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