Engineering is profession of acquiring and applying scientific economic, social and practical knowledge in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems and processes.
Mechanical Engineering plays a dominant role in enhancing safety, economic vitality, enjoyment and overall quality of life throughout the world. There are only three ways of generating wealth agriculture, mining and manufacturing.

This is where Mechanical Engineering plays dominant role in wealth creation.

The role of Mechanical Engineer is to take a product from an idea to market place. Mechanical Engineers are concerned with the principles of force, energy and motion. The men and women who work as Mechanical Engineers are professionals with expert knowledge of the design and manufacture of mechanical system and thermal devices and processes.

Industrial sectors in which Mechanical Engineers have traditionally made substantial contribution include aerospace, automotive, chemical, computers and electronics, construction, consumer products, and energy. In addition Mechanical Engineers joined forces with the life sciences by contributing for the development of medical and pharmaceutical industries. Even entertainment industry heavily on Mechanical Industries for special effects and amusement equipment. The vast majority of this work is done in thousands of companies ranging from large multi-nationals to small firms.

Some examples of products and processes developed by Mechanical Engineers include engines and control systems for automobiles and aircrafts, railway trains, electric power generation plants, medical devices and consumer products ranging from ai-conditioners to personal computers and athletic equipment. They design machines that mass produce the products. Virtually every aspect of life is touched by Mechanical Engineering. If something moves or uses energy Mechanical Engineer was probably involved in its design and production.

The explosive development and expansion in computer Technology has literally changed the face of Mechanical Engineering. The drawing board has given way to Computer Aided Design (CAD) and sophisticated computational software tools enabled Mechanical Engineers to develop efficient solutions to complex real-world problems. Emerging high-tech field of Nano-Technology is attracting Mechanical Engineers to design ultr-miniature machines, tiny implantable medical devices that navigate the human body searching for disease and damaged tissue.

The continuing efforts by Mechanical Engineers to design and recycle products and develop equipment and processes to mitigate existing environmental problems and prevent their occurrence.

Future technologies and a host of others will have an impact on the lives of the people and development and refinement require skills, intuition, and creative ability of Mechanical Engineers. At the same time, Mechanical Engineers are expected to understand and convey the real-world consequences of technology development alternatives to decision makers and public.

About the Department
 

Mechanical Engineering Department was started in the year 2002 with an intake of 60

• No. of students passed out so far is about 300
• The intake now is 180 (regular: 120 Shift Batch: 60)
• Teaching Faculty : 16 (2 Ph.D.S, 12 M.E. / M.Techs)
• No. of faculty members pursuing Ph.D: 5
• Technical Supporting Staff:4
• Office Staff: 2

Number of laboratories:12                                                                                       

The department is accredited by NBA

Number of workshops conducted : 3

The department has R & D Centre recognized by VTU

• Three faculty members are pursuing their Ph.D under this R & D Centre. Two of them have successfully completed their Pre-Ph.D Comprehensive viva examination.
• Proposal submitted to VTU for grant of Rs. 20 lakhs for the project “ Biomechanical Communication by Multi-Point Programmable Stimulation

Project Exhibition conducted every year. 16 student projects exhibited on 12th May 2012
 

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