The Department of Mechanical Engineering was instituted in the year 2009. The department offers one UG program, (B.E. Mechanical Engineering) and one PG program, (M.E. Energy Engineering) and also recognized as a research centre. The programs are not only imparting technical expertise to the students but also are intended to give a professional experience. The students under the guidance of expert faculty members of different specializations have been engaging in researches in all the areas of Mechanical Engineering. The laboratories in the department are recognized as testing facilities in numerous areas. The Mechanical Engineering Department is eminent in terms of faculty, students and continues to lead and expand its activities in various directions such as Research, Product Development etc.,
To encourage individual and technical development of student community with noble spirit of service to the society and to aim the growth of student society to face the future world with the most modern technology and good leadership qualities.
The graduates will be able
The students will demonstrate the abilities in
Engineering Graduates will be able to
The Engineering practices lab equipped with Surface plate, bench vice, Vertical bend saw machine, Wood turning lathe machine, Combo planner, Spindle moulding machine, Blade grinder, Treadle shearing machine, Adjustable circular saw machine, Jig saw machine, Welding Transformer.
Machine shop equipped with the centre lathe, CNC production lathe, drilling machine, bench grinding machine, bench drilling machine, tool grinding machine, power hacksaw machine, turret lathe, and capston lathe.
CAD lab has been equipped with high-end software's like pro/engineer-wildfire, Ansys 8.0, Catia v-5, Collabcad, Solid edge, ideas and esprit, pro-desktop, auto cad mechanical 2004, with 120 latest computers in an air conditioned environment.
Fluid Mechanics and Machinery lab equipped with the Venturimeter, Orificemeter and Rotameter Test Rig, Pipe Friction Apparatus, Centrifugal Pump, Submergible pump, reciprocating pump, Gear Oil Pump, Pelton turbine, Francis turbine and Kaplan turbine.
Special machines workshop has equipped with the Turret and Capstan Lathe, Horizontal Milling Machine, Vertical Milling Machine, Surface Grinding Machine, Cylindrical Grinding Machine, Shaper, Slotter, Planner, Radial Drilling Machine.
Strength of Materials lab is equipped with Universal testing machine, Torsion Testing Machine, Impact Testing Machine, Brinell Hardness Testing Machine, Rockwell Hardness Testing Machine, Spring Testing Machine, Metallurgical Microscopes, Muffle Furness.
Dynamics lab has equipped with the Slider Crank and Crank Rocker Mechanism, Kinematics of Universal Joints, Kinematics Gears, Gear Train Experimental Setup, Governors Experimental Setup, CAM - Experimental Setup, Motorized gyroscope, Whirling of Shaft, Balancing of Reciprocating Masses, Balancing of Rotating Masses, Determination of Moment of Inertia By Oscillation method, Vibration System - Spring Mass System.
Thermal engineering lab has equipped with Single Cylinder 4 -Stroke Diesel Engine, Single Cylinder 4 -Stroke Petrol Engine, Performance test rig & Retardation test rig, Morse test rig-on Multi cylinder petrol Engine, Heat Balance test rig - single cylinder 4 stroke diesel engine, Red Wood viscometer, Flash Point and Fire Point, Performance test rig - Multi cylinder reciprocating Air compressor, Centrifugal Blower, Steam Turbine with Boiler.
