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7/29/2019 Write Up of Mech Dept for NAAC
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MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
Growth of institution is dependent upon resources deployed by the
institute towards its growth target. Human resources play an important role in achieving
the goals and objectives of institution concerned .This is more so in the case of academic
institutions where in human resources play vital role in shaping the future course of
action. Mechanical department of SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY has been in existence
right from inception of erstwhile Sathyabama engineering college in the year 1988.Right
from the inception mechanical department has been part and parcel of Sathyabama
university growth story. Faculty of the department is well qualified and is drawn from
various streams of mechanical engineering like design, thermal, manufacturing, industrial
engineering and energy. The staff students ratio has been maintained at the rate asmandated by statutory authorities .The department is well endowed with experienced
faculty with exposure to industry environment. This goes a long way in imparting quality
education for the students and at the same time benefiting the society. The geographical
distribution of the faculty is also widespread and varied. The faculty is drawn mostly
from southern states of India.
Mechanical department is mostly male student oriented one as far
as student profile goes . Admission to the department is based purely on the rank obtainedby students in the all India entrance examination conducted by SATHYABAMA
UNIVERSITY on yearly basis .There is no restriction with respect to the geographical
distribution of the students. Majority of the students belong to southern states of India
and considerable percentage of students belongs to northern states namely UP, Bihar,
Jharkhand and north eastern states.
With a view to impart quality education, curriculum changes were
made on a regular basis by incorporating prevalent industry practices and suggestions
made by members of board of studies drawn from industry. The ground work for
preparing an appropriate curriculum would be done by faculty after going through
curriculum of NITs, IITs and various other universities. They zero in on appropriate
curriculum by interacting with industry experts and referring the suggested curriculum to
the various panels formed for the purpose of curriculum changes. The faculty is engaged
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in getting vital inputs from external examiners and consolidating these inputs in tangible
form for proper curriculum changes as mandated by industrial practices. The department
can proudly state the fact that the dropout rate of students almost zero and success rate is
showing healthy upward trend.
Mechanical engineering department boasts of state of art
laboratories for imparting practical courses to prepare students to have hands on
experience. Recently computational fluid dynamics lab has been added to existing lab
courses by commissioning 40 systems with up to date CFD softwares. SOLID WORKS
software was added to CAD/CAM curriculum apart from the existing
ProE,CATIA,Ansys. A computerized diesel engine (VCR) was installed in thermal
engineering lab for enhancing the practical exposure of the students. The department
engaged in looking after department library with 5000 books to cater to the needs of
student community. In each semester students are issued books pertaining to the subjects
specified in the curriculum. To enhance the learning experience of the students audio
visual stream is used in the form of LCD projectors and etc. Students are taken for
industrial visits for giving real time exposure for industrial practices. From time to time
guest lectures were arranged. The faculty of mechanical department for encourage to take
part in faculty development programmes conducted by various reputed institutions. In the
last five years most of the staff members availed this facility to enhance their skill set.
Faculty of mechanical department are assigned a set of students for counseling purposes
and they keep track of academic progress of assigned students and inform their parents
regarding the students wellbeing. Mechanical engineering department has bagged two
projects from IGCAR for conducting experimental studies on Pressure drop devices and
flow distribution in main vessel cooling system with an outlay of forty lakhs for two
years time period. The department of mechanical engineering offering research facility
for all the streams of mechanical engineering. This encouragement offered by theinstitution resulted in faculty publishing articles in reputed international journals and
national journals.
A continual efforts is made for providing right sort of training for
campus placement of student with active collaboration and inputs from placement cell of
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our university. The placement record of mechanical department amply demonstrates the
effectiveness of the placement training imparted to the students. More than seventy
percent of the students opting for placement have been placed during the last five years
time period. Those students who have opted for higher studies have been provided with
books required in consultation with advisory bureau for higher studies. A team of
students is designing an all terrain vehicle for taking part in an all India competition for
students being sponsored by automobiles majors like Mahindra and Mahindra, Bajaj and
JK tyres. The department is planning to offer dedicated facility for training in Robotics,
CFD and Nano Technology with active cooperation from other department like
Production, Electrical engineering, Electronics and Control systems. A dedicated research
facility for Nano Technology has been commissioned recently. Procurement activities
were initiated for undertaking various research activities and course work to be offered.