About Department
The Department of Mechanical Engineering came into existence with the inception of the then Regional Engineering College Hamirpur (now National Institute of Technology Hamirpur) in the year 1986 and served as a catering department to other disciplines.
The discipline of Mechanical Engineering started offering an undergraduate programme leading to a four-year Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Mechanical Engineering in the year 1994. The first batch was started with an intake of 30 students, which was enhanced to 60 students by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, from the session 2006–2007 and has further been enhanced to 90 students.
Academics
Since its existence, the department has had:
- 21 batches of undergraduate students with B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- 14 batches of the postgraduate programme, M.Tech. (Thermal Engineering).
- 7 batches of M.Tech. (CAD CAM Engineering).
- About 20 students have received their Ph.D. in various areas of specialization including Thermal, Production, Materials and Design.
The department has also started a postgraduate programme leading to an M.Tech. degree with specialization in Computational Methods and Experimental Techniques in Fluid Flow & Heat Transfer, admitting students from the session 2005–2006.
The department offers a Ph.D. programme in the areas of Design, Thermal and Production/Industrial. Research scholars have registered and are pursuing their Ph.D. work.
Laboratories and Infrastructure
The department has a separate building housing various laboratories, lecture rooms, seminar room, faculty chambers and office facilities.
The laboratories include:
- Metrology & Measurement Lab.
- Industrial Engineering Lab.
- C.A.M. Lab.
- Manufacturing Lab.
- Mechatronics & Robotics Lab.
- Material Testing Lab.
- Theory of Machines Lab.
- C.A.D. Lab.
- Tribology Lab.
- Rapid Design & Manufacturing Lab.
- Product Design & Development Lab.
- Fluid Mechanics & Machinery Lab.
- Heat & Mass Transfer Lab.
- Steam Power Engineering Lab.
- I.C. Engine Lab.
- Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Lab.
- Student Skill Development Lab.
- PG Research Lab. (Thermal).
Major equipment available in these laboratories include:
- Computerized two-stroke petrol engine test rig
- Gas analyzer
- Vibration exciter
- Dynamometer
- Computerized four-ball tester
- Sound level meter
- Rockwell and Brinell hardness testers
- Impact tester
- Sophisticated metrology equipment
- FFT analyzer
- Machine condition monitoring equipment
- Journal bearing test rig
- Refrigeration tutor
- Air conditioning tutor
- Ice plant tutor
- Kaplan, Francis and Pelton wheel hydraulic turbines
- Hydraulic pumps
- Centrifugal blower
- Heat transfer equipment
- Computerized Universal Testing Machine
- Plasma cutting machine
- Pollution checking equipment
- Projection manometer
- Flaw detector
- Computerized Vertical Machining Centre
- Robot
Computer Laboratory
The computer laboratory of the department is equipped with PCs, printers and scanner facilities for the use of students and faculty members for academic and research purposes.
The laboratory has engineering software including:
- NISA FINITE ELEMENT
- FLUENT
- FLOW LAB
- ANSYS ADVANCED MULTIPHYSICS
More software for CAD/CAM is being procured.
Faculty and Research
The department has seventeen faculty members, fourteen of whom hold Ph.D. degrees. The remaining faculty members possess M.Tech. degrees and are pursuing their Ph.D. degrees.
The faculty members have expertise in Design, Thermal, Industrial and Production areas and are engaged in teaching and research work.
Research activities include areas such as:
- Solar Energy
- Heat Transfer
- Material Science
- Quality and Reliability
- Air Pollution Control
- Tribology
- Mechanism Design
The faculty members have undertaken projects under MODROBS, TAT and R&D from funding agencies including MHRD, DST, AICTE and TEQIP.
Placements
Graduates of the department are well placed through on-campus and off-campus placement and are holding responsible positions in different organizations, including:
- ITC
- Godrej Consumers
- Hero Motocorp.
- Maruti
- Saint Gobain
- Future First
- Infosys
- Wipro
- DRDO
- ISRO
Areas of Development
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is developing facilities and expertise in the areas of Energy, Materials, Reliability, Robotics, CFD, CAD/CAM and other areas in response to the needs of coming times.
Vision & Mission
Vision
To build a vibrant multicultural learning environment founded on value based academic principles, where in all involved shall contribute effectively, efficiently and responsibly to the nation and global community.
Mission
- To achieve academic excellence in engineering, technology, architecture and science by imparting quality and value based education.
- To inspire our students to become responsible citizens and competent professionals with high ethical values.
- To meet the expectations of technical human resource at national and international level.