M.E.-Energy Engineering
S.No. | Name of the Faculty | Qualification | Designation |
1 | Dr. ELANGO T | B.E.,M.E., Ph.D., | PROFESSOR & PRINCIPAL |
2 | Dr. SADHISHKUMAR S | B.E.,M.E., Ph.D., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
3 | Mr. PRAKASH B | B.E.,M.E., (Ph.D)., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
4 | Mr. MADANRAJ C | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
M.E.-CAD/CAM
S.No. | Name of the Faculty | Qualification | Designation |
1 | Dr. KANNAN P R | B.E.,M.E., Ph.D., | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR |
2 | Mr. KANNAN S | B.E.,M.E., (Ph.D)., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
3 | Mr. GOWRISHANKAR A | B.E.,M.E., (Ph.D)., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
4 | Mr. MOHANKUMAR P N | B.E.,M.E., (Ph.D)., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
B.E.-Mechanical Engineering
S.No. | Name of the Faculty | Qualification | Designation |
1 | Dr. SELVARAJAN L | B.E.,M.E., Ph.D., | PROFESSOR |
2 | Dr. MURUGAN K | B.E.,M.E., Ph.D., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
3 | Mr. SENTHIL G | B.E.,M.E., (Ph.D)., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
4 | Mr. VENKATESH K | B.E.,M.E., (Ph.D)., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
5 | Mr. ARUNBALAJI T E | B.E.,M.E., (Ph.D)., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
6 | Mr. ARUN C | B.E.,M.E., (Ph.D)., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
7 | Mr. MANIKANDAN A | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
8 | Mr. VIGNESH T | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
9 | Mr. JEEVANANTH R | B.E.,M.E., (Ph.D)., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
10 | Mr. RAJAVEL R | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
11 | Mr. SADEESH KUMAR P | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
12 | Mr. PRABULINGAM A M | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
13 | Mr. PRITHIVIRAJ S | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
14 | Mr. KAPIL M | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
15 | Mr. RAMASAMY M | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
16 | Mr. JAGADEESAN A | B.E.,M.E., (Ph.D)., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
17 | Mr. SANKAR E | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
18 | Mr. SRIVIJAI B | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
19 | Mr. MANIVANNAN P | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
20 | Mr. MANIKANDAN M | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
21 | Mr. SALEEMKHAN R | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
22 | Mr. SANTHOSH S | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
23 | Mr. GOWTHAMRAJ T | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
24 | Mr. SAKTHI SARAVANAN M | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
25 | Mr. SHANMUGA SUNDARAM S | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
26 | Mr. SANTHOSHKUMAR V | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
27 | Mr. MUGILAN S | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
28 | Mr. VEERAPANDI S | B.E.,M.E., | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
S.No. | Name of the Faculty | No. of Publication |
1 | Dr. ELANGO T | 36 |
2 | Dr. SELVARAJAN L | 55 |
3 | Dr. KANNAN P R | 12 |
4 | Dr. SADHISHKUMAR S | 9 |
5 | Dr. MURUGAN K | 6 |
6 | Mr. MOHANKUMAR P N | 2 |
7 | Mr. KANNAN S | 4 |
8 | Mr. SENTHIL G | 3 |
9 | Mr. ARUN C | 4 |
10 | Mr. VENKATESH K | 2 |
11 | Mr. GOWRISHANKAR A | 6 |
12 | Mr. ARUNBALAJI T E | 5 |
13 | Mr. PRAKASH B | 2 |
14 | Mr. MADANRAJ C | - |
15 | Mr. MANIKANDAN A | - |
16 | Mr. VIGNESH T | - |
17 | Mr. JEEVANANTH R | 1 |
18 | Mr. RAJAVEL R | 2 |
19 | Mr. SADEESH KUMAR P | - |
20 | Mr. PRABULINGAM A M | 2 |
21 | Mr. PRITHIVIRAJ S | - |
22 | Mr. KAPIL M | - |
23 | Mr. RAMASAMY M | - |
24 | Mr. JAGADEESAN A | 2 |
25 | Mr. SANKAR E | - |
26 | Mr. SRIVIJAI B | - |
27 | Mr. MANIVANNAN P | - |
