FISAT PRAGYAAN NEW

Vol. 3 June 2018

VisionTo become a world class professional institute with focus

on excellence, moulding committed global professionals and technocrats who can meet the demands of business, industry and research.

Mission• To transform into an advanced centre of technical education, which will in turn bring out professionals with superior skills and social commitment. • To provide state of the art facilities to mould brilliant young talents enabling them to take up challenging assignments in the highly competitive global scenario.

Programme Educational Objectives1. Make career progress in industrial, research or service sectors related to mechanical engineering or allied fields.2. Design and analyze products, or processes that meet the needs of an organization or customer, based on sound scientific knowledge and engineering practices.3. Become true engineering professionals by engaging in professional activities and continuous self development.4. Function in multi cultural and multi disciplinary environments across regional and national borders.

Accredited by NAAC with A gradeApproved by AICTE, Affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

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Messages .............................................................. 2Department Advisory Committee ........................... 4National Science Day ........................................... . 5E- Yantra ................................................................ 7SAE FISAT Student Chapter Activities .................. 9ASME FISAT Student Chapter Activities ............ 10SAME .................................................................. 12Awareness Talks .................................................. 13What our Alumni Speak ....................................... 16

On the inside

PRAGYAANOFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Mr. Paul MundadanChairman, Governing Body - FISAT

Dr. George Issac Principal, FISAT

Paying homage...

Adv. P.V. Mathew (1953 - 2017)Founder Chairman, FISAT

It is really a matter of pride that the Department of Mechanical Engineering is bringing out their annual newsletter, ‘PRAGYAAN 2018’. In fact any publication at the Department level provides ample opportunities to the students to enlist their achievements and laurels thereby encouraging the students community at large to do better in the coming days. I understand that the bygone year has been an year of hectic activities. Several technical talks and lectures by eminent speakers from IITs and IISc. have been conducted. The student chapters of professional organizations like ASME, SAE, and SAME have been very active. A good number of students won various prizes and awards competing in different tech fests conducted across the country. The activities conducted besides the regular class hours have paved the way for getting good exposure to the current trends and developments and thereby enhancing their knowledge and skills. We are really proud of the achievements of our students who were invited to USA to participate in various technical competitions by ASME.

This volume is indeed the outcome of the hard work of many in different forms. I take this opportunity to wholeheartedly congratulate the entire Department and the editorial team in particular for their commendable efforts.

Principal’s Message

It gives me immense pleasure to know that the Department of Mechanical Engineeri ng is releasing yet another issue of its Newsletter ‘PRAGYAAN’. The Department endeavours to impart quality education and dexterous training to its student community and to moulding them globally competent engineers. The manifold achievements of the Department in terms of carrying out socially relevant projects, producing excellent academic outputs and filing several patents show the progress towards accomplishing of our mission and vision. In this era of globalization where education is highly collaborative, and competitive, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, FISAT is committed to address the ever increasing challenges in the realm of technical education.

I extend my deep appreciation to all the Faculty and Students who have secured commendable achievements in academics as well as in extra- curricular events. Congratulations to the members of the Editorial Board, Faculty and Students who have toiled hard to bring out this issue of PRAGYAAN 2018 on time.

Wish you all the very best.

Chairman’s Message

PRAGYAAN Department of Mechanical Engineering

Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT)®2

Mr. Jiju P.P, Assistant Professor, Sr.Grade, ME (Chief Editor)Mr. Sunny Basil, Assistant Professor, ME (Associate Editor)Mr. M.M. Asif, S6 ME A (Student Editor)Mr. Reuben Jacob, S4 ME B (Student Editor)

From the Editor’s Desk

‘PRAGYAAN’ (the Sanskrit word meaning Wisdom), the Newsletter of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, recapitulates the activities and achievements of the Department during the past year. The yesteryear marked a series of distinctions in terms of producing excellent results and bringing laurels to the Department by the students winning various national and international level prizes. The Department is committed to become a centre of excellence imparting engineering education and making the young graduates capable of being highly successful and taking up greater challenges in the highly competitive world. The cooperation and contribution of the Department in the recent NAAC Accreditation of the College with 'A' Grade was well appreciated. Now the preparations for the NBA Accreditation is under way. We earnestly expect that the Mechanical Engineering programme will be granted NBA accreditation very soon.

