kanpur
have designed and experimentally evaluated
a new 8-DOF biped robot

Events

Apr
15
2026

Weekly ME Colloquium: Join us for a talk by Prof. Sumit Basu on 15th April 2026 titled "Deformation and Failure of Amorphous, Glassy Polymers" at FB-370 from 4.30 PM. For more details regarding the speaker and seminar topic, please visit the official announcement here.

Apr
08
2026

Weekly ME Colloquium: Join us for a talk by Prof. P.P. Bandyopadhyay on 8th April 2026 titled "Thermally Sprayed Coatings - Recent Developments" at FB-370 from 5.15 PM. For more details regarding the speaker and seminar topic, please visit the official announcement here.

Apr
01
2026

Weekly ME Colloquium: Join us for a talk by Prof. Brato Chakrabarti on 1st April 2026 titled "Odd behaviors of chiral films" at FB-370 from 5.15 PM. For more details regarding the speaker and seminar topic, please visit the official announcement here.

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Announcements

PhD Admissions 2026-27-I

  • List of candidates from CFTIs selected for provisional admission to the PhD Programme for the academic session 2026–2027-I is available here

Postdocs and Faculty positions

Project positions

  • Open project positions are listed here

ME Fast Facts

44
Faculty
625
B.Tech Students
19
Dual degree students (B.Tech-M.Tech)
119
M.Tech. Students
10
M.S. by research Students
150
PhD Students