28 | Mr. MANIKANDAN M | - |
29 | Mr. SALEEMKHAN R | - |
30 | Mr. SANTHOSH S | - |
31 | Mr. GOWTHAMRAJ T | - |
32 | Mr. SAKTHI SARAVANAN M | - |
33 | Mr. SHANMUGA SUNDARAM S | - |
34 | Mr. SANTHOSHKUMAR V | - |
35 | Mr. MUGILAN S | - |
36 | Mr. VEERAPANDI S | - |
S.No. | Name of the Supporting Staff | Qualification | Designation |
1 | Mr. A.VIJAY | B.E., | LAB TECHNICAN |
2 | Mr. N.PREMANAND | D.M.E | LAB TECHNICAN |
3 | Mr. A.SAKTHIVEL | D.M.E | LAB TECHNICAN |
S.No. | Name of the Short-Term Courses /Value-Added Courses |
1 | DANFOSS |
2 | AutoCAD |
3 | CATIA |
4 | SOLID WORKS |
5 | LAB VIEW |
6 | MAT LAB |
7 | CNC Programming |
8 | Automation & Robotics |
S. No. | Event Name | Date | Resourse Person | No of Students Attended |
1 | Serb Sponsored Two Days National Level Workshop On"Exploring the Impact of Additive Manufacturing Electrodes on Enhanced Machining of Advanced Composite Materials" | 07-03-2024 & 08.03.2024 |
Dr. S. VINODH Professor Department of Production Engineering National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Government of INDIA |
200 |
2 | One Day Workshop on "Cruising currents: Exploring Electric and Amphibious Vehicles on Global scale" | 04-04-2024 | Prof. B. GLUECK- German | 100 |
3 | One day workshop on "3D Printing Technology" | 01-03-2023 | Mr. R. Ramesh, Senior R&D Engineer, 3D Printing and Product Development, IMIK Technologies, Coimbatore. |
100 |
4 | One day seminar on "Advances in Thermal Energy Technologies" | 18-02-2022 | Dr.K.S.Reddy Professor Heat Transfer and Thermal Power Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036 |
80 |
5 | Conference - Advances in Mechanical Sciences (AIMS 2022) | 18-03-2022 | Dr. Abdul Zubar Hameed Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia |
120 |
6 | One day seminar on "How to Write an Effective Grant Proposal" | 07-04-2022 | Dr. D. P. Kothari, Chairman, Board of Governors, THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology, Tehri, Uttarakhand Honorary Adjunct Professor, VNIT, Nagpur |
100 |
7 | Seminar on Impacts of Industry 4.0 in Mechanical Engineering | 06-10-2022 | Dr. T. Sekar, Associate Professor, HoD of Manufacturing Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore 603203. |
80 |
8 | One day seminar on "Lithium Ion Battery Technology & Development" | 28-07-2022 | Dr. Aditya N. Singh Ph.D. (Chemistry), Ph.D. (Metallurgy), M.S. (Nanoscience Nanotech.), B.Tech. (EEE) Assistant Professor, Department of Energy Materials and Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea. |
60 |
9 | Seminar on Importance of placement training | 06-09-2022 | Er. M. Praveenkumar Associate Lead, Logistics and Dispatch, Repos IOT India Pvt. Ltd., Pune. |
100 |
10 | Road Safety Awareness Program | 22-09-2022 | Mr. A.Palanisamy,M.A.B.Ed., Deputy Superindent of Police Paramathi velur Namakkal - 638182. |
60 |
11 | One day workshop on "EV Battery Management System and its Fault Diagnosis" | 14-11-2022 | Dr. A. Rammohan, Ph.D. Senior Assistant Professor Automotive Research Centre (ARC) Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore-632014, Tamilnadu, India |
80 |
12 | One day Guest Lecture on "Engineering Thermonodynamics" | 13-12-2022 | Dr.P.Somasundaram, Professor, Department of Automobile Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai-638 060. |
60 |
13 | One day workshop on "Hands on training on IC Engines ( Motor Cycle Engines)" | 14-12-2022 | Mr. P. Xavier Jaganathan Chief Executive Officer GOODWIN MOTORS Chennai - 603 301 |
60 |
14 | Virtual Power Seminar on Employability Skills for the Future | 30-03-2021 | Mr. P. Charles Godwin, Human Resources, ZOHO Corporation, Chennai. |
100 |
15 | Virtual FDP on Funding Agency for Supporting IPR and Entrepreneurship | 05-07-2021 | Dr. A. Mahamani Dean, Research & Development, Vemu Institute of Technology, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. |
120 |
16 | Virtual Programme “PITCH” – An Entrepreneurship Talk | 28-09-2021 | Dr. N. Sambathkumar Trainer & Mentor Wadhwani Foundation Salem |