The present issue of Pragyaan endeavours to reflect the exquisite distinctions and quality initiatives in the Department. It provides a platform for self-expression and creativity as well as an occasion to record the achievements and the activities of the Department. Pragyaan is the outcome of the concerted efforts of many. The valuable guidance received from the Chairman, Sri. Paul Mundadan, the Principal, Dr. George Issac, the HoD, Dr. Jose Cherian and the enormous support extended by the Faculty, Staff, Students and all our well wishers helped us releasing this issue in time. Pragyaan 2018 is expected to inform and inspire the diverse readers.

Dr. Jose CherianHead of Dept., Mech. Engg.

Dr. K.S.M. PanickerDirector, Academics

Dr. C. SheelaVice Principal

Dr. Sunny KuriakoseDean, Student Affairs

It is always a pleasure to be a part of a team which strives to bring out the talents in students. The Department is making all the efforts to become fountainhead of new ideas and of innovations in technology and science. Publishing a Newsletter of this kind provides an opportunity for the staff and students to showcase their curricular and co-curricular activities, achievements in academics and talents in technical writing. The Newsletter presents the achievements of the Department in the fields of academics, research, sports and extra-curricular activities, in a nice way. Such value additions are very much essential for the young technocrats, engineers and scientists, to demonstrate their ideas for a developed India. Reading this Newsletter would definitely be an inspiration and motivation for all students and staff to contribute even more to the forthcoming issues. I take this opportunity to thank and congratulate the dedicated team of staff and students who have brought out the third issue of PRAGYAAN.

HOD’s Message


Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT)® 3

The committee aims at developing an understanding of the latest industry trends. They provide valuable suggestions and support the Department in all the activities. The present DAC consists of the following members.1. Mr. Paul Mundadan, Chairman Governing Body, FISAT.2. Mr. A.S. Girish, Head HR Admn, Apollo Tyres, Perambra, Thrissur.3. Dr. P.S. Sreejith, Professor, CUSAT4. Mr. A.V. Suresh Kumar, General Manager (Planning) Cochin Shipyard5. Mr. Arun J Kulangara, Alumnus, FISAT6. Mr. Deepak Prabhakar, DGM, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals7. Dr. George Issac, Principal FISAT.8. Dr. K.S.M. Panicker, Director FISAT.9. Dr. C.Sheela, Vice Principal, FISAT.10. Dr. Sunny Kuriakose, Dean Student Affairs, FISAT.11. Dr. Jose Cherian, Head of the Department, Mechanical Engineering, FISAT.12. Mr. Vincent M.J, Assistant Professor. Sr. Grade, Mechanical Engineering, FISAT.13. Ms. Devi Parvathy.S, Assistant Professor, Sr. Grade, Mechanical Engineering, FISAT.14. Mr. Sajan S., Assistant Professor, Sr, Grade, Mechanical Engineering, FISAT.

1. Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and engg. specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.2. Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze engineering problems to arrive at substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural, and engineering sciences.3. Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components, processes to meet the specifications with consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.4. Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.5. Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.6. The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health,

safety, legal, and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.7. Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.8. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.9. Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.10. Communication : Communicate effectively with the engineering community and with society at large. Be able to comprehend and write effective reports documentation. Make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.11. Project management and finance:Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team. Manage projects in multidisciplinary environments.12. Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life- long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

Department Advisory Committee (DAC)

Programme Outcomes



The Department organized an invited lecture, celebrating the National Science Day on 28th February 2018, where Padma Bhushan award recipient Dr. A.S. Pillai, Founder CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace was the resource person. This was the 3rd lecture in their Erudite Lecture Series organised every year.

Dr. A. S. Pillai, the Founder CEO - & MD of Brah Mos Aerospace, currently serve as Honorary Distinguished Professor (ISRO), Honorary Professor (IIT Delhi), Visiting Professor (IISc). His contributions to the successful development of SLV-3 and evolution of PSLV configuration for ISRO have been remarkable. His contributions are commendable in the development of Agni, Prithvi, Nagand Akash missiles for DRDO. He is the founder CEO&MD of BrahMos Aerospace, to design, develop, produce and market the advanced supersonic cruise missile BRAHMOS. A well known defense technologist, Dr. Pillai is regarded as the Father of BrahMos. He is decorated with 12 Honorary Doctorates from reputed Universities of India and Russia and several Fellowships from prestigious engineering and management institutions.

