Department of Mechanical Engineering - Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Hybrid Development Regime

As a pivotal engineering discipline at TIET, Mechanical engineering serves as a source for engineering inventions and developments. With wide applications and career opportunities in spacecrafts, aeroplanes, hybrid and autonomous cars, rapid prototyping and 3D printing, reverse engineering, robotics & automation, the field seeks to imbibe multi-varied aspects of engineering for futuristic development.

Global collaborations with international forums like Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) Formula Student, Europe stand to upgrade student experiences to great heights.

Globally Acclaimed Education

The department has aligned its curriculum with the Trinity College Dublin (University of Dublin, Ireland). The curriculum is well-planned and aligned with futuristic industry demands encouraging the active participation of students in academic activities.

MED benefits greatly from its NBA & ABET accreditation and funding which fuels its high-end research and innovation. Cherished collaborations offer exchange programmes, joint research initiatives and dual campus degrees to students.

Mission

○ To deliver world-class, outcome based research-led education to undergraduate and graduate students.

○ To conduct high quality research driven by industry and society needs that generates new knowledge, innovations, discoveries and affordable engineering solutions.

○ To be dynamic, innovative and flexible in devising programs, structures and mechanisms to cope with the changes.

○ To ensure the students are equipped with academic, corporate and entrepreneurial leadership, communication skills and global awareness required by the engineering profession and society in general.

○ To establish an environment that encourages and builds an exemplary degree of citizenship, professional and personal integrity and ethical behavior

Message from Head of the Department

Prof. J. S. Saini

Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (Deemed to be University) TIET, Patiala.

The department of Mechanical Engineering at TIET is one of the pioneering departments of the Institute and came into being in 1956 along with the establishments of Institute. In the last 68 years , the department has made a steady progress and growth in stature. The department offers three Bachelor’s courses: B.E. Mechanical Engineering (1956), B.E. Mechatronics (2012) and B.E. Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (2023), a Master’s course: Mechanical Engineering with specialization in CAD/CAM Engineering and Thermal Engineering and a PhD programme in different specialized areas. The BE Mechanical Engineering and BE Mechatronics of the department are accredited by NBA and ABET.

Mechanical and Mechatronics is perhaps the broadest of all engineering disciplines and it involves a great deal of interdisciplinary works. Mechanical Engineers use the principles of science and knowledge of materials, design, thermal aspect and manufacturing to continuously develop new technologies and products. Creation of robots, autonomous vehicles, airplanes, vehicles, medical devices, micro sensors and many others require a considerable involvement of mechanical, mechatronics and robotics engineering.

B.E. Mechanical undergraduate programme is carefully crafted to offer elective focus in three major areas: Automotive Technologies, Robotics and Smart Manufacturing. B.E. Mechatronics & Robotics and AI undergraduate programmes are sensibly created to offer elective focus in seven major areas: Robotics and Edge AI (NVIDIA Collaboration), Robotics and Smart Industry (Festo Collaboration), Advanced Robotics, Automotive Technologies, Industry 4.0, Electronics and Instrumentation, Software

The department regularly revises its curriculum to align it with developments in technology and ever-growing needs of industry. There is a significant industry connect which helps us to make our teaching-learning processes more effective and industry oriented. As a part of the academic contemporization to bring our teaching standards and practices at par with the best in the world; our curriculum has been harmonized with Trinity College Dublin. This contemporization process also includes training of entire faculty of the department on educational technologies, joint research by faculty of two institutions and student exchange.

The department has well equipped labs which are regularly upgraded and modernized with latest equipment and software and the department has industry sponsored labs. The competent and experienced faculty of the department is extensively involved in cutting edge research; in addition to effective classroom teaching, they support beyond the classrooms and mentor the students for their careers. Faculty members also continuously work for their professional development by attending and organising conferences and faculty development programme.

We are committed to continuously improve every aspect of teaching-learning process and research on realise our vision- “To be among the top ten departments in the country for higher technical education of global standards in Mechanical, Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering and its specialities.”

Research-Intensive Training

Delivering excellence via varied research avenues, trained faculty and innovation.