80 |
17 | Virtual Seminar on "SOLAR POWERED ELECTRICAL VEHICLE" | 30-10-2021 | Dr. R. Senthil, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai-603203. |
100 |
18 | One day seminar on "Essential Skills for Automotive Engineers" | 11-11-2021 | Mr.V.P.Ponnusamy, HR Professional & Trustee, Ooruni foundation Former general Manger -HR, Renault Nissan Automative India Pvt.Ltd., Chennai. |
100 |
19 | Online Webinar titled "Non Destructive Testing" | 11-12-2021 | Er. M. Ramesh Manufacturing Engineer Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies Sriperumpudur Kanchipuram |
120 |
20 | One day seminar on "Convergence of Technologies" | 15-12-2021 | Er.N.Asoka, Managing Director, Spark Engineers Private Limited, Salem-636 004 |
100 |
21 | Guest Lecture on “Strength of Materials” | 22-01-2020 | Dr.V.Shanmugam, M.E., Ph.D., Μ.Β.Α., Professor and Dean Mechanical Engineering and Sciences Mahendra Engineering College(Autonomous) Mallasamudram Namakkal - 637503. |
60 |
22 | Guest Lecture on "Engineering Metallurgy" | 03-02-2020 | Dr. S. Dhanalakshmi M.E., PhD., Associate Professor, Department of Mettallurgical Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Salem-636011. |
60 |
23 | National Level Conference "AIMS - 2020" | 14-02-2020 | Dr. T. Senthilkumar Professor & Dean, University College of Engineering, Bharthidasan Institute of Technology (BIT) Campus, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli. |
120 |
24 | Invited Lecture on “Non Destructive Testing" | 10-03-2020 | Mr.C.Ramasamy,M.E., Managing Partner, Dr.Abdul Kalam Educational Institutions, Salem. |
60 |
25 | Guest Lecture on "Design of Transmission system" | 16-03-2020 | Dr.D.Lavanya, Associate Professor, Government College of Engineering, Salem |
60 |
26 | Smart Research Article Course of Action and Scattering | 08-07-2020 | Dr. N. Elango Professor Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering, UCSI University, Malaysia. |
80 |
27 | Genetic Algorithms on Engineering Optimization | 18-07-2020 | Dr. Saroj Kumar Patel Dean (Academic) Professor, Mechanical Engineering National Institute of Technology Rourkela-769008(Odisha), India |
100 |
28 | Online Webinar on Scope of Research in Turbomachinery | 25-07-2020 | Mr. J. Chandiran M.E., Project Lead & Technology Specialist, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Bangalore. |
120 |
29 | Webinar on "Learning to Gather Knowledge on Research" | 29-07-2020 | Dr.S.Devendiran Associate Professor Department of Design and Automation School of Mechanical Engineering VIT University, Vellore. |
100 |
30 | ICT Organised Virtual Power Seminar on Recent Advances in Mechanical and Energy Engineering | 28-10-2020 | Mr. Saurabh Singh Senior Technical Trainer, ICT Academy. |
80 |
31 | Motivational Programme on “எண்ணங்களும் வண்ணங்களும்” | 16-08-2019 | Mr. K. Parivallal CEO, CNC Training Division, Director, DMW CNC Solutions India Pvt. Ltd., Perundurai. |
100 |
32 | One day seminar on "Thermal Management of Industrial Products with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)" | 26-07-2019 | Dr. M. Piramanandhan Manager – R&D (Cutting Systems), ESAB – Engineering Services Division, (Global R&D Center), ESAB India Ltd., Chennai |
80 |
33 | Guest Lecture on "Fluid Mechanics" | 07-08-2019 | Prof. P. Annamalai Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mahendra Engineering College, Mallasamudram. |
100 |
34 | Symposium (SQUADRON 2K19 ) | 13-09-2019 | Mr.C.Navin Kumar,M.Tech.,(IIT MADRAS), Senior lead engineer, General motors technical centre India pvt ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. |
200 |
35 | One day seminar on "Art of Writing Research Paper" | 18-10-2019 | Dr. B. Ashok Associate Professor, Automotive Department, School of Mechanical Engineering (SMEC), VIT University, Vellore. |
100 |
36 | Road Safety Awareness Program | 22-11-2019 | Mr.Desinguraja Sub Inspector of Police, Highway Patrol, Paramathi |
80 |