National Science Day Celebrations - Erudite Lecture Series

He authored many books including Revolution in Leadership and Nano Science and Nano Technology for Engineering. He co-authored with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam for the books Envisioning an Empowered Nation and Thoughts for Change–we can do it.He received numerous prestigious awards including Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award, Organization for Industrial, Spiritual & Cultural Advancement International Award from Japan, Lal Bahadur Shastri Award and most importantly Padma Shri (2002) & Padma Bhushan (2013) by the Govt. of India for his contribution to Aerospace and Missile Technologies and ORDER OF FRIENDSHIP by the Govt. of Russia, the highest award for the foreign citizens of highest order.

National Science Day is celebrated all across India with great enthusiasm on 28th of February every year to commemorate the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’ by the Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, popularly known as CV Raman. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 1930 for his excellence and perseverance in the field of Science.



The Entrepreneurship Summit 2018 - a confluence of industry veterans, business leaders, entrepreneurs, visionary students and anyone who has the vision of building the next big thing was organized by the Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay during January 27 -28, 2017. Mr. Jithu Paulose of S8 was selected to attend Summit.

The eminent speakers who delivered talks on a variety of topics included Union Railways Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Chief Innovation Officer of DBS(Development Bank of Singapore) Mr. Neal Cross, Mr. Niti Aayog CEO Mr. Amitabh Kant, President (South Asia and India) of HTC Mr. Faisal Siddiqui and Rediff CEO Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan. Apart from the stellar line up of speakers, there were many exciting events in the summit to reinforce the spirit and zeal of entrepreneurship like Eureka, Lean Start-up Workshop, Internship and Job Fair etc.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT - IIT BOMBAY

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDIA - Patent Application

An invited talk on - Liberation Through Education was organized on 17th February 2017. Seventy participants staff and students from other institutes attended. Dr. Satish V Kailas, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore was the resource person. He elucidated the various aspects of Education

One always wonders why one gets educated? Is it to gain knowledge? Is it to use this knowledge gained? Gaining knowledge and using this knowledge are some of the reasons why one gets educated. However, education should lead to other things that are as much, if not, much more, important. Education should lead to liberation!...

Dr. George Issac, Principal, Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT) welcomed the

gathering. The programme was inaugurated by Shri. Paul Mundadan, Chairman, Governing Body, FISAT.

Regional Seminar on Liberation Through Education

Mr. Dhiyeri P Joy, S8 ME A has applied for Patent to Intellectual Property India, Patents, Chennai for his design of AUTOMATIC DOOR CLOSING SYSTEM WITH DOOR HOLDING SET UP. He was granted the patent application number 201841013987 and is published in the Patent Office Journal and expecting the final approval. The door closer comprises of sliding of the hinges along the slope, wherein an upper hinge slides over the base hinge due to the weight of the door and thus the door is closed.



The Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a Three-day National Staff Development Programme on 'Research Opportunities and Challenges in Advanced Materials and Manufacturing in association with The Institution of Engineers (India), Kochi from 8th-10th June 2016. Thirty four participants including 18 were outstation participants attended the programme.

Session I: Keynote Address – Introduction to Sustainable Manufacturing Dr. G. Madhu, FIE, Chairman, Institution of Engineers (India), Kochi Centre

Session II: Heap Leaching of Metals Dr. Suresh A Kartha, Associate Professor, IIT Guwahati

Session III: In-Situ Leaching of Uranium Dr. Suresh A Kartha, Associate Professor, IIT Guwahati.

Session IV: Monoatomic layered materials: Graphene exfoliation - manufacturing Dr. Sathyan Subbiah Associate Professor, IIT Madras.

Session V: Surface micro-texturing to enhance material properties Dr. Sathyan Subbiah Associate Professor, IIT Madras.

