Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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Welcome

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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

Welcome Message

Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur. We started our journey in the year of 1960. Over the last six decades, we have grown our expertise and competence in the core Mechanical Engineering curriculum and research.... - Read More

-Prof. Ashish Dutta
Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Announcements

List of candidates from CFTI selected for provisional admission for PhD program in Mechanical Engineering for the session 2025-26-I.New

Guidelines for the Application of Institute Post Doctoral Fellows.New

Applications invited for direct PhD students for the semester 2025-26-I. Last date of application February 20, 2025.

Candidates Shortlisted for Interview: Winter Admission PhD Programme 2024

Address:
Overview:

This lab is used for the under graduate course (ME-401A).

Equipment:
  • Computerized table top demonstration model for Francis Impulse Turbine (Pelton Wheel)
  • Centrifugal Pump
  • Axial fan unit
  • Hydraulic Coupling
  • Gas Turbine Model
  • Centrifugal compressor
  • Kaplan Turbine
  • Several Educational Models related to turbo machinery
  • Computerized Demonstration Model for Kaplan Turbine: In pipe line
Experiments:
  1. A test setup to estimate the performance characteristics of a two-stage axial flow fan
Specifications:
  1. Number of stages: 2
  2. Design R.P.M. : 2400
  3. Design Discharge : 1.7 m3/s
  4. Design Pressure : 15.0 cm of water
  5. No. of stator blades : 37
  6. No. of Rotor blades : 24
  7. Impulse Turbine: a small-scale hydro power unit designed to demonstrate the principles of operation and to evaluate the characteristics of a Pelton turbine.
Specifications:
  • 70mm diameter, 10 buckets rotor
  • 4.5mm diameter nozzle
  • Adjustable spear valve
  • Electronic measurement sensors for inlet pressure, rotational speed and break force PC controlled data processing
  1. Serial and Parallel Pump: A small-scale series/parallel centrifugal pump to find the pump characteristic in serial and parallel mode. Equipped with electronic measurement sensors for pump differential pressure, flow rate, temperature and rotational speed. PC controlled data processing via the IFD6 interface console.
  2. High Speed Centrifugal Compressor: Multi-stage centrifugal compressor to evaluate effciency and performance characteristics. Sensors for inlet and exit temperature, flow rate, speed and power.
  3. Rankine Cycle: A steam-electric power plant including components such as a multi-pass boiler, axial - flow steam turbine, AC/DC generator and a condenser tower to evaluate the thermal effciency and output.
Specifications:
  1. Boiler: Pressure 120 psi (827 kPa), Temperature 4820F (2500C)
  2. Generator: 15.0 Volts, 1.0 Amp (Total Load of 15.0 Watts)
  3. Fuel: Liquid Petroleum
  4. Digital: High Speed Data Acquisition System
  5. A cascade Tunnel: Variable incident mechanism, end and side wall bleed, low inlet turbulence level, variable speed motors, five identical blades, end passage bleed
Specifications:
  1. Test section size : 610mm X 230mm
  2. Test section velocity : 20 m/s
  3. Cascade inlet flow angle : 00 to 430

Relevant Information (if any):

Faculty: Dr. S. Sarkar (Lab Coordinator)

Staff:

Contact Person:

Laboratory experience is considered to be an integral part of our undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering program. There are courses oriented laboratories where a student does experimental work leading to a better understanding of the physical phenomena.

The department has the following undergraduate teaching laboratories:

Apart from the departmental laboratories, students have access to the following central facilities:
Central Workshop
Computer Center
Central Library

Besides the central library, we also operate a small ME department library.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers excellent opportunities to the undergraduate and postgraduate students to excel in their field.

The departmental library caters to the need of the students and faculty for both academic and research purposes. It has a wide collection of textbooks related to Mechanical Engineering and some of the advanced level books. Besides this, it maintains a repository for the M. Tech. and PhD thesis.

Book and Thesis catalogues can be accessed in the Department
Library Link

Working Hours

9.00 AM to 5.30 PM

Contact Information

Mr. Rakesh Kumar
FB-366
Phone: 0512-2596094
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Syllabus: Elementary review of dynamic systems. Equations of motion. Numerical solution of ODEs. Linearization. Stability. Laplace transforms and inverse Laplace transforms. Block diagrams. Transfer functions. Feedback loops. Poles and zeros. Transient responses. Stability. The Routh‐Hurwitz criterion. Nonminimum phase systems and their transient responses.

Syllabus: The contents are relevant for engineering post-graduate students as well as interested undergraduate level students (with instructor permission). This course would cover (a) Micro- system technology to realize various biologically inspired systems and materials (b) Micro- fluidic systems (c)Various aspects of processes and methods derived from the microelectronic industry to realize micro-systems

Highlights

Dec
05-15

Department of Mechanical Engineering has successfully conducted a DST-Karyashala for two weeks of hands-on training on "Mechatronics and Microfabrication-2022."

Dec
08-10

12th edition of the International Conference on Precision, Micro, Meso, and Nano Engineering

Sept
24

ITEC sponsored International Workshop on ‘Robotics’

TEQIP sponsored International Workshop on ‘Robotics’

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ME Department Presentation    ME Department Review
 

ME Fast Facts

42
Faculty
474
B.Tech Students
35
Dual degree students (B.Tech-M.Tech)
254
M.Tech. Students
48
M.S. by research Students
200
PhD Students