37 | One day workshop on “Design Thinking and IPR" | 04-12-2019 | Prof.Dr.M.KanthaBabu, Director, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR), Anna University, Chennai. |
100 |
38 | One day workshop on "Power of Engineers as Teachers" | 23-12-2019 | Prof.K.K.Selvam, Dean, Mahendra polytechnic college, Mallasamidram, Namakkal Dt. | 60 |
The primary duties of any higher education institution are to carry out research and to demonstrate, dissemination of knowledge, and the nurturing students. In this front, Research is also the major focus at MAHENDRA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY in the current areas. At least one center of excellence in each department will be created to carry out cutting- edge technologies in research. Some of the research department in MAHENDRA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY at present is given as follows:
Department of mechanical engineering, mahendra institute of technology is an anna university reorganized research center for the pursuing research in the field of mechanical engineering. The center is equipped with state - of – the - art machines such as vertical milling machines, horizontal machining center and other convention machines. Software such as Solid Works, Pro-E, ANSYS, and CATIA.
The center develops, evaluates are transfer technologies in the field of mechanical engineering. It has capabilities to check the mechanical properties of the components. To strength the research, the center has signed MoU with some research organization. The focal areas of the center are alternate flues, IC-Engines, heat transfer, foundry metallurgy, composites, welding and corrosion, refrigeration & air conditions
S.NO |
NAME OF THE SUPERVISOR |
UNIVERSITY |
AREA OF RESEARCH |
1. |
Dr.T.ELANGO |
ANNA UNIVERSITY |
Biodiesel, IC Engines, Heat Transfer, Thermal engineering |
2. |
Dr.l.SELVARAJAN |
ANNA UNIVERSITY |
EDM, Conductive Ceramic Composites, Optimization Techniques, Design of Experiments (Doe), Modeling and Regression Equation |
3. |
Dr.K.MURUGAN |
ANNA UNIVERSITY |
IC Engines, Alternative Fuels, and Bio diesel |
S.No |
Name of the faculty |
University |
1. |
Mr.G.Senthil |
Anna university |
2. |
Mr. B.Prakash |
Anna university |
3. |
Mr.A.Gowrishankar |
Anna university |
4. |
Mr. S.Kannan |
Anna university |
5. |
Mr. K.Venkatesh |
Anna university |
6. |
Mr. C.Arun |
Anna university |
7. |
Mr. T.E.Arunbalaji |
Anna university |
8. |
Mr. P.N.Mohankumar |
Anna university |
9. |
Mr. A.Jagadeesan |
Anna university |
10 |
Mr.R. Jeevananth |
Anna university |
S.No. | Name of Organization | Domain/ Area of Activity | Contribution | Activities & Outcome |
1 | Harita Techserv Limited | Design Engineering | Technical Training | The training program in full time and for the five (5) months period. Upon completion of the training, Harita Techserv offers placement opportunity for selected students. |
2 | Coimbatore Industrial Infrastructure Association (COINDIA) | CNC programming, quality control | Technical Training | COINDIA provide training in Quality and CNC Programming for the period of 15 days and the trained candidates will be placed in manufacturing companies. |
3 | Axis Global Institute of Industrial Training, Coimbatore | Automation and Robotics. | Technical Training | Axis Global Institute provide training for our students and the trained student got placed in MNC companies. |
4 | Centre of Excellence in Manufacturing Sciences, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore | Manufacturing Sciences | Technical Training | Centre of Excellence in Manufacturing Sciences provide knowledge on additive manufacturing students can actively participate in modern manufacturing contests easily |
Dr. P. DHANAPAL
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mahendra Institute of Technology,
Salem- Thiruchengode Highway,
Mahendhirapuri, Mallasamudram,(west)
Namakkal – 637503.
Tamilnadu.
Phone no:04288 -325777
E-Mail ID: hodmech@mahendratech.com