Session VI: Physics of Nano materials

Three-Day Staff Development Programme

Dr. Premlet B Associate Professor, TKM College of Engineering.Session VII: Composite Materials: Processing Challenges and

opportunities Mr.Harish T. M. Assistant Professor, FISAT.Session VIII: Challenges faced in Coating Hydroxyapatite on

Surgical Implants Mr.Raju M. D. Assistant Professor, FISAT.Session IX: Metal/Quenchant Interfacial Heat Transfer during

Quenching Dr. K. Narayan Prabhu, Professor, NIT K Surathkal.Session X: Significance of Tribology in Manufacturing Dr. K.

Prabhakaran Nair, Professor, NIT Calicut.

It has become a habit that the students of Department fare very well in several competitions conducted across the country.

A team consisting of 1. Mehjebin Mujeeb (S6 CS A) 2. John Mathai (S6MEA) 3. Shimon Payyanadan (S6MEB) 4. Akhil Joy (S6CSA) has participated in the e-Yantra Ideas Competition (eYIC – 2018) held at IIT Bombay on 22nd – 24th March 2018. The team demonstrated their project titled Disease Diagnosis Machine and has been selected as one of the 18 finalist teams out of 318 teams and received an award under Most realistic category.

Using this machine the patient will be able to know about the exact disease he is having and will be made aware of the measures to be taken. The machine can be used for periodic health check ups. The details of the check up can be stored in the Database management system.

E-Yantra Idea Competition (EYIC 2018)- IIT Bombay



Renovation work of Hydraulic Machinery Lab has been completed in March 2018. Old turbines of low capacity were replaced by new ones of high capacity and test rig was done open type.

New turbines1. Pelton wheel (5HP) 2. Francis turbine (5HP)3. Kaplan turbine (5HP)

Hydraulics Machine Laboratory - Renovation

Inauguration of the upgraded machines were carried out by Mr. Paul Mundadan, Chairman, FISAT on 18th April 2018. Students of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering programmes will be highly benefited by updated lab facility.

Our Meritorious Students

Georgy JosephS8 ME B

2014 Admission

Midhun SureshS6 ME B

2015 Admission

Binil JohnS4 ME A

2016 Admission

Namitha KrishnakumarS2 ME B

2017 Admission

Shyam G. PulickanS8 ME B2014 Admission

Dhiyeri P. JoyS8 ME A

2014 Admission

Outstanding Performer


Best Outgoing Student


A students chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers, SAE FISAT, has been launched at the Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Angamaly. Students interested in the automotive world will now have the opportunity to interact with the various giants of the industry as well as gain knowledge about new developments in the field. SAE FISAT Chapter was officially inaugurated by Dr.

SAE FISAT Chapter - Inauguration

Kulasekharan N., research head at Fiat Chrysler. At the inaugural session, a go-kart built by the students named KARMA was flagged off for the first time by our Honorable Chairman, Mr. Paul Mundadan. The principal Dr. George Isaac, Director Academics, Dr. K.S.M Panicker, Chief Administrative Officer Mr. Prakash C. Chandy and the HoD Dr. Jose Cherian were among the dignitaries present.

SAE India is a professional engineering society whose membership represents practically every engineering and scientific discipline. Its members combine their specialized abilities to further advance the research, development, design, manufacture and utilization of vehicles which operate on land, water, air and space.

Ambu Sivadas was our dear student who passed away in 2014 in an accident . In order to perpetuate his memory, the Ambu Sivadas Award was instituted in his name by the students.

Mr. Binil John, S4MEA won the Ambu Sivadas award for becoming the class Topper in 3rd Semester University Examinations.

Chairperson - Jyotish Kiran, S8 ME BVice Chairman - Vysakh Vinod, S4 ME B Community Managers - Tom Joseph, S4 ME B Rithwik Jayan, S6 ME BSecretary - Mathai Yeldose, S4 ME BTreasurer - Rishi S Kumar, S6 ME BProgram Chair - Freddin K Thomas, S6 ME A Membership Chair - Arun Biju, S2 ME A

The Office Bearers of SAE Students Chapter are :

Ambu Sivadas Award



Our students took part in the ASME E-Fest, Asia Pacific at LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur held on March 2, 2017. The Student Design Challenge (SDC) team from FISAT bagged the second prize for the effi-cycle competition.

