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:Course covers modeling the mechanics and dynamics of machining operations, and their interactions with the machine tool system...

Credits:9

Syllabus:Vorticity, vorticity equation, Kelvin’s theorem, Helmholtz laws, kinematic decomposition of velocity fields, uniqueness of solenoidal and irrotational velocity fields, superposition of irrotational flows, complex analysis, conformal transformations, finite wings, three-dimensional potential flows, unsteady potential flows, virtual mass, cavitation, bubble dynamics, interfacial and free-surface waves, bores and hydraulic jumps..

Credits:9

Syllabus: Introduction to Internal Combustion Engines, Basic Introduction to SI & CI engine, Air Standard Cycles and their Analysis, Fuel-Air Cycles and their analysis, Conventional fuels & Alternative fuels, Fossil fuels: Refining & Properties, Analysis of fossil fuels, Fundamentals of SI & CI engine, Engine Ignition System, Engine cooling system, Engine Friction and Lubrication, Supercharging and Turbocharging, Carburetor and Fuel Injection Systems, Fuel Injection in SI engine, Combustion in CI Engines, Knocking in SI and CI engine, Combustion Chamber Design of SI and CI engines, Wankel Engine, Engine Performance parameters, Measurement and Testing, Pollution from SI and CI engines, Emission Measurement Instruments, gasoline Direct Injection Engine (if time permits), Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) Engine.

Syllabus:Solidification: Introduction, Evolution of solid/liquid interface, Solidification transport phenomena and its mathematical modelling. Casting: Introduction, Solidification rates and microstructure in casting, Transport Phenomena in casting, Fluidity, Casting defects, Casting design, Case studies of selected casting processes, Advanced means to control casting structure, properties and defects. Joining: Introduction, Physics of welding. Advanced applications of solidification principles...

Credits:9

Syllabus: Thermodynamics and heat transfer, Refrigeration/Heat Pump Cycles, Elements of a vapor compression refrigeration system, Types, Design calculations, Refrigerants and their impact on the environment, Thermodynamics of moist air, Psychrometry, Load calculations, Solar radiation and interaction with building structures, Introduction to some non-conventional refrigeration systems, Industrial Applications/ Case studies/ Field visits/ Project.

Credits:09

Prerequisites: ESO 201

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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