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

Welcome

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

PG Admissions

  • List of candidates from CFTI selected for provisional admission for PhD program in Mechanical Engineering for the session 2025-26-I.New
  • Syllabus for the PhD entrance exam [Link]

Postdocs and Faculty positions

Syllabus:REV, Mass, momentum and energy transport, Darcy and Non-Darcy equations, equilibrium and nonequilibrium conditions, species transport, radioactive decay, equivalent thermal conductivity, viscosity, dispersion, Flow over a flat plate, flow past a cylinder, boundary-layers, reservoir problems,...

Credits:9

Syllabus:Numbers within parentheses give number of lectures for...

Credits:9

Syllabus: Additive Manufacturing ( AM) is a process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data, usual y layer up on layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies, such as traditional machining. The basic principle of AM is that a model, initially generated using a three-dimensional Computer Aided Design (3D CAD) system, can be fabricated directly. AM technologies have significantly evolved over the last decade. Because of their potential to extensively transform the nature of manufacturing processes, e.g ., by enabling "Freedom of Design" several industries have been attracted by these technologies. Using AM, manufacturing of highly complex parts can be an economically viable alternative to convention al manufacturing technologies.

Credits:

Syllabus:Introduction to stress and strain and need for experimental stress analysis. Localized measurement of deformation: Electrical resistance strain gages including bridge configurations and strain amplifiers used, optical displacement and strain sensors, LVDT and capacitance based sensors...

Credits:9

Syllabus: Review of fundamentals of thermal transport in manufacturing: Introduction to the course, Steady and transient heat conduction, Convection and Radiation, Natural convection. Finite Volume based modelling of heat transfer in manufacturing and numerical implementation, Phase change - Enthalpy based algorithm for Melting/solidification, Two-phase mushy zone flows, Liquid- vapour phase change involved in manufacturing, Illustration using code. Case studies on modelling of thermal transport in manufacturing processes: Solidification processing – Casting, Marangoni convection driven flow, Arc, Laser/Electron beam welding. Heat assisted manufacturing process –...

Credits:9

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