The major areas of research in the Mechanical Engineering discipline at IIT Palakkad are as follows.
- Fluid-Thermal:
Prof. Pramod S Mehta, Dr. Ganesh Natarajan, Dr. Anand TNC, Dr. Samarjeet Chanda, Dr. Pramod Kunitkana, Dr. Krishna Sesha Giri - Materials and Manufacturing:
Dr. Chakradhar Dupadu, Dr. Kanmani Subbu S, Dr. Afzaal Ahmed, Dr. Buchibabu Vicharapu, Dr. Dinesh Setti, Dr. Kesavan D - Solid Mechanics and Design:
Dr. Sovan Lal Das, Dr. Santhakumar Mohan, Dr. Surendra KVN, Dr. Anoop Akkoorath Mana, Dr. Kesavan D
- Combustion: Mr. Navaneethakrishnan
- Additive Manufacturing: Mr. Jibin Boban, Mr. Simson D., Mr. Pramod S
- Ultra Precision Machining: Mr. Suresh E
- Computational Compressible Flows: Mr. Vishnu Prakash K
- Heat Transfer: Mr. Ajul E, Mr. Sreenath V R, Mr. Visant P V, Mr. Arundas O
- Fracture Mechanics: Mr. Mohammed Shafeeque
- Micro Electric Discharge Milling: Mr. Shanmuga Priyan V G
- Surface Engineering: Mr. Ranju MR
- Passive Cooled Structures: Mr. Sabareesh V
- Energy Storage: Mr. Bharath Krishna
- Welding: Mr. Harish Ladi
- Robotics and Control: Ms. Parvathi S
- Cryogenic Machining: Mr. Rakesh P R
- Wire Electric Discharge Machining: Mr. Abhilash P M
- Granular Mechanics: Mr. Mudasir Ul Islam
M.S Scholars: Mr. Rahul P (Micro Drilling), Mr. Sourabh (Anisotropic Heat Transfer), Mr. Ishan Anand Singh (Ultra Precision Machining), Ms. Aishwarya M Kasarla (Solid Mechanics), Mr. Abdul Khalad (Combustion)
Staff: Mr. Visant PV (JTS), Mr. Bharath Krishna (JTS), Mr. Vinu D (JTS), Mr. Somasundaram (JT), Mr. Rahul P (JT), Mr. Ganesh (JT), Mr. Anoop VK (JT)
Sponsored Projects
- Title: Mechanical design and development of a portable emergency ventilator for COVID-19 patients
PI: Dr. Afzaal Ahmed
Funding agency: Federal Bank under the scheme of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Title: Ultra-precision machining of brittle materials – Material micro-structural perspective and cutting edge radius effect
PI: Dr. Afzaal Ahmed
Funding agency: SERB (under SRG scheme) - Title: Diffuse interface immersed boundary/finite volume framework for compressible viscous flows
PI: Dr. Ganesh Natarajan
Funding agency: SERB (under MATRICS scheme) - Title: Design and Development of a Composite Heat Sink based Battery Thermal Management System for Indian Electric Vehicle Industry
PI: Dr.Samarjeet Chanda
Funding agency: SERB (under SRG scheme) - Title: Estimation of the Thermal Contact Conductance of Realistic Spacecraft Bolted Joints
PI: Dr.Samarjeet Chanda
Funding agency: DOS-ISRO - Title: Micro Electric Discharge Milling of Metal Matrix Composite Fabricated by Ultrasonic Probe Assisted Stir Casting
PI: Dr. Kanmani Subbu S
Funding agency: SERB (under ECRA scheme) - Title: Respirator with disposable filters for the medical professional and general civilian population.
PI: Dr. Arvind Ajoy, Dr. Dinesh Jagadeesan, Dr. Kanmani Subbu S., Dr. Samarjeet Chanda, Dr. Krishna Seshagiri, Dr. Mintu Porel, and Dr. Sushabhan Sadhukhan
Funding agency: Shapoorji Pallonji And Company Private Limited under CSR scheme - Title: Development of Failure Limiting Diagram For Surface Modified Wheel-rail and Wind-turbine Bearing Materials Through Rolling Contact Fatigue Studies
PI: Kesavan Dhanasekaran
Funding agency: SERB (under EMEQ scheme) - Title: Soot Modeling and measurements in an opposed jet diffusion flame
PI: Krishna Sesha Giri
Funding Agency: SERB (under ECR scheme) - Title: Performance evaluation of a cryogenic coolant through a modified tool holder in machining of Inconel 625 super alloy
PI: Dr. Dupadu Chakradhar
Funding Agency: SERB (under ECRA scheme) - Title: Design and development of a multi-purpose ground based mobile manipulator
PI: Dr. Santhakumar Mohan
Funding Agency: Autodesk Inc. - Title: Robotics and Automation in Agriculture
PI: Dr. Santhakumar Mohan
Funding Agency: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) - Title: Design and Development of a new Sitting- Type Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robot
PI: Dr. Santhakumar Mohan
Funding Agency: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - Title: Bio-inspired Hybrid Underwater Vehicle for Ocean Observations
PI: Dr. Santhakumar Mohan
Funding Agency: SERB (under CRG scheme) - Title: Study of the interaction between synthetic sequence-defined macromolecules and lipid membrane towards developing antibacterial and anticancer drugs
PI: Mintu Porel and Sovan Lal Das
Funding Agency: MHRD under STARS Scheme - Title: Contact mechanics of soft and thin adhesive structures
PI: I Sharma (IIT Kanpur); Co PI: Sovan Lal Das
Funding Agency: SERB, DST