ASME E-Fest, Asia Pacific at LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) FISAT Student Chapter

The FISAT Student Chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is a vibrant professional body of students comitted to popularising Mechanical Engineering education in all forms. A good number of activities have been conducted during the past year.

Mr. Jithu Paulose was an active member in ASME during his sophomore year and took initiative to start ASME chapter in FISAT in the year 2014. Based on his leadership qualities, he was globally selected to be one among the two students to receive ASME Charles T. Main Student Leadership award for serving as the secretary and chair of the student section at FISAT, and assisting more than 25 student sections as Zonal Representative for the Student District Operating Board India/Asia-Pacific.

He represented INDIA at Student Leadership Training Conference 2016 at ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition in Arizona, USA. Mr. Jithu spearheaded FISAT's ASME student chapter towards winning the Best Student Chapter Award 2016 in India. He mentored and successfully established 12 new ASME student sections in his zone. He organized the ASME Student Training Conference (STC), Student Led Design Conference 2016 at two universities. Currently he is a part of ASME India Group Leadership Training (GLT)committee engaged in organizing activities for early career engineers and students.

Kudos to Mr. Jithu Paulose ASME Charles T. Main Student Leadership award

ASME India Section has eight zones. Mr. Abhijith Kumar, S6MEA was elected Zonal Representative for the year 2018-’19 of Zone 8 (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & Kerala) along with Pujan Parvadia , VIT, Tamil Nadu and Shreyas P Shetty, MIT, Karnataka.

November 2017. Team Endurance from ASME -FISAT student chapter took part in the International Finale of the Student Design Challenge (SDC). They represented India as one of the top three teams from Asia Pacific region.

Eight students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering attended ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition IMECE 2017 HELD in Tampa, Florida from 3rd November 2017 to 9 th

Congratulations to ASME FISAT team



Congratulations and Best Wishes to Mr. Abhijith Kumar

ASME Gas Turbine Chapter of India, supported by ASME International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI), panel conducts one day seminars at engineering institutions in India, one each at all the 4 zones biennially. It is a matter of pride that FISAT was entrusted to conduct the ASME GT India seminar 2018 for the South Zone.

ASME IGTI India South Zone Seminar - A Rare Distinction

and Services Private Ltd and aerospace laboratories of national importance like Gas Turbine Research establishment under DRDO.

Chairman - Sriram Sankar, S8 ME BVice Chairman - P. Harikrishnan, S6 ME BSecretary - Vysakh Vinod, S4 ME BTreasurer - Visakh Unnikrishnan, S8 ME BConvenor - Afan T Mohammed, S6 ME AJoint Secretaries - Jaseem N Hassan, S4 ME A Aggiya Ben, S4 ME ATechnical Heads - Shyam G Pulickan, S8 ME B Mahesh M.H., S8 ME B

Publicity Head - Ritwik Jayan, S6 ME BWebmasters - Jeswin Cherian, S4 ME B Jidhin Paul, S4 ME BEditorial Heads - M.M. Asif, S6 ME B Habeel Koshy, S4 ME ACreative Heads - Nirmal Thomas, S8 ME B Aashin Sravan, S8 ME A

ASME FISAT Chapter has successfully organized the one day seminar on Gas Turbines in association with the ASME GT India Panel at FISAT on 7th April 2018.

Experts from the gas turbine industry and in the area of GT Design & Research, were present in the seminar. Their sessions gave students a rare opportunity to interact with them, as well as find out the latest methods and cutting-edge technology to improve operation of gas turbines in the coming days.

The speakers were from reputed firms like GE Global Research, GE Power, Rolls Royce, Siemens Technology

ASME Office Bearers



Go-Kart Club, a student club under the Department of Mechanical Engineering, FISAT envisions to make a mark in the automotive sector. The club prepares its members to participate in BAJA( Baja SAE), an intercollegiate Design Competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). The club was established in 2018 and a group of students from the club launched a fully functional Go-Kart named KARMA 1.0.