Major Research Areas

Design

Computer-Aided Design
Vibration and Noise Engineering
Robotics and Exoskeleton
Structural and Aeroelastic Analysis
Computational Mechanics
Vehicle Dynamics
Mobile Robotics
Biomedical Engineering
Noise and Condition Monitoring
System Modelling
Tribology
Machine Learning and Image Processing
Wave Mechanics
Elastodynamics
Fracture Mechanics
Road Safety
Mechanics of Composite Materials

Thermal

Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation
Non-Conventional Energy
Fluidised Bed Combustion
Alternate Fuels
Bulk Solids Handling
Automobile Product Development
Solar Thermal Systems
Nano-Fluids
Hydrogen Fuel Cell
CFD

Production

Biomechanics
Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Materials, Polymers and Composites
Welding and Joints
Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
Machining Science
Coating for High Temperature Applications
Microwave Clads
MR-Fluid based Machining
Powder Technology
Non-Conventional Machining

Sponsored Projects

List of sponsored research projects received from external agencies

S.N.	PI name	Co-PI names if any	Name of the Dept., where project is sanctioned	Project title*	Name of the Funding agency	Duration of the project	Amount (Lacs)
CAYm1 (2024-25)
1	Dr. Devender Kumar	--	MED	Evaluation of High-Brightness Low Beam Vehicle Headlamp and its Effect on User Behavior	A H Electronics	2	8.15
2	Dr. Rajeev Mehta	Dr. Tarun Nanda Dr. Gautam Setia	MED	Upcycling Textile Waste into High Impact Strength GFRP Nanocomposite Materials	Dassault Systemes Foundation	1	8.25
3	Dr. Tarunpreet Bhatia (PI) CSED	Dr. Vivek Jain (Co-PI) MED, Dr. Vishal Gupta (Co-PI) MED, Steffen Bollmann (CO-PI) UQ	CSED	AI-Driven Dura Cut Trajectory Planning System for Safe and Precise Brain Tumor Surgery	CoDSaI, TIET	2	13.2
4	Dr. Rohit Kumar Singla	Dr. Kishore Khanna	MED	Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Industrial Facilities through Advanced Waste Heat Recovery Strategies	Trident Group, India	1	7.2
5	Dr. RS Joshi	Dr. Rohit Kumar Singla and Dr. Kishore Khanna	MED	Development of A Novel Process for Fabrication of Cost-Effective CFRP/Ti/Al-Stacked Composites for Structural Aerospace Applications	ARDB, DRDO, INDIA	2	24.9
6	Dr. S. S. Mallick	Dr. Ashish Purohit, Dr. Kundan Lal, and Dr. Sanghamitra Barman	MED	To Optimize Coal and Agro-Wastes Mixing and Feeding for Co- Milling for Thermal Power Plants with Minimum Changes to Installed Systems and Operations	DST	2	176.18
	Amount received (Lakh Rs.)						237.88
	CAYm2 (2023-24)
1	Dr. Vishal Gupta (PI)	Dr. Deepa Mudgal (Co-PI)	MED	Study of materials, technologies and equipment for 3D printing of polymeric medical devices (on the example of a bone plate) with improved mechanical and biological properties	DST International Joint proposal INDIA-BELARUS	2	15.18
2	Dr. Jay Prakash Tripathi	Dr. TK Bera	MED	Design and fabrication of a novel hydraulic/electric synergy system with multiple accumulators for medium and heavy hybrid electric vehicles	Dassault Systemes	1	21.6
3	Dr. Daljeet Singh (PI)	Dr. Vishal Gupta (Co-PI), Dr. Hitesh kumar (Co-PI)	MED	Simulation and experimental analysis for performance enhancement of 3D printed polymeric composites using metallic coatings’	Dassault Systemes	2	13.4
	Amount received (Lakh Rs.)						50.18
	CAYm3 (2022-23)
1	Dr. Ashish Singla		MED	Development of Unilateral Lower-Limb Exoskeleton for Synchronous Walking Assistance during Rehabilitation	DST-CRG	3	44.29
2	Dr. Prabhat Chand Yadav		MED	Microstructural tuning for mechanical and tribological behavior ofstructural alloys processed by large strain extrusion machining	Royal Society UK	2	12.70
3	Dr. Gagandeep Bhardwaj/Dr. Neeraj Grover		MED	Modeling and Analysis of Cracked Porous FG and FG Sandwich Aircraft Panels using XIGA	DRDO-ARDB	3	19.38
4	Dr. Raja Rout		MED	Development of Underwater Marine Robot along with Roll Compensated Adaptive Guidance Algorithm	IITG-TIDF	2	20.70
5	Dr Rajendra Kumar		MED	Investigation of nonlinear dynamics of electrostatically actuated bistable micro switches with applications to medical equipment	DST-CRG	3	22.40
6	Dr Rajnish Mallick		MED	Gaussian Process-based Probabilistic Machine Learning Method for Predictive Maintenance in Industry 4.0	DST-MATRICS	3	6.60
7	Dr Anshul Sharma		MED	Investigation of meta-material-based piezoelectric energy harvesting devices	DST-SURE	3	9.90
8	Dr. Vishal Gupta (PI)	Dr. Jaskaran Singh (Co-PI) Dr. Gyanendra Singh (Co-PI)	MED	Development of smart implants for monitoring of bone fracture healing	SERB SURE	3	25.70
9	Dr. Raja Rout		MED	Development of an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle along with Intelligent Guidance Algorithms	SERB SURE	3	28.13
10	Dr. Anant Kumar Singh		MED	Investigations on the magnetorheological finishing of polymer-based 3D printed free-form surfaces to enhance their functional performance	SERB-DST (Under SERB STAR Scheme)	3	38.65
11	Dr. Anant Kumar Singh	Dr. Vinod Mishra	MED	Magnetorheological Nano-finishing of Diamagnetic and Paramagnetic Work Parts Surface for Improved Functional Performance	CSIR	3	21.72
12	Dr. S. S. Mallick	Dr. Ashish Purohit	MED	On optimizing blow tank profile and weight for reliable dense-phase pneumatic conveying of ash	Rieco Industries Ltd	6 months	8.95
13	Dr Ravinder Singh Joshi	Dr Deepak Jain	MED	Development of a setup for the preparation of stubble waste boards to be used in civil construction work	DS Foundation	1	15.44
14	Dr. Ajay Batish (PI)	Dr. Ravinder Kumar Duvedi (Co-PI) Dr. Sandeep Kumar Sharma (Co-PI	MED	Development of electroactive polymer nanocomposite based thin-film flexible sensors using Direct Ink Writing (DIW) 3D printing process	DST-AMT	2	57.60
15	Dr. Diptiman Choudhury (PI)	Dr. Ravinder Kumar Duvedi (Co-PI), Dr. Vineet Srivastava (Co-PI), Prof. Babita Ghai (Co-PI)	MED	Development of Cross-contamination-free portable suction assembly for airways clearance in mechanically ventilated patients.	Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)	2	23.91
16	Dr. Sachin Singh (PI)	Dr. J. S. Saini (Co-PI)	MED	Design and Development of 3D Printed Bio-metamaterial for Bone Implants	Dassault Systems	1 year, 8 months	10.55
	Amount received (Lakh Rs.)						366.60
	Total Amount (Lakh Rs.) Received for the Past 3 Years (2022-25)						654.66

