Departments of the School

1. Department of Mechanical Engineering
2. Department of Civil Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

About the Department

The department has been established in the year 1980. It has a strong back up of 50 faculty members with 12 Professors having Ph.D Degree in the most demanding areas of Mechanical Engineering. The average experience of the faculty is around 11 years. The department is hosting 12 fully equipped laboratories with the state-of-the-art equipment. All the core subjects and laboratory courses are being taught with software tools and advanced technologies to meet the immediate requirements of the industries. The department is offering 4-Year B.Tech. Degree program, 2 PG programs, M.Tech.(CAD/CAM), M.Tech.(Thermal) and Research Program leading to the award of Ph.D Degree. The department is executing R & D and Consultancy projects funded by AICTE, UGC and DRDO. The department has MoUs with M/s. Liners India Ltd., M/s. Kusalava International, M/s Milk Products Factory, M/s KCP Sugars, Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD) and M/s Auto Cluster.

Faculty

Well qualified and experienced faculty

Objectives

B.Tech. Degree in Mechanical Engineering is designed to provide the fundamental technical knowledge and practical exposure in a wide spectrum of areas related to product design, manufacture, thermal systems, industrial engineering and automation. M.Tech. Program provides a more focused area, which are most sought after by the industry.

Scope for Employment

• In a wide range of exciting industries, including aerospace, automotive, biomedical, chemical, computers, electronics, nuclear power, pharmaceuticals, robotics and textiles.
• In areas of Research & Development, Design, Testing & Evaluation, Manufacturing, Operations & Maintenance, Marketing, Sales & Administration.
• In public sector units like Railways, ONGC, Indian Oil, ISRO, SAIL, NTPC, DRDO and IAF.

Program Content

Core Courses

• Engineering Mechanics / Engineering Thermodynamics / Materials Engineering & Technology / Manufacturing Processes / Thermal Engineering Systems / Fluid Mechanics / Power Plant Engineering / Computer Aided Machine Drawing / Kinematics & Dynamics of Machinery / Strength of materials / Turbo machines / Design of Machine Elements / Heat & Mass Transfer / Automobile Engineering / Industrial Engineering / Operations Research / CAD & CAM
• Electives are offered in the streams of Thermal Engineering, Design Engineering, Production Engineering and Industrial Engineering.

Laboratories

• Jet Test
• Machine Tools
• Central Workshops
• Industrial Engineering
• Metrology & Measurements
• Computer Aided Manufacturing
• Design Centre with Hyper works
• Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machines
• Metallurgy
• Thermal Sciences
• Machine Dynamics
• Computer Aided Design

Research Centers

• Centre for Robotics
• Centre for Alternate Fuels
• Centre for Mechatronics
• Centre for Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Studies

Principal Areas of Research

Condition Monitoring & Fault Diagnosis, Tribology, Stress Analysis, Mechanisms & Machine Theory, Machine Tool Vibrations, Tomography, Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization, Supply Chain Management, Mechatronics, Cellular Manufacturing, Casting, Welding, Rapid Prototyping, Nano-Materials, Robotics, Alternate Fuels, CFD, Non-Conventional Energy Sources.

Salient Features

• Re-accredited by the NBA of AICTE for 5 years
• Available softwares include AutoCAD, Pro-E, ANSYS, CATIA, IDEAS, Hyper works
• MoUs with renowned International Universities & ongoing collaborative research
• Offers courses in advanced areas like Nano-Technology, Mechatronics, Robotics, Alternate Fuels, Cryogenics, Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)
• 100 plus publications in National & International Journals
• 80 plus presentations in National & International Conferences
• 4 centers of excellence with state-of-the-art research facilities
• Faculty and students are active members of professional bodies like ISTE, IEI, IEEE, SAE, AMM, CMSI, ASME

Design Centre

Available software provides a platform for innovation in design and analysis. Various modules of the software are tailored to meet industrial requirements and their solutions. The software provides a solid foundation in the use and application of computer aided engineering technologies and hence increases the employability of the students through curriculum enhancement. Some of the areas in which the software can be used are Design Optimization, Finite Element Modeling, Manufacturing Simulation, Vehicle Dynamics, Mechanism Analysis, Fluid Dynamics, Electromagnetics etc. The software also enables a student to initiate basic research in his chosen field of interest during his undergraduate program.

Department of Civil Engineering

About the Department

The department of Civil Engineering was established in 1980. The department undertakes consultancy work in material testing like steel, cement, aggregate, bricks, bitumen, soil, water and concrete mixes of various grades. Expert advice is also extended wherever and whenever necessary. The department is actively involved in the planning, design and execution of all buildings in the campus.

Faculty members have published technical papers in national, international journals attended and presented papers seminars, conferences, workshops and short-term courses.

Faculty

Well qualified and experienced faculty

Objectives

The B.Tech Civil Engineering program is designed to produce competent engineers who can contribute effectively to the advancement of civil engineering causes and take care of the needs of the community.

Scope of Employment

• Government organizations such as PWD, Highways, Railways, Airways, Water Resources etc
• Construction companies such s L&T, HCC, TECHNIP, GMR, SP, ESSAR, CCCL, TCE etc
• Research & Development organizations

Program content

Strength of Materials, construction Technology, Geotechnical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Surveying, Concrete Technology, Structural Analysis, Building Drawing, Reinforced Concrete Structures, Transportation Engineering, Hydraulic Structures and Machinery, Environment Engineering, Design of Steel structures, Water resources Engineering

Elective Courses

• The streams of electives offered in structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Environmental Engineering

Salient Features:

• The department of Civil Engineering is reaccredited for 5 years by NBA.
• The Civil Engineering department is handling the 3rd party Quality control activities of VGTMUDA.
• The Department is also handling another project from VGTMUDA pertaining to water supply and sewerage system design for seven villages in Krishna District.
• Involvement of students in advanced areas of research through academic in-house projects.
• The department has signed MOU with HANZE University Netherlands and Institution of Civil Engineers (India) and Industries like Dr. Flxit Institure and Varshita Concrete Technologies.
• The Department is offering Industry oriented elective namely Dredging for the benefit of students to get placed globally by offshore industries such as M/s. Vanood, Netherlands.
• Software like STAAD PRO, STRAP, Auto Civil, Build Master, Steel master, Rate analysis, Road Master, Auto CAD, Prima Vera, GIS, Hyper works package are being extensively used by the students.
• 100 % placement during the last 7 years.