GO-KART CLUB

SAME is the student wing of the Department. The membership is open to all the students in the Department. However, students who enroll for short term courses offered in the Department and its allied research centres may get the membership upon paying a nominal fee.

Student Association of Mechanical Engineering (SAME)

The Student Design Competition (SDC) is a student club functioning under the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The club promotes learning exposure to its members in various fields closely associated with Mechanical Engineering like Industrial Robotics, PLC Programming, Mechanical Design and so on by facilitating its members to attend various global competitions.

The team ‘Endurance’ comprising of 7 students from the SDC Club represented FISAT at the ASME Student Design Competition held as an event of the Engineering Fest (E Fest),

Staff in ChargeMr. Nithin. H Assistant Professor. Mr. Eldho P.A, Lab Assistant.

Engine Displacement : 98 cc Engine Type : Aircooled, 2 StrokeNumber of Cylinders : 1Power Output : 7.8 PS @ 5600 rpmTorque : 9.8 Nm @ 5000 rpmFuel Type : Petrol

Specifications

The office bearers of SAME are:Chairman - Shyam Pulikan, S8 ME BVice Chairman - Thomas Mani, S4 ME BSecretary - Aashin Sravan, S8 ME A

Joint Secretary - Ajay Gopan, S2 ME ATreasurer - Midhun Suresh, S6 ME B Editors - Afan T Mohammed, S6 ME A Reuben Jacob, S4 ME B

Asia Pacific 2017 and became the first runner-up for the competition. Consequently, ASME invited ‘Endurance’ team for the final rounds of Student Design Competition held at Florida, USA in which we secured a very commendable position. At present SDC Club is preparing for the E-Fest 2018.

Student Design Competition Club (SDC)




ASME Student Chapter organized an Industrial visit to FABLAB Kochi on 25th January 2017. The participants got hands-on experience on cutting edge technologies like 3D Plotter, 3D Printer, Laser Cutter, Vinyl Cutter etc. The visit was co-ordinated by Mr. Jithu Paulose and Mr. Sourabh Arayakkate of S8 ME under the guidance of a team of faculty members lead by Mr. Midhun Paul.

Industrial Visit - Fablab Kochi.

1. Opportunities in Indian NavyA workshop on ‘Opportunities with the Indian Navy

for Engineering graduates’ was arranged on 18th November 2017. Captain Rajesh from the Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Kochi was the resource

Awareness Talks

person. He threw light on topics pertaining to career opportunities associated with the Indian Navy. The session was interactive and highly useful to those aspire for jobs in the Indian Navy. This workshop was conducted under the aegis of ASME

2. Opportunities in Higher Education at Cranfield University, UK

SAME organized an awareness talk on Opportunities abroad after B. Tech. in particular in Cranfield University, UK. on7th Feb 2018. Dr. Harris Makatsoris, Professor of Manufacturing Operations at Cranfield University, was the resource person. The session threw light on the various opportunities available for mechanical engineering graduates for higher studies in UK, especially Cranfield University which specializes in Post graduate courses and is one of the top universities in UK.

Several awareness talks are being arranged by the initiative of the students inviting resource persons from different areas to deliver expert lectures and for sharing their valuable experience. Two such programmes were conducted this year.

A team of our students designed and implemented an automated escalator (conveyance system) in the College Central Library for moving books within different levels (sections). A trolley with a platform was designed for the easy transportation of books. The project was guided jointly by Mr. Anoob Jose and Mr. Sino Varghese. The students in the team are:

Abdulla Aslam (S6MEA), Afan T Mohammed ( S6MEA) Anujith Sabari (S6MEA), Arjun A Pradeep (S6MEA)

Installing Escalator in the College Library

PRAGYAAN Department of machanical Engineering


A Day with the DestitutesVisiting the abandoned and identifying with them will difinitely

kindle the one's positive attitude and committment to ethics and social values. A one day visit was arranged to the ‘Nazreth Orphanage’, Mookannoor on 04/01/2018. Mr. Anoob Jose, Assistant Professor ME and Mr Shyam J Pulickan, S8 ME were the coordinators of the programme.

The inmates were taken to Cochin International Airport and had lunch with Bishop Joseph Chakkiath, and Mr. Paul Mundadan, Chairman, FISAT. A metro rail Journey was arranged for them from Alwaye to CUSAT.

