Research Initiative
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research & Development
Research Lab:
The Department is recognized as Research Centre by VTU during 2015-16. The Faculties of the Department are actively involved in research and consultancy works in the areas of Composite Materials, Fracture Mechanics, Fuels & Lubricants, Energy Systems Engineering and Renewable Energy.
The Research Laboratory has the following facilities:
- Basic Material Testing facilities like UTM, Fatigue testing machine, impact testing machine, wear testing machine etc are equipped to inspect the material properties for research activities.
- Analysis software’s like CATIA, SOLID EDGE and ANSYS are used to carry out design & analysis.
- Reputed Journal access like SCI, Thomson router indexed to the Research Scholars.
- Sufficient research related books and Internet facility.
- Online Course material and videos of NPTEL are available which are useful for Stage-1 of research which constitutes course work examination.
List of Ph. D Guides in ME RC,ATMECE
| Serial No. | Name of the Faculty | Designation | Teaching Experience | Research Experience | Industrial Experience | Total Experience |
| 1. | Dr.M S Govinde Gowda | Professor and Dean-Academics | 34 | 6 | – | 34 |
| 2. | Dr. Srinivasa K | Professor & HOD | 24 | 3 | – | 24 |
| 3. | Dr. Chethan S | Professor and Head | 17 | 9 | – | 17 |
| 4. | Dr.Mohanakumara K C | Assistant Professor | 14 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
List of Ph.D Pursuing Candidates in Mechanical Engineering Department, ATMECE, Mysore
List of Faculty: Pursuing Ph.D
| Serial No. | Name of the Faculty | Research Center | Status |
| 1 | Mr Devaraj M R | VTU, RRC Mysore | Comprehensive Viva Voce completed |
| 2 | Mr. Niranjan Kumar VS | SJCE, Mysore | Comprehensive Viva Voce completed |
| 3 | Mr. Raghu | SJCE, Mysore | Comprehensive Viva Voce completed |
| 4 | Mr. Ravikumar S | RRC, VTU, Mysore | Course Work Exam Completed |
| 5 | Mr. Rohith S | VVCE, Mysore | Course Work Exam under Progress |
| 6 | Mr. Hemanth B R | ATMECE, Mysore | Completed Entrance exam |
Research Grants fetched by KSCST for the year 2023-24 | ||
Funded Projects | ||
| Sl. No. | Projects | Amount |
| 1 | Affordable stairlifts to aid elderly and mobility – impared individuals | 5000 |
| 2 | Development and testing of biodegradeble agave fibre reinforced polymer based coposites | 5000 |
| Total | 10000 | |
Research Grants fetched by KSCST for the year 2022-23
Funded Projects
| Sl. No. | Projects | Amount |
| 1 | Affordable Wheelchair Attachment E – Hand bike For Physically Challenged | 7000 |
| 2 | IOT Based Home Automation System | 6000 |
| 3 | Automatic Adjustment Of Side Mirrors Using Sensors Connected To Steering | 8000 |
Research Grants fetched by KSCST for the year 2021-22
Funded Projects
| Projects Recognized and Funded by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology | ||
| Sl. No | Projects | Sanctioned Amount |
| 1 | Application of IoT and Machine Learning in Crop Protection against Wild Animals | 6000 |
| 2 | Converting Waste Cooking Oil into Biofuels | 12000 |
| 3 | Design and Fabrication of Survival Pod | 7000 |
| 4 | Effect of Inbuilt Patch Locations in The Stacking Sequence at Discontinuity on Minimization of Stress Concentration Effect in GFRP Laminates used in Aerospace Structures | 7000 |
| 5 | Fabrication of Solar Cooker by using Phase Change Material | 7000 |
| TOTAL | 39000 | |
Research Grants fetched by KSCST for the year 2020-21
Funded Projects
| Projects Recognized and Funded by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology | ||
| Sl. No | Projects | Sanctioned Amount |
| 1 | Design and Fabrication of Pedal Operated Groundnut Dehusking Machine | 8000 |
| 2 | Design and Fabrication of Organic Fertilizer Granules Machine | 8000 |
| 3 | A Study on The Minimizing of Stress Concentration Factor in Glass Fibre Reinforced Composites with a Circular Hole used in Structural Applications | 7000 |
| TOTAL | 23000 | |
Research Grants fetched by KSCST for the year 2019-20
Funded Projects
| Projects recognised and funded by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology | ||
| Sl. No | Projects | Sanctioned Amount |
| 1 | Design and Fabrication of Organic Fertilizer Making Machine by Composting Method. | 4000 |
| 2 | Design and Fabrication of Organic Fertilizer Making Machine by Composting Method. | 6000 |
| 3 | Multi Axes Solar Tracking System. | 6000 |
| 4 | Design and Fabrication of Mulching Machine. | 7000 |
| TOTAL | 23000 | |
Research Grants fetched by KSCST for the year 2018-19
Funded Projects
| Projects recognised and funded by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology | ||
| Sl. No | Projects | Sanctioned Amount |
| 1 | Scum Removal Machine in Jaggery Production. | 9000 |
| 2 | Fabrication of Sugarcane Harvester. | 9000 |
| 3 | Design and Fabrication of Automated Ration Vending Machine Using Bio-metric Authentication. | 8000 |
| 4 | Low Cost Automated Pipe Bending Machine | 8000 |
TOTAL | 34000 | |
Funded Projects
Research Grants fetched by KSCST for the year 2017-18
| Projects recognized and funded by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology | ||
| Sl. No | Projects | Sanctioned Amount |
| 1 | Design and Fabrication of Smart Water vending Machine | 10000 |
| 2 | Design and Fabrication Vegetable Sorting-Grading Machine | 10000 |
| 3 | Design and Fabrication Instantaneous Fuel Quantity Measuring Device for Vehicles using Digital Flow Meter. | 7000 |
| TOTAL | 24000 | |
Research Grants fetched by KSCST for the year 2016-17
Funded Projects
| Projects recognised and funded by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology | ||
| Sl. No | Projects | Sanctioned Amount |
| 1 | Hybrid Energy Production system using Solar, wind and Hydro Energy Sources | 7000 |
| 2 | Design & Analysis on Minimization of Ploughing Force Using Vibration Techniques | 7000 |
| 3 | Design and Fabrication of Coin Operated Portable Water Wending Machine. | 7000 |
| 4 | Design and Fabrication of Horizontal Drum Pedal Powered Washing Machine | 5000 |
TOTAL | 26000 | |