About Department of Mechanical Engineering 

Department of Mechanical Engineering was established in the year 2004. The Undergraduate course in Mechanical Engineering (B.Tech) has intake strength of 60 students per year now. It is the branch of engineering that involves the design, production, and operation of machinery. Department lays emphasis on building strong foundation in theoretical aspects of various subjects and provides opportunities to practice the theory learned in class rooms through lab work, course work, mini projects, major projects etc. Students are encouraged to share their ideas and learning with fraternity of engineering students in the state through participations in seminar and workshops. Department strives to create various career options through participation of experts from academia, R&D organization and industry to interact with students. The Mechanical Laboratories are the best in Kerala amongst the modern generation Engineering Colleges with adequate growth potential. We have provided infrastructure over and above the curriculum requirement to promote research initiatives among our student community. So the department takes up external consultancy works. 

VISION

Capstone programme leading to value-endued frontier–competent professionals; innovative and national contributors. 

MISSION

•  To impart quality and relevant technical knowledge alongside professional ethics and life skills.
•  To equip graduates with the spark of innovation, entrepreneurship and research.
•  To fit graduates in industry, academia, research centers with additional co- curricular activities with emphasis on social responsibility towards society and the nation.  

Academics

Mechanical engineering is the discipline that applies engineering, physics, and materials science principles to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems. It is one of the oldest and broadest of the engineering disciplines. The mechanical engineering field requires an understanding of core areas including mechanics, dynamics, thermodynamics, materials science, structural analysis, and electricals. In addition to these core principles, mechanical engineers use tools such as computer-aided design (CAD), and product life cycle management to design and analyze manufacturing plants, industrial equipment and machinery, heating and cooling systems, transport systems, aircraft, watercraft, robotics, medical devices, weapons, and others. 

Highlights

• Advanced courses are offered as electives such as. Welding Technology, Foundry Technology, Advanced Operation Research, Marketing and Sales Management, Plant Engineering and Maintenance, Aerospace Engineering, Project Management, Cryogenics, Total Quality Management, Nuclear Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Composite Material and Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics etc.

• Department is equipped with a wide variety of advanced softwares such as Ansys, Catia, Primavera, Pro-E, Auto CAD, Nastran, Solidworks etc. Students are offered co-curricular training in soft skills to face the challenges of trade and industry.

• State-of-the-art live projects are offered to students. Few projects have been patented.

• Department association, Student chapter of ISHRAE, Robotics club etc. provide opportunities for development of innovative talents among student community.

• Industry partnership is being promoted by way of MOUs and collaborative arrangements with leading institutions. 

• Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning

Facilities provided by department

• Proper  Career Guidance and Mentoring for the students

• Various committees of the Department to monitor and review the proper conduct of academic activities.

• Excellent Infrastructure facilities

• Eight lecture halls exclusively for the department

• Two tutorial rooms

• One seminar halls exclusively for the department

• One class room with ICT facility which is shared with other department

• Digital Library

• Facility for net browsing.

• Informative technical talks  by eminent personalities of various fields

• Industrial visits/training  and  Educational tours

• Paper presentations in seminars

• Lecture notes by faculty

• Assignments on relevant topics

• ADD-on contents for each subject 

• Feedback is taken from the parents to evaluate the academic performance in parent – teachers’ meeting conducted twice in every academic year for improving the student performance.

• Remedial classes to weak students to improve academic performance.

• Medals and awards are awarded to students for curricular, co curricular and extra curricular activities. 

• Students’ Feedback on teaching (theory& practical) is being taken in each semester.

• Department staff meetings and class committee meeting are conducted on regular basis to asses the overall academic performance.

• University results are critically analyzed in the faculty meetings and remedial measures are initiated.