The Department encourages the students to carry out projects on issues of social relevance using most modern technological tools. The following student projects are adjudged as the best in the whole set of projects.

1. Study and Analysis of Truck Unloading Delay Using Quality Control Tools Project Members : 1. Georgy Joseph(S8 MEB), 2. Jithin Samuel (S8 MEB)Project Guide : Mr. M.J. Vincent, Asst. Prof., Mech. Engg., The project was done at FORD, Vehicle Assembly and Engine Plant (CVAEP), Chennai. Analysis of truck

unloading delay was done using the seven QC tools , The recommendations were taken up by the Material Planning & Logistics Department of FORD for further consideration.

2. Battery Powered Portable Refrigerator Project Members : Al Fairooz Sulthan B A (S8MEA) Athul S Babu (S8MEA) Basil K (S8MEA) Devaprasad Jayakumar (S8MEA)Project Guide: Mr. Martin Antony, Asst. Prof. Mech Engg., FISATThis project done in collaboration with ‘Central Institute of Fisheries Technology’ (CIFT), Cochin uses a Peltier

module TECI -12715 which employs the thermoelectric principle called Peltier effect to produce the Refrigerating effect.The project was highly appreciated by Dr. Ravishankar. C.N, Director, ICAR- CIFT. and Dr. Manoj Samuel, HOD, Engineering Division , ICAR- CIFT.

Best Student Projects

NPTEL CoursesNational Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) is a joint initiatives of the IIT’s and IISc. Various courses and certification are offered online through this portal. As a healthy practice, the Department encourage the students to undergo courses of their interests. Many of our students have successfully acquired certification in many courses offered by NPTEL. The students and the name of the courses they did successfully are listed below.

Rishi S Kumar, S6 MEB Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals of Manufacturing Process Laws of thermodynamicsNavneeth Jayakumar, S6 MEB Laws of thermodynamicsMahmod Abdul Fathah, S6 MEB Green ManufacturingMV Yadhukrishnan, S6 MEB Green Manufacturing Vineeth Satheesh, S6 MEB Laws of thermodynamicsVivek C Ravi, S6 MEB Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals of Manufacturing ProcessM M Asif, S6 MEB Processing of Polymers and Polymer CompositesT A Abdulla, S6 MEB Fundamentals of Manufacturing Process Introduction to Fluid MechanicsSreenadh T S, S6 MEB National Programme on Technology Enhanced LearningMidhun Suresh C, S6 MEB Fundamentals of Manufacturing Process Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Laws of thermodynamicsAnand A Joy, S6 MEA Enhancing Soft Skills and PersonalityAbhijith J Kumar, S6 MEA Introduction to Modern Application DevelopmentAnujith Sabari KS, S6 MEA Theory and Practice of Non Destructive Testing

Harigovind Menon, S6 MEA Automatic ControlAbhishek George Zechariah, S6 MEA Product Design and ManufacturingKevin M Mathew, S6 MEB Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites Failure Analysis and PreventionVishnu Prasad K V, S6 MEB Product design and manufacturing Manufacturing of compositesYadhukrishnan B, S6 MEB Fundamentals of Manufacturing Process Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Laws of thermodynamicsKrishnakanth Ramesh, S6 MEB Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals of Manufacturing Process Laws of thermodynamicsAadarsh Sathyan C, S4MEA Product Design and Development Patent Drafting for BeginnersAdarsh E, S4 MEA Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics Laws of ThermodynamicsGeorge Viju, S4 MEA Product Design and DevelopmentAnto Paul Sam, S4 MEA Aircraft MaintenanceAkshay Thomas E N, S4 MEA Product Design and DevelopmentHarikrishnan R, S6MEA Laws of ThermodynamicsAkshay P V, S6 MEA Laws of ThermodynamicsArjun A Pradeep, S6 MEA Practice on Non Destructive Testing

Dr. Sumanlal M.R., Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Surathkal, Karnataka for his thesis entitled 'Combustion Control and Performance analysis of CI modified HCCI Engine using Lean Combustion Technology'.