Labs Including Research Labs

1	Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning Lab
2	Automobile Engineering Lab
3	Solid Mechanics Lab
4	Mechanics of Machines Lab
5	Heat and Mass Transfer Lab
6	Fluid Machinery Lab
7	Industrial Automation Lab
8	Internal Combustion Engine Lab
9	Machine Tool Lab & Non -Traditional Machining Lab
10	Metrology Lab
11	Advanced Metrology Lab
12	CAD Lab
13	CAM Lab
14	Mechatronics Lab
15	Additive Manufacturing Lab
16	State Initiated Design centre Lab
17	DOM and Vibrations Lab
18	Bulk Material Storage & Handling Lab
19	System Modelling Lab
20	Surface Engineering Lab
21	Mechanics of Composite Materials Lab
22	Advanced Welding Lab
23	Robotics Lab

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Major Milestones

78

Papers Published in Science Citation Index (SCI) Journals (2022-2023)
84

Number of Companies Visited for Placement of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Students (2023)
₹9.06 Crore

Total Ongoing Sponsored Projects (February 2024)
Consultancy Projects (2018-2020)

1. Tata Power, Prayagraj

2. Nugenix, Pune

3.Aditya Birla Group, Mumbai

4. Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd., Odisha

5.KC Cottrell
10

Ph.D. Awarded (2023)
Con.. Proj. (2021-23)

1. Merrick Ind. Pvt. Ltd.; 2. AgAutomate Res. Labs, Pune; 3. SRSVLS Const. & amp; Multitrade Pvt Ltd, Andra Pradesh; 4. Airlock India Pvt Ltd.; 5. Tata Power, Maithon

Choicest faculty to lead you to the pinnacle of success

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has an ensemble of faculty adept in different subject fields and specialisation such as industrial engineering, manufacturing processes, thermal engineering, advanced machining, nanofinishing, geometric modelling, robotics, controls, industrial metallurgy, etc. The department faculty works continuously towards contemporising the academic structures and mechanisms. The teaching-learning regime is built and modelled on the lines same as Trinity College, Dublin.

The department faculty is involved in several landmark research projects related to creation of robots, airplanes, cars, medical devices and micro sensors. The faculty undergoes regular training on educational technologies towards its contemporisation goal encouraging student exchanges and joint research by faculty of the department and Trinity College, Dublin.

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