Ph.D.Degree Awarded



NPTEL CoursesNational Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) is a joint initiatives of the IIT’s and IISc. Various courses and certification are offered online through this portal. As a healthy practice, the Department encourage the students to undergo courses of their interests. Many of our students have successfully acquired certification in many courses offered by NPTEL. The students and the name of the courses they did successfully are listed below.

Rishi S Kumar, S6 MEB Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals of Manufacturing Process Laws of thermodynamicsNavneeth Jayakumar, S6 MEB Laws of thermodynamicsMahmod Abdul Fathah, S6 MEB Green ManufacturingMV Yadhukrishnan, S6 MEB Green Manufacturing Vineeth Satheesh, S6 MEB Laws of thermodynamicsVivek C Ravi, S6 MEB Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals of Manufacturing ProcessM M Asif, S6 MEB Processing of Polymers and Polymer CompositesT A Abdulla, S6 MEB Fundamentals of Manufacturing Process Introduction to Fluid MechanicsSreenadh T S, S6 MEB National Programme on Technology Enhanced LearningMidhun Suresh C, S6 MEB Fundamentals of Manufacturing Process Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Laws of thermodynamicsAnand A Joy, S6 MEA Enhancing Soft Skills and PersonalityAbhijith J Kumar, S6 MEA Introduction to Modern Application DevelopmentAnujith Sabari KS, S6 MEA Theory and Practice of Non Destructive Testing

Basil Shaju , S6MEA successfully completed NPTEL Online Certification Course funded by Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India , secured Elite Class and became the Topper .

Manufacturing of Composites (IIT Kanpur) - Topper, top 5% Non Traditional Abrasive Machining processes- Ultra Sonic, Abrasive Jet and Abrasive Water

Jet Machining.( IIT Kharagpur)– Topper, Top 5%Theory and Practice of Non Destructive Testing ( IIT Madras) – Topper, top 2%

Harigovind Menon, S6 MEA Automatic ControlAbhishek George Zechariah, S6 MEA Product Design and ManufacturingKevin M Mathew, S6 MEB Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites Failure Analysis and PreventionVishnu Prasad K V, S6 MEB Product design and manufacturing Manufacturing of compositesYadhukrishnan B, S6 MEB Fundamentals of Manufacturing Process Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Laws of thermodynamicsKrishnakanth Ramesh, S6 MEB Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals of Manufacturing Process Laws of thermodynamicsAadarsh Sathyan C, S4MEA Product Design and Development Patent Drafting for BeginnersAdarsh E, S4 MEA Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics Laws of ThermodynamicsGeorge Viju, S4 MEA Product Design and DevelopmentAnto Paul Sam, S4 MEA Aircraft MaintenanceAkshay Thomas E N, S4 MEA Product Design and DevelopmentHarikrishnan R, S6MEA Laws of ThermodynamicsAkshay P V, S6 MEA Laws of ThermodynamicsArjun A Pradeep, S6 MEA Practice on Non Destructive Testing

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Pass- Out Batches

Those students who pass out from the Department are role models in their respective field of employment, upholding the values and spirits they received from here. The indelible impression and fond memories of their Alma mater linger in their minds forever. A few of their remarks are given below. Faculty and Staff were so nurturing and focused and lead us to become a confident and ambitious professional with more social values and self-respect. With many student chapters of technical societies like ASME, SAE this campus has given me a lot more than just a degree. - Mahesh M.H. 2018 Passout.

FISAT grooms its students into budding Engineers and Managers through great parental care and attention to each one. Motivates students to dream big and make a smart work to achieve their targets. - Joel Georgy Alex , 2012-2016 Batch

What our Alumni speak...

FISAT is always a second home to me. Excellent academic conditions and well supportive teaching and non-teaching staff. FISAT is always one of the best thing that happened to my life. - Aravind Varma, 2011-2015 Batch

The freedom FISAT has given me allowed me to expand my personnel perspective to the world. It was a milestone in my life from where I can distinguish my character before and after. - Ramasooryan, 2011- 2015 Batch

Department of Mechanical Engineering, FISAT is very keen in nurturing the technical , social and moral qualities of its students. It’s the immense trust you had , the support you have given to every student in various topics and programmes that make this department unique. - Chandu, 2010-2